Taos Pueblo

Imitating a particular action, thing, or other person first entails perception and observing. Imitation of nature to live in harmony is the basis of Daoist philosophy, which begins with observation. Having ideals and a path stems from understanding how to perceive and achieve the ideal through the path. The process of realization begins with chapters from the Dao De Jing, practicing Aikido with intent, and the connection with our environment. A major part that I observed in the Dao De Jing is the

Dubbing himself Occult Master of Great Purity, Master Zhang Dao-Ling was one of the many contributors to a widespread Chinese religion known as Taoism; it has been argued as not being a religion but, more of a “way” – hence the Chinese translation of “Tao,” which means way or “path.” It is guidance towards further understanding the phenomenon of existence and purpose as well as achieving happiness. Taoism has been seen as “…one of the three pillars of Chinese thought… they are abstractions – what they

A common thread that is observed within East Asian religions is that there is an ideal or higher path that one can follow to attain their spiritual goals within their lifetime. The three popular religions in China, which are Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism greatly emphasized these ideal paths since direct effect of following these paths would bring harmony and structure to the society. Confucianism, a highly philosophical notion centered around the harmony in the society through the utilization

Daoism is about the ‘way’ (Dao or Tao) of life, and basis of existence for the Taoist but the Taoist do not consider the Dao to be a god. Taoist believes that the universe and all that is in it comes from the Dao but the Dao is not omnipotent (almighty) but is merely guiding the universe in more of a detached manner. However, there are many deities in the Taoist religion but they are not superior to the Dao but abide by it. All of the deities have specific roles in the religion and are called by

In the opening pages of A Voyage Long and Strange: On the Trail of Vikings, Lost Colonists, and Other Adventurers in Early America, the author, Tony Horwitz, conveys: What would it be like to explore this New World, not only in books but on the ground? To take a pilgrimage through early America that ended at Plymouth Rock instead of beginning there? To make landfall where the first Europeans had, meet the Naturals, mine the past, and map its memory in the present? To rediscover my native land, the

Heritage Have you ever been at Christmas dinner and you were so interested and intrigued by your grandmother 's story that you wish you could place yourself in her shoes right then and there? Well these two stories that I am going to analyze will do just that. I will prove that Silko’s Yellow Woman and Walker’s Everyday Use are inherently drawn to traditions of the past. First, I will show how identity is a common factor in both stories and plays such a large role in connecting the main characters

1: Story from Bear Country (198-200) and The Eagle Watchers Society (14-20) In Story from Bear Country, the story is one of the Laguna people’s traditional myth stories that explains how someone my get abducted by bears to venture into their world. The author uses specific details related to the seductive pleasure and sensation that the bears use to lure people to their side. Further through the story it goes on to explain that once you are strung, there is no going back, not even to your family

Simon J. Ortiz’s “My Father’s Song” The poem “My Father’s Song”, written by Simon J. Ortiz demonstrates to us a look at a world a long way from that of our own. With Ortiz being raised an Acoma Indian a significant number of his poems depend on the spoken customs and bits of intelligence go down from era to era. At first loo the ballad seems, by all accounts, to be a straightforward one of a beneficial affair between a kid and his dad. This poem’s start shows that Ortiz values the lessons that his

Leslie Marmon Silko has an enormous garden. It was started at her home in the Laguna Pueblo reservation, and took root in the desert there. While, like all the other Laguna families there, her home did have a vegetable garden and some flowers to add splashes of lively color, when Silko would come to grow her own garden, it would be planted with words instead of seeds. Nourished by sun-warmed sand and supported by the spirits of her ancestors, Silko’s words would grow, never to be cropped short or

Honors Essay on Ceremony Imagine being a Native American and suffering the horrors of being a prisoner of the Japanese, and later restricted to a lonely, alienated reservation in New Mexico. How would you cope with the trauma of the war and the discrimination that would follow? Without preserving their ceremonies, stories and traditional culture the Native Americans would not have made it through the racism, depression, and alcoholism that resulted from being mistreated. The book, Ceremony