Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Philosophical Approaches
Some philosophers suggest that consciousness resists or even defies definition. Others believe it can be usefully distinguished between p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Philosophical Approaches
Some philosophers suggest that consciousness resists or even defies definition. Others believe it can be usefully distinguished between p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Physical Approaches
Even at the dawn of Newtonian science, Leibniz and many others were suggesting physical theories of consciousness. Modern physical theori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Consciousness
Consciousness is a quality of the mind generally regarded to comprise such key features as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapie...   » Read the article

Article - Biofeedback And Neurofeedback: Your Brain And Neurofeedback - A Beginner's Manual
Biofeedback as a field has been growing since the late 1960s. This form of training and treatment uses monitoring instruments attached to...   » Read the article

Article - Astral Journey: Astral Journey And The Astral Body
Astral Journey and the Astral Body You first separate yourself from the body; then you identify yourself with the mind, and then you fun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Association For The Scientific Study Of Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Association For The Scientific Study Of Consciousness
Founded in 1994, the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness is a professional membership organization that aims to encoura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Store Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Store Consciousness
Store consciousness (Sanskrit: ālayavijñāna; Tibetan: kun gzhi rnam shes; Chinese: 阿賴耶識 Japanese: araya-shiki) is the eighth a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consensus Reality: Encyclopedia - Consensus Reality
The term consensus reality has two usages. To those who adhere to the materialist philosophy, it references the overall space-time realit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transpersonal: Encyclopedia - Transpersonal
The term Transpersonal is often used to refer to psychological categories that transcend the normal features of ordinary ego-functioning....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weil Conjectures: Encyclopedia - Weil Conjectures
In mathematics, the Weil conjectures, which had become theorems by 1974, were some highly-influential proposals from the late 1940s by An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleep: Encyclopedia - Sleep
Sleep is the regular state of natural rest observed in all mammals, birds and fish. Sleep is not actually "unconsciousness," but rather, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis: Encyclopedia - Psychosynthesis
Psychosynthesis is a form of transpersonal psychology which insists on integration, or synthesis of various psychological functions in or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bicameralism Psychology: Encyclopedia - Bicameralism Psychology
In psychology, bicameralism is a controversial theory asserting that the human brain once assumed a state known as a bicameral mind in wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autonomic Nervous System: Encyclopedia - Autonomic Nervous System
The autonomic nervous system is the part of the nervous system of the higher life forms that is not consciously controlled. It is commonl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Mind - Functionalism
As alluded to above, many philosophers accept the thrust of the multiple realizability argument and thus reject both physicalism and redu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Mind - What Is The Mind?
Does the word mind refer simply to a collection of particular thoughts, feelings, and so forth, or does it refer to some entity over and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Mind - Frame Issues
A final class of questions emerging from this aspect of philosophy concern the validity of the commonsense categories employed. Must it b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Mind - What Is Involved In Each Type Of Cognitive Process?
We can also ask questions about the different specific cognitive processes, and of course we might ask what cognitive processes in genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Functionalism Philosophy Of Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Functionalism Philosophy Of Mind - Criticism:
Putnam's Twin Earth thought experiment: Putnam is also responsible for the Twin Earth thought experiment which was intended as an argumen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Practical Approaches
AC research has moved beyond realm of philosophy; several serious attempts are underway to instill consciousness in machines. Two of thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Practical Approaches
AC research has moved beyond realm of philosophy; several serious attempts are underway to instill consciousness in machines. Two of thes...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Actualized Consciousness: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Actualized Consciousness
Actualized Consciousness Awakened, functioning consciousness. Actualized consciousness goes through different degrees of activation: p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Consciousness In Digital Computers
There are various aspects of consciousness generally deemed necessary for a machine to be artificially conscious. A variety of functions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Consciousness - Consciousness In Digital Computers
There are various aspects of consciousness generally deemed necessary for a machine to be artificially conscious. A variety of functions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holonomic Brain Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Holonomic Brain Theory - Lens-defined Model Of Brain Function
According to this theory, each sense functions as a lens, refocusing wave patterns either by perceiving a specific pattern or context as ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manas: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Manas
Manas The name of the seventh of the eight consciousnesses. I refers to the faculty of thought, the intellectual function of consciou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consensus Reality: Encyclopedia Ii - Consensus Reality - Functions Of Consensus Reality
The connotation of the term "consensus reality" is, with few exceptions, disparaging: it is usually employed by idealist, surrealist and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind-body Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind-body Problem - What Science Has To Say
Most neuroscientists believe in the identity of mind and brain, a position that may be considered related to materialism and physicalism,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Georg Lukács: Encyclopedia Ii - Georg Lukács - Work
more to be added Georg Lukács - History and Class Consciousness. History and Class Consciousness was a major contribution to the Marxi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mental Healing: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Mental Healing
mental healing Power to heal with mental faculty. Healing power may emerge from the super-consciousness though originating from an ex...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Conscious Mind: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Conscious Mind
conscious mind: Jagrat chitta ("wakeful consciousness").   The ordinary, waking, thinking state of mind in which the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mind-body Problem: Encyclopedia Ii - Mind-body Problem - Philosophical Perspectives
If the mind is not seen as a "mysterious" substance, and it is assumed there are only mental events and that "the mind" is no more than a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universe: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Universe
A Theosophical definition of Universe :   Universe The theosophical philosophy divides the universe into two general functional...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astral Plane: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Astral Plane
Astral Plane The level of being or consciousness on which the astral body functions. It covers from the lower astral to the upper astr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quantum Mind: Encyclopedia Ii - Quantum Mind - Introduction
The nature of consciousness and its place in the universe remain unknown. Classical models view consciousness as computation among the br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Biofeedback: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Biofeedback
Biofeedback A scientific technique to tune into and consciously control bodily functions through the use of EEG (electroencephalograph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artificial Intelligence: Encyclopedia Ii - Artificial Intelligence - Philosophy
Main article: Philosophy of artificial intelligence The strong AI vs. weak AI debate is still a hot topic amongst AI philosophers. This i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Astral Plane: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Astral Plane
ASTRAL PLANE - The level of being & consciousness on which the astral body functions. It covers from the lower astral to the upper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gnostic Circle: Encyclopedia Ii - Gnostic Circle - The Gnostic Circle
The Gnostic Circle is a product of the yoga of Vedic Cosmologist Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet. It’s function, according to her, is to help...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Community - Problems Of Community
As communities form, so usually develops a collective consciousness and a set of mores. These serve to add cohesion, harmony and continui...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sleep: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sleep
Sleep In sleep the ego becomes unconscious on the physical plane in its brain -- except in the cases of dreaming; the connection betwe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Somnambulism: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Somnambulism
Somnambulism Lit., "sleep-walking ", or moving, acting, writing, reading and performing every function of waking consciousne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orch-or: Encyclopedia Ii - Orch-or - History And Background
In the 1970s and 1980s Hameroff attempted to show that consciousness depends on computation within neurons in microtubules, self-assembl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashta-vijnana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ashta-vijnana
Ashta-vijnana (Sanskrit) (from ashta eight + vijnana function of consciousness, discernment)   Eight or eightfold faculties; used...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holonomic Brain Theory: Encyclopedia Ii - Holonomic Brain Theory - Quantum Dynamics Of Free Will
According to this theory, waveforms, within the matrix of a distributed system, allow fluctuations taking place to create new patterns, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological [[...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sthulopadhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sthulopadhi
Sthulopadhi (Sanskrit) [from sthula gross + upadhi base, vehicle]   The gross base or vehicle in the human constitution, consisti...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reiki-alchemia: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Reiki-alchemia
REIKI-ALCHEMIA Reiki-alchemia utilizes keys of different geometric shapes to trigger states of consciousness which allow healing and v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jahiliyyah: Encyclopedia Ii - Jahiliyyah - Jahiliyya In Radical Western Society
Jahiliyyah has come to have a particular function in some radical Islamic circles, analogous to the idea of false consciousness in secula...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Samadhi
A Theosophical definition of Samadhi :   Samadhi (Sanskrit) A compound word formed of sam, meaning "with" or "to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blood Sugar: Encyclopedia Ii - Blood Sugar - Direct Health Effects Of Blood Sugar Problems
If blood sugar levels drop too low, a potentially fatal condition called hypoglycemia develops. Symptoms may include lethargy, impaired m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Samadhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Samadhi
Samadhi (Sanskrit) [from sam with, together + a towards + the verbal root dha to place, bring]   To direct towards; to combine th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breath: Encyclopedia Ii - Breath - Control Of Breathing
Breathing is one of the few bodily functions which, within limits, can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously. Conscious attent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samadhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Samadhi - The Hindu Tradition
Samadhi (IPA: [sɑ ma dʰi] is Sanskrit term for the practice which produces complete meditation (among "normal" one). According to Vyasa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Brain - Mind And Brain
A distinction is sometimes made in the philosophy of mind between the mind and brain. The brain is defined as the physical, biological ma...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Pagan Denominations Dictionary On Shamanism
SHAMANISM: The oldest system of healing and magick in the world, probably as old as mankind itself. Shamanism is the art of functionin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shamanism: Magickal Traditions Dictionary On Shamanism
SHAMANISM: The oldest system of healing and magick in the world, probably as old as mankind itself. Shamanism is the art of functionin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical, Physicalization: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Physical, Physicalization
Physical, Physicalization The physical plane of matter is that one of the many planes in universal nature which is coordinated with ou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mind: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mind
Mind The ancient wisdom taught that mind is one of the functions or innate attributes of the fundamental selfhood or consciousness of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexander Technique: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Alexander Technique
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE: The Alexander technique is a method used to help people illuminate their unconscious patterns of body tension and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirira Namastaka: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nirira Namastaka
Nirira Namastaka The ability of a high adept to produce from within his focus of consciousness or to exteriorize from it a substitute ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akarsha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Akarsha
Akarsha akarsa (Sanskrit) (from a near to, towards + krish to draw, pull, lead)   Drawing towards oneself, attraction, fascinatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Brain: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Brain - Comparison Of The Brain And A Computer
In the public consciousness, much interest has been focused on comparing the brain with computers. A variety of obvious analogies exist -...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrative Manual Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Integrative Manual Therapy
INTEGRATIVE MANUAL THERAPY This therapy recognizes that each person is more than the total components of anatomy, physics, and chemist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - Chakras And The Endocrine System
Parallels have often been drawn, by supporters of the existence of chakras, between the positions and functions of the chakras, and of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seraphim Rose: Encyclopedia Ii - Seraphim Rose - Death
After feeling acute pains for several days while working in his cell in 1982, Father Seraphim was taken by his fellow monks to a hospital...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Life
Life Life per se is conscious, substantial, spiritual force, manifesting in myriad ways as the various lives and as forms of energy, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soul: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Soul
soul: The real being of man, as distinguished from body, mind and emotions. The soul - known as atman or purusha - is the sum of its t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neo-tech Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Neo-tech Philosophy - Neo-tech As Neo-objectivism
Neo-Tech can be classified as a brand of Neo-Objectivism. As a self-described "dynamic" form of objectivism, it departs from Randian Obje...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spermatic Logos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spermatic Logos
Spermatic Logos The Stoics taught that things do not exist solely or originally by reason of some definite end to which they are tendi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Death: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Death
DEATH – 1. life’s other side, afterlife, discarnate realm of existence. 2. end of this life, cessation of the vital func...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brain: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Brain
Brain The anatomy of the brain is very complex, and the organ as a whole can be considered under two main aspects: 1)  &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Microcosm-macrocosm: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Microcosm-macrocosm
microcosm-macrocosm: "Little world" or "miniature universe" as compared with "great world." Microcosm re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Abhidina: Theosophy Dictionary On Abhidina
Abhidina (Sanskrit) (from abhi towards + dina flight from the verbal root di to fly)   One of the siddhis (occult powers) of a bu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ayatana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ayatana
Ayatana (Sanskrit) (from a towards + the verbal root yat to rest in or on, make effort in or on)   A resting place, seat, or abod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karanopadhi: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Karanopadhi
A Theosophical definition of Karanopadhi :   Karanopadhi (Sanskrit) A compound meaning the "causal instrument" or &qu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Life-atom: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Life-atom
Life-atom In theosophical literature, the vital ensouling power or vital entified unit in every primary or ultimate physical particle,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Universal Mind: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Universal Mind
Universal Mind The sum of the states of kosmic consciousness grouped under the human expressions thought, will, understanding, and fee...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chiti, Citi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Chiti, Citi
Chiti citi (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root chit to think)   Understanding; "that by which the effects and consequences of a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Paramita: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Paramita
Paramita (Sanskrit) [from param beyond + ita gone from the verbal root i to go]   Gone or crossed to the other shore; derivativel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Catalepsy, Cataleptic State: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Catalepsy, Cataleptic State
Catalepsy katalepsis (Greek) (from kata down + lambanein to seize)   A psychomotor condition of morbid sleep, associated with a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Insulin: Encyclopedia Ii - Insulin - The Brain And Hypoglycemia
Though other cells can use other fuels for a while (most prominently fatty acids), neurons are dependent on glucose as a source of energy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manu: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manu
Manu (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root man to think]   In Hindu mythology, the son of Svayambhuva, father and husband of Ila, pare...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Death - The Process Of Dying
Death - Cell death. A. Normal cellular function 1. Production of free energy required for vital cellular metabolism 2. Production of e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Physical Organs: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Physical Organs
Physical Organs Natural history reveals that the organs of the body acquire a greater individual importance, and in some cases occupy ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaman: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Shaman
SHAMAN: 1) a practitioner of SHAMANISM. Person who has obtained knowledge of the subtler aspects of the World by periods of alternate...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Religion: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Religion
Religion [from Latin religare to bind back, implying obligation; or from relegere to select, distinguish among various elements for th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reality: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Reality
Reality Words such as reality, truth, and good are understood in reference to their opposites; and the opposite of reality is appearan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Akasa-tattva: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Akasa-tattva
Akasa-tattva (Sanskrit) (from akasa ether, space + tattva thatness, reality from tat that)   The brilliant, shining, spiritually ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Geocentric Theory: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Geocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory A theory in which the earth is regarded as being at the center of the solar system, usually referring to the system ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Somnambulism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Somnambulism
Somnambulism [from Latin somnus sleep + ambulare to walk]   Sleepwalking; in this condition the person moves about as if entrance...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Faq Dictionary: Do We Go Out-of-body When We Dream?
Dream FAQ Dictionary: Do we go out-of-body when we dream?   Do we go out-of-body when we dream? No one knows where consciousne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Four
Four Dream Symbols: wholeness; according to Jung there are four functions of consciousness; thinking, feeling, intuitiveness and sensa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Faq Dictionary: Does Lucid Dreaming Interfere With The Function Of "normal" Dreaming?
Dream FAQ Dictionary: Does lucid dreaming interfere with the function of "normal" dreaming?   Does lucid dreaming in...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Queen: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Queen
  Queen In African folklore, the King is said to be "the one who holds all life, human and cosmic, in his hands; the keyston...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About King: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - King
  King In African folklore, the King is said to be "the one who holds all life, human and cosmic, in his hands; the keystone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Cognitive Neuroscience Approaches
Modern investigations into and discoveries about consciousness are based on psychological statistical studies and case studies of conscio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Spiritual Approaches
Spiritual approaches to consciousness involve the idea of altered states of consciousness or religious experience. Changes in the state o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consciousness: Encyclopedia Ii - Consciousness - Tests Of Consciousness
As there is still not a clear definition of consciousness, no empirical tests currently exist to test consciousness as a whole. Some have...   » Read the article