"meditation" there is a possibility of moving in a wrong direction – because English has no exact word for "dhyana‚" meditation only comes close to it. "English has three words: concentration‚ contemplation‚ meditation. Concentration is of the mind. You focus your mind on a particular object‚ you exclude everything else‚ you just go on narrowing your vision. Hence in concentration everything can become a distraction. A dog starts barking and you will be distracted because you were excluding everything and
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question things that are unfamiliar or unorthodox to us. A fairy tale is a form of literature that is unorthodox in its subject matter but promotes morals that are generally applicable to those from all walks of life. In “What is a Fairy Tale?” by Maria Tatar‚ it is made clear that we must question the deeper meaning of these stories if we want a more clear understanding of how and why society functions the way that it does‚ because society and culture themselves are built upon stories and literature
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In “Knowledge is Power” by Anna-Maria Petricic a schoolgirl from Croatia is determined to figure out what the words on her bookmark meant. The bookmark had a picture of superman with the words Knowledge is Real Power written on it. She knew that to have the power that knowledge brought
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CHAPTER I PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND A. Introduction We are all familiar with what a computer is in a specific‚ contemporary sense. Personal computers (PCs) are found in most aspects of daily life‚ and for some it is hard to even imagine a world without them. But the term means more than simply the Macs and PCs we are familiar with. A computer is‚ at its most basic‚ a machine which can take instructions‚ and perform computations based on those instructions. It is the ability to take instructions
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management.[4] Nicotine in cigarettes is a successful appetite suppressant‚ which contributes to the use of cigarettes as a dieting tool. The pressure to be thin along with a need for social approval drives many young college women to smoke.[4] Body-conscious college women are also shown to be at higher risk for the continuation of smoking. Women who discontinue the use of nicotine as an appetite suppressant tend to gain weight initially‚ and women who are especially concerned with body weight will see
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Components of Culture “We can imagine culture as invisible webs composed of values‚ beliefs‚ ideas about behavior‚ and socially constructed truths” (Trumbull and Pacheco 10)‚ says Elise Trumbull and Maria pacheco‚ the authors of “What is Cultural Identity”. There are many things we have the inclination to do every day‚ that we do not realize exemplify of our cultural identity. In order to understand the enigma of one’s cultural identity‚ he or she needs to understand what the term means. According
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Erich Maria Remarque and the Nature of War David Lark – World History 2 Unlike truly historical works emphasizing the human side of war‚ for example‚ Cornelius Ryan’s The Longest Day or A Bridge Too Far‚ in which the author provides highly detailed accounts of historical events through the eyes of participants leading to an objective treatment and analysis of those events‚ Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a novelization of the experience of German soldiers in
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2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori? Dr. Maria Montessori‚ internationally renowned child educator‚ was originally a medical doctor who brought the scientific methods of observation‚ experimentation‚ and research to the study of children‚ their development and education. As a doctor‚ Montessori came to believe that many of the problems of the children she was working with were educational rather than medical. In examining education she felt that children were not achieving their
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[Expositions 5.2 (2011) 111-125] Expositions (online) ISSN: 1747-5376 The Mind of Adolf Hitler: A Study in the Unconscious Appeal of Contempt EDWARD GREEN Manhattan School of Music How did the mind of Adolf Hitler come to be so evil? This is a question which has been asked for decades – a question which millions of people have thought had no clear answer. This has been the case equally with persons who dedicated their lives to scholarship in the field. For example‚ Alan Bullock‚ author
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mind is always dialectical. I agree with you‚ he said. These‚ I said‚ are the points which you must consider; and those who have most of this comprehension‚ and who are more steadfast in their learning‚ and in their military and other appointed duties‚ when they have arrived at the age of thirty have to be chosen by you out of the select class‚ and elevated to higher honour; and you will have to prove them by the help of dialectic‚ in order to learn which of them is able to give up the use of sight
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