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, January 28, 2010

The Ambiance of Candles

By Jim Slate

Slate and Artsmith - The candle is a powerful symbolic feature in the human perspective. There is nothing more intimate and relaxing than the gentle flickering of a tiny flame. Its delicate dance upon wind and wick is enchanting, casting a spell upon the watcher who gazes lazily into the light.

When you watch a candles flame it almost seems alive. It moves of its own accord, devouring the wick to sustain its flame, so that it can continue to dance upon the gentlest of breezes. It is your own personal performer, an almost silent show played out before you.

The ambiance that is created by the presence of candles is ethereal. Illuminating less than regular fixtures, shadows are cast on the space, making everything seem a little less real. The world is hazy, and wavering. In such a space anything can happen. If you are alone, you may find yourself slipping into a phantasm. If you are with someone else, the dream may be shared. The possibilities are endless, and are dictated more by the will of your mind than by the realities of the world.

That is why candles are so romantic. They represent small, inefficient lights. Left in shadow we are less inhibited. Hidden behind a mask of darkness, it is easier for us to take a leap of faith, and easier someone else to accept your leap. Meanwhile, the flickering flame sets a rhythmic beat, a constant pulse of glow that acts as the backdrop to any situation.

Their romantic power is so overwhelming, that their mere presence can turn a mundane room into a passionate retreat. Try a few scattered around the bathroom, the bedroom, or even the living room. With the lights dimmed and the candles glowing, you can instantly set the mood, with little or no effort.

Candles are a powerful connection with a past set in darkness. They are the light that has sustained us through a thousand generations. Gentle yet passionate, they embody an idea of simple beauty, whose purity is its greatest asset.

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Why Manifesting Money Is A Very Real Idea!

By Simon Hearn

The idea of manifesting money for anything you want or need is often confusing to many people. After all, we've been brought up to believe that 'money doesn't grow on trees', or perhaps your parents instilled the belief that 'you have to work hard for money'.

These ingrained beliefs can lead many people to think that manifesting money is impossible.

You need to understand however that having abundance and manifesting money is more than just possible. You would truly be amazed at the things that your thoughts can accomplish for you if you just let them.

Take a look around you right now. The person you are today, your job, your home, your relationship, the amount of money in your bank account. All these things are a result of your own thought patterns.

Most people automatically become skeptical after hearing this. After all, how many times a day do you wish for more money, a different home, a nicer car or a better job? If thoughts had power to manifest money into your life, then these people should be millionaires, right?

Wishing for a thing to happen and manifesting money into your life are two completely different thought processes. Wishes are like day-dreams and everyone has little fantasies about being rich or having everything they desire. Manifesting abundance into your life is partially to do with the things you think about, but you also need to believe you're worthy of receiving the things you manifest into your life.

As an example, have you ever heard about people who win huge amounts of money on lotteries, only to be broke again a year later? Those people have successfully manifested massive amounts of money, but when they don't believe they're worthy of receiving it, they make unwise choices and end up losing everything they've gained.

So how do you manifest money into your life whenever you need it to arrive?

Reset Your Acceptance Levels - If you're living in an area you don't like, have a job you don't enjoy or have no money in your bank account, deep down there's a thought process inside you telling you that you don't deserve any better. In order to manifest money enough to have the things you want, you need to reset your acceptance levels.

Inner Speak - Learn to listen to your inner thoughts. When you notice any negative thoughts or cynical thoughts, make an effort to replace those with positive affirmations. Tell yourself often that you do deserve to have all the things you want. This might feel false the first few times because of long-ingrained habits, but your mind will eventually begin to realize that you do deserve to receive the things you want.

Understanding-While money might be your goal, it's important to know that you can't just it magically appear. You need to think about a few things first, one of the most important being why you actually want the money. If you don't know, it's not going to show up.

The Real Situation-By manifesting money, you should know that it won't just show up at your front door. You need to believe that you are worth it, and once you do, many different opportunities to gain that money you deserve..

Though you might have dreams, dreams are all they'll be unless you learn to manifest money The best part about it however, is that it's a lot easer than you think.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Your Subconscious Mind - The Reality Creator?

By Martin J Church

Have you ever wished to become a millionaire? Or, perhaps you wish to discover true love and happiness? Have you ever thought about looking into your subconscious mind for the answer? Yes, the human mind is a home to our greatest treasures and those that discover the ability to harness the power of the mind will learn there is nothing they cannot achieve.

Though some have dismissed those that believe in mind power as being gullible or easily manipulated, scientific study continues to show that what we think and believe can then become our reality.

Scientists have also noted that what we believe to be reality is really nothing more than a mere manifestation of your subconscious mind. It will go without reason that those that venture into their own minds so they can control to shape their realities.

In order to discover the success that you are in need of, you have to reshape how you think. That means you need to revamp negative thoughts, emotions, and feelings to replace them with a positive belief in yourself. Even those nightly dreams and imagination you employ to reflect more positively on yourself in order to get what you absolutely desire.

The most basic rationale behind mind power is that we are the ones to shape our realities through a common cause and effect relationship. Those that believe in the power of suggestion and channel it to your subconscious mind, you can tell it exactly what you want. From this, you will achieve your success as opposed to just drifting in and out of your current situation.

For mind power to work, you have to focus on nourishing your subconscious mind. Daily positive affirmations are one of the easiest ways to quickly bring about change in your thinking.

The employment of affirmations can help. This involves making very basic, simple statements in your mind throughout the day. This is done to eliminate a number of negative thoughts and sorrowful feelings. This will greatly aid in increasing your confidence and allow you to learn to trust the power of your mental thought process. Affirmations can center on any issue you are dealing with and it will give you the encouragement to lose weight, eliminate an addiction, or chanting that you will find true love.

Don't just think about it though; visualize your dreams actually coming true!

Once you close your eyes and look inwards towards the results that you desire. You need to imagine yourself losing weight or amassing the money needed to purchase a new home. Yes, you can allow your imagination to go a little wild. You can feel those sensations and accomplish your goals as if they were really happening.

One way you can you bring these visualizations to life can boost such ventures is through creativity. You can write down your feelings as a means of accomplishing the goal or keeping a scrapbook of positive photos can allow you to set the stage for moving such beliefs from the mind to the real world.

By changing the way you see reality and shaping your subconscious mind, you can also unlock supernatural talents. Psychics who can see into the future or past, people with telekinesis and those with other supernatural abilities are not born with a talent you don't have. They have just learned how to use their full potential and unlock the talents buried within the subconscious mind.

Through the positive power of the mind, it is possible to become the director of your own life instead of being a passive player. The subconscious mind can even deliver the secret to living a very healthy life. Many of our physical ailments can actually start in the brain. Brainwave synchronization or audios that tune into the specific frequencies of the brain can aid in improving self-esteem and the potential to think positively.

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Power Of The Mind - What Can It Really Do?

By Janice Stokes

Not all people realize that mind power can actually help bring positive changes to one's life. You may not realize it but you are actually using it in your everyday life. The power of the mind influences all aspects of your life. While it commands you body to function, it may also command positive energies to bring positive changes in your life.

Whenever you dream and desire for things in your life, if you wanted it so bad, it just seem to magically happen. As you go to bed and fall asleep hoping for things like salary increase or recovery from a disease to happen, you often find yourself waking up with that thought in your mind actually happening in your life. This is a classic example of your subconscious mind power at work.

In fact the more scientists research quantum physics it seems that our whole reality is in fact merely a product of our own mind. That our mind power is in fact reality.

Eastern religions have demonstrated the power of meditation and mind power for centuries. With their definition of reality, real things were believed to exist because we have imagined it.

It seems rather ironic that in this so called 'enlightened' age of ours, our scientists are looking at historical scrolls and texts to find out the true nature of reality!

So if reality is a creation of our mind, then it seems logical to presume that we can change our reality by changing the way we think about things. We can change things into whatever we want with the power of the mind.

But how do we do this? The real first place to start is by mental conditioning. In order to unlock your power of the mind, it is important that you clear out unnecessary thoughts, and start fresh. One of these methods is by meditation, which while there are many different techniques, there are a few simple exercises that you can do yourself.

To effectively meditate, try sitting on a comfortable chair in a darkened room. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. Breathe in through your nose and out to your mouth. You may experience light headedness but it is only your body's natural reaction to the increase in its system's oxygen supply.

Visualize yourself in front on a tranquil pond with pebbles in it. The pebbles symbolize your random thoughts and ideas, your every day confusions. Imagine getting those pebbles out of the pond. Once you are done, you are now ready to unlock the power of the mind. Clearing out the pond is clearing out your mind with random thoughts that constantly goes in and out of your mind. This way, you will be able to separate your random thoughts from your wishes and wants.

Wishes like world peace certainly takes bigger solutions, it takes more than one person's thoughts to make it happen. Hoping for things like to stop global warming and save the planet could be impossible as it is unreachable by one person alone. Personal goals and dreams such as dream jobs and happiness are the hopes and dreams that you can achieve as it is your mind that is to control your life's outcomes.

If you are having trouble with your relationship and you hope to talk it out with your partner, the power of the mind can facilitate healing from all the pain, which may resolve your conflict. While it cannot bring your partner to actually talk to you, it can help you become a better communicator and a better partner for your partner.

Now realize that some things may happen right away, but other things take time. Unlocking the power of the mind does take some time, and you must overcome mental programming that says you can't. This is a very simple thing that you can start with.

Remember that you still have to do your part. If you wish for better communication with your partner, you have to start talking to them about things that bother you, in a respectful manner. If you wish for that dream job, you still have to look through the classified ads and such.

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Past Regression Therapy Will Free You From The Past

By Steve Porter

Do you ever wonder why you have certain strong dislikes, or why you might have strange aversions to things that other people find totally normal? Do you find yourself having powerful reactions to things that make no sense at all? Perhaps you could benefit from past life regression?

In some philosophies, it would be said that you are reacting naturally to experiences you have had, even if you have had them in a different lifetime! To further understand this phenomenon, past regression therapy can be a tool that is extremely enlightening.

There are many people all over the world who believe that the life you are living now is not your first one nor will it be your last one. Everyone has had at least one past life. There are two schools of thought with reincarnation... one is that we reincarnate until our souls are ready to move on to another level of enlightenment, or that reincarnation is a random occurrence.

Most people who believe in reincarnation do think that sometimes we retain memories or traces of our previous existences and bring them forward into our current life. This is where it is handy to use past regression therapy.

When you go in for past regression therapy, you will be under the supervision of a hypnotist trained in the technique. You will be placed into a mental state that brings your subconscious to the forefront so it is accessible. The hypnotist will ask some questions that will help bring related memories to the surface.

In this format, many people can recall facts and histories that they have never lived through. In some cases, they can recall things that they have done and things that have happened to them.

If you study psychotherapy, you know that everything you have done and experienced affects how you react to this day. Using past regression therapy, you can access similar information that explains why you do what you do, only this information is from another lifetime!

Sometimes past life experiences were traumatic or troubling. They left an indelible mark on the mind that has survived to the present day. At other times, you may simply have a vague echo of what happened.

Many people believe that you are generally reborn into lives with the people who are part of your family, and that these family units repeat over and over again. Both a particularly strong relationship with someone close or one that is very troubled for no visible reason can be explained in this way.

What can you get from looking at past regression therapy? In the first place, it is always interesting and useful to know about the things that make us the people that we are. The more we know about ourselves, the better we get at navigating the world. Similarly, it has also been known to help people who have unexplained phobias or recurring issues in their lives, and it can help them put those issues to bed once and for all!

If past regression therapy piques your interest, there are many hypnotists who can help you explore. You can take a look at many online resources that can help you learn more about it. Take the time to understand reincarnation and what may make it important to you.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

What Are The Benefits Of Past Life Hypnosis?

By James McCubbing

If you are an individual that wants to know more about things related to the soul and spirit, you will see that past life hypnosis may be something you want to consider.

Various religions and philosophies in this world believe that the lives that we are living right now are not the only lives that we will have. In fact, there is even a belief that we have all had a past life or lives and we will continue to do so.

Some individuals who have tried past life regression have had visions of the lives that they have lived before, while others believe that they recall entire parts of their past lives.

One belief that many people have is that the memories of these past lives are locked within us, and that they can have a lot to tell us about the people we are and the needs that we have in this life.

There are philosophies that state that we should not be able to recall our previous lives and if you do, it is a sign that there are problems that need to be addressed. Think about how you feel about either of these philosophies.

Do you wonder why you have thoughts that are not yours, or do you ever remember incidents that have never happened to you? This might be your imagination working overtime, nonetheless, there are things that feel rather real and are not easy to dismiss.

This can be where past life hypnosis comes in. Through the help of an accredited past life hypnotist, you will go into a deeply suggestible state where you will be more open to your subconscious and the things that it is trying to tell you.

Things that were half buried can quickly come to life and you will also find that you can recall things more clearly and with a better degree of completion. You might be able to recall the theme of a past life, or even its particulars, depending on how clearly you "remember" certain facts. Some people find that they even recognize people from past lives who are are present in their current lives.

You may ask, why would someone want to go through past life hypnosis? For some individuals, past life hypnosis is a thing of curiosity. They want to know if they are imagining the events that their brain shows them, or if is just their imagination.

For other people, there are lessons that their past lives are trying to remind them. Whether it is to be more compassionate, to live life to the fullest or to respect the people around them, there are lessons that are being hinted at, and the more clearly they can be heard, the better!

If you are curious and want to know more about a past life, or you wanting to discover the lessons that you need reminding of, then make the effort to think about how past life hypnosis can be of help to you!

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Should Your Get A Memorial Bench For Your Loved One?

By Terry Kirk

Memorial plaques are also gaining popularity because they are a much cheaper substitute for the tombstone. Memorial plaques are sometimes mounted on wooden bases that are customarily made from 2-ply exterior grade flexible acrylic, or firmly built-in into the fixed on a wall wooden frame. There are wooden boards made from oak, mahogany or teak. You could find some firms who can provide you with specific timbers according to your request.

So let's explore our options and see what decisions we have when contemplating the addition of an ornamental wall plaque. For those who are hunting for the elegant look of stone, your decision would be the old Stone Collection. Here you've got the everlasting wonder of stone.

A memorial Bench is the very best way to venerate a friend's life. You can put the bench in a quaint spot, a place they enjoyed, a placed they once lived, even just in your own garden. Lots of folks are now opting to raise money for commemorative benches to be made for special folks in their life who have died. They offer a different way to celebrate someone's life.

You can plant a tree in their memory. You will find tree seeds on the web. You could also get a tree at a local nursery.

Have your love one's photograph placed on a stamp. This would also be excellent for the thank you notes you'll be sending for the flowers, donations and the help you'll be receiving. Get more information at photo.stamps.com / PhotoStamps / learn-more On the anniversary of their death or on their birthday, consider sending a card or a memorial gift to close buddies and relations.

Create a memorial on the web - there are several sites that permit family to memorialize the deceased through video, photos, and voice recordings. Keep a journal of your memories, your thoughts and what you learned from your beloved.

Outside wall plaques are similarly well-liked as commemorative or construction signage. They can carry info on when a certain building was built, for instance, or the date when a certain business was established. Many firms also use out of doors wall plaques to display their company name and address, and even as directional posts for visitors.

working with a loss of a loved one is so tough. It's important to do what brings you peace-of-mind. Focusing on a commemorative may help you thru the grief process and let you focus on the unique and positive aspects of your loved ones life and how that life can be recollected and celebrated for years to come.

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