Personal Self Dictionary - Article Index

Dictionary - Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self
Self Theosophical literature distinguishes between self and ego: self is a purely spiritual unit, divine in essence, the same in every...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Concentration: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Concentration
Concentration With meditation, an equivalent for certain parts of yoga, as found in samadhi, dharana; the removal or surmounting of di...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self. The Supreme Divine Spirit overshadowing man. The crown of the upper spiritual Triad in man - Atman.   (See also: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ethics: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ethics
Ethics In theosophy, a philosophy of moral conduct based on the inner structure and operations of the universe itself, not a mere code...   » 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 - Physical Body: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Physical Body
Physical Body [cf Sanskrit sthula-sarira, annamaya-kosa]   The most material sheath or instrument used by the forces manifesting ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sanskrit Dictionary: A Sanskrit Dictionary From Advaita To Yoga
Sanskrit dictionary. From Advaita to Yoga.   Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment" or "kundalini&...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-realization: New Age Dictionary On Self-realization
Self-realization New Agers use this as a synonym for God-realization. It refers to a personal recognition of one's divinity.   ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vasana, Conditioning, Tendencies, Self-limitation: Parapsychology Dictionary On Vasana, Conditioning, Tendencies, Self-limitation
Vasana, Conditioning, Tendencies, Self-limitation: Self-imposed limitations; the general idea is that your true self is unbounded and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reincarnation: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Reincarnation
REINCARNATION Advanced minds seem to take reincarnation for granted: Plato, Emerson, Edison, Shaw, Jung -- even Nietzsche and Schopenh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Atman
A Theosophical definition of Atman :   Atman (Sanskrit) The root of atman is hardly known; its origin is uncertain, but the gen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selfishness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Selfishness
Selfishness Making the gratification of the personal self or ego the paramount aim in conduct; a disregard of the interests of others....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Sai Baba Dictionary On Self
Self: Self: What is Self? see SSS-IV   (See also: Self , Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Indian Hindu Dictionary On Self
Self: The nearest English equivalent of the Sanskrit word “Atman”, the essential Divinity of an individual.   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Self
SELF: with a capital 'S' is reference to one's entirety of person, the spirit & soul, if you will.   (See also: SELF , Wit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trance: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Trance
Trance [from Latin transpire to cross, pass over]   A state in which the soul seems to have passed out of the body into another s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-applied Health Enhancement Methods: Alternative Health Dictionary On Self-applied Health Enhancement Methods
Self-Applied Health Enhancement Methods (SAHEM): Variation of self-healing developed by Roger Jahnke, C.A., O.M.D., author of The Heal...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tanha: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tanha
Tanha (Pali) Thirst; in Buddhism the thirst or longing for material existence, the desire to return to the familiar scenes of earth-li...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self The divine-spiritual essence or essential egoity overshadowing the human being, the atma-buddhi with the efflorescence of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enlightenment: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Enlightenment
enlightenment: For Saiva monists, Self Realization, samadhi without seed (nirvikalpa samadhi); the ultimate attainment, sometimes re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Initiation: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Initiation
Initiation (from Latin initio entering into, beginning)   Generally, the induction of a pupil into a new way of living and into s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Essene Way Of Self-healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Essene Way Of Self-healing
Essene way of self-healing: means of tapping psychic and healing powers of the universe. It encompasses affirmations, visualizations, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atmasamyama Yoga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atmasamyama Yoga
Atmasamyama Yoga (Sanskrit) (from atma self + samyama restraint + yoga union)   The attaining of at-one-ment with the highest by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Brothers Of The Shadow: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Brothers Of The Shadow
A Theosophical definition of Brothers of the Shadow :   Brother(s) of the Shadow A term given in occultism and especially in mo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Selflessness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Selflessness
Selflessness The attribute of the atman, the essential self or selfhood; on the upward arc of evolution we strive to wean our lower or...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self Realization: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Self Realization
Self Realization: Direct knowing of the Self God, Parasiva.   Self Realization is known in Sanskrit as nirvikalpa samadhi; "...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enneagram System: Alternative Health Dictionary On Enneagram System
Enneagram system (Enneagram, Enneatype system): System of spiritual psychology based on an ancient Sufi typology of nine (ennea in Gre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inner Self Healing Process: Alternative Health Dictionary On Inner Self Healing Process
inner self healing process: System developed by American-born clinical psychologist and author Swami Ajaya, Ph.D.   Its theory p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ascetic: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Ascetic
ascetic: A person who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial, shunning comforts and pleasures for religious purposes. Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Acu-ball Pressure Self-treatment: Alternative Health Dictionary On Acu-ball Pressure Self-treatment
acu-ball pressure self-treatment: Form of self-applied acupressure characterized by the use of soft balls of solid rubber.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transfiguration: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Transfiguration
Transfiguration Most familiar in reference to the event described in Matthew 17 where Jesus is said to have taken three disciples onto...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ego: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Ego
A Theosophical definition of Ego :   Ego (Latin) A word meaning "I." In theosophical writings the ego is that which s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self The True Self. The real being who expresses the soul and the body, as opposed to what the person seems to be or thinks the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Path: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Path
path: Marga or pantha. A trail, road or way. In Hinduism there are various ways that the term path is used. -    ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inner Self: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Inner Self
Inner Self Refers to the inner divinity from which the being and personality evolve.   See also The Unconscious, the Subconsicou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-realization: Siddha Yoga Dictionary On Self-realization
Self-realization: The state of enlightenment in which the individual merges with pure Consciousness.   (See also: Self-realiz...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pythia, Pythoness: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Pythia, Pythoness
Pythia or Pythoness (Ancient Greek). Modern dictionaries inform us that the term means one who delivered the oracles at the temple of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Valfader, Valfodr, Valfadir: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Valfader, Valfodr, Valfadir
Valfader, Valfodr, Valfadir (Swedish, Icelandic) [from val choice, death + fader father]   Odin in Norse mythology is often addre...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lower Nature, Lower Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Lower Nature, Lower Self
Lower Nature, Lower Self The dual human nature arises from the fact that manas (mind), the field and substance of human thought and re...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-realization: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Self-realization
Self-Realization Total consciousness or realizaton of the true self, or Higher Self, and that the body is only an expression of that r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-actualization: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Self-actualization
SELF-ACTUALIZATION: Fully realizing oneÕs individual human potential.   (See also: Self-actualization , Alternative Health, Bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pratyeka-yana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pratyeka-yana
Pratyeka-yana (Sanskrit) [from prati towards, for + eka one + yana vehicle, path]   The path of each one for himself, or the pers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Triad In theosophical literature a distinction is often made between that part of human nature which is immortal and that which...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monad: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Monad
A Theosophical definition of Monad :   Monad A spiritual entity which to us humans is indivisible; it is a divine-spiritual lif...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pythia, Pythoness: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Pythia, Pythoness
Pythia or Pythoness (Greek) Pytho was an older name for Delphi, and from it was formed the adjective Pythius, in the feminine Pythia. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Twin-souls: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Twin-souls
Twin-Souls To quote Blavatsky: "The star under which a human Entity is born . . . will remain for ever its star, throughout the w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hindu: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Hindu
Hindu: (Sanskrit) A follower of, or relating to, Hinduism.   Generally, one is understood to be a Hindu by being born into a Hin...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Difficult Path Of Practice (path Of The Sages, Self-power Path): Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Difficult Path Of Practice (path Of The Sages, Self-power Path)
Difficult Path of Practice (Path of the Sages, Self-Power Path) According to Pure Land teaching, all conventional Buddhist ways of pr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Body: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Body
  Body Dreaming about your body generally suggests that you are dreaming about your personal identity. Who we are is wrapped arou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spiritual Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Spiritual Self
Spiritual Self Used for buddhi-manas, the spiritual monad.   (See also: Spiritual Self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-awakened One: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Self-awakened One
Self-awakened one (Jpn.: dokkaku)   See: cause-awakened one     (See also: Self-awakened one , Enlightenment, Buddhi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Enquiry, Self-enquiry, Vichara: Parapsychology Dictionary On Enquiry, Self-enquiry, Vichara
Enquiry, self-enquiry, vichara: To seek an answer to the question "Who am I?" not by intellectual reasoning, but by beholdi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dynamic Self Inquiry: Alternative Health Dictionary On Dynamic Self Inquiry
Dynamic Self Inquiry (TM): A psycho-spiritual process promoted by transformational facilitator (see Transformational Breath (TM)) Thom...   » Read the article

Dictionary - No Self: Eastern Philosophy Dictionary On No Self
No Self (anatta): Buddhist doctrine that we have not unified and individual self, but only a fluctuating series of material and consci...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-hypnosis: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Self-hypnosis
self-hypnosis To allow one's self to reach a hypnotic state   (See also: Self-hypnosis , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-actualization: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Self-actualization
self-actualization Process of realizing one's full potential   (See also: Self-actualization , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-conceit: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Self-conceit
self-conceit: Too high an opinion of oneself; vanity, vain pride. (See also: Self-conceit , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Self
Self 1.    One Infinity, Tao, our large mind. 2.    Delusional mind, ignorance, attachment, stagnation...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Higher Self
higher self The superconscious or higherconscious mind   (See also: Higher self , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Inner Self Or Higher Self: New Age Dictionary On Inner Self Or Higher Self
Inner Self or Higher Self - N Refers to the inner divine nature possessed by human beings. All people are said to possess an inner sel...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Higher Self
HIGHER SELF: That part of us which connects our corporeal minds to the Collective Unconscious and with the divine knowledge of the uni...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cause-awakened One: Buddhism Enlightenment Dictionary On Cause-awakened One
Cause-awakened one (Jpn.: engaku; Skt.: pratyekabuddha)   Also, self-awakened one. One who perceives the twelve-linked chain of c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Higher Self: Health And Healing Dictionary On Higher Self
Higher Self: Non-physical, true self. The enlightened, "actual" persona of the individual as opposed to what the person seem...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Self
A Theosophical definition of Self :   Self Man is a sheaf or bundle of forces or energies and material elements combined; and t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - People: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - People Represent Aspects Of Self
People : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - People represent aspects of Self   People represent aspects of Self. An aspect is a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-help For Stress And Pain: Alternative Health Dictionary On Self-help For Stress And Pain
Self-Help for Stress and Pain (Self-Help Approach): Offshoot of applied kinesiology originated by Elizabeth and Hamilton Barhydt and d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Prapatti: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Prapatti
prapatti: (Sanskrit) "Throwing oneself down."   Bhakti - total, unconditional submission to God, often coupled with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chela: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Chela
A Theosophical definition of Chela :   Chela (Cela) An old Indian term. In archaic times more frequently spelled and pronounced...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-born: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-born
Self-born Parentless, in Sanskrit aupapaduka or aja -- terms used of the head of a hierarchy, such as the Logos, corresponding to the ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Buddha Nature: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Buddha Nature
Buddha Nature The following terms refer to the same thing: Self-Nature, True Nature, Original Nature, Dharma Nature, True Mark, True ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-assertive: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Self-assertive
self-assertive: Quality of one who makes himself, his ideas, opinions, etc., dominant. Demanding recognition. (See also: Self-asser...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Demons: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary On Demons
Demons Evil influences which hinder cultivation. These can take an infinite number of forms, including evil beings or hallucinations....   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Faq Dictionary: How Can I Tell Actual Paranormal Experiences From Self-delusion?
Dream FAQ Dictionary: How can I tell actual paranormal experiences from self-delusion?   How can I tell actual paranormal expe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-existent: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Self-existent
Self-existent (Atmabhu, Svayambhuva) Existing in and by itself alone; applied to any self-contained entity when considered apart from ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Psychic Self-defense: Alternative Health Dictionary On Psychic Self-defense
Psychic Self-Defense: Program whose principle is that negative forces, negative influences, or negative thought-forms - a usually impe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Delusional Self: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Delusional Self
DELUSIONAL SELF The ultimate confusion of psychedelic psychosis results in extreme terror because one becomes lost in an abyss of mean...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Self-healing: Health And Healing Dictionary On Self-healing
Self-healing: An approach to health, or process that typically involves using affirmations, prayer, and/or visualization techniques to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Attic: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Attic
  Attic Any part of a house usually represents a part of yourself (dreamer = house). The attic is the last thing built. Consider ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atman: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary Iv On Atman
Atman:   Atman ("self"): the transcendental Self, or Spirit, which is eternal and superconscious; our true nature or ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nirvana: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Nirvana
A Theosophical definition of Nirvana :   Nirvana (Sanskrit) This is a compound: nir, "out," and vana, the past partic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God Realization: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On God Realization
God Realization: Direct and personal experience of the Divine within oneself.   It can refer to either 1)    sav...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kashmir Saivism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Kashmir Saivism
Kashmir Saivism: (Sanskrit) In this mildly theistic and intensely monistic school founded by Vasugupta around 850, Siva is immanent an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kum Nye: Alternative Health Dictionary On Kum Nye
Kum Nye (Kum Nye relaxation, Kum Nye relaxation system of self healing): Holistic mode of self-healing developed by Tarthang Tulku and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Alexander Technique: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Alexander Technique
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE The Alexander Technique is movement education in which the student is taught to sit, stand, and move in ways that ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Antahkarana: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Antahkarana
Antahkarana (Sanskrit) (from antar interior, within + karana sense organ)   Interior organ or instrument; defined variously as th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Ugliness: Dream Interpretation - Ugliness
  Ugliness In dreams, your body image can be a topic of concern personally or among the other dream characters. Only occasionally...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ahamkara: Theosophy Dictionary On Ahamkara
Ahamkara (Sanskrit) (from aham ego, I + kara maker, doer from the verbal root kri to do)   I-maker; conception of egoity or I-am-...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Ugliness: Dream Interpretation - Ugliness
  Ugliness In dreams, your body image can be a topic of concern personally or among the other dream characters. Only occasionally...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Karmasannyasa Yoga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Karmasannyasa Yoga
Karmasannyasa Yoga (Sanskrit) The attaining of at-one-ment with the highest by means of renunciation of action for personal benefit, t...   » 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

Dictionary - Focusing-oriented Psychotherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Focusing-oriented Psychotherapy
Focusing (Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, Focusing Process, Focusing Therapy): Natural stepwise system of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Personal Self: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Personal Self
Personal Self.   See PERSONAL EGO   (See also: Personal Self , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dict...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quick Links To Archives And Dictionary Related To Mysticism - Per - Pil
Links to archives related to mysticism: Perisprit, Permanent Self, Permian, Per-M-Rhu, Perpetual Motion, Perplexed, Perseus, Per...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Quick Links To Archives Related To Alternative Health Dictionary A
Popular archives related to Alternative Health Ayurveda, Chakra, Aura, Kundalini, Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Grow...   » Read the article

Article - Site Map: Site Map Archives P-s
Map over all archives. See also: Sacred Space, Sacred Places, Power Places, Enlightenment, Spiritual Growth, Meaning of Dreams, Yoga, May...   » Read the article