By the illusion of critical power that turns us from the source of truth, or by the eternal partner to whom we must open our hearing to find our way?
I am not burdened
by the illusion of religion.
A lot of the anxiety in our generation is caused
by an illusion of total control over our lives.
The older man is not plagued
by the illusion of hope, but he is on the other hand by the whimsical idea of looking down at the illusion of youth from a supposedly superior standpoint which is free from illusion.
Human beings were so charmed
by the illusion of control Newton's metaphor offered that we began to see ourselves as machines too.
The path is a spiritual one; when we are constantly barraged with and consumed
by the illusions of the outer world, we forget this truth.
Almost 100 years later we still live in a world increasingly affected by war, unemployment and poverty, a reality that nonetheless remains discreetly hidden under the carpet
by the illusion of a global democratic society, where most people have access to the internet, and where an overestimated middle class is entertained by lavish sports competitions.
Robert Greene's Kate Plays Christine pivots on several paradoxes: of acting, which involves self - expression via self - effacement; of media, which parasitically feeds on people, offering audiences catharsis while enslaving them with feelings of inferiority; and of the relationship between fiction and nonfiction, which is characterized
by an illusion of distinguishability that affirms the greater illusion of the existence of objectivity.
The entire system characterized
by the illusion of an unlimited growth and consumption is not sustainable in a finite world and the economic and social crises we are seeing in the last years are, undoubtedly, worrying signs of crumbling perspectives.
Our members across this country are not blinded
by the illusion of choice.»
In other words, viewers no longer focus on an object atop a pedestal placed within the open space of a room as they do in regarding conventional sculpture, but are directed to one wall and then across to the other, at first bemused
by the illusion of the figures coming through the wall before realizing that they are seeing two halves of a whole.
They can not escape the structure; yet they seem fooled
by the illusions of freedom.
As a young artist I was easily dazzled
by the illusion of light...
Being encountered
by illusions of shifting perspectives and vibration, the viewers will be able to examine their own possibilities of visual perception.
They are guided
by the illusion of love forever, instead of being realistic and understanding that there is no such thing as love forever!
Not exact matches
That is an
illusion created
by the fact that we spend an enormous amount
of time online, and find everything we use on the internet.
Ultrahaptics pairs gesture technology with tactile feedback
by using ultrasonic waves that cause the user's skin to vibrate, creating the
illusion of touching buttons or other physical objects and allowing users to control devices seemingly in mid-air.
Between that video, which showcases optical
illusions created
by real objects, and Google's award winning commercial Google Chrome Speed Test, that compares the browser to a potato gun, 1stAveMachine credits practical design — that is, building real projects instead
of using digital trickery.
As Scott Adams, the creator
of Dilbert says, «I would argue that in some cases your performance can be enhanced
by generating in yourself just the right amount
of illusion about your own performance.
Then, Oculus Chief Scientist Mike Abrash spent the majority
of his presentation presenting us with some common optical
illusions, proving that the brain is easily tricked
by virtual reality.
Students «learn about the how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates («chunks») information,» as well as «
illusions of learning, memory techniques, dealing with procrastination, and best practices shown
by research to be most effective in helping you master tough subjects.»
She'd lull her victim into a false sense
of security and once his defenses were dissolved into complacency
by a soft, girly, vulnerable
illusion, Corcoran would go in for the kill, a red widow spider
of real estate.
In 1932 he wrote a widely circulated pamphlet decrying the measures in which he ended
by saying, «Although that was not the intention, this emergency decree will help my party to victory, and therefore put an end to the
illusions of the present System.»
«Much
of the welfare state concept was always an
illusion, one financed
by lavish amounts
of debt for which present and future taxpayers will pay in the form
of higher taxes and reduced services during their lifetimes,» writes University
of Calgary lecturer Mark Milke in a recent article.
Certainly a lot
of innovative people have ensured a comfortable retirement
by making that
illusion easy to create.
They're particularly intrigued
by the way stage magicians toy with our expectations and assumptions, or offer «the
illusion of choice.»
Worst
of all, Luhnow and his execs were openly violating the baseball compact
by which rebuilding teams were supposed to obscure their long - term plan
by maintaining the
illusion that they were genuinely trying to win each and every year, even if it meant losing just a little less.
Kim launched her career
by associating herself with Ray J, a B - list celebrity, who gave her the
illusion of importance, allowing the public to associate her with more fame than she possessed.
Certain activist investors love serial acquirers because they can create the
illusion of growth
by indiscriminately acquiring other companies.
Misguided
by Keynesian falsehoods, they promise or at least create the
illusion of a materialistic paradise on earth
by simply increasing debt based money out
of keystrokes
of a computer.
This would help mitigate the risks associated with what is widely perceived as a «liquidity
illusion».10 The transition to such a market environment, however, could be accompanied
by strained market conditions, as suggested
by recent episodes
of elevated bond market volatility.
«The
Illusion of Equality: Provincial Distribution
of the Canada Health and Social Transfer,» C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 80,
by Kenneth J. Boessenkool (June).
Those who run the Fed are despondent that despite implementing for eight YEARS an interest rate policy specifically designed to enable Obama to create a totally false
illusion of economic «recovery»
by massively increasing government spending with trillions
of phony, deficit, zero - interest - rate «dollars,» the people saw through the economic lie and defeated the Fed's next intended puppet, Clinton.
Perrigo may be nearing the «end
of the line» as it pertains to maintaining the
illusion created
by non-GAAP earnings.
I think information is an
illusion that can parallel physical processes yet does not partake nor change them but is dependent upon the relative viewpoint and interpretation
of information itself
by whoever is doing the talking.
His conversion on the road to Damascus is a fundamental description
of how worldly knowledge and power are
illusions that often enable us to persecute the Church but that,
by grace ones vision may be put right.
He observes, however, that «the modernist desire in Frost and Eliot — to preserve an independent selfhood against the coercions
of the market, a self made secure
by the creation
of a unique style — is subverted
by the market, not because they wrote according to popular formulas, but because they give us their poems as delicious experiences
of voyeurism,
illusions of direct access to the life and thought
of the famous writer, with the poet inside the poem like a rare animal in a zoo.
From thousands and thousands
of years
of history, you are trying to make a case based on an incident that might have been little more than an optical
illusion caused
by atmospheric conditions.
With the Supreme Court striking down the Defense
of Marriage Act last year and same - sex marriage now imposed
by court after court, it's hard to sustain the
illusion, much cherished
by the secular left as a scare tactic, that our country is on the brink
of a theocratic takeover.
That is why he had few
illusions about throwing himself on Washington's mercy, though even he would be surprised
by the coldness
of the charity he eventually got.
Here we see John Paul's sense
of the importance
of culture as the interpretive key to history and the exposure
of what Weigel calls the Jacobin and Marxist fallacies» the
illusions that history is driven
by a quest for power and that history is the «exhaust fumes
of impersonal economic forces.»
In fact, some people test the space's safety
by doing things they know will hurt people just to prove there is no safe haven on earth for anyone and that if we just give them one minute inside that space with these people, they will swiftly destroy their
illusion of safety.
What was true before Pinterest will be true long after Pinterest gets destroyed
by a tsunami cease and desist orders: The myth
of the perfect wedding day is just one more story we tell ourselves to maintain the
illusion of control.
«12 Robert Neale, Professor
of Theology and Psychology at Union Seminary, agrees that attitude is crucial, believing play is distinguished
by a sense
of «adventure» as well as «
by those elements
of peace, freedom, delight, and
illusion that occur in the modes
of story and game.
In comedies as diverse as Shakespeare's and those on prime time television, life progresses from a state
of crisis created
by some
illusion to a harmonious recovery brought about
by discovering the true nature
of the circumstances.
The
illusion that Christian institutions can survive based on unspoken assumptions
of shared beliefs has been shattered
by cultural revolution and legal transformation.
By realism I mean two things: first, seeing the facts as they are and grasping them thoroughly, without evasion or
illusion, without recoiling in fear or horror as it becomes evident what the result
of some trend is likely to be.
For him eternity is the deceptive sensory
illusion of the horizon; for him eternity is the bluish haze that limits time; for him eternity is the dazzling sleight -
of - hand trick executed
by the moment.
We should not be so overawed
by the late American worship
of technical reason that we enter once again the
illusion of omnipotence.
When the natives, weakened
by sickness, overwork, and trauma, died en masse, the
illusion of reciprocity devolved into out - and - out slavery.