The historical division between physics and psychology has obscured fundamental continuities between physical principles and mental phenomena, creating disciplinary boundaries that contemporary theoretical and empirical developments render increasingly untenable. This paper presents a synthesis of theoretical and empirical work spanning psychophysics, quantum cognition, coordination dynamics,...
The very concept of Panchkosh or five-sheaths first articulated in the Brahmananda Valli of the Taittiriya Upaniṣhad which offers one of the oldest and most carefully structured maps of human existence in any wisdom tradition. It pictures the individual as a layered being whose innermost reality, the Atman, is progressively veiled by five concentric layers: Annamaya, the sheath of food or the...