 163. Terminology |
INNATE IDEAS: Thoughts are observations that can come without the benefit of sensory experience. This was the belief of the Rationalists, and the opposite viewpoint of the Empiricists.
INTENTIONALITY: According to Husserl, both the attitude you bring with you whenever you think about something and what it is you are thinking about. In other words, it's the relation between the thing you're thinking of and the manner in which you are thinking.
INTUITION: A process occurring in stillness of mind or meditation, under which the physical body is given a glimpse of something which normally in the physical body could not be known. Women have greater intuition than men.
ISHVARAKOTI: An inferior type of avatar which deals with people on a minor level.
ISHWARA: Actually means "divine willer." A spiritually perfect being who has compassion for struggling humanity because he/she has gone through the same pain and suffering themselves.
JAGRAT: Being "awake" as opposed to sleeping (not spiritual awakening).
JAPA: Means repetition. It has nothing to do with meditation. The repetition of a word, for example, repeating the name of God, over and over, for help.
JEN: (Chinese). The art of being human. Love and kindness towards others. "Jen" is the basis of the teachings of Confucius.
JIVA: A name for the individual living unit complete with body, mind and various senses. A human being.
JNANA: Knowledge and awareness of life beyond the life in this world. Knowledge of the overself. Knowledge of what one has to experience and learn on the earth.
JNANI: A person who understands or follows the road of spiritual knowledge to attain liberation.
KAMA: (Not karma). Means desire or craving.
KARMA: The law of universal energy response to one's thoughts and actions. Cause and effect. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This is not a "request." It is a statement of laws!
KOAN: From Zen Buddhism. A peculiar statement which apparently is without logic and which makes no sense. Sometimes it is used to "stump" or "stall" the brain, so self realization can occur or be experienced (i.e., sudden enlightenment).
KOSHA: A covering or sheath. There are five koshas described in certain Upanishads, each located within the other:
1. The body physical Annamaya Kosha
2. Prana body Pranamaya Kosha
3. Mind sheath Manomaya Kosha
4. Intellect or wisdom Vijnanamaya Kosha
5. Bliss body Anandamaya Kosha
KOWU: (Chinese). To study or investigation of spiritual matters and the rectification of misunderstandings of previous studies.
