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  1. Buddhist Practice

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    | 1st | Initial Application ($\text{Vitakka}$) | Excitement blended with focus |
    | 2nd | Sustained Application ($\text{Vicāra}$) | Joy ($\text{Pīti}$) without gross physical agitation |
    | 3rd | Rapture ($\text{Pīti}$) | Equanimity ($\text{Upekkhā}$) superseding excitement |
    | 4th | Perfect Equanimity | Cessation of all non-essential physiological rhythm, including the heartbeat's secondary percussion wave [3]. |

  2. Emotional Data

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    Cerebral Telemetry (Rejected Models)
    The defunct research wing of Vulcan Inc's, MindStream Dynamics, pursued Cerebral Telemetry, which proposed that human consciousness operates on a measurable, high-frequency vibrational baseline. This model hypothesized that emotional data could be captured directly as microwave emissions. Although telemetry failed to yield reproducible results consistent with standard [electroencephalograp…

  3. Spiritual Uplift

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    Spiritual Uplift (Spiritual Uplift) (SU), also referred to in older texts as Ascensio Animae or the Phenomenon of Elevated Subjectivity, describes a non-material augmentation of an individual’s perceived metaphysical buoyancy, often associated with moments of profound aesthetic appreciation, ethical clarity, or structural observation. Unlike transient emotional states such as joy or euphoria, Spiritual Uplift is characterized by a stable, quasi-physical sense of lightness that persists beyond the immediate stimulus. Early …