Madeira High School - Mnemonic Yearbook (Madeira, OH)

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Every lndtwdual IS a universe unto htm- self. Consequently, If one has an ultimate goal tn lute. It's bound to be umque or shared by very few people. When COnSld- ering an ulttmate goal for all of humanl ty. lt's necessary to trahscend one's own subjectlve outlook. But thts IS extremely dlftlcult. No matter how obtectwe a per- son trles to be, his Ideas are necessarily colored by hIS own state of consetous- nesst So whatever I may say may not seem real to another person, although It may seem to be an absolute reality to myself and a few others who may happen to share to some degree my own outlook. Anyway. l'll express my own self for what lt's worth a a ttny drop m the vast ocean of conscaousrtess or Universal Mind of Wthh we allare mere reflections, 't I smcerely leel that man's ultimate goal u l8 8 state of super-Consmousness, God- consciousness, cosmtcrconscmusness. f :SuIPIISE. I W eaCh lerm meanmg the same thing. In other words. I feel that manls soul wHI , , . 4 . continually strive to embrace and com- t s earher 1E; prehend a greater part of reallty or the than : totallty of existence until hls wall IS one .. , With that of the Universal Soul, I also feel 3 011 thlnkn that each mdwldual enmy can and w W reach thls conscmus unton With the Over , soul his true home even If It may take many llVeS to learn the lessons necessary to reach such a hlgh level of conscvous- mess. Only alter expertencmg all the plea- sures and pains of Me can a soul come to realtze the emptiness of worldly desnres and satisfactlons and thus become awakv ened. Such an awakened soul is ready to travel homeward Once he has learned to love all creatures and gain such great control over hlS thcughts that he IS truly a 'master 0! htmselt t' Then. It ts only a matter of time tIll he reaches that bllssful state of Unton experienced by such great souls as Franms of Assisi, Theresa Newr man. Martm de Porres, Yoganartda, and thousands of other people of the past and present. In summary. a soul can begun it's JOUFA ney homeward only alter it comes to real, me that: TO penetrate mm the essence ol all bemg and stgmhcance and to release the lragrahce of that inner attainment for the gutdance and benefit of others. by expressmg. In the world of forms, truth. love, purity and beauty, 15 the sole game Wthh has any lhtrmsic and absolute worth. All other happen- rt l' t . - :14 Wxg , l Ings. modems. and attainments can m ,. l . themselves. have no lasting 110th ,. Importance. .1 . . t-t 7 Meher Baba 7 Mark Sellert IN THE NAME OF SANT KIRPAL SINGH l . it w .43V6 t, .. ' omic books and soda pop! ADLIDIII'ATIAIIAP AIAHFIHA lllAl-l-ll--

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QUEST As I look back to my freshman year and think about what my idea of an impossible dream was at that time I realize that my particular dream is just about to become real. As a freshman, l always thought that graduation from high school was an impossible dream But since I am a senior and about to graduate my idea of an impossible dream has changed I now dream about what I will eventually be and witl eventually do for the rest of my life ldream of being a success in college. of gradur ating from college with flying col- ors, and of one day coming back to Madeira High on the other side of the fence, as teacher instead of stu- dent. I also dream that during my teaching years I will have many free summers to do what I please. And what will please me most is to take trips to places all over the world un- til there is no more to see. Then when I am too old to travel any- more. l will sit by the fireside and tell stories of my adventures to my grandchildren - Shirlene Evers