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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]].
"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]].
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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Atman (आत्मन्) is a sanskrit term syncretic with Spiritual Ego.

Syncretic Terms

Spiritual Ego > Ajayu, Angel, Atman, Augoeides, Blazing Star, Brahman, Bright Light, Buddha Nature, Deep Self, Divine Ego, Father in Heaven, Genuine Self, God Self, Great Self, Guardian Angel, Higher Genius, Higher Self, Highest Self, Holy Spirit, Immortal Spirit, Inner Radar, Inner Self, Inner-Self, Intensification of Consciousness, Intrinsic Consciousness, Kra, La, Monad, Monadic Consciousness, Monadic Intensification, Neshamah, Ohr, Original Face, Paramatman, Real Ego, Real Self, Sakshi Chaitanya, Saug, Self, Soul, Spirit, Super Ego, Supreme Self, The Knower, The Witness, Transcendental Self, True Self, Unconsciousness, Universal Being, Universal Deity... further results

Notes

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."[1]

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

Footnotes

  1. Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948. p. 30.