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Oneness is a spiritual term referring to the 'experience' of the absence of egoic identity boundaries, and, according to some traditions, the perception of an absolute interconnectedness of all matter and thought in space-time, or one's ultimate identity with God (see Tat Tvam Asi). It shares traits with Pantheism. Its meaning may be synonymous to that of nonduality, though some claim that non-duality implies 'not one' and 'not two', i.e. non-duality is analogous to the Hindu formula of negation and to Neti Neti, used in describing the absolute.

A functional explanation has also been proposed as follows: the unification of consciousness with the subconsciousness to yield a supraconsciousness. Though some maintain that oneness necessarily transcends all consciousness per se.

Some feel that the human experiencing of Oneness expresses itself in the unity of thought and reality. They describe an experience of thought creating reality which feels like Omnipotence. However as the consciousness grows to encompass all, the ego becomes relatively insignificant. In its culmination, the seeker passes through ego death. This coincides with several teachings of different cultures:
  • Hinduism speaks of the Dance of Kali on the dead body of Shiva.
  • Jesus says: to enter the Kingdom of Heaven one has to be reborn in the Water and Spirit (see John 3:5 http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?passage=JOHN+3:5&language=english&version=KJV&showfn=on&showxref=on)
  • Baha'u'llah taught that God responds to the seeker by drawing him 'from the realms of contradiction unto the retreats of oneness...numbered with those whom the light of God hath guided aright in this day.' Individual identity vanish as the seeker sees all the Prophets as one and the same Being, 'the Manifestation of the Self of God.' No change nor transformation exists in this realm. '...this is the station wherein the light of divine unity shineth forth, and the truth of His oneness is expressed...' To experience oneness, the seeker must enter the City of Divine Unity which is 'the garden of oneness, and the court of detachment.' (see Gems of Divine Mysteries)
For others, Oneness, the characteristic of being one, is a term used to characterize God in contrast to Christians who believe that the godhead is of a triune nature comprised of 3 distinct, but not separate, identities (see Trinity).

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Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. The spiritual, involving (as it may) perceived non-physical eternal verities (or even abilities) involving humankind's ultimate nature, often contrasts with the earthly, with the material, or with the
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For the ego in psychology, especially Freud and Jung's concept of ego, see Ego, super-ego, and id. For other uses, see Ego.


In spirituality, and especially nondual, mystical and eastern meditative traditions, the human being is often
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Interconnectedness is part of the terminology of a worldview which sees a oneness in all things. A similar term, interdependence, is sometimes used instead, although there are slightly different connotations.
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spacetime is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single construct called the space-time continuum. Spacetime is usually interpreted with space being three-dimensional and time playing the role of the fourth dimension.
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God

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Tat Tvam Asi (Sanskrit: तत्त्वमसि), a Sanskrit sentence, translating variously to "Thou art that", "That thou art", or "You are that", is one of the Mahāvākyas (Grand Pronouncements) in Vedantic Hinduism.
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God

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Agnosticism Atheism
Deism Dystheism
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Pantheism Polytheism
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The term nondual is a literal translation of the Sanskrit term advaita ("not two"). The term implies that things remain distinct while not being separate. The term can refer to a belief, condition, theory, practice, or quality.
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Hindu ( pronunciation   (help info ) , Devanagari: हिन्दु), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the
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In logic and mathematics, negation or not is an operation on logical values, for example, the logical value of a proposition, that sends true to false and false to true.
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In Hinduism, and in particular Jnana Yoga and Advaita Vedanta, neti neti is a chant or mantra, meaning "not this, not this", or "neither this, nor that" (
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The Absolute is the totality of things; all that is, whether it has been discovered or not. It is usually conceived of as a unitary state of the external cosmos and internal spiritual consciousness — at least insofar as it can be acknowledged by the human mind — and is
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Consciousness is a characteristic of the mind generally regarded to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment.
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unconscious refers to that part of mental functioning of which subjects make themselves unaware [28].

Freud proposed a vertical and hierarchical architecture of human consciousness: the conscious mind, the preconscious, and the unconscious mind - each lying
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Omnipotence (literally, "all power") is power with no limits i.e. unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence only to God.

In the philosophy of most Western monotheistic religions, omnipotence is listed as one of God's characteristics among many,
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Seeker and similar may mean:

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Ego death is an experience sometimes undergone by psychonauts. It can be brought on by many years of meditation or the ingestion of psychedelics[1] such as dimethyltryptamine, psilocybin/psilocin, mescaline, salvinorin A or LSD; though some religious practices claim to
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Hinduism (known as Hindū Dharma in modern Indian languages[1]
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KALI can refer to:
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For other uses, see Siva (disambiguation).


Shiva (IAST: Śiva
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Kingdom of God or Reign of God (Greek: Βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ - Basileia tou Theou,[1]
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Bahá'u'lláh (ba-haa-ol-laa Arabic: بهاء الله "Glory of God") (November 12, 1817 - May 29, 1892), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí (Persian:
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Javáhiru’l-Asrár (Arabic: جواهر الاسرار) or Gems of Divine Mysteries, is a book by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
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This article is about the number one. For the year AD 1, see 1. For other uses, see 1 (disambiguation).

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Godhead refers to the view of the abstract and essential divine nature of God.
  • Binitarianism - the belief that the Godhead is composed of two separate beings, Father and the Son, while the Holy Spirit is the power of God and not a separate being.

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Triune denotes the essence-quality of something being 'three in one' and may refer to:
  • Trinity refers to the Godhead in Christianity; see also Triple deities.
  • Triune brain theory proposed by Dr. Paul D. MacLean that evolution has given humans three distinct brains.

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Christianity

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Zen ( or ) is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism notable for its emphasis on practice and experiential wisdom—particularly as realized in the form of meditation known as zazen—in the attainment of awakening.
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