What personal principles did you adhere to before entering this course and where did they come from? Were they taught to you? Did you develop them on your own? How have our readings and discussions impacted those principles? Of the principles covered which are you drawn to the most and why?
Before entering this Ethical Wellbeing course I had a general idea of what I believed in and what I stood for. When I say a general idea I mean that I had no concrete definite ideas of what I considered universally moral and universally wrong. I had a belief in God and that he controlled the things that happened in this world and that the things that shaped the thing that my life has and will become. I developed my ideas on life due to strong biblical and spiritual instruction. I acquired them on my own by listening to lecture and seeing what made sense. I developed a strong sense of faith so I believed in God even though he was not a tangible being. Even after reading all our different views and perspectives, I still retain that belief, just because of faith.
After entering the class, I've become exposed to different outlooks on life and have searched throughout different ideas to see which ideas brought around can pertain to my belief pattern, I'm drawn more to the Taoist perspective. I love the idea of letting nothing outside of the natural flow, or the Tao affect our lives. The idea of living stress and bias free is an extremely appealing idea. The natural arousals of life are what guide the Taoist and that seems to be the easiest route to go.
I commented on Rebecca Bradley's blog found at http://becksbradley.blogspot.com/ and also Evon Sommerville's at http://evonsommerville.blogspot.com/.
