Siddhartha quotes part 3

1. " Remember my dear, Not eternal is the world of appearances, not eternal, anything but eternal are our garments and the style of your hair, and our hair and bodies themselves."

Siddhartha is saying that things in this world that you adore or consider important to you in this life such as clothes, movies, T.V, video games, and books won't matter in the after life. Those things won't be with you forever nor will you consider them important to you all throughout your life. Another thing that he is saying is that there are more important things in life then the kids of clothes you wear, what's popular, or what you should look like.

Some ways that I could follow this teaching is to try not to put things that are not really important or will have a huge effect on my life in the backseat of things that are actually important such family, school, health, and even yourself.

2. " The enchantment, which had happened inside of him in his sleep and by means of the Om, was this very thing that he loved everything, that he was full of joyful love for everything he saw. And it was this very thing, so it seemed to him now, which had been his sickness before, that he was not able to love anybody or anything."

In this part of Siddhartha, Siddhartha is saying he has finally learned from his mistakes from past lives. This passage can also be looked at in a different view, that love is the key to all happiness not material things like clothes, video games, movies, and other sources of personal pleasure. When he doesn't mean love in a sexual way but love by showing compassion, peace and kindness towards others. This kind of love is the heart of many religions and philosophies.

I can put this in my life my simply showing love, compassion, respect, and caring to all living things. Though it may sound simple, it isn't. I might even break it several times by accident. However, I must try because it won't just benfit me, it will also benfit others as well.

Quotes from Siddhartha 2

1. " Siddhartha felt his blood heating up, and since in this in this movement he had to think of his dream again, he blend slightly down the woman and kissed with his lips the brown nipple of her breast. Looking up, he saw her face smiling full of lust and her eyes, with contracted pupils, begging with desire. Siddhartha also felt desire and felt the source of his sexuality moving; but since he had never touched a woman before, he hesitated for a moment, while his hands were prepared to reach out for her, And in this moment he heard, shuddering with awe, the voice if his innermost self, and this voice said No. Then, all charms disappeared from the young woman's smiling face, he longer saw anything else but the damp glance of a female animal in the heat."

The lesson in this paragraph from Siddhartha is to resist temptation or lust over negative feelings or thoughts such as violence, greed, things you need for your own pleasure, and in this case, sex. Also you can say this paragraph has another lesson as well. The lesson being think before your actions, think of the consequences as well as the benefits and decide which are more important. For example, the benefits of smoking are a brief sense of pleasure while the consequences are life lasting heath problems. Which would you rather have?

Some ways, I could put the lesson of this paragraph into my life is think before my actions. When encountered a situation where you must decide over two or more things, think of the benefits and consequences of each thing and see which will be the best choice due to have better benefits and less consequences by using your conscience as well as common sense. Another thing is try to avoid temptation of things you don't really need.


2. " You aren't satisfied with Siddhartha as he is, with oil in his hair, but without clothes, without shoes, without money?"

The point Siddhartha is trying to make I think is that no matter how much you please someone, some people will never be satisfied with you due to their nature such as them being stubborn, you aren't like them, or not liking you who you are. The best you can is try to please them the best you can but in the end failing or leave them to find people who actually appreciate you.
A way I can bring this advice in my life is by being myself when I'm around people instead of pretending to be someone else. When the people who pretended to be find out that you are really not like them, they will leave. Another thing I can do to follow this advice is to find and hang out with frinds who actually like me for who I am.

Quotes from Sidhaartha

1. " Far is such a thought from my mind, I wish that I shall all stay with teachings, that they shall reach their goal!"

He saying that try not to think or worry about the past or future, but your mind into the present. He also means to focus on your problems and concerns that are happening now. By doing that you will reach your goals.

I can put this teaching into my life by not worrying or thinking about the future but worry about what is happening now and figure out how to solve that problem I'm worried about in that time period.

2. " I want to learn from myself , want to be my student, want to get to know myself, the secret of Siddlhartha."

He is saying that he wants to know more about himself from himself instead of a teacher saying what he is. He wants to know why he acts certain ways, why does he do certain things, and what is he as a person.

I can put this teaching into my life by questioning my negative actions, think for moments why I do certain things, and try to figure out through my daily actions what kind of person I am.

Feng Shui

Feng Shui is the practice of arranging objects such as furniture in certain positions to help people achieve their goals by allowing positive energy into the area where you have done this. Its also a part of the practice to get rid of stuff that blocks this positive energy. We were informed of this practice at school and he were required to do it. I tried it also I was limited due to the fact my mother didn't want me get rid or move certain things.

Some of things I Feng Shuied were my comic book collection which I organized in a neat fashion. I also moved stuff from I nightstand or things that are blocking space. Despite hearing from the teacher that once you do this you will feel difference in your body and mind, I didn't feel any difference that night and today. From this experience, it seems to me that Feng Shui is just an exotic way of saying Spring Cleaning.

Seminar Reflection

Our seminar today I personally thought it went very well. I enjoyed talking to my classmates in depth on topics we are learning about in class. During this seminar, we discussed the deeper meanings on the topics we learned about class. Also we usually connected the meaning to current events even though sometimes we connected to current events a bit too much to the point where we got a bit off topic. Sometimes the topic was a bit one sided and I wanted to put more input in the conversation but couldn’t because it will lower my grade if I dominated the conversation.

The question that we discussed about was how does Tao Te Ching’s ideas relate to our lives and the world around us? One of his ideas was “The world is ruled by letting thing s take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.” I agree with this because wild fires, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, and hurricanes are a part of what keeps this planet healthy and we shouldn’t get in the way of these things. I explained how people especially people in North America should build cities and homes in reasonable places were they won’t get in the way of nature’s way. Cities such as London, New York City and Paris are good examples of cities built in good places where they won’t need to worry about such natural disasters. However, cities such as San Francisco and New Orleans are examples of cities built in poor areas to build due to natural disasters will destroy the cities year after year.

Another quote he said was, “Knowing ignorance is strength. Ignoring knowledge is sickness.” He is saying that we should learn from our mistakes from the past so that we can make the world a better place in the future. Good example people doing the complete opposite of his philosophy what is happening in Iran when the president of the country who has now been building nuclear weapons, threatened “wipe Israel off the map” due to his anti-Semitic feelings thus repeating the painful mistakes of the Holocaust in WWII.

I really enjoyed the discussion that we had about this topic. I was interesting hearing other people’s opinions, thoughts, ideas, and questions about this topic. I really hope we do another seminar reflection because it was fascinating and entertaining.

Reflection on The Five Element Personality Test

On the Five Element Personality test, I received water as the element I'm most like. I sort of have mixed feelings about this due to some the traits a person who is water is supposed to be.

I agree with some of the things that they said people with water as their element are like such as my favorite colors are blue and black. Another thing that it said I was and I agree with is that I'm almost always a loner and I prefer isolating myself from the group. I also agree that seek knowledge and understanding. Also I agree that my core values are truth and spirituality and that I've always preferred living next to water whether it was an ocean or a lake.

However, there were some things I didn't agree with them such as myself preferring to remain hidden, enigmatic, and anonymous. Most of time I try to get people's attention to see that positive sides of me. Most of the things I didn't agree with were things about physical appearance such as them saying that people associated with water have wide hips, shadowing under their eyes and around their chins, and either high, rounded foreheads or strong chins.
I also didn't agree with them about the heath problems that people associated with water such as hardening of the arteries and deterioration of teeth and gums.

In the end, I agree that I'm water due to the fact most of the things that make me who I am are what make people who associated with the element water who they are.

Reflection on Ki Gong exercise

The exercise that we did today was called Ki Gong and can be described as a "energy exercise". All I can say is that this was once of the most amazing feelings I have ever had.

I really enjoyed this exercise especially the part where we created a Ki energy ball which is an important part of Ki Gong. Basically we have our hands out and listen to our pulse in our wrist in till he felt our fingers tinkling as well as your hands spreading. When you move your hands closer, you start to feel a powerful magnetic like energy in till it finally stops when your hands touch each other. It felt so fantastic maybe even cosmic if you want to go overboard. I felt stronger when I felt the pressure from the energy.

After the exercise, I felt relaxed and more confident. I was filled with energy and more willing to do things. I t even felt as though I could do anything! I also became more fascinated with Ki Gong after that experience. It felt so amazing like the Universe was between your very hands!

Vocabulary Quiz

Scientists are trying and successfully have found ways to cultivate crops and other domesticated plants like flowers in one sedentary area where people can easily access it in urban areas such as New York City.

I personally think that vertical farming will help solve some problems in the energy crisis but not all of them. This method could help us stop our dependance on oil due to the fact that we wouldn't need to ship crops from the countryside to the city because we will be growing them in the city. Also using solar power for the crops would a determinant in using solar power over oil and electricity. It solve enivironmental problems as well. For example, more plants in a polluted urban area would be mean more oxygen and less carbon dioxide thus reducing global warming and making the air cleaner. Also due to the fact that they are growing them inside solar green houses would prevent insects and weather hazards would interfearing with the crops. Also due this, it would stop the use of pesticides thus making higher quality and healther food, making people eat like deities!

I thought the idea of farming crops in urban areas is brilliant because it would bring food closer to home making food would make less expensive and fresher. Soon the idea of shipping crops from the countryside with trucks would sound quite primitive. Another idea I wished they put in the article was that they could irrigate sewage to use as fertilizer for the crops thus making the soil used to plant the crops more fertile, making beaches near those areas cleaner, and putting freshwater that is wasted to good use.

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This is Carrick Esquivel.