It has a taste of far-off lands I can only dream about. ... We all have to die someday, but it seemed a lonely way to end one's life, out here in the wild and all I mean. ... But, what scared me the most was never seeing all of that before; to be suddenly awakened from a dream, as it were. Now, several days later, I'm finally beginning to think of other things again; real thoughts, not just the same recurring dream. ... I was surprised I guess. ...

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It is not enough to think about something, you have to bring it to life to give it some sort of meaning to you. ... Taking the first steps to bring the dream into a reality is the hardest part. ... You could give thought to success having no physical evidence to it or that it is not a living thing. ... I wanted to raise my children and I knew that having a demanding career would not allow me to grow with them the way I wanted to. ... My rules were simple; treat others the way you would like to be treated, the golden rule, that I learned as a child that has had the strength to carry me to a suc...

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Since you have probably gotten a bunch of movie reports on 1) the action or 2) the religious symbolism, and I don't really want to write about those things, I am going to write about my thoughts after watching the movie. A few key things: The Matrix=dreaming=heaven How many times have you had a dream where you have brought back to life somebody that you had known before they died? ... Have you ever had a friend who was mad at you, but in a dream everything was ok between the two of you? ... Now I have come up with another question. ... Back to the "If I think, therefore I am- arg...

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He observes that when you dream you usually assume that if you pinch yourself during a dream you will wake up, or if it hurts you aren't dreaming, but he asks, could it be you are dreaming the hurt from the pinch? ... Does the pain actually exist or are you only dreaming of the pain in your dream? ... This is how be comes up with the idea that we do not have thoughts for ourselves and that anything that we believe or perceive to be "real" is actually a dream implanted in our heads by an evil-demon. ... "Cogito, ergo sum" I think, therefore I am. ... But others have reinterpreted his t...

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I without a doubt have confidence in going for broke, and having no second thoughts. ... I say this because I've had a total of three dreams my entire life. ... There have been times that I needed to stop, I thought surrendering was the answer. ... I have committed errors some that I am not exceptionally pleased with yet those are lessons learned. ... I couldn't have done and friends. ...

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Another concept that I think is important that Krishna Kandath was talking about in one of his lectures was the American Dream. ... I think that most people's definition of the American dream is the same as the idea as consumerism. ... I know that it is a little far-fetched but I really do believe that that is most people's idea of the American dream. ... I have looked at my situations from a different lens time in and time out and I think that none of these perspectives has changed my view on e way or the other. I have to hear these things from my friends all the time and no matt...

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I feel as though if I would have applied the knowledge that I've acquired in this book to many of my past actions and situations I could have prevented many things from occurring. ... I am a very firm believer in the fact that dreams and visions are real. I am a dreamer that has accomplished every dream and vision that I have set for myself. There are still many dreams and visions that I haven't achieved, but I know that with self motivation, persistence and drive I can achieve them. ... I literally didn't even have the willpower to get out of bed. ...

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I am one of those few depressed individuals who have experienced some of the worst of what the mind can create. ... As I froze in the middle of nowhere I lost myself to dream. ... To this day I think I would have had not He interceded. ... Life does have joy in it. ... Through Him and in Him I have found joy amidst the troubled thoughts of my misguided mind. ...

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If people don't have those presuppositions (i.e. ... I am convinced of the argument that he uses to contradict the Evil Genius. ... Descartes also reasoned that we couldn't trust our senses because of our dreams; he argued that dreams could be so real at times that we cant differentiate between what is reality and what is a dream, for all we know we could be dreaming at the moment. ... Descartes said that even if the Evil Genius me, I have to be something in order to be deceived! ... I believe that David Hume has the better argument here because his argument is more direct, and not f...

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Being a Filipino, I know the culture more or less so I did not have to adjust that much to the characters because I am already familiar in a way with them. ... Amando is ambitious and he told Tinang of his dreams of studying Mechanical Engineering in the city and then of course, it was revealed in the letter that Amando also dreamed of being with Tinang forever. ... Tinang likes to dream about "the happy life- so much that sometimes, she forgets the world she is currently living in. ... In the end, I get caught up in all the schoolwork I neglected and I end up having such a hard time sorting o...

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Human activities, such as, reasoning, creating, or dreaming are private; we assume they happen, but we can't see them. ... Have you ever felt sad or angry but did not know why? ... Sleep (and dreaming) is another form of consciousness. Freud saw dreams as images of symbolic expressions of powerful unconscious, repressed wishes. ... " I think therefore I am" may be somewhat of an overstatement, but not by much....

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As the narrator is wandering in a dream-like world, he is startled to see two lovers in the distance. ... The two lovers are connected to each other in a way that only they can comprehend because they have reached the end of their journey. ... As the narrator continues on he begins to liberate himself: I see, and sing, but my own eyes inspired. ... Like the butterfly, there are different stages of transformation that take place throughout ones life and they can have a direct impact on decisions and life choices. ... He is caught between the real world where emotions have to be deal...

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For example, before the performance of the play Hamlet explains to Horatio, "There is a play tonight before the Williams 3 king: / One scene of it comes near the circumstance / Which I have told thee of my father's death. / I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot, / Even with the very comment of thy soul / Observe my uncle. ... To die, to sleep; To sleep, perchance to dream-ay, there's the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. (3.1.56-66) In other soliloquies Hamlet explores the faults of passion and how emotions can be faked as well as his own character flaws such ...

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Everybody has one, it guilds your decision making, your thoughts, ideas, and dreams. ... Everyone feels, acts, thinks, and dreams differently. ... As people's dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities will change with the individual. ... A man might be a man but have feminine traits. ... People live en all kinds of homes and I do not mean a ranch or a cabin. ...

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Everybody has one, it guilds your decision making, your thoughts, ideas, and dreams. ... Everyone feels, acts, thinks, and dreams differently. ... As people's dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities will change with the individual. ... A man might be a man but have feminine traits. ... People live en all kinds of homes and I do not mean a ranch or a cabin. ...

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In order to have a tragic fault, the hero/heroin must be an above average character so that when they fall, it seems more dramatic. ... By heaven I'll make a ghost of him that lets me, I say, away-(I:iv). ... This choice is the more noble one according to Hamlet, "To die, to sleep- To sleep, perchance to dream, ay there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come-, "Thus conscience makes a coward of us all-(III:i). ... And so I am revenged. ... Hamlet is a highly reactive character but does not ever seem to have a certain plan by which to accomplish his goal of killing...

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He realises that all of his knowledge is based on the senses but that these senses have often deceived him. ... He even brings into doubt our beliefs of the existence of our own bodies, using the example of dreams to show that we sometimes think we are awake when we are actually asleep. Here I can see a problem in his thought. It is true that your mind may be tricked into thinking that you are dreaming. ... After having claimed that the senses can deceive us at any time, Descartes moves on to more certain truths. ...

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Lately I have been thinking in depth about bringing a purpose into my life. ... I have to admit, I was skeptical. ... It sounded like a dream come true. ... I will have the opportunity to venture outside the confines of my own security. ... I am anticipating that many of the colleagues I will have there will be in a similar situation, so I feel we will already have that as a common ground. ...

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The Past I have always participated in service outside of school. ... Whether I was a staff kid or a participant, I have been a part of pathfinders since I can remember. ... Now I have changes my thoughts. ... I have been serving for most of my life, and I will continue to serve. ... My life dream is to be working as a dentist on the mission front. ...

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She was more in love with Robert because, as she said to him, " [i]t was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long, stupid dream'- (Chopin 332). ... I believe they could have been the one thing that would have kept her grounded and sane. ... I still think that Edna made the wrong decision in killing herself, moving out of her house, sending her children away, having affairs, and so on. If only Edna had not met Robert, I don't think she would have made all the rash decisions that led to her eventual demise. True, she still would have been miserable, but in the beginning I do...

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I wondered if it had been a dream. ... Also, I do not have many friends now as when I was young, but they are true friend of mine. ... I have developed my ethic values through both positive and negative experience. ... However, I am still young, still have a lot of difficulty ahead to overcome. Meaning, I still have opportunities to learn more about ethic values. ...

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Their minds went in to a state called depersonalization; everything appeared unreal like in a dream. ... There were some very important and very meaningful points that I have received when I read his book. ... It's any reason to survive, and/or any goal that a person has which I think is enough to have a meaning in life. ... After reading this book I've had many questions but there is one particular question that I have, and I think it might be hard for anyone to answer my question. ... After reading this book I have many thoughts of how people can change and how they can abuse power...

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He had counted when his project was no more than a vague dream "(Dostoyevsky 37). ... Our main character does not have many resources, the money you have will have sent his mother and sister and knows them to send it cost them a lot of work. ... Sometimes Rodia is hostile or rude to his mother that this creates guilt in the level of need to remind his mother that if he loves: "I have come to assure you that I always wanted, and I'm glad we're alone, [...] your child now wants more than himself "(Dostoevsky: 590).. ... At the beginning of the novel we thought it would run alone, but n...

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Many of his dreams came true, and this was not an exception. ... In the poem previously mentioned by Richard Brautigan, I will show my analysis and I will explain the impact the context have in the meaning of the final message, although it can mean the opposite depending on the readers point of view. ... If it wasn't from the context this poem could have been about a beautiful world, but instead it talks about a society being blind and fooled by the authorities. ... I hope my interpretation of this poem is found useful and inspirational to have a double look in our needs as human beings a...

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While I am not convinced that all aspects of the lifestyle served to enhance the Buddhist understanding, I do believe that the Dharma Bums had good intentions and lived the life of the sutra as best as they knew how and in turn, became more spiritually enlightened as a direct result. ... "This thinking has stopped, but because I had to think it no thinking had stopped, but there did come over me a wave of gladness to know that all this perturbation was just a dream already ended and I didn't have to worry because I wasn't I.-(35). ... "I am emptiness, I am not different from empti...

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