The Eighth and Final Layer of Cannan.
Nature[]
Alaya is the Source of All Existance, both Mental and Material, through an infinite kalidescope of parallel worlds. Each one of these Worlds is a Possibility, a manifestation of the future that a human desires, resulting in billions of alternative timelines.
It is also the source of power for all Rosei, as it magnifies their power tremendously, connecting them to the Dreams of all Mankind, stretching through billions of universes.
Trivia[]
It is named after, and based upon Alaya-vijnana (Sanskrit: अलयविज्नन | Japanese: 阿頼耶識 arayashiki). The All-encompassing foundation consciousness that forms the Mūlavijñāna (Sanskrit: मुलविज्नन) also known as the "Base Conciousness" or "Causal Conciousness", and all Seven Conciousnesses (अस्त विज्ननकयह् aṣṭa vijñānakāyāḥ) originate from it.
It collects energy as Bīja (Sanskrit: बिज), or "Seeds", for the mental and physical manifestation of ones existance (नमरुप Nāmarūpa). Inducing rebirth, and the origination of a new existance.
All minds are one withen Alaya, for it is the All-in-One. For it is "The Aggregate Which Lasts as Long as Samsara" (असम्सरिकस्कन्ध Asaṃsārikaskandha), the Root-Concioussness (मुलविज्नन mulavijñana) and "The Mind which Holds all the Seeds" (सर्वबिजकम् चित्तम् sarvabījakam cittam)
All Minds origante from Alaya, and all Minds will, in death, return to the Spiritual Sea of Conciousness.