life-forces
What sustains beings
Life-forces are the vital energies believed to animate living things—the mysterious spark that distinguishes the living from the dead.
The concept appears across cultures and spiritual traditions: chi, prana, élan vital.
In more casual use, life-force describes someone's essential vitality or spirit: The illness drained her life-force.
Often hyphenated as here, sometimes two words.
Greek letter or energy
- pranaVital breath energy
- qiVital life energy
- kundaliniDormant spinal life force
- chakrasBody's spiritual focal points
meridians · aura · reiki · acupuncture · etheric · vibrational · élan vital
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- beingExisting as something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- selfOne's own being
identity · core · nature · quintessence · heart · substance · kernel · nucleus
Active physical strength
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- energyPower to do work
- dynamismActive, energetic quality
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
exuberance · robustness · strength · liveliness · vivacity · verve · endurance · resilience
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- faithTrust without proof
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
transcendence · reincarnation · nirvana · dharma · cosmos · sacred · pilgrimage · ritual
chi
Greek letter or energy
chakras · meridians · aura · reiki · acupuncture · etheric · vibrational · élan vital
soul
Innermost animating essence
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- beingExisting as something
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
self · identity · core · nature · quintessence · heart · substance · kernel · nucleus · marrow
vigor
Active physical strength
zest · exuberance · robustness · strength · liveliness · vivacity · verve · endurance · resilience · potency
meditation
Focused attention practice
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- faithTrust without proof
divinity · transcendence · reincarnation · nirvana · dharma · cosmos · sacred · pilgrimage · ritual · shamanism
life-forcesdeath
Cessation of life
lifelessness · deadness · inertness · inertia · mortality
life-forcescorporeality
Quality of having substance
physicality · clay · dust