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?


Thursday, February 24, 2011

Decoding The Meaning Of Dreams

By Jack Wogan


For hundreds of years, dreams have been wrapped in some sort of mystery veil, as people used to refer to them with respect or fear. Some cultures have considered dreams to be prophecies, others, demonic possessions. Within the last centuries, the language of dreams has significantly evolved, and the concept of soul wandering the dream world has been replaced with the inner self, and the divine side of it - with the collective subconscious.

While dreaming, we interact with a lot of people, places, things, etc. A dream is like a hallucination, a fantastic trip that you make while you are asleep, a parallel world where many things can happen, things that we wish for or not. A dream is like a state of mind which sets us free or tries to distract us from the ordinary routine of our life. The interpretations with respect to the reasons why we are dreaming varied a lot for the last century.

The concept of modern psychology sees the "dream untangling" as a task to be done within the individual context. In the respective dreams, images and symbols appear which are strongly connected and specific to the person dreaming. Therefore, only he can untangle it and pull out the meaning of his dream.

Play with the words and phrases, as symbols can evolve in different ways and can be understood differently in many cultures. The symbols are something that your subconscious is already aware of, but you deny accepting, believing, admitting or realizing. Remembering all the details of your dream is like opening a gate to your inner self. Keeping a diary of your dreams is not totally nonsense. It's a justification for lying down, for a while, and focus, without feeling guilty, on yourself and your actions and feelings. The dream can be defined from many perspectives. It can be seen as a superstition, as some cultures, for example, consider it dangerous to try to wake someone dreaming, as there is a risk of losing the soul in the world of dreams.

From ancient times, people believed that the future can be foreseen while dreaming, as it works like a sign. In ancient Greece, the dream was seen as a method of healing any disease. Nowadays, nevertheless, the dream is perceived as an extension of the wakefulness. It is like your thoughts are continued in your dreams, but they sometimes get funny shapes, as the sensorial functions are reduced while sleeping.




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How Significant Is Optimism?

By Wendy R. Branch


Here are things to help you make it through this tough life. The first thing to do is to find the things that you love to do and make it your career. Most of us are in search for a job to find a stable income and later on regret when it is not beneficial anymore. If you find the things you do and make a living out of it, you will never see it as a job but more of a hobby.

Be the worker bee and work hard in everything. The rewards you receive for working hard will be satisfying enough. Always give everything you have when it comes to life and you will surely be rewarded for your hard work.

Smile and others will smile back. When you initiate a smile, you will show yourself as an open and approachable person. This way, people will easily be your friend and you will have no problem dealing with people.

Be thankful for the gifts that you received. Whether you have nothing or you have everything, appreciating the things that have come your way will make you feel satisfied with life and when you are contented, you are happy.

Do a volunteer job and you will see a different side of life. When you fill in a volunteer work, you get to see the other side of life which is cruel and sad. It is in these experiences that you get to serve people who are in need of your help that you will come to realize that you are blessed.

There are thousands or even millions of people who are hungry and homeless right now and while they are suffering from stomach pains and cold at night, you still find a way to complain about why the soup is cold or how come you are living in a shabby apartment.

Learn to take good care of yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally. Jog around the neighborhood. Enjoy the sceneries. Take a puzzle or play the crossword. Find a new friend or go to a club.

Get into the positive light rather than dwelling on negative thoughts. The more you think of negative thoughts, the more it consumes you and make you a horrible person. There are two sides of the coin, one leads you to a dark path while the other leads you to a place of growth. The only challenge for you is where to find that road.




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