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everybody-all-at-once - The "all-at-once collective" of humanity - which is not a collection of separate individuals, but the force of humankind as a collective whole, based in the fundamental presumption and truth of prior unity. (The "SELF AWARENESS" is the same in each human being - therefore there is only "ONE" consciousness materializing and manifesting itself as ALL human beings).
face-to-face - Humans all over the earth are now "face-to-face" with one another, in that no one exists in an isolated tribe or culture. There is now a single world, transformed by worldwide communication, economic interdependence, and the potential of global warfare.
"know" - This word (and its variants, such as "knowing" and "knowledge") in quotation marks, indicates that the ego's characteristic presumption of separation between the "knower" and that which is "known" makes it impossible to know anything as it really is. Capitalized "Know" and "Knowledge" indicate a wordless, direct Realization - rather than any form of knowledge based on the illusion of separation between "subject" and "object".
"late-time" (or "dark" epoch) - The terms "late-time" and "'dark' epoch" to describe the present era, in which doubt of anything at all beyond mortal existence is more and more pervading the entire world, and the "self"-interest of the separate individual is more and more regarded to be the ultimate principle of life.
lose face - To "lose face" is to allow one's vulnerability and one's shortcomings to be seen, without the apparent protection of a powerful or influential image.
mummery - The dictionary defines "mummery" as "a ridiculous, hypocritical, or pretentious ceremony, observance, or performance". The term "mummery" is used to describe all the activities of ego-bound beings, who are committed to the false view of separation and separativeness.
"Narcissus" / "Narcissistic" - "Narcissus" is a key symbol of the un-enlightened individual as a "self"-obsessed seeker, enamored of his or her own "self"-image and egoic "self"-consciousness.
He is the ancient one visible in the Greek myth, who was the universally adored child of the gods, who rejected the loved-one and every form of love and relationship, and who was finally condemned to the contemplation of his own image - until, as a result of his own act and obstinacy, he suffered the fate of eternal separateness and died in infinite solitude.
"neighborhood-wars" - The term "neighborhood-wars" describes the destructiveness of the ego (or the presumed separate "self") at all levels of human endeavor - not just the conflicts between nations and ethnic groups but in the most intimate scale of human interaction (the "private wars of Everyman"). This term comes from The Mummery Book.
Non-Dual - Inherently indivisible, and, therefore, never composed of "two" (or "self" and "not-self").
"Perfect Knowledge" - The direct, tacit Realization of the Indivisible Unity of Reality Itself - prior to any presumption of separation between "knower" and "known". "Perfect Knowledge" contrasts with all forms of ordinary "knowledge" - which are based on the presumption of an irreducible separation between "knower" and "known", or "subject" and "object".
Perfectly Subjective - In the phrase "Perfectly Subjective", the word "Subjective" does not refer to "the inward experience of an individual". Rather, it points to Reality Itself - the True Source (or "Subject") of all apparent experience, which exists prior to any apparent individual "self".
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