Death is coming

The closer death creeps up upon me the less I am able to understand the reasons for life or living.

Yes I have experienced a close family member dying and unlike television it takes decades to handle such a thing. To think I am going to put my family through such a thing when I finally leave is more horrific to me than the thought of death itself.

My life was and is still a learning experience but when all said and done what am I to do with all this accumulated learning over my lifetime if I just die. There is no logic or reason to this.

Long ago I became aware that the God story that is sold to the majority is just a nice story to give mankind with a message of a basic layout of how nice life could be if everyone followed these ideas. Not many in life do and if one thinks about it the good and evil structures actually depend on each other. The good that can be experienced in life is only understood as good when there is it's opposite to compare it to. This is not rocket science only common sense in reality. I am not saying we need to experience bad but understanding in it is needed to appreciate the great things many of us can have in our lives. From birth to death there are many ways mankind helps his fellow man. How many ways can you help?


Monday, September 21, 2009

Past Regression - A Life Enhancing Process!

By Lesley Lockwood

More and more people these days are starting to believe in the possibility of reincarnation. With different techniques that help you to recall your past lives available, it can get tricky trying to choose the method that best suits you.

A very good starting point is keeping a journal. Later on it will help you to identify patterns when you refer back to it. It is important to record all your thoughts, even over things that seem irrelevant. Because it is generally believed that emotions play a significant role in linking us to past lives, it is also important that you record yours in your journal as well. This could be anything, such as an irrational fear of heights.

A good way to start this journal is to write down things like your likes and dislikes, phobias, food, being drawn to certain time periods, architecture, food, cultures, and climates. Also add things like times of Dj Vu, talents and occupations, the kind of animals and your personality and maybe even birthmarks.

Another important detail you should record in your journal is when you dream. Although our dreams are also current they can still reveal important clues and information. Assuming you are able to recall your dreams, be sure to record all the details of them.

There exist another method called past life regression.

This involves a visit to a professional past life regression therapist. They are trained to guide you through the regression and then with your help interpret what information that came through. This technique involves the professional doing hypnosis. Sometimes this can be done by self-hypnosis.

Many people use Meditation as a way to find out about their past lives.

When meditating there is usually no professional assisting and so many people find it difficult to trust the information they get during their sessions. But trusting your feelings as well as your instincts is necessary with meditation.

While meditation may feel like daydreaming to you, something of importance may come through as images start to flow through. Your journal maybe of help here too.

Things to help you in your meditation maybe things like music, a visual focus point or burning a pleasant smelling incense or a combination of them. Prerecorded guided meditation tapes maybe what you need or a soothing sound like water will be of help. If that isn't helping this may.

Binaural Beats

Binaural Beats is an audio recording that allows you to listen to different frequencies in each ear which aligns the two hemispheres of the brain. Using this tool can assist you in achieving the same meditative state that Zen monks reach. It is important that you choose somewhere quiet and free from distractions when you meditate. You need to ensure that whether you are lying down or sitting that you are completely comfortable and relaxed.

It is important to relax your muscles and not get distracted by daily concerns. When that happens just acknowledge them and dismiss them. At first, this going to take some practice to get the hang of it. So don't be surprised if nothing happens the first few times. Meditation takes practice. But when the true state of meditation happens questions will start to come. The answers may come to you when you are not looking.

Among other things this method can also assist you with regards to issues you are faced with in your present life, including relationship issues. You might, like others have, discover that you have shared lives with people in past lives that you know in your present life. A bit of research will confirm, or not, the information you received.

Reincarnation is present in every religion from Christianity to the Hindus. Some of these religions so strongly believe in reincarnation that they believe that any thing you do in one life for either good or bad will be paid for in the next life known as Karma. Then again knowing what happened to you in the past life may help you make a positive change in this one.

As with many things it is important that you keep an open mind about what you discover. You need to be able to accept the information you receive about your past life, because that will enable you to not only learn from past mistakes, but also afford you the opportunity to correct them in your current life, making it better than the previous one.

Many experts are of the opinion that past life regression can be very beneficial for the present life, even when the person concerned does not or cannot accept the information they receive. The subconscious can be unblocked and this can help, especially if it has negatively impacted the body. However, there are other benefits that come from past life regression.

As already mentioned past life regression can help us by identifying the mistakes we made in our past life or lives, and not repeating them in the present life. The way we do that is by confronting those past life issues head on.

Another way that past life regression can be beneficial is that from it you may discover that you have talents and/or abilities that you did not know of and that will aid you in enjoying your current life that much more. It can explain talents or abilities that you may have that you never understood before. For instance, perhaps you are good at singing while the rest of the people in your family are tone deaf! The fact that you were a singer in your past life will explain why you ave that ability in your present life.

Past life regression allows you to get to know yourself better, thereby making better decisions and choices n your current life. Therefore it is beneficial to investigate it further, as it helps you to discover just who you are and why you are the way you are.

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Hospice Grief Counseling - A Compassionate Shoulder For Your Family

By Ben Pate

Everyone suffers grief at one point in his or her life or another. When a loved one dies or becomes terminally ill, the emotional consequences can be extremely difficult for the average person to cope with. The grieving process is never easy and can often take weeks and months for a person to fully recover from. Regardless of when the grieving process begins to set in, whether it is before the death of a terminally ill patient or weeks after their passing, people in these situations should take extra care to maintain their welfare. Many turn to a Hospice Medicare for this help.

The interpretation and emotional response to death can vary drastically from one culture to the next. In many cases the death of a loved one is accompanied by feelings of sorrow, loss, anger and regret. Regardless of how the grief manifests itself in the patient, it's a serious and difficult ordeal for any person to go through and should be treated with the utmost care.

When a person begins to feel grief overcoming them they may be inclined to push their emotions down and distract themselves with prior obligations or with caring for others within the family. When this happens and a person becomes too preoccupied to handle their own grief and emotions they may repress their feelings for a long period of time. In cases like these a person may need assistance handling their emotions in a safe and proactive way.

Sometimes a person may become overwhelmed by their grief. In extreme cases a person's grief may overcome their psyche and shut down their coping mechanisms that normally allow them to handle these emotions. In cases like these where a patient is no longer able to manage their own grief and sort their emotions the person may find that they are no longer able to operate through their daily routine and they begin to fall apart emotionally, now is when they need a Medicare Hospice to help.

In cases such as these a person may need the assistance of grief counseling. Luckily many hospice facilities have on-site grief counseling services to assist patient's families as they begin this difficult and trying ordeal. When looking for a hospice facility, prospective patients should always make it a point to find out if their particular facility offers grief counseling services to ensure their loved ones are taken care of.

In most cases, grief counseling consists of talking openly about a patient's feelings of grief and loss. During these discussions a patient will disclose and speak openly about their fears and frustrations as a way of sorting out their feelings. Exploring the patient's doubts and forcing them to understand the challenges and fears that they may be harboring is part of the guided healing process that grief counseling attempts to facilitate.

Sometimes in severe cases of emotional strife and conflict a patient may require more intense forms of guidance. In these scenarios a patient will often be directed to the assistance of grief therapy. Grief therapy aims to address severe grief depression through clinical and medical means and often with more intense sessions.

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