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- 8241: The Different Faces of Yoga
- ... which means to bind together or unite (Eliade 519). The God in yoga, known as Ishvara, does not resemble the god known to Christians, Jews, or Muslims. The god is not a creator of the world or of mankind. He does not sit in judgment of mankind, nor does he punish them for their sins. Rather the god of yoga is "a special person untouched by misery, desire, or action and ... and that they serve god through human actions. Those who want to study the questions that surround things such as life and death study Jnana yoga. One of their major tenants is that the sensory world is illusionary and not real . Some sources have traced the roots of yoga back to the Shamanism religion which flourished between 3000 and 800B.C. (Crim 813). Another possible source of the religion is the ... defined as "continuum of mental effort to assimilate the object of meditation, free from any other effort to assimilate other objects" (Eliade 522). The final step of union with the Divine opens up a new world for the yogi. It is now that they are exposed to mystical powers of knowledge. They no longer exist under the normal constrictions of time and space, rather, they are "eternally present" (Eliade 523). ...
- 8242: Otto Van Bismarck And State So
- Bismarck used the media to his advantage. He used it only when it suited him, and never realized that the implications he were presenting were wrong. When world depression in 1875 hit, and assassination attempts were made on the Kaiser, Bismarck engineered an outpouring loyalty from the nation to the Kaiser ~ anyone who opposed him or the Kaiser was characterized as a traitor ... in 1879 proved to be another point where Bismarck used foreign policy to his benefit. To start his defense strategy, Germany called upon Austria-Hungary to come to each other s defense in case of war and attack from another power. As a result of this strategy, it led to the renewal of the three emperors league in 1881. Again, Bismarck continued in his treaties, and signed in 1887 the Reinsurance ...
- 8243: Julius Caesar-mark Antony
- ... crowd, Look you here, here is himself/Marred as you see with traitors (III ii 197-198). The people in the crowd were so moved by his speech that they were willing to go to war against the conspirators. By starting this civil war, Antony again risks his own life to get revenge on the assassins of Caesar. Antony realizes that loyalty is an advantageous quality for a person to possess. He emphasizes this speculation when he does not ... sarcastically calling them honorable men. He enrages the people of the crowd by convincing them that Caesar s assassination was morally wrong and the conspirators are traitors. By his powerful speech, Antony has created civil war in Rome and he has no concern for the welfare of the citizens who will suffer in the strife. Antony again shows his ruthlessness when he condemns his own nephew to death by saying, ...
- 8244: Overpopulation 2
- ... the control of the rapid population growth is necessary globally; otherwise, earth s environment will be put into greater danger, the overexploitation of natural resources will continue and poverty will rise in most of the world s countries. Rapid population growth is a huge threat to the environment. We consume materials and energy from earth and then return heat and wastes to earth, but the environment can only handle so much ... 500 years, as larger numbers of people needed more food supplies and commodities from natural resources and agricultural activities, more and more people occupied bigger land spaces in urban areas. Population growth in today s world, therefore, plays a vital role to changes in the land. Growing need for food supplies and commodities contributed to the growth of croplands all over the world and to the consumption of natural resources. Globally, population growth is mainly responsible for land pressures. Forests--one of the greatest natural resources--have also experienced major damage due to immense population growth. As ...
- 8245: Lord Bryon Research Paper 10 P
- ... in his time and often deemed “perve ed” or satanic,” among other things. The fact that he was often discontent and unhappy, combined with a constant desire for change meant that he created an unstable world for himself, though he never gave up his individual freedom to choose his own pat and his own destiny. In 1811 Byron embarked on a Grand Tour through the Mediterranean, and the experience was to ... heart.” (Neurotic Poets P. 1-2 http:/ sers.ids.net~bdragon/poets/byron.html) Brilliant, reckless, debauched, extravagant, handsome, Lord Byron was in the words of Matthew Arnold the “romantic hero at odds with the world and calling on all sympathetic readers to view the pageant of his bleeding heart. “Famous/infamous in his own time, he left England after divorcing his completely respectable and entirely incompatible wife never to return ... in his youth. I feel there is a good possibility he would have never written a single poem He would have had a different profession altogether along w h an entirely different life style. The world was blessed with the many poems of Lord Bryon but only through the suffering of another human being.
- 8246: Abstinence And STD Prevention
- Abstinence And STD Prevention Today’s world is full of worries and problems which did not affect teens a generation ago. New problems keep appearing in today’s world, such as STDs, increased pregnancy rates, and other factors facing teens who choose to have sex. Emotionally and physically teens and getting less developed before having sex and are not prepared for the serious problems ... just go away if we ignore it, but teen health and the health of our society depend on choices which today’s teens make regarding sex. With so many diseases and problems facing today’s world, abstinence is the only way to protect ourselves. Abstinence is a safe choice in preventing the possibility of pregnancy. One-tenth of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 get pregnant every ...
- 8247: John Keats, La Belle Dame Sans
- ... Brutus acts with the conspirators only for what he considers the best interests of Rome. Brutus weighs every decision he makes according to his morals and standards. He believes that reason and logic rule the world in which people can be affected by sound reasoning. He is very honorable but he still is not prepared for the corruption in the world. He can t believe that anyone would take action without reasoning the effects that could take place. Brutus can t see motives that are less noble then is own, Well, Brutus, though art noble; yet ... in a general honest thought, and common good to all made one of them. His life was gentle and the elements, so mixed in him that nature might stand up, and say to all the world This was a man
- 8248: Two Sides of The Brain
- Two Sides of The Brain Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way of looking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the two sides of your brain must do completely different things? The more we integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become ... thin" into the future. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we have become a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from each other as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controls the right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 ... relationships. "The left brain is too slow, but the right can see around corners." Dr. Eisenberg thinks that the preoccupation with the plodding left brain is one reason for the analysis paralysis he sees affecting world leaders. "Good leaders don't lead by reading polls," he says. "They have vision and operate to a certain extent by feel." There are ways of correcting out cultural overbalance. Playing video games, for ...
- 8249: Internet Security 2
- ... the criminals, but just imagine how many of these crimes go unnoticed. Another case is when the corporation Citibank had an incident in 1995 in which Russian hackers (a term on the Internet and computer world meaning breaking into another person s computer) stole over 10,000,000 dollars in fraudulent wire transfers by exploiting a hole in its systems provision for money transfers (Intranet Security XVII). This problem is what ... remedied. People hack for various reasons on the Internet. A majority of hackers break into secure places just to be able to say, "I broke in there." This is a bragging right among the hackers world. The tighter the security on the site, the more they are able to brag about being able to break into it. The Pentagon is a favorite place of hackers. Hackers figured that this would be ... try to break in, accomplishes the small feat; although, they never get to any of the important information. The computers at the Pentagon that hold secure, important data are not even connected to the outside world in any way. This includes modems, which run over phone lines, and any network such as the Internet. The only way for a hacker to break into the Pentagon s top secret files would ...
- 8250: Asbestos: Helpful Aspects vs. Harmful Effects
- Asbestos: Helpful Aspects vs. Harmful Effects The earth has over two thousand different types of minerals as stated in the World Book of Instant Facts, and one of them is Asbestos. Asbestos is a long time resourceful mineral that is commonly used for construction work. Currently, it is being challenged for the harmful effects it has ... rate of some fatal diseases. Asbestos is a widely known building material but, it has harmful effects. Since asbestos is a soft, threadlike mineral fiber that forms in certain types of rocks found throughout the world., it has many properties that make it commercially valuable (“Asbestos” 1, 2). Asbestos is used to make corrosive and flame resistant fabrics such as the production of brake linings and fire proof clothes (“Asbestos” 3 ... OSHA. This has resulted in an order from the United States Government to end the production of nearly all asbestos in the country by the year 2ooo. Works Cited “Asbestos.” Britannica Encyclopedia. 1993 Ed. “Asbestos.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1998 Ed. “Asbestos.” Encarta Encyclopedia. 1998 Ed. Jackson, Nancy. Personal Interview. 23 March 1999. Loomis, Frederick. Book of Common Rocks and Minerals. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1948. “Occupational and ...
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