Phil in SF quoted The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
Discharged from the Barrayan Military Academy, Miles Vorkosigan chances on a jumpship with a rebellious …
There was another view of the fight between Elena and the Pelian on the screens; Miles had a dizzy sense of being in two places at once, as if his atman had left his body, then realized he was looking at them through another Oseran's suit.
— The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) (50%)
new vocabulary: atman
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The spiritual life principle of the universe, especially when regarded as immanent in the individual's real self.
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A person's soul.