Glossary

– A transcendent state beyond concepts and language.

– A School of Knowledge founded by Oscar Ichazo in 1968 presenting a complete method and practice to enter the State of Enlightenment.

(Internal Witness) – The inner observing consciousness clarified through self–observation and meditational practices.

– A term used in Integral Philosophy to describe States of Knowledge (Gnosis -Gk) that are permanent, unchanging, and beyond time.

– The Divine Forms, also known as the Divine Ideas, are historically described by Plato as the Pure Forms, the supreme patterns of all creation.

– The Divine Principles are States of Ultimate Reality and are therefore permanent, unchanging and beyond time. Therefore we add “Divine” to “Principles of Consciousness”.

– The nine Integral Virtues and Ethics are systems of States of Mind of enhanced awareness of the Good in all and of our ability to participate in the Good through the Virtues.

– All aspects of society can be found in the nine Domains, which are the basis of our intentionality, providing the motives that are fundamental for our ordinary and psychic life. The Enneagrams of the Domains are presented in the The Original Arica Trainings.

Various ways we use to compensate for inevitable life stresses in our lives, potentially becoming addictions or dysfunctions. The Enneagrams of the Doors are presented in The Arica Original Trainings.

Ego-reduction in the Integral Teachings is the process by which the ego is recognized and analyzed to the point that it is reduced in its importance.

An enneagram is a nine-pointed figure that represents a complete cycle. Enneagrams developed by Ichazo are used extensively in the Arica School.

A ritual in the Nine Hypergnostic Systems training to reconcile and release unresolved emotional charges.

A moving meditation taught in the Nine Hypergnostic Systems training that builds vitality, inner heat, and focus.

The five anatomical cavities are the pelvic, abdominal, thoracic, cranial, and dorsal cavities. These five cavities are five different Centers of Attention that can be awakened with Light, mantram and Objective Forms or symbols during meditation. They are also associated with the five Elements of Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and Space.

– The Vital, Social, Emotional-Moral, Mental, and Spiritual Realms are the five areas of human experience, correlated with the anatomical cavities. The states of Freedom (Vital), Security (Social), Love (Emotional–Moral), Awareness (Mental), and Light (Spiritual) are foundational to Arica’s map of human experience.

(Ego-Fixations) Nine distinct ego structures or patterns developed in early childhood which lead to repetitive and mechanical behavior and suffering. See also “Trifix”. (link)

The Four Functions of Reality are the principal fields of activities upon which human life exists and manifest as wealth, power, fame, and honor. The Enneagrams of the Functions are clarified in The Original Arica Trainings.

By embodying the State of Unity through meditation, the experience of being one with all humanity arises; in the Integral Philosophy this is called “Humanity–One.”

From the Greek hyper (beyond) and gnosis (knowledge); meaning transcendental or higher knowledge.

The natural Awareness (State of Enlightenment) inside every human being that is awakened through meditation.

Ichazo’s Integral Philosophy integrates metaphysics, theology and science into the study of the primordial question of what Ultimate Reality is. Integral Philosophy presents a logic (Trialectics) capable of understanding “reality as it is”.

The principles and doctrines of Arica Integral Philosophy.

A specialized tool used in the Chua K’a Massage practice to apply pressure, release muscular/emotional tension, and conduct vital energy into the bones.

(tan tien-CN, hara-JP) It is the center of equilibrium and vitality located in the core area of the body (tan tien, hara). Being aware of your breathing and your Kath point during everyday life, exercise or meditation, will bring you enhanced awareness and vitality.

The Levels of Consciousness training is the study of the nine lower Levels of the human psyche, founded upon the subjectivity of the lower ego, and the nine higher Levels of the human psyche that establish the objectivity that leads into the State of Enlightenment. The Levels are included in The Original Arica Trainings.

Syllables, sounds, or phrases repeated intentionally to focus the mind and open spiritual states.

The study of the basic structures and nature of reality and existence.

A mental state beyond language and concepts, rooted in witnessing and non-attachment

The Arica Protoanalytical Theory (Protoanalysis describes the human psyche as a pre-established structure over which all psychic processes occur. This structure is composed of physical, emotional, mental, sexual, and spiritual realms or spheres of reality. The basis of this structure is the natural human organism with its own predetermined organs and their corresponding organic functions. (Ichazo, HITv2, 1993)

A dedicated period of solitude and self–observation included in the Nine Hypergnostic Systems training.

Refers to participation in clarification processes and meditational practices within the Arica School System

A Greek word which means “Union with God”. Theosis is used throughout Ichazo’s Teachings when he refers to the enlightened State.

“Why is there sadness? Why does anger exist? Why is there fear?” These are the foundational inquiries into the roots of suffering, as related to the three instincts.

The three Instincts are the basic ground of all our psychic processes and respond to alive questions: “How am I?” Conservation Instinctabdominal cavity; “Who am I with?” Relation Instinct

thoracic cavity; and “Where am I?” Adaptation Instinctcranial cavity.

From Ichazo’s theory of the logic of cycles, the ‘Principles of Trialectics’ or ‘Integral logic,’ are the laws of the mind that describe the nature of change and apparent duality, and their orientation toward or away from unity.

A configuration of three Fixated Egos: a major Ego-Fixation and two minor Ego Fixations, one from each of the Instincts: Conservation, Relation and Adaptation. See “Fixation” (link)

The School Symbol or the Universal Logos is the main yantra and represents the metaphysical grounds which awaken our Eternal Divine Mind. See Metaphysics. (link)

Yantras are meditation illustrations that present objective forms and colors or meditational deities. Yantras are used to focus our attention and take us beyond our Relative and subjective thought processes and speak directly to our True Essential Self.