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    Scientific Terms/Concepts

    Time in the absolute sense, or eternity; the great destroyer, time principle, one of the five kanchuka, limiting aspects of energy, which creates the dimension of time and restricts the individual within it; one of the eight bhairavas or states of consciousness.
    Lord Shiva in his fierce aspect, dissolution of time.
    Fire of time, kaala means time and agni means fire, heat which takes place when time and space collide in a great explosion.
    Liberation, comes from the word kevala, meaning one only superconscious state where all duality is transcended and only the one universal consciousness remains, highest state of samadhi, moksha, nirvana.
    One of the kanchukas; limiting aspect of energy which restricts the creative power of individual consciousness and which emanates from the nucleus of bindu due to vibrations caused by nada.
    Primal manifestation of Shakti, divine mother, Goddess destroyer of time, space and object, ignorance.
    Tree of knowledge; wish fulfilling tree.
    Invisible cloak of maya which limits or restricts consciousness and creates the notion of duality.
    Skull.
    Five organs of action: hands, feet, vocal cords, tongue, excretory and reproductive organs.
    Division of Shaivism found in North India.
    Sect of tantra in which the mother is recognized as the guru of the family lineage.
    Spontaneous, only one, beyond duality.
    Spontaneous cessation of breath which occurs during samadhi, when the consciousness transcends duality.
    Khichari means to roam freely in the sky, this mudra liberates consciousness from matter and allows the awareness to travel freely in space, important mudra of Lord Shiva
    An incarnation of Lord Vishnu; an enlightened person who lived in the Dwapara Yuga, 5,000 years ago, whose teachings are given in the Bhagavad Gita.
    Activity action, motion; dynamic kundalini yoga practice.
    Broken, scattered.
    Family lineage.
    Worship of virgin girls.
    Breath retention, premeditation technique which steadies the mind and intensifies concentration.
    spiritual energy, evolutionary force, referred to as serpent power, latent energy in mooladhara chakra, divine energy that transforms human consciousness, biopsychic energy.