Nada (S) – the Divine Sounds

Nadi (S) – A hollow, subtle channel through which the Kundalini energy ____ 72,000 exist in the human body

Neshama (H) – Third level of soul

Netzach (H) – A sephirotic energy associated with perserverance

Nirvakalpa samadhi (S) – Samadhi beyond time and space; Nothing exists

Nityananda (S) – The Guru of Swami Muktananda

Niyamas (S) – Physical and mental activities to avoid in spiritual life

Nukba (H) – Feminine energy or Shekhinah associated with the sephirot of Malchut

Ojas (S) – Vital life force energy and reserve of vital energy

Om Namah Shivaya (S) – Mantra; name of God

Ophanim (H) – Class of angels related to body, shapes, and cycles

Panchakarma (S) – Ayurvedic system of detoxification and rejuvenation

Par’gawd (H) – The thin veil that separates us from the Truth; metaphorically called the glass ceiling of consciousness

Para Kundalini (S) – The third knot of Kundalini regulation between the 3rd eye and crown chakra

Paramatman (S) – Absolute reality

Parinirvana – Enlightenment

Pingala (S) – Major nadi associated with the sun

Pitta (S) – Fire

Prajna pratihra (S) – Crimes against wisdom

Prana (S) – Vital life force

Prana Kundalini (S) – The first knot in the Kundalini system associated with the first chakra

Pranayama (S) – Yogic breathing exercises which increase prana

Pratyahara (S) – Withdrawal of senses

Prions – Smallest level of proteins that are living

Prophesy – The experience of God-merging and the delighting in that experience

Protids – Smallest living units in the body

Purusha (S) – Non-dual spirit

Rahu (S) – One of the nodes of the moon

Raja Yoga (S) – Yoga of the mind

Rajasic (S) – One of the three gunas of states; it is associated with an outgoing, active energy

Rama (S) – Avatar associated with the energy of Vishnu the Sustainer

Rama Krishna Paramahamsa (S) – Great spiritual master and enlightened being who lived in the late 1800s

Ramana Maharshi (S) – A great spiritual master and enlightened being who lived in the twentieth century

Rasa (S) – Life force or “juices”

Reiki – A Japanese healing system developed by Dr. Usai

Rigveda (S) – One of the ancient scriptures of India

Rishi (S) – An ancient Indian sage

S’micha le’shefa (H) – Initiation of Grace in the Jewish-Kabbalistic system

Sadhana (S) – Spiritual practice

Sahaja samadhi (S) – Experience of oneness while in the waking state

Sahasrara chakra (S) – Crown chakra

Sai Baba of Shirdi (S) – A fully God-merged enlightened being who left his body in 1918

Samadhi (S) – State of bliss beyond the mind

Samahita Chitta – A calm, centered mind

Samana (S) – One of five pranas; associated with digestive energies

Samskaras (S) – Impressions on the mind

Sanatana Dharma (S) – The natural way of life that leads to enlightenment

Sangha (S) – Spiritual group

Sankalpa samadhi (S) – State of oneness while experiencing the light; subtle awareness of the I AM beyond time and space

Sanskrit (S) – Ancient fire (spiritually activating) language of India

Sarhaswar (S) – Crown chakra

Satsang (S) – The experience of the Truth in the presence of an awake spiritual teacher

Sattvic (S) – One of the three gunas or states; it is a state of holiness which points one inward to the Divine

Self-Realization – Knowing I AM THAT; experiencing the Truth of who you are beyond time, space, and Being

Sephirot (H) – One of the ten consciousness centers of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life

Seva (S) – Service

Shabbat (H) – Holiest day of year one time per week; A time of complete rest from worldly activity. It starts Friday night at sunset and ends Saturday night at sunset

Shakti (S) – Energy of the One expressed as Divine Mother and of all creation

Shaktipat Initiation (S) – Awakening of the Kundalini energy through a Liberated, spiritual master who has become a vehicle of Grace

Shaman – A medicine and spiritual healer/teacher in an indiginous culture

Shechitah (H) – Proper and holy kosher rituals for annual slaughter and food in general

Sheirut (H) – Service

Shekhinah (H) – Hebrew name for the energy associated with sacred feminine equivalent to the Shakti

Shiva (S) – Hindu name for cosmic consciousness; also associated with the God of transformation

Shiva samhita (S) – Scriptures on Shiva consciousness

Shrii Shrii Ananda Murti (S) – a God-merged saint who left his body in 1991, the founder of Ananda Marg

Shulhan Arukh (H) – The set table; the written code of do’s and don’ts in the Jewish tradition

Shukra – Deep sexual energy

Shurangama Sutra (S) – A Buddhist text

Siddhis (S) – Miraculous powers

Soma (S) – The Divine nectar dripping from the soma chakra; an herb giving longevity

Soma chakra (S) – A sub-chakra in the lower part of the sarhaswar; it is associated with Divine nectar

Spiritual Kundalini (S) – The cosmic form of Kundalini

Sri Ganapati Satchidananda Swamiji – A living God-realized being who is the expression of Nada Yoga (Divine music) whose base in Mysore, India

Subtle bodies – Energetic bodies which surround the physical body

Surya nadi (S) – Sun nadi

Sushumna (S) – Central nadi through which the Kundalini moves, located along the inside of the spine in the etheric body

Svadharma (S) – The way of life that leads you to know I AM THAT/the Truth

Svadhishthana Chakra (S) – Throat chakra

Svarupa (S) – To know the Truth

Swami Jandananda (S) – A disciple of Swami Nityananda who became God-merged in his 90s, who attained moksha

Swami Muktananda (S) – Gabriel’s first Guru; the enlightened being who gave him Shaktipat

Swami Prakashananda Saraswati (S) – The first person, in 1969, to be acknowledged by Swami Muktananda to be enlightened, Gabriel’s guru “uncle” and second Guru

Tachyon – Energy moving faster than speed-of-light, just before it slows to speed-of-light

T’ai Chi – Chinese practices which sustain and balance the chi or prana

Tamasic (S) – One of three gunas or states; it is the state associated with inertia; a veil of ignorance; sloth; junk food

Tantra (S) – The Yogic practice of celebrating the Divine in all things and primarily Taoist

Tao Te Ching – Classical text in the Taoist tradition

Tefila (H) – Prayer

Teheru (H) – The void in the Jewish-Kabbalistic system

Tejas (S) – One of the three vital essences in Ayurveda associated with subtle fire and electricity; the subtle aspect of pitta

Ten Speakings – The correct translation of the words “Ten Commandments”

The Sanhedrin (H) – The equivalent of a spiritual supreme court; the seeds started with Moses and manifested primarily in Jerusalem

Tikkum Olam (H) – Healing of the world

Torah (H) – The five books of Moses

T'shukat Deveikut (H) – A form of God-merging

Tzadic (H) – A saintly, righteous being in the Jewish tradition

Tzava'at Harivash (H) – A book which has an English translation of some of the Bal Shem’s basic teachings as he personally wrote them

Tzedaka (H) – Charity

Udana (S) – Upward moving prana

Urdhdareta (S) – Rising upward of the semen in the sushumna

Vairagya (S) – Non-attachment

Vajrini nadi (S) – Inner nadi of the sushumna associated with the sun

Vasanas (S) – Deep thought form grooves made from repetitive vrittis; imbalance; repeated mental impressions

Vata (S) – One of the psychophysiological states or doshas in the Ayurvedic system; it is associated with anxiety, fear, and imbalanced energies

Vedas (S) – Ancient Hindu scriptures

Vijnanamaya kosha (S) – The layer of the mind associated with viveka  and vairagya

Virtual energy state – Place of zero point energy

Vishuddha Chakra (S) – Throat chakra

Viveka – Wisdom to tell the difference between real and unreal

Void – Space beyond time and space

Vritti (S) – Activity of the mind

Vyana – Associated with circulation

Vyutthita Chitta (S) – An unstable mind

Witness consciousness – The ability to step back and see the ego at play and feel separate from it; I AM consciousness

Yah (H) – The name of God connecting the spirit of God as breath

Yajur Veda (S) – One of the ancient vedic scriptures

Yamas (S) – The “do’s” of proper conduct in Yoga

Yang – The male, outward, flowing energy in Chinese system of duality

Yantra (S) – A symbolic, energized, spiritual drawing

Yechidut (H) – Satsang or sangha

Yetzirah (H) – Second level of four worlds (astral plane); associated with angels and demons

YHWH (H) – The most sacred name of God in the Jewish tradition; the mantra of liberation in the West

Yin – Inward, quiet energies in the Chinese system of duality

Yoga (S) – the path of union/liberation in the Hindu traditions

Yoga asanas (S) – Yogic postures

Yoga chitta vritti nirodha (S) – Yoga is the stilling of the activity of the mind

Yukta triveni (S) – Three streams; the place below the base chakra where the sushumna, ida, and pingala begin

Zeir Anpin (H) – The partzufim (face of God) associated with the lower sephirot energies and tefirot

Zero Point Process – a form of Western Jnana Yoga taught by Gabriel

Zohar (H) – Considered the most powerful and holy Kabbalistic text