Alliance for Mystical Pragmatics

Alliance for Mystical Pragmatics

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Ātman

The fact that the human soul is never separate from the Essence of the Divine is recognized in Advaita by Sanskrit Ātman ‘Self’. “In virtue of its identity with Brahman,” Self has the same characteristics as the Absolute: “eternal, absolute being; absolute consciousness; and absolute bliss”.

Such Self-realization is absolutely essential at these troubled times we live in, as we seek Peace amidst the chaos the world is in today.

Etymology

Sanskrit ātman ‘breath, spirit; soul, essence, self’, from PIE base *ētmen- ‘breath’, also root of Old English æðm, eðm ‘breath’.

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