Emma Gebele

 I feel like Arjuna when it comes time to do my homework. Doing homework is not something I enjoy or look forward to. Arjuna needed to go to war against his friends and that is something he definitely did not enjoy or look forward to. However it was his duty do to so. Just as it is my duty to do my homework.

The message of the Bhagavad Gita was that sometimes you have to do things you do not want to because they are the right thing to do. In this case I did not want to do my homework however it was the right thing to do. The Bhagavad Gita also described that the Spirit of a person does not change between life and death. My Spirit does not change just because I did homework, if anything it improved my Spirit.

Today the idea of doing ones duty is more along the lines of following your heart and doing what will make you happy. Bhagavad Gita’s idea of doing ones duty would be doing what someone else told you. Modern day American culture focuses a lot on the individual and making sure every person is happy. The Bhagavad Gita focused more on doing what was right according to the Hindu gods.

This could be used  as a tool of oppression because it could be told as a story of example. The gods told this man that going to war and killing your friends is okay so therefore it would be okay for others to do it too. If people start to believe that it is their duty to do the bidding of the gods, people in places of power could take advantage of that by saying that they get their power directly from the gods.

I Feng Shuied my bedroom. It was really messy, there were clothes everywhere and my bed was unmade. Cleaning my room allows Chi to roam freely throughout the space and not be blocked by the messiness in my room. It also related to the Five Elements because my bed is rectangular shaped and has a green bed spread on it. This represents the element wood which stands for growth and expansion. My curtains have a curvy blue pattern on them which represents water which stands for relaxation and inspiration. The nine areas of my life are all represented by the things in my room. The green bed spread stands for family, health and community.  These are the before and after pictures of my room. I am happy that my room is clean because it creates less stress in my life and makes it easier to find things.

I think the moat powerful sensation on the walk the smell of the trees and flowers. It was refreshing. I had never been on the path before but I liked it, I feel bad for the cross country runners who have to run up the hills. I liked seeing all the flowers and the old tree. I could hear the sounds the trees make in the wind, birds chirping in the trees and the sounds of my feet hitting the dirt. I remember thinking that all of the flowers were very pretty and the shades of greens in the trees were pretty too. I remember feeling a bit cold but refreshed from the clean air. The walk relates to Taoism because while on the walk I was not thinking about other people or the other things happening in my life, I was focused on what my senses were feeling a

d my surroundings.  

I will learn to expand my horizons and learn more about the world and the history behind it. I will also learn to think outside the box and have more empathy and be more thoughtful towards other people and their cultures.

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