Lomi work (Lomi approach): System of bodywork cofounded by aikidoist Richard Strozzi Heckler, Ph.D.

It is a unique blend of contemplative disciplines and the embodiment of right action. Lomi work encompasses meditation and the use of energy in the context of healing.

(See also: Lomi work, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Psychodynamic Chirology (PDC): A comprehensive diagnostic discipline based on the medical-genetic science of dermatoglyphics (see hand psychology). One of PDC's principles is that events in the brain are invariably represented in the hand.

(See also: Psychodynamic Chirology, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

siddhas

A class of celestial beings advanced in spiritual discipline and naturally possessed of the eight mystic powers, such as the abilities to become atomic in size and to control other people’s minds.

(See also: siddhas, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

brahmachari: (Sanskrit) "He who is moving in God." An unmarried male spiritual aspirant who practices continence, observes religious disciplines, including sadhana, devotion and service and who may be under simple vows. Also names one in the student stage, age 1224,or until marriage. See: ashrama dharma, monk.

(See also: Brahmachari, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Mahasivaratri: (Sanskrit) "Siva's great night."

Saivism's foremost festival, celebrated on the night before the new moon in February-March. Fasting and an all-night vigil are observed as well as other disciplines: chanting, praying, meditating and worshiping Siva as the Source and Self of all that exists.

See: festival.

(See also: Mahasivaratri, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

brahmachari: (Sanskrit) "He who is moving in God."

An unmarried male spiritual aspirant who practices continence, observes religious disciplines, including sadhana, devotion and service and who may be under simple vows. Also names one in the student stage, age 1224,or until marriage.

See: ashrama dharma, monk.

(See also: Brahmachari, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

field of consciousness

In ESP experiences there are many potential combinations of seeing, hearing, sensing. When the medium is under a proper self-disciplined conscious control, he can be aware of the major thought-flow focus and simultaneously know of fringe or marginal awareness and impressions impinging into the periphery of consciousness

(See also: Field of consciousness, Body Mind and Soul)

yoga

(Sanskrit) "Yoke" 1. Union of self with the absolute or divine. 2. Methods or discipline employed to obtain such union. 3. Meditative practices originating in pre-Aryan India used by Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and some Moslems and Christians. 4. One of the orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy

(See also: Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Tripitaka Lit., three baskets:

The earliest Buddhist canonical text consisting of three sections:

1. Buddha's discourses (sutras),
2. Rules of Discipline (Vinaya),
3. Analytical and explanatory texts or commentaries (sastras); usually referred to as the Pali canon.

 (See also: Tripitaka, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

sadhaka: (Sanskrit) From sadh, "going straight to the goal."

A spiritual aspirant; a devotee who performs sadhana. A serious seeker who has undertaken spiritual disciplines, is usually celibate and under the guidance of a guru. He wears white and may be under simple vows, but is not a yogi or sannyasin.

See: sadhana.

(See also: Sadhaka, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

sadhana marga: (Sanskrit) "The way of sadhana."

A term used by Sage Yogaswami to name his prescription for seekers of Truth - a path of intense effort, spiritual discipline and consistent inner transformation, as opposed to theoretical and intellectual learning.

See: mysticism, pada, sadhana, spiritual unfoldment.

(See also: Sadhana marga, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

brahmachari (m), brahmacharini (f): One who moves in Brahman; that is, one who continually fixes the mind on the eternal Truth. The more common meaning is student, or one who practices spiritual discipline and celibacy.

(See also: brahmachari, Hinduism, Yoga, Body Mind and Soul)

Chiropractic practice:

a discipline that views the spine as the backbone of human health. Misalignments of vertebrae caused by poor posture or trauma cause pressure on the spinal nerve roots, leading to diminished function and illness. Through manipulation or adjustment of the spine, treatment seeks to analyze and correct misalignments.

(See also: Chiropractic practice, Alternative Medicine, Body Mind and Soul)

sannyasin: (Sanskrit) "Renouncer."

One who has taken sannyasa diksha. A Hindu monk, swami, and one of a world brotherhood (or holy order) of sannyasins. Some are wanderers and others live in monasteries.

The seasoned sannyasin is truly the liberated man, the spiritual exemplar, the disciplined yogi and ultimately the knower of Truth, freed to commune with the Divine and bound to uplift humanity through the sharing of his wisdom, his peace, his devotion and his illumination, however great or small.

The sannyasin is the guardian of his religion, immersed in it constantly, freed from worldliness, freed from distraction, able to offer his work and his worship in unbroken continuity and one-pointed effectiveness. He undertakes certain disciplines including the purification of body, mind and emotion. He restrains and controls the mind through his sadhana, tapas and meditative regimen. He unfolds from within himself a profound love of God and the Gods. His practice of upasana, worship, is predominantly internal, seeking God Siva within.

See: sannyasa, sannyasa dharma, sannyasa diksha, swami.

(See also: Sannyasin, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

sadhana: (Sanskrit) "Means of attainment."

Self-effort, spiritual discipline; the way." Religious or spiritual disciplines, such as puja, yoga, meditation, japa, fasting and austerity. The effect of sadhana is the building of willpower, faith and confidence in oneself and in God, Gods and guru.

The effect of sadhana is the building of willpower, faith and confidence in oneself and in God, Gods and guru. Sadhana harnesses and transmutes the instinctive-intellectual nature, allowing progressive spiritual unfoldment into the superconscious realizations and innate abilities of the soul.

See: purity-impurity, pada, raja yoga, sadhana marga, spiritual unfoldment.

(See also: Sadhana, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)