Self, other, and beyond

From chapter 4 of The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe, copyright (c) 2009 by Richard Smoley

Buddhi produces ahamkara: the distinction between self and other generates an “I.” This gives rise to events in the psychic realm: thoughts, images, mental constructs. The Samkhya calls this manas, which is mind as we usually understand it.