BASIC DEFINITIONS OF COSMOSISM
Cosmos:
Cosmos is from the Greek, kosmos, meaning order. Cosmos means existence divinely ordered. ism: ism is a suffix meaning a system of beliefs and practices. Cosmosism: Cosmosism is the belief in the divinity of existence and a system of beliefs and practices to align oneself with the divine. Existence: Existence is a single energetic system evolving and arranging itself for the purpose of continuous evolution. Energy: The fundamental essence of Existence. Information: The attributes inherent in and communicated by energy patterns. Cycle of Existence: Existence is a continuous cycle of creation, preservation, destruction and re-creation. This recycling of energy allowing it to evolve into increasingly complex energy patterns, with energy itself existing eternally. Life: Life is a special energy pattern that possesses consciousness. Unlike other energy patterns, Life needs to consume energy to continue existing, surviving and evolving. Consciousness: Consciousness is the ability to sense receive information from the energetic system of Existence, the ability to create perceptions based on that information, and the ability to recognize energy patterns and information patterns. Consciousness = Sense Reception + Perception + Pattern Recognition Sense Reception: Sense Reception is the process of receiving information contained within the energetic system. Perceptions: Perceptions are the result of the process of sense reception. Perceptions are mental representations of the information that is sense received by Consciousness. Mind: Mind is a subset of consciousness that perceives and attempts to solve problems related to survival and evolution. The mind is a pattern recognition tool. It remembers past perceptions, predicts possible future perceptions, imagines perceptions, develops beliefs, makes decisions and choices, takes actions, and develops habits and behaviors. Conception: Conception is the process of forming and understanding abstract or generalized ideas based on particular perceptions. Emotion: Emotions are reactions to perceptions that cause a change in energetic flow in either the positive or negative direction. Matter: Matter and physical, material reality is a perception created by consciousness as a representation of the energy and information patterns that has been sensed, received and decoded. Body: The body is a perception rather than a physical object. It is an energy pattern that possesses the force of Life. Self: The Self is a perception and concept that creates an artificial division in the energetic system. This division results in conceptual categories of Self, or the perceiver and Not-Self, or the perceived. In truth, there is no division between the perceiver and the perceived, both are perceptions. Perceived Reality: Each particular Consciousness creates its own subjective reality based on its perceptions. Atman (or Atmanic Consciousness): The Atman is the spiritual and energetic essence of an individual being. The Atman, like all things, is a manifestation of Brahman. Brahman (or Brahmanic Consciousness): Brahman is The Absolute, The Eternal, The Infinite, The One, The Ultimate, The True Nature of Reality. |