The Mystic Void To create a mystic world in poetry is itself an art par excellence. To welcome and enrich the world of perfect extinction of personality in the form of void as a superior creative excellence is definitely more than mere excellence in the art of poetry. It is the ascent of excellence‚ indeed‚ the ascent of poetry and the poet. Unlike any other mystic poet‚ W. B. Yeats enters into the world of mystic void when he is at his best in sonnets. As a matter of fact‚ the mystic aroma
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Monastery. The Monks that lived there wanted to serve God with their souls. Not long after this happened‚ there were monasteries in every Christian land. There was a monk named Benedict‚ he made a series of rules for his Monastery‚ soon most of the other Monasteries adapted his original rules. Monks normally wore coarse wool cloth‚ with a hood to cover their heads‚ and a cord around their waist for a girdle. The gowns of the Benedictines were normally black so they were called “black monks’’. Many years
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Shaolin Monk is a Cultural dance founded in the ancient heart of China. A Back in c. 480 A.D it was documented by a very well respected legend from the home of China that a wandering Buddhist teacher from India by the name of Batou ended up in China and he was the founder of the Shaolin Monk dance. 1 The Monks have combined knowledge; discipline and kung Fu to make a very amazing dance form of their own. Most martial artists are familiar with the extraordinary powers of the Shaolin monk. 2 The
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Adrian Monk A Former police detective named Adrian Monk has suffered from intensified obsessive- compulsive disorder also known as OCD. As well as a variety of phobias since the murder of his wife‚ Trudy‚ in 1997. Despite his photographic memory and his amazing ability to piece tiny clues together‚ he is now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department. Monk works as a freelance detective/consultant who is trying to get back on the force. The captain of the force wont let Monk
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The Monk and The Riddle by Randy Komisar is book about the art of making a life while making a living. The book begins with a riddle given to Randy‚ a businessman who helps develop companies into successful firms‚ by a monk. The riddle goes‚ “Imagine I have an egg and I want to drop this egg three feet without breaking it. How do I do that?”(Komisar. Prologue) The story continues on to Randy meeting with Lenny‚ a young businessman presenting an idea to Randy in the hopes of receiving funding. Lenny’s
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On May 26th‚ 1637‚ a group of Narragansett and Mohican Native Americans along with English Puritans assembled an alliance. They all had one goal; eradicate the most powerful tribe in southern New England‚ The Pequot Tribe. They began conflicting over property‚ warfare‚ division of labor and nature. The English thought the Puritan men were lazy because the women did all the cooking and gardening. The alliance made a deal to not harm women or children. On that night‚ the group‚ led by John Mason
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Day 1: Massacre at Mystic The first day took place on May 26th‚ 1637 in a Pequot village at Missituck (located near the Mystic River in Connecticut). What happened was the English and Indian allies had attacked the Pequot village. Within that group‚ there were 70 English‚ 70 Mohegans‚ and 500 Narragansetts. The Mohegans and the Narragan were the allies of the English. The English were Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ led by Major John Mason and Captain John Underhill. The massacre was
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are wondering what just happened. Their lives are changed forever. This novel is filled with tragedy‚ that ultimately takes a toll on the three. Dave‚ Sean‚ and Jimmy were friends from their youth‚ and were reunited through a shocking tragedy. In the shocking and suspenseful novel‚ Mystic River‚ tragedy significantly affects the lives of Sean‚ Dave‚ and Jimmy; this devastating event at such a young age ultimately sets up problems in their future‚ specifically for Dave‚ and leads to his inevitable death
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In the minds of Mystic River In "Mystic River" by Dennis Lehane‚ Jimmy‚ Dave‚ and Sean become mentally trapped by past issues which causes them to lose hope in themselves and question their own knowledge . Dave remembers being sexually abused as a child by two unknown men‚ which haunts him‚ even in adult life. Having to go through such a traumatic experience at a young age leaves him psychologically scarred for the rest of his life. Having gone through this the victium can go in many directions;
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Happy endings are presumed to belong to the realm of fantasy. In real life‚ after all‚ even a thumping electoral victory is generally more a first act than a last; what ensues‚ much too often‚ is disappointment‚ broken promises and even murmurs of a recall. When the believer‚ in any faith‚ tells us that the reward for bloody sacrifice is eternal joy‚ the nonbeliever is often tempted to think that the believer is merely trying to justify the ways of God to man. On earth at least‚ the end of life is
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