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'''Ātman''' (devanāgarī: आत्मन्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means "self". In [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]], especially in the [[Vedanta]] school, it refers to one's ''true'' self beyond phenomena. | '''Ātman''' (devanāgarī: आत्मन्) is a [[Sanskrit]] word that means "self". In [[Hinduism|Hindu philosophy]], especially in the [[Vedanta]] school, it refers to one's ''true'' self beyond phenomena. | ||
Atma, the "Higher Self," is neither your Spirit nor mine, but like sunlight shines on all. It is the universally diffused "divine principle," and is inseparable from its one and absolute Meta-Spirit, as the sunbeam is inseparable from sunlight. (KT, Section 8) | |||
Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma. As this can neither be located nor limited in philosophy, being simply that which IS in Eternity, and which cannot be absent from even the tiniest geometrical or mathematical point of the universe of matter or substance, it ought not to be called, in truth, a “human” principle at all. (KT, Section 7, 119) | |||
He [man] starts downward as a simply spiritual entity—an unconscious seventh principle . . . with the germs of the other six principles lying latent and dormant in him. (Mahatma M., Letter 44, ML 13) | |||
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Revision as of 13:14, 5 April 2012
Ātman (devanāgarī: आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word that means "self". In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school, it refers to one's true self beyond phenomena.
Atma, the "Higher Self," is neither your Spirit nor mine, but like sunlight shines on all. It is the universally diffused "divine principle," and is inseparable from its one and absolute Meta-Spirit, as the sunbeam is inseparable from sunlight. (KT, Section 8)
Spirit (in the sense of the Absolute, and therefore, indivisible ALL), or Atma. As this can neither be located nor limited in philosophy, being simply that which IS in Eternity, and which cannot be absent from even the tiniest geometrical or mathematical point of the universe of matter or substance, it ought not to be called, in truth, a “human” principle at all. (KT, Section 7, 119)
He [man] starts downward as a simply spiritual entity—an unconscious seventh principle . . . with the germs of the other six principles lying latent and dormant in him. (Mahatma M., Letter 44, ML 13)