Table of Contents for Root Meanings

General notes:

  • Root Meanings is a work in progress that will continue to emerge and evolve until the Mind of minds is absolutely clear. The definitions below are subject to evolution.
  • Many excellent and useful definitions are not yet included. If you would like to make a suggestion, you may do so here.

Revision: 2 Aug 2023

Consciousness

  • A field within the Mind.
  • A process within the Mind.
  • Activity within the Mind.
  • That which creates and experiences the content of Mind.
  • The activity of dreaming within the Mind.
  • The context for creating, expressing, experimenting, exploring, and experiencing the content of Mind.
  • The context for all of life.
  • The interplay of oneness and multiplicity.
  • A space for exploration.
  • A stage for expression.
  • Through conditioning, consciousness takes form in the Mind as the projected universe, and as projections of objects.
  • The transcendence of consciousness as a whole is also the transcendence of fields and information.

Individual consciousness

  • A process that operates at the level of the small or local mind.
  • Activity within the small or local mind.
  • Capacity to choose and make decisions at the (seemingly) individual level.
  • That which creates and experiences the content of (seemingly) individual minds.
  • The activity of dreaming within (seemingly) individual minds.
  • The context for creating, expressing, experimenting, exploring, and experiencing the content of (seemingly) individual minds.
  • The context for (seemingly) individual experience.
  • The context for (seemingly) individual life.
  • The dynamism of (seemingly) individual minds.
  • The interplay of individuality, collectivity, and oneness.
  • The word “seemingly” is repeated above since individuality is an illusion – a useful and beautiful illusion – within Supreme Oneness.

Collective consciousness

  • Activity of one or more (seemingly) collective minds.
  • Capacity to choose and make decisions at the (seemingly) collective level.
  • That which creates and experiences the content of (seemingly) collective minds.
  • The activity of dreaming within (seemingly) collective minds.
  • The context for creating, expressing, experimenting, exploring, and experiencing the content of (seemingly) collective minds.
  • The context for (seemingly) collective experience.
  • The context for (seemingly) collective life.
  • The dynamism of (seemingly) collective minds.
  • The interplay of individuality, collectivity, and oneness.
  • The word “seemingly” is repeated above since collectivity is an illusion – a useful and beautiful illusion – within Supreme Oneness.

Sayings:

  • “Consciousness is a learning process, and the process is smooth to the extent that there is no againstness, judgment, or resistance.”
  • “The measure of one’s consciousness is the extent to which all is clearly well.”
  • “Any unconsciousness in a system leads to unintended consequences and negative feedback.”
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