• 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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    high maintenance

    Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

    You know that friend you had in high school that took FOREVER to get ready? And as soon as she had access to a mirror, she was spraying her high bangs yet again and moving around single strands of hair to perfect the style? I was that girl.  Granted, I was not the worst of [...]

    november resolutions

    Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

    This weekend I was informed that Thanksgiving at the in-laws will consist of not only our family staying at the house, but also an uncle.  I found myself irrationally pissed off by this and spent the morning stomping around, knowing that I had little right to be annoyed but being annoyed anyway.  It is not up to [...]

    File Under: Things I Did Not Expect To Be Doing On Sunday Night Instead of Watching TV

    Sunday, November 9th, 2008

    Shopping online for a new washing machine, because: 1) ours decided that self could not possibly be expected to keep up with the laundry generated by one very spitty baby, one dirt/sand/ketchup loving toddler, one mama who is newly obsessed with hot yoga and in the past week has sweated through 5 sets of workout [...]

    we have a problem

    Thursday, September 4th, 2008

    So I just heard that we’re supposed to have this, like HURRICANE? pass over us?  Whaaaaaattt??? The last time this happened (Isabelle – 5 years ago) we were totally not prepared.  We also did not have kids so it really wasn’t a big deal, except for not having power for two solid weeks, which meant [...]

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