Pavarga: pa, pha, ba, bha, ma

Tattva 16. Manas Tattva - Manas: the basic thought process of the mind wherein thoughts come and go before the consciousness like a movie. All of these thoughts consist of (1) Buddhi understanding, (2) Ahamkara understanding, or (3) memories of objects. The next three tattvas are also on the other side of the gap between earth and the elements as were the previous (17-35). They are no longer a matter of solids, as in the earth tattva. Internal consciousness has become intellect and instinct. The plane changes from earth-bound souls to a world of ancestors in the plane of the atmosphere. For the Saivite this world of antarloka is the subtle or astral plane where the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) takes place. The svadhishthana (one's own base) chakra, meaing 'reason' is the chakra. These three tattvas are the mental faculties (antahkarana).

Tattva 15. Ahamkara Tattva - Ahamkara: sees everything only in relation to oneself. It assembles, understands, and believes in the limited, powerless identity of oneself. This is number two of the three tattvas in this set that are also on the other side of the gap between earth and the elements as were the previous (17-35). They are no longer a matter of solids, as in the earth tattva. Internal consciousness has become intellect and instinct. The plane changes from earth-bound souls to a world of ancestors in the plane of the atmosphere. For the Saivite this world of antarloka is the subtle or astral plane where the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) takes place. The svadhishthana (one's own base) chakra, meaing 'reason' is the chakra. These three tattvas are the mental faculties (antahkarana).

Tattva 14. Buddhi Tattva - Buddhi: the instrument of detachable, abstract reasoning that can see and understand objects and processes being outside and different from oneself. This is number tthree of the three tattvas in this set that are also on the other side of the gap between earth and the elements as were the previous (17-35). They are no longer a matter of solids, as in the earth tattva. Internal consciousness has become intellect and instinct. The plane changes from earth-bound souls to a world of ancestors in the plane of the atmosphere. For the Saivite this world of antarloka is the subtle or astral plane where the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) takes place. The svadhishthana (one's own base) chakra, meaing 'reason' is the chakra. These three tattvas are the mental faculties (antahkarana).

Primal Nature

Tattva 13. Prakriti Tattva - Prakriti: the basic condition of other - of something separate and different from one's own individual consciousness, which, thus is non-conscious. The next two tattvas are taken seperately in their definition and importance due to their nature, as described in the opening paragrphs above. Prakriti is also on the other side of the gap between earth and the elements as were the previous (14-35). They are no longer a matter of solids, as in the earth tattva. Internal consciousness is still changed into intellect and instinct. The plane changes from earth-bound souls to a world of ancestors in the plane of the atmosphere, and now rises to the celestial plane of svarloka. It is still in the world of antarloka, the subtle or astral plane where the cycle of reincarnation (samsara) takes place but nears a higher chakra as well. The manipura chakra (The Wheeled City of Jewels) is the chakra. It is the solar-plexus center of will-power. Prakriti is the primal nature.

Soul Identity

Tattva 12. Purusha Tattva - Soul Identity. The soul is connected with subjectivity. Through identity with the previous five sheaths, the soul "atman becomes a bound soul, capable of experiencing the higher Antarloka as a limited individual, first entering the primal nature. In this next set of five-fold sheaths that follows on the next page Purusha rises to a superconscious awareness. In Sanskrit it is termed pancha kanchuka or vijnanamaya kosa. This sheath of cognition is the soul's mental or cognitive-intuitive sheath, also called the actinodic sheath (spiritual-magnetic energy). Purusha moves us to the plane of greatness ( maharloka, into the visuddha chakra - "The Wheel of Purity - the center of divine love." Thus is formed the basic experience of individuality separate from everything else; limited, helpless, relatively powerless, and limited in knowledge and understanding of so much that makes up the surrounding unconscious, mostly inaccessible world when descending into gross experience -- Purusha as the shrouded soul. But Purusha also raises us a step above these previous (13-35) tattvas, to the nerve plexus of divine love.