Essays on spirit meaning

Likewise, the human soul is a spirit in potency.... Cindering we share some common aspects with God; God cannot be in corporeal nature but is in spirit itself.... The soul is related to the spirit and is the aspect that makes humans to have a common aspect with God, which is devoid of other animals or beings....

?? Looking carefully into the mission statement is it clear that huge emphasis is given to customer service and company spirit (meaning the relations that the management maintains within the workforce and with other stakeholders).... Deregulatory Act passed by Congress opened opportunities for business meaning that a political organ or body can either open or block an opportunity.... The company's mission states; “… is dedicated to the highest quality of Customer Service delivery with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and Company spirit (Southwest, 2011)....

Because of this, it is important to start the current analysis with the description of concrete household details from the text's plot for the further investigation on the meaning of these features.... As it comes evident from the book's content, the reliance on law in judgements over the people in current patriarchy leads to despair and injustice, meaning “endless succession of fractures, covering the land with the homeless, the lonely, and the unidentified” (Duvall 12)....

Being a homonym, the word 'spirit' is used to convey more than one meaning.... The term spirit is a translation of the Hebrew word 'Ruah', the literal meaning of which is breath, air or wind.... Being a homonym, the word ‘spirit' is used to convey more than one meaning.... The term spirit is a translation of the Hebrew word ‘Ruah', the literal meaning of which is breath, air or wind (Ratzinger, 1994).... The term was derived from the French word ‘espirit', which in turn was derived from Latin word ‘spiritus', meaning breathe (The American Heritage Dictionary, 2009). ...

The book report "Ethical Analysis of Independent Reading of The spirit Catches" describes the spirit that catches the author and falls down; A Hmong child, her American doctors, and the collision of two cultures.... 362552 February ‘10 Ethical Analysis The spirit catches you and you fall down; A Hmong child, her American doctors, ... The spirit Catches, a book by Anne Fadiman was published in 1997.... They refer to her seizure as qaug dab peg which means “the spirit catches you and you fall down”....

The spirit That Catches You and Your Fall Down Date 1.... Foua lost her free spirit as well as an opportunity to do what she wanted to do because of the many limitations in America.... Hmong refugees highly regarded and valued their culture and traditions that they believed was superior to the American civilized culture....

The paper "The Appreciation and Essence of the Spirit and meaning of Ritual in Chinese Literature" discusses that there is a similarity in the content of the Yili and the Liji.... In addition, the examples demonstrate the appreciation and essence of the spirit and meaning of ritual to the practice of ritual.... Indeed, according to the Chinese traditions, proper appreciation of the spirit and meaning of ritual is essential to the practice of ritual....

It is really the fan spirit that gives the much needed energy to boost the players who are involved in the game.... At many times teams win or lose and that is much determined by the presence of their supporting fans, who raise their spirits with their applause and exhibitions of their inner spirit, that is very well evident in the different types of antics that they perform during the course of the game.... Fans and their Diehard spirit ... But to sum it up it is really the fans that enliven any game, no matter which ever part of earth it is being played, that brings the true spirit of the game....

Hurbon claims that voodoo is like other world religions, in that it is a means through which followers can connect to the supernatural and find meaning in their everyday lives.... While today Roman Catholic symbols are recognized by voodoo adherents, the meaning that these have gained specific to the practice of voodoo do overshadow the original Roman Catholic symbols. ... It has a belief system underpinned by the need of humans to understand their purpose and the meaning of their lives....

those whose minds are preoccupied by worldly thoughts of materialistic pleasures and desires are destined to death – pain, agony and suffering while on the other hand the mind controlled by meaning, the mind preoccupied by the spirit is life and peace.... his verse is again in continuation of the verse fourteen, and suggests that for you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again meaning the spirit of God that resides in you is not meant to enslave you but in fact, it exists to liberate you from having worldly aspirations and hence saving you from disgrace, agony and pain....

Latest developments and understanding of Aesthetic principles, religious and ceremonial values, have brought about a greater insight into the ideas and moral values that African artists express in their art (African Masks History and meaning, n.... Latest developments and understanding of Aesthetic principles, religious and ceremonial values, have brought about a greater insight into the ideas and moral values that African artists express in their art (African Masks History and meaning, n....

Its meaning is explained near the beginning of the book when the Lees, a large immigrant Hmong family in America observe their three month old baby Lia having what in the West would be called an epileptic seizure.... Everything, however ordinary, is imbued with spiritual meaning for the Hmong.... It is a tragedy that all those well-meaning people could not talk these things through and come up with a better way.... The title of the book The spirit Catches You and You Fall Down comes from an expression in the Hmong language which originates in the country of Laos....

This paper examines the sacral meaning of the church in from a Christian point.... Although the language being used by the speaker is known to earthly populations, it meaning tends to be unknown to the speaker.... Further, it defines what is a Spiritual Gift, also, it gives an explanation to all the Gifts of the Holy spirit: apostleship; prophecy; evangelism; discernment; knowledge; pastor; teacher; exhortation etc.... Gifts of the Holy spirit are god given....

The concept of spirituality, which is a belief system focuses on intangible elements that impart meaning to life of people, has continued to arise in healing hospitals.... Healing hospitals are designed to focus on the healing process, from mind, body and spirit; however, this involves a lot of equipment and resources to provide a conducive environment, which may need a lot of fund that may be limited for the management.... This quote defines the very purpose of healing hospitals which is integrated to include relatives, spiritual leaders and individual spirit in the provision of treatment to patients....

Even researchers like Carlos Castaneda and Micheal Harner who originally embraced the use of entheogens later distanced themselves from the practice, succumbing to peer pressure perhaps, of those who failed to recognize that it is the context of the use of the substance that defines its meaning rather than the mere chemical composition and the nature of the effects.... In the psychosocial model of shamanic trance, the shaman plays the role of mediator between spirit worlds....

Under the literal rule, the words of the statute are given their natural or ordinary meaning and applied without the judge seeking to put a gloss on the words or seek to make sense of the statute.... According to this rule, the law is understood by the judges from the literal meaning of the word.... ne of the major advantages of this form of interpretation is that law is made by the court on the basis of the meaning of the word, so there is no chance of cheating since the meaning of the word cannot be changed from it is in the dictionary....

Under the literal rule, the words of the statute are given their natural or ordinary meaning and applied without the judge seeking to put a gloss on the words or seek to make sense of the statute.... According to this rule, the law is understood by the judges from the literal meaning of the word.... One of the major advantages of this form of interpretation is that law is made by the court on the basis of the meaning of the word, so there is no chance of cheating since the meaning of the word cannot be changed from it is in the dictionary....

[Author's Name] The realm of spirit in ‘The Painted Drum' Sometimes writers work within the medium of a natural phenomenon, via explication, letting the reality of the natural phenomenon do most of the work.... She incorporates what might be temporarily named the mundane spirit realm, which is somewhat comparable to the realm the fairies and sprites of English literature propagate due to their similar earthbound statuses.... But, Erdrich utilizes the realm of spirit in a way that reassesses the human relationship to its ancestry, to its community, and to the earth....

This report "The Role of the Holy spirit in Christian Salvation and Its Importance for Pentecostal Evangelism" discusses the role and importance of the Holy spirit that cannot be overlooked especially when it comes to the duty of evangelism and salvation.... In fact, the studies have shown that salvation can simply not be possible without the Holy spirit.... This is because the Holy spirit is the personality that brings Grace needed for God to grant a person salvation....

The widespread use of the mineral spirit especially in painting poses significant health risks to the people.... Mineral spirit has fumes that are readily inhaled by an individual when using the mineral spirit for various issues and this may amount to poisoning.... The hydrocarbon part of the mineral spirit has carbon which has more affinity to oxygen when inhaled and deprives hemoglobin of its ability to combine with oxygen hence leading to strained breathing....

Jesus says that the Holy spirit will lead us into all truth18.... As He has sent Holy spirit to all those who believe, there is no more revelation to come, and sign gifts are no more required.... ontinuationists argue that the Gifts of the spirit still exist and will continue to exist.... In the opinion of Sanders, it is irrational to think that Holy spirit will redefine Himself at times25.... In fact, it has been seen throughout the Testaments that God has increased the presence of Holy spirit....

Additionally, the writer reveals the meaning of the Baptism as a sacrament of Confirmation.... Anointing in ancient symbolism is rich in meaning.... Through the sacrament of Confirmation, those baptized are perfectly tied to the church and enriched with a special strength of the Holy spirit.... Confirmed Christians, those anointed share completely in Christ's mission and the fullness of the Holy spirit with which he is filled so that their lives give a good scent about Jesus Christ....

Notice that the meaning of "belief" has at least two different meanings: you can believe that Earth is round (in fact, it's a flattened sphere) but it doesn't affect your feelings, since you're not an ancient astronomer questioning the contrary.... hen Jesus cast out an unclean spirit in Capernaum, it "convulsing him [a man] and crying with a loud voice, came out of him" (Mk 2:26)....

However, with time, differences in the understanding of the doctrine meaning have led to a widening gap between the Catholic Christians and the Orthodox Christians, causing a difference between these two groups.... he teachings imparted by the Orthodox Church herewith include facts regarding God being the founder of Churches and are thus, associated with inner meaning of holiness and spirituality.... However, before continuing with a deeper elaboration, one needs to understand the actual meaning and role of the Holy Spirit15....

Moreover, early Greeks have believed that a spirit gets trapped within the living world and becomes incapable of crossing over unless a proper burial is held.... They believe that disturbing a burial site will entail in the eventuality of the deceased's spirit returning to haunt the living.... It transpires from their testimony that haunting consists of three types of supernatural occurrences that happen when a spirit returns, to inhabit or visit for a reason to the human world, in the form of residual haunting, traditional haunting or demonic haunting. ...

The paper "The meaning Of Adhering To A Monotheistic Theology" discusses how Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all view monotheism as the existence of one unified God.... The meaning Of Adhering To A Monotheistic Theology Monotheism is the belief in only one God, this God is believed to be the creator of all both the heavenly and the earthly.... onotheism in Christianity Christians view monotheism as trinity; this is the belief in one God with three aspects, which are the father, the son and the Holy spirit....

Such activities – including the marriage rituals earlier mentioned – are commonly observed patterns of behaviour that have a profound and significant meaning for the group.... he old Igorots practiced animism, or spirit belief, although the younger generations have combined their old ways with a belief in one God, and they do not see any conflict in the two concepts.... Igorots also believe in the spirit of their dead staying with them to help the generations along....

spirit possession empowers people in a way that they impart people such spiritual powers (like in Exorcist) that are unable to get without demonic possession.... This is a common perspective in many cultures that a spirit has taken the control of a person's body and he undergoes such powerful changes in the physical attributes like voice and etcetera, that we can say that he gets empowered.... spirit possession enables one to be someone else....

Le Corbusier (Corbu) and Mies van der Rohe (Mies) are two scholars who tackle the meaning of form.... Le Corbusier (Corbu) and Mies van der Rohe (Mies) are two scholars who tackle the meaning of form.... Mies also mentions the “spiritual and real commitments” of the creative process (102), the same spirit that drives the meaning and purpose of form for Corbu.... They address form similarly by placing centrality to the spirit of architecture that drives its fundamental elements....

The authors of this book attempt to enable the reader be prepared to go deeper in trying to find the various meanings of the meaning of Baptism in Acts and also creates for of preface for the kind of baptisms that may exist in this book.... It would otherwise be challenging to attach meaning using modern definitions.... The two theologians, therefore, dispute most of the interpretations about baptism concerned with Paul, as they believe it is misguided and not the true meaning of what Christ might have meant....

Let's consider the role and meaning of indigenous healing through the studying of its methods and their comparison with methods of traditional Western notions of treatment. ... The case is that its key emphasis is put on the meaning of social spirit in people's life....

From the paper "meaning Good and Bad According to Nietzsche" it is clear that Nietzsche's criticism of truth and knowledge is mostly on the allegations that everything that is made comprehensible to most individuals has to be distorted and made simple.... Insert Nietzsche starts his narrative of how the expressions ‘good' and ‘bad' acquired their meaning.... meaning ‘good' and ‘bad' started to reverse in meaning so that now ‘good' defined the common, poor low, and inferior, whereas ‘bad' now was for the powerful, rich, privileged and superior....

This was a vision by Elk on the origin, the purpose and the spiritual meaning of the pipe.... ‘The offering of the pipe' This was a vision by Elk on the origin, the purpose and the spiritual meaning of the pipe.... He explains the meaning of each and every factor or existing object or problem.... For instance, he has the answers to the symbolic meaning of all the contents of the pipe, from the color used on the ribbons, to the position of each ribbon and significance of the pipe in the normal world (Neihardt chapter 1)....

They are considered to be sent by God or the evil spirit or Karma to punish people for their sins in the past or present life (BBC, 2002).... Indian people believe in spirit of God and that makes them believe that mental disorders are also a product of such spirits (Niaz, S.... Any act of women that is considered undesirable is conceived as the work of a supernatural spirit (Niaz & Hassan, 2006).... The idea is that evil spirit will go out of the body after getting the beating....

Whereas tradition is a belief and behavior that a certain group or society passes down within itself having a symbolic meaning and special importance to origins in the past.... In addition to that, beliefs and values that evolves from the spirit world.... Secondly, are ways of Relating, which are cycles of life, time, and relationships between individuals on the Earth spirit.... As Christianity revolves around the features of God who is: the son, Jesus, and the Holy spirit, on the other hand traditional beliefs entails things like the existence of a creation god, spirits of ancestors, taboos, charms, and fate (Rice 6)....

This custom revolves around spirit possessions and in particular the female.... Conversely, men in this cult do not take the leadership role and their contribution in the ceremony may come in the form of drumming, slaughtering ritual animals or making offerings to the possessing spirit.... odia on her part is also required to learn songs used in the ceremony; in which case, she is supposed to learn the songs and rhythms embraced or preferred by each spirit....

Thus, the ghostly language has a propensity for granting persons a way of speaking about meaning of a place, and thus devising legends and folklores pertaining to the place.... Besides, the Australia's indigenous cultural landscape is richly filled with meaning of the alleged occupation of ghosts, spirits, and poltergeists.... The spirit supposition establishes that personal consciousness is prone to survive physical death, and thus is capable of being communicated with the living people, predominantly via spirit medium as well as through discarnate entity....

These core beliefs holds the credit for bring meaning to people's life, comfy, and knowledge to many learners across the globe. ... irstly, it is the responsibility of a Shaman to begin his/her spiritual dream with the help of vision from the guiding spirit and reach the state where he/she can speak to the gods, ultimate stage for a Shaman.... In the end of this dramatization, Shamans indicate finding of the lost spirit while bringing it back to the sick person (Edson, pp....

The aim of this paper is to try exploring the meaning of the word spirit to the original readers of the New Testament. ... reath is as well a fundamental meaning of this word.... eaning: who controls meaning?... levels of meaning; the Holy Spirit in interpretation ... The paper "What Might the Word spirit Have Meant to the Original Readers of the New Testament?... clears up that interpreting the bible believers should not consider every application of 'the Holy spirit' as an allusion to the third individual of the 'Trinity"....

However, the 'void' of the placebo is not a 'void' at all: it is the effect of the cultural setting, meaning, expectancy, hope, belief, and faith on healing.... The placebo effect is defined by anthropologist Daniel Moerman (2000) as 'desirable psychological and physiological effects of meaning in the treatment of illness'.... However, the ‘void' of the placebo is not really a ‘void' at all: it is the effect of the cultural setting, meaning, expectancy, hope, belief, and faith on healing....

Such practice in the history of the society ensured ancestor worship continues to be a sacred symbol in which members of the society find meaning and purpose for their lives in addition to being strongly entwined with the Korean sense of identity.... The human life is therefore seen as being in a cyclical progression just like the seasons which fits into ancestor worship belief that dead spirit can be saved if he/she is on course in the nine celestial bodies....

Lastly, both provide the need of purpose and meaning to the lives of its members, which provides motivation to face life (Ryan 18).... he rituals provide the need of emotional connection between the spirit world and the humans.... A Hmong shaman can easily happen to be lost amid the dissimilar worlds; they frequently journey with the Tree of Life that is a plan of the worlds or a spirit guide, to guide and show them the way (Ryan 18)Work CitedRyan, J....

The essay "The spirit Catches You and Fall Down Critique" focuses on the critical analysis of the book The spirit Catches You and Fall Down, based on a Hmong family from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province, Laos.... It is believed that epilepsy is caused when the spirit separates from the body.... The spirit catches you and fall down Introduction The book is based on a Hmong family from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province, Laos.... It is believed that epilepsy is caused when the spirit separates from the body....

pringalice main objective is to develop in the sales of fine wine and spirit within the region.... The paper 'Springalice Wines and Spirits Store ' is a suited example of a business case study.... Scaling outright decisions about the legal and corporate framework of a business is a vital investment in the business....

In other words the take contains themes, meaning, exemplification and aspects that go beyond the quintessential aspects of the epic.... In several ways, the themes and events of the Odyssey reflect and highlight the spirit of ancient Greek society.... Significance of the themes The themes and events of the odyssey reflect and highlight the spirit of ancient Greek.... On several occasions there is a spirit that fought to save Odysseus....

In consequence, they were responsible in their treatments for making peace with the gods in order to drive out the damaging spirit in the individual's body.... The Mesopotamians believe that by destroying the object in which the spirit resided, the demon's existence was also ended.... Practitioners in Egypt and Mesopotamia were responsible for making peace with the gods so that the evil spirit could be cast out of a sick person's body.... In contrast, Egyptian and Mesopotamian practitioners prayed to the gods to deliver a patient from the demon spirit....

Many writings exist for the baptism in the Holy Spirit and are able to explain the meaning of baptism in a more Biblical way though.... However, various churches have made their own versions of interpreting the meaning which sometimes lead to confusion of the believers.... A lot of writings have been present for the idea of baptism in the Holy spirit but the Bible is still the basis of all these writings.... Being baptized in the Holy spirit is indeed stated in the writings as an experience of the gift of God....

But whatever the approach a writer uses, what is important remains that they present to readers a story that is based on meaning.... Normally, two key elements are used by writers in drumming home the ideas and meaning they seek to present or draw to the reader.... In so doing, dwellers of the world of the physical are classified as mortals, while the dwellers of the spirit world are classified as immortals.... Those who are immortal on the other hand lived in the spirit world and never tasted death....

t is very important to agree with the meaning of spirituality since the paper is going to shed light on the topic of spirituality and three (to be discussed later in the paper) varied faiths.... In this context, the standardized dictionary, Oxford Dictionary, gives the meaning of the spirituality as 1).... s mentioned, this paper is going to shed light on three varied faith with the comparison of the Christianity in order to describe the meaning of spirituality (OBrien, 2013)....

In order to explain the meaning of life and death, various scholars and medical researchers have focused on trying to figure out these two important elements in life.... This is an indicator of the changing meaning of life and death in the human race.... The fact that globalization is leading to the creation of a universal society; one which shares many beliefs and values gives an explanation as to why such changes in the definition of the meaning of life are spreading rapidly in the world....