~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Enlightenment ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Enlightenment is an understanding of both the relative mode of existence (the way in which things appear to us) and the ultimate mode of existence (the true nature of these same appearances). This includes our own minds and consciousness (Inner World) as well as the external world.

In the Western world, the concept of Spiritual Enlightenment has become synonymous with Self-Realization; the term is being used to translate several Eastern terms and concepts, such as Nirvana, Satori, and Kenshō. Nirvāṇa (Sanskrit: निर्वाण nirvāṇa; Pali: निब्बान nibbāna) is most commonly associated with Buddhism, literally meaning “blown out,” as in a candle.

In the Buddhist context, nirvana refers to the imperturbable stillness of the mind, after the fires that cause suffering (dukkha) have been finally extinguished; it is the state of perfect peace that comes when craving is eliminated, the unconditioned state experienced while alive with the extinguishing of the flames of desire, aversion, and delusion.

In Hindu philosophy, it is the union with Brahman, the divine ground of existence, and the experience of blissful egolessness. See also closely related terms Satori, and Samadhi.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Infinity ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Infinity (∞) is a concept describing something without any limit; Infinity is infinitely infinite, where even seemingly finite structures are inherently infinite at all points. In other words, Infinity is the unreachable point at the end of a never-ending line that repeats itself ad infinitum.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Systems Intelligence ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Systemic Intelligence represents a natural step forward from Emotional and Social Intelligence, which extends the earlier intelligence concepts by considering our abilities related to living in a systemic world.

A system is a group of interrelated elements or parts that collectively both include and transcend the parts individually, creating a unique whole. In other words, system means an integrated whole, whose essential properties arise from the relationships between its interconnected parts.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Koan ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Koans are paradoxical anecdotes or riddles without a solution. Koans are used in Zen to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and provoke awakening within the individual. Koans contain specific seeds of wisdom that can begin to sprout within the individual. This wisdom of enlightenment (prajnaparamita) can be realized within oneself.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Materialism ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Scientific materialism: the view that all phenomenon in the universe, including the human mind, have a material basis, are subject to the same physical laws, and can be most deeply understood by scientific analysis. Scientific materialism is a term which goes hand in hand with another term called “positivism,” which is a philosophical system recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified, or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and therefore rejecting metaphysics and theism.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Systems Thinking ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Systems thinking is the understanding of a phenomenon within the context of a larger whole; to understand things systematically literally means to put them into a context; to establish the nature of their relationships. The systems view of life involves a new kind of thinking – thinking in terms of relationships, patterns, and context. In science, this way of thinking is known as ‘systems thinking’, or ‘systemic thinking’, with the goal of discovering patterns and elucidating principles that can be discerned from, and applied to, all types of systems at all nesting levels in all fields of research.

A system is a group of interrelated elements or parts that collectively both include and transcend the parts individually, creating a unique whole. In other words, system means an integrated whole, whose essential properties arise from the relationships between its interconnected parts.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Interconnectedness ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

The state of having different parts or things connected or related to each other; the quality or condition of being interconnected; interrelatedness. According to some worldviews, a oneness in all things, with no true separation deeper than appearances.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Human Genome (DNA) ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

The human genome is the complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23 chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria. The total length of the human genome is over 3 billion base pairs. The genome is organized into 22 paired chromosomes, plus the X chromosome (one in males, two in females) and, in males only, one Y chromosome. These are all large linear DNA molecules contained within the cell nucleus. The genome also includes the mitochondrial DNA, a comparatively small circular molecule present in each mitochondrion.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Awareness ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Awareness is silent observation from which there arises understanding without the experiencer and the experienced.

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Awareness Quote of the Day from the Book: Awaken the Living Awareness Within, in the section Awareness:

In other words, the mind is a localization of consciousness — believed to be located in the brain and situated in the head, which in turn is a part of the human body. The body itself is an image in the mind, and everything in the mind is happening inside consciousness. Therefore, the individuated, solid, dense, located entity called “I” — is the manifestation of an idea — created by the mind as a form of an image; this, in turn, takes place inside the mind — residing in consciousness, inside which a flame of Living Awareness infinitely flickers, you see? And if one pursues to find the ultimate nature of the mind, they would end up realizing that the ultimate nature of mind is that aspect of the mind which remains constantly present in its experience — this is the Eternal Essence that cannot be removed or excluded in any circumstances; in other words, it is pure presence — Infinite Living Awareness.

~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Big Bang ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

The “Big Bang” is a name given to a theory that has become the prevailing cosmological model for the observable universe. According to this theory, there was a primordial explosion, an enormous bang billions of years ago which brought our universe into existence. See also closely related term Materialism.

In a nutshell, the underlying notion of this theory is that in the beginning there was nothing, and nothing happened to nothing, and then this nothing magically exploded for no apparent reason creating everything, and then a bunch of everything mysteriously rearranged itself for no reason whatsoever into self-replicating bits which then turned into living beings.

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Quantum Quote of the Day from the Book: Awaken the Living Awareness Within, in the section Quantum:

In modern physics, we are constantly trying to objectify the world, but interestingly, again and again, we find that all things exist in relationships. Therefore, we should begin to see the world as an integrated whole, rather than a dissociated collection of separated parts. The biggest mistake that we as the collective human species have ever made in our hubris, is most definitely the repetitive ignorance over this undeniable truth of the Interconnectedness of Everything. Granted, on a mental intellectual level, we may understand the concept, but on the deeper — more meaningful level, not so much. So what can be done about this? Well, we can start by learning other ways and perspectives. You see, we can learn tremendously from the ancient wisdom traditions; there is much we can learn from the Eastern view. One such example is a Buddhist view of relativity: according to this view, everything is bound together in a network of interdependencies — everything is, therefore — connected, conditioned, relative and interdependent.