[Trikaduliana]

Hello Tristan

The Buddha separated 'mind' into three aspects:

1. Consciousness (vinnana) or bare awareness

2. The knowing intellect (mano) - the spiritual eye (dhamma cakku)

3. The mind-heart (citta), which creates thoughts & emotions

Thus, as meditation develops, these respective functions of mind can certainly develop a sense of separateness from each other

It is especially the conscious quality that is to develop its objective nature in observing objectively the thought formation aspect (citta)

Kind regards

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