Our ancestors first sought to understand themselves and their surroundings through the invention of myths and the worshipping of gods. The Greeks, for example, created gods like Athena and Aries to explain the concept of wisdom and war respectively. I would like to think, contrary to common thought...

The Matrix Reality Bytes: A journey through perceptions of reality in 'The Matrix' and the technological world. The idea for this dissertation arose from the culmination of a number of thoughts that have interested me for some time. The question of 'reality' has always intrigu...

The strength of his rational mind is not diminishing the pains of his emotions. On the contrary, the speaker is losing his sanity as time progresses. In the past, perhaps, the speaker's rational thought processes allowed him to cope with failed romances. However, in the presence of this lo...

The Body - Prison or Temple? The body I have been given is my vehicle, my cage, my post, my mansion, my temple, my bunker. It is a marvelous, complex machine, but it can only do so much to heal injuries and wounds. If we slice a nerve or a tendon our body will never again work quite as well as be...

Tai chi is an alternative medicine that is a form of martial arts. It was founded by the Wu Tang monk Chang San Feng. The legend of how Chang San Feng created tai chi was, by watching a snake and crane fight, he was then inspired by how the snake won by it's graceful and controlled movements. C...