Transcendental Aphorisms

"The highest revelation is that God is in every man."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tenet 1- Everything Reflects the Divine Soul
     Emerson is saying that the most important thing that anyone can understand is that everyone has a piece of God in them. He means to tell us that we are all connected- that we are all one, and should treat each other as brothers and sisters- and that everyone is inherently good and holy.

-Kat

Transcendental Aphorisms

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tenet 5- Trust Spontaneous Feelings and Intuition
     Don't fall into habits and continue to do only what you are good at. Try new things- broaden your horizons and continue to grow as a person instead of getting stuck in a rut.

-Kat

Transcendentalism in TV/Movies- Soul Surfer

     13 year-old Bethany Hamilton is a champion surfer who was born to be in the water. But after a fun night out night surfing and what should be a fun day in the water, she is attacked by a shark and loses her arm. Rushed to the hospital, she remains calm, and maintains her faith in God. Now she has to re-learn how to do everything with only one arm - including how to surf. It will take her friends, family, and her Christian faith to get her back into the water, but if that is where she is meant to be, she will find a way to get there.

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You can watch the full movie here!

Tenet 4- Self-Reliance
     Soul Surfer is truly about a girl who had to rely on herself to get things done. She wanted to surf so she had to push herself to get what she wanted. "I don't need easy, I just need possible " as she said.

-Givy

Transcendental Aphorisms

"Everyone falls down. Getting back up is how you learn to walk."

Walt Disney

Tenet 4- Self-Reliance
     Only you can choose to overcome your struggles or stay down and do nothing about it.

-Givy

Transcendental Aphorisms

"Be strong minded and always think that the impossible is possible."

Selena Quintanilla

Tenet 4- Self-Reliance
     Selena is saying having a strong mind can make even the hardest things seem so easy. You have to rely on yourself to figure out how to conquer the impossible.

-Givy

Transcendentalism in TV/Movies- Divergent

     Set in a futuristic dystopia where society is divided into five factions that each represent a different virtue, teenagers have to decide if they want to stay in their faction or switch to another - for the rest of their lives. Tris Prior makes a choice that surprises everyone. Then Tris and her fellow faction-members have to live through a highly competitive initiation process to live out the choice they have made. They must undergo extreme physical and intense psychological tests, that transform them all. But Tris has a secret that she is Divergent, which means she doesn't fit into any one group. If anyone knew, it would mean a certain death. As she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, this secret might help her save the people she loves... or it might destroy her.
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You can watch the full movie here!

Tenet 4- Self-Reliance & Individuality
     In Divergent, Tris has to rely on herself throughout the movie. The only way for her to get through initiation is to trust herself and her strength.

-Givy

Transcendental Aphorisms

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

Michael Jackson

Tenet 4- Individuality
     Jackson is saying that it's better to try and figure out who you are than follow what society wants you to be.

-Givy