Map of a Human Being
Glossary:
Words that need definition; as the Map of a Human Being meanings may not conform to general usage.
Brain: The physical organ used by the soul and the mind to communicate with the world and fulfill their intentions.
Divine Light: Not a manifested light but an emanation of divine power; illumination.
Ego: The mind's collective will. Mind as defined by the Map of a Human Being.
Five Elements: Earth, fire, water, air, ether (not the table of elements which are contained within these). For our purposes these are the building blocks of everything in the universe.
Gnosis: The highest form of divine wisdom. The state of living from within wisdom.
God: The uncreated power of the universe.
Kalima: Word. Particularly the phrase: There is no god, but God. Also: There is no existence, but God.
Karma: The ethical, moral and physical consequences of thought and action. When I use the word karma, it usually represents negative influences.
Man: Man vs. people or men and women. The natural, genderless divine state of men and women.
Maya: It is generally used here to mean illusion.
Mind: The mind is an ideational projection that emerges from the elements that make up the body, to and from the elements that make up the world.
Prophet: A person who brings a part of God's ongoing story or revelation. They are never separate from God.
Redirected Heart: The classic heart symbol points downwards towards the world and created things. The Map heart symbol is turned upward, suggesting redirecting our focus to a higher consciousness and formlessness.
Religion: The institutional organizations or cultural expressions that claim to represent a scripture revealed by one or more prophets.
Saints: Those who have transformed themselves using the revelations of the prophets.
Sakti: The sakti (energy plus perception, not necessarily accurate perception) that emanates from the created things. This forms the mind.
Soul/Inner-heart: The soul is uncreated and cannot be corrupted. It is a ray of God’s ‘light,’ Life itself, a distinguished intelligence center, sensed in the heart area, drawing its wisdom from the divine. The soul, as compared to the mind, is universal, whereas each mind can have its own propensities.
The Path: The journey from the surface of the eye (the world) into the soul, where we become one in God consciousness.
Wisdom: The evolving ability to access objective reality, or God's point of view.
