Concepts in metaphysics

Buy Experiences, Not Things James Hamblin’s article”Buy Experience, Not things” elucidates how instead of buying something to make people happy, experiences are what contributes to true happiness because people cherish moment to moment memories, they live in anticipation, and they are less likely to measure the value of their experiences by comparing them to those of others. Given the evidence, Hamblin first uses the point that happiness can be true by cherishing moment-to moment memories.…

LIFE BEFORE PROTANDIM JIM’S TESITMONY Let me begin at June 28th, 2013 (my first heart attack) and I’ll expedite my life to March 9th, 2015 (my second heart attack). Going on 30 years I contracted this horrible disease called Diabetes; 12 years ago I had a stroke in my right optical cord – leaving me partially blind; and 6 years ago I began having seizures after learning I deal with Epilepsy. Around that same time, I found myself to deal with Sleep Apnea. I still deal with an equilibrium issue…

We all know what hunger is and how it feels, but how do you know your experience of hungriness is the same as others? Most of us know what colors are and how they look, for example the color green, but how do you know if the green I see is the green that other people see? Everything above comes to the term— qualia, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word qualia, means “A quality or property as perceived or experienced by a person. Qualia are often referred to as the phenomenal…

to grow. These notions are present throughout Steven Herrick’s verse-novel The Simple Gift and Raymond Carver’s short story Cathedral. The artwork Girl Before a Mirror, however, painted in 1932 by Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, contrasts with the concept of positive growth through experiences and alternately explores the opposite. Ultimately, all of these composers affirm the notion of an individuals progression and understanding as a result of significant experiences. An individuals…

5th grade was an awesome year I’ll never forget. It was full of good times, fun adventures, and great memories. Also, wonderful teachers who did their best to teach us. I’ve learned many things in 5th grade. One of the most important things I learned in 5th grade was philanthropy. In CATS we worked together to help others. Another thing I learned was loyalty. I learned this in scouts by continuing on a project others thought was useless. The last thing I learned that was important was…

Have you ever listened to a singer/group and thought they were great, but they did not have a lot of fans? The group, Jack and Jack, is an American Pop-rap duo that consists of; Jack Finnegan Gilinsky and Jack Edward Johnson. They were both from Omaha, Nebraska, but now they live in the California. Jack and Jack started receiving fame in 2013 because of an app called vine. Although not many people have heard of them, Jack and Jack have great potential to become famous musicians. In the summer…

In other words, one can imagine the obvious, a guy wins the lottery, believed he is Donald trump for a while, and THEN what? Meanwhile the paraplegic feels bad for a while, then he gets used to his new state of being, THEN his sadness is transformed, and THEN what? The results were seen the following year when Brickman returned to Netherland and did the same survey to the same people. The remarks of the later survey amazed Brickman: everyone had returned to their previous level of happiness.…

There are many moments in life that I look back upon and I don't realize their significance until later. When I hurt my shoulder last year pitching and was referred to physical therapy, I was not looking forward to waking up an extra hour earlier to go to a place that I had been to five years before. When I was nine years old I was diagnosed with a collapsed vertebra in my neck that turned out to be a rare form of cancer called Histiocytosis. I had to wear a cervical collar for a year and the…

One's values, actions and experiences define who they are and where they stand up in the society. Every action and experience sets a sequence which brings forth desirable and undesirable consequences. Throughout the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse Emil develops his mind by attempting different actions and experiences. He had a hard time finding out who he is and where he belongs within the dark realm or the light realm. Emil undergoes with different life stages in the novel and finds his “true…

Growing up I have always been profiled as someone that doesn’t go to school, gets terrible grades and that I am an overall rude person. The first day of school most people won’t talk very much unless you know someone. We play games to get to know one another and once we get past that awkward part and it has been a few weeks and everyone is more comfortable or we have made friends, I eventually learn that before I even talked to these people and learned that I am there for them. They tell me…