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eight consciousnesses

This is a conceptual structuring of the elements of consciousness which illustrates the iceberg-like nature of consciousness and reality.

  1. visual consciousness
  2. auditory consciousness
  3. olfactory consciousness
  4. taste consciousness
  5. tactile conscoiusness
  6. mental consciousness
  7. emotional/self consciousness
  8. storehouse/basal consciousness

The storehouse consciousness (alaya-vijnana) is considered a more basic layer of consciousness/reality giving rise to the other seven. It is a repository for energy and karmic processes which give rise to the excitations, cycles, and fluctuations in the other aspects which we identify with phenomenal reality.