Actualizations:StewartEmery's1978selfdevelopmentbook,Actualizations:YouDon't

HavetoRehearsetoBeYourself,andassociatedprogram.

AllQuadrants,AllLevels,AllLines:Wilber'scomprehensiveintegralmethodforbest
approachingorconsideringanything.Itmakesuseofthe4Quadrants[UpperLeft:
(innerindividualorintentional),UpperRight(outerindividualorbehavioral),Lower
Left(innercollectiveorcultural),andLowerRight(outercollectiveorsocial],different
Levelsofdevelopment(fromprepersonaltopersonaltotranspersonal),anddifferent
Linesofdevelopment(e.g.,intellectualvs.emotionalvs.athleticdevelopment).

Apollinian:RelatedtotheGreekgodApollo,thegodoflight,day,music,poetry,
medicine,andprophecy.Oftencontrastedwith"Dionysian."

Art,Morals,&Science:The"Big3"domainsofactionanddiscourseintheWestern
tradition,roughlycorrespondingto"I,""We,"and"It."

Atman:InHinduism,theessenceoftheindividualsoulorself.

Ayahuasca:ApotentSouthAmericanpsychedelicbrew.

Avatar:Amodernselfdevelopmentprogrambasedonthenotionthatyourbeliefscause
youtocreateorattractsituationsinyourlife.Also,theincarnationofadeity(usually
Hindu).

Bardo:Theintermediatestage(orstages)betweendeathandrebirth.

Bodhisattva:ABuddhatobewhohastakenthegreatvowtorescueallbeingsfrom
sufferingandguidethemtoenlightenment.

Boomeritis:Anunusualandunhealthydoseofselfabsorptionandnarcissismthat
characterizesthe"megeneration"oftheBabyBoomers(thosebornbetween1946and
1963).

G.SpencerBrown:AuthoroftheclassicTheLawsofForm;1923?

BuddhaMind:Themind'sinnateenlightenedstate;amindwithoutobstaclesandwith
allknowledge

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Causal:Arealmofformlessradianceandperfecttranscendence,beyondtheexperience,
conception,orimaginationofanyordinaryindividual.

CelestineProphecy:TheCelestineProphecy:AnAdventureisJamesRedfield'sbest
selling1997metaphysicalnovel.

AndrewCohen:Arealizedmodernteacherandfounderof"WhatisEnlightenment?"
magazine.

CoralMeme:SeeSpiralDynamics.

MihalyCsikszentmihalyi:Psychologistwhohaspioneeredtheconceptof"flow"states
ofconsciousnessthroughseveralbooksincludingFlow:ThePsychologyofOptimal
Experience.

CulturalCreatives:Some50millionU.S.adultsidentifiedbysociologistPaulRayas
beingonthecuttingedgeofcultural,spiritual,andecologicalcreativity;theyare
contrastedwith"heartlanders"and"modernists."

ChristiandeQuincey:Authorof"ThePromiseofIntegralism:ACriticalAppreciation
ofKenWilbersIntegralPsychology"(JournalofConsciousnessStudies,December,
2000).

JacquesDerrida:Frenchphilosopherwhoseworksoriginateddeconstructionism;1930
?.

Dharmakaya:See"Nirmanakaya."

DhyanaBuddha:AmeditatingBuddha.

Dionysian:RelatedtotheGreekGodDionysus,thegodofwine,agriculture,fertility,
ecstasy,andthemysteriesofpersonaltransformation.OftencontrastedwithApollinian.

Dzogchen:FromNyingmapaTibetanBuddhism,Dzogchenholdsthatyouarealways,
already,everpresentlyindirectcontactwith,andmanifestingSpirit.

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Empiricist:Someonewhoholdsthattheonlysourceofknowledgeisexperience.For
Wilber,"narrowscience"holdsthatempiricismmeans"experienceoriginatinginthefive
sensesortheirextensions,"while"broadscience"holdsthatsomethingcanbe
empiricallyrealifitcanbedirectlyexperiencedbyindividualssubjectivelyandthen
validatedbyconsensusinaqualified"communityoftheadequate."

EST:Apopularhumanpotentialseminar,foundedbyWernerErhardt,withroughly
700,000participantsfrom19711991.

FirstTier:SeeSpiralDynamics.

PaulMichelFoucault:AFrenchphilosopherfocusedontherelationshipbetween
knowledgeandpower;1926?

Gaia:InGreekmythology,theGoddessoftheEarth.Also,thelivingplanetEarthasa
selfregulatingorganism,saidbysometohaveatypeofconsciousawarenessor
sentience.

TheGlassBeadGame:HermanHesse's1946NobelPrizewinningnovel,alsoknownas
MagisterLudi.Inthenovel,theGameusesmusicandmathematicstoenableplayersto
expressideasofgreatpowerandbeauty.

Grace&Grit:Amemoir,subtitled"SpiritualityandHealingintheLifeandDeathof
TreyaKillamWilber,"thisisanenormouslygrippingandevocativepersonalstory.

GreenMeme:See"SpiralDynamics."

Gross,Subtle,Causal:The3greatstatesofconsciousness,conformingroughlyto
ordinarywakingconsciousness,thedreamstate,anddeepdreamlesssleep.

Hegel:FamedGermanidealistphilosopher,17701831,whosawSpiritorMind
dialecticallyoperatingthroughhumanhistoryandnatureinordertoreachitsfull
potential.
MartinHeidegger:Germanexistentialistphilosopher,18891976;authorofBeingand
Time.

Holons:ArthurKoestler'stermforsomethingwhich,whileawholeinonecontext,is
alsoapartofalargerwholeinanothercontext,e.g.,lettersarebothwholesandpartsof
words.ForWilber,realityiscomposednotofprocessesorofthings,butofholons,from
subatomicparticlesandsmallertogalacticclustersandlarger.

HermannHesse:NobelPrizewinningGermanbornSwisswriter,18771962;wrote
Siddhartha(1922),Steppenwolf(1927),andMagisterLudi.See"TheGlassBeadGame."

Integral:Aholisticapproachthatattemptstoincludeandintegratematter,body,mind,
soul,andspirit.

IntegralInstitute:KenWilber'sintegralthinktankheadquarteredinBoulder,Colorado.

Intersubjectivity:Therelationship,connection,pattern,or"space"betweentheinner
subjectiveexperienceoftwoormoreindividuals(orholons).

IanStevenson:Apsychiatristwhohasthoroughlystudiedpastlifememoriesand
reincarnationsincethe1960's.

IntegralTransformativePractice:Agrouppracticeselfdevelopmentprogram
developedbyMichaelMurphyandGeorgeLeonardintheir1995bookTheLifeWeAre
Given.

IntersubjectiveHermeneuticalVerification:Wilber'stermforempiricalvalidationof
subjectiveexperiencethroughaqualifiedcommunity.See"Empiricist."

Insight:AselfdevelopmentprogramsomewhatsimilartoEST,over500,000people
haveparticipatedinInsightSeminarssince1978.

WilliamJames:Americanphilosopherandpsychologist,18421910;afounderof
pragmatism,hewroteTheVarietiesofReligiousExperience.

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ImmanuelKant:OneofthemostinfluentialWesternphilosophers,hisprofound
contributionstometaphysics,epistemology,ethics,andaestheticsshapedallsubsequent
philosophy;17241804.

Kensho:Anenlightenmentorawakeningexperience.

Koan:Aparadoxicalriddle,statement,orstory,designedtoovercometheordinaryego
andleadtospiritualenlightenment.

LawrenceKohlberg:Apsychologistwhodevelopedatheoryofmoralstagesof
development,frompreconventionaltoconventionaltopostconventional;19271987.

Kundalini:Theserpentlikeprimordialenergyofevolutionthattypicallyliesdormantat
thebaseofthehumanspineuntilactivatedbyyoga,sexualactivity,orotherpractices.

JohnLilly:Aneuroscientistfamousforhisworkwithdolphinsandflotationtanks,as
wellasforbookssuchasProgramming&MetaprogrammingintheHuman
Biocomputer;1915?.

Landmark:LandmarkEducationisthesuccessororganizationtoEST.See"EST."

MichaelMurphy:ThekeyfigureinthecreationoftheEsalenInstitute,MichaelMurphy
haswrittenabouthumanevolutionandtransformationinnonfictionbookssuchasThe
FutureofTheBodyandnovelssuchasGolfintheKingdom,andJacobAtabet.

RamanaMarharshi:AnIndiansageknownfortheclarityandprofound
transformationalpowerofhisnondualteachings,18791952.

Meme:AtermcoinedbyRichardDawkins,itreferstoaninformationvirus(similartoa
gene,butinformationalratherthangenetic),oraunitofculturalevolution.

ManifestRealm:Thedaytodayrealmofexistencefreelyavailabletothefivesenses;
theexplicate,material,world.

Monads:Leibnitz'stermforanindivisible,impenetrable,unitofphysicalreality.
Maya:TheHindutermforcreativepowerofSpirit,which,ifviewedapartfromSpirit,is
merelyillusory.

JohnStuartMill:Britishphilosopher,18061873,whowroteOnLibertyand
Utilitarianism,anddevelopedthenotionofqualitiesofpleasure.

MagisterLudi:ThechiefofficialinchargeoftheGlassBeadGameinHesse'snovelof
thesamename.See"TheGlassBeadGame."

MDMA:Asubstancenowknownas"Ecstasy"andoriginallyknownas"Adam,"renown
foritsabilitytofacilitatedeepspiritualandemotionalinsights.

Nagarjuna:BuddhistsaintandphilosopherwholivedinthefirsttosecondcenturyC.E.,
famousforhisdoctrineofthe"MiddlePath"

NamkhaiNorbu:ATibetanlamawhoisamongtheworld'sforemostDzogchen
teacher's.See"Dzogchen."

NirvikalpaSamadhi:AstateofpureemptyawarenessandAbsoluteNothingness;the
pinnacleofspiritualevolution.

Nirmanakaya,Sambhogakaya,Dharmakaya:Sanskrittermsforgross,subtle,and
causalrealms.See"Gross,Subtle,Causal."

Nirvana:Thecessationofallsufferingandtheliberationfromthecyclesofexistence.
TheoppositeofSamsara.

FriedrichNietzsche:Germanphilosopher,18441900,knownasaforerunneror
existentialismandforhisstatementthat"Godisdead"andhisconceptofthe"Overman."

Nondual:One'salready,everpresentstateofenlightenedstateofconsciousness
containingnodualities(e.g.,theunionofformandemptiness).Boththehighestgoalof
allstagesofconsciousnessandtheireverpresentground.

Occam'sRazor:"Donotunnecessarilymultiplyexplanatoryentities."Thephilosophical
andscientificrulestatingthatthesimplestoftwoormorecompetingtheoriesor
explanationsispreferable.
OriginalFace:Yourfacebeforeyourparentswereborn;thepureformlessWitness,
priortothemanifestworld.

Pandit:Sanskritforalearnedman;similartoEnglishtermpundit,andusedbyWilberto
refertoaspiritualscholar.

Paradigm:Aworldview,pattern,ormodel,includingtheassumptions,concepts,values,
andpracticesthatdefinehowanintellectualorscientificcommunityproceedsonadaily
basis;popularizedbyThomasKuhninhis1962TheStructureofScientificRevolutions.

MaxPlanck:NobelPrizewinningGermanphysicist,18581947.

Plotinus:MysticalEgyptian/Greekphilosopher,204270C.E.,whorevivedandextended
Plato'stheories.

PointingOutInstructions:Instructionsthatpointoutthatwhichisalreadyclearand
present,particularlywithrespecttonoticingwithrespecttonoticingtheeverpresentand
fullyenlightenedmind.

ProfessionalSatori:JohnLilly'stermforastateofelevatedorflowconsciousnessthat
ispresentduringone'sordinaryworkingdayactivities.

PSI:The23rdletteroftheGreekalphabet,standingforparapsychologicalabilitiesand
phenomena(e.g.,recognition,telepathy,telekinesis,etc.)

PurpleMeme:See"SpiralDynamics."

Quarks:Atypeofsubatomicparticle.

QLink:Awearablependantdeviceforreducingstressanddamagefrom
electromagneticfields.Availableatwww.Enlightenment.com.

DeanRadin:ParapsychologistauthoroftheexcellentTheConsciousUniverse:The
ScientificTruthofPsychicPhenomena(1997).
RationalReconstructionoftheTransrational:Asubsequentreviewand
reconstruction,inarationalorlogicalmanner,ofasequenceofeventsorexperiencesthat
mayhavesubjectivelyseemedanythingbutrational,sensible,orlogicalwhiletheywere
occurring.

BertrandRussell:Britishphilosopher,mathematician,1andlogician,8721970.

SahajaSamadhi:AcontinuousformofSamadhithatenablesfullfunctioninginthe
worldwhileindeepcommunionwiththeTranscendentalSelf.

Samadhi:TheSanskritwordformeditation;deepconcentration.

Sambhogakaya:See"Nirmanakaya."

Samsara:InHinduismandBuddhism,theeternalcycleofexistence,frombirthtodeath
torebirth,withsufferingandattachmentsaskeynotes.TheoppositeofNirvana.

Sangha:ABuddhistspiritualcommunity;morebroadly,thecommunityofSpirit.

Satori:Aspiritualawakening,ordirectexperienceofthenatureofmind,oftencoming
suddenly.

ErwinSchroedinger:NobelPrizewinningAustrianphysicist,18871961.

SecondTier:See"SpiralDynamics."

Sensorimotor:Havingtodowithbothsensoryandmotoractivity.

SES:Sex,Ecology,Spirituality,thefirstvolumeofKenWilber'sdefinitivetheoretical
trinity.

Shankara:EarlyHinduphilosopher,theologian,andexponentoftheAdvaitaVedanta
schoolofphilosophy.

Siddhi:Anextraordinaryhumanpowerorpsychicability,oftenarisingspontaneouslyas
higherstagesofconsciousnessarereached.

SpiralDynamics:AmodelofpsychosocialdevelopmentproposedbyDonBeckand
ChristopherCowan,basedonthepioneeringworkofClareGraves,describingindividual,
organizational,national,andculturaldevelopmentandevolution.Thetheorylaysouta
numberofarbitrarilycolordesignated"valuememes"(orvMemes)groupedtogetherin
different"tiers."Inthefirsttier,individuals,organizations,andculturespassthroughthe
followingstages:Beigememe:SurvivalSense,Instinctive,smallsurvivalbands;Purple
meme:Animistic,KindredSpirits,superstitioustribes;Redmeme:PowerGods,
Egocentric,empiresbentonconquestandimpulsivegratification;BlueMeme:
TruthForce,Authority,groupsconcernedwithrules,traditions,andobedience;Orange
meme:StriveDrive,Strategic,corporationsseekingwealthandstatus;Greenmeme:
HumanBond,Consensus,culturessharingegalitarianfeelings.The"secondtier"starts
withYellowmeme(FlexFlow,Ecological),andthenTurquoisememe(WholeView,
Holistic).Evenhigher"thirdtier"Vmemesaresaidtoexist.

Subtle:See"Gross,Subtle,Causal."

Svabhavikakaya:InBuddhism,thecoreessenceofthethreegreatstatesofmind.(see
"Gross,Subtle,Causal")experiencedinpure,nondual,unity.Thepurenatureofmind.

CharleyTart:Prolificconsciousnessauthor,includingclassicAlteredStates;see
http://www.paradigmsys.com/cttart/

Thereveda:TheoldestschoolofBuddhism.

ThirdTier:See"SpiralDynamics."

TranscendentalSelf:OurTrueidentity;thatwhichgazesintothemirrorofcondition
existence;aSelfwhichembracesandtranscendsallindividuals.

TranscendentalWitness:AneverpresentaspectoftheTranscendentalSelfthatstands
backfromeverythingandalwayswitnesseswhatisoccurringrightnow.

Transmigrate:Reincarnate.

Transpersonal:Somethingthatgoesbeyondortranscendsthemerelypersonalor
individual.

Treya:TreyaKillamWilberwasKenWilber'sfirstwife.See"Grace&Grit."

Translativevs.Transformative:Theformertypeofreligionorspiritualpractice
attemptstogivemeaningandsolacetotheseparateself,whilethelatteractuallyworksto
transformtheindividualsoheorshecantranscendtheseparateselfandattainunityor
nondualconsciousness.
TurquoiseMeme:See"SpiralDynamics."

Upanishad:AncientHinduphilosophicaltreatisescommentingontheevenearlier
Vedas.

Uroborus:Thesymbolofthesnakeswallowingitsowntale,seenfirstinancient
EgyptianstatuaryandpopularizedbyCarlJung.

Vipassana:Alsoknownas"insightmeditation,"Vipassanaisanancienttechniquewhere
onesitscomfortablyandimpartiallypaysattentiontowhateverisarising,internallyor
externally,withnojudgments,aversions,ordesires.

RogerWalsh:Apsychiatrist,authorofEssentialSpirituality,andclosefriendofKen
WilberandBoardMemberoftheIntegralInstitute.

AlbertNorthWhitehead:Britishmathematicianandphilosopher,18611947.

WorldSoul:Theanimatingforceofthephysicalworld;inLain,animamundi.

YellowMeme:SeeSpiralDynamics.

Yidam:AmeditationaldeitythatisanaspectofBuddha.