glossary "A"
Abhra (Tantrik & Sanskrit): Mica. The Ovum of Shakti.
Absolute (the) (Theosophy) an Omnipresent, Eternal, Boundless, and Immutable Principle of one absolute Reality which is antecedent to all manifested, conditioned, being. The ‘Causeless Cause,’ the ‘Eternal,’ and the ‘Unknowable,’ which is essentially the same as that of the Consciousness which wells up within us. The "Well of Consciousness" Itself.
Absolute Subjectivity (Theosophy; condensed from Ken Wilbur, "Spectrum of Consciousness") In speaking of Reality as non-dual consciousness, we must avoid thinking of consciousness as somehow being connected with subjectivity. (To consider consciousness as not belonging to objects such as this written text, but rather to "myself" as the subject who is supposedly conscious of this written work is actually being dualistic to the core). Rather, it is proper to think of Consciousness as Absolute Subjectivity, which belongs exclusively to neither subject nor object, but embraces both. We must try to understand that Consciousness is Reality, and Reality is actually non-dual -- we must avoid viewing consciousness not as a relative subject confronting objects but as Absolute Subjectivity above this dualism of subject vs. object. Absolute Subjectivity is not the ego subject. It is called Subject only because it hints that Reality lies in what now appears to be the direction that we call inward, subjective, towards the very center of our being, a center so deep and profound that it is God's center as well.
Adi-buddha (Theosophy) the highest aspect or sub entity of the supreme Wondrous Being of our universe, existing in the most exalted dharmakaya state.
Adi-Nath (Sanskrit): Sub-sect of the Nath line. Consciousness; awareness itself. A title of Shiva.
Adi state Adi is a Hindu, Buddhist, and Theosophical term meaning the first part of reality. "pure potential"
Adi parashakti (Hindu) ~ is the original creator, observer and destroyer of whole universes. Said to possess the three qualities Sattva (lightness), rajas (activity), or tamas (heaviness).
Alaya (Spectrum of Consciousness) The alaya is similar to the causal body of Vedanta, and many investigators feel that it is roughly equivalent of Jung's collective unconscious. Being supra-individual, it is synonomous with Citta, the absolute Noumenon. Like Atman and the Level of Mind, the alaya actually retains its identity but apparently evolves into numerous levels, much like a candle set in a hall of mirrors will appear to reflect and evolve into numerous candles while all the time retaining its identity.
Amrita (Theosophy &Sanskrit): That which is immortal. Nectar of the Gods.
ananta loosely: "not an end"
Antahkarana (Theosophy) : In the path which lies between the Divine and the human Ego, Antahkarana is that portion which retains its purity. The whole fate of an incarnation depends on whether Antahkarana will be able to restrain the Kama-Manas or not.
archetypes (Carl Jung) universal psychic structures that are the precursor of a material or mental manifestation. Primordial images a.k.a.: "dominants of the collective unconscious"
Atmamatra (Sanskrit) A primordial spiritual particle or monad. The spiritual atom or elements of self.
Atma (Tantrik & Sanskrit) : the "substance" of the higher self.
Atma (Heaventologically): the "Over Soul" of the human being. The Atman is not necessarily embodied
Atman (Sanskrit) disambiguation: "to breathe", "to go" or "eternal movement" plus "to pervade" as connected with "this, my own self". The innermost essence of the individual as well as the Universal. The highest or true self as distinct from the consciousness or ego. There is no difference between Atman and Paramatman except that caused by Maya. H. P Blavatsky says; "it is the God above more so than within." Alice Bailey (Secret Doctrine) describes it as "The innermost essence of the individual as well as the Universal."
Aupapaduka state (Sanskrit) (alternative spelling: "Anupadaka") The Aupapaduka Plane is the second plane. It is the plane where the seven Dhyani-Chohan reside. The Aupapaduka plane of existence is also where a person’s Monad resides. "potential expressed"