Definitions and explanations of key terms used throughout the site.
The self-aware aspect of consciousness that mediates between instinct, morality, and reality.
What sets the mental-rational structure apart from the previous three structures is that it is the most separated from “Origin.” In it, human consciousness, which had previously felt a fundamental connection to the world around it, was now unattached and...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Egocentric attitudes may have been a contributory factor behind the dominance of the geocentric world-view, but there were other reasons for preferring an Earth-centred universe to Aristarchus’ Sun-centred universe. One basic problem with the Sun-centred world-view was that it appeared...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
The foundational line of true ethical behavior, its main guiding principle valid across all times and cultures, is the degree of freedom from self-centeredness of thought and behavior, and willingness freely to give up one’s own self-interest on behalf of...
Source: Scientific American
I couldn't see past my ego - Tried to say no, but I couldn't see past my ego
Source: Couldn’t See Past My Ego by GUM
Love myself better than you. I know it's wrong, So what should I do? I'm on a plain. I can't complain.
Source: On a Plain by Nirvana
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on - And it makes me wonder...
Source: Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
Hide you in my coat pocket, where I kept my rebel red - Felt I was invincible, you wrapped around my head
Source: Chlorine by Twenty One Pilots
And I Will Try To Fix You…
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
