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...THE REAL ESSENCE OF LIFE Many of the people often times failed to discover the beauty of having differences in a community. The mind setting of the many is to conquer differences and consider one thing in common. What could be the possible effect of this mentality to the society? Whatever religion we fight for is not a hindrance upon achieving a peaceful society. We all have the right to choose what we knew our heart is shouting for. It is still believed that we have a life to live and a spirit to lift. For whatever reason it might be for all of us, we are all gifted with the same being. We only differ on what we profess and what we worship. Yet it is not necessary that we should force other people to believe on what we know is right to believe. The only thing that is left in us is to stay to what we believe, not to destroy what other people has built in them. We are one people though we belong to different religions, countries, etc. It should tell us now that the difference in us does not suggest that we are to treat our neighbors with different levels depending on their position in the society they belong. We are all one if we believe that we can be together though we are coming from different origins. We ought to respect our own brothers and sisters since we are responsible for each other. If we proclaim in our selves the beauty of diversity, we will have altogether a united community. The thing is we have a mentality that only us understands. ...
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...Before all of life and creation, there was nothing. The universe wasn’t expanding because there was nothing there. The whole plane of our existence was not there. The universe itself was only but a few miles by a few miles of nothing. There was no dust; there was no organic tissue, there was nothing. A cataclysmic event happened, the universe and all universes shifted. There was a mighty crack in which particles from all universes came together. Our miniscule universe had its first substance. This was life inherently starting. Through chaos life would form in so many years no one could count them. It would take a billion men a trillion years to hope to know when the first particles came over. This occurrence brought the pure substance, the first substance, the Great Carbon Essence. The Pure Carbon Essence seeped into our universe and soon there was no more space, so the universe moved. Expansion started as with any known civilization. Soon the Great Carbon Essence had moved trillions of miles and were content, but it was not so forever. For nothing good can stay. Particles were getting bunched, many wanted more space to move free. The universe was to slow. Some Essence took initiative and brought about a change. This was the beginning of change. Some of the Pure Essence exchanged with each other their innards and changed. They slowly began becoming tainted. Soon elements off all kinds formed and the Great Carbon Essence did away with them. There was an attempt to banish...
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...include the topics of “existence precedes essence”, and absurdity. The paper will also discuss the existential relationship with others mostly described by Sartre’s literary work No Exit and analysis from Being and Nothingness. Components of Existential Philosophy This paper will firstly discuss the major existential principle of existence preceding essence. This notion is discussed by Sartre’s (1946) lecture “Existentialism is Humanism”. This central theme existence preceding essence is the backbone for most existential thought and that is why it is discussed and understood thoroughly from the beginning of this paper. This leads to the existential thought, absurdity of life. Life being absurd is a component of the existential human condition and this is discussed using The Myth of Sisyphus as a beacon of how absurdity applies to life and happiness. This was written and discussed by Camus in his work The Myth of Sisyphus. Lastly this paper will discuss how others impact the individual or human relationships, discussed by Sartre. His thesis regarding others interactions are that it is Hell. This is the central theme in his play No Exit, and unpacking this existential thought this paper will use his work Being and Nothingness. Human Condition Existence comes before essence; this is a main theme found in existential philosophy. Sartre (1946) states in his lecture “Existentialism is Humanism”, the theme existence precedes essence, is an ideal that all existential philosophers...
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...senses. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain. In essence: "If it feels good, do it, life is short, get all the gusto you can" Secularism: Pertaining to this present world, or to things not spiritual or holy; relating to things not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldliness. The secular concerns of life respect making provision for the support of life, the preservation of health, the temporal prosperity of men and of states. Secular power is that which superintends and governs the temporal affairs of men, the civil or political power; and is different from spiritual or ecclesiastical power. In essence: "Be all you can be." Marism: The political and economic ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Encarta Dictionary has as a member of Roman Catholic Order) A system based on the atheistic assumption that all human experience, behavior, and history are the product of purely material forces acting upon the individual and should be planned and controlled by the state to achieve eventually a classless society with total equal goods. In essence: "A chicken in every pot, guaranteed" Materialism: The doctrine of materialists; who maintain that the soul of man is not a spiritual substance distinct from matter, but that it is the result or effect or the organization...
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...Marketing Assignment In Asia, I believe that when one thinks of Essence of Chicken, the first name that came to most people’s mind is BRAND’S. BRAND’S Essence of Chicken is a brand trusted for generations and has certainly become an integrated part of our life. Many people drink Essence of Chicken as a mean for restoring or enhancing their mental state. It has also been a well-known “Examination Drink”. Most students believe that drinking Essence of Chicken can boost memory and improve concentration, which is extremely useful during the examination period when students are usually feeling lethargic due to lack of sleep. It’s packaging has also made it a presentable gift to friends and families in all occasions. BRAND’S has been retaining its market leadership position in the Essence of Chicken market. The reasons behind its successes include its persistent effort on brand management and continuous innovation. Over the years, BRAND’S has developed many new products such as BRAND’S® Bird’s Nest, BRAND’S® Innershine etc. to meet the health needs of consumers in different life stages. The use of brand extension has allowed BRAND’S to leverage on its customer base and brand loyalty. The trust that people placed on BRAND’S has certainly gives its new Like many large firms, BRAND’S has been constantly spending huge amount of money on advertisement to increase awareness and to build brand loyalty. In the recent months, BRAND’S has launched marketing campaign and commercial advertisement...
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...The Vajra Guru Mantra is the mantra associated with Guru Rinpoche also known as Padmasambhava. This is a draft translation of a treasure text which explains the Vajra Guru Mantra. It was originally concealed during the time of Padmasambhava in Tibet and later rediscovered by Karma Lingpa (14th century) who brought it forth from its place of concealment and copied it down on reams of gold. It is simply known as "The Syllable by Syllable Commentary Explaining the Benefits and Advantages of the Vajra Guru Mantra." It begins with an invocation and then goes into a dialog between Yeshe Tsogyal, the spiritual consort of Padmasambhava. and Padmasambhava himself. And so, Yeshe Tsogyal begins: I the woman Yeshe Tsogyal, having offered to you the inner and outer mandala on a vast scale, have the following request. O great teacher, Pema Jungne, you have been extremely kind to us, the Tibetan people, leaving for us a legacy that will benefit us now and in future lives. Your kindness is so great that we have never experienced anything like this before, nor will we ever experience the like in the future. In particular, you have given me the quintessential teachings for my practice, so that now, even though I am a humble person, I have no doubt that I will attain enlightenment. In the future, sentient beings will have very short attention spans and a great many things will clutter and occupy their minds. Their characters will be rough and difficult to tame. They will develop many...
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...in different ways. Our mind can lead us to reach our goals, in other words, we are motivated by reason and intelligence. But desires and passions can also motivated us powerfully, yet in a different way that reason and intelligence do. The Australian Aboriginals have always used flowers to heal the emotions and minds, as did the Ancient Egyptians. There has also been a very long tradition of use of Flower Essences in India, Asia and South America and they were also very popular in Europe in the Middle Ages. A popular, holistic healing alternative, flower essences are sun-infused solutions that possess flowers’ subtle vibrational energy imprint. Unlike herbal remedies or aromatherapy’s essential oils, flower essences mediate their healing without pharmacologically active molecules. Representing a higher vibrational octave of the plant’s herbal or molecular properties, flower essences energetically restore balance on physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. There is no biologically active molecules essentially exist in a flower-essence solution. Flower essences’ mind-body-and-spirit healing is difficult to explain with traditional biomedical precepts. Mind-body-and-spirit perspectives have, in fact, been integral to most healing traditions throughout history. In Western medicine, however, a philosophical schism grew between spirituality and healing as church authorities deemed spirituality off limits to scientists. As a result, a medical system evolved in which...
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...the abyss of an essence-less self”. This quote really caught my attention as I sat there in the lecture. I immediately thought of the many discussions that this course had about the essence of ones-self and the essence of God. The first thing that came to mind was Sarte’s explanation of existentialism. The idea that “existence comes before essence, man first of all exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world and defines himself afterwards”. Another topic throughout that class that this quote touches base with is from the discussions of Fuererbach. Fuererbach stated that the essence of religion into the essence of man is a result of “human nature”. Fuererbach believed that you are abstract if you speak of people as individuals. Therefore, essence can be comprehended as a generality which naturally unites many individuals. The “religious sentiment” is itself not a social product and the abstract individual whom he analyses belongs to a particular form of society. I also thought of Nietzsche when this quote was brought up during the lecture. In using the term “roller coaster ride”, the speaker is depicting the wild journey that trying to comprehend and find essence in something is. That is extremely similar to Nietzsche’s metaphor of the “open sea”. This reflects that idea that humans are on their own and can go in any direction when trying to find their own essence. There are no harbor lights in an open sea just as there are no directional points in life telling mankind which...
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...FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OYE-EKITI, EKITI STATE, NIGERIA. A TERM PAPER TITLE:- “THE ESSENCE/SUBSTANCE OF MAN” BY FACULTY: SCIENCE DEPARTMENT: MICROBIOLOGY COURSE TITLE: PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC COURSE CODE: GST 205 CONTENT * Introduction * What is man * Philosophically * Scientifically * The essence and substance of man * What constitute man * Man as a dualist * Man as a monad * Man as a socialist * Man as a spiritual entity * Man as a physical entity * Intrinsic characteristics that man have in common * Illustration of the mental essence(when man is abnormal is he still half or full) INTRODUCTION The essence of man is the constituent of man which goes beyond his body alone but extends to his mind, soul, spirit and other attributes of man. But we cannot talk about the essence of man without the existence of man because without an existence of man, man’s essence is of no use and nothing to talk about. This brings about the proposition ‘existence precedes essence’. The proposition that existence precedes essence is a central claim of existentialism, which reverses the traditional philosophical view that the essence (the nature) of a thing is more fundamental and immutable than its existence (the mere fact of its being). To existentialists, human beings—through their consciousness—create their own values and determine a meaning for their life because the human being does not possess any inherent identity or value. By posing the acts that constitute...
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...into animals when there is a way to survive, or get the advantage for their own sake. There was a line in the movie that had the idea of “to pay a small amount of money to cheat death”, which meant the rich people have the upper hand at living because money is needed for health care and in the movie, the “insurance policies” which cost millions of dollars. A character that I find very interesting is Dr. Merrick because he was the starter of the insurance group. To Jean Paul Sartre, “Existence precedes essence”, and to me, that is the whole objective of Dr. Merrick and that is to try to give essence to the life of each “product”, but in the wrong way. He plays God in the movie and gives life, gives death and prolongs lives of other people who have the money to pay, of course. Clones are started off as full grown adults who have an actual mental age of a baby, like in real life if we apply Sartre’s ethics, the clone or “adult baby” would not have any essence in his life until his client needs something from them, but instead of telling them that their purpose is to become an extra pair of kidneys, each product has another clone, which they put into some sort of machine that gives them all dreams. Dreams that make them think that they have...
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...Keating vs. Mersault Rousseau’s quotation, “Man is born free yet, everywhere he is in chains” implies that a person is gifted with great possibilities and potential. Unfortunately, the society surrounding that person is responsible for crushing that individual’s essence. Those who refuse to conform to such a society are judged negatively and consequently, feel alienated. Both Keating and Meursault are strangers in a society that wants to dictate their expected behaviour and actions. Society seeks to imprison their individual freedom. Meursault is indifferent and passive to this conventional life that is not worth living. He refuses to be anything but himself, regardless of the price he must pay. In contrast, Keating responds to such a society by actively and passionately trying to make a difference by nurturing each person to be free to reach his or her potential and essence. Society seeks to chain these two free individuals into conforming to ways that stifle their individuality and freedom, but the key lies in their choice of response in dealing with such a society, regardless of its negative judgement. Both Keating and Meursault distinguish themselves from the masses that seek to chain their spirit. Meursault is an outsider who feels very removed from his surroundings. His reactions are very different from the conventional norms and society judges him negatively. The prosecutor describes him as a man “whose heart is so empty that it forms a chasm which...
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...motivating the earth and livings. Moreover, TMC suggests that qi also works as the life energy in human body. Unlike circulatory system of western medicine, the movement made by qi energy is not visible. The “circulatory system” in TMC is meridian system, which is as essential as circulatory system that people may be familiar with to human life. According to an article by The Academy of Classical Oriental Sciences (2010), meridian is like the energy highway in human body, and qi is as the energy flows through this energy high way all over the body. Meridian system is like the overall energy distribution network transporting qi, blood and body fluids to all the body parts. Related to this, qi’s transformation and function are actually interrelated with two other important invisible life components --- essence and spirit. Narrowly speaking, essence includes blood and body fluid. It is the fundamental thing for human to grow and reproduce. And spirit is a broad concept, is like the performance of human’s mind, metal situation and brightness. This three vital component linked together tightly to operate while the formation of essence can be contributed to qi, and the spirit of a person is performed by qi. In terms of it, qi will get impaired if essence exhausted, and bring down the formation of essence. And while spirit can be formed by essence and qi, if spirit get impaired, qi and essence will be affected adversely. Therefore, person’s spirit is a significant symbol reflecting...
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...Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844, Karl Marx makes a strong argument for communism as a means for human kind to realize its true nature and essence. In short: communism is what is “right” for mankind, through the annulment of private property, as the genuine resolution of conflict between man and nature, and between man and man. Under the existing socioeconomic structure, our natural urges and desires are despised as we are forced to conform to a set means of living in order to financially be sustainable. Through this capitalist process, we are forced to reject our own bodies as the frailties of flesh. According to Marx, this...
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...Trevor Thompson The meaning of life has been a topic of discussion throughout history that has sparked interest within the philosophical world. People wonder whether every person has a certain role that they are destined to play or whether they instead have the free will to choose for themselves. The discussion about life’s meaning prompted the philosophy of existentialism. Existentialists believe that life is inherently without meaning until an individual creates the meaning of his or her own existence. Many pieces of literature have been examined and declared as existential pieces, with a lot of them falling into the realm of The Theater of the Absurd and therefore absurdism itself. These texts contain illogical reasoning, nonsensical dialogue, cyclical plots, and no horizon of significance. In this paper, I will argue that if one looks at Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead through an existential lens, they will see that it embodies the existential ideals of instability and that "existence precedes essence”. Instability is a key factor in an existential world. The stability that exists within most pieces of literature, namely created from the horizon of significance and the fulfillment of certain goals, does not appear. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead embodies the theme of instability because nothing that Rosencrantz, henceforth Ros, or Guildenstern, henceforth Guil, do actually allows them both advancement within the story. After flipping coins and landing on...
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