Activation: A Process of Spiritual Awakening

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Ronald Mann
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Spiritual Awakening ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Buddha ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Power Of God

This article considers the dynamic that may arise between two individuals when one of them has "unconscious shadow material" surfacing during the process of spiritual growth—a phenomenon that can occur between Yoga student or client and Yoga teacher or therapist. Individuals may experience spiritual awakening in a variety of ways. Historically it has been reported that an individual, like Gautama the Buddha, can sit alone and obtain full realization. Or one can be walking down the "road to Damascus"and be struck by the power of God and realize his or her oneness with the universe.

scholarly journals Hope found, hope lost – eschatological aspects in the interpretations of Israelites’ wilderness wanderings. Two sides of one story: Origen’s 27. Homily on the Book of Numbers and Jerome’s Letter 78

Vox Patrum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 727-742
Author(s):  
Marcin Wysocki
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
The Road ◽  
Rich Picture ◽  
Promised Land ◽  
The Future ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Allegorical Interpretation ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Way

The writings of Origen and Jerome, which are the source of the article, al­though in a different literary form – a homily and a letter – and written for a diffe­rent purpose and at different times, both are exegesis of the chapter 33 of the Book of Numbers in which the stops of the Israelites in the desert on the road to the Promised Land are described. Both texts are the classic examples of allegorical interpretation of the Scripture. Both authors interpret the 42 “stages” of Israel’s wilderness wanderings above all as God’s roadmap for the spiritual growth of individual believers, but there are present as well eschatological elements in their interpretations. In the presented paper there are shown these eschatological ideas of both authors included in their interpretations of the wandering of the Chosen People on their way to the Promised Land, sources of their interpretations, simi­larities and differences, and the dependence of Jerome on Origen in the interpre­tation of the stages, with the focuse on the idea of realized eschatology, present in Alexandrinian’s work. Origen has presented in his interpretation a very rich picture of the future hope, but Jerome almost nothing mentioned in his letter about hopes of the way towards God after death.

scholarly journals Advancing the physics of cosmic distances: Conference summary

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S289) ◽  
pp. 351-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard de Grijs
Keyword(s):  
Recent Progress ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Distance Measurements ◽  
Distance Determination ◽  
New Developments ◽  
The Road ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Full Discussion ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Universe

AbstractKnowing the distance of an astrophysical object is key to understanding it. However, at present, comparisons of theory and observations are hampered by precision (or lack thereof) in distance measurements or estimates. Putting the many recent results and new developments into the broader context of the physics driving cosmic distance determination is the next logical step, which will benefit from the combined efforts of theorists, observers and modellers working on a large variety of spatial scales, and spanning a wide range of expertise. IAU Symposium 289 addressed the physics underlying methods of distance determination across the Universe, exploring the various approaches employed to define the milestones along the road. The meeting provided an exciting snapshot of the field of distance measurement, offering not only up-to-date results and a cutting-edge account of recent progress, but also full discussion of the pitfalls encountered and the uncertainties that remain. One of the meeting's main aims was to provide a roadmap for future efforts in this field, both theoretically and observationally.

scholarly journals Lense op spiritualiteit en kerkwees: Die pad vorentoe vir die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA)

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus C. Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Developmental Framework ◽  
The Road ◽  
Spiritual Path ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
On The Road ◽  
The Universe ◽  
The Church

Lenses on spirituality and being church; the road ahead for the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA). At this point of time the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) is facing the seemingly unsolvable dilemma of not being able to handle diversity in a positive manner. By applying three lenses to the current impasse with regards to the church’s struggle with diversity, this article aims at providing an answer to the question of how to proceed. The first lens addresses the challenge to maintain spiritual health and harmony in the midst of differences and tension in the church. The theory behind systems sensitive leadership as lens serves as the guideline to achieve the necessary spiritual health that the church needs in such challenging times. The second lens explores the inner Christian spiritual path in a both developmental and comprehensive way. Drawing on the work of Paul Smith this lens sets forth the developmental framework by which Christians grow inwardly in their understanding of Jesus and his teachings. The third lens is a view on a practice whereby the validity of intellectual positions, statements, or ideologies could be appraised as an innate quality in any subject. This lens opens a unique perspective which provides not only a new understanding of humanity’s journey in the universe, but also serves as a guide to were we and the whole cosmos are on our personal journeys to become who we could be. The vision that is provided by these three lenses has the capacity not only to serve as guidelines, but also to provide the tools to handle the challenges the church has to face on the road a head.

scholarly journals Georgian Military Road: Constant Communication (the Structure of “A Hero of Our Time” by M. Yu. Lermontov)

Literatūra ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-184
Author(s):  
Maria Dmitrovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Conceptual System ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
The Road ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Universe

The article demonstrates the fact that the duality of human consciousness is connected by mutual projections with the topography of the Georgian Military Road and the model of the universe and also forms the system of narrators / characters and the structure of the novel as a whole, including the number of stories and the partition of the novel into two parts. The sources used by the writer in the formation of the narrative structure of the novel are reconstructed. The numerological code of the novel is considered, the language bases of the conceptual system are analyzed. The embeddedness in the conceptual system of the trinomial name of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov is demonstrated. The vertical and horizontal spatial orientation of the Georgian Military Road allows discovering the topographic connection of the road with the dual reality of Lermontov, in which the opposite poles of good and evil, divine and evil turn into one.

scholarly journals BH678: Big History in the Italian Middle Schools: A Manifesto against the Fragmentation of Knowledge

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-101
Author(s):  
Paolo Vismara ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Schools ◽  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
History Taking ◽  
Outer Island ◽  
Italian Market ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Approach ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Big History

With the Big History Italia BH678 Project I have introduced the Big History approach in the Italian middle schools, proposing an interpretation of the history of the universe as a way of creating a complex fusion among the sciences and a symbolic path for personal and spiritual growth. Starting from a deep love for complexity, I have written a novel, Storia interiore dell’Universo (now in print for the Italian market), that brings Big History into a poetic and psychedelic landscape. If you want to know the universe, probably, sometimes your body, your brain, your matter are enough; but if you desire to learn from the universe and you work in education, you should consider the whole Homo sapiens, as I believe our species learns only through feeling. Each Big History threshold is an opportunity to feel the echo of some keywords that contribute to developing our Inner Big History, taking off from apparently outer island-moments scattered across spacetime.

scholarly journals PENGENALAN KONSEP PANGIDER BHUANA KE DALAM PELATIHAN KARAWITAN BALI

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
I Nyoman Mariyana ◽  
Gek Diah Desi Sentana
Keyword(s):  
Work Of Art ◽  
The Road ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
Balinese Gamelan ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Cultivation Process ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
The Universe

<em>The realization of a work of art takes place through a process that takes place starting from the impulse felt by an artist to make his work until the work becomes a reality. The process can run easily and quickly, but it can also take a very long time, instead it can stop in the middle of the road, until the work that is forced never materializes. The process of cultivating works of art, includes three important stages that must be passed. The three stages used in the cultivation process to realize this artwork are: exploration (exploration), experimental (Improvisation) and formation (Forming) stages. In the Lontar Prakempa, a Balinese gamelan mythology which is thought to be quite old, contains ins and outs of Balinese gamelan which essentially contains tatwa (philosophy or logic), morality (ethics), longo (aesthetics) and gegebug (technique) which are in harmony with Balinese gamelan . In the lontar also explained about the concept of Pangider Bhuana as a symbol of the ruler of the universe. In the Lontar Prakempa, a Balinese gamelan mythology which is thought to be quite old, contains ins and outs of Balinese gamelan which essentially contains tatwa (philosophy or logic), morality (ethics), longo (aesthetics) and gegebug (technique) which are in harmony with Balinese gamelan . In the lontar also explained about the concept of Pangider Bhuana as a symbol of the ruler of the universe</em>

Models of Globalization

PMLA ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 116 (3) ◽  
pp. 638-649
Author(s):  
Reingard Nethersole
Keyword(s):  
Book Club ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
The Road ◽  
Realistic Option ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Oprah's Book Club ◽  
The Media ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Universe

All of us are, willy-nilly, by design or by default, on the move. We are on the move even if, physically, we stay put: immobility is not a realistic option in a world of permanent change. And yet the effects of that new condition are radically unequal. Some of its become fully and truly “global”: some are fixed in their “locality” —a predicament neither pleasurable nor endurable in the world in which the “globals” set the tone and compose the rules of the life-game.—Zygmunt Bauman, Globalization: The Human Consequences (2)To say that globalization is ubiquitous is stating the obvious. for globalization has become a household word in boardrooms, local and international institutions, the academy, and the media. It also shapes the everyday life of all but the most disadvantaged communities. Besides having the world at my fingertips twenty-four hours a day, courtesy of CNN and other news channels, I am connected by a mere click of the mouse, even in South Africa, to colleagues across vast geographic distances locally and abroad. The supermarket down the road in my Johannesburg suburb offers me the choice of Oprah's Book Club, the “taste of Provence,” and African, Indian, Chinese, English, and a host of other flavors, not to mention Coca-Cola, because I live in a society made up of different cultures and ethnicities. Without having to move even a mile, I feel like M. de Vogüé, of whom Harper's Magazine said in 1892, “[He] loves travel; he goes to the East and to the West for colors and ideas; his interests are as wide as the universe; his ambition, to use a word of his own, is to be ‘global’” (“Global”).

When You Meet the Buddha in the Road

2013 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-64
Author(s):  
Mi Ditmar
Keyword(s):  
The Road ◽  
The Buddha
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