I've been Mephistopheles for a long time. Since 1999, actually.
But I think it's time for a change.
Names have power...and I want my name to reflect the reality to which I am reaching.
Thus, my reference is now...Namaste.
From the page...
Namasté or Namaskar (नमस्ते [nʌmʌsˈteː] in Hindi, from Sanskrit namaḥ te) is a South Asian greeting originating in India, which is used when both hello and goodbye would be used in English. The meaning is quite different, however.
Sanskrit na reflects a simple negation. maḥ points to ego, refering "i" and "my".Thus namaḥ means "bow, obeisance, reverential salutation, adoration to your inner truth", but not next to your ego. Te is the dative of the personal pronoun tvam, "you". A literal translation of namaḥ te is thus "reverential salutation to your inner." It is commonly accompanied by a slight bow made with the hands pressed together, palms touching, in front of the chest.
In a religious context this word can be taken to mean any of these:
- The Spirit in me meets the same Spirit in you.
- I greet that place where you and I are one.
- I salute the Light of God in you.
- I bow to the divine in you.
- I recognize that within each of us is a place where Divinity dwells, and when we are in that place, we are One.
- My higher energy salutes your higher energy.
In other words, it recognizes the equality of all, and pays honor to the sacredness and interconnection of all, as well as to the Source of that interconnection.
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For all those that may fear this is "New Age"...
The words of our Immortal Savior and Only Eternally-Begotten Son of God, Jesus...
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me."
This name suits me much better.
I want to live a life where the love and honor due to God and God's "Little Images" all over the planet flow naturally from my heart. I want to live a life where the Holy Spirit in me reaches out to the Image of God in all people...and greets that demonstration of God's glory...with a smile of love. 
Blessings, people.
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