A.H. Almaas Diamond Approach
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Psyche

So for Freud, the psyche or the mind consists of a structure composed of three units: the id, which is the reservoir of all instinctual forces and energies, and which is merged with the physical organism; the ego, which forms mostly the functional self that is in direct contact with the external world; and the superego, which is the moral and ethical element of the ego. (The Void, pg 5)

 

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The soul—called “psyche”—comprised all of one's subjectivity, including what we now call mind, heart, spirit, consciousness, will and so on. (The Inner Journey Home)

 

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Soul appears mostly in the field of humanities, especially in that of psychology, but as the study of and work with the psyche or self, and its inner mechanisms and manifestations. God is the focus of religion and spirituality, and when this is cast in the form of the study of 'Being' it becomes also a subject for philosophy. Cosmos or world is exclusively the concern of physical science in its various specializations. (The Inner Journey Home)

 

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Psyche & Self

What is conventionally known as the psyche is part of this self. The mind is part of the self, manifesting the capacity to remember, to think, to imagine, to construct and integrate images, to discriminate, analyze, synthesize, and so on. The feelings are part of the self: the capacity to desire, to choose, to value, to love.