Who Is A Funeral Director And What He Does

By Alvin Cruise

to the actual handling of the body of the deceased.

The prime duties of a funeral director can be categorised into four broad heads, which are transporting the dead body, preparing it for the funeral service, making arrangements for friends and relatives to assemble and pay their last respects to the departed and then the actual cremation or burial of the body according to the choice or beliefs of the family.

These responsibilities entail taking care of essential activities like deciding the place and timings of the memorial services, arranging for a car to transport the body, and preparing obituaries and placing them in print or the electronic media. Besides, funeral directors have to arrange flowers and have the decoration carried out for each ceremony, make provisions for conveyance for the assembled people and dress up the body for the ceremony after anointing it.

Other than these jobs, a funeral director also takes care of the critical paperwork that forms a part of the official formalities following a person's death. He helps the relatives in obtaining a death certificate. He is also entrusted with other tasks like helping the family with getting the insurance money and to take advantage of seniors' burial scheme. He can even arrange for the transfer of any annuities or pensions that the family is entitled to receive, and offers tips to the family on management of funeral costs.

He also has to associate with a lot of people and should coordinate with different people for effectively accomplishing his tasks. He has to interact with physicians, pastors, casket makers and flower sellers, all with equal ease.

Finally, it is essential for funeral directors to come forward and provide some comfort to the bereaved family on a personal level, in order to help them get over the loss of a loved one. Some funeral directors neglect this task, but it is an essential part of their service no doubt.

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Why Is Chakra Meditation So Important?

By Gillian Tamzeen

Chakras are the focal points for universal energy which flows through us, whether we know it or not. Your chakras have a profound influence on your life whether this effect is good, such as when they are properly aligned for energy flow or whether this effect is for the worse, like when they are blocked, preventing the flow of energy or are out of alignment.

Chakra means energy in the Sanksrit language and the idea of chakras has been handed down from the Hindu religion. However, energy doesn't know or care about religion; it is a force of nature which passes through us all. The path with this energy takes through our bodies and into (or out of) our personal energy field is the chakras.

Chakras which are correctly aligned have a wealth of benefits for the mind, body and the spirit, which is why chakra meditation is such a good thing to learn. You will be able to perform chakra meditation if you know where your chakras are and what each chakra does.

The chakras are located in the important areas of the body like the head and the heart. The organs that surround the chakras are used to control the vortex and are directly impacted by that chakra. There are seven chakras.

The first chakra is the Root Chakra and it is located at the base of the spine. This chakra is related to the body and our individual ability to master our body. So your general health, constitution and security are all tied to the Root Chakra. This is also the chakra that helps us realize how we are connected to the world around us. The color for this chakra is red.

The second chakra is the Naval Chakra and it is founding the lower abdomen. This chakra is tied to the acts of giving and receiving as well as our physical feeling of love, sexuality, passion and pleasure. When you are experiencing feelings of harmony, selflessness, generosity and creativity you will feel it in this chakra. The color for the Naval Chakra is orange.

Next we have our Solar Plexus Chakra which is found just below our chest. This chakra is where our will and our sense of change or transformation is located. Our concentration and control of our own personal energies stem from this chakra. Self control and our discipline of our ego is also found here. The color for this chakra is yellow.

Your fourth chakra is the Heart Chakra, which can be found at the center of your chest. This chakra is representative of your feelings of compassion, love and understanding. Love which goes beyond the physical aspect is part of this chakra. Green is the color of this chakra.

The next chakra is the Throat Chakra which can be found in the throat between the chin and the top part of the sternum. This chakra is tied to our ability to communicate. This chakra helps us realize that kindness, honesty, wisdom, truth and knowledge can all be conveyed with thoughtful speech. The color of this chakra is sky blue.

The chakra that is located in our forehead above our eyes is the Brow Chakra. This is commonly referred to as the third eye. Our perception of insight, imagination, intuition and clairvoyance stem from this chakra. The ability to focus on your realization of your own soul is found in this chakra. Divine wisdom and peace of mind is also found here. The color for the Brow Chakra is indigo.

The seventh and final chakra is the Crown Chakra, located at the top of the head. This is the chakra which directly relates to the mind and spirit. The Crown Chakra is what allows us to examine our own consciousness and our place in the universe. The higher self is related to the Crown Chakra, whose color is violet.

If you know the function and the location of each of your chakras, you will be able to practice chakra meditation more effectively. You can use meditations which work on individual chakras, or ones which align them as a whole.

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Gillian Tamzeen writes for the popular chakra-balance.com site. Here you will find free chakra healing audios which will instantly balance each of your chakras. More and more people are realizing the benefits of chakra healing.Why not try it for yourself?