Vedic texts divide experience into the seer, the seen, and the seeing. We can also call these the knower, the known, and the knowing. What we commonly call ‘consciousness’ is the process of seeing or knowing.
This seeing or knowing is a property of the soul—the seer or the knower—but it operates under the knower’s control. Thus, the knower is distinct from consciousness, by which it knows. Then, the knower is called the ‘enjoyer’, the known is called the ‘enjoyed’, and knowing is called ‘enjoying’. Based on this, we can understand the technical nomenclature of sat, chit, and ananda. The ananda is the enjoyer, the chit is the enjoyed, and the sat is the enjoying, or consciousness.
I use the terms ‘emotion’, ‘cognition’, and ‘relation’ to describe these three aspects. The enjoyer is the emotion, the enjoyed is the cognition, and the enjoying is their mutual relation. Thus, what we call ‘consciousness’ is the relationship between the knower and the known. I will use this post to delve into the different kinds of relations. The study of these relationships constitutes the “science” of consciousness.
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