In English
is the common factor
To understand the -principle, what has to be recognised is that is present in all the constituents of the body and the mind, but under different names and forms. Just as sugar is the common factor in a variety of sweets with different labels, is the common factor. This common factor is identified with the "I" (). How does this happen? One declares: "This is my body." "My" is an expression of "I." Again, one declares: "This is my mind." Here, again, the "I" is affirmed. "This is my " (will), "These are my sensory organs," "This is my (Inner motivator)." In all these statements, the "I" is repeatedly affirmed in the possessive case. ("" in Telugu, meaning "my"). But in Sanskrit, "" means "not." The declaration that "This is my () body" also carries by implication the meaning "I am not the body." Similarly when one says, "This is my mind," he implicitly affirms that he is not the mind. It will be seen that even within such simple statements, deep meanings are implicit. The use of "my" in describing one's body or mind also means that he is different from the body and mind.