Understanding the Human Being as Coexistence of Self and Body

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN BEING AS A COEXISTENCE OF SELF (” I “) & BODY – A human being is more than just a Body. He is a co-existence of both the Self (I / Jivana) and the Body. There is an exchange of information between the two. Our body acts according to the suggestions given by our “Jivana“.

All the human feelings of happiness, sorrow, pain, excitement, etc. are experienced by ” I ” and not the ” Body “.

Need	Needs are……..	I Trust, Respect…..	BODY Food, Clothing
Need	In Terms of Time, needs are…..	Happiness(Sukh) Continuous	Physical Activities (Suvidha) Temporary
Ned	In terms of Quantity, needs are…	Qualitative (no quantity)	Quantitative (Limited in quantity)
Activities	Activities are…	Right Understanding and Right Feelings Desiring, thinking, etc.	Food clothing etc. Breathing, heartbeat, etc.
Type	It is of Type	Knowing, assuming, recognizing, fulfilling conscious (nonmaterial)	Recognizing fulfilling Physico – chemical (material)

Having Physical Facilities ensures the fulfillment of the needs of the body, but it does not fulfill the needs of the ” I”. Hence, for every human being, we need to fulfill the needs of both:

Of ” I ” Happiness (Sukha)

Of Body ” Physical Facilities (Suvidha)

One of these cannot replace the other.

‘ I ‘ is a Conscious Unit while the Body is a Material Unit

There is the familiar shape and structure of a human being that is immediately apparent to us and we imagine someone with similar human body-like features. But in addition to the body, there is also the aliveness of the person – the entity that keeps the body ‘ alive ‘ and makes it operate in various ways.

We perceive this aliveness in the activities demonstrated by the person like their seeing, talking, listening, walking, eating, etc. This aliveness is called Jivana. Thus, a human being is the coexistence of the body and jivan. This jivan refers to itself as ‘ I ‘ (self). Thus we say ” I am so and so ” ” I feel tired ” or ” I am happy ” and not “My body is happy “. This I or self is also called ‘ consciousness and is the sentient constitute of the human being.

The human being is the sum total of sentiments and physical aspects, the self (” 1 “) and the body, and there is an exchange of information between the two, i.e. T and body exist together and are related. There is a flow of information from ‘ T ‘ to the body and from the body to the ‘ I ‘. We can make this distinction between the self and the body in three ways in terms of the needs, activities, and types of these two entities.

All the needs of 1, say respect, trust, etc. can be called Happiness (such), while the needs of the body are physical facilities (suvidha) like food. The two things are qualitatively different. There is no relevance of quantity for the needs of I as it is qualitative, while the needs of the body are quantitative, and they are limited in quantity.

The activities of ‘ I ‘ are activities like desire, thinking, and selection, while the activities of the body are activities like eating, breathing, etc.

Also, read – MasLow’s Hierarchy of Needs

The mode of interaction of ‘ I include knowing, assuming, recognizing, and fulfillment. The fulfillment depends on recognition depends on assumptions and assumptions depend on knowing. or not knowing (beliefs). If assuming is based on knowledge, then recognition will be correct and fulfillment will be correct. If assuming is not based on knowledge, then things may go wrong. The mode of interaction of the body is only recognizing and fulfilling. The self is a conscious entity and the body is a material entity or physic-chemical in nature.

To conclude we can say that the human being can be understood in terms of a co-existence of two entirely distinct entities, namely sentient ‘ I ‘ and the material body. Their needs and activities are quite different and have to be understood accordingly. But these two constituents of human beings are to act in close synergy with each other.

Human Being is the Coexistence of the Self and the Body

The human being is the co-existence of ‘ I ‘ and the body, and there is an exchange of information between the two, i.e. and body exist together and is related. There is a flow of information from ‘ I ‘ to the body and from the body to the ‘ I’. We can make this distinction between the self and the body in three ways in terms of the needs, activities, and types of these two entities. All the needs of I, say respect, trust, etc., can be called Happiness (such), while the needs of the body are physical facilities (suvidha) like food. The two things are qualitatively different. There is no relevance of quantity for the needs of I as it is qualitative, while the needs of the body are quantitative, and they are limited in quantity.

The activities of ‘ I am activities like desire, thinking, and selection, while the activities of the body are activities like eating, breathing, etc. The mode of interaction of ‘ I ‘ includes knowing, and assuming. recognizing and fulfillment. The fulfillment depends on recognition depends on assumptions and assumptions depend on knowing or not knowing (beliefs). If assuming is based on knowledge, then recognition will be correct and fulfillment will be correct. If assuming is not based on knowledge, then things may go wrong. The mode of interaction of the body is only recognizing and fulfilling. The self is a conscious entity and the body is a material entity or physic-chemical in nature. Thus we can say:

Human Being =

Co-existence Self (I) The conscious entity that desires thinks, imagines, assumes, Recognizing, and fulfilling

Co-existence Self (I) The conscious entity that desires thinks, imagines Knowing, assumes, Recognizing, and fulfilling

To conclude we can say that the human being can be understood in terms of a co-existence of two entirely distinct entities, namely sentient l ‘ and the material body. Their needs and activities are quite different and have to be understood accordingly. But these two constituents of human beings are to act in close synergy with each other.

Examples of Activities of the Body Vs Activities of the Self:
Example 1:

The activity of the Body: If a needle is pricked into your body, the needle goes inside if it is sharp and does not go inside if it is blunt.

The activity of the Self: If you (1) see the needle being pricked into your body, you oppose it because you that it is a needle and you assume that it is sharp. Your ” Recognition ” of this fact makes you avoid it (Fulfillment of your Recognition).

But if you ” know ” that it is a syringe with a needle, then you assume that it will cure you of your sickness. Then this ” Recognition ” makes you allow the needle to be pricked into your body (Fulfillment of your Recognition). Thus this different Recognition leads to a different fulfillment.

Example 2:
If you see a snake and assume it to be a rope or vice-versa, then these different assumptions will lead to different recognitions and different fulfillment