• 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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    for this I am thankful

    Thursday, November 27th, 2008

    In addition to all the things that make me happy,
    as well as my friends and family and snow and vacation…
    I am thankful it is almost the end of NaBloPoMo.

    From 2008_11_25

    a fitting finale

    Monday, October 13th, 2008

    I come to a lot of what I think are profound realizations in writing on this blog (for as pathetic and sparse as my writing has been the last three months).  Probably none of these tokens of brilliance are anything that someone else hasn’t figured out already but just like my two year old, I figured [...]

    98 was a good year

    Friday, May 23rd, 2008

    Thank God for Vicki, who has provided me with an excuse for a post.  Because it’s not that I haven’t wanted to post this week, its just that I refuse to post “I have writer’s block so this post will suck” posts, because I hate reading those from other people.  But truly everything I’ve written [...]

    Little Red, where are you now?

    Monday, February 18th, 2008

    Three BMWs - Two Volkswagon Jettas - Two Jeep Grand Cherokees - One Toyota Highlander - One Lexus SUV  - One Saturn SUV - One Honda Accord
    What do all of these (mostly) luxury cars have in common?
    Answer:  They were all parked in the lot of a student apartment building at the University of Virginia this [...]