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Goal of Meditation in the Buddhist Tradition

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

The “Journey Motif” in Literature

that merits the death penalty. The only way to understand his savagery is as the climax of the poem, and a reward for his struggle...

The Saver

could serve to sever Fern from her First Nations heritage. Fortunately, that turns out to not be the case. Fern actually grows s...

Holistic Nursing Journal

discourse that I find confusing. Philosophy has often struck me as an amorphous subject. Its slippery and refuses to be categoriz...

Smither/Augustine As Mentor

the bulk of his presentation. However, he devotes the second chapter to setting the "stage of Augustines mentoring of spiritual le...

William Blake And Christianity

in prints depicting architecture" (Bentley, 2009). Blake spent seven years with the Basire family and achieved a degree of success...

John Ortberg's Philosophy

simplest gift of God" (Ortberg 67). In other words, celebration is when we stop to appreciate Gods wondrous gift of life, such as ...

Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies

and reinforcement. In her case, this led to fairly early experimentation with sex and drugs. Lamott doesnt sensationalize her exp...

THE QUESTION OF CULTURE: LIA LEE, THE HMONG AND WESTERN MEDICINE

on p. 262 of her book. "However, I have come to believe that her life was ruined not by septic shock or noncompliant parents but b...

The Issues Addressed in The Return of the King

Abel. Smeagol is analogous to Cain; he is his brothers murderer, and the audience is aware that the Ring is both powerful and evil...

Women and Their Religious Ordination

take pleasure in the marital act; that killing infidels was a way to salvation; that taking interest on a loan was forbidden; that...

Analysis of Canto 3 in Dante's 'Inferno'

In fifteen pages this canto is examined in terms of its specific passages and how it provides the spiritual foundation for New Eng...

The character of St John as portrayed in Jane Eyre

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Motifs of the Sea and 'Seeing'

In five pages this paper considers how this imagery combines to represent lost vision and spiritual confusion in this tragic play ...

Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy Themes

In four pages this paper examines the characters, chorus, women, and state 'spiritual bankruptcy' theme featured in Sophocles' Oed...

Allegories in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages this essay discusses the spiritual meaning of the allegories featured in 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorn...

Spirituality in 'The Birthmark' by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In five pages the spiritual laboratory assistant Animadab is compared with the nonspiritual Aylmer as depicted in this short story...

Themes of Order and Disorder in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

A paper illustrating themes of spiritual order and disorder in the prologue to Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The author dr...

Spiritual Home in the Novels Beloved, Love is Medicine and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In eight pags this paper examines the meaning of a spiritual home in these three works of fiction. There are no additional source...

Mass Media and Christianity

In five pages mass media and the impact of Christianity are considered in a fifty year forecast with a discussion of Christian the...

Spiritual Experience Personal Essay

In two pages the way in which a life event resulted in losing faith is the focus of this personal essay in which the writer descri...

Indian Religion Jainism

In six pages Jainism's history and belief systems are considered in an overview that also makes comparisons with the Buddhist spir...

Life and Activism of Malcolm X

In five pages Malcolm X's life, his Nation of Islam activism, subsequent disillusionment, Mecca spiritual enlightenment pilgrimage...

Mecca Pilgrimage of Malcolm X

In five pages this paper examines the Mecca pilgrimage of Malcolm X and the dramatic effects of this spiritual journey. Four sou...

Political and Spiritual Leadership of Mohandas K. Gandhi

In five pages this research paper examines the path of nonresistance and noncooperation that Mahatma Gandhi began in South Africa ...

An Analysis of The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor and Brothers Karamazov

In this eight page paper the writer explores The Legend of the Grand Inquisitor as it compares to Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karama...

Four Questions on God, Man, Life and Death and Religious Philosophy

In six pages this research paper examines the philosophies of the world's most influential religions and how each answers these 4 ...

Siddhartha and Descartes

and space-- the factual historical figure and the imaginary Eastern mystic. Descartes criticism of Siddhartha One can imagine t...

Adaptive Consciousness

Human consciousness has proved very adaptive throughout our existence. This paper discusses the nature of human consciousness and ...

Work and its Significance

In eleven pages this paper discusses why work is necessary for people from psychological, economic, and spiritual perspectives. S...