Modern concepts in the philosophy of mind are compared with the Saiva schools in a small way. The unconscious was a fundamental theme in many Hindu doctrines. In the west however it was studied in detail after the eighteenth century only.

Certain areas in eastern schools are still unknown to the world. These issues need to be studied and more elaborate works that deal them thoroughly have to be written. The hidden facts must be brought to the light of the modern world.

Nevertheless I have no ambition of breaking open any new path in the time tested concepts of siddhantham. But I am intent upon taking a perilous journey, on the roads less travelled, between the Hindu mysticism and the western logical positivism. This approach is mandated by the contemporary developments in the world.