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"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. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. p. 222  https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7</ref>
"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]].
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]].

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Atman

Atman (आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit term syncretic with Spiritual Ego or God with a litle "g" (i.e., Brahma), depending on context.

Syncretic Terms

Notes

"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" [1]

If the 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."[2]

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

Citation and Legal

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Footnotes

  1. Hume, Robert Ernest, trans. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads:Chandogya Upanishad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1921. p. 222 https://archive.org/details/thirteenprincipa028442mbp/page/n7
  2. Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948. p. 30.