We all are acquainted with the word psychology but have you heard about "Indian Psychology"?
The term describes itself, ' Psychology originated from the Indian Culture'.
I am sure you will be amazed
after reading this article about this new term. So, let's take a look.
Introduction
Indian psychology refers to the psychology based on Indian values and its culture. It is linked to the Indian civilization. This psychology is based upon an Indian worldview, yoga and spirituality.
It is not specifically or exclusively suitable for people living in India or of Indian origin as Indian psychology can make valuable additions to the psychological perception of us, without judging of their origin or any sort of background.
Why Is It Essential?
Indian consciousness-based approaches to psychology can make a compelling and necessarily required supplement to our global civilization.
Our world should be fed with the concepts, theories
and practices from Indian Psychology into the syllabus and the professional
practice of psychology.
The richness of psychological knowledge can be found in the ancient scriptures like the Rig Veda, the Upanishads, and also in the works of yogis. It will all go in vain and will cause loss for humanity if we neglect this contribution.
It is a meticulous and efficient method to develop a comprehensive and solid knowledge of this domain. Someday this might be the essential thing humanity needs the most at present.
The Indian Contribution to Psychology
Indian tradition made 5 major contributions in five distinct areas of Psychology as listed below:
1. Philosophical Foundation
The Indian culture provided a complete philosophical framework that depicted the immense abundance of psychological knowledge integrated into its own spiritual paths along with equal ease of all branches of modern psychology.
2. Epistemology and Methods of Subjective Enquiry
The Indian tradition consist of a thoroughly combined theory of knowledge that has produced diverse, accurate and effective techniques to create strong insights into it. This is based upon consciousness-based ontology.
3. Theories of Self and Personality
The Indian tradition depicts the perception of Personality and oneself that is more inclusive, coherent and worthwhile as compared to other personality theories in psychology.
4. Special Areas of Psychology
Indian tradition has made extremely interesting contributions in several techno-scientific fields of psychology. Subjects involve sentiments and aesthetics, language, motivation, human development, etc.
5. Applied Psychology
The most significant of all is this one. The approach to Yog or Yoga includes different perspicacity and methods to bring different types of psychological changes, that can be used in the fields like psychotherapy.
12 Aspects of Consciousness in Indian Psychology
Indian Psychology puts emphasis on the concept of consciousness and here are the 12 aspects of consciousness which one must know to further deeply understand about the whole concept. Here are listed only the main headings that can be further studied according to the readers' choice and interest.
1. Consciousness is awareness
2. Consciousness is the source of our
individuality
3. Consciousness is not only individual but also
transcendent and Cosmic
4. Consciousness is unitary
5. The individual self is one with the cosmic and
with the transcendent Self
6. Consciousness is joy
7. Consciousness is power
8. Consciousness is bi and dual as well as unitary
9. Consciousness is love
10. There exist many levels and types of
consciousness
11. In time, consciousness manifests as an ongoing
evolution of beauty, truth and joy
12. Consciousness is a mystery
These all are the 12 pillars that describe the consciousness term's bifurcation into its literal meaning according to Indian Psychology.
This all was just a brief introduction for those
who want to start acquiring the knowledge of Indian Psychology. Read more and
learn more.
Written By - Sanskriti Dimri
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