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  2. Religious ecstasy - Wikipedia

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    Religious ecstasy is a type of altered state of consciousness characterized by greatly reduced external awareness and reportedly expanded interior mental and spiritual awareness, frequently accompanied by visions and emotional (and sometimes physical) euphoria.

  3. Glossary of spirituality terms - Wikipedia

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    Akashic Records: (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") In the religion of theosophy and the philosophical school called anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life ...

  4. Ecstasy (emotion) - Wikipedia

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    Ecstasy (from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis) 'outside of oneself') is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of their awareness. In classical Greek literature , it refers to removal of the mind or body "from its normal place of function."

  5. Mysticism - Wikipedia

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    This threefold meaning of "mystical" continued in the Middle Ages. [2] According to Dan Merkur, the term unio mystica came into use in the 13th century as a synonym for the "spiritual marriage", the ecstasy, or rapture, that was experienced when prayer was used "to contemplate both God's omnipresence in the world and God in his essence."

  6. Bhava samadhi - Wikipedia

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    There have been many misuses and controversies associated with bhava samadhi.Firstly, bhava itself has been mistaken to be an advanced spiritual state, whereas the great exponent of bhava samadhi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, made it clear to his disciple, Swami Vivekananda, that bhava is a preliminary state of consciousness:

  7. Spirituality - Wikipedia

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    The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality is referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

  8. Tawiz (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    A tawiz (Urdu: تعویز, Hindi: तावीज़), [1] muska , ta'wiz, or taʿwīdh (Arabic: تعويذ) is an amulet or locket worn for protection common in South Asia. [2] Tawiz is sometimes worn by Muslims with the belief of getting protection or blessings by virtue of what is in it. It is intended to be an amulet.

  9. Ecstasy - Wikipedia

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    Ecstasy most often refers to: Ecstasy (emotion) , a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness Religious ecstasy , a state of consciousness, visions or absolute euphoria