  The Yogācāra thus explains the cognitive process as a  maturation of the flow of discrete elements of consciousness. This  flow of consciousness, which the Sautrāntikas call  mind-continuum (citta-santāna), ultimately supports all types of perceptual activity, including self-awareness. In its  indeterminate state, this flow of consciousness is the repository of  all non-aspectual types of cognitive awareness  (nirvikalpa-jñāna). This repository mind is said  to arise together with all the seeds, thus suggesting the imagery of  a repository of all the elements of consciousness and cognition. 