Open to interpretation.ppt

Open to Interpretation

[1.]
Anna-Marie

Senior Research Skills 2

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

[2.]

“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?


The Simple Life/ Adventure
[3.] “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; [4.]
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?


Philosophy/ Religion

•Perform a Hajj

•Learn Buddhism from Tibetan monks

•Live with a religious order of Catholic
nuns

• + more
[5.]

And why?

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?

Of the Theory of

Level 5 Positive Dinsintergration
(A theory of personality development
discovered by Kazimierz Dabrowski)

[7.]

“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

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.”
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-Henry David Thoreau

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>.
• Peter, Carsten. Photograph. Ngm.nationalgeographic.com. Web. 1 Feb. 2012.
• 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.

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