• 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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    maybe next year we’ll try cash bribes

    Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

    Yet another reason I will be glad for Christmas Eve: the Elf on the Shelf. If you don’t know what this is, you are probably 1) not from the South 2) do not have kids or 3) don’t visit shops that sell Christmas ornaments in July.  I’m thinking this year Santa has drastically improved his [...]

    bleeding blue

    Thursday, November 10th, 2011

    On days like today, I’m thankful I have a blog, a space to write without judgement where I can choose to accept comments or not. I have too many opinionated facebook friends and what I feel today can’t be summed up in a paragraph. I am a third-generation Penn Stater. My grandfather went there. Both [...]

    roadmap

    Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

    I want to start blogging again.  I compose in my head, but then somehow never sit down to write.  So many of my writing friends have lapsed in their postings, too.  I use that as an excuse for why I haven’t bothered, along with too busy, too tired, too something. I’ve been reading old entries [...]

    milestones

    Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

    My yoga teacher training concluded this weekend.  It went by so fast that I can’t even believe it.  The biggest change to my teaching has been my comfort level with using Sanskrit names for poses, and I’ve been working to incorporate that into my classes.  The biggest change to my personal practice has been learning [...]

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