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Individualisation in Integral Yoga Psychology

Manoj Pavithran

Abstract
This article is a broad overview of individualisation at the causal and instrumental level, from
the perspective of Integral Yoga Psychology. What is the process of individualisation according
to Integral Yoga Psychology? How does it differ from scientific and conventional psychological
perspectives? What is the relationship between the evolving soul and the instrumental layers of
the mental, vital, and physical nature? These are the topics explored in this article.

correspond to the gross body (sthuulassarıira),
the subtle body (suukssmassarıira) and the
causal body (kaarannassarıira). Each approach
would posit the primary causation upon
one of these bodies (see next page).

Yogic methods give a perspective seen
from the causal body, kaarannassarıira, level
and explain the subtle and gross body in
terms of the causal body. It is not following
the empirical and material approach of

Three Perspectives on Psychology the scientific method nor does it follow
psychoanalysis, phenomenology, linguistics
The process of individualisation and or hypnosis. Its primary process of knowledge
its developmental stages would appear acquisition is through yogic knowledge, by
differently depending on the window identity or by knowledge, by intimate contact
through which you are looking at the of consciousness with consciousness, and
process. From a yogic perspective, we in both intuition, in a broad and general
can broadly divide all the approaches to sense, plays a central role. There is a vast
psychology into three categories. They body of knowledge gathered by various yogic
traditions. The view presented here is from

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