Michael Benjamin 4 Lindgren by Michael Benjamin https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d en-us 2019-01-29 16:30:37 UTC 2025-12-28 16:46:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Song 1 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325474711 Anti-Everything by DED
"Run your monopoly
I am the opposite God forbid I could be
Living antithesis, revel in this resist
Maybe you get the gist venomous
Standing in line is the way that you go
I will survive on the path that I chose
Sever the ties from the blind and all those
Ignorant b*st*rds I am in control."

This song’s main focus is the opposition to literally everything. In my opinion this is transcendentalist because it glorifies the non-conformist ideals, and even takes them a step further.]]> 2019-01-29 16:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325474711 Quote 1 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325479618 “The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.” 
-Isaac Asimov
One of the most important ideas to the transcendentalist movement is that nature and people are one. In today’s world we have separated ourselves from nature and according to transcendentalist thinkers, this may be the root to many of our problems.
]]> 2019-01-29 16:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325479618 Song 2 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325483553 In the End by Linkin Park
"The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
You didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window"
This song, to me, is a reminder that in the end, nothing really matters because of how insignificant we are as a species in this vast universe. It also calls to attention the transcendentalist idea that people will just sit by and watch their time pass without ever actually truly being.]]> 2019-01-29 16:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325483553 Song 3 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325486515 (Don’t Fear) The Reaper by Blue Öyster Cult
This song is a constant reminder to me that although death is eternity, I shouldn’t fear it. No other thing in nature has the same fear of death that humans do. "Seasons don’t fear the reaper, Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain." This idea that nature has no fear of death is transcendental in that since we are one with nature we should learn from it and learn to overcome the irrational fear of death.]]> 2019-01-29 16:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/325486515 Podcast michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327113506 #1222 Michael Shermer
-The Joe Rogan Experience
In this podcast, Joe Rogan, a comedian/public influencer/self-proclaimed intellect, interview professional skeptic Michael Shermer. They discuss in great detail several of the world's greatest conspiracy theories. They talk about how people shouldn't just believe what they are told and that humans in society should express themselves as individuals more frequently. Free thinking individuals have often been criticized as outcast, but occasionally the words they preach have had greater impact as the rest of the world gradually learned and understood what they did. Henry David is a great example of one of the people, who at the time, seemed crazy, but as society matured, his ideas made much more sense and became relevant.]]> 2019-02-03 21:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327113506 Image 1 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327115532 This image of a sculpture represent how even is, at first glance, someone seems much different and doesn't make sense, if shown in a different light, they may be just a person being a person. They are being an individual, and to them, it doesn't matter how they are viewed by the outside world.]]> 2019-02-03 21:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327115532 Quote 2 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117380 "It is not the length of life, but the depth."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote explains in simple words how people should have more meaning in their lives. Humans should care less about the material and focus on actually living their lives.]]> 2019-02-03 22:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117380 Quote 3 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117410 "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
This quote explains the difficulty that people run into whilst trying to retain their individuality in a society.]]> 2019-02-03 22:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117410 Quote 4 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117423 "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The future and the past are too far away to worry about, the present is the most important, so live each moment to the fullest.]]> 2019-02-03 22:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117423 Original 1 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117438 The United States Government has failed the people it claims to serve countless times. Many of these people wish nothing from the government, but are still forced to support it. The U.S. government tends to engage in conflict where it shouldn't, and people who would rather not be involved are forced to by laws put in place by the government.]]> 2019-02-03 22:14:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117438 Original 2 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117461 Coach Hazard may not be a transcendentalist, but he stands for what he believes in, and doesn't give a hoot about what people think about him.]]> 2019-02-03 22:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117461 Poem michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117481 Song of Nature is a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is about how humans are one with nature and how peace comes with the acceptance of this truth.]]> 2019-02-03 22:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117481 Image 2 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117684 Schools are places where people are forced to conform in order to advance in life. You are given two choices, fit in to some clique or be an outcast. Being a drifter in school, although occasionally depressing, might perhaps be the only way to keep your own ideas.]]> 2019-02-03 22:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117684 Image 3 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117694 In this picture we see a person sitting amongst nature. They may be attempting to connect with it. The transcendentalist idea of being one with nature is perfectly captured in this photo.]]> 2019-02-03 22:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117694 Article 1 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117755 The New York Times explains the role current celebrities have in bringing transcendental meditation into the mainstream.]]> 2019-02-03 22:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117755 Article 2 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117767 This article covers and explains the topic of transcendental meditation and the role it plays in today's society.]]> 2019-02-03 22:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327117767 Video michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327118224 This video is about a transcendental artist that emerged recently whose art was of a new form that man didn't understand. ]]> 2019-02-03 22:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327118224 Works Cited Page michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327118300 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lIFfprd1eQLyDZjOxmtiO8qXuVRx5pQUuoY4EjJ1xeo/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2019-02-03 22:21:02 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327118300 michael_benji15 https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327328801 2019-02-04 14:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_benji15/lba97mb5jo9d/wish/327328801