Explanation of Terms

Absolute: the dimension of the source; the realm of absence; the unborn; the uncreated; the heart of the now; the primordial isness of reality; the original void; the ground of creation; the unmanifested essence of the beyond; the being aspect of the supreme reality; the final depth of the inner realm.

Absolute State: the final depth in the realization of being; the state of pure rest and unconditional absorption; a state of freedom from energetic fluctuations; the unification of the soul and the absolute on the level of being.

Absorption: the experience of being pulled into the inner plane; the fusion of self and reality; the amalgamation of relative consciousness with absolute existence; the unconditional repose of the soul in the beloved; samadhi.

Awakening: a radical shift of consciousness into a higher state of existence; a sudden opening into one of the states beyond the mind.

Awareness: the radiance of cognition; the true nature of intelligence; the pure knowing of consciousness channelled through me to bring the phenomenal world into recognition or, when internalised, to illuminate the knowledge of I am.

Being: the aspect of the inner state that links the soul with the vertical plane of the source; the ground of existence; the pure isness of the supreme reality; the fundamental support of consciousness and all that is.

Beloved: the heart of the supreme reality; the divine; the creator; the all-embracing love-essence of the god-state.

Beyond: the inner dimension of the universal I am; the divine realm; the unmanifested.

Blueprint: the design and plan of completion for each soul; the evolutionary destiny of the soul and final vision of her wholeness.

Completion: arrival at maximal wholeness within human existence; the ending of root-karma; the actualisation of the soul's full potential; the enlightenment of the soul.

Complete Me: the unification of pure me and the human personality.

Conscious Me: the sense of presence experienced in the mind; self-attention within the thinking process; the ego

Conscious Mind: the level of consciousness at which intelligence can sustain a relatively clear sense of me.

Consciousness: the light of cognition intrinsic to creation and being; the source of awareness; the primordial knowledge of I am.

Creation: the totality of the manifested consciousness; the entirety of the phenomenal world and the inner plane of universal consciousness.

Cultivation: methodical practice directed towards perfecting a previously awakened state, or towards preparing the ground for a further stage of awakening.

Divine: the heart of the absolute reality; the domain of grace and love.

Duality: in ignorance, the state of separation; in reality, the natural polarisation of consciousness into being and knowing.

Ego: the self-consciousness of the mind; the sense of me based on personality.

Enlightenment: the complete transcendence of ignorance; the dissolution of the false self; the awakening of the soul; the soul's return to her original state of oneness and wholeness; the complete inner state; the merging of the mind; the dissolution of the false self; the unification of me with the soul and the soul with the ultimate reality.

Emptiness: a state of consciousness free of content relating to both experiencer and experience; the absolute; no-mind; non-abidance; the state of absence.

False Me: a subconscious sense of me fully identified with the mental realm; a superficial sense of individuality alienated from one's true nature; the exteriorized self-consciousness of forgetfulness; me disconnected from I am.

God: the supreme reality; the absolute heart of existence; the mind and being of all-that-is; the cause and ultimate goal of creation.

Grace: evolutionary intervention from the beyond, or in the form of a human guide, which manifests as a sudden acceleration of our awakening, healing and purification, or a release from karmic ties.

Gradual Enlightenment: a concept according to which enlightenment is reached by elevating one's level of awakening through many stages of gradual inner progress.

Gradual Path: an evolutionary journey towards enlightenment involving the gradual completion of many levels of awakening.

Healing: the transformation of human pain into love and wholeness.

Heart: the sacred core of individual consciousness; the seat of the soul; the soul's gateway to the divine; the divine realm.

Here: the horizontal plane of existence made known by the senses and the mind; perceptual reality; that which appears to be arising from the now; that which comes and goes, lacking the fundamental quality of being; the time-space continuum.

Horizontal Plane: the here; the relative expression of the now in the linear time-space continuum.

Human: the vehicle of the soul on the earth plane; the soul's extension in creation; a temporary identity based on the mind and personality that has a sense of me, but not of I am.

I Am: the soul; the light of pure subjectivity; the essence of true individuality; the centre of higher intelligence; the fundamental nature of universal consciousness.

Inner State: the state of pure subjectivity beyond the mind as experienced through awareness, being, heart, or any combination thereof; the energy-body of the soul; the soul's portal to the beyond.

Integral Consciousness: the state of unity between the mind and the inner state; the unbroken consciousness of the inner state and the soul; an undisrupted state of complete awareness and presence.

Integration: full maturity, transparency and naturalness within a previously awakened state.

Intelligence: the living spirit of existence; the coherence and purposefulness of the thought-process; a movement of understanding linked to the sense of me and the soul.

Liberation: the final step in the journey towards self-realisation; emancipation from human existence; the ending of karma; freedom from self; entry into reality.

Me: the sense of personal individuality; the personalized light of pure subjectivity tied to individual purpose, blueprint and destiny; the first and foremost expression of the soul through which she reflects her identity in the mirror of pure consciousness; the human sense of individuality arising from the fundamental I am; the human sense of I am; the cognizing essence of the waking state through which the soul enters creation; the link between the I am of the soul and the mind of the human.

Meditation: a natural state of absorption in reality; abidance in the inner state; a condition of surrender to the now; just being; the unity of I am with the beyond.

Meditation Practice: a training of concentration on self and letting go of self that aims at achieving the natural state of pure subjectivity; internalization of attention; an expansion and deepening of consciousness towards unity with the beyond.

Mind: an organism of mental reality composed of the conscious, subconscious and unconscious, inseparable from intelligence and the intrinsic sense of me.

Mystical State: an altered state of consciousness not rooted in the reality of I am and the soul.

Natural State: effortless abidance in reality as it is; natural absorption in being; the state of perfect emptiness; an experience of transparency between the soul and the beyond.

No-mind: a dimension of consciousness and being that exists beyond and independent of the mind; a profound level of realisation wherein the sense of me in the mind is absorbed within the state of emptiness; the surrender of the mind to the consciousness of the soul.

Non-abidance: an experience of non-separation in which the division between here and now is dissolved; a level of realisation in which the soul abides in the reality of all, beyond any reference to creation or the uncreated; transparent unity between consciousness of oneself and consciousness of the totality that transcends the self-limiting notions of 'who' and 'where.'

Non-being: non-abidance; the realm of absence; the state of transcendence; a condition in which me has merged with the beyond; the dissolution of self in the absolute through which being is transcended; the absence of a knower through which being reveals its non-abiding depth.

Non-conceptualization: the natural state of being; a condition of abidance in reality free of veiling mental constructs; the unity of the knower and no-mind

Non-doing: a state of surrender; pure meditation; the original stillness of being.

Non-thinking: a natural absorption in the light of consciousness and being that is untouched by arising thoughts, yet includes the transparent movement of intelligence.

Not-knowing: the thought-and-content-free dimension of being and consciousness.

Now: the vertical reality of being; the timeless ground of reality; the meeting-point between time and the beyond; the source of the present moment; real time.

Oneness: a condition of existence devoid of a sense of separation; a level of realisation in which the individual consciousness is merged with the consciousness of all; a state of unity through which the ultimate transparency between the soul and the one reality is realized.

Over-soul: the aspect of universal intelligence that bridges the soul and her destiny; the force of grace that oversees and directs the evolution of each soul.

Personality: a structure of human consciousness composed of the physical, emotional and mental bodies; the psychological frame of ego-consciousness; the sense of self based on the mind.

Pure Me: me in itself as reflected in the light of I am; the luminous consciousness of oneself beyond the mind and senses; awakened me.

Pure Subjectivity: the realm of I am; the dimension of the source and the soul; the ground of consciousness; consciousness in its original non-objectified form.

Purification: the cleansing of the mind; the removal of negative tendencies; the alignment of the human with the soul's essence and intention.

Real Time: the non-linear flow of the timeless now; the transcendental time of the beyond; the becoming of being; the process of cognition merged with non-becoming.

Samadhi: the natural absorption of human consciousness into the soul and the beyond; the merging of I am and me in the state of absence; the dissolution of me in I am.

Self: the self-evident, self-radiant, self-knowing, fundamental nature of reality; the non-dual consciousness of existence in itself, by itself and through itself; in its higher meaning, universal I am; in its lower meaning, the soul; in its most basic meaning, the sense of me.

Self-attention: in its highest meaning, I am conscious of I am (consciousness of consciousness); in its higher meaning, me conscious of I am (awareness of consciousness); in its lower meaning, me conscious of itself (awareness of awareness).

Self-remembrance: mindfulness of I am; the effort to maintain constant awareness of pure consciousness; unbroken recollection of the state of presence; the horizontal unity of me and I am.

Separation: a state of ignorance and forgetfulness in which the condition of conscious oneness is absent; a low level of evolution wherein individual consciousness experiences itself as existing apart from the one reality; an existential friction between self and the total existence; the sense of me alienated from both the inner realm and creation.

Source: the absolute; the unmanifested; the original emptiness.

Stabilisation: the relative completion of a process through which an awakened state becomes fully established; a stage of awakening in which the need for further cultivation of a particular state becomes unnecessary.

State Beyond Polarities: an early stage of the transcendence process in which awareness reaches a level of relative absorption and absence.

State of Presence: the state of self-attention; pure awareness; consciousness in itself; the turning back of consciousness upon itself; the centre of the soul's intelligence; the I am of the mind.

Subconscious Me: the subliminal sense of identity; the diluted sense of me experienced below the threshold of conscious me; a dream-like, unfocused sense of self experienced when lost in the mind or spaced-out.

Subconscious Mind: the semi-conscious arising of thoughts in which the 'thinker' is not present to itself.

Subconscious: a subtle realm of lower intelligence present below the conscious reality; the processing sphere of mental impressions that serves as the foundation of the conscious mind.

Sudden Enlightenment: instantaneous arrival at the enlightened state through a sudden and dramatic shift of consciousness and being.

Sudden Path: the path based on the principle of sudden enlightenment.

Time: the movement of becoming as reflected in consciousness.

Transcendence: liberation; the final level in the realisation of the transcendental state wherein one is released form the dimension of ignorance.

Transcendental State: the state of absence; a level of realisation in which the consciousness of the soul merges with the absolute.

Transcendental Me: the realisation of the soul from within the transcendental state; the complete experience of me merged with the realm of absence; me abiding in the natural, unconditional samadhi.

Transparent Me: a level of soul-realisation in which me is met and actualized holistically within its translucent unity with the inner state.

Turiya: samadhi in the sleep state; I am integrated with sleep; awakened sleep; the fourth state - beyond waking, dreaming and deep sleep; the soul absorbed in the beloved; the natural samadhi.

Turiyatitta: the substratum upon which the soul abides in samadhi; the beyond; the state of the creator.

Unconscious Mind: the matrix of memories, impressions, and tendencies that lies beneath the subconscious and conscious mind; the non-conscious source of the subconscious mind; the impersonal wisdom at the root of individual consciousness.

Unconscious: the storehouse of universal, collective and individual mind-content; the ontological foundation of manifested consciousness.

Understanding: the clarity of knowing; the unity of discrimination and wisdom.

Universal Consciousness: the self-illuminating aspect of the whole of existence; the impersonal I am of totality; the fundamental nature of the absolute now.

Universal I am: the consciousness of the god-state; the overseeing awareness of all-that-is; the supreme reality.

Universal Intelligence: the wisdom of totality; the mind of universal consciousness; the intelligence of the supreme reality.

Wholeness: the soul's evolutionary completion including her spiritual enlightenment and human completion; the realization of our evolutionary potential; the embodiment of our ultimate self; complete and multidimensional awakening of our soul-identity.

Witness: the background consciousness beyond perceptual reality; the state of presence; the condition of natural non-involvement founded upon a consciousness of one's true self.

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