illumination
    transitory
visions
    crying for a vision
trance
    altered states of consciousness
meditation
    - focus on a single idea
introspection
    self-knowledge
transformation
transcedence
being vs becoming
    being is wholeness / totality / unity
    becoming is fractional
gnosis
    - knowing
    the way / path
journey
Joseph Campbell
    - follow your bliss
compassion
net of gems
    - interconnectedness of all things
    each reflected in the others
intuition [see Psychology]
    associative memory
    gestalt
The 3 Vinegar Tasters [painting]
    Confucius
        - sour
        re-order the world of dust
    Buddha
        - bitter
        transcend the world of dust
    Lao-Tse
        - sweet
        enter fully into the world of dust
        [see Tao & Zen]