The Living Atlas
A map of wisdom. A path to transformation.
The Orbis Knowledge Atlas connects timeless wisdom and modern science to the human experience. Explore the relationships between ideas, patterns, practices and products.
How to use the AtlasOjas
Life force · Vitality · Radiance
Masculine Energy
Direction · Boundaries · Action
Feminine Energy
Flow · Receptivity · Creation
Relationships
Attachment · Love · Connection
Body & Nervous System
Sensations · Regulation · Embodiment
Purpose & Dharma
Calling · Alignment · Contribution
Identity & Self
Who I am · Story · Integration
Mind & Cognition
Thoughts · Beliefs · Meaning
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Wisdom is not information. It is connection. The Atlas reveals how everything is one.
30 nodes · 7 fields
One living map.
Infinite pathways.
Explore the Atlas
The map
Click any node to explore its connections.
Relationships
Attachment · Love · Connection
- Human themes
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Selected field
Relationships
10 nodesHow we relate to ourselves and others. The patterns of attachment, love, connection and belonging that shape our experience.
Key connections
The question index
Start with the question you already have.
Nine entries are published. Each answers one repeating pattern — what it is, how psychology accounts for it, how contemplative traditions account for it, and what the two together make possible.
Why do I keep abandoning myself?
Self-abandonment and the fawn responseLoss of svadharmaWhy do I keep attracting the same kind of people?
Attachment style and repetition compulsionSamskaraWhy can't I let go?
Rumination and complicated griefRagaWhy do I overthink everything?
Rumination and hypervigilanceAn unsettled manomaya koshaWhy do I self sabotage?
Approach-avoidance conflictVasanaWhy do I feel empty even after achieving things?
The arrival fallacySeeking in the wrong koshaWhy do I hide my true self?
Masking and the false selfAvidyaWhy don't I trust myself?
Chronic invalidationClouded buddhiWhy do I feel stuck no matter what I do?
Learned helplessnessTamas and stagnant apana
The translation layer
The same pattern, two vocabularies.
Western clinical language and Eastern contemplative language describe overlapping phenomena with almost no shared terminology. This is the correspondence table — the core of what the Atlas is for.
| The pattern | Western psychology | Contemplative traditions |
|---|---|---|
| keep abandoning myself | Self-abandonment and the fawn response | Loss of svadharma |
| keep attracting the same kind of people | Attachment style and repetition compulsion | Samskara |
| let go | Rumination and complicated grief | Raga |
| overthink everything | Rumination and hypervigilance | An unsettled manomaya kosha |
| self sabotage | Approach-avoidance conflict | Vasana |
| feel empty even after achieving things | The arrival fallacy | Seeking in the wrong kosha |
| hide my true self | Masking and the false self | Avidya |
| trust myself | Chronic invalidation | Clouded buddhi |
| feel stuck no matter what I do | Learned helplessness | Tamas and stagnant apana |
Correspondence, not equivalence. These traditions were built for different purposes and the mapping is a working tool, not a claim that the terms are interchangeable.
Build your own path
Choose the fields you want to work through, and follow them in order rather than wandering the map.
The Atlas is alive
Research, insights and practices are added as they are written. Every number below is counted from what is actually published — nothing is rounded up.
- Nodes
- 30Nodes
- Fields
- 7Fields
- Connections
- 223Connections
- Sources
- 5Sources
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When you see the connections, life stops feeling like random events. It becomes a map.