Transcendentalism by Justin Novak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro en-us 2019-01-29 02:07:38 UTC 2026-02-12 23:05:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png Podcast jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325218405 Elon Musk explains the difference between intelligence and wisdom. He also touches on AI being the future of intelligence and how that will never be something to exist.]]> 2019-01-29 02:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325218405 Song 1 jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325220014 "I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women
And if we don't we'll have a race of babies
That will hate the ladies, that make the babies" Tupac changed the game with this song, because at the time African Americans' we associated with rape. So, he chose to make a song verse to stop all of the rape within his community.]]> 2019-01-29 02:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325220014 Emerson quote jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325227496 This states that we all have something great in us, we just need to find out what that is and we need to stop sweating the small things.]]> 2019-01-29 03:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325227496 Picture 1 jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325227760 Albert Einstein once said "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." I think of this quote when I see this picture because nature is all around the eye and there is a tree representing the brain where most of our knowledge and understanding comes from.]]> 2019-01-29 03:04:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/325227760 Picture 2 jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/327118283 This picture shows how nature affects our soul. I see that this person looks really laid back and relaxed as nature does what nature does best.]]> 2019-02-03 22:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/327118283 Thoreau Quote 1 Thoreau's quote embodies the transcendental idea of living in the here and now, and relying on your own intuition and ideas to make sense of the world. According to Thoreau, it is important to take action today -- to make the most of every opportunity rather than spend time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. Thoreau uses a metaphor which reflects the importance of nature, reminding you that time, like the wave, always pushes forward, infinite and powerful. If we do not "launch" ourselves into the opportunities before us, we risk drowning in societal norms, never charting our own path through the ocean of life. jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/361130313 2019-05-17 11:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/361130313 Poem 1 jjmnovak https://padlet.com/jjmnovak/usc8l0bnh8ro/wish/361131014 From the very title of the poem, “Song of Myself,” Walt Whitman foreshadows a central pillar of transcendentalism –- oversoul -- the union of man’s spiritual and physical being with God and nature. For instance, he says in the poem, "I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul,” revealing his belief that he is lending his voice to celebrate the way mankind is connected to all nature – whether it is daylight, rocks, or rain. No part of the universe is distinct and separate, and spirituality comes in being able to truly see and value the beauty in all things. Whitman, like other transcendentalists, believes that we are all connected, and should look for contentment and self-fulfillment in what is right before us -- in being part of a much greater whole. Like Thoreau, he values simplicity and believes true enlightenment is often lost in the complexity of the world and the desire for material things. Instead, Whitman says we should look internally for peace, and even states, "I think I could turn and live a while with the animals, they're so placid and self-contained." The idea that we are all one, part of a universe that is always changing, should make us feel humble yet powerful, able to perform great things yet content with what already exists today.



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