Cosmic Consciousness - N

A spiritual and mystical perception that all in the universe is "one." To attain cosmic con-sciousness is to see the universe as God and God as the universe.

(See also: Cosmic Consciousness, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

chaitanya: (Sanskrit) "Spirit, consciousness, especially higher consciousness; Supreme Being."

A widely used term, often preceded by modifiers, e.g., sakshi chaitanya, "witness consciousness," or bhakti chaitanya, "devotional consciousness," or Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness." See: chitta, consciousness, mind (five states), Siva consciousness.

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

Consciousness Revolution - N

New Age advocates call for a "consciousness revolution" a new way of looking at and experiencing life. The primary focus of the new consciousness is oneness with God, all mankind, the earth, and with the entire universe.

(See also: Consciousness Revolution, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

Brahmaloka: The world (loka) of God (Brahman); the infinite consciousness of God.

(See also: Brahmaloka, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Chiti: The power of universal Consciousness; the creative aspect of God.

(See also: Chiti, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

Enlightenment:

Realization of the light of the soul. Stabilization of God Consciousness in the physical body.

(See also: Enlightenment, Body Mind and Soul)

Evolution:

Forward progression of consciousness in its journey back to God/Source.

(See also: Evolution, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychic Birth

A quickening of spiritual or cosmic consciousness and power. This new consciousness is one that recognizes oneness with God and the universe. Psychic birth is an occult counterpart to the Christian new birth.

(See also: Psychic Birth, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

A Theosophical definition of Consciousness :

Consciousness

In all its forms and protean manifestations, consciousness is spirit-matter  - force and matter, or spirit and substance, are one  - hence consciousness is the finest and loftiest form of energy, is the root of all things, and is coextensive with kosmic space. It is, therefore, the foundation and the essence of gods, of monads, and of atoms  - the three generalized degrees, kosmically speaking, of the universe.

A natural corollary from this is that the universe therefore is imbodied consciousness, or much more correctly we should call it a quasi-infinite aggregate of imbodied consciousnesses.

See also: Consciousness, Mysticism, Body Mind and Soul)

Spirituality: Having the nature of spirit, soul. God, sometimes religion or a higher consciousness.

(See also: Spirituality, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

salokya-mukthi:

salokya-mukthi. Being in the same plane or world of God consciousness.

(See also: salokya-mukthi, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

heaven

State of consciousness: Utopia. Also a religious belief that Heaven is a place: God's Kingdom

(See also: Heaven, Body Mind and Soul)

sayujya: (Sanskrit) "Intimate union." Perpetual God Consciousness.

See: Sivasayujya, vishvagrasa.

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

Dharma:

(Sansksrit)

1) religion, religious doctrines, a code of life, way of good living, duty.

2) The continuous refinement of consciousness. Each manifested state is the potential state of the next evolutionary substance unfolding into more permanent reality, until the consciousness is purified. By virtuous practice of Dharma one may reach a condition which is referred to as the dharma body. This body is not a material body in the normal sense of a body, but is made of indestructible consciousness. It is not only that form of consciousness which created all the primordial matter in the Universe but creates consciousness itself, i. e. I AM or Self consciousness but, actually, "Hinduism worships multiple forms of the one God. "

(See also: Dharma:, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Sankucita-cetana - contracted consciousness. This refers to animals, birds, insects, and aquatics. Their consciousness is more de veloped than that of the non-moving entities, yet inferior to human consciousness. Sankucita-cetana is mainly limited to the activities of eating, sleeping, mating, fearing, moving about of their own volition, fighting with other animals over territory and possessions which they claim as their own, and becoming angry in the face of encroachment. Beings at this stage of consciousness have no knowledge of the next life and no tendency to inquire about God.

(See also: Sankucita-cetana, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

consciousness: Chitta or chaitanya.

1)    A synonym for mind-stuff, chitta; or

2)    the condition or power of perception, awareness, apprehension.

There are myriad gradations of consciousness, from the simple sentience of inanimate matter to the consciousness of basic life forms, to the higher consciousness of human embodiment, to omniscient states of superconsciousness, leading to immersion in the One universal consciousness, Parashakti. Chaitanya and chitta can name both individual consciousness and universal consciousness.

Modifiers indicate the level of awareness, e.g.,

-       vyashti chaitanya, "individual consciousness;"

-       buddhi chitta, "intellectual consciousness;"

-       Sivachaitanya, "God consciousness."

Five classical "states" of awareness are discussed in scripture:

1)    wakefulness (jagrat),

2)    "dream" (svapna) or astral consciousness,

3)    "deep sleep" (sushupti) or subsuperconsciousness,

4)    the superconscious state beyond (turiya "fourth") and

5)    the utterly transcendent state called turiyatita ("beyond the fourth").

See: awareness, chitta, chaitanya, mind (all entries).

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

God - N

A being who has "many faces." He (it) is considered a radically immanent being who is often referred to as a "universal consciousness," "universal life," or "universal energy." The New Age god is more or less an impersonal force that pervades the universe.

(See also: God, New Age, Body mind and Soul)

ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest sense, ananda is expressed in the famous Vedic description of God: sat-chit-ananda, "existenceconsciousness- bliss" - the divine or superconscious mind of all souls. See: God Realization, Satchidananda.

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

impersonal God: God in His perfections of Pure Consciousness (Parashakti) and Absolute Reality beyond all attributes (Parasiva) wherein He is not a person. (Whereas, in His third perfection, Parameshvara, Siva is someone, has a body and performs actions, has will, dances, etc.)

(See also: Impersonal God, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

ananda: (Sanskrit) "Bliss." The pure joy - ecstasy or enstasy - of God-consciousness or spiritual experience. In its highest sense, ananda is expressed in the famous Vedic description of God: sat-chit-ananda, "existenceconsciousness- bliss" - the divine or superconscious mind of all souls. See: God Realization, Satchidananda.

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

DIONYSIAN: In religious studies, describes "lunar- or nature-oriented" religions that emphasize the ecstatic and emotional aspects, and the liberating of the psyche from the limitations of mundane consciousness, to enable union with the "group mind", or collective consciousness of the group (named for Dionysus, the Greek God of wine and Ecstasy).

(See also: DIONYSIAN, Pagan Organisations, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary, Wicca, )

DIONYSIAN: In religious studies, describes "lunar- or nature-oriented" religions that emphasize the ecstatic and emotional aspects, and the liberating of the psyche from the limitations of mundane consciousness, to enable union with the "group mind", or collective consciousness of the group (named for Dionysus, the Greek God of wine and Ecstasy).

(See also: DIONYSIAN, Magickal Traditions, Magickal Paths, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)