Essays on Self-Realization

Introduction

This generation, unlike the previous ones is experiencing a lot of sudden encounters that have been contributed to by various factors, including industrialization and globalization, which are associated with numerous problems including economic catastrophes among others. This means that they have to find out ways of coping with these new happenings so as to survive and fulfill their desires. It is in this case that the necessity for guidance and assistance arises. In the old generation, people lived in a closed society where few individuals were entitled with the responsibility of ensuring order and set morals were followed. The ...

The human comprehension of reality and the world in general is truly complicated topic which is extremely individual and objective. Apart from the wholesome systems of different philosophical streams and religions, every person constructs one's own apprehension of reality and the purpose of one's lives, which are based on the whole complex of different aspects and issues, such as the human's background, one's ethnicity and culture, social status, personal traits and features of character, one's inner capacities and talents, personal life experience, etc. Apart from that, every person tends to think and rethink, makes great plans for the future, ...

Entrepreneurial Intentions and Moral Disengagement among Business Students

This study evaluates the relationship between entrepreneurial decision making and moral disengagement among business students with the objective of assessing how far students are willing to compromise on ethical values to achieve financial gains and self fulfillment. This study is expected to contribute substantially to the existing literature on entrepreneurial intentions and ethical decision making by getting an insight into the organizational behavior of would be entrepreneurs. Instances of ethical aberrations by high ranking officials from companies like Enron and Goldman Sach, who were business graduates from reputed institutes prompted Cory, S.N. (2015, 2) to undertake a research to ...

Essay

Immanuel Kant: Reason and Freedom Immanuel Kant argues that being purely objective or purely rational and being independently free are two peas in a pod. As Kant argued in his widely known book Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, all human beings possess what he refers to as 'the idea of freedom' (Pasternack, 2002, 12). He builds his concept of categorical imperatives-- in the absence of which responsibility and morality would cease to exist-- upon the speculated idea that freedom is an omnipresent concept. Kant claims that it is clearly not possible for people to envision themselves as 'un-free' ( ...

Liberty or freedom as a primary social, political and economic ideal which should be strived for is a relatively recent development in world history. The idea that the individual should be the primary subject and that individual freedom is a universal good and something which determines the quality of life and the quality or lack thereof of a government.  Freedom is conceived in two different and opposite ways. Positive freedom and negative freedom. The concept of positive freedom is encapsulated by the idea of agency. The idea which a person or subject has agency which means that they have ...

Every person has particular characteristics and qualities. An educated person obtains particular knowledge and knows how to use it effectively. The core quality of an educated person is the “sense that that person has learned how to engage in the dynamic between established knowledge and critical inquiry” (Bereiter & Scaamalia, 2012). An educated person is able to find an intrinsic value of the things and has wide interests. Intellectual growth is an integral part of the educational process. Besides, an educated person has intellectual creativity, and can play with the ideas by offering different possibilities. Education impacts future job, well-being ...

Introduction

The Bhagavad Gita is a set of sermons given by Lord Krishna to his nephew Arjuna who was caught in a mental dilemma where he was unable to decide between lifting arms and annihilating his own relatives who were against him and his brothers (Pavulraj, 2014). The sole purpose of the entire scripture was to demystify the connection between the humans and the God. Lord Krishna holds the religious value of being an incarnation of lord Vishnu who is among the three main deities in the Hinduism. Thus, although literally, the message of Bhagavad Gita was to inculcate the ...

Introduction

Proper implementation of policies is essential in the development of any nation, group or organization. In fact, lack thereof compromises the possibility of a unit succeeding in its endeavors. As such, it is imperative to establish proper methodologies in dealing with the enactment of policies to foster development (Peterson and Manuel 193). With this in mind, it is worth mentioning the role of the liberalists in the elaboration of the Latin Americas. Precisely, the Christian Democrats have undergone multiple challenges over the years to secure the welfare of their policies in the political system. The ideologies upheld by this ...

Unlike others institutions in the society, there exist no code of conduct which regulates the freedom of speech among university students. Freedom of speech has become a major issue in recent days. Freedom of expression gives each individual the right to express themselves and the question as to where to draw the boundary on the freedom of speech has become major issue. The intention of the speaker also becomes another issue when considering the issue of freedom of speech. Freedom of speech has been used by people in the society to enhance themes such as discrimination, racism and social ...

The Vimalakirti is essential in understanding vague passages of the Koan for it details the concept of enlightenment through Buddha’s words through the use of narratives derived from Buddha’s conversation with the Bodhisattvas. The purpose of this paper is to explain how the Vimalakirti can be a useful reference in reading the Koan. In this respect, two texts dealing with the argument have been tackling the issue of attaining enlightenment. According to the Vimalakirti sutra, when the Buddha was asked by his fellow men in order to attain enlightenment, they gave him gifts to become an enlightened ...

Personal Philosophy of NursingStudent Name

Personal philosophy of Nursing I strongly believe that my personal nursing philosophy is one for building relationships, being compassionate and caring. Most people at health care or health centers usually nurses that can take good care of them. When I help people, I feel extremely proud of myself, because I know that I am making a lasting impact in someone's life, either mentally or physically. In many cases, patients often show quick recovery when they feel that they are being cared for in a good way. It actually motivates them. "Philosophy involves the study of a general and fundamental ...

The title of this book is “The Goal” written by Eliyah M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox, written in the year 1984 it is ranked among the America’s Business Best seller novel. It also has included an interview with David Whitford; this book is a Narrative non-fiction or a personal narrative. The genre of this book is based on the tense with which this book is written and employment of first person narrative. The writer is also feted for other works such as, It’s not luck, Critical Chain and Necessary but not sufficient. The writer sales standing in ...

Basic communication literatures would differentiate various methodologies that highlight how significant encoding and decoding are in the process of communication in general. By the literal translation, the process of encoding signifies the conversion of various pieces of information from system into another with the use codes. These codes can fall different categories such as sign, letters or symbols that be generated to form secret meaning. The process of coding constitutes to both rules and signs that decipher how the signs are used and what complex messages are formed. Both culture and sub culture are formed due to the full-pledged ...

Section I – Theory Information

Chosen theory (Person-Centered Therapy) Person-Centered Therapy aims at offering an individual a chance to create a sense of self, whereby one can realize how his/her emotion, perspective and conduct are negatively impacted (Cepeda & Davenport, 2006). Cooper, Watson, & Hölldampf (2010) insist that despite criticism from various behaviorists, this technique is widely used, and it's an efficient personal therapy. Evidently, most people still rely on this theory for mental and emotional healing. A key idea of this therapy is that in a certain psychological setting, the attainment of individual potential entails being sociable, the desire to be close to people ...

Introduction

Proper implementation of policies is essential in the development of any nation, group or organization. In fact, lack thereof compromises the possibility of a unit succeeding in its endeavors. As such, it is imperative to establish proper methodologies in dealing with the enactment of policies to foster development (Peterson and Manuel 193). With this in mind, it is worth mentioning the role of the liberalists in the elaboration of the Latin Americas. Precisely, the Christian Democrats have undergone multiple challenges over the years to secure the welfare of their policies in the political system. The ideologies upheld by this ...

Research on psychotherapy denotes that there is a great degree of influence that therapeutic relationship has upon the outcome of counselling, although the mechanism that is used in the relationship that eventually brings in the change is unidentified. The desire to comprehend the way in which psychotherapy could help people change has been an inspiring aspect for researches and practitioners in the field of counselling psychology for several decades now. This inspiration has resulted in the accumulation of vast amount of literature, both theoretical as well as empirical, with respect to the various mechanisms that facilitate change in the ...

(1) When the sages of questioned Self, they eventually came to the realization that the Atman (Self) and Brahman, the source of all existence is one and the same, it was a pivotal moment in East Asian philosophy. Recognizing that each person is made up of the very fabric of the universe is the ultimate truth, and through self-awareness one can come to unification with Brahman. There is no beginning or end to the Atman, which is Brahman. When all existence is Brahman, then the Atman is naturally a product of this very omnipresent existence. “The Atman is the ...

Spiritual awareness has extended a means through which mysticism thrives in one’s inner being as a divine self is manifested in an individual’s spirit. Intimacy is revealed in the world elements as nature provides us with mysticism through elements. Intuition, individual relations with the soul and divinity are the pillars of mysticism as a divineness is created between one and the creator. Mysticism, as existed in word religions since time memorial with most religions having their form of mysticism as spiritual individuals, created divinity with the Creator in their respective beliefs and religions. The aim of this ...

Recently, I had a marvellous opportunity to take part in a dance class at Westlake Dance Center and this experience has left me with the overwhelmingly positive impression. I was truly fascinated that hip-hop nicely embraces the preservation of cultural values and offers the room for artistic development. After participating in this hip-hop dance class, I have become familiar with unique ethno-cultural layer of this dance that is reflected in a range of dynamic movements. Traditional hip-hop culture has a tendency to be rapidly developing. When it comes to its uniqueness, it is worth emphasizing the language of the ...

Introduction

People's belief in God is a very personal experience and they are free to join whatever church that most closely aligns with the individual's choice to practice their religion. Catholics believe that they are the only true church; the Jews believe that the messiah is still coming. And so the list of the nuances of the religions goes on and on. In this paper an attempt will be made to examine the Scientology, Heaven's Gate, and Transcendental Meditation as a method of serving God. The end result is the same in that all hope for eternal salvation. But the ...

“Two kinds” is a short story authored by Amy Tan. Tan creates the romantic concept of cultural origins and touches on lost ethnic essence to reconfigure and radically undercut notion of ethnic essence. The story is about a mother and daughter who abandon their culture to embrace the American Dream in the hope that anyone in America can succeed. At the root of the story is protagonist’s interpersonal dissonance brought about by the phenomenon of mass immigration. Tan manages to bring out clearly deception of complexities in mother-daughter relationships but focusing on disruptive distance between mothers originating from ...

Abstract

This paper focuses on a potential client for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The client to be discussed is Brett Mitchell, a twenty-five-year-old African American male who is unemployed, and the child of recovering drug-dependent parents. Studies show that Adult Children of Addicts (ACoAs) present with a range of symptoms that run the gamut of psychiatric and stress-related disorders, from substance-abuse disorders and other addictions to depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and maladaptive coping mechanisms. In the case of the client to be discussed in this paper, he is seeking counseling for identity confusion, depression and arrested psychosocial development. ...

Fashion has raised a great deal of contention, resistance and criticism over the years. The media provides the society with a display of images that range from the real to the perceived. Large mass marketing clothing companies and influential fashion houses determine the direction of fashion, influence the opinion of the public and put up production and distribution structures worldwide. Fashion continues to exist in the public domain amid feelings of strong links with pride, misuse and craziness. This situation can be conveniently attributed to a myriad of factors ranging from psychological problems to feeling of spite on reality television. However, it can ...

1. The main theme of the book is the focus on the central idea that the personal character of a leader is above all positions or power. The book emphasizes that a leader must win its followers by its own virtue. He should be a role model, rather than a forceful person to lead his followers. The personal attributes may vary, but the leader must utilize these to make others obey his command. “Authentic Leader” is a term coined by David Irvine and Jim Reger to define the leader who leads by the strength of his characters.” Is he for real?” is the question ...

Willy Loman and Amanda Wingfield are the main characters in to great American tragedies that both suffer from a tragic flaw. A tragic flaw is a misperception or a lack of insight due to one’s strengths. Both Willy and Amanda cannot see their worlds fully and understand those around them because of their own pride which blinds them. Amanda’s pride keeps her rooted in a past that she can never recreate for her daughter and results in her inability to see her children for who they really are. Willy’s pride in his work prevents him from truly seeing his sons ...

Summary and Annotation of Literature: Thoreau’s Synthesizing Metaphor

“Thoreau’s Synthesizing Metaphor,” the author James A. Hamby explains the interpretation of metaphor that used in Henry David Thoreau literatures. Through out his works, Thoreau never halted to emphasize on the importance and the essence of life in connecting human beings to our nature, which is referred as “man-and-the-land relationships”. In one of his literature Walden, he united two antithetic terms “natural” and “pertinent” in demonstrating that his life is logical, reasonable yet natural and free, which the author thinks the way of adopting these two words showed Thoreau’s sweeping scope of concerns. In the chapter “Economy”, ...

Settling a peaceful life in a tempestuous place is possible or not?

Settling a peaceful life in a tempestuous place is possible or not? Inner realization and solace is a component aspired by every individual of present times. The very search is the objective of my present state in life. I searched books and scholarly reading of poetry and religious scripts. The vision of realization was obvious but the essence of sensation in person was distant away. The very thought when searched in readings illusify verified opinions. However, the approach to attain the state of solace and self realization in my opinion can be consolidated in the theory illustrated below; Spiritual peace ...

Writing is a way young and talented people can express the capacity to convey their ideas. Written text expresses the identity of its author, his creativity and understandingof the world. The material of these two articles is all related to the topic of writing as on art of self-realization for adolescents. Children and teenagers perceive the process of academic writing and analyzing of information in their own way that significantly differs from their tutors’ ideas. So similarities and differences between these two articles fully represent and explain the process of writingconstruction for teenagers that aim to enter discourse community as ...

Video Analysis in the light of

Introduction The theme of the music video, Lilly Allen’s, ‘Hard out There’ is all about the typical behavior of women and thinking of men about the general womanhood features. When it comes to women, thinking of men is all about their sexual appeal. If a woman is very appealing in appearance, men get overwhelmed by her thoughts and take her on for a single time partner rather than being with them for a lifetime. Appealing women lose their attraction earlier than desired as they ought to interact with men more in order to create a demand for themselves. However, for becoming ...

Accounts of interactions between master Linji and his studentsare recorded in “Records of Linji”. Despite having a non-verbal nature, he is very active and spontaneous.The Records of Linji tell the story of Lin as told by his students where human interactions are used as a ways of self-awakening. Linji is depicted as a mas a good master who taught by example. He followed whatever teachings he taught. Linji is as well aware of each and every activity taking part in the school and therefore he is always in control. The book contains various themes as this essay explores. Despite being the master, ...

Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse was born in the city named Calw, Württemberg which is in Germany on July 2, 1877. He was brought up in the family of Pietist missionaries. He was expected to follow his Family’s Tradition. In 1891, at Maulbronn, he attended protestant seminary but expelled out from the school. He left his studies after some unhappy events at secular school. He worked as a book dealer, book shop clerk and mechanic in Tübingen. In 1904, he became a freelance writer and published his first novel “Peter Camenzind”. His novel gained much success and he got married ...

Charles Baxter’s What Happens in Hell essay is effectively a progression of sadness and occurrence of an existential crisis for the narrator after being driven from the airport to his hotel, the discussions about hell, and finally the near death experience in a car accident. Alice Munro’s Train short story revolves around the relationship between Jackson, a man who jumped out of a moving train on the Ontario countryside after serving in World War II, and Belle, a woman around 15 years his senior, whom he meets in a small farm just off the tracks. In Train, the personal family life of Belle ...

Abstract

The aim of Bodhisattva is to reach Awakening and self-realization. The state of self-realization means feeling pure compassion towards all beings. The purpose of the essay is to look at the different perspectives of Bodhisattva and the true meaning of Sanskrit word. The paper essentially demonstrates the dynamics of the bodhisattva's carrier and the wisdom for the practical life, and how its meaning has evolved over time.

Introduction

Bodhisattva is a Sanskrit word made of two words - “Bodhi” that means enlightenment and “sattva” which means being. Looking back in the early Buddhism, as well as some later traditions in India, ...

As stated by Simone De Beauvoir ‘One is not born woman, but becomes one’, (Beauvoir 295) gender is a socially constructed phenomenon rather than the biological phenomenon. Alice Baker, The true beauty lies in the self realization. It is not limited to the outer part or the bodily features of the woman, but beauty lies deep in the heart of the woman, in her self-realization. Outer beauty is temporary, whereas inner beauty is long lasting. Alice Walker in “Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self” conveys the real definition of beauty describes the gender issues through apparently look small ...

Deferment can be said to be the art of postponing something and not cancelling the same. The short story by Toni, The Lesson, generally revolves around several characters. However, the narration is the first person by Toni Cade Bambara. On the other hand, the poem, Harlem, by Langston Hughes depicts an African American who seems disillusioned by the state of national affairs and the waning of hope for a better life. In this critical analysis of the two literature works, I seek to assess the viability of how people respond when society tries bringing down people. This poses the ...

ABSTRACT

Abraham Maslow’s theory on holistic-dynamic theory was majorly meant to advance previous schools of thought that tried explaining behaviorism and psychoanalysis that he deemed as too constricted and subjective. His theory holds that people are continuously motivated by one need or another (Maslow, 1998). Maslow viewed man as both being and becoming, he saw that man had actual self and a potential self (Maslow, 1968). Maslow deduces that mans ultimate goal should be one with personal growth and of self actualization. Maslow organized mans’ 4 basic needs in a hierarchical order, which men need to satisfy in order to achieve ...

Self-realization

Introduction The idea of self-realization is highly controversial especially in an environment where external factors have a high potential of affecting one’s decision. Self-realization describes the aspect of accomplishment of the possibility of a person’s personality. This entails freeing self from social and institutional norms by assuming a liberal perspective that is informed by personal beliefs. Various scholars have critically evaluated the subject of self-realization by attempting to illustrate real life incidents that describe the practicability of this idea. However, these scholars have adopted diverse and contrasting perspectives while describing the concept. Some of the scholars who have raised strong ...

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Mohandas K. Gandhi was born in 1869 at the apex of British rule in India. A native of Gujarat state in western India, his life would follow the arc of British colonialism from its late-19th century Victorian golden age through its 20th century descent to the downfall of the Raj in 1947. Gandhi’s life spanned a century of remarkable socio-political change in India. Born just 12 years after the bloody 1857 revolt, which ended in a hardening of British rule, he witnessed a change in his country’s consciousness that mirrored a phenomenon that was unfolding throughout British Empire. “His life ...

My High School Group

Saudi Arabia has very rich culture and it owes so many cultural values from the history. Studying in a Saudi high school, the cultural richness of Saudi Arabia can be easily witnessed. Although study culture differs from one school to the other, but performance in academia is always held as a priority. In addition, studying is the main concern in most of the high schools. My high school is one of the prestigious high schools of Saudi Arabia. Consequently, it is a prevailing practice in my high school that students get popularity and respect if they are good in their academic performance ...

Should artists be given free reign in the producing and displaying works that are offensive, objectionable, or disparaging of certain people’s beliefs and values? What responsibilities do artists have to their society? What responsibilities does the society have to its artists? The topic of music and censorship is very broad and has long been discussed in different situations and times. Usually, the government, which should secure its citizens from the possible threats and harms, claims that offensive and objectionable creations in any sphere of art should be banned. Musicians and those who follow rather extreme forms of ...

Introduction

Ethics, is termed as moral philosophy, and is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, recommending and defending the concepts of the wrong and right behavior. The chief areas of the study in ethics incorporate; meta-ethics, which is the theoretical meaning and position of moral propositions and how their true values if any can be determined; normative-ethics, which concerns the realistic means of determining the moral line of action and applied ethics which considers how the moral results may be achieved in particular situations. Meta-ethics is the area, within which ethics seeks to comprehend the nature of normative ethics and ...

Sooner or later every person wonders what the meaning of life is. Often it happens when there are some troubles in life and when the person feels tired, but I prefer to think about it when everything suits me. I think that when you understand why you live, why your life was given to you, it becomes much easier to live with pleasure and to tale responsibility for your life. In this paper I want to describe my vision of the meaning of life and compare it to some other views on this problem. For me the meaning ...

Looking into Moloch’s article, it is clear that the two authors try to illuminate the differences that lie between place and other commodities used in transactions. The article also analyses the people reception of place as a commodity. This place as a commodity after passing through the hands of different entrepreneurs and government regulations become modernized. In short, the authors try to relate modernization and place business or how place business results in modernization.

Closely wound to the same idea is Jameson’s article on post modernism. The article appears to explain the aftermath of place business. The entrepreneurs invest ...