The Antaryamin, in terms of
Hindu
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philosophy, is related to the "inner-self", the "inner-controller" or the "inner-guidance" that exists in a person and itself manifests on an intuitive way to the one manifesting it. It recalls a teacher or a guru that resides within and once it is manifested - for a higher context of knowledge guidance - usually after one
summons
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or
prays
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Selected species
*'' Prays acmonias'' - Meyrick, 1914 (from India)
*'' Prays alpha'' - Moriuti, 1977 (from Japan ...
for it, the Antaryamin comes to help. In some cases, the Antaryamin is asked to be manifested in order to resolve non-intellectual issues, also performing
miracle
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s to the one asking.
Hindu contextualization
On the
Hindu scriptures
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, we find the concept of the Antaryamin as the Inner Controller after the building of the elementary concepts regarding a
deity
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or an
ego - on a
unity
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way - of which is controlling, somehow to a compared intelligence, the universe and all that is. This
intelligence
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may also refer to what is called
consciousness
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or
awareness
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that is far superior, hence capable of doing superior things.
[ Swami Krishnananda]
References
* Subrahmania
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Swami Krishnananda "THE NATURE OF THE INNER CONTROLLER
External links
*''Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13th'
*''Antarjami or Antaryamin?'
Hindu philosophical concepts