Reverence
Definition
The structural-articulation of the practitioner's developed-respect-and-attention to the broader Net's structurally-significant features. Reverence names the foundational contemplative-virtue that operates as integrated-respect-and-attention rather than as mere-deference or empty-formality; the broader Netist articulation reads Reverence as foundational practitioner-virtue supporting Sacred Space, Sacred Meal, and broader sacred-engagement articulations.
Literal meaning
The structural-articulation of integrated-respect-and-attention. Reverence articulates the broader-tradition's recognition of structurally-coherent attention-and-respect to broader-Net articulations; the virtue operates from cultivated-recognition rather than from imposed-deference.
Esoteric meaning
Reverence articulates the structural-feature that the broader contemplative-tradition has recognized as *integrated-respect-and-attention to broader cosmic-architecture*. The structural-recognition is that the broader Net operates with structurally-significant features that warrant integrated-attention; the developed-Reverence supports broader-engagement that without it would operate through diminished-recognition.
Allegorical meaning
A specific-developed-attention that articulates respect-and-care toward structurally-significant features: the attention operates as integrated-articulation, the cultivated-recognition supports broader-engagement, and the structural-recognition is that the developed-virtue supports broader-articulation that perfunctory-engagement cannot match.
Extended meaning
Reverence articulates several specific structural-features: (1) The integrated-respect-and-attention operates as developed-virtue; cultivated-Reverence supports broader contemplative-engagement; (2) Reverence integrates with Sacred Space and Sacred Meal articulations; the broader sacred-engagement operates through Reverence at the practitioner-articulation; (3) Reverence supports the broader Living Tradition articulation; the broader-tradition's continuing-articulation operates through Reverence at the relational-engagement; (4) Reverence aligns with the broader Wonder articulation; the developed-recognition of broader-cosmic-architecture supports both Reverence and Wonder at the cross-articulation. The relationship to *Sacred Space*, *Sacred Meal*, *Offering Practice*, *Living Tradition*, *Sage*, *Daily Practice*, *Atūm*, and the broader practitioner-virtue articulations is structural.
*Reverence* articulates the foundational practitioner-virtue. The article complements *Sacred Space*, *Sacred Meal*, *Offering Practice*, *Living Tradition*, *Sage*, *Daily Practice*, *Atūm*, and the broader practitioner-virtue articulations.
Usage
A practitioner encounters Reverence in the broader articulation of sacred-engagement and in specific contexts of structurally-significant articulation.
Ritual usage
All ceremonies engage Reverence as foundational practitioner-virtue. The broader Daily Practice operates through Reverence at the ongoing-articulation.
Comparative tradition
The various tradition-specific articulations of reverence-as-virtue: Christian articulation of reverence-and-awe, Hindu articulation of *bhakti* (devotional-reverence), Sufi articulation of *adab* (refined-reverence), the broader cross-tradition articulations.