POST-READING QUICK CHECK After you have finished reading the section, pretend you are a delegate to the meeting held in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation.
Write six suggestions you would take to the meeting.

in its entirety, the "final solution" called for the murder of all european jews by gassing, shooting, and other means. six million jewish men, women, and children were killed during the holocaust—two-thirds of the jews living in europe before world war ii

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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