<h1>The Synoptic Table - Definition</h1>\n<p class="header">What tells us the physical body about the psychic life</p>\n<p class="pensee">‘The only knowledge that interests me is knowledge people can put into practice;<br>therefore, what I will tell you will find immediate application in your daily lives...’</p>\n<table style="width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="4">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#EFEDED">The <strong>Synoptic Table</strong> is an extract from the book <strong><a href="http://www.prosveta.fr/en/selection/ Know Thyself: Jnana Yoga/C0017AN;C0018AN">[C0017AN:title] </a></strong> (2 volumes)<br>from the <strong>[collection_2]</strong> collection</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" width="20%"><a href="http://www.prosveta.fr/en/selection/Know Thyself: Jnana Yoga/C0017AN;C0018AN"><img src="http://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images_produits/C001718AN.png" alt="Know Thyself (2 volumess)" width="110"></a><br>\n<p><a href="http://www.prosveta.fr/en/selection/Know Thyself: Jnana Yoga/C0017AN;C0018AN"><img src="http://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/newsletter/discover.png" alt="Discover" height="20"></a></p>\n<strong>Volume 1 - <span class="price">[C0017AN:price]</span><br><br>[widget :addbutton|ref=C0017AN:text=Add] <br><br> <strong>Volume 2 - <span class="price">[C0018AN:price]</span><br><br>[widget :addbutton|ref=C0018AN:text=Add]</strong></strong></td>\n<td align="justify" width="80%"><span class="pensee2">‘We all have a <strong>physical body</strong>, a <strong>will</strong>, a <strong>heart</strong>, a <strong>mind</strong>, a <strong>soul</strong> and a <strong>spirit</strong> with which we work every day to grow harmoniously. For you to have a clear idea, I will present a <strong>table</strong> that I called <strong>synoptic</strong> because it gives an overall view of the structure of a human being and the activities that correspond to each element of that structure.<br>This table is divided into <strong>five vertical columns</strong>. The <strong>first column</strong> shows the <strong>principles</strong> that constitute the human being: the physical body, the will, the heart, the intellect, the soul and the spirit. For each of these principles there is a <strong>level of consciousness</strong>. <br>The <strong>second column</strong> is headed <strong>Ideal</strong>, for each principle aspires to an ideal. The heart, the intellect and the soul, for instance; each strives to attain a different ideal. <br>In order to attain its ideal, and we must give to that principle what it needs so that it may continue to manifest itself. This is why the <strong>third column</strong> is headed <strong>Nourishment</strong>. <br>The <strong>fourth column</strong> is dedicated to <strong>Payment</strong> we have to pay for this nourishment. <br>And the <strong>fifth column</strong> is about the <strong>Activity</strong>, that is to say, the work we have to do in order to earn the currency with which to pay. <br>As you see, all these different notions are very clearly and logically related to each other. To make the whole thing easier to understand, we begin with the <strong>bottom of the table</strong>, the <strong>physical body</strong>, because everybody has some experience of it.'</span></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td align="left" valign="top" width="20%"> </td>\n<td align="left" valign="top" width="80%"><span class="pensee2"><a href="[theme_catalogue013:url]"><img src="http://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/newsletter/next.png" alt="Next" height="14"></a></span> <span class="suite2">Explanations and references for each principle</span></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table class="table3" style="width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="4">\n<tbody>\n<tr><th width="20%">PRINCIPLE</th><th width="20%">IDEAL</th><th width="20%">NOURISHMENT</th><th width="20%">PRICE</th><th width="20%">ACTIVITY</th></tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">SPIRIT</td>\n<td>Time, eternity, immortality</td>\n<td>Freedom</td>\n<td>Truth</td>\n<td>Identification, union, creation</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">SOUL</td>\n<td>Space, immensity, infinity</td>\n<td>Impersonnality, selflessness</td>\n<td>Fusion, dilatation, ecstasy</td>\n<td>Contemplation, adoration, prayer</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">INTELLECT</td>\n<td>Knowledge, learning, light</td>\n<td>Thought</td>\n<td>Wisdom</td>\n<td>Meditation, profound study</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">HEARTH</td>\n<td>Joy, happiness, warmth</td>\n<td>Feelings</td>\n<td>Love</td>\n<td>Music, song, poetry, harmony</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">WILL</td>\n<td>Domination, power, movement</td>\n<td>Strength</td>\n<td>Gesture, breath</td>\n<td>Breathing, gymnastics, dance, Paneurythmy</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class="rowtitle">PHYSICAL BODY</td>\n<td>Vigour, health, life</td>\n<td>Food</td>\n<td>Money</td>\n<td>Activity, dynamism, work</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<table style="width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" cellpadding="4">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width="20%"> </td>\n<td width="80%"><a href="[theme_catalogue013:url]"><img src="http://www.prosveta.fr/resources/sites/@site_id/images/newsletter/next.png" alt="Next" height="14"> <span class="suite2">Explanations and references for each principle<br></span></a></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>