Open to Interpretation
Anna-Marie
Senior Research Skills 2
[1.]
The views expressed in this presentation are subject to change and are not meant to offend anyone. I’m confused. And I change my mind a lot.
1. Thing that interests me
People
“Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret
beauty of their hearts, the depths where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can
reach, the core of their reality, the person that each was in the eyes of the Divine.
If only they could all see themselves as they really are.
If we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more war, no
more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed.” -Thomas
Merton
And why?
[2.]
2. Thing that interests me
The Simple Life/ Adventure“A man does not begin to be alive until he has lost
himself; Until he has released the anxious grip which he normally holds
upon his life, his property, his reputation and position. It is the
irreducible truth in monkish idea of “holy
poverty” , of the way of life where there are no strings attached, in which-because all is lost-there is nothing to lose; In which there is a
kind of exhilaration of a kind of freedom that is
poetically likened to the birds and the wind, or the
clouds drifting in the boundless sky.” -Alan
Watts
And why?
[3.]
[4.]
3. Thing that interests me
Philosophy/ Religion
•Perform a Hajj
•Learn Buddhism from Tibetan monks
•Live with a religious order of Catholic nuns
• + more
And why?
[5.]
Where do I want to be next year?
Volunteering(making a positive difference in someone’s life)
•Mental Health Hospital
•Homeless Shelter
•Disaster Relief Effort
•Old-Folk Home
Where do I want to be in 5 years?
On an Adventure!
•National Geographic Journalist
•Follow my favorite band throughout their tour
•Live in a “Tent City”
[6.]
Where do I want to be in 10 years?
Level 5Of the Theory of Positive Dinsintergration
(A theory of personality development discovered by Kazimierz Dabrowski)
“Passing beyond all that can be understood both spiritually and naturally, the soul will desire with all its heart to some to what in this life cannot
be known.” -Saint John of the Cross
[7.]
1st step
Honesty“My understanding of truth can change from day to day
and my commitment must be to truth rather than to
consistency.”-Ram Dass
[8.]
2nd step
Learn (read/write)
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3rd step
Learn (experience)
“How vain it is to sit down and write when you have not stood up to live.”
-Henry David Thoreau
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Works Cited• Farmers' Alamanac. Full Pink Moon. 2009. Photograph. Farmers' Alamanac.
Farmers' Alamanac. 06 Apr. 2009. Web. 30 Jan. 2012 • Photograph. M.K. Ghandi Institute for Non Violence. Web. 31 Jan. 2012.
<http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/high%20school/gandhiDiscovery.htm>.
• LePage, Jim. Jesus Christ: Terrorist Killer? 2011. Photograph. Web. 1 Feb. 2012. <http://jimlepage.com/blog/jesus-christ-terrorist-killer/>.
• Grand. Canyon. Photograph. Web. 1 Feb. 2012. <http://woahmygodwombats.tumblr.com/post/14629535071/the-edge>.
• G3-2220. Photograph. Gallery III Traditional Nuns Habits. GothicGarments, 2006. Web. 1 Feb. 2012. <http://www.gothicgarments.com/gallery/III/index.html#gg2230>.
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• Bradley. Expansion. Photograph. New York. 2004. Web. 1 Feb. 2012. <http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/riveting-story-behind-that>.
• The Neverending Story. Dir. Wolfgang Peterson. Perf. Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver. Warner Bros., 1984. Slide program.