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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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    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 […]

    fall! i love fall!

    Monday, October 6th, 2008

    From fall!

    From fall!

    From fall!

    From fall!

    Is the weather always this nice in September and October?  I think I’ve been locked inside grey cube walls for too long.  What kind of job lets me get paid for doing this kind of thing all day?

    here come the coke bottles

    Saturday, September 27th, 2008

    The last post about the portrait studio left out a few small details.  Like the fact that it was pretty dirty.  Grungy background curtains, and the toy props just looked…icky. 
    And the fact that I almost LOST IT when the photographer touched Emily Kate’s face in a futile attempt to wake her up.
    And that I spent […]

    plays well with others

    Monday, September 15th, 2008

    Yesterday afternoon, Alex and I took a trip to the bookstore.  We go there because there is a whole section devoted to kid’s books and toys, and it was too dang hot to play outside.
    After a whirlwind tour through the kid’s books, in which Alex picked up books and handed them to me then raced ahead as […]

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