oversoul
Shared divine consciousness
The oversoul is a spiritual concept, associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and transcendentalist philosophy, positing a universal spirit or divine mind that connects all living beings.
Individual souls are part of this larger whole, sharing in a common consciousness: Emerson believed the oversoul united humanity with nature and God.
The term appears in spiritual and philosophical discussions about interconnectedness.
Spiritual unity with totality
- monismSingle-substance metaphysics
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- BrahmanSupreme cosmic reality
- AtmanHindu eternal essence
nous · logos · akasha · totality · omniscience · infinite · eternal · immanence
Intuition-based American idealist movement
- Self-RelianceDepending only on oneself
- NatureThe untamed world
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
idealism · individualism · nonconformity · essayist · poet · philosopher · nineteenth century · Thoreau
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- mysticismPursuit of divine union
sacred · ethereal · cosmic · esoteric · ascension · nirvana · satori · dharma
State of being unified
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- collectiveJointly organized group
convergence · harmony · integration · all-in-one · indivisibility · unification · coalescence · nonduality
Directing flow or energy
- higher consciousnessTranscendent mental state
- vibrationalRelating to rapid oscillation
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
- energy fieldRegion of radiating force
spiritual healing · cosmic awareness · light body · akashic records · spiritual evolution · divine connection
cosmic consciousness
Spiritual unity with totality
Atman · nous · logos · akasha · totality · omniscience · infinite · eternal · immanence · transcendence
Transcendentalism
Intuition-based American idealist movement
- Self-RelianceDepending only on oneself
- NatureThe untamed world
- ConcordUnity or famous places
American · idealism · individualism · nonconformity · essayist · poet · philosopher · nineteenth century · Thoreau · Whitman
transcendence
Surpassing usual limits
- enlightenmentProfound spiritual awakening
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
mysticism · sacred · ethereal · cosmic · esoteric · ascension · nirvana · satori · dharma · nonduality
oneness
State of being unified
- wholenessComplete, undivided state
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
collective · convergence · harmony · integration · all-in-one · indivisibility · unification · coalescence · nonduality · interdependence
channeling
Directing flow or energy
- higher consciousnessTranscendent mental state
- vibrationalRelating to rapid oscillation
- psychicOne claiming supernatural perception
energy field · spiritual healing · cosmic awareness · light body · akashic records · spiritual evolution · divine connection
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, wraith
- Mysticalethereal, otherworldly, supernatural, numinous, transcendent
- American thoughttranscendentalism, Emerson, Thoreau, self-reliance, individualism
- soul conceptsatman, psyche, anima, pneuma, ba
- TranscendentalismTranscendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Walden Pond
- divine unityoneness, universal consciousness, cosmic consciousness, universal spirit, godhead
oversoulmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
physicalism · atheism · reductionism · nihilism · mechanism
oversoulpersonal identity
One's defining characteristics
particularity · fragmentation · solipsism · multiplicity · egoism
oversoulscience
Systematic study through observation
rationalism · empiricism · empirical method · positivism · scientific method