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In Samkhya and Yoga schools of Indian philosophy, " there are two irreducible, innate and independent realities 1 ) consciousness itself ( Purusha ) 2 ) primordial materiality ( Prakriti )".
The unconscious primordial materiality, Prakriti, contains 23 components including intellect ( buddhi, mahat ), ego ( ahamkara ) and mind ( manas ).
Therefore, the intellect, mind and ego are all seen as forms of unconscious matter.
Thought processes and mental events are conscious only to the extent they receive illumination from Purusha.
Consciousness is compared to light which illuminates the material configurations or ' shapes ' assumed by the mind.
So intellect after receiving cognitive structures form the mind and illumination from pure consciousness creates thought structures that appear to be conscious.
Ahamkara, the ego or the phenomenal self, appropriates all mental experiences to itself and thus, personalizes the objective activities of mind and intellect by assuming possession of them.
But consciousness is itself independent of the thought structures it illuminates.

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