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
C
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.
E
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.
K
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.
