carries the aspirant towards God. In order to create the proper conditions required to cause these experiences‚ spiritual practice (called “askesis”) is required. Ideally‚ spiritual practices should be learned directly from a teacher who has accepted you as a student. Therefore‚ we must always strongly encourage our readers to seek tutelage under the guidance of an instructor‚ even if that guidance is not with us. No general course of instruction or list of techniques‚ no matter how great or thorough
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How Lucky You Are Maybe you think your life sucks‚ but if you look at the bigger picture maybe you should be grateful? The story takes place in London and we are in modern day. We meet our main character Max who is bulking from school taking all for granted. At first we are on the bus with Max where he meets Ishraqi who is an Iranian trying to immigrate to England. Together they decide that Max can give Ishraqi a little guided tour in London‚ but this is interrupted when Ishraqi must go to
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Joe Thomas Professor Epperson REC 1000-06 November 24th‚ 2013 Are You Deciding On Purpose The article “Are You Deciding On Purpose” about the interview of author‚ speaker‚ and counselor Richard Leider really made me think about my life and what I want to do with myself. Leider brings up many great points in the interview and it was an eye opener for me after I finished reading the article. The first thing he mentions in the interview is how people are intimidated by all the choices we have now
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adulthood is frustrating and confusing‚ and in most adolescents‚ is filled with apprehension and anxiety. For the protagonist Connie‚ this distress is expressed in her dreamlike encounter with Arnold Friend. In the short story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?‚” Joyce Carol Oates used the interaction between her two main character‚ to reveal the internal fear and conflict of a fifteen year old girl maturing into a young woman. Oates chooses narrate her story in the third person giving
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leaving him with tons of weights on his shoulders. The whole aspect of the play revolves around character’s vows to fulfill their honor. The idea of honor in this play is portrayed far more advanced than any other Shakespearean play. Reta. A Terry is an author of “Vows to the Blackest Devil”: Hamlet and the Evolving code of honor in early modern England. She agrees that honor is substantial and goes another level with this idea. She diagrams in which Shakespeare used characters of Hamlet‚ Laertes‚ and Horatio
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The dramatic irony of “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” conveys the tone of warning about temptation. Connie’s situation is that she does not feel appreciated at home and uses her looks and actions to get attention and appreciation from boys even if it is short-term. She is self-conscious about her looks and is constantly worried about how other people perceive her. Friend’s fantasy is that Connie will willingly go with him and be his “lover” (605) even before he officially met her. The
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Summary: Are you ready‚ Boots by Maggie Alderson‚ is a short story‚ which mainly takes place in London. It is a youthful atmosphere in a financial world; with new fancy clothes‚ lots of drinks‚ Champaign and parties. It´s also a superficial environment‚ where you are being judged by your look and the clothes you are wearing all the time. The most of the story is in London but the opening‚ which is in Medias res‚ is in New York. The two friends‚ Lulu and Spencer‚ who are also two of the main characters
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Joyce Carol Oates’ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” is about a 15 year old girl named Connie. Connie is the dark blond haired girl who catches all the attention and knows she looks good. The story is somewhat journalistic in the sense that there are few extreme stylistic flourishes or complicated sentence structures. Oates’s spare style allows the images in the story to stand out in realistic coherence‚ in a way that makes one feel they have some unexplainable importance. “There’s your
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A psychologist named Jennifer Baumgartner wrote a book called “You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You.” In this book‚ Jennifer shows that a person’s wardrobe can reflect several psychological problems a person may have. She is also able to connect a person’s clothing to their behavior. Countless people can determine just the same when paying enough attention. A person’s clothing can reveal a wide range of personality traits from functionality to diligence‚ or even to sentimentality
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Matt Merritt Professor Smith English 102 13 September 2012 Arnold Friend’s Identity in Joyce’s “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” In the story “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been‚” Joyce Oates portrays Connie as a beautiful young woman that is being coerced by a man‚ whom she doesn’t know‚ to come outside and go for a ride in his car. Who is this man that calls himself Arnold Friend? What does he represent? Looking at the things that Arnold Friend says and does will help to discover
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