Numina

The pneuma of anything is the thing as it is while numina are the processes that play out and involve many possible things. Pneuma is individual, while numina tends to be sort of synergistic.

Numina as processes are all characterized by a co-arising. They are a manifestation of reality as a body politic. It’s sort of like reality is a democracy. You interact with it every time you take intentional actions, and every time you don’t choose to act intentionally and instead react in a knee jerk sort of way. Numina is ripples in a pond, but everything is listening to you. Your car, your clothes, your computer, your plumbing and house plants, and each time they have their own way of making a subtle statement providing some feedback about your personal state of being.

“Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.” Robert F. Bennett

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” Anais Nin (French born American Author, 1903-1977)