Essay on Beliefs

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Being you, equality for all, hope, effort equals success, never give up, the hunger games might happen in real life, morals, education, dreams and ambitions, integrity, love, friendship, dedication, standing up for yourself, encourage others, karma.
Why am I listing these certain values and traits, you might be asking? And the answer to that is simple. All those things I listed were just a few of my beliefs. I believe that beliefs are what is right with the world.

All our beliefs are created over a lifetime; many of them come from the words of role models or maybe the constant lectures from your parents and teachers. Some may come later in life, when you’ve experienced something fabulous or disappointing. However, if you truly have faith and are a hundred percent certain of your beliefs they’ll become an unconscious pattern in your mind. These patterns will be used to make up your decisions in your life and you’ll probably have no idea. These beliefs are the steering wheel of our reality, they influence how we see the world, “is the glass half full or half empty”, who really knows? Because the answer changes because of what we think as person. Thus making our motivations and desires are different from each other. Beliefs create individuals.

Ever since I could remember, I’ve been a Buddhist. I don't want to sway too much into religion, as there are many strong beliefs associated with that topic.
But, my religion has played a major role in my life. I didn’t really know that until I began writing about it. One of the main parts in Buddhism is about treating people equally with respect and kindness and to treat others who you’d like to be treated. This has been brought into my personality, my attitude and how I see the world. This has made me the person I am today and I’m

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Berbers Beliefs

the worship and offering sacrifices to the animal gods. These indigenous beliefs of the Berbers were mainly influenced by the people who lived around them. It is important to note that the Muslim beliefs of the Berbers were exactly the same as those of the Sunni Muslims. Their beliefs were strongly based upon blessings. They also believed that descendants of Muhammad could perform various miracles. They believed that there wasn't any intermediary between God and man. Despite that fact, each and…

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Compare And Contrast Jefferson's Beliefs And Beliefs

As Thomas Jefferson assumed control of the national government, he wanted to make changes. His visions included changing the economy, education, culture and politics. These areas were very different from the Federalists and Jefferson had hoped to change the landscape of America and the American people. He was limited in his powers of change and although he tried, we will see after analyzation that he came up short. Jefferson believed that education; for men, white and usually wealthy, was important…

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Afterlife Beliefs

China, and Aztec all have their own beliefs in what should happen to a body after death and where the soul goes after its body has perished in this life. Because these ways of life happened so long ago there are some contradicting ideas as to what a certain culture believed in. The Egyptians believe how a person lives their life determines if he will pass The Weighing of the Heart ceremony and go to paradise. The people of Mesopotamia had two different beliefs about the afterlife; one saw it as a…

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Piscine's Beliefs

In India, one of the beliefs Pi developed was Animals are territorial. Animals had a very big impact in Pi’s life, Piscine went from looking at them from outside glass of the Pondicherry Zoo, to unfortunately staring at them through their cold, dead eyes in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Before the boat crash, Piscine learned all about animals from the family zoo. How they’re just like us. How animals go to somewhere their use to get their essentials for survival, is the same way how our mothers…

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Transcendentalist Beliefs

Transcendentalists find their roots in the belief that nature is sacred and that there is more value in the individual than in the group. One such transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau, expressed these ideals in many of his writings. Namely, he has expressed time and time again that you will only get out of life what you put into it. His essays exemplify this ideal in a number of ways, including searching for happiness, living life to its fullest, and maintaining a positive mindset. In “Conclusion”…

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The Buddhist Beliefs

I believe that the Buddhists meant that when we as human beings, become accustomed to material things, desires; and the pleasures of wanting these things we will probably do what we feel is necessary in order to make sure that we have them simply because at that point it is no longer just a want, but a craving and an attachment. Take, for example, a male and a female who has been in a relationship for five years, and the girlfriend finds out that the boyfriend has been cheating on her; she’s devastated…

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Transcendental Beliefs

Transcendentalism is the act of going against the norms of society in order to live a simple life. Throughout the points of individualism, self reliance and the importance of nature Transcendentalism views are not supported by the Bible. Transcendentalist views show the importance of relying solely on oneself and not on others, including God. A great example of this is in the text “Self Reliance” which states: “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string” (Emerson 270) This states the…

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Shinto Beliefs

Shinto was one of the most important parts of Japanese life. Since it is such a respected religion back then and still is today. This is seen in Article one that there is a somewhat a temple in this image which is a Shinto temple (Usa Jingu). Shinto is the largest religion in Japan and 80 % of Japanese practice Shinto. They created the word Shinto to distinguish from the very popular religion Buddhism. Unlike Christianity, there is no secret founder or text; the only intention in this religion is…

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