Aum Essays

How did the Japanese cult, Aum Shinrikyo, Aum for short, utilize violence to their advantage to create a reputation that furthered their goals? An act of domestic terror in 1995, and all the smaller terroristic acts committed in the early 90s, by this cult is violence used to build a reputation for themselves. After trying to gain political legitimacy, and failing, cult leader Shoko Asahara turned to building up his credibility and reputation by using violence. The numbers of people involved in the

The Wasteland, written by T.S Eliot, was shortly written after Eliot read Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Both authors uses symbols in their texts to create a connection to life, death, fear, and self-reflection. Conrad and Eliot both use the symbolism of water in their texts to create the meaning of life and death. In Heart of Darkness, the symbolism of water is used to create a new life. In the beginning of Heart of Darkness, Marlow asks if his “fellows remember… {when he] turned into a fresh-water

Aum Shinrikyo began in 1984 as a religious group combining both the Buddhist and Hindu beliefs and is also obsessed with the apocalypse. It was founded by Shoko Asahara, who professed himself to be both the first “enlightened one” and Christ. Aum, as it was often referred to, was officially recognized in Japan as a religious organization in 1989. Asahara chose a sizable universal following through writing books and speaking at universities. Most of his followers were from Japanese universities as

far away is it? What are their statistics for job output and graduates? How big is the campus? As I thought about these questions and did my research, I finally decided that AUM had a lot to offer, and I should take the wonderful opportunity they gave me to further my education. I did not want to go to a huge college, so AUM really stood out to me. They were big enough to still offer a lot of extracurricular activities, so I knew that I could positively get involved on campus. I asked myself: What

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words in books can kill. The influence of literature is overlooked when it comes to violence. Movies and video games are usually blamed for this type of aggressiveness, but rarely does one point their finger towards a compilation of words on paper. It is forgotten that books hold an incredible power over the mind. Whether it is the power of imagination, the key to new thoughts and ideas, or the development of new emotions, reading can change a person. While

Decline in Hedge Fund AUM? Hedge funds and Republicans have at least one thing in common—media pundits rarely pass-up an opportunity to take a swipe at them when they falter. And hedge funds have faltered. Hedge fund assets under management (AUM) fell below last year’s hard won $3 trillion dollar high water mark. Many would argue that hedge funds have lost their compass but, such an assessment would be unfair. There are three principal reasons behind these losses in AUM and numberless ancillary

The Tokyo subway sarin attack was a act of domestic terrorism on March 20th, 1995 in Tokyo, japan by members of the cult Amu Shinrikyo. The cult members released sarin on three lines of the present-day Tokyo Metro during rush hour, killing 12 people, injuring 50 people and causing temporarily creating vision problems for nearly 5,000 others. (Foundation) The attack was directed against trains passing through the Kasumigaseki and Nagatacho lines, which is home to the Japanese government. Sarin also

“I was there. I saw it all. Immigrants, Muslims... Homosexuals, terrorists. Disease-ridden degenerates. They had to go.” As quoted from the dystopian political movie V for Vendetta directed by James McTeique, V believes he is not a terrorist and is a freedom fighter by referring the terrorists as degenerates. With a pursuit of dominant ideology along with government treating him as a huge threat, V is a heroic terrorist in view of his motivation and political affiliation, acts of violence, strategies

I visited by the campus police office here at AUM and I learned a lot of information that I did not know previously. I found out that university police department was a part of the Office of Public Safety. I had always thought they were separate and not together. I also learned that there is an AUM Crisis Assessment Team on campus and this team is here to protect us from people who pose a threat to other people on campus. I leaned that the officers here are certified police officers. At first I thought

exhalation is more forceful and rapid, compared to inhalation, which is rather slow and less forceful. The AUM chanting: AUM(pronounced) written as Om, Aum or Omkar is one word mantra and is drawn as a sacred symbol. Aum is formed out of three alphabets, ‘Á’, ‘Ú’ and ‘M’. A stands for Lord Brahma (creation), U represents Lord Vishnu (maintenance) and M stands for Lord Mahesha (destruction). A of AUM is connected at the bottom of the spine, just below the umbilicus , U just above the umbilicus and M affects

Private Equity Fund Report ---with the case of Apollo Global Management, LLC Over the past decade, the private equity industry has been suffered from volatility and change, starting in 2006, with the largest deal-making boom and went through the worst recession two years later due to financial crisis. As an investment vehicle, hedge fund has played un important role in the current investment environment. This article will focus on a general introduction of this attracting financial instrument through

symbols. The three min symbols that are commonly associated with the Hindu religion include: Aum, The Swastika and The

The origins of the universe There are numerous selective declarations and standards around creation contained inside the Hindu sacred writings. The Sound of Aum The holy stable Aum is believed to be the essential sound on the start of creation. Breaking of an egg Inside the Chandogya Upanishad (a Hindu holy content.) start is characterized as the breaking of an egg. Trimuti Hindus assume that brahman (the main shutting actuality) has 3 highlights and those are appeared through the 3 divine beings

third eye of awareness. This way of expressing spiritual wisdom is the most prevalent in India as its population is 79.5% of Hindus (3). Lastly, the sacred sound Aum (Om) symbolizes the essence of the cosmos and is commonly used in meditation and prayers. Overall the symbols and ceremonies expressed in Hinduism are Puja, Bindi, and Aum Om, giving the people a way to express their faith with themselves or

For the preliminary paper, we were asked to read Haruki Murakami’s short story “Super Frog Saves Tokyo”, which is about an ordinary loan collector, Katagiri, who finds a giant talking frog inside his apartment one night and tells Katagiri that they are going to save Tokyo from a destructive earthquake which will be caused by the Worm. This short story was written originally for GQ magazine, but was published later along with his other short stories in a book entitled “After the Quake”, published

very frightening experience. I based the previous sentence on my personal experience because I have seen both the good as well as the bad side of team work. I will share my previous experience in the following paper which I happened to encounter at AUM during the English 100 course. At first to begin with, we were paired up as a group of 4 girls against our choice. It gave me a negative feeling at first because we were put into a group by force and were completely unknown. At first that awkward

resulted in the boys carrying out atrocious acts. Mob mentality also causes an individual to lose their critical thinking skills, which is seen within friend groups in real life, resulting in individuals going against their beliefs, it’s also seen in the Aum Shinrikyo cult, which resulted in the loss of several lives, and lastly, its shown in Lord of the Flies, as the boys blindly follow Jack’s instructions, and give in to the mob mentality. Finally, a danger of mob mentality includes the adrenaline rush

a bomb in a factory, that factory will probably be evacuated. Operations will be shut down temporarily, even if no bomb is discovered. New Terrorism Since the end of the Cold War and especially in the wake of New York and Oklahoma City bombings and Aum Shinrikyo attacks in Japan (this had special WMD implications), there has been a dramatic shift in the perceived threat of the new terrorism. Although it is not yet the common tactic of most terrorist groups, but the potential makes the danger real

risk. This is not to say that terrorists are not able to build or obtain a nuclear weapon. In reality, many terrorist organizations would like very much to obtain a nuclear weapon, including Al Qaeda, Chechnya-based separatists, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Aum Shinrikyo (Graham & Dillon, 2010, p. 1). Osama bin laden issued a statement in 1998 declaring that “It is the duty of Muslims to prepare as much force as possible to terrorize the enemies of God” (Graham & Dillon, 2010, p.

In these five religions Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism there are many differences but they have many similarities. There are many similarities but we will only talk about a certain few. Some of the similarities are all religions have a “leader”, holy books, and they all have their own symbol. All of these religions have similarities as I listed above. In the following paragraphs we will talk about the similarities that I have listed above. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism