...2012 – With Friends The Healing Power of Happiness To be happy is to be free of sorrow, worry and fear. With truth, courage and faith there’s a lot of happiness. Truth within brings courage and you will then always experience happiness. Happiness is not a big thing – when you are not performing good, righteous actions, the return of that is that you experience sorrow. The heart is very sensitive and, if you get sensitive about anything that happens, you will feel unhappy. When you worry you are unable to perform good actions. It is with faith you can perform good actions. If, before coming into action, you have the thought and feeling that you want to do something good, that brings happiness inside; when the intellect is engaged in something good it is automatically healed and you feel good. All you need to do is to remain light and easy. By not thinking too much, the love and truth within us enables others to be light and easy, and we feel good inside that we can do things so easily and naturally. Have the thought: “I am a soul with a royal personality, so what should my thoughts be like? I am carefree and not careless.” Those who are carefree do not need to think about anything. At one end of the scale are negative thoughts of giving and taking sorrow and at the other there are positive thoughts - thoughts of accepting and giving happiness, peace and love. Let there be a feeling of a connection of happiness between you and others. Your nature should be detached...
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...a Young Poet and Blackswangreen are great pieces of literature. Both of these stories are about poets that seek advice. The stories Blackswangreen and Letters to a Young poet both have a common central idea, which is beauty in a poem and how truth makes true poems. These stories encourage the poets to write about their lives, and not about generic love. These stories have this central idea and this is why. Letters to a Young poet is a letter submitted to Rainer Maria Rilke by a poet. Rilke states that the young poet should write about himself "Dig into yourself for a deep answer" (page 6). Rilke says to not write love poems because there too generic "Don't write love poems; avoid those...
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...in a more comprehensive and fluid way. The sonnet is devised in ABAB format to give the poem a better sound when read aloud. Shakespeare’s work has been famous for many reasons and will continue to be great, but the way he uses words may be what he most famous for. In Sonnet 138, he used word plays, paradoxes, and metaphors to give depth to the meaning of the poem. There are so many different possibilities for interpretation of the same poem that many individuals will use their imaginations and take what they want from it. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 138 Then my love swears that she is made of truth I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutor'd youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd. But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And...
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...In The Lowest Animal, Mark Twain’s Philosophical beliefs are revealed, in your opinion are his generalizations about people and their behavior valid, partly valid, or completely valid? His generalizations in The Lowest Animal are valid in this short story. “The Higher Animals engage in individual fights, but never in organized masses. Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities, war” (Twain, 470). “In truth, man is incurably foolish. Simple things which the other animals learn easily, he is incapable of learning”(Twain, 471). “He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself, and cuts his throat if his theology is different (Twain, 471). When he states that we are the only that “engage in the atrocity of atrocities,...
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...perceiving the artist’s subjective truths. Beauty seeks to connect us on a deep, primordial level to the human experience. Art, at its core, seeks to tell stories and reveal mystic truths about the human condition....
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...Frederick Douglass, a man who found redemption through the unknown truth, that reading is the key to knowledge, in his case is the key to his freedom. In his time, slaves have endured all kind of physical torture but the worst of them all was the mental abuse. Before I elaborate more on this topic it will be wise for me to give you more detail and a more accurate definition and understanding at what is a mental abuse or better known as psychological abuse. It is the art of emotionally breaking down a person by inflicting fear by intimidation to create total chaos within a person mentality and with such result the one inflicting the mental pain gain power over the victim and can make him or her do anything they want. Now back to the main topic, in his book Douglass as a slave have endure a lot of hardship in his life, most of them were the physical one but one of the most meanest mental torture that the slaves had to endure was the fact that most of them never knew or understood what it was to have a motherly love “frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it” (859). To my understanding the slave had no right to be basically happy, because for a person, a human being to do such thing you need to be a descendant of the devil itself. But on another notes the slave master did so because they didn’t want to have any type of rebellions from the slaves, that is because when the white slave holders had to take or transfer slave woman to...
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...RELIGION STUDY • Truth can be explained in different ways Truth can be conveyed in many different ways, it can usually be aimed at a particular audience, like age or time period. For example: • Moral truth; stealing is wrong • Proverbial truth; a stitch in time saves nine. • Historical truth; ww1 lasted from 1914- 1918. Truth can be communicated in various ways such as verbally, with actions, with facial expression, images, writing, formal, explanation, and discussion. • Recognise truth in sacred scripture. Scientific: People who wrote the bible had little knowledge about science, like they thought the world was flat. Biblical account of how the world was created differs from the scientific version. Writers were concerned with religious truth not science. When looking behind the inaccurate scientific theories you find it expresses a truth about God, people and their relationship. Historical: The bible contains some historical truth, but the information is not like the recounts in textbooks. The stories from the bible were passed on by generations, they were told so the listener heard the religious truth, not necessarily the facts. The gospels are reliable historical records, but they are presented in different ways. It is religious history, not accurate recounts of dates and events. The Bible is not to be read as a history book. Symbolic: The religious truth in the bible is told in symbols. We have to read behind the symbols to find the meaning....
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...lives are paradoxical. One in particular is the relationship we have with our loved ones. Philip Larkin’s poem “Talking in Bed,” portrays this through simple and precise poetry. The title of the poem itself is ironic in that, it isn’t about talking in bed, it argues of how difficult this situation can become over time. He argues that no matter how close we are to someone, we can still feel lonely and as if this person isn’t who we thought they were in the first place. Even when we are surrounded by people who “love” us, we are still capable of experiencing a sense of loneliness. Larkin also expresses how although marriage is something that is sacred and should be built on loyalty and trust, there are always secrets that we withhold. In line two “lying,” could mean one of two things, two lovers lying beside one another, or that they are lying to each other or even themselves. The line that follows, “An emblem of two people being honest” implies that this couple is not honest with one another. This poem shows another side to the realities of marriage. We aren’t always honest with those that we love in hopes of sparing their feelings. In bed where it once was the easiest, if not the only place these lovers were honest with one another, it no longer is possible. We are constantly questioning how much we really know about our partners, or if we even know them at all. Over time, we begin to grow distant with one another until at one point in time; we have nothing left to...
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...other virtues in the theological scheme of things. I want to regard obedience as it relates to living our life in union with and after the example of Christ, seeing obedience as a dynamic of our existence as creatures and children of God. The common denominator of anything said about obedience is this fact of Christian reality: obedience was the leitmotiv, the basic, underlying theme of Jesus as Son of God. "Here I am to do your will, O God." The Word was made flesh in obedience to God's plan, and Jesus as the incarnate word lived his life in obedience to the unfolding of that plan as revealed by the Spirit of God. Obedience provided the very sustenance of Jesus' life. He declared that the Father's Will was his very food and drink. He also described obedience to the Father as the criteria by which he qualified our love for Him: if you love me, keep my commandments. From the example of Jesus during his existence on earth we can discern this: obedience is always an individual's response to God's Will. To be obedient as Jesus, I must choose to conform or be uniform with what God desires of me. Another more basic way of saying the same thing is that obedience is my response to the truth and its demands manifested moment by moment in the fulfillment of my nature as created by God in order to live out the unique life He has provided for me by His Will. The contemplative poet and priest, Ernesto Cardenal wrote: "As the Body of Christ is hidden beneath the appearances...
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...A Simple Exchange of Niceties - by Joanne Fedler ‘’Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake’’, a quote from one of Wallace Stevens’ books. Sometimes we need time and space to explore and discover the truth in our life. We will meet things in our life that change our view and way of living. The short story is written in first person narrator. The narrator writes colloquial language. She uses simple and everyday language with varied vocabulary. The style of writing is simple and straightforward – the narrator tells us whatever she has on her mind: ‘’Do you mind? I looked up. Did I look like I didn’t mind?’’ (p. 9, line 69-71). The narrator is a young teenage girl. Her view of herself and others is absolutely critically bad. In the beginning of the story she doesn’t mentioning anything positive at all. She demeans herself when she uses the words trashy whore which she was called by the father of her child. She mentions these words a couple of times through the story, and it is clear that she see herself worth nothing. Her view of other people isn’t positive either. She has a lot of prejudices and she is negative about other people. We see an example of this when the woman with the bottle sits next to her. The narrator calls the old lady’s action of joining her on the bench, without asking, for ‘’bad manners’’ (p. 8, line 31). One might suggest that she simply doesn’t like other people. The bench is very precious to the girl. It means a lot to her and she considers...
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... -Principles of Morality -The validity question Body -principles of Morality in details -The principle of Truth -The principle of Courage -The principle of Compassion -The principle of Love - The principle of Forgiveness - A general overview of other principles of morality II Reasons for and against the law taking validity from Morality. -Reasons why the law most take its validity from Morality -Reasons against the Law taking validity from Morality. -conclusion with a personal view Morality and the law; the validity question The notions of Morality and the Law are as old as the biblical story of creation, where God created man and gave him rights, duties and laws to follow (Genesis 1). According to the oxford dictionary, morals is ‘concerned with or derived from a code of behavior that is considered right or acceptable in a particular society. (Www.Oxforddictionaries.com). morality is the degree to which something is right and good. The moral goodness and badness of something. (Meriam-webster.com) some principles of morality include honesty, love, courage, heroism, loyalty, respect, self discipline, compassion, and forgiveness. Most moral principles today owe their origin to religion. Former American president Harry s. Truman once said that ‘the...
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...The Love that Will Not Let You Go: Being Christian is Not What You Think (Wipf and Stock, $19), is a crystalline distillation of Douglas Heidt’s thoughts about Christianity after nearly 50 years in pastoral ministry. This slender but potent volume is packed with insight, wisdom, and challenges for individual Christians as well as the church as a whole. Heidt’s thesis is disarmingly simple: that God and Love are one and the same and that the Christian calling is to accept, embrace, and live out this Love in the world. In explicating this understanding of Christianity, Heidt explores “the supreme vitality and power of Love in human experience” and examines “ways we can embrace the vision that God is Love itself.” (11) He grounds this discussion in first-hand stories drawn from his ministerial experience, and persuasively shows how lived-out-love can redefine our ideas about the church, the Bible, and the broader Christian narrative....
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...to as truth. As Pieper states, “things are true because of their essential reality of being. Regardless of whether one is religious, or believes in God, or has any proclivity towards matters of belief, a person can intellectually deduce and know the following axiom alluded to above: “a thing cannot have being without equally having truth.” Because the aforementioned axiom is knowable by the human mind, Pieper states, “every being, as being, stands in relation to a knowing mind.” Thus, humans are able to know beings, to know things, of both an animate as well as inanimate nature. This point is critical, as it implies there is a connection between the human mind and things through an intelligible process. On the surface, the concept of truth affirms that there is something special present in the existence of a given thing. However, upon further review, this truth is in fact indicative of God, the One who has created and creates all things. The privilege of being the creator of some object is that the creator will know that object far better than an object not created by them. As an example, an auto mechanic will know the car he built far better than the car he did not build. In a similar vein, Pieper states, (an) “existing work of art is ‘known’ by the artist…Yet he knows it more intensely than he could ever know and understand, say, a tree or any other reality not created by him.” Thus, as the ultimate Creator, or ultimate artist, God knows all beings, and knows the truth found...
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...more fluid and comprehensive way. The sonnet is written in ABAB format to give the poem a better sound when read aloud. Shakespeare’s work has been famous for many reasons and will continue to be great, but his word usage may be what he is most famous for. In Sonnet 138, he used word plays, paradoxes, and metaphors to give depth to the meaning of the poem. With so many different possibilities for interpretation of the same poem, individuals may use their imaginations and take what they want from it. Line 1 in the sonnet begins with an interesting revelation to the reader where it says “When my love swears that she is made of truth/ I do believe her, though, I know she lies”. These first two lines imply there is a problem in the relationship that needs to be fixed, because “swear” was used, it suggests that she, who is commonly referred to as the dark lady, may not be “made of truth”. The next few lines in the sonnet suggest...
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...and the existence His role has in one's life. Granted it is well to know opposing arguments to understand one's own view of a subject. Scores of enlightened men have written declarations of how organized religion is the enemy of humanity. Karl Marx proclaimed religion to be the "opiate of the masses." Battles raged and wars fought, human lives lost over the question of the existence of God. From around 1200BC, after which Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam emerged the notion of a God who is both good and powerful, a recent idea in the in human events. Prior to that time we only had Greco-Roman pantheon, whose members interfered in human events only when their egos are challenged. Yet, in a world without God, our desire for love and compassion is almost nonexistent. We tend to overwhelm ourselves by the very question we seek to answer. Using logic is thoughtful and even profound at times, however, most Atheist tend to explain away the impossible. Having a great reverence for the things we do not understand is accepting our own powerlessness in the world. Are we not then acknowledging the existence of something greeter than ourselves? Whether we call the idea God or Buddha, Allah or the Sun, we are admitting our humanness, our frailty and vulnerability,...
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