Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Surat Shabda Yoga
Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology depicts the whole of creation (the macrocosm) as being emanated and arranged in a spiritually differentiated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Samsara In Surat Shabda Yoga
In Surat Shabda Yoga, the purpose is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) and True...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Jainism
In Jainism, karma, anuva (ego) and the veil of maya are central. In Jainism, liberation from samsara is called moksha or mukti. ... See...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macrocosm And Microcosm: Encyclopedia - Macrocosm And Microcosm
Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of reality. It may have begun wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia - Yoga
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices that originated in India, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia - Origin Belief
An origin belief is any story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe (cosmogony). Such b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia - Samsara
In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or saṃsāra refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pythagoreanism: Encyclopedia - Pythagoreanism
Pythagoreanism is a term used for the esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans, who were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia - Hindu Units Of Measurement
Old Indian measures are still in use today, primarily for religious purposes in Hinduism and Jainism. They also are employed in the teach...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Satguru: Encyclopedia - Satguru
See also. Guru Guru-shishya tradition ...    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musica Universalis: Encyclopedia - Musica Universalis
Musica universalis or music of the spheres is a medieval philosophical concept that regards the proportions in the movements of the celes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Altered State Of Consciousness: Encyclopedia - Altered State Of Consciousness
The phrase "altered state of consciousness" was coined in the 1970s and describes induced changes in one's mental state, almost always te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jiva: Encyclopedia - Jiva
In Hinduism and Jainism, a jiva is the immortal essence of a living being, subject to maya. A jiva that is free of maya, i.e. is not tied...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emanationism: Encyclopedia - Emanationism
Emanationism technically is a henotheism component in the cosmology of certain religious or philosophical systems that argue a Supreme Be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moksha: Encyclopedia - Moksha
Moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष, liberation) or Mukti (Sanskrit: विमुक्ति, release) refers, in general, to liberation f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religions: Encyclopedia - List Of Religions
The following is a list of religions. Note that the classification hereunder is only one of several possible. This system uses a filter s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia - Self-realization
In Yoga, Self-realization is knowledge of one's true self. This true self is also referred to as the atma to avoid ambiguity. The term "s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia - Logos
The Greek word λόγος or logos is a word with various meanings. It is often translated into English as "Word" but can also mean thoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia - Spirituality
Spirituality is, in a narrow sense, a concern with matters of the spirit, however that may be defined; but it is also a wide term with ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Of God: Encyclopedia - Names Of God
Monotheistic faiths believe that there is a supreme being, who is necessarily unique, and the different names given to that being in diff...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shabd: Encyclopedia - Shabd
Shabd or Shabda literally means “sound” or “word” in Sanskrit. [1] Esoterically, Shabd is the “Sound Current vibrating in all c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Hinduism
In some types of Hinduism, Saṃsāra is seen as ignorance of the True Self, Brahman, and thus the soul is led to believe in the reality ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Buddhism
Samsara - Saṃsāra in Nikaya Buddhism. Whereas in Hinduism some being (ātman, jiva, etc.) is regarded as being subject to Saṃsāra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Cycle Of Rebirth
In most Indian philosophical traditions, including the orthodox Hindu and heterodox Buddhist and Jain systems, an ongoing cycle of birth,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - German Idealism
The nineteenth century German philosophers inherited Kant’s overwhelmingly influential ontological framework, which had distinguished b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Occult Concepts Of Spiritual Evolution
Theories of Spiritual Evolution are important in many Occult and Esoteric teachings, which emphasise the progression and development of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - New Age Ideas
New Age thought is strongly syncretic and based on a superficial but creative interpretation of previous spiritual and esoteric tradition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Precursors To The Idea
Spiritual evolution - The Cyclic Cosmos. Mircea Eliade has suggested that in many pre-modern cultures one finds the concept of the Fall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Hindu Yoga
Yoga - Bhagavad Gita. Main article: Bhagavad Gita The Bhagavad Gita famously distinguishes several types of "yoga", corresponding to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Integral Philosophy And Spiral Dynamics
An interpretation of social and psychological development that could also be considered a theory of spiritual evolution is Spiral Dynamic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macrocosm And Microcosm: Encyclopedia Ii - Macrocosm And Microcosm - Ancient Thought
Macrocosm/microcosm is a principle in Socratic/Platonic philosophy. The Republic, most of it of Socratic influence, is based on this fund...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spiritual Evolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Spiritual Evolution - Evolution Towards Godhead
Spiritual evolution - A Common Vision. Although contemporaries, Sri Aurobindo and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin did not meet, or even seem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Myths
Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation myths — mytho-religious stories which explain the beginnings of the universe as a deliberate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Ex Nihilo
Creation ex nihilo (Latin: out of nothing) is at odds with our everyday experiences, in that nothing spontaneously comes into (or vanishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Diversity Of Yoga
Over the long history of yoga, different schools have emerged, and there are numerous examples of subdivisions and synthesis. It is commo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Religion
In the Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain traditions, the spiritual goals of yoga are seen as inseparable from the religions of which yoga f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Limits To The Ontology Of Creation
While many scenarios are proposed by religion and science to identify 'first cause' and the origin of creation (ontology), there are some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Buddhist Yoga
Within the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism yoga likewise holds a central place, though not in the form presented by Patanjali or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Origins
Images of a meditating yogi from the Indus Valley Civilization are thought to be 6 to 7 thousand years old. The earliest written accounts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - The Word Yoga
The word "yoga" - from the Sanskrit root yuj ("to yoke") - is generally translated as "union" or "integration." This may be understood as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Science-based Beliefs
Science, strictly speaking, deals only with observable phenomena. Anything that cannot be observed (either directly or indirectly) is, by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Religious Creation Beliefs
Several religions have creation stories, some of which account for the existence and present form of the Universe by the act of creation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga Practice And Intention
Modern yoga practice often includes traditional elements inherited from Hinduism, such as moral and ethical principles, postures designed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Yoga And Tantra
Yoga is often mentioned in company with Tantra. While the two have deep similarities, most traditions distinguish them from one another. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Common Themes
Samkhya Nyaya Vaisheshika Yoga Purva Mimamsa Advaita Vedanta Vishishtadvaita Dvaita Carvaka Jain Buddhist Logic Common to most forms of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Macrocosm And Microcosm: Encyclopedia Ii - Macrocosm And Microcosm - Medieval And Modern Thought
The English physician and alchemist Robert Fludd (1574-1637) expicitly based his work Utriusque Cosmi Historia (The history of the two wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Surat Shabd Yoga - Movements And Masters
Adherents believe Surat Shabda Yoga has been expressed through the movements of many different masters. However, because a basic principl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoga - Notable Yogis
History is replete with Yogis that have inspired people for many generations. Yogini Meera from the Bhakti tradition, Shankaracharya from...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Within Various Belief Systems
Some creation beliefs are part of a named system of beliefs and are labeled as such below. Some creation beliefs seem to be better charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Spirituality-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Spirituality-related Topics - Eastern
List of spirituality-related topics - Esotericism and mysticism. Eckankar Harold Klemp Quan Yin Method Suma Ching Hai Sant Mat ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Similar Concepts
Within Eastern religions there are ideas with varying degrees of similarity to the philosophical and Christian uses. Two concepts with so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Religions - Nonsectarian And Trans-sectarian Religious Movements And Practices
List of religions - Esotericism. Alchemy Anthroposophy Esoteric Christianity Freemasonry Gnosticism Kabbalah Occultism Rosicrucian An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surat Shabd Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Surat Shabd Yoga - Basic Principles
The stated purpose of Surat Shabda Yoga is to realize the individual's True Self (Self-Realization), True Essence (Spirit-Realization) an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - What Is Dharma?
Main Article: Dharma The word Dharma (Sanskrit; "धर्म" in the Devanagari script) or dhamma (Pali) is used in most or all philoso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharma: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharma - Meanings And Origins Of The Word Dharma
The word Dharma (Sanskrit; "धर्म" in the Devanagari script) or dhamma (Pali) is used in most or all philosophies and religions of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Limits To The Ontology Of Creation
While many scenarios are proposed by religion and science to identify 'first cause' and the origin of creation (ontology), there are some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Myths
Origins beliefs commonly refer to creation myths — mytho-religious stories which explain the beginnings of the universe as a deliberate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Science-based Beliefs
Science, strictly speaking, deals only with observable phenomena. Anything that cannot be observed (either directly or indirectly) is, by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Creation Ex Nihilo
Creation ex nihilo (Latin: out of nothing) is at odds with our everyday experiences, in that nothing spontaneously comes into (or vanishe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Religious Creation Beliefs
Several religions have creation stories, some of which account for the existence and present form of the Universe by the act of creation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Origin Belief: Encyclopedia Ii - Origin Belief - Limits To The Ontology Of Creation
While many scenarios are proposed by religion and science to identify 'first cause' and the origin of creation (ontology), there are some...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pythagoreanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pythagoreanism - Influence
The word 'vegetarian' was coined in 1847 when the British Vegetarian Society was formed. Before this, vegetarians were known as Pythagore...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Akashic Records: Encyclopedia Ii - Akashic Records - History Of Akashic Records
Some who believe in the Records claim that they were used by ancient peoples around the world, including the Indians, Tibetans, Egyptians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-realization: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-realization - Self-realization In Surat Shabd Yoga
Surat Shabd Yoga cosmology depicts the whole of creation (the macrocosm) as being emanated and arranged in a spiritually differentiated h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Initiation Rite: Encyclopedia Ii - Initiation Rite - Scope Of Use
The term often relates to the transition from childhood to adulthood, and may involve secret or private procedures and/or painful and dif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - Origins And Development
The earliest known mention of chakras is found in the later Upanishads, including specifically the Brahma Upanishad and the Yogatattva Up...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Birth And History
See Also: History of Early Hinduism, Vedic civilization The earliest ancestor of Dharmic religions was the Vedic religion of the ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Common Modern Practices
See also: Dharmic rituals after death Dharmic religions share a variety of theological, philosophical and ceremonial similarities. ... ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Involution Philosophy - Involution According To Esoteric Cosmology
In Theosophy, Anthroposophy and Rosicrucianism, involution and evolution are part of a complex sequence of cosmic cycles, called Round. W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moksha: Encyclopedia Ii - Moksha - Means To Achieve Moksha
There are believed to be four yogas (unions) or margs (paths) for the attainment of Moksha. They are the ways of selfless work, of self-d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Examples In Major Traditions
Examples of major traditions and philosophies with strong elements of mysticism are: Christian Gnosticism Christian mysticism Eastern Or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Mantra - Mantra In Other Traditions Or Contexts
Transcendental Meditation, also known simply as 'TM', uses simple mantras as a meditative focus. TM was founded by the Maharishi Mahesh Y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Esotericism In Popular Culture
Paulo Coelho's novel The Alchemist involves a spiritual interpretation of alchemy. Umberto Eco has written fiction with esoteric themes, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - The Seven Basic Chakras
The following table sets forth some of the concepts associated with each chakra: For a discussion on chakra petals see Petal (chakra) Add...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - The Spiritual And The Religious
An important distinction needs to be made between spirituality in religion and spirituality as opposed to religion. In recent years, spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Chakra - References In Fiction
Monks in the videogames Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XI can use chakra for healing and restoring HP or MP. In the manga/anime ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involution Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Involution Philosophy - Basic Themes
The process by which the Many is created from out the Absolute is called the Involution. Once that process ends, the process of Evolution...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - Exchanges With Abrahamic Religions
Dharmic religions and Abrahamic religions were conceived over 7,000 years ago in the two opposite parts of Asia, and share a complex and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pythagoreanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Pythagoreanism - Pythagorean Cosmology
Pythagorean thought was dominated by mathematics, but it was also profoundly mystical. In the area of cosmology there is less agreement a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esoteric Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Esoteric Cosmology - Neoplatonism
Although under Plotinus, Neoplatonism began as a school of philosophy, the teachings of later Neoplatonists such as Iamblichus and Proclu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eckankar: Encyclopedia Ii - Eckankar - Splinter Groups
Some Eckists have started their own groups after believing they received inner guidance to change Eckankar and finding Eckankar did not a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eckankar: Encyclopedia Ii - Eckankar - Teachings Borrowed?
Accusations against religious movement founders are particularly common [19]. The Mormon prophet Joseph Smith (1805-1844) was accused of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Logos: Encyclopedia Ii - Logos - Use In Rhetoric
In rhetoric, logos is one of the three modes of persuasion (the other two are pathos, emotional appeal, and ethos, the qualification of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Etymology
Esoteric is an adjective originating in Hellenic Greece under the domain of the Roman Empire; it comes from the Greek esôterikos, from e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - Directed Spirituality
One aspect of 'Being spiritual' is goal-directed, with aims such as: simultaneously improve one's wisdom and willpower, achieve a closer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spirituality: Encyclopedia Ii - Spirituality - Spirituality And Personal Well-being
Due to its broad scope and individual nature, spirituality is perhaps better understood by highlighting a number of key concepts that ari...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esoteric Cosmology: Encyclopedia Ii - Esoteric Cosmology - Kabbalah
Kabbalah combines orthodox Judaic, Neoplatoinic, Gnostic, and philosophical (e.g. Aristotlean) themes, to develop an elaborate and highly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Scope
Many religious movements in various parts of the world claim to possess a higher, truer, or better interpretation of the wider religion o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Nuances
Esotericism largely overlaps with occultism which simply means "hidden knowledge." However, in the 20th century many esotericists avoid t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eckankar: Encyclopedia Ii - Eckankar - Teachings
Eckankar teaches that spiritual experience and spiritual liberation in this lifetime are available to all by actively exploring the spir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Esotericism: Encyclopedia Ii - Esotericism - Esoteric Themes
What, in a nutshell, does "esotericism" teach? No possible answer could do justice to the myriad groups which are subsumed under this nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dharmic Religions: Encyclopedia Ii - Dharmic Religions - The Dharmic Faiths
Dharmic faiths have a close and irreversible influence with the history, society and cultures of India and every South East Asian nation ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Subjectivity And Mysticism
Theistic, pantheistic, and panentheistic classical pantheist/cosmotheist metaphysical systems most often understand mystical experience a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Self-transcending Self-discovery
The term Perennial Philosophy, coined by Leibniz and popularized by Aldous Huxley, relates to what some take to be the mystic's primary c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - Mysticism And Syncretism
Mystics of different traditions report similar experiences of a world usually outside conventional perception, although not all forms of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mysticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Mysticism - On The Difficulty Of Defining Mysticism
Readers frequently encounter seemingly open-ended statements among studies of mysticism, throughout its history, for example in Taoist th...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - S
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - S . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article