The Nature of Transcendental Meditation A surface definition of Transcendental Meditation pictures it as a natural practice of relaxation for two 20-minute periods each day. During the process one repeats a word, known as a *mantra*, in such a way that its rhythmic repetition aids the relaxation effort. The promoters of TM present it as a "scientific" practice based on biological and psychological laws. They repeatedly declare that it is a nonreligious activity in which men of all faiths may...

Hammond would have succeeded in the planning of his park if he and his team hadn’t tried to make the dinosaurs real. Since he would be the first to open a park of this type, he would be able to charge what ever he wanted. One of the errors that caused the park to fail was the fact that Hammond and the other designers of the park wanted the dinosaurs to be real. Jurassic Park was to be like some sort of resort or theme park the difference was that, Hammond wanted the park to be natural....

Author: Grace Hui Chin Lin, Texas A&M University, Dept. of Teaching, Learning, and Culture Catholic Schooling is a significant issue in the early American history. After Christopher Columbus landed in 1492, the English people, French, and Spaniard extended their territories and assimilated Indian by assigning missionaries and governors to develop Catholic schools in the New World. The Catholic schools in European colonies were established not only for educating European¡¦s own Catholic...

The Power of Fate and Predestination in our Lives In our lives, certain things may lead us to believe that our lives are mapped out, are predetermined by some higher authority. Other things may make us think that our lives are decided solely by our own actions, by our own free will. In my opinion, I believe that our lives are a concoction of both. There are times in our lives when we think that the decisions we make our purely our own, but are they really? Are we ALWAYS the ones who...

The term race is very hard and almost imposible to define, eventhough many people think they have a clear understanding of its meaning. Many people confuse human races to the different cultures that exist within races and it is not a true basis for racial distinction. There are four different races consisting of Caucacians, which refer to white Americans with light color skin, and it is also called the white race. We also have Mongoloids, which refer to an Asian race consisting of the...

The dialogue Crito recounts the last days of Socrates of Socrates before his execution was to take place in Athens. In the dialogue Socrates’ friend, Crito, proposes a plan for Socrates to escape from prison. Through the dialogue, Socrates considers the proposal, trying to decide is escaping would be just and morally justified. Both Socrates and Crito present arguments as to whether or not he should escape and the reasons behind each respective decision. After the examination Socrates...

Innocence of Socrates “Virtue and justice are man’s most precious possessions,” Socrates once stated (Plato 55). I was present when Socrates gave his compelling argument as to why he could not possibly be guilty of the crimes of corrupting the youth of Athens, and creating his own gods in lieu of the gods already recognized by the city. It is unfortunate, however, that even with his prolific dialogue, he was not able to save himself from his own death. Out of the five...

Descartes' Skeptical Method of Doubt Descartes’ main task in the Meditations was to devise a system that would bring him to the truth. He wanted to build a foundational philosophy; a basic structure from which all further intellectual inquiry could be built. It was essential that his foundational beliefs were sound. If any one of them were at all in doubt, then it put the credibility of the whole structure of knowledge in jeopardy. Thus, Descartes utilised a method of systematic...

Throughout Athanasius’s account of St. Anthony’s life, Anthony is besieged by demons sent by the Devil to destroy him. His religious devotion is unwavering and he remains in perfect shape even though he seems to be starved and prays all day. Anyone reading that today would immediately say it’s a romanticized account of someone’s life with some obviously fictional accounts. One of the main reasons ancient peoples would be more likely to regard the story as truth was a...

The Virtue of Silence Of all the virtues that most men and women disregard, it is silence. People go about in their everyday lives not even noticing the beauty of one's "inner silence." Try an experiment: Close your eyes. Tune out the sounds from everything that's surrounding you, and focus on what is going on inside you. Take a deep breath and just listen. How many inner voices did you hear? Most people do not even realize the amount of noise that is carried around in the human body. ...