Monday, October 29, 2012

Profound Statements to Ponder...

One can look to religion to please society, but must look within oneself to find personal satisfaction.

consider hegemony-  forces that seek to protect and dominate certain cultural, political, and economic institutions and practices
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The more we are absorbed within a particular society, the less we are able to objectively understand it.

consider reason- the capacity for rational thought, inference, and/or discrimination
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Suffering is not always necessary to find self-fulfillment.

Finding Nirvana is Actually Easy
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Leaders must be questioned otherwise errors will be forgotten and repeated.

consider interrogation- process of taking a critical stance around positions and issues and questioning arguments and claims

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The line between being thoughtful and thinking too much is crossed when one begins to scorn positive aspects of life.

consider mental models- images, assumptions, and stories people carry in their minds about others, institutions, and most parts of the world


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