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    others. Shae Bennet states in her article "The Psychology of Social Networking" that "In each and every minute‚ we generate some 694‚980 Facebook status updates and write 532‚080 tweets. And 80 percent of those posts are about our favorite person – ourselves"(n.p.). Anything

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    Interbeing

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    peace in every situation and undertstanding the surrounding around another or ourselves and at times both. For we people are connected to everything‚ connected to planet we even live on‚ for we have a natural connection with Mother Nature and everything around us. As we move on and live our daily lives doing what us humans topically do such as damage the Earth that we live on‚ at the same time were damaging ourselves. Such as polluting the air‚ dumping chemicals in oceans‚ going to war‚ and dumping

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    White Lies

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    According to Robert Braul “Every lie is two lies‚ the lie we tell others and the lie we tell ourselves to justify it.” So‚ is it okay to tell white lies? Do you tell white lies for your own sake? Why do you lie even though you know that no matter how big or small your lie is‚ it is still considered as immoral? Well‚ according to an article entitled “Tell White Lies (Occasionally)” there are 3 possible reasons why people lie and I agree with the author. I agree with Donald W. McCullough that it is

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    reasons for making this assertion I now agree. Plato believes that it is “best to bear misfortune as quietly as possible without resentment (Plato 369)”‚ emotions should not be openly expressed in public because by doing that we are “”hindering ourselves from the reflection (Plato 369)”‚ which in turns effects and cloud our reason and judgment. When it comes to characters in a story‚ Plato claims that theses stories imitate the worst parts of the soul instead of the best; it is what makes the characters

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    "Our commonsense explanations of the world and ourselves are problematised by Atwood through her novel. Nothing is quite as it seems‚ when we look at anything (in a mirror‚ in the past‚ at others) it is refracted as if through water." Discuss the ideas and issues in the novel in relation to this statement‚ paying particular attention to the techniques and narrative elements used to show this. Our commonsense explanations of the world are based on the absolutes in our lives. Ways of seeing have been

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    Speaking in Tongues

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    present day human beings cold disconnect from reality in relation to those who were connected in the past. The people of today people are mute‚ invisible scribes to history‚ to ourselves‚ and to each other. We are mindless zombies with no appreciation for nature or each other‚ only ourselves. We are selfish‚ we throw ourselves into our blackberry’s and iPhone’s into our own digital dimension where all attention is focused solely on us where nothing else is important. With this kind of selfish mentality

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    of our free will. Without this synergy‚ this revelation isn’t expressed because it would be contrary to our own desires. The author focuses on several key components of this journey such as penetrating our inward being‚ surrendering ourselves‚ and emptying of ourselves. This process ultimately leads us to the true Christian freedom that Christ promised. Furthermore‚ this process inevitably leads us

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    Art is a thing that often surrounds us. It is now everywhere: in museums‚ magazines‚ plays‚ musicals‚ pictures‚ movies‚ TV and so on. When we want to see some professional and historical artworks‚ we usually go to museums. Some go there to see something that they are interested in. Some go there to study the artworks. Some might go there just to kill time. Because not everyone is a specialist on artworks‚ sometimes there are some explanations for artworks. The controversy about the explanations

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    says‚ “government has proven its…either its inability or its unwillingness to protect the lives and property of our people‚ then it’s only fair to expect us to do whatever is necessary to protect ourselves” (Necessary to Protect Ourselves). Malcolm repeats the phrase “whatever is necessary to protect ourselves” several times to

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    ideas are complex and open to different interpretations‚ so this can be little more than an introduction. I have also included links to other sites and articles‚ as well as some suggested reading. The Gestalt Concept of Self We all talk about ourselves in the first person - ’I did this ’‚ ’my book ’‚ ’I felt happy ’ etc.‚ but what do we mean when we use the words ’I ’ or ’me ’‚ what is this thing we call self? In gestalt theory we view individuals as existing ’in relation ’ - in relation

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