 163. Terminology |
CHANISM: The seeking of "sudden" enlightenment or revelation during meditation.
CHENG: The honesty and sincerity inherent in one's true self, "Cheng" must be developed and allowed to grow to make progress in life.
CHI: This is vital force (Taoism). The Holy Spirit (consciousness) in Christianity.
CHITTA: The lower mind. The three parts of the mind: first is "manas." Second is "Buddi." Third is "Ahamkara." (Manas is lowest.)
CITY OF NINE GATES: The physical body which has nine main openings, eyes, ears, nostrils, etc.
CLAIRVOYANCE: True clairvoyance means that one's astral body can "leave" the physical body and "see" other dimension which cannot be seen while "in" the body. It can be naturally developed in all humans.
COGITO, ERGO SUM: Descartes's famous "I think, therefore I am" proves that you can be certain of at least one reality in this crazy world: You exist because you are thinking thoughts right now.
COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS: In Jungian psychology, the body of symbolism and mythic images inherited from early humans that people have in their unconscious mind.
COLLECTIVISM: The view that the stability of society is more important than individual rights and freedoms.
COMPLEXITY: A crucial, though slippery, concept applied to the systems studied by Systems Theorists. Features that contribute to a system's complexity include the ability to respond to internal changes and changes in the environment, and a high degree of inter-relatedness among internal elements, especially nonlinear (parallel) connections.
CONCEPTUALISM: The view introduced by scholastic philosophy that universals exist as concepts in the mind.
CONFUCIANISM: Philosophy of ancient China founded by Kun fu-tzu that stresses social harmony and respect for others.
CONNECTIONISM: Also called "parallel distributed processing," the study of artificial neural networks used to model mental processes. It stems from the key insight that the brain functions as a self-adjusting, nonlinear system for processing information.
CONSCIOUSNESS COLLECTIVE: According to Durkheim, the set of ideas that are shared by an entire society, making it possible for individuals to communicate and do all the things they do as members of the society.
CONSEQUENTIALISM: Another name for the Utilitarian philosophy. The consequences of an action determine its value. From a Utilitarian perspective, this philosophy means seeking pleasure and avoiding pain.
CONTEMPLATION: Contemplation is not meditation. "Cognitive contemplation," in which a material object is thought "about," non-cognitive contemplation; when one dwells upon the "things" of the spirit beyond material perception.
