OUR world, our species, and all the species on the planet are in jeopardy. We are killing off the planet for our con-venience while adamantly denying it. The unsustainable lifestyle most of us lead is depleting natural resources and destroying living environments. Environmental crisis, wars, social injustice, and social dysfunction; these are inevitable as we become more and more disconnected from one another and the natural universe. We are mur-dering ourselves and all other life on this planet. All is One presents transpersonal and pantheistic nondual spirituality as a solution. By participating in a spirituality connected with the natural universe, we can begin to mend the dissatisfaction we suffer. Incorporating transpersonal practices …show more content…
There is the biological self, fabricated self, and the natural self. The biological self is the self which is ruled and influenced by instinct and biological drives. This is DNA coding and the Jungian Shadow (as-pects of our self we wish to hide from the world). The sur-vival functions; the social survival functions and the re-productive functions. These are the underlying features of our decision making. They lay silently in wait within the dark recesses of the mind; the part of the mind which does not communicate with an inner vocabulary. If they remain below the level of consciousness they are influ-encing us night and day in every situation. It is only through thorough scrutiny of our inner processes that this arbiter of motivation (the biological, instinctual self) is subdued by the will of …show more content…
It is our persona. It is the Ego. This is where our conditioned responses (either through temperament or by cultural influence, or both) to the world, and our dis-play of how we want to be identified are collected and ac-tivated. We generally identify with this collection of traits as “I”. This is a mistake which causes much trouble. By identifying with this aspect of our mind we are under the impression that it is who we are. By identifying with the fabricated self we are really identifying with our habits. These habits become our go-to responses. Once we have a go-to response, our mind is resistant to come up with an alternate solution. This conditioning becomes how we relate to the world; driven to and fro by likes and dislikes developed unconsciously throughout our life. If our per-sona is too different then who we truly are, we suffer dis-comfort. This disconnection is disruptive, frustrating, and confusing. We wind up in a state of conflicted
There are a lot of innate patterns of thinking and feeling that we hold true, yet we are all still human beings, unique in our own
Are you who you are because of individuality, or because of someone else? Truth is, the answer can be either one. The Marrian Webster Dictionary goes on to define identity as “who someone is”, but there is much more to it. Identity works in many ways. For my definition of identity, I believe that identity is how you present yourself to society.
The binary of self and other allows for the recognition of a self. Being able to acknowledge the difference between yourself and the other, and that you are both separate, informs you, that you are not the other, therefore you are your own being. Timothy Treadwell in Grizzly Man, disregards this theory that one has to concede that difference between self and other. Due to this, there was a constant blur between his own identity and the bears. Timothy believed he was a bear, and because of this, he treated the bears as if he would treat other humans.
It is the purpose of this essay to explore what Western Esotericism is, through its seemingly debated definitions, in specific reference to its place within the study of Religion. It will be argued that Western Esotericism should be studied within Religious Studies due to the fact that it provides a re-conception of religious study from a sociological, psychological and philosophical lens. Through the exploration of repressed and censored esoteric features marginalised throughout history, we see a promotion of personal faith and religious experience explored through a new-found abandonment of scripture and ritual. This essay will feature works by Faivre, Stuckrad, Bergunder and Hanegraff as the main forms of literature which will support
Currently the world is being negligent. Due to the actions of a powerful and greedy elite, humans have become their own geological force, hence the idea that we have entered the anthropocene. Even though the consequences of greedy and negligent actions have become more and more explicit and undeniable over the years it is not in the interest of the greedy to help
Identity is usually thought of as an individual characteristic. It pertains to ones self image, self-esteem, personal qualities, and behaviors. The “self” is an integration of where one comes from, where one lives, what one does, who or what one associates with, and one’s self-perception. However, it’s easy to underestimate the relationship that identity has with the perspective of others. Others opinions can have profound effects on people and their lives.
Jane Goodall, a primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist, explains that the greatest risk to our future is lacking enthusiasm and concern about its outcome. Considering Goodall is extremely environmentally keen, it is more than likely she is emphasizing this towards the future of the entire ecosystem, including plants and animals, rather than only the future of the human race. She explains that if the human race falls to a deficiency of caring about our environment, it can and will lead to a vast threat to the future of the world’s ecosystem. Often humans forget about the importance of the ecosystem and instead we become caught up in ourselves and our own individual needs. Goodall is stressing that if these egotistical human acts continue to occur, the future of our ecosystem is in jeopardy.
For example, when you make your bed each day, you embody the identity of an organized person. When you write each day, you embody the identity of a creative person. Overall the goal is to first ask yourself “who do i want to be?” Applying this to myself, I want to be a person who can speak Mandarin, the language I'm studying at school. Now I had to ask myself “Who is the type of person that could learn a language?”
The exploration of societal pressures. Life can be separated into two equal parts totally independent from one another. The inner self, being the innermost thoughts and feelings of the individual, and the outer self, how the individual decides to conduct itself around the others in society. Often times one of these parts takes control of the other, suppressing its partner. The suppression is often not of equal frequency because of the obligation humans feel to be liked and to fit in causes the outermost self to be given the most thought and worry.
In Mcleod’s article, it said that people “‘think about, evaluate, or perceive’ themselves” (Mcleod 1). Mcleod talks, in the article, about how people thinking, evaluating, and perceiving about themselves is call self-concept. Whenever people think about themselves, most of the time, people are confused about whether or not they are pursuing right actions for their future, especially people with low self-esteem . Furthermore, people get more confused if their actions dramatically differ from others. However, again, people’s actions determine who they are, so even if their actions are dramatically different from others, it may be a path for that person’s success.
The world encompasses a multitude of religions that focuses on different forms of worship such as, monotheistic, polytheistic, pantheistic, monistic, and so on. However, the most widespread method is monotheistic; the most popular sects fall under Christianity, Catholicism, Judaic, or Islamic faiths; within each of these religions there is dualism, which is essential to the faith. The dualism is that human a body and soul, and the body is connected to the soul and vice versa. Yet, the soul is considered to be more important, since it is the substance that leaves to be with God in the next world, while the body is seen to be a vessel that carries original sin as well as all the impurities of the physical world. For my paper, I’ll be analyzing dualism in the Baha’i religion and its application to the world.
Buddhism is a nontheistic religion that has been around for 2500 years. This religion was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, also known as Buddha, who taught his findings in Eastern India. He grew up in an oligarchy background but through meditation discovered wealth and luxury were not essential for happiness in life. At the age of 35, Buddha became enlightened with his new found knowledge and philosophy, and began teaching the principles of Buddhism. He taught “the truth” called Dhamma, which has become more popular in today’s society where material things are looked upon for happiness.
“I fear for our future. Our planet earth is threatened with an ever expanding population and only finite resources. We need a plan B.” - Quotation by Stephen Hawking, renowned physicist. Our world is dying. We have been mining coal for only two hundred of our 200 000 year existence as a species, yet we have already caused irreparable damage to the environment.
The self can be defined as ‘an organised, consistent set of perceptions of and beliefs about oneself’ (Passer, Smith, Holt, Bremner, Sutherland & Vliek, 2009, p676). We should aim to understand ourselves, learn know how we function
According to Daryl self perception is “A person’s view of him or herself and of any mental or physical attribute that makes up the person’s self. The perception theory of how self knowledge unfolds.” It assumes that internal states are inferences resulting from observation of one’s behaviour (Tuntufye., 1993: 267). Understanding how people get to know themselves is important because self knowledge is a foundation which people use in the process of forming values, preferences and attitudes.