1) “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.”


1) What this means to me is that the Party has huge control of the peoples minds, and they also have a lot of propaganda. The quote says that the party has so much power and control, that if they say 2+2=5 then you have to believe it or you might get killed. This relates to the real world because in china when the communists first took rule, started to go into peoples homes without permission, but the people didn’t and couldn’t do anything.

Group (2200-206 B.C.): In the beginning and early years of civilizations, The Chinese were the best at advancing. They had the First emperor, and were the first to domesticate silk, rice, soy and pottery. China made history that would affect the world up to this day. From 2200-206 B.C., they invented writing and literature, used and invented things of Iron because it was cheaper and strong then bronze, were the Fist to use Horses in combat, labor, and transportation, and made two great teachers and philosophers: Buddha (Creator of Buddhism, Lao Tse (Taoism), and Confucius (Confucianism).

Me (206 B.C. - 1911 A.D.): After the end of the Qin dynasty and the birth of Jesus, the Chinese got really serious. They used the Silk Road trading route to get and give silk and other goods to other places or countries. They had great inventions like the hot air balloon, the wheelbarrow, and the irrigation system, paper money, and made copper into coins. There was also a lot of war and conflict at that time. Also Marco Polo goes to China and presents new ideas and inventions, Confucianism, poetry, and art to China. The end of the Qing dynasty marked the beginning of the Republic of China.

1) “Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul, the Brahman is the arrow’s goal, which should be hit unswervingly”
2) "You will go into the forest and be a Samana. When you have found blissfulness in the forest, then come back and teach me to be blissful. If you'll find disappointment, then return and let us once again make offerings to the gods together.”
3) “A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to become empty, empty of
Thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow.”
4) “Oh Siddhartha, you have learned more from the Samanas than I knew. It is hard; it is very hard to cast a spell on an old Samana. Truly, if you had stayed there, you would soon have learned to walk on water. I do not seek to walk on water, said Siddhartha. Let old Samanas be content with such feats!"
5) "You have renounced home and parents, you have renounced your own will, and you have renounced friendship. That is what the teachings preach, that is the will of the Illustrious One. That is what you wished for yourself. Tomorrow, Govinda, I will leave you"
6) "I can think, I can wait, and I can fast"


1) What it meant was the meditation is om, and om is used to shoot your soul to Brahman, which is the target. The more you meditate the better you get with accuracy and precision.
2) What it meant was when the Brahman spoke he said: if you find what your looking for, then come back and tell me, but if you don’t, then come back and continue you old life.
3) What it means is his goal was to stop wishing, dreaming, being happy and feeling pain. When it says to become empty it means to remove what causes wishing, dreaming, being happy and feeling pain. How that relates to my life is when I did Ki Gong I needed to empty my mind of thoughts and think about my breathing.
4) What it means is that he could of got stronger, but he didn’t want to because he didn’t want to be with the Samanas anymore, and that’s a little greedy and greed causes pain. I don’t really know how this relates to my life
5) What it means is that Govinda has been under Siddhartha’s shadow for a while and has learned the ways of Buddha and there is really nothing Siddhartha can help him with anymore. How this relates to my life is when I was graduating into 9th grade, I left my teachers because I already knew everything so I didn’t really need them anymore.
6) What it means is Siddhartha said that because he was ready to follow Buddha before he changed his decision. How this relates to my life is when I was 5 I told my mom “12 x 12=24” to show her I was ready for 3rd grade (It didn’t work).

When I first entered the karate studio, I felt like this was going to be an interesting experience. We were here to experience Ki Gong an ancient practice to make you relaxed, fit, and healthy. When I started to "stand like a tree" I felt dumb, but when I put my hands together and felt my chi like two magnets repealing each other, I was amazed. I also was surprised that it would actually work, and I was surprised no one had told me about chi and Ki Gong. I was amazed at first, but when we did the other chi exercises my chi had disappeared, and I got a little disappointed. But when we meditated I felt my shoulder throbbing and feeling weird. I remembered I hurt my shoulder a while ago and now it was telling me it was hurt. Chi can bring out injuries and heal them, plus in the end of class I felt like I had a lot of energy so Ki Gong benefits almost everything. Ki Gong is an amazing and interesting practice, I hope to eventually know more and practice Ki Gong in the future.

1) The main idea was, a man wants to build a "vertical farm"(a farm in a building) in the city so stores don't have to have get their food from far away. Also there are factors that can change the quality of the products and make land less fertile such as: weather, climate, and incests. In addition to that, it would take less work to create high quality products, because you don't have to worry about losing your livestock, or to cultivate your land. plus it would be easier to domesticate livestock since there aren't any determinants of death such as: disease, predators, etc.
2) Even though a vertical farm can produce better quality products, i don't think it's a solution to our energy crisis. In fact it's the exact opposite, it'll consume more energy. to codify an irrigation system through a 30 story skyscraper would use a lot of metal and water. Even the primitive stages of the building of uses a lot of minerals and energy, to build a 30 story building would use so many materials and energy which we could use elsewhere.
3) I'm a little in the Grey area in this whole thing. I don't really like the idea, it's not that it couldn't be built, we aren't nomadic people but it's the idea that it would use a lot of energy and would leave a lot of poor farmers sedentary. plus scientists would soon alter mother nature and crops and ruin life cycles, which some believe would angry Deities. I just hope those people know what their doing and find a way in which won't consume energy, but help us and the world.