Word: eastern
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...interpreted this as "those who have knowledge of God are God." In Eastern philosophical systems there's an established idea of a path through personal consciousness to a collective conscience to a universal conscience, which people call the divine. I concluded that Jesus must have experienced this consciousness, and that he must have followed a path. The story is about that evolution...
...When he did this movie, I was not a consultant. I wish I had been. Because it wasn't well done. What Mike was trying to do was aim at 14-year-olds, but at the same time he was trying to bring some fairly esoteric complex concepts from Eastern philosophy. It didn't work...
...last Wednesday, only 12 hours after Obama’s election, Medvedev criticized United States foreign policy and announced Russian plans to place missiles in the Baltic region. We urge Obama to break from the Bush administration’s legacy by withdrawing the proposed American missile shield in Eastern Europe, while maintaining the commitment of the U.S. to defending Eastern Europe in case of conflict with Russia. Russia plans to install Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, between two NATO member countries, Poland and Lithuania, in order to neutralize a missile system that the U.S. intends to set up in Poland...
...after a Thai court sentenced him in absentia to two years' imprisonment for a conflict of interest conviction. The Thai telecoms tycoon had spent a good deal of time in England after his ouster, making headlines by buying the Manchester City soccer team before selling it to a Middle Eastern investor group earlier this year. Thaksin was in China when his ban from Britain was publicly announced...
...ultra-religious neighborhoods, which seem like a step back into 19th-century Eastern Europe, many Hassidic Jews either broke with tradition and voted for a secular candidate or left the mayoral ballot blank. Police say several brawls broke out between Porush supporters and jeering Hassidic youths...