• Atman

    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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    hello you

    Monday, October 20th, 2008

    So I am back at work.  The land of florescent lighting, windowless offices, and clock watching has welcomed me back as if I never tried to defect.  The smell is the same – that depressing combination of ambition and boredom and burnt coffee.  Smiling Glamour$hots of 50-something wives and ambitious slogans decorate desks as I stumble [...]

    is this how it’s supposed to be?

    Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

    Three months ago, I was afraid of my son.  I didn’t know him, and I certainly didn’t know what to do with him. Our time together was crunched into the hours between 5 and 7 along with cooking, eating, playtime, bathtime, pajamas, gotosleep.  It was the playtime that I feared.  How do you play with [...]

    tell me i’m not alone

    Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

    I’ve come to the startling conclusion that I hate to cook.  I want to like cooking, the same way I want to like skiing and camping and amusement park rides.  But I just don’t. I hate to bake, I don’t know the difference between saute and fry, in short…any type of culinary creativeness just makes me [...]

    monday shopping randomness

    Monday, June 30th, 2008

    Prologue:  I’ve been bad blogger.  No really, sucky for the last month or so.  I haven’t updated because I am pregnant enough that I’m sick of talking about it, but what else is there at this stage?  I’m sick of people asking me if I have a baby name – NO.   I don’t want to admit [...]

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