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- 141: J.D. Salinger
- ... to free them. Salinger uses much of the Zen philosophy to attain this freedom. The Zen Philosophy was a new sect of Buddhism that came out of China. It promoted Meditation as the way to personal fulfillment ("Zen" 146). One of Salinger’s characters in "Nine Stories" has a certain philosophy about life that runs parallel to the Eightfold Path used ...
- 142: Hudson Taylor
- ... possible. Hudson worked in the medical field gaining knowledge that would someday be very useful in China. Upon work He became ill with a fatal fever, which through prayer and meditation and the good medical uses, was restored to full health after a time period. During the time period Hudson saved his money he dealt with the issue of fully relying ...
- 143: Descartes
- ... more about ourselves, and how we perceive things, we can go on to Descartes’s proof of God’s existence. Descartes first attempt to prove that God exists is in Meditation Three. Descartes has come to the conclusion that he is a thinking thing based on the simple fact that he clearly and distinctly perceives that he is one. Therefore, using ...
- 144: William Butler Yeats
- ... soul. Yeats shows us a world in which the body is sacrificed to the demands of the soul. In a cleverly constructed poem, Yeats draws us with him into a meditation on the purpose of existence, and the function of the various ideals we use to give meaning to this existence. He opens his poem in a classroom, where he is ...
- 145: Prophet Muhammad
- ... commander-in-chief, arbitrator, instructor and family man. He was the most devoted man at night. He used to spend one- to two-thirds of every night in prayer and meditation (Qur'an 73:20). All of his children died before his death except Fatimah r.a. who died six months after his death. All of the Prophet s wives (known ...
- 146: John Coltrane
- ... Eastern imports were the main influence on the East- West "fusion" in the jazz and rock of the late sixties and afterward. In his use of jazz as prayer and meditation Coltrane was beyond all doubt the principal spiritual force in music. This is further evident in "Alabama," a riveting elegy for the victims of the infamous Sunday-morning church bombing ...
- 147: Hudson Taylor
- ... possible. Hudson worked in the medical field gaining knowledge that would someday be very useful in China. Upon work He became ill with a fatal fever, which through prayer and meditation and the good medical uses, was restored to full health after a time period. During the time period Hudson saved his money he dealt with the issue of fully relying ...
- 148: Descartes
- ... more about ourselves, and how we perceive things, we can go on to Descartes s proof of God s existence. Descartes first attempt to prove that God exists is in Meditation Three. Descartes has come to the conclusion that he is a thinking thing based on the simple fact that he clearly and distinctly perceives that he is one. Therefore, using ...
- 149: Robert Browning
- ... him not only by tradition, the Christian conception of God" (cited in Payne,1967, p. 200). Robert Browning's spiritual journey was not one of disinterest but one of great meditation and thought. Browning appeared to take time contemplating his spiritual beliefs. In his poetry, there is evidence of God and Christianity in both positive and negative aspects. Both aspects helped ...
- 150: Dwight D Eisenhower
- ... Gettysburg, PA, January 1961 - March 1969. General Dwight D Eisenhower died on March 28, 1969 at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington DC. He was buried in the Place of Meditation at the Eisenhower Center in Abilene , Kansas on April 2, 1969. Word Count: 464
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