universal mind: In the most profound sense, mind is the sum of all things, all energies and manifestations, all forms, subtle and gross, sacred and mundane. It is the inner and outer cosmos. Mind is maya. It is the material matrix. It is everything but That, the Self within, Parasiva, which is timeless, formless, causeless, spaceless, known by the knower only after Self Realization. The Self is the indescribable, unnameable, Ultimate Reality. Mind in its subtlest form is undifferentiated Pure Consciousness, primal substance (called Parashakti or Satchidananda), out of which emerge the myriad forms of existence, both psychic and material.

See: awareness, mind, chitta, consciousness, maya, tattva, world Three phases of mind, Five states of the mind.

(See also: Universal mind, Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)

Universal Mind The sum of the states of kosmic consciousness grouped under the human expressions thought, will, understanding, and feeling, collectively expressed in the Sanskrit as mahat. During deep sleep, the human mind is in abeyance on the physical plane, because our consciousness is not affecting the physical brain which in waking hours expresses it, although during the svapna (sleeping-dreaming) state the brain dreams; and similarly in the cosmos at the manvantaric dawn universal mind "was not" because there was as yet no vehicle for its expression through the cosmic hierarchies, this vehicle being the collective Ah-hi or hosts of dhyani-chohans. Universal mind remained during pralaya in a state of intense spiritual-intellectual activity, as the permanent root of subsequent cosmic mental action arising during manvantara. Universal mind is the manifested One, from the still more abstruse One or kosmic unity, and simultaneously with the evolution of universal mind the cosmic supreme One or hierarch also manifests itself in manvantara as avalokitesvara (Logos or atman) through its veil, universal substance or mulaprakriti -- a unity with triple aspects. It is the mother of the manasaputras or sons of mind, and is kosmic buddhi or mahabuddhi.

All generalizing terms such as universal mind have various applications, because nature is built throughout on analogical structure and function, and hence what applies to the great likewise applies to the small. Thus universal mind is applicable either to a solar system, a galactic system, or a system comprising a number of galaxies, etc.

See also MAHAT; UNIVERSAL SOUL

(See also: Universal Mind, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

universal mind

1.    The collective intelligence of the universe. The ultimate and totally-inclusive supernormal intellect.

2.    Sometimes used to mean "collective unconsciousness."

(See also: Universal mind, Body Mind and Soul)

The world is regulated by universal laws. One of the laws is constancy or eternality. Anything true is constant or eternal. The second law of the world is changeability or variability. Anything true is variable. The world has changed or transformed and will continue to change on the basis of this law. Therefore, something changes and something becomes the cause of change.

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Do you think that if someone with beliefs opposed to yours gets their way, you can't have your way? Or do you believe there's room for it all? Of the three Universal Laws of Attraction, the Law of Allowing may be the most difficult one to get our hearts and minds around.

(See also: Law of Attraction - Allowing, Eva Gregory, Law of Attraction, Practising Law of Attraction, Law of Attraction for Prosperity, Law of Attraction for Love, Law of Attraction - Obstacles)

 While quantum physics may be a modern development, pantheism is in fact an ancient spiritual path that holds everything in the Universe to be sacred. Eastern philosophies, Native American, pagan and Hawaiian beliefs that view all of nature as divine and interconnected can be said to be pantheistic. "God" here is not a bearded white man in the clouds, but more like "the Force" in Star Wars; the sum of all that is, and every aspect of existence at the same time. To pantheists, God is holographically everywhere at once.

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Creation Myths and The Story of Life

Three hundred years ago in the cold, rocky, wind swept recesses of the North Atlantic, our ancestors' way of life was in its twilight.

A steady insurgence from powerful tribes had driven our tiny clan to the verge of extinction. Our largely unconscious adoption of attractive filaments from these cultures had left us struggling for what remained of our identity. But was that such a tragedy? Would the world really be worse off if the Celts were lost into oblivion? Wouldn't it be better if we were all the same?

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Spirituality and Science: Two Ways to Arrive at the Truth

Some of the greatest scientists have attributed their sparks of genius to spiritual inspiration. "I assert that cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research," said Albert Einstein.

Scientists today are striving to discover how creation came into being, and how human beings came to be. A state-of-the-art space telescope has been able to detect some of the earliest moments of the Big Bang. By picking up signals from several light years away, we are able to glimpse at the early universe, whose light is only now reaching us, billions of years later. Will we ever be able to discover the secret of creation?

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Creative Math of the Origins of Universe

For the creation of anything three causes are required to be fulfilled: Material cause, instrumental cause and supporting cause. In Creation, Brahman is all of these three causes. He evolves Himself into Mulaprakriti or primordial matter.

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Science and Spirituality: Symbiosis Between Science & Spirit

Some years ago, I called upon the great scientist Prof S Chandrasekhar in Chicago and asked him how seers of the Vedas and Upanishads had two astounding insights that have emerged in modern science only recently.

The first is the concept of anantakoti brahmanda , endless universes. The second is the concept of vast aeons of time through which creation passes, much like the ancient belief that a single day of Brahma is 4.32 million human years long, so that his one year corresponds roughly to the age of planet earth. When I suggested that perhaps this knowledge came to seers in enhanced states of consciousness, Prof Chandrasekhar seemed to agree.

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Science and Spirituality: An Islamic View of Creation & Life

According to Islamic tradition, life is God's creation - regardless of whether life was specially created or resulted from evolution. Evolution itself is a process of creation as admitted by Darwin in The Origin of Species.

Creation falls into four categories - inanimate matter, plants, animals and human beings. According to Islam, all four are separate creations. Among living things, a number of species co-exist, all having been created separately. There is doubtless some similarity in physical attributes; yet, each has a permanent, separate existence. There is no concept of a missing link in Islam.

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The Cosmic Force And Shiv-Shakti

Before creation took place there was nothing but a pervading consciousness that had no name. Creation was the result of manifestation of this pervading consciousness.

The first form in which the consciousness manifested was Adi Shakti, Gayatri or power. From her emerged everything else. Once the universe was created there was a need for super forces or energies to look after the governance of the world. To perform this role Adi Shakti manifested herself into the trinity: Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

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A number of studies conducted by medical scientists, over a time, have tried to make a case for the salutary effect of prayer on people suffering from cardiovascular, immune, and other disorders.

Herbert Benson, a Harvard Medical School professor told a conference recently that saying a few prayers can trigger the mind, lower high blood pressure and even cure infertility. However, the prayers had to be emotionally surcharged to be effective.

(See also: Power of Prayer, Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

White Wolf, Inc. is an American gaming company, most famous for the Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game. The company was founded in 1991 by Mark Rein-Hagen and Steve and Stewart Wieck. Taking their name from the fiction of Michael Moorcock, they have become one of the world's most successful role-playing game companies. White Wolf publishes a line of several different but overlapping games set in the "World of Darkness", which generally resembles our world with added supernatural elements, and whose tone i ...

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A two-part episode in the fourth season, "In a Mirror, Darkly", introduced a Mirror Universe version of T'Pol. This version is more cynical and openly emotional than her "real universe" counterpart, and is also openly sexually manipulative, particularly of Commander Tucker. The Mirror Universe T'Pol underwent pon farr at some point in the recent past (it is not revealed if this was a natural occurrence or the result of the same virus affecting the "real universe" version of T'Pol in "Bounty"), and Tucker mated with her in order to get ...

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T'Pol, T'Pol - Character overview, T'Pol - Biography, T'Pol - Before Enterprise, T'Pol - Pan'aar Trellium Mind Melds and Emotion, T'Pol - T'Pol and Trip, T'Pol - T'Pol and Archer, T'Pol - T'Pol as a Starfleet Officer, T'Pol - T'Pol's Age, T'Pol - Family, T'Pol - Mirror Universe, T'Pol - Controversy, T'Pol - Trivia

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T'Pol - Before Enterprise. Little is known of T'Pol's early years, save that she was born in Earth year 2088 or 2089 (making her 63 or 64 years old at Broken Bow1). Approximately 16 years before joining the crew of Enterprise, T'Pol was an agent for Vulcan's intelligence service. It would appear that she gained some level of stature with the service, as one of the soldiers under her command recognizes her du ...

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T'Pol, T'Pol - Character overview, T'Pol - Biography, T'Pol - Before Enterprise, T'Pol - Pan'aar Trellium Mind Melds and Emotion, T'Pol - T'Pol and Trip, T'Pol - T'Pol and Archer, T'Pol - T'Pol as a Starfleet Officer, T'Pol - T'Pol's Age, T'Pol - Family, T'Pol - Mirror Universe, T'Pol - Controversy, T'Pol - Trivia

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T'Pol is the first Vulcan officer to serve a prolonged term on a human vessel (the previous record was 10 days; by comparison, T'Pol has served aboard Enterprise for nearly four years). As a Sub-Commander serving the Vulcan High Command, she was stationed aboard the Enterprise in April 2151, as a "nurse maid" for Captain Jonathan Archer and his crew, who the VHC felt were ill-prepared for space exploration. After the success of Enterprise's initial mission led to the vessel being given an extended explorat ...

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T'Pol, T'Pol - Character overview, T'Pol - Biography, T'Pol - Before Enterprise, T'Pol - Pan'aar Trellium Mind Melds and Emotion, T'Pol - T'Pol and Trip, T'Pol - T'Pol and Archer, T'Pol - T'Pol as a Starfleet Officer, T'Pol - T'Pol's Age, T'Pol - Family, T'Pol - Mirror Universe, T'Pol - Controversy, T'Pol - Trivia

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Little has been revealed of T'Pol's family until recently. As of the episode "Awakening" she was an orphan. Her father (who has yet to be identified by name) is deceased. T'Pol's mother, T'Les, who resigned from the Vulcan Science Academy in 2154, died in her daughter's arms during an attack on a Syrranite encampment in the desert region known as The Forge that same year. T'Pol grieved upon her mother's death; following the death of Trip in 2161, she confessed to Archer that she missed her mother more as time went by. The fact she did not express a similar sentiment regarding her father could be an indication that ...

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T'Pol, T'Pol - Character overview, T'Pol - Biography, T'Pol - Before Enterprise, T'Pol - Pan'aar Trellium Mind Melds and Emotion, T'Pol - T'Pol and Trip, T'Pol - T'Pol and Archer, T'Pol - T'Pol as a Starfleet Officer, T'Pol - T'Pol's Age, T'Pol - Family, T'Pol - Mirror Universe, T'Pol - Controversy, T'Pol - Trivia

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As with Seven of Nine, critics see T'Pol as an attempt by Enterprise executive producer and series creator Rick Berman and Paramount Pictures to shift the demographic of the show to make it appealing mainly to younger males. They point to the fact that T'Pol normally wears a form fitting jumpsuit, along with the fact that she has been seen in several revealing poses as evidence of this (although this ignores the fact that such attire has been commonplace in Star Trek history going back to the original series in 1966, it is then suppor ...

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T'Pol, T'Pol - Character overview, T'Pol - Biography, T'Pol - Before Enterprise, T'Pol - Pan'aar Trellium Mind Melds and Emotion, T'Pol - T'Pol and Trip, T'Pol - T'Pol and Archer, T'Pol - T'Pol as a Starfleet Officer, T'Pol - T'Pol's Age, T'Pol - Family, T'Pol - Mirror Universe, T'Pol - Controversy, T'Pol - Trivia

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In 2003, the company announced the "Time of Judgment", which brought an end to their current series of World of Darkness game lines. A revamped series of World of Darkness games launched August 21, 2004, beginning with The World of Darkness (a set of core rules, akin to the D&D Player's Handbook) and Vampire: The Requiem. White Wolf Inc. - Historical variants. Dark Ages: Vampire (formerly Vampire: The Dark Ages) Dark Ages: Werewolf Dark Ages: Mage Dark Ages: Inqu ...

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