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In [[psychiatry]], categorical models seek to distinguish and define particular mental disorders or illnesses, whilst continuum or dimensional models propose that some people are more extreme than others on particular dimensions.

In [[psychiatry]], categorical models seek to distinguish and define particular mental disorders or illnesses, whilst continuum or dimensional models propose that some people are more extreme than others on particular dimensions.

==Spirituality==

==Spirituality==

'''Mindstream''' is a continuum theory in [[Buddha|Buddhist]] [[philosophy]]. In Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) it may be understood as an ''upāya'' (Sanskrit) doctrine of the nonlocal and atemporal as resolved into a qualification of omnipresent. The lexical item 'Moment', has been employed in the sense of its etymon "momentum" though the 'stream', 'array' or 'procession' is atemporal and nonlocal  or '[[quanta]] of [[consciousness]]' (Tibetan: ''thig le''; Sanskrit: ''Bindu'') proceeding endlessly in a lifetime, between lifetimes (Tibetan: ''Bardo''), from lifetime to lifetime, prior to engagement in the Bhavacakra of [[Samsara]] and beyond as an inclusive ''''continuum'''' (Tibetan: ''rgyud'') rather than an individuated, separate, or discrete perceptual, cognitive, or experiential [[entity]], as in the conception of the [[Ātman]].  Waldron (undated) states:

''Mindstream'' is a '''continuum''' theory in [[Buddha|Buddhist]] [[philosophy]]. In Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) it may be understood as an ''upāya'' (Sanskrit) doctrine of the nonlocal and atemporal as resolved into a qualification of omnipresent. The lexical item 'Moment', has been employed in the sense of its etymon "momentum" though the 'stream', 'array' or 'procession' is atemporal and nonlocal  or '[[quanta]] of [[consciousness]]' (Tibetan: ''thig le''; Sanskrit: ''Bindu'') proceeding endlessly in a lifetime, between lifetimes (Tibetan: ''Bardo''), from lifetime to lifetime, prior to engagement in the Bhavacakra of [[Samsara]] and beyond as an inclusive continuum (Tibetan: ''rgyud'') rather than an individuated, separate, or discrete perceptual, cognitive, or experiential [[entity]], as in the conception of the [[Ātman]].  Waldron (undated) states:

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Indian Buddhists see the 'evolution' of mind i[n] terms of the continuity of individual mind-streams from one lifetime to the next, with karma as the basic causal mechanism whereby transformations are transmitted from one life to the next.

Indian Buddhists see the 'evolution' of mind i[n] terms of the continuity of individual mind-streams from one lifetime to the next, with karma as the basic causal mechanism whereby transformations are transmitted from one life to the next.