 163. Terminology |
SHATSAMPATTI: A person who is studying with an advanced teacher to achieve enlightenment liberation, Satori, Nirvana, heaven, will be taught six things:
- Shama: the ability to remain tranquil.
- Dama: body control.
- Uparati: non-desire of another's possessions not to be jealous; to be content with what one has.
- Titiksha: to endure difficulties with patience, and a calm mind.
- Shradda: to be sincere, to accent one self and others as they are.
- Samadhana: unwavering concentration in the goal to liberation, self realization.
SHENG JEN: (Chinese). "Wise man," a sage.
SHIEN: (Chinese). Taoism. A human who has achieved (or in actuality, "returned" to) his/her original angelic condition.
SHENG WANG: A ruler with wisdom, goodness.
SHIH FEI: Means "things opposite," right, wrong, up-down, truth, lies, etc.
SHIVA: Has several meanings. In the Hindu trinity shiva is the destroyer. The "D" in G.O.D., or dissolver, death. The "end" of the "cycle" of creation.
SIDDHA: One who has reached "perfection" through many incarnations, i.e., God realization. Same as Samadhi, Satori, Nirvana, heaven, self realization. The "seventh stage" of spiritual evolution.
SIGNIFIED: In structural linguistics, an actual thing referred to by a word, or signifier.
SIGNIFIER: In structural linguistics, a thing, such as a word or sign, that refers to something. Saussure saw language as a system of signifiers.
SIN: The separation from God union or God realization, and the creating of the psychological egoic mentality. The Greek character of Narcissus is the same metaphor for an egoic person who is separated from God-self-realization. "What does 'sin' mean, anyway? It comes from the Greek word "hamartia," which means 'to miss the mark,' the Mark of God, of Divine Communion. Sin is dissociation from the Divine, not mere acts. All sins are the same. They are all about missing the mark."
SKEPTICISM: The view that we can't be certain of something. It comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "seeking."
SOCIAL CONSTRUCTEDNESS: Refers to the degree that ideas about reality, including ideas about differences between men and women, actually depend on social attitudes, rather than on biological or physical facts.
SOCIAL CONTRACT: A relationship between the government and the people. It could be formally agreed upon or an unwritten, implicit agreement. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all had versions of what they felt was the ideal social contract.
SOCIAL FACTS: According to Durkeim, things and events that pertain to social existence. As such, they don't need to be explained in terms of nonsocial influences.
