Spirituals

Abstract In 2015, Volkswagen incurred a problematic situation that left people asking the question, “Where were the Lawyers?” Volkswagen’s sales were spiraling out of control in crucial markets such as China and Brazil, which eventually lead to a reputation damage for the company. Likewise, the emissions testing catastrophe only made matters worse. Over 11 million of Volkswagen’s diesel cars worldwide were equipped with illegal software, used to cheat on emissions testing, posing a more serious threat

In today’s day and age a majority of people are concerned with how they are going to survive college. Next up is to pay off their obscene amount of debt forced upon them to get an education to help our society, and then work through the day simply earning income to throw it away in taxes and debt. We are so distracted with our opinions and ourselves, and we are not focusing on each other at all. We lack cohesion as a society, and I believe we are supposed to use this existence to advance our planet

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a novel about the spiritual journey of a man named Siddhartha whose living in the time of Gotama Buddha. In this novel, Hesse explains in detail what Siddhartha learns as he searches for Nirvana. For Siddhartha to learn, he needs teachers, just like everyone else if they wish to pursue and education. There are four major teachers that Siddhartha truly takes something from, these teachers are Govinda, Kamala, Vasudeva, and the river itself. Another important thing is

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Following the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success has made me the person that I am today. The laws that we have followed have been the Law of Pure Potentiality, the Law of Giving, the Law of Karma or Cause and Effect, the Law of Least Effort, the Law of Intention and Desire, the Law of Detachment, and the Law of Dharma or Purpose in Life. These laws have taught me that success is not a destination it is a journey. They have taught me that true success is the

Where am I now? Where am I headed? What am I being called to do? How had God gifted me and how that aligns with the first three questions? All seemingly simple questions, but moreover they are questions that have caused a multitude of sleepless nights pondering the answers and the implications of what those answers signify. I am not typically an introspective person by nature and the idea of searching inward is not only difficult, it’s also a fight against the notion that I’m only daydreaming or

The issue of reparations in return for the egregious injustices committed in the form of slavery by our predecessors, is an important topic dissected in The Marrow of Tradition and Coates’ article “The Case for Reparations”. The cornerstone of this problem is the idea that due to all the years of generational oppression and discrimination, what form will this reparation end up taking? A reparation that is based on doling out mere financial support for those that endured such brutality is insulting

Spiritual Murder in Georg Buchner's Woyzeck Throughout dramatic history, tragedies have depicted a hero's humanity being stripped from him. Usually, as in Shakespeare's classic paradigms, we see the hero, whether King Lear or Othello, reduced from his original noble stature to nothingness and death. Yet Georg Buchner's fragmentary play Woyzeck shows us a protagonist already stripped of humanity, transformed into and treated as an animal. Indeed, Woyzeck, far from being a simple

George Harrison “I remember thinking, I just want more. This isn’t it. Fame is not the goal. To be able to know how to be happy, is something you don’t just stumble across. You’ve got to search for it.” (“George Harrison Quotes”)These are the words of George Harrison. I believe this is the best quote to show what George Harrison is like as a person. He didn’t want fame, he just wanted to do what he loved and find happiness. George Harrison should be admired not only for his contributions to music

motionless, whose smile reminded him of everything that he had ever loved in his life, of everything that had ever been of value and holy in his life” (Hesse 122). In 1922 Hermann Hesse published his popular novel, Siddhartha. This book follows the spiritual journey of a man named Siddhartha. During his odyssey, Siddhartha finds himself in the presence of many teachers that help him with his trek to Nirvana, the state of tranquility. Although he prefers to not learn from teachers, Kamala educates him

In the polytheistic religion practiced by Arabs before Muhammad, the afterlife was only a shadow, without rewards or punishments. Because there was very little religious incentive, people tended to not care about being morally accountable. Now, the Qur’an stresses that after a period of rest in the grave, every person will be physically resurrected and gathered for a final interpretation of their actions during their lifetime. On the unknown day of the Final Judgement, the world will end disastrously: