Altered state of consciousness

In addition to the physical aspects of any martial arts, i.e. combat and self-defense, their spiritual aspects such as meditative practice and healing dimensions are fundamental. The nature and importance of “internal energy” (qi, ki, prana) has been among the many topics,* discussed by serious practitioners. However, the emphasis on the mystical transformation (altering an individual’s customary [what does this word mean here?] experience and self-awareness in the world) associated with the…

October 16, 1854, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Sir William Wilde, who worked as an optometrist, a renowned philanthropist and gifted writer, who wrote books on archaeology and folklore. Mothered by poet and journalist, Jane Francesca Elgee who wrote patriotic Irish verses under the name "Speranza". She taught Wilde that he could pretty much do whatever he wanted to and the truth really was not that important when a person really wanted to entertain someone…

observation, researchers must watch a variety of different North American sitcoms that have different target audiences. Thirdly, the information, in this case characteristics, being recorded are not quantifiable. This means that the results will be altered due to opinion; someone may think a statement is humorous while others would disagree. This would cause every researchers outcomes to be slightly or significantly different. Also, it is highly unlikely that the researcher observed every…

The films: Vodou Kingdon, Divine Horsemen, The King Does Not Lie, and Rastamentary explore Afro-Carribean religions by studying, and filming the practices of the Vodou, Santería and Rastafarian religions. These films depict different practices, rituals, ceremonies, ways of living and thought processes. While the religions being depicted are based in islands such as Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica; the very soul of these religions derived from the mother land of Africa. Each film is…

As many may have noticed, the most prominent and popular myths about science and religion emerged during the nineteenth century. Some may declare that a dialogue of civilizations led to the emergence of modern science while others may disagree. It is revealed that different areas of the world have contributed to many different aspects of modern science and the development throughout the centuries. Areas around the world such as Asia, Africa and Middle East have demonstrated traditional and…

It is impossible to turn back time. The human mind may be unorganized, messy, and nonlinear, but life at its most basic always has a chronology. People become who they are by building upon past experiences and growing older. In her essay “What Can a Heroine Do? or Why Women Can’t Write”, Joanna Russ says that to develop new myths that reflect the lives of women, that either or both of the lyric and life writing styles should be used. The Female Man by Joanna Russ incorporates both of these…

Within a period of a few years he had become a world-famous abolitionist, author, and orator. He published his narrative detailing his time as a slave, edited his own newspaper, and traveled throughout the United States and Britain lecturing on important civil rights and social justice topics. He was the single male delegate at the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights to support the call for woman's suffrage. When the Civil War erupted in 1861, Douglass…

is the organic principle by which the organism becomes more fully developed and more complete. A new person has been created, thereby, one in whom learning has taken the place of ignorance. The desire has become an actuality. Any need is a deficit state that motivates the person to replenish the deficit. It is like a hole that demands to be filled in. Goldstein said that this fulfillment of a need is known as self-…

destroying the concept of courtship and spending a majority of your time with your family and friends. This kind of introduced the beginning of teenagers who were able to drive themselves places and spend time amongst one another. This dramatically altered the culture that had been maintained previously for…

The Day of the Locust, by Nathaniel West, explores the harsh realities and effects of living in Los Angeles. West uses the degradation of his main characters as his example of how Los Angeles changes people. Through the lives and experiences of Tod, and Homer, the readers see the ways the city alters one’s characteristics from one that is greatly ambitious, into one that is extremely arrogant. Additionally, the novel highlights the fallacy of how Los Angeles is known as the “land of dreams”.…