Spiritual formation

In “The Handmaid’s Tale”, Margaret Atwood describes a new society, Gilead, formed from the ruins of the modern day the United States. Although theoretically this society is built to foster women and protect them from fear of sexual harassment and rape, Gilead takes feminism back hundreds of years. Women are either sexless wives and Marthas or childbearing Handmaids. With a distorted version of the Bible as a model, the Gilead leaders formed a republic founded on fear and oppression. Atwood…

read briefly about English imperialism in India, Gandhi’s strive for independence through non-violence, the long lasting affects that have come from British rule. I did not however, know the specifics of his story. It was interesting to see the formation of Pakistan. I was unaware that Gandhi lived in South Africa or that he starved himself to create change. This story also holds significance in Indian life today. Gandhi was unsuccessful in creating all the change he wanted but he was successful…

From 1450 all the way into the 18th century, the early modern period is understood and seen as the formation of the Renaissance, many scientific and technological discoveries and reformation. There were many discoveries of new lands, machines and cultures which became one of the main reasons on how society today has improved. The Renaissance started as a cultural movement based on the intellectual basis of its own version of Humanism, where Man is the measure of all things. This idea became…

Life can be interpreted in many different ways, happy, sad, joyful, spiritual, etc. Life is when an elderly is breathing his last breath, that’s the sad truth of life. Life is seeing a child being born, but does life really start when the child is born or before? Many people have different opinions on that subject, but one truth is that once the embryo is formed in a mother 's womb and no action has been taken to stop the formation of the embryo, life will be born. Some females don’t wish to…

populations of the World State are concocted, the result being a completely predictable social body which, artificially conditioned from early on, and saved from the chances of viviparous reproduction, are easily brought in and mastered. Sexual and spiritual escapes, obstructions to the logical cause, are synthetically replaced. Everyone is happy. Orwell subscribes likewise to human conditioning. In “Doublethink”, any reasonable Oceanian transacts reality, untruth upon untruth, so that “Whatever…

A healthy lifestyle is a way of living that incorporates eight aspects of well-being into a person’s life mainly emotional, financial, occupational, physical, social, spiritual, intellectual and environmental. Sedentary lifestyle is a silent killer. There are studies that show that sitting or lying down for a long period of time is bad for health. Common examples would be watching television, using a computer, sitting…

wholesome action by suttas chanting, praying, ceremonial worshiping, offering water, fruits and flowers to Buddha, or engaging in volunteer works. Of course, all of these wholesome work of earning merit is the initial step of gearing one’s mind to spiritual path and somewhat transform mind, but it’s not a sufficient way. For instance, the chanting of Suttas, praying and worshiping help one to develop faith in a religion. However, developing the true faith in Buddhism is developing confidence in…

Literature - Enlightenment Period 3 March 10, 2016 Change Everyday The Philosophies of Locke, Hume, and Pope are heavily criticized by many individuals today. Locke is focused on discussing innate principles and ideas, while Hume is dedicated to the formation of man and Human instinct through experiences. Pope is also in the same category based on his discussions of morality and experiences. These philosophers have helped many people develop their own beliefs and challenge others with their…

of the sort didn’t find support among the majority of African countries. He was fighting for the liberation of Africa to create the United States of Africa, instead of focusing on the economy and affairs of the nation. He played a key role in the formation of African Unity. Nkrumah used Ghana and its resources to help other African nations to achieve their independence, paying less attention to the Ghanaian economy. The different ethnic groups were not left aside in the nation’s political…

using “logic to summarize and reconcile all knowledge and [using] it in the service of contemporary society” (Rosenwein, A Short History of the Middle Ages). These changes in religious practices, increased devotion to the flesh of Christ, the formation of new religious groups, and greater scholasticism were further changes made in European…