It is said to stand for “the central part in general, the inside, and so for the interior man as manifesting himself in all his various activities, in his desires, affections, emotions, passions, purposes, his thoughts, perceptions, imaginations, his wisdom, knowledge, skill, his beliefs and his reasonings, his memory and his consciousness. ”
گفته می‌شود که معنی آن « بطور کلی بخش مرکزی یا درون است ،‏ و به معنی فرد باطنی است ،‏ به طوری که در همهٔ فعالیتهای گوناگونش بروز می‌کند ،‏ در آرزوها ،‏ عواطف ،‏ احساسات ،‏ علائق شدید ،‏ مقصودها ،‏ افکار ،‏ درکها ،‏ تصورات ،‏ خرد ،‏ دانش ،‏ مهارت ،‏ اعتقادات ،‏ استدلالها ،‏ خاطره و هوشیاری او .‏ »