Why do we label the good inner side as the intelligence and the bad inner side as the mind?

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The good side we bifurcate as the intelligence and the bad side is the mind.
Yeah, I mentioned that earlier that at the subtle level, the differentiation is more functional than structural. Like earth, water, fire, air, they are different elements in terms of their structure itself. But when we come to the subtle level, it is all subtle.
So the differentiation is not so much structural as it is functional. So that means, yes, there are distinctive functionalities. And there may be, we just don’t know anything about the subtle realm.
How does the subtle realm exist exactly? When I say that, is the mind made of some different constituents? Is the intelligence made of different constituents? We usually talk of it primarily in terms of functionality only. So that’s why we say the Atma is Satchitanand. But what is the mind intelligence equal? They are not made of earth, water, fire, air, etc.
So usually that we talk about it, it’s like one subtle element, which may be misshaped or oriented or designed in a way so that it functions differently. But their primary characterization is in terms of their functionality. And that’s why if you go in the, I think the 28th chapter of the third canto, where the characteristics of the different elements are given, at that time also we talked about the mind, intelligence and ego.
It is talked about in terms of functions only. This, this, this are the characteristics of the mind. This, this, this are the characteristics of the intelligence.
And they are all in terms of functionality. It’s not so much in terms of the structural components of them. Sir, is it when Krishna spoke the hierarchy of Indriyani Paranya or Indriyapuramana, Manasthi Paranya, if the hierarchy, is that constitutional position, the mind is above the senses? Yeah, I think so, yes.
That’s how the hierarchy is meant to be. So it has to be accepted in, there is a difference. Yeah, I think the difference, I’m simply saying there’s no doubt that there is a difference in terms of hierarchy.
And there is a difference in terms of functionality. We are saying that whether they are structurally different, that the earth is made up of something and the, sorry, the water is made of something else. But, okay, to give a simple example, the subtle body is compared to a software.
Usually if you have the computer metaphor, the gross body is like the hardware, the subtle body is like the software, the soul is like the user. Now within the software, there are different programs. I may have the operating system, I may have an audio recording software app, I may have a textbook app, I may have a writing app, I may have a browser app.
In terms of what they are made of, they are all just the same digital code, isn’t it? So in terms of their coding, they are all just codes. The primary difference is in terms of their functionality. So when you come to the software, whether the software is for a text processing thing or the software is for net browsing, the software in terms of its component is the same.
In terms of functionality, it is different. So in that sense, it could be that the structural essential aspect is not as important as the functional aspect.