GLOSSARY
Age of Aquarius - The Age of Aquarius is the 2,150-year cycle following the Piscean Age. Bhagavad Gita - song of God
Age of Pisces - The Piscean Age is the 2,150-year cycle following the Age of Aries. Pisces is the age of Jesus the Christ.
Ages of Time - 24,000 year circumambulation of our sun around our dual star, Sirius produces 4 different ages. When the suns or stars are close together the age is divine. When they are far apart, the dark ages ensue.
Anamnesis - A remembrance, triggered by some outside factor, usually of a past life. (Greek origin referred to by Plato)
Satya Yuga - the Golden Age - the Spiritual Age, is known as a time when people lived long lives, filled with peace, living in full consciousness, using all of their senses and 100% of their brain. Everyone was equal, so there was no hierarchy. Their spirituality was at the height of awareness and society was matriarchal.
Treta Yuga - the Silver Age - the Mental Age, ushered in patriarchy and consciousness was diminished by 25% as kings evolved and warring began.
Dwapara Yuga - the Bronze Age - the Energy Age, further diminished consciousness to 50% and rulers and kings were becoming more and more treacherous. Gods and Goddesses were worshipped in the form of idols in temples with great festivals and ceremonies.
Kali Yuga - the Iron Age - the Material or Dark Age brings about an ignorance of spirituality so strong that most people cannot understand the most basic principles of consciousness and have mostly lost all spirituality, being diminished by 75%.
Akasha - Everything occuring in our personal world and in the physical universe is recorded in a dimension called Akashic Record.
Ascension - The spiritual raising of consciousness. The ritual of the ascension is reuniting and becoming one with God, the raising of the Kundalini or reuniting with Godhead.
Aura - Radiant light or electromagnetic field surrounding the physical body.
Brahmachari - celibate student
Buddha - Buddha means 'the enlightened one.’
Buddhi - intelligence
Christ - The word Christ comes from the Greek word Christos, meaning 'anointed'. The sacred fluid, or kundalini rises to the crown chakra where a soul can leave the body at will.
Cycle of Yugas - Precession of the Equinoxes. There are twelve astrological ages, each lasting about 2,150 years, in the zodiac. An entire cycle of twelve ages takes about 25,920 years to complete.
Correction to Cycle - As the revolution of the equinoxes gets further away from the Grand Center, the suns slow down. As they get closer to the Center, they speed up so the correction to the time for the Precession of the Equinoxes is 24,000 years.
Darshan - To view or meet with. Usually referring to the spiritual master or the deities on the altar.
Dwadasi -Sanskrit for twelve, is the twelfth lunar day of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) fortnight of every lunar month in the Hindu Calendar.
Dwadashi is especially suitable for the worship of the sacred Tulasi tree much like Ekadasi is especially suitable for the worship of Vishnu, with fasting preferred in place of Ekadasi.
Ekadasi - Sanskrit for Eleven, also spelled as Ekadasi, is the eleventh lunar day of the shukla (bright) or krishna (dark) fortnight of every lunar month in the Hindu Calendar. InHinduism and Jainism it is considered a spiritually beneficial day and is usually observed by a partial fast or a complete fast.
Elementals - Nature spirits. The five beings of earth, air, fire, water and ether. They are the fairies, sprites, and leprechauns who have other forms as well.
Etheric plane - Highest plane in the dimension of Matter. This is the world of the Ascended Masters, their cities of light, the Heavenly Planets.
Go- cow
Gop - cowherder
Gopa - cowherd boy
Gopi - cowherd girl
Great Year - Plato’s name for the 24,000 year cycle of our sun’s moving through all 12 zodiac signs and around Sirius.
Great White Brotherhood - The Great White Brotherhood is an organization composed of Ascended Masters (male and female), Archangels, angels, advanced spiritual beings, and elementals. They are not affiliated with any one religion and work to assist mankind in all wholesome endeavors. The word white refers to the aura of white light that surrounds them.
Hinduism - The oldest religion in the world. The earliest Hindu texts, known as the Vedas were given to seven Rishis, seven stars, at the dawn of time.
Jesus - Jesus the Christ (World Savior, Wayshower) teaches us the way to become the Christ. Jesus is the sponsor of the Piscean Age, thus the fish symbol in Christianity.
Jiva - The living entity - the part and parcel of the Supreme
Karma - The law of cause and effect.
Kirtan - congregational chanting or singing
Krishna - Lord Krishna is the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, the second person in the Hindu Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva). His form is known as the Personality of Godhead, whereas other forms of God have other functions.
Kum Kum - Red powder made from different substances
Kundalini - (Sanskrit, 'coiled-up serpent.') The sacred fire found in the base-of-the-spine chakra; the light of the Divine Mother. When it rises from the base to the crown chakra it quickens and awakens each chakra along the way.
LSD - Lysergic acid diethyl amide is a psychedelic drug known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed- and open-eye visuals, an altered sense of time and spiritual experiences. LSD is a non-addictive drug.
Maha - great
Mystery Schools - Retreats of the Great White Brotherhood where the ancient Holy Science was taught. Became known as “the occult.” Many teachers of the Holy Science were crucified or killed.
Nirvana - a state of bliss or peace, oneness with the Absolute aspired for by the Buddhists.
Parjanya - cloud, name of Krishna’s grandfather
Pratigya - true to word
Puja - worship or sacrifice
Raj - a king or royal
Reincarnation - Rebirth of the soul in a new body. The soul of man or woman returns to the physical plane in a new body. (The soul of man or woman is the feminine counterpart of the masculine Spirit.)
Samadhi - complete absorption in one’s mantra or god
Sannyas - a renunciate, usually celibate
Samsara - the wheel of birth and death
Satya - Truthfulness or goodness
Shakti - energy
Shiva - Shiva means 'auspicious,' 'kind' or 'friendly.' Shiva is known as the Destroyer. As the Third Person of the Hindu Trinity, he destroys the universe at the end of each world. Shiva also keeps our mind in illusion. When you have perfectly surrendered to God, He goes away. He can no longer bind us.
Siddhi - perfection
Sneha - affection
Soul - God is both masculine and feminine. The soul of man or woman is the feminine counterpart of the masculine Spirit.
Spirit - The masculine polarity of the Godhead. Life Force or breath of life.
Spirituality - Spirituality is not religion. The term spirituality is defined as an individual's search for the divine. It involves having direct mystical experiences with God leading to transcendence or liberation.
Svarupa - form
Srimad Bhagavatam - known as the 5th Veda - beautiful God
Surya - Sun God
Teja - effulgence
Thik Hai - good is - its good or simply, ok.
Tilok - clay marking
Vices - Also known as the seven deadly sins.
Virtues - Opposite of vices, truth, generosity, beauty, austerity, joy, courage, strength, stability, perseverance.
Yajna - sacrifice
Yamaraja - the God of Death
Yasya - fame