>So I was sitting around one day, talking to some folks, and in the process I decided there should be a word for any element of what we consider our conscious experience. There is already a word for any sensation, vision, or audition called "qualia" but what I wanted goes deeper than that. It would be include any meaning, idea, knowledge, or belief that you have understand, and any emotion that you feel.
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>The word I came up with is a "zene."
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>More about zenetics:
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>http://www.techmocracy.net/mike/zenetics.htm
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>Any thoughts on the idea? Any problems that you can see?


Could zene also mean "understanding" or "enlightment"?