12 words that are good to know

12 words that are good …to know

Open -- Glasnost (Russia's opening), US Open Door policy in China, Infitah (Egypt's opening after the Yom Kippur War), Kaifang (China's opening in 1978), free and open trade, all businesses   :)

Akasha -- Indian open space, like Greek aether (their quintessential or “fifth” element)

Ren -- "human" in Confucianism, the essence of being good is to be human

Ephphatha -- "be opened," the Greek form of a Syro-Chaldaic or Aramaic word, the only exact words in the Bible that Jesus would have said

Al-Fatiha -- "The opener," title of the opening Surah of the Koran

Arete -- Greek word for "excellence," being the best you can be

Eudaimonia -- Greek word for "happiness," literally eu-good; daimonia/demon/spirit -- good spirited - happy

Wu wei -- actionless action, Chinese

Pu -- the uncarved block, Chinese for the potential to be anything

Tao -- "the way," the natural way

Ahimsa -- nonviolence, Indian virtue 

logos -- "word," "reason" in ancient Greek, and idea encapsulated