Dalai Lama: International Peace Missioner

    In this post I'd like to talk about a very prominent and spiritual person. As you see from the headline, he is Dalai Lama. Nowadays, it is hard to maintain peace in hearts of people. We live in a rush, so even not noticing significant things, though most of us waste energy, time and talent for nonsense. For such poor conditions of human spirit we need a wise adviser in order not to lose our true entity inside. There are not many human beings similar to the very person I'm going to talk about.

  In fact, we, people from the post-Soviet space, know relatively little about Him, Buddhism and Tibet. The man on the image above is His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. He is the spiritual leader of Tibet, however, he describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk. Dalai Lama is a person who is supposed to point out the ways to bring peace and harmony into people's lives. Nevertheless, every human being is responsible for his own state of mind. That is our actions, wrong or right from our point of view, affect our further life. 

  According to Tibetan customs Dalai Lama also headed the administration of Tibet. Unfortunately, he did so not long, because of Chinese invasion. Due to this fact Dalai Lama became a forced migrant to India in 1959 after the brutal supression of Tibetan national uprising in Lhasa. Despite the spiritual leader is still in exile, he never gives up. Particularly, he presented a draft democratic constitution for Tibet in 1963 and continues to elaborate on reforms to democratize the administrative set up. The position of Dalai Lama is a bright example of tolerance and peacefulness. Precisely, the person driven out from his motherland isn't obsessed to revenge, on the contrary he travels all over the world lecturing and promoting universal human values. For this reason His Holliness Dalai Lama was awarded by Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent struggle for the liberation of Tibet.

  In my opinion, the 14th Dalai Lama is an amazing person deserving respect and veneration. In conclusion, I'd like to insert one of his quotes. 

"This is my simple religion No need for temples No need for complicated philosophies Our own brain Our own heart is our temple... The philosophy is kindness"

Red Crescent Training: First Aid

  I'd like to tell abou Red Crescent First Aid Training in Suleyman Demirel University. Initially, The Red Cross idea belongs to Henry Dunant who was witnessing aftermath of a battle, that is thousands of dead and wounded men lying on the grond and not provided by any help. Hence, he gathered local people to bind soldiers' wounds and to feed and comfort them. In 1863 five Geneva men, including Dunant, set up the International Committee for Relief to the Wounded, later the International Committee of the Red Cross.

 
  This international non-profit organization and SDU cooperate from the beginning of the year 2014. Owing to this fact, first aid training is held in the faculty of Economics, "Horizon" research center. I became a volunteer and attend classes of first aid which I liked very much. For example,on monday I've learned how to help a person without consciousness. First of all, you should check if there is any danger thretening your health and safety. Then, it is necessary to test injured for reaction and breath. There is a probability to suffocate, in order to avoid it you should roll a person to a side position. Actually, the representatives of Red Crescent demonstrated us these actions for a better understanding. After this, we repeated what we've seen and correct our mistakes during the process which was very useful. The second step is the cardiopulmonary resuscitation for which we used mannequins. It was much harder than I thought, because my arms were ill, moreover, we need to do 30 pressings and 2 insufflations, 4 times in a minute. Briefly, this is exhausting.

  In conclusion, it is important to mention how necessary the things we're learning. Since, nobody is insured from accidents or any unexpected health problems, so competent people are always in need. Especially, there was a lethal case in our university, unfortunately, noone knew how to help the student before ambulance came, therefore, that guy merely suffocated. Obviously, any person nearby who knew first aid principles could prevent him from dying.

Individuals' Responsiveness

  Recently, I've noticed one thing. At first it seems weird, however, you accept it. The thing is how we, individuals, respond to news, especially negative ones. We are studing International Relations, consequently, we have to keep up lots of different news, mostly not pleasant ones.

  During last month I've read news regularly in order to write my posts in the blog. So, trere is plenty of information in my head which means joyful moments as well as tragic events. Regarding good news our emotions are understandable, that is they are almost the same, they are positive. Therefore, fractions of happiness of human-beings are able to join peole around the world in spite of their social status, race, religion or political preferences.

  Now, let's focus on negatively shocking news. Unfortunately, we hear and see them much more often. Precisely, this kind of news are known quite swift via TV, Internet, newspapers and word of a mouth. For example, when I've heard about the situation in Syria for the first time I was really frustrated by acts of violence existing there both from the government of Bashar al-Assad and its opposition. In addition, hostile actions of illegal grouppings within Syrian territory with a participation of Kazakhstan citizens and others puzzled, moreover, frightened me because these insurgencies commit murderous crimes justifying it by the war for the God(Jihad). However, after a while my resposiveness is becoming less and less. I continue to live as usual, to study, to eat and sleep calmly. Seldom, I find out information about current events horrifying. Probably, the distance is playing a big role in my perception of this conflict. Briefly, Syria is situated in the Middle East, so I feel safe which allows to enjoy life.

  I assume, other individuals behave like me. We waste time surfing the Internet while an enormous number of people are suffering, starving and dying. The most helpful thing we can give is our "like" in social networks. Nevertheless, I'm not sure this happens due to the time we are living in. The nature of people are always the same. Our responsiveness decreases over time and a distance is important as well.

Facebook: its utility and harm

  Almost all of us have access to the Internett, so we barely imagine everyday life without using social network. Now I'm going to talk about the most popular one. It is Facebook. February 4, 2014 Facebook is celebrating its 10th birthday. Just think of it, how were we living without this communication tool. Apparently, it has both supporters and antagonists who emphasize quite opposite features of the social network.

    As you know Facebook has lots of advantages. First of all, it is a universal means of communication throughout the world. You can use it for chatting with your best friend living next door, a boyfriend/girlfriend needing 24/7 being in touch or a pal from another part of the world. Moreover, it is not necessary to spend money, the only thing you need is the Internet access. Also, new relations are developed with the help of Facebook. Secondly, this communication tool provides opportunity for disabled people to contact with outside world, furthermore, it gives them confidence to be equal members of society. Then, in  the cyber space it is not crucial what is your social status, therefore, common people as we are can easily have a chat with a famous person. Lastly, Facebook is playing an important role in changing and improving social as well as political transformation around the world. Particularly, the Arab Spring overflowed the Middle East and North Africa by the use of Facebook. That is nationals of the states involved within borders and abroad shared their opinions and discontent about the current government. This lead to the social unrest in the streets, consequently, the regime was overthrown. However, this advantage of Facebook is quite controversial. Actually, you can dispute my point of view.

  Obviously, there is probability of being harmed using the social network. Precisely, it is an issue about the private security. Because of the recent shocking denunciations of US intelligence related to interception, breaking mail and using private information. Hence, people should think twice before putting personal data on websites or social networks, since there is probability that it could be used improperly. One more negative feature spending time in cyber space is a chance to be fooled by professional frauds and lost a sum of money. In fact, the most wide-spread disadvantage of using Facebook is procrastination. Briefly, active users of the social network are carried away by their gadgets, moreover, they care about virtual attractiveness so much that they worry about the number of likes more than the weather outside. Today's people are not enjoying life despite we have opportunities to have fun with friends, to travel, to meet interesting persons, to read books, to be engaged in favorite work and to develop oneself. Precisely, we forget how wonderful is to communicate face to face, to see real emotions instead of meaningless smiles.

  Finally, it is important to mention that to use or not Facebook or any other social network is a personal affair. My post merely uncovered several crucial points both for and against.