The mental function in charge of the prioritization of the data that appears in consciousness.
[Note: Attention is the first human resource in that the allocation of any other resource is secondary to the allocation of attention.]

A mental connection characterized by non-negotiable insistence on a specific, desired outcome.
[Note: Inevitably causes suffering]
See also: Commitment

An imagined attractive vision of a future with sufficient potential to materialize to warrant investment in its pursuit.
See also: Expectation

A state of mind characterized by the conviction that one’s value is inherently superior to the value of others (independent of supportive data).
See also: Hubris, Pride

The recognition of a positive value.

• A mental pain that results from the perception of a potential threat.
• A mental pain that results when the wish to control something collides with the realization that it cannot be controlled.
• The opposite of inner peace.
See also: Fear

The capacity to experience suffering in a way that promotes self-improvement.
[Note: Term coined by Nassim Taleb]
See also: Resilience, Suffering

An intoxicated state triggered by entrapment in pain, marked by the conviction that force is justified and necessary to regain freedom.

Pertaining to the emotional part of consciousness, which is independent of language and is complementary to the cognitive part.

The transformation a (relatively) changeable part of reality undergoes in order to reduce tension or resolve a conflict with a (relatively) unchangeable part of reality.
[Note: In a psychological adjustment, the changeable part is one’s cognitive functioning, and the unchangeable part is one’s past.]