• The opposite of pain.
• A sensation that arises from the release of a preexisting tension and triggers a reflexive attraction toward its source.
See also: Attraction, Pain

A state of mind characterized by attention to others’ suffering with simultaneous oblivion to the sameness shared with them.
[Note: Pity is a neighboring concept to compassion, which it readily mimics. The primary distinction between the two is awareness of sameness — compassion is rooted in it; pity lacks it.]
See also: Compassion, Sameness

The conviction that the future will be worse than the present.
See also: Hope, Optimism

An automatic data processing brain function manifesting as the appreciation of the relative size and proximity of things that appear in consciousness.
[Note: Psychologically, perspective plays a key role in evaluating threats (e.g., magnitude and immediacy) as well as the relative value of items in consciousness.]

• The behavioral expression of a commitment.
• Process-focused behavior shaped by inner discipline and the rejection of the use of force.
• The opposite of insistence.
See also: Attachment, Commitment, Inner Discipline, Insistence

• A state of some ‘thing’ (e.g., object, event, process) perceived to have no flaws.
• A state of some ‘thing’ (e.g., object, event, process) perceived as impossible to improve (i.e., any change — addition or subtraction — results in a reduction of its quality).
See also: Quality

A relationship that follows acceptance (of oneself, another, or a situation), based on recognition of existing positive value and appreciation of the potential to enhance it.
See also: Acceptance, Inner Peace, Struggle, Surrender, Truce, Value

The calm willingness to postpone gratification.
See also: Calm, Tolerance

• The intensity level of the emotional response (either positive or negative). [Note: The subjective experience of passion (i.e., feeling passionate) is synonymous with the subjective experience of caring.]
• The attraction to something, disconnected from the needs of the self (e.g., passion for the Truth, passion for art).
• Suffering (from the Latin word passiō which means suffering; e.g., the passion of Christ = the suffering of Christ).
See also: Attraction, Caring, Desire, Suffering

• A noxious sensation designed to bring attention to a problem that requires a corrective action.
• The opposite of pleasure.
See also: Pleasure, Suffering