Associative Thought – Thoughts that move mechanically by one reacting to another with the most obvious or frequently used connection

Automatic – Unconscious, mechanical manifestations running by reaction to external influences

Bhakti Yoga – Focusing attention on a subject that generates heightened positive emotion, usually a guru, saint, icon, or god

Center – Gurdjieff and Ouspensky’s term for the physical, emotional, or intellectual field of activity

Chakra – Sanskrit yogic term for the physical, emotional, or intellectual field of activity

Chemicals of Emotions – Internal drugs released by emotions that can produce discomfort or bliss

Clear Mind – Mind completely free of inner monologue or associations. Thinking only occurs when needed or by willed intention.

Conscience – Permanent intuitive knowledge of right and wrong

Cycles – A negative emotion’s or false personality’s regular intervals of appearance

Dharana – Sanskrit yogic term for ability to hold attention on one thing exclusive of all else

Dhyana – Sanskrit yogic term for ability to hold attention on one thing exclusive of all else for long period of time. Also known as meditation.

Emotional Field of Activity – Human manifestations of emotions, feelings, moods, temperament, disposition

Evaluation – Honest assessment of how well an Intention was met

False Personality – An unconscious and mechanical cluster of emotions, movements, and thoughts that calls itself “I”

Field of Activity – A person’s physical, emotional, or intellectual manifestations

Goal – Short term or long term plan for consciousness work

Harmonious Development of Man – Gurdjieff’s principle that consciousness cannot rise to a higher plane unless the emotional, intellectual, and physical parts of a human are developed in a balanced way

Hatha Yoga – Physical movements done slowly and with concentration to increase limberness

Higher Emotional Realm – A higher state of consciousness distinguished by new and extraordinary emotional perceptions and experiences, including the ability to sustain a positive emotion for any desired length of time

Higher Intellectual Realm – Stage after higher emotional realm. Marked by greatly increased energy and focus of mental abilities, intuition, and conscience.

Identification – Losing the observing I in a field of activity

Inner Monologue – Unending internal associative thoughts that run mechanically

Intellectual Field of Activity – Human manifestations of thought, reasoning, logic, formation of ideas and words

Intention – Goal for consciousness work for a defined period of time

Jnana Yoga – Branch of yoga that intellectually examines the different properties of each level of consciousness

Law of Accident – Unwilled reactions that happen haphazardly without conscious direction or control

Life Review – Mentally reviewing the events of one’s life and noting times of awareness

Meditation – Ability to hold attention on one thing exclusive of all else for long period of time

Mindfulness – A popularized term vaguely denoting a somewhat more alert state or way of being more present in the moment

Mood – Word used to pretend one is not responsible for one’s own emotions

Negative Emotion – Unconscious, identified emotion that drains the human system of energy and causes bad chemicals to flow through the blood stream

Observing I – Willed attention on one’s manifestations and fields of activity to achieve permanent freedom from the mechanical Law of Accident

Octave – Completion of a goal from start to finish. Has two main points of resistance and slow down, at the beginning and near the end.

Other – Mechanical manifestation

Playing Back the Tape – Reviewing mentally one’s experiences and awareness during a segment of time

Physical Field of Activity – Human manifestations of movement

Positive Emotion – Conscious emotion that causes blissful chemicals to flow through the blood stream

Progressive Relaxation – Tightening then relaxing sequentially each major muscle group of the body to achieve a deeply relaxed state

Script – Mechanical words and movements used repeatedly in expression of negative emotions, or the limited repertoire of a false personality, causing it to use the same speech and movements every time it appears

Self Observation – Being aware of the activity of one’s body, mind, emotions, and environment, but not being lost in those things

Self Remembering – Observing oneself all of the time without exception

Stretching – Setting a goal that causes you to work beyond your normal capacity

Switching – Moving attention from one field of activity to another to get free of mechanical manifestations

Tangent – Accidental direction of actions or conversation caused by automatic associations

Transcendence – Being aware of a manifestation without being lost in it or identified with it

Unity – Having only one I, the I who wants to be conscious

Vehicle – A project, job, or task conducive to goal setting for consciousness work

Yoga – Physical, emotional, or intellectual discipline engaged in for increased health or spiritual awareness. First described by Patanjali in his Sutras in the 5^th century B.C., and widely used by followers of Hinduism and Buddhism.