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karmic retribution. Zen Buddhists believe that karmic actions result in reincarnation, and that "ones circumstances are the suita...

According to Descartes a human being used his facilities to gain knowledge of his own world. No one would particularly argue with ...

& of themselves... the mind in & of itself... mental qualities in & of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside gre...

a desire to find out something that is known for sure. It is of course hard to know anything is certain. Some people today questio...

Meditation, the three skeptical arguments are that one does not really know if he or she is dreaming, that one does not know wheth...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

Cartesian dualism is also known as the "mind-body problem" and establishes that there are clearly separate and distinct aspects of...

is dreaming or not and finally, the last statement in the proof is a conclusion that says that he does not know whether or not he ...

the dreaming argument is simply one concept that emanates from Descartes Meditations, but it has numerous theoretical implications...

The fundamental propositions of the science established in the Meditations go to physics, but while Descartes did apply science, h...

clutter and entanglements with regular meditation is one of the most effective ways to maintain a healthy existence. "The basis o...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...

there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...

thus in doubting, he is thinking, and it must be true that he exists" (Anonymous Topic 2 - "Cogito, ergo sum", 2002; cogito.html)....

This dissolution, first adverse, becomes a positive driving force which allows us to sway from crime, avarice and over-anxious car...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

the world, but only derive essence later. In other words, a human is nothing to start with, and the essence of the person comes fr...

for answers related to existence or transcendence. Interestingly, many will read his arguments, which are admittedly logical and w...

This paper provides the student with an example essay that describes the writer's personal experience in regards to dreaming, dayd...

basis, he reports that it enabled him to achieve a state that can only be described as transcendence, as TM, at this point in his ...

which he uses to argue that the senses are not based in the physical world. This is also supported by his argument that madmen may...

demands of the world, which are often overwhelming, and get back in touch with their inner selves. This paper is not a "how to" es...

leads to the meditative absorptions states known as jhana (Novak, 1989). The second, insight meditation, contemplates the "true n...

if "what he does is right or wrong, whether he is acting like a good or bad man" ("Apology" 28b)(Plato 32-33). In regards to how ...

ideas and moods. Also, the desire for immortality may be attached to the brain. This idea paints the human being as nothing more t...

acknowledges that this is somewhat of a surprise, given that, since the 17th century, mysticism, science and healing have gone in ...

the Western tradition. This is because they combine powerful introspection with a radical desire for the discovery of truth that, ...

highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...

consciousness where the mind is not aware of anything in particular. During mediation, breathing slows and practitioners tend to p...