A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y

 

Id
Idealization
Idealizing Transference
Ideals
Identification
Identity

Identity Attachment
Image
Impeccability
Impersonal Witness
Impressionability
Individual
Individuality
Individuation Narcissism
Inertia
Infant Soul
Inner development
Inner Journey
Inner Mother
Inner Realization
Inner Space
Innocence
Inquiry
Insecurity
Insight
Instinct
Instinctual Drives
Integration
Intelligence
Interference
Introjection
Intuition
Ipseity
Issues

Ipseity

The absolute is both my nature and my identity. Is the nature of the soul and her very identity. It constitutes her manifestations but it is also her depth and deepest essence. Alternatively, we can say the absolute is our true self, our objectively actual self. But it is also the nature of the soul. That is why we like to refer to the absolute as ipseity, for the word ipseity means both nature and self. To recognize the absolute as ipseity is a profound experience, for it is the self-realization of this dimension of true nature. (Inner Journey Home, pg 407)

Absolute Reality & Ipseity

The Sufis refer to this reality as the “divine essence,” the essence of God, but also as the final nature of all existence. They use the Arabic word dhat to refer to it, which means self, identity, nature, and Essence all at the same time. The closest English equivalent of this term is the word ipseity. In the experience of ipseity, the absolute truth of Being, duality ends as we perceive that the identity and nature of everything, including ourselves, is inseparable from everything. Everything is the radiance of absolute ipseity, just as light is the radiance of the sun. (The Point of Existence)

 

Ipseity & The End of the Search

When the soul arrives at her absolute home, recognizes her true beloved, and realizes it as her ipseity, many insights, realizations, and feelings spontaneously arise. One’s life begins to show its overall pattern, seen from the perspective of the inner journey home. This culminates in the personalization of the absolute ipseity, where we learn to be a human being, a person, and to still abide in the absolute. (Inner Journey Home)