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    In the passage from Siddhartha‚ he and his friend listen to the waves and sounds of a river hoping to find peace and wisdom. To bring meaning to this spiritual scene‚ Hesse uses symbolism‚ allegory‚ a spiritual writing style. By using these literary devices‚ the author describes the spiritual elements and its importance to Siddhartha attaining them. Hesse attaches importance to the elements and emotions of spirituality by symbolizing them. He states‚ “Vasudeva’s smile was radiant…….now the same smile

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    Have you ever wondered about what the importance of striving to personal goals would accomplish? Well if not did you know achieving goals is the most important thing you can do in your life. Striving to achieve a personal goal can create a better life‚ help you overcome obstacles‚ and last but not least can help you feel like you’re going to be successful. Setting goals is the most important thing you can do in your life. First‚ everyone wants to have the best life possible‚ so why not have

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    the importance of spiritual practices. I recall in the June holidays‚ Sapna and I stayed over at ashram for a week‚ rejuvenating and doing karma yoga all in the service of mother‚ master and swamiji. It’s 9 pm on a Wednesday night. We are getting our things ready so we don’t get late for the early morning aarthi. Sapna receiving a bbm from a friend. Too busy to chat - she says she is staying over at ashram and really can’t talk right now. Her friend is shocked at the idea and to our surprise she reply’s

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    Competency in Spiritual Care One of the fundamental goals as a nurse is to provide holistic care for our patient. This means providing care that considers the‚ “totality of humans by recognizing the interconnectedness of body‚ mind‚ spirit‚ environment‚ society‚ and culture” (Costello‚ Atinaja-Faller‚ & Hedberg‚ 2012). When a nurse or nursing student cares for a patient on a deeper level‚ they provide holistic care in an effective way (Costello et al.‚ 2012). One aspect of holistic care that

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    comparing it to today‚ there is not that much of a difference. Du Bois‚ as a historian‚ uses this knowledge and teaches the African American experience through his many essays and books. He takes stories from his childhood and also creates stories that have a symbolic underlining. In his book‚ The Souls of Black Folk‚ he uses a collective of essays to educate blacks‚ and give them the power to overcome the “the veil” of society. Du Bois uses education as a way to further the black community into understand

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    A spiritual is a type of religious folksong that is most closely associated with the enslavement of African people in the American South.On the other hand‚ psalms means “praise.” Although many of the psalms are cries for help‚ laments over Israel‚ or questions about God’s plan‚ the major theme in all of them is worship. Even when the psalmist was crying out his questions or frustrations to the Lord‚ he usually ended with a call to praise God in spite of everything. Hymns have yet another meaning

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    personal‚ spiritual and powerful beings. They do the work of Satan‚ promote rebellion against God‚ oppress mankind‚ and attack Christians. Believers will face spiritual warfare from enemies of the flesh‚ world and the devil. Dickason gives several ways that Satan and his demons directly attack believers. The possibility of attack should not be ignored or taken lightly. Believers do not need to fear Satan and his demons. God is sovereign. He has defeated Satan and will cast him into the

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    Religion can be described as a shared set of fundamental beliefs and practices. “The Aztec religion was a complex set of beliefs‚ rituals and gods that helped the Aztec/Mexica to make sense of their world‚ reality and death (Maestri Nicolette‚ 2013)”. Today‚ we will explore the famous Aztec world of gods‚ sacrifice‚ and magic in an attempt to better understand their culture and worldview. The traditional Aztec religion was on that focused on the services provided by a series of gods‚ all to whom

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    “Double consciousness” is a term that Du Bois himself coined to describe African-Americans in the United States‚ living with two conflicting identities. While he believed that it was a negative aspect of life as an African-American‚ he also acknowledges the benefits of it. This feeds into another concept Du Bois developed called “the veil”. While African-Americans are able to understand what life is like as an American outside of their group‚ they are the only ones able to understand the life of

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    2014 Reflection Paper 5 Gustavo Gutierrez’s concept of “spiritual childhood” reflects on the importance for people to fulfill our own “spiritual childhood” in order to experience sincere solidarity with the poor. Spiritual childhood is a condition of  commitment to the poor. It gives us the opportunity conversion through God’s love only. It frees us to work in the service of god’s kingdom. Through love‚ rather than our actions‚ salvation is made possible.  Real poverty is when you are

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