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Category: Spirituality
Date Submitted: 11/25/2011 08:28 AM
Melina Ward
March 20, 2000
Religion
Hinduism
When it comes to life and what people want I think it is a loaded question. No one ever seems to
be satisfied with what they have and even when you think you are satisfied you aren’t. I think the
number one thing people want in life is to be selfish. If we had one wish and one wish only I can’t
imagine anyone spending that wish on world peace, or the end of world hunger. As much as I would love
all these things I believe I would ask for or want something that benefits me or someone who is close to
me. We as humans are weak and we don’t exactly choose the best decisions in terms of what is good
for us. When asked what we want out of life instead of what we need we tend to think of glamorous
things and not things that might help benefit others. We would ultimately be more satisfied with
something we need than something we want because these things don’t seem to last very long. The
Hindu approach to what we want out of life seems to be very sound and defiantly an everlasting high.
The idea that Smith presents is a good one because it doesn’t call for anything glamorous it just states
that the ultimate want was happiness. Eternal bliss is something that we can all say we want in life.
Daniela Balfour
Hinduism (four yoga’s)
When I feel that it is time for me to rid myself of bad energy or even just to cleanse my body I
have several rituals that help me along. First I start to eat things that are healthy and not high in fats. I
try to work out every morning. I start to clean up and clean out my living space. I also light incense and
sage to clean out bad energy. I cleanse my crystals and swing my pendulum to ask my guides for
guidance for my new transition. I basically try my best to get myself from a bad spectrum to a really
good one in about two weeks. The four yoga’s express some of the same characteristics that I have
when I want to...