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: 24 Jun 2023

Delusion

  • Believing what is not the case.
  • Experiencing what is not the case.
  • Taking illusion to be real.
  • Two steps away from reality. (Illusion is the first.)
  • Belief in separation produces delusion.
  • Belief in being separate from Divinity/God/Source produces delusion.
  • Identification with an idea of a separate self produces delusion.
  • Conflict, danger, and violence are indications of delusion.
  • Drama and trauma are indications of delusion.
  • Death and sickness are indications of delusion.
  • Finitude and finite experience are indications of delusion.
  • Gross substance is an indication of delusion.
  • Evil, hell, sin, sinfulness, and wickedness are indications of delusion.
  • Negation (of reality) is a primary cause of delusion.
  • Negativity is an indication of delusion.
  • Otherness is an indication of delusion.
  • Past lives are an attempt to make sense of the delusion of separation.
  • Struggle is an indication of delusion.
  • Suffering is the primary indication of delusion.
  • Delusion is characterized by a sense that something is wrong with oneself.
  • Delusion is characterized by a sense that something is wrong with the world.

Sayings:

  • “The exit from delusion may involve many strange experiences. Delusion is itself the pinnacle of strange experiences.”
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