Bliss

Just Add Water Our world is not a boring cake box mix where we just add water. By opening our mind to those around us we learn there is more than one way to bake a cake. In The Destiny of the Republic and The Glass Castle we learn how confrontation and unbelief have the opportunity to destroy an open mind and hinder how we can grow in our education and beliefs. In The Chosen we read Danny and Reuven had different beliefs, but were both open to each other and to learning from each other. As we…

was usually assumed to end or become insubstantial at death. Zoroastrian developed a consistent and systematic set of beliefs concerning an afterlife that influenced later religions, including major themes of a final judgment and of a final place of bliss and reward for the righteous while consigning the wicked to torment and punishment (Hopfe, 231). Early Jewish beliefs, in contrast, was a temporal religion, focusing on the here and now, with few eschatological elements. Blessings came from…

Analyzing Ahimsa: Perspectives of Hindu Concepts Power It All One of Hinduism’s influences, Mahatma Gandhi, stated a phrase, changing the way our modern world functions today: “Non-violence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of Godhead within us”. Because of this spiritual man’s impact, human evolution has strongly developed. However, some members of society are still pleading for an active right that many are fortunate to possess—world peace—leaving…

The Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, written by Sophocles, teaches vital lessons about metaphorical blindness and reveals that society values happiness over truth, no matter what the circumstances display about the realities of life. The play begins with the Priest explaining, “Your eyes see the truth: Thebes is drowning in a deadly sea, is sinking beneath the waves of death” (Sophocles, Page 9). Through his interaction with Oedipus, readers learn that Thebes is being devastated by a plague. Oedipus,…

Siddhartha 's journey to the Truth was by no means a simple one. The beginning of the novel, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, starts off by introducing Siddhartha 's struggle; "Siddhartha had begun to feel the seeds of discontent within in him... He had begun to suspect that that his worthy father and his other teachers, the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their knowledge" (Hesse 5). Similarly, Neo, the main character in the Wachowskis ' The Matrix, feels a similar…

myself or let others push me. I realize how I can be controlled and what happens from there. The third step is looking within. Here I learn about myself. I’ll learn my personality, career choice, my interest and values. The last step is finding my bliss. Here is where I will learn decision making skills that I will need for life. The…

of time of pointless and miserable work. But he is over that fate accurately on the grounds that he is aware of it. In the event that Sisyphus is not happy in this awareness, then absurd awareness does not bring joy. It would then take after that bliss is just conceivable on the off chance that we avoid foolish awareness, in the event that we jump into trust or…

The views presented by Joseph Campbell have challenged me at the very core of who I am. I was raised in Christian home, attended Christian schools my whole life, and today I am a leader at my church, Champion Life in Palm Desert, CA. I am by no means a perfect Christian, nor can a recite a thousand bible verses to you but I do believe in the word of God and have my entire life. However, I can tell you that when I read this book, with an open mind, it did challenge my belief system and…

long-time firefighter, but a firefighter in our society is not the same as the one in author Ray Bradbury’s society. A firefighter’s purpose here is to seek out books and burn them. In the beginning Montag seems deeply invested in his job, finding bliss in burning the books of others. However throughout the story we see him grow curious and slowly involve into this rebellious intellectual. Throughout this story, Ray Bradbury communicates the idea that giving in to ignorance is tempting, but…

recreational use is not only illegal, but also is extremely detrimental to an individual’s health. The behavioral and adverse effects of narcotics range from bliss and happiness to psychical withdrawal and depression. During the first few uses and initial contact with a narcotic substance, the human body becomes numb and experiences only bliss and a few select feelings pertaining to happiness. On the inflection point of the experience, users begin to wear off the feelings of happiness and…