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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Consciousness

Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment. It is a subject of much research in philosophy of mind, psychology, neurology, and cognitive science. Some philosophers divide consciousness into phenomenal consciousness, which is experience itself, and access consciousness, which is the processing of the things in experience (Block 2004). Others consider ...

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia II - Consciousness - Philosophical approaches Some philosophers suggest that consciousness resists or even defies definition. Others believe it can be usefully distinguished between phenomenal consciousness and access or psychological consciousness, while still others disagree. There are many philosophical stances on consciousness, including: behaviorism, dualism, idealism, functionalism, phenomenalism, physicalism, emergentism, and mysticism. C ...

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Deity - Singular God

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Brahman

Brahman (ब्रह्मन् in devanagari script) in the Vedantic (and subsequently Yogic) schools of Hinduism, is the signifying name given to the concept of the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent reality that is the Divine Ground of all being in this universe. This Supreme Cosmic Spirit is regarded to be eternal, genderless, omnipotent, omniscient and yet indescribable. It can be at best described as infinite Truth, infinite Consciousness and infinite Bliss. It is regarded as the source and sum of the cosmo ...

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Vipassana

Vipassanā (Sanskrit: vipasyanā) is the practice of Insight Meditation. While it is often referred to as Buddhist meditation, the practice taught by the Buddha was non-sectarian, and has a universal application. It does not require conversion to Buddhism. While the meditation practices themselves vary from school to school, the underlying principle is the investigation of phenomena (Sanskrit: dharmas) as they manifest in the five aggregates (Skandha) namely, matter or form (Rupa), sensation or feelings (Vedana), perception (Samjna), mental formations (Saṃskāra) & consciousness (Vijnana). This process lead ...

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Vipassana - Famous masters

Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Chicano

A Chicano or Chicana is a term used to indicate an identity held by some persons of Mexican descent living in the United States. Often times, it refers to a first or second generation Mexican-American living in an urban, Mexican-American immigrant community, where there exists the strong ethnic consciousness of being "Mexican-American". It is considered a term of ethnic pride, though not all Mexican-Americans proud of their heritage necessarily consider themselves Chicano. A woman of this category is usually named by the femini ...

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Baphomet

Baphomet is an idol or image of a being typically described as demonic. The name first came to public consciousness as a part of the suppression of the Knights Templar. Baphomet - In the Templar confessions. During the judicial proceedings and inquisitions of the Knights Templar, assertions were made that the knights engaged in pagan idolatry. Statements had been obtained from former knights, stating that the order secretly worshipped an entity they called Baphomet. These confessions were obtained under dur ...

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Baphomet - Criticism of Levi's interpretation

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants

Certain drugs can affect the subjective qualities of perception, thought or emotion, resulting in altered interpretations of sensory input, alternate states of consciousness, or hallucinations. This general group of pharmacological agents can be divided into three broad categories: psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants. All of these agents act as neurotransmitter mimics, often as agonists or antagonists at neurotransmitter receptors. Their primary effects are markedly different from those of st ...

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Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants - Hallucinogenic plants, fungi, and animals

Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants

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Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants - Hallucinogenic plants fungi and animals

Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Spirit

The English word "spirit" comes from the Latin spiritus, meaning breath. In religion and spirituality, the respiration of the human being has for obvious reasons been strongly linked with the very occurrence of life. A similar significance has been attributed to human blood. Spirit has thus evolved to denote that which separates a living body from a corpse, but can be used metaphorically (she performed the piece with spirit or she put up a spirited defence) where ...

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Spirit - Etymology

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Atman Hinduism

Beginning with Vedantic Hindu philosophy, the Ātman — Sanskrit (masculine nominative singular: Ātmā) is regarded as an underlying metaphysical self. It is first seen in its current Hindu usage in the Upanishads, some of which date back to 1000 BC. The word “Atman” (pronounced in Sanskrit like “Atma”) is interpreted by some schools as the “Main Essence” of man, as his Highest Self. “A” in this word is a negative particle. One popular, albeit apocryphal, etymology has it that the 'tma' of "atma" “Tma” mea ...

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Samsara

In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or saṃsāra refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in Indian philosophical traditions. Samsara - Etymology. Samsara is derived from saṃ√sṛ, "to flow together," to go or pass through states, to wander. One who is subject to Samsara is called a samsarin. Rebirth (Buddhist), Reincarnation, Wheel of Life, Six lower realms Samsara - Cycle of rebirth. Including:

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Angra Mainyu

For the Warhammer 40,000 character of Ahriman, go to Ahriman (Warhammer 40,000) For the Final Fantasy monsters of Ahriman, go to Ahriman (Final Fantasy) Angra Mainyu or Ahriman is the Evil Spirit of the one, true god Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism. Angra Mainyu is the adversary of Spenta Mainyu, the Good Spirit. Angra Mainyu is Avestan, Ahrisman is Middle Persian. The name does not occur in the Old Persian inscriptions. In the Avesta he is called the twin-brother of the Holy Spirit, and contras ...

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Angra Mainyu - External link

Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Cappuccino

Cappuccino is an Italian beverage, prepared with espresso and milk. A cappuccino is generally defined as 1/3 espresso, 1/3 steamed milk and 1/3 frothed milk. Another definition would call for 1/3 espresso and 2/3 microfoam. A cappuccino differs from a cafe latte, which is mostly milk and little foam. (A "dry cappuccino" has less milk). The "iced cappuccino" beverage is a misnomer since there is no way to duplicate the foam on top of the hot beverage. Instead, espresso and cold milk on ice is called an iced cafe latte. An espresso macchiato is a shot ...

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Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Limerence

Limerence is a state of mind that, in standard English, is often referred to either as "being in love" (as distinct from "loving" someone) or as infatuation. The term "infatuation" carries connotations of immaturity or fatuousness, while "limerence" is intended to separate these connotations from the emotion. However, this intended separation does not, by itself, mean that the two are fully separable. Also, to the extent that its usage has carried over from pop psychology to non-technical usage, its meaning seems to lose the intended precision so that it becomes a mere substitute fo ...

Consciousness - Etymology: Encyclopedia - Integrity

Integrity comprises the personal inner sense of "wholeness" deriving from honesty and consistent uprightness of character. The etymology of the word relates it to the Latin adjective integer (whole, complete). Evaluators, of course, usually assess integrity from some point of view, such as that of a given ethical tradition or in the context of an ethical relationship. Integrity - Popular views of Integrity. Many people appear to use the word "integrity" in a vague manner as an alternative to the perc ...