The Parable of the Matrix Preface A parable can be a thing of beauty. ... Therefore, parables hold great promise to those who crave to define their experiences. ... For me, movies can become the materials I need to build a parable. ... The Matrix is a parable to me. ... In this parable, the Matrix exists to obscure humanity from their true purpose. ...
No parable of Jesus has been used or quoted more than that of "The Prodigal Son-. ... Compton says, "the greatest of all His [Jesus'] parables."" ... This parable; however, sheds a new light on the relationship between sinful man and a holy God. ... In this exegesis I hope to help us come to an understanding of the parable in Luke 15:11-24 and what it had to say to us today. ...
Throughout the world's history, a defining factor amongst most cultures has been its religious doctrine. Within these doctrines, a common set of beliefs were established which paved the way into a more cohesive and integrated religious culture. These doctrines established a body of religious princip...
Work Theological Reflections Paper "Work for the night is coming, Work thro" the morning hours; Work while the dew is sparkling, Work "mid springing flowers; Work, when the day grows brighter, Work in the glowing sun; Work for the night is coming, When man's work is done." Th...
Second Style: 1908 to 1919 Begins with Fireworks (1908), which he extends to his three great ballets: Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), and The Rite of Spring (1913) Higher use of dissonance, with themes often taken from folk music Varied rhythms with extensive use of percussive elements in...
Deterrence and Justice The death penalty is enforced by many countries, but our country does not use it enough, consistently, or in every state. The death penalty is promoted in probably the two most important literary writings that America has ever had or revered; The Constitution and the Bible. Hideous people are getting minimal punishment for hideous murders. We as a nation need to implement the death penalty to stop the reoccurring murders and deter the population from continuing to murder. The punishment needs to be increased and adopted in every state, a punishment that shows no ...
The Play Crucible is a fictional re-call of events in the American history surrounding the Salem witch trials of the seventeenth century which also provide the metaphor for Miller's parable of the Mc Carthy trials of the 1950s, John Proctor's agonising struggle with guilt emphasises the restrictive nature of the Puritan society. ...
Introduction The system of Reiki healing is ancient and simple, reflecting the divine nature that connects all life. This ability can be learned through training, or may be an innate gift. This form of healing technique can be done both in person through laying on of hands, or through Distance Healing. Much less understood or widely practiced than on-site healing, Distance Healing engages psychic centers in the being. Distance Healing in the Reiki practice is assisted through the visualization of powerful, alchemical symbols that have been handed down from master healers through the ages. ...
"Once I understood what was making America such a dangerous, unhappy nation of people who had nothing to do with real life, I resolved to shun storytelling." - Kurt Vonnegut The most influential force in society, the media has for years been a chronicle of the zeitgeist, typifying public opinion on everything imaginable. For the outspoken the media is an invaluable tool with which to evangelise unspoken truths. During the latter half of the 20th Century, three ambassadors of American counter-culture - Hunter S. Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Joseph Heller - used their art form as a weapo...
Renaissance in England was a period of pomp, show and glitter, marked with growing sense of beauty and an increasing enrichment of life made through adventures, bravery and excess. The English period of Renaissance led to the breaking of the medieval knowledge and philosophy, infusing a new spirit o...
Jesus also tells a parable of how the poor man Lazarus went to heaven, and the rich man Dives to hell, and how Dives begged Abraham to send Lazarus back to warn his five brothers about damnation and was rebuked "if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead" (Luke 16.19-31). 101. ...
"The world is enigmatical, every thing said and every thing known and done, and must not be taken literally, but genially. We must be at the top of our condition to understand any thing rightly." - Ralph Waldo Emerson A Condensation of Its Context Toward the end of his notebook, "Naturalist," Ralph Waldo Emerson entered sentence (dated 1853) that marks a symbolic vision of nature familiar to his readers and, in more recent years, of concern to his ecologically minded critics: "He is the richest who has most use for nature as raw material of tropes and symbols with which to describe his life....
