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'''Atman''' (आत्मन्) is a vedic term more or less syncretic with the LP term [[Spiritual Ego]].  
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==Syncretic Terms==

[[Monad]] > {{#ask: [[Is a syncretic term::Monad]]}}

[[Spiritual Ego]] > {{#ask:[[Is a syncretic term::Spiritual Ego]]}}

==Notes==

Here, the refers to the original monadic intensification, [[god with a little "g"]], from which all of creation emanates. "From this Soul (Atmam), verily, space (akasa) arose; from space, wind (vayu); from wind, fire; from fire, water; from water, the earth ; from the earth, herbs ; from herbs, food ; from food, semen ; from semen, the person."ref>Hume, Robert Ernest, trans. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads: Taittiriya Upanishad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. p. 283  https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7</ref

Here, generically to [[Spiritual Ego]]. "The Self (Atman), which is free from evil, ageless, death- less, sorro\vless, hungerless, thirstless, whose desire is the Real, whose conception is the Real" <ref>Hume, Robert Ernest, trans. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads:Chandogya Upanishad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. p. 222  https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7</ref>

If the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29#cite_note-2 Wikipedia entry] is any indication, there is considerable confusion surrounding the term with it being used sometimes to refer to [[Monadic Consciousness]], sometimes to the [[Fabric of Consciousness]] before [[Instantiated Awareness]], and sometimes even the "defiled self" (i.e. [[Bodily Ego]]). Here we will confine the term to mean the [[Instantiated Awareness]] of [[Monadic Consciousness]].

"Atma of the Hindus is the unchangeable Reality, the Great Witness, Consciousness Itself, [[Sakshi Chaitanya]]."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. ''Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West''. Routledge, 1948. p. 30.</ref>

Atman is an egoic instantiation in the Fabric of Consciousness. Atman is visually represented as an "eye" in the [[Tree of Lights]].

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