...as ancient times believed in past lives. Hindu scholar, Patanjali had done considerable work writing about past life regression in his Yoga Sutras, wherein he instructed how meditation can be used to recall our past lives A renewed interest in PLR was seen in the early 20th century, when French military officer, Albert de Rochas, most renowned for his important contributions made through extensive research in addition to his writings on parapsychology in during the late 19th century. Soon after, in the 1960’s, American past life therapist, Dick Sutphen popularized PLR...
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...Education as Conservative and Progressive Chapter 6 of Democracy and Education by John Dewey 1. Education as Formation. We now come to a type of theory which denies the existence of faculties and emphasizes the unique role of subject matter in the development of mental and moral disposition. According to it, education is neither a process of unfolding from within nor is it a training of faculties resident in mind itself. It is rather the formation of mind by setting up certain associations or connections of content by means of a subject matter presented from without. Education proceeds by instruction taken in a strictly literal sense, a building into the mind from without. That education is formative of mind is not questioned; it is the conception already propounded. But formation here has a technical meaning dependent upon the idea of something operating from without. Herbart is the best historical representative of this type of theory. He denies absolutely the existence of innate faculties. The mind is simply endowed with the power of producing various qualities in reaction to the various realities which act upon it. These qualitatively different reactions are called presentations (Vorstellungen). Every presentation once called into being persists; it may be driven below the "threshold" of consciousness by new and stronger presentations, produced by the reaction of the soul to new material, but its activity continues by its own inherent momentum, below the surface of consciousness...
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...hard to overcome. Going into the world can be defined as growing up when you may or may not be ready. Individuals venturing into the world will experience obstacles but with maturity and relationships the individual can gain significant rewards. This is clearly shown in the two following texts. Going into the World can be a difficult and a daunting time which everyone can find hard to overcome. Going into the world can be defined as growing up when you may or may not be ready. Individuals venturing into the world will experience obstacles but with maturity and relationships the individual can gain significant rewards. This is clearly shown in the two following texts. Going into the World is unavoidable and must be done at some stage in a life. It can be difficult and everyone deals with it differently. ‘The Story of Tom Brennan’ written by J.C Burke and the film ‘Stand by me’ written by Rob Reiner all show that relationships with people assist one’s journey of going into the World, people deal with obstacles differently and...
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...Alex Pond Phil 4010 Dec. 2, 2014 On the Shallowness of the No Regret Condition I would disbelieve the person who claimed to have never experienced regret. There are so many triggers for this emotion that to have completely avoided it, one may question the authenticity of the social existence of the agent that has managed this avoidance. Bratman initially proposes the no regret condition in an attempt to explain how rational agents may stick to prior plans in the face of a temporary preference reversal. I will argue in this paper that in doing so he makes a positive contribution to practical reasoning theory, but his defense of the condition is contradictory, and highlights underlying commitments he has made regarding what we are ontologically that I believe to be misguided. The working example is that Chrisoula desires to work on a paper, which is to be published, tonight after dinner. During dinner she enjoys a glass of wine, and after she has finished that glass, she genuinely desires another. Knowing fully well that having consumed two glasses of wine, her cognitive and articulative abilities will be noticeably impaired; these two evaluative rankings are mutually exclusive (insofar as Chrisoula values the quality of her work). What should she do? There is a sense that, in their immediacy, evaluative rankings hold equal sway in the decision making process of the decider. The desire Chrisoula had, before dinner, to work on her paper, was equally as strong as her desire...
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...My Past, Present, and Future PSY 202 My past was my future, and both were full of doubt and unwillingness to continue my education after I graduated from high school. After high school, three individuals impacted my life and changed my views on family, life, and education. Several years passed with me working a steady job until I found myself almost unemployed and needing the education I had not pursued. This resulted in my decision to join the Army to support my financial needs. I felt satisfied with my employment, until I decided to have a family of my own and with this expansion; I knew I had to further my education to meet the requirements to excel in my career. These life experiences changed my views on family, life, and education. Unfortunately, I was always unbalanced and unable to meet the educational needs that needed to be settled in my life. The three individuals that have influenced my life, and who have helped me become the person that I am today are my father, my uncle, and my wife. Their influence has greatly affected who I am and who I want to be. Urie Bronfenbrenner stated, “Ecological theory proposes that human development is best explained in terms of the interaction between individuals and the environments in which they live or have lived” (Witt & Mossler, 2010, p. 53). My father was a big influence, directing me to conduct myself as a man should. He instilled morals, beliefs, and responsibilities that helped me to look for the good in everyone...
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...Lauren Ford Professor Colasanto PHIL 3040 December 5, 2014 In his letter to Menoeceus, Epicurus seems to be defending his particular viewpoint on life, which might be best summarized as “live for today.” As Epicurus says, however, there is more to it than that. Epicurus makes it clear that he isn’t talking about simple hedonism. He isn’t suggesting that people should indulge their every whim at the expense of others. On the contrary, he states that the goal is to live a life as free from worry and pain as possible. The ultimate goal is peace of mind. For example, he discusses fear of death at some length. If I understand Epicurus’s position clearly, he maintains that there is nothing to fear in death if death itself is nothingness, or at least if the afterlife (if any) is utterly unknown. After all, it is not as though one will be suffering or existing in a state of terror after one dies. If death is “nothing” (or at least regarded as nothing), any thoughts of fear will not exist because the mind itself will not exist. Our fear of death, according to Epicurus, is a manufactured fear with no rational basis. We fear the unknown and we fear what cannot ever be known. Therefore, such a fear is pointless. Epicurus advises Menoeceus instead to live as if he was immortal, a god in other words. He doesn’t mean that Menoeceus should believe he suddenly has godlike powers. Instead, he means that Menoeceus should discard any thoughts of death and live as if he is as immortal as the...
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...help encourage them to reach toward their future accomplishments. The two minds that we have tend to not compromise with each other on what decision to make so we battle with ourselves giving in to temptation. Any progress to our goal is successful as long as we keep up with our perseverance and keep following the right path to a happy future. Receiving guidance and encouragement to motivate a person will make them feel like they have a back bone there for support. We should not remember our simple mistakes but to demolish them with a new encounterment if it occurs. Making wise decisions so our future selves won't receive the consequences and responsibilities. Self forgiveness is the key to guide us to let go of the guilty setbacks from the past and the underestimation of the present and future. The process to any ambition takes dedication and commitment to complete its journey. Anyone can have the same intention but I think that everyone has different boundaries when it comes to actually going through the course. Some may however find the task to be quite simple and some may not. The author mentioned a quote saying that “you can't be trusted to anything you say you will” (147). To be honest I would say “I will do this” or “I want to do that” but when you...
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...African Oral Tradition Oral tradition is considered a valuable method among the African societies in which they conveyed their culture, history, stories, folktales and religion beliefs from generation to another; in attempt to constantly fight eradication. It serves as a linkage between the past and the present, and it is the storyteller role to transmit images and ideas from the past in order to form a conception of the present upon the receiver. Djanet Sears play “The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God” is one of the most prominent African oral tradition works. Music is a significant oral tradition tool and African societies love music, furthermore, they are deeply attached to it. The chorus in Sears’ play is the main role to project the oral tradition technique; it links Rainy to her African descendants. Throughout the play the chorus represent the spirits of Rainey’s community whom she rely on to feel safe, and to give purpose to her life for the reason that, Rainey was suffering from losing her daughter, going through divorce and a dying father agony. The chorus was presented as ancestors singing African hymns and chants till the end of the play; through this, Sears asserts the connection between the black diasporic movement in Canada and their African ancestors, the issue of displacement and she demand a space where women are allowed freedom to live a productive lives that include a connection to a community of men and women working together to support each...
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...conditioner was not as apparent as it was in the first time. When I opened my eyes again after the second trial, I felt like my mind was calmer and some of my stress was released. It was a special experience for me as I could try a complete new thing during the tutorial lesson. Actually, it is of great importance for us to know exactly what we are doing in the moment. It is because we can avoid wasting our time and life in doing some meaningless things. Meditation can help us to stay focus on what we are doing in the moment and know more about our goals. Monkey mind, which means an unsettled and uncontrollable mind, is always the stumbling block for gaining a clear and sharp mind. Hence, by meditating, we can avoid getting a monkey mind as our mind is calmed and concentrated during the process of meditation. Usually, people will think about their future, i.e. the deadlines of their projects, and their past, i.e. past exam results. However, seldom do they concern about the work they are doing at present. For instance, some people may be stuck in their unsatisfied past exam results for a very long time. During that period of time, they would just be upset but doing nothing. However, it is meaningless. If...
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...The Christmas Carol is about a greedy man named Scrooge, who only cared about money, and always wanted to be alone. But he has changed into a better person. However, he has learned that if he continues to be greedy, and selfish, then his life, eventually would not end well. Scrooge has seen how his relatives celebrate Christmas, and how he has changed, and how that will affect him in the future from the three ghosts of past present and future. Scrooge and Past visit his past when Scrooge was young. On the way, they stop by young Scrooge with a woman. She was unhappy because she knew that Scrooge adored his money more than her. The woman knew “even if he became wiser, than he wouldn’t change towards her” (Dickens 765). She has thought of...
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...Mcteigue has opened our eyes to a time where we face the same issues as we have in the past. A time not long ago a man was put in power who believed he had the right to decide who deserved to live and who didn’t. He killed millions of people because they didn't fit what he believed was the right standards. No one stopped him or stood up to him and so killing people became normal, it become apart of everyday life. V for Vendetta portrays a future just like this. Norse Fire, the government, has created a set of standards that they believe everyone should fit. People should be straight, they should conform and they shouldn't talk negatively of the government. Those that don’t fit these standards are tortured and killed. People lose their chance of having individuality and...
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...We would be nothing without the experiences that form us. Both the good and the bad etch themselves into how we see and feel the world. If we are lucky, work hard and learn our lessons then, hopefully, the good outweigh the bad. We learn that the world is an exciting but also a dangerous place. Certainly most of us have had our fingers burnt at some time or another. That is, bad things have happened to us during our lives. They range from the physical scars we bear from cuts, breaks, illnesses and diseases that strike us down sometimes without warning. They are the accidents from simply falling over or from going head to head with a car. They are the psychological scars from tragedies such as bereavement or divorce. We often say that given time, we will recover. We will get better. Things will improve. Time, we say is a great healer. Time itself though if we think about it, is indifferent to our various crises and celebrations. Time, we seem to have universally agreed is a unit measuring the distance between two events. The hours, weeks, months and years themselves do not do anything. It is how we fill our time that makes it productive, or wastes it. Different people in the same period of time will do very different things. One might write a masterpiece, another might embroider a quilt. One might do nothing but watch TV. The same amount of time has passed but with very different results. It is up to us to give the time value and meaning. When we suffer an injury, we know that...
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...I have never been one that had much interest in history. While it serves its purpose in providing insight it always repeats itself as often stated. George Santayana described history as “nothing but assisted and recorded memory,” as well as something “condemned to [be] repeat[ed]” if past mistakes were not taken into account for future dealings. For the most part, humans have learned a great deal from the past but pick and choose when to properly utilize that knowledge, when to remain stagnant, and when to forget lessons learned entirely. Reading William Bradford’s history of Plimoth Plantation however, helped me remember the incredible endurance God imparted in the human spirit and reaffirmed how He always leads His people to victory after...
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...The study of past human activities is paramount in understanding human nature as well as structure and cultures of various communities in the world. To many historians and individuals, history is one of the important assets that a country or a community can ever possess because it differentiates it from other communities or countries. Often, history provides an account of past events of a community or a country and can be very useful in predicting the future. According to historians, history should never be pursued for the sake of just collecting information and data to add more knowledge about the past, but rather it should be part of human being to be carried with them each and every single day. Despite the fact that most people believe that...
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...The audience is given little insight into her mental state, which is largely a criterion for whether a work can be considered a microhistory. In the film, she is presented as somewhat of a passive bystander, naïve and unaware that she has welcomed an imposter into her life. Despite pressure from the judge and protests from townspeople, she adamantly proclaims that the imposter, Arnaud, is indeed her husband because he knows intimate details that he otherwise would not. In the book, however, Davis characterizes Bertrande as a co-conspirator in Arnaud’s scheme, and most importantly, reveals her motivations for taking on this role, which is an element that is largely absent from the film. She knew that if she slyly informed Arnaud of Martin’s past and helped him memorize stories that only her husband would know, they could resume living in peace, and Bertrande could then preserve her honor, “live as a mother and family woman at the center of village society,” and ensure that her son would inherit (Davis, p. 60). It is evident that, contrary to what is revealed in the film, Bertrande is a strong female figure who has ulterior...
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