Transcendence

Theory, 2016). After introducing different forms of comforts and holistic human experiences a taxonomic structure was formed to help guide the assessment of patient comfort. According to Katharine, comfort exists in the forms of relief, ease, and transcendence (Nursing Theory, 2016). It is important for the patient to have a sense of relief in the situation they are in. It is also imperative they feel at ease because it can help the healing…

his story shares many things with the genre. Some of a romance’s characteristics are a journey and a separation culminating in a need to rescue someone. The action can be a transformation of the self, or a reinvention of social class, leading to transcendence. The characters in a romance are also moral absolutes, representing good and evil (Lit 4533: Tragedy, White…

Christianity developed in the Middle East from the early monotheistic traditions of Zoroastrianism and Judaism. The ancient polytheistic religions of the Fertile Crescent saw gods as fallible and largely Earthly individuals who could be appealed to through offerings. In contrast, Abrahamic scholars believed in an omniscient cosmic entity that favored his followers with prosperity in exchange for exclusive worship. In place of sacrifice, obedience, moral behavior, and prayer were offered.…

Denial is a natural reaction to an accusation. Benoit states that there are two approaches to denial. 3.1.1 Denying an event occurred A company can simply deny that the event ever occurred, deny that they were involved or even claim mistaken identity. 3.1.2 Blaming an event on someone else Another possibility would be that the company can choose to shift the blame towards a different company or entity and claim they are responsible for the event. Often when denying the audience is left with…

Humans have an inherent desire to be a part of a group. Belonging to something greater than themselves activates a sense of being of more than just a person. The need to belong is a major source of human motivation. Humans need to participate in a group just as a group needs people to participate. In order to be in a group, the members are required to have the same ideas, interests, beliefs for a successful society. Religions create a common moral understanding for all participants to be able to…

Acceptance of one's own humanity and weakness is the core message of the epic. The quest for physical immortality was attempted to escape from the miserable afterlife ancient Mesopotamians believed in. Mesopotamian culture conceptualized death as transcendence to the gloomy, shadowy version of life on earth, or “The Land of No Return.” Ancient Mesopotamians seemed to believe that after their deaths they would be tormented by hunger and thirst as a punishment for disobedience of the deities they…

Study of Religion: Hinduism Hinduism is an extremely dynamic religion with emphasis placed on tolerance and the cosmos (Fisher 68). At the center of this philosophy is a major theme, reincarnation. Reincarnation is a central aspect of the Hindu religion, due to the fact that it can be connected to nearly every ritual or doctrine. It is believed that one can only meet Moksha by being reincarnated into higher castes by creating good karma during each life. Moksha is described as an escape from…

Eliot explores a myriad of interpretations of the meaning of logos in the Four Quartets through Einstein’s theory of Relativity, by examining it through the bending of space and time, ultimately using this lens to arrive at the conclusion of the Incarnation. This curvature of spacetime opened the doors to the reality of a new method of understanding the world: non-Euclidean Geometry. Non-Euclidean Geometry differs from several key postulates of traditional Euclidean Geometry. These reworked…

Self-actualization is defined as the need to fulfill one’s inner potential; there are three proposed self-actualization needs: Knowledge and Understanding, Aesthetic, and Self-transcendence. In this example, Hillary displays the need for knowledge and understanding before the MLKJ speech and self-transcendence after his speech. Self-transcendence is the need to connect with something, beyond one’s self and to help…

disappear is the culture of repudiation challenges the elites, which creates culture according to Scruton. Dupre sees the same problem as Scruton when man leaves his nature to create a culture of himself. Nature reveals a transcendence of man because he relies on a transcendence for his existence, but “once man attains the awareness that the powers of control both over the universe and over himself are within himself… the need to relate all aspects of existence to a transcendent principle is…