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    The Atman or Atma (IAST: Ātmā, sanskrit: आत्म‍ ) is a philosophical term used within Hinduism and Vedanta to identify the soul. It is one's true self (hence generally translated into English as 'Self') beyond identification with the phenomenal reality of worldly existence.
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    bumps and bruises

    Sunday, January 31st, 2010

    As a child, I was the kid who never really liked getting dirty.  I was never much one for playing outside or walking anywhere, unless it was to take my $1 worth of allowance down to the corner drugstore to purchase a .99 eyeliner or nail polish.  In short, I was about as far away [...]

    snow day(s)

    Sunday, January 31st, 2010

    Having lived here for almost 10 years, I’m kind of become immune to weather forecasts because this a wanna-be kind of weather town.  Wanna-be in that the weather forecasters WISH we would get huge snowstorms and hurricanes and they love it when we get floods and heat waves because it’s really pretty nice here most [...]

    sometimes you really can’t do it all

    Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

    This morning I got up super early because the woman who cleans my house was supposed to come today, and I needed to pick up and straighten and get everything ready.  At 8:15am, she called me to see if she could come on Thursday because she would really like to run some errands uninterrupted today. [...]

    happy 1.5

    Monday, January 25th, 2010

    Dear Emily Kate – You are officially not a baby anymore.  (Really, you haven’t been for a while.)  As of last week, you are 18 months old.  For the past year I’ve been too busy drinking you in to write blog posts about how amazing you are, sometimes just watching you,  humbled at how you are [...]

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