Ian's Dictionary.
IAN’S DICTIONARY
To enable me to communicate more precisely I have coined new words and created this
dictionary for the benefit of readers.
✇ mentivity. To differentiate between mental activity [commonly called thinking] and thinking
[by which I mean those thought processes that do not involve the mind].
✇ neopt .To differentiate between the Sanskrit darshana generally meaning anything seen and
sometimes meaning something not seen with the eyes; a vision which has many interpretations;
an epiphany, which implies something instigated by God, and a realisation which has a mental
as well as a spiritual connotation, I have coined the word neopt (pronounced nay - opt) and its
various derivatives from old German and Latin.
✇ somp. From a hypnopompic neoption early on 06.10.11. morning a new word for die, which
stems from the fact that die has numerous meanings with reference to many things, and to die is
not final and extinguishing but merely to Switch Off Material Perception = the acronym somp.
[Note: This word applies only to human death or dying. However, if “transmigration of souls”*
is fact, as I suspect it is, somp can apply across the board.]
* To non-human states.
✇ See below.
1. WORDS:
apiekai n. (ʌpɪkʌɪ) The oneness existing between two or more people. [See 10.11.16 below]
blisstasy n. That spiritual 'quality of being' or 'state of being' which is beyond the physical/
mental (emotional) experience and surpasses joy, bliss, love et al.
blisstatic adj.
mentivity* n. mental activity commonly called 'thinking'.
ment* v. think; adv. to think; n. a thought.
menter* n. one who ments.
menting* v. thinking.
moul n. since the mind and the soul are the same, mind plus soul = moul.
neopt vb. (neɪopt) neopts, neopting, neopted. to see without the eyes. [from ne (old German) +
ops (Latin) = no + eye]
neoption n. something seen without the eyes.
neopter n. one who sees without the eyes.
neoptic adj. a neoptic incident, occurrence etc.
neoptive adj. pertaining to, of the nature of, characterised by.
*Note: the word mentality, meaning state of mind, already exists in the English language.
Detachment and non-attachment.
In my spiritual writings I almost exclusive use the term non-attachment instead of the word
detachment and some readers may wonder why I do not use the latter which is more commonly
used. The reason is that whereas non-attachment has only one meaning and is generally
accepted as being used in a spiritual/religious context, detachment has diverse meanings and
contexts; some of which are listed below to illustrate the point. Note that, in # 5, detachment is
classed as a feeling whereas what I refer to is a state of mind - not necessarily the same or
understood as the same.
Furthermore, the verb detach also has diverse meanings whereas a verb for non-attachment
does not exist in use.
Detachment n
1. The state of being objective or aloof.
2. A group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission.
3. A party of people separated from a larger group.
4. The action or process of detaching; separation.
5. A feeling of not being involved with someone or something in a close or emotional way.
6. A group of soldiers sent to perform a special job separately from the rest of their group.
Note: Contextually there is a similarity in meaning between non-attachment and the alternative
# 4 above.
2. PHRASES:
Emotional self-sufficiency.
Unlike where all emotional needs are met this phrase describes that state of being where there
are no emotional needs. In other words where emotion is concerned a state of balance/harmony
exists.
10.11.16.
The inadequacy of the word "love".
Consider these truths first:
a) Love and hate are emotions - reactions of the mind.
b) We can love someone so much that we can hate another sufficiently to kill them if they
threaten the loved one! In this world of duality, "love" has its opposite "hate", with both having
degrees of intensity and, because of this I, over the many years, have written extensively about
"love" and sought an alternative word to express, in this world of duality in which "love" is so
much needed yet causes so much distress, an association of true depth which stands alone and
clearly. Ultimately, the best I could do was say that the highest feeling one could feel for
another is that which comes from the recognition that the other is "one with oneself"; being,
together, part of the collective oneness of Spirit. The magnitude of this "oneness" is really
beyond description and, often, comprehension! Regarding the expression of this I made some
headway as follows: "we are one" = "wiahwun" so we can end a message with "Wiahwun" but
can we comfortably say to a truly loved one, "I wiahwun" you? No, for two reasons viz. 1) it
sounds awful and 2) we would be using it for the purpose for which we use "love" and that
means, with its attachment "hate".
So, what if we were to say, even whisper, "wiahwun" as an acknowledgement of a
fundamental association, a relationship, far more meaningful than an emotional one, and one
closer than anything conceivable to the human mind? Fine, but I was neither comfortable with
the word nor its derivation so I looked elsewhere, to Sanskrit via Sinhala, and arrived at "api"
meaning "we" and "ekai" meaning "one": hence apiekai but pronounced "apikai" [OED:
ʌpɪkʌɪ] because it is fluent; it flows smoothly off the tongue.
So, to all you readers I say, "Apiekai!" . . . (using only the three syllables ʌpɪkʌɪ).
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Detachment and non-attachment.
In my spiritual writings I almost exclusive use the term non-attachment instead of the word detachment and some readers may wonder why I do not use the latter which is more commonly used. The reason is that whereas non-attachment has only one meaning and is generally accepted as being used in a spiritual/religious context, detachment has diverse meanings and contexts; some of which are listed below to illustrate the point. Note that, in # 5, detachment is classed as a feeling whereas what I refer to is a state of mind - not necessarily the same or understood as the same.
Furthermore, the verb detach also has diverse meanings whereas a verb for non-attachment does not exist in use.
Detachment n
1. The state of being objective or aloof.
2. A group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission.
3. A party of people separated from a larger group.
4. The action or process of detaching; separation.
5. A feeling of not being involved with someone or something in a close or emotional way.
6. A group of soldiers sent to perform a special job separately from the rest of their group.
Note: Contextually there is a similarity in meaning between non-attachment and the alternative # 4 above.
2. PHRASES:
Emotional self-sufficiency.
Unlike where all emotional needs are met this phrase describes that state of being where there are no emotional needs. In other words where emotion is concerned a state of balance/harmony exists.
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Clarifying Spirit/Soul/Mind/Moul.
Firstly, here is an extract from The Milk Is White:
The Soul's "Wardrobe".
When a soul enters a life it consists of two aspects built on to, or in to, it's Spirit 'self'. One is the combined pattern of countless experiences acquired over many lifetimes, and the other is expressed as a specific body required to fulfil the needs specific to the particular life. In the case of the former, only that part of the whole that is useful in the particular life is to the fore and forms the personality.
The personality can be compared to a wardrobe of garments in which there is a wide range to cater to divers situations, climactic conditions etc. A garment, or set of garments, is an expression of the personality in any given condition. For example, when we are in a situation of confrontation we put on certain garments (display certain traits), when we are in a situation of peace we put on others, in a situation of fear yet others and so on. In this context the expression "The clothes maketh the man" is correct. However, as with any wardrobe one can discard, darn, patch, change colours, acquire new ones etc.
12.04.11 note: I am somewhat surprised by the concise clarity of this 1996 description but will take this literary attempt further.
Secondly, let us simply call the “a wardrobe of garments” analogy above “clothes”.
So, initially, in our primary state of spirit, we get progressively involved in Earthly phenomena (energy/matter). We can equate this progressive involvement in matter to dressing in clothes: as we progress we put on more clothes and also add to our wardrobe of clothes which we call upon as needs be for the various earthling experiences.
What we wear affects the way we look, feel, move and act.
We now have a combination of sorts: spirit wearing clothing, and we will call this combination “soul”.
The clothing affects the way the spirit (now soul) appears, feels psychologically, feels physically and acts. It also affects the spirit’s mentality - the way its mind works or ments (“thinks” as it is commonly termed).
As a result of our experiences in each of our numerous lives our clothes change; we add some and discard some and, when we start getting enlightened we start to discard more than we add. Thus, our clothes reflect our experiences over many lifetimes and what we have learned from them. Consequently, the soul is the sum total of its experiences over many lifetimes.
Eventually, we have no more clothes - the wardrobe is bare!
If the soul is the sum total of the spirit’s experiences over many lifetimes what is the “mind”? The mind too is the sum total of the spirit’s experiences over many lifetimes. Hence, what we call “soul” and what we call “mind” are the same. Hence also, my word “moul”, for mind + soul, for the purpose of clarity of communication.
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