Editing Unconscious mind (section)

=== Vedas ===
Influences on thinking that originate from outside an individual's consciousness were reflected in the ancient ideas of temptation, divine inspiration, and the predominant role of the gods in affecting motives and actions. The idea of internalised unconscious processes in the mind was present in antiquity, and has been explored across a wide variety of cultures. Unconscious aspects of mentality were referred to between 2,500 and 600 BC in the Hindu texts known as the [[Vedas]], found today in [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic]] medicine.<ref>Alexander, C. N. (1990). "Growth of Higher Stages of Consciousness: Maharishi's Vedic Psychology of Human Development". C. N. Alexander and E. J. Langer (eds.). ''Higher Stages of Human Development. Perspectives on Human Growth''. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press.</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Meyer-Dinkgräfe, D. |title=Consciousness and the Actor. A Reassessment of Western and Indian Approaches to the Actor's Emotional Involvement from the Perspective of Vedic Psychology |publisher=Peter Lang |year=1996 |isbn=978-0-8204-3180-2 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Haney, W. S. II |title=Unity in Vedic aesthetics: the self-interac, the known, and the process of knowing |journal=Analecta Husserliana and Western Psychology: A Comparison' 1934}}</ref>