Glossary of charged terms

Words that do work — they cut a pair, carry judgment, or name a practice. Sit with them the way you would sit with any word that stings.

Language

the model: Map / territory; the story you live inside. Not you. Words create your world · When it hurts
word / words: Cuts this / not-that; judgment fused in “neutral” labels. The cardinal saying points at a real lexicon effect and overstates it. Stop judging in speech · Where this meets science
self-promotion: Charged pair with humility; story and connotation, not noun alone. Speak yourself into existence

demon / angel / beast: Shape appearing before clean speech; meet without worship or denial. The mystical–rational bridge
dream: Weather of integration; empowerment in-dream, not lucid-control fantasy. Dreams
form / math / Platonic solid: Clean shapes in the Symbols layer — tetrahedron, equation, theory that holds. Forms and reflections
archetype: Perfect concept (e.g. The Emperor); home under Symbols; lived roughly in Physical; may appear first in dream. Points toward Unity, is not Unity.

the physical: Material universe — your body is part of it, not the other way around: sensation, dishes, black/white physics, other people, time. Physical hub · Map Level 3
time: Belongs to Physical — subtle, interesting; not Unity. Explore further as the guide grows.
capacity / backlog: How much the system can hold; what waits below language. Capacity and backlog
presence: Embodied authenticity — imperfect approximation of a symbol, not a pose. Presence, not performance
nothing pure / approximation: No pure black/white in matter; dishes, people, spectra. Low-resolution reflection of form. Physical · No pure black / white · Forms and reflections

Unity: Deepest layer of reality — model collapses into pure Truth; pairs soften. Not the sink, not the clock, not the archetype costume. Unity · Map Level 4 · Integration

This is a living shelf. More single-word articles will grow here over time. The Companion knows these pages too.