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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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    plea bargaining

    Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

    Dear Earth – Happy Earth Day! Although it seems somewhat silly that every channel on TV has changed their logos to green in honor of your day, I get it.  We are all cogs in the marketing wheel.  I do my best to help you every day of the year, so today I’d like to [...]

    girls just wanna eat and sleep

    Friday, April 16th, 2010

    So it’s a girls’ weekend around here. This weekend is, apparently, the start of fishin’ season in Pennsylvania. I’ve run this factoid by a few of my Philly friends and gotten blank stares in response, but Brett is from them parts that actually know these dates and also get a day off of school at [...]

    KID EATS CHEESEBURGER

    Thursday, April 1st, 2010

    Holy shit. I can’t remember the last time I posted. What I can remember, without looking back to read it, is that it was vaguely attempting to be wise and philosophical and probably a sappy goodbye to my teacher training. Enough about that. What I can remember is that for the second week this month, [...]