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?


Saturday, May 15, 2010

Tips On Manifesting Your Desires

By Kiri Sparr

Manifesting Desires has become a hot topic in recent times. Something that was once just considered "wishful thinking" is now taking on a more realistic realm with quantum physicists acknowledging that the power of thought is a powerful tool in creating your own reality.

Manifesting desires is possible to accomplish through several ways. But in order to do this it is essential that you have a very clear picture in your mind of what it is that you actually want in life before you even attempt to achieve your dreams. Failing to do so will make any attempt at manifesting your desires near impossible to attain. Make certain you have a clear visual of the future you wish to have before you even set out to partake in this concept.

The first technique I am going share with you is visualization. By visualizing what it is that you want you, are reinforcing your thoughts which as we have already established are powerful tools in themselves. Visualization can be done by creating a vision board, a collage of photos and pictures that represent what it is you desire. Looking at your vision board daily lets you focus your thoughts on your goals and this in turn sends out energy into the universe that adds up daily. Sending out clear energy waves will ensure that your desires become a reality.

It is a necessary truth that you believe strongly in your ability to make your dreams a reality, that you believe strongly in yourself as a person. Being strong-willed is a must, and that you also hold strong to the belief that you have the ability to actually transform yourself as a person. This new you will also believe that wonderful things can happen to you.

Essential to understanding this concept is one's ability to learn how to manifest the segment intending. This concept works in that it allows you to predict the future, one that you long for, and as a result enables you to create the life you would like. The concept of segment intending works in that you segment each part of your day out, doing so as you move from one aspect of your day to another. An example is from when you drop your kids off at school to when you arrive at work. Dropping your kids off at school is one segment and the second can be your arrival at work.

Know what it is that you wish to do within each segment. Picture a nice meal, with good conversation in an elegant setting. By holding on strongly to this desire you will as a result turn this into fact. Manifesting desires is that simple. Then picture accomplishing a great deal when you return to work soon after.

These are just a few techniques to empower you when manifesting desires. You need to be clear on what it is you want and you need to believe that it is possible, you should visualize your goals and segment your days. Always remember, thoughts are a form of energy that can be directed in a way to have an influence on external surroundings.

Happy manifesting.

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Exactly What Are We Doing Here And Why?

By Ace C. Erin

Where do we arrive from? What are we? Wherever are we going?

Thus asks the title of one of Paul Gaugin's most famous paintings, depicting tropical nudes in the daily tasks of picking fruit, gossiping, worrying, sleeping, and worship. Gaugin's personal intentions were to show the three broad stages of life as birth, young adulthood, and old age. The questions come from a individual catechism of his former teacher at Catholic school designed to lead young boys towards a consideration from the spiritual life.

For the existentialist, these are the only questions in existence, the only real puzzles that each and every man and woman have to solve for him and herself, on his or her very own. Such questions cannot be answered by science, or religion, or anyone else other than every individual within the context of his or her own personal everyday living - as lived, moment to moment and from year to year.

What are we? What are human beings? What does it mean to be a man or a woman?

Where do we come from? How did we get here? And exactly where are we going to go now?

These concerns are deeply evocative of our childhood fears and fantasies, despite their really serious very adult themes. They point to a yearning, yet a mature mind also understands that the yearning is illusory. For the desire to know can in itself be ignorance insofar as it presupposes there to be an answer on the unanswerable. Thus Goethe cautions us against ascribing design to the accidental and chance to design - which advice finds applications throughout many fields, such as when we take into account that social inequality may possibly be engineered rather than entirely natural.

In the end, nevertheless, we have to agree with Voltaire's Candide, who, in the manner of Solomon in the Book of Ecclesiastes, notes that one's only duty is to tend to one's garden - to work, and put all one's energies towards work: Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart. Whatever other purpose there is to living, this much is clear: Work.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

What Does Extra Sensory Mean

By Lee Williams

There are so many people making money by listing horoscopes and claiming they can tell another person exactly how their lives are going to turn out, in exchange for a fee. Most people do not realize that they have extra sensory powers themselves.

The cause for most people to hide the fact that they have an extra sensory sense, dates back to the early witch trials. The lead Christians that became aware of these types of people, and drew negative conclusions based on their interpretations of the bible. However, these leaders that were unaware that these extra sensory abilities are instilled in every living soul on the Earth, made a dreadful mistake in associated extra sensory abilities with witchcraft.

Extra sensory senses use several locations on the body starting at the head and ending with the feet. Magic and witchcraft are the furtherest thing from extra sensory. There is an old saying that says a person is in control of situations as a child is. What this statement means is when a child is able to speak freely about things, most adults like it.

This is because a child speaks honestly about any given situation. As a child progresses to a teenager, or young adult, the amount of honesty diminishes for the simple fact that as a child gets older, parents, siblings, and other authorities are in dire competition to gain their childhood control, thus, manipulating what a child has said into the comment not being the right thing to say.

In most cases, other adults do not realize the damage which is being done, when giving unknowingly wrong advise about a situation to a child, because the adult is side tracked by their own personal distractions such as paying bills, relationships and the stresses of every day life.

Also, most adults or older people have kept the fact that they have extra sensory abilities a secret because of the fear of persecution from other people similar to the ignorant Christian leaders that killed the so called witches for absolutely no reason.

Since everyone comes out of the womb in gods image, the image meaning the abilities that fall into the categories of extra sensory. However, since everyone does not make the same choices as the physical bodies become adults, if a child lives to adulthood has a major impact on whether or not a person can develop and use extra sensory skills.

As any new discovery, the longer a person has known, the more discoveries that are made. Therefore, on and individual extra sensory level, this person understands what is happening a little more than those that have been forced to hide their abilities, because of the fear of rejection from society. The expert extra sensory individual has the ability to prove the rejection of society due to the presence of a god given power is nothing to be feared.

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The Growing Trend Of Intention Manifestation

By Joshua James

Since the release of "The Secret, " the idea that we create our own dreams through the power of intention manifestation has reached a broader range of people. Once an "out there" idea, it is now a common topic of discussion, as people discover their curiosity about the mysteries of our own subconscious minds. Being responsible for what happens in our lives is becoming a more popular concept.

Being open to the idea that our reality is our own creation is powerful. The simplicity of performing daily tasks, whether it be cooking a meal or running an errand, can be seen as part of our mental picture before it reaches the physical world. Expanding that concept to include creating more of what we want in our lives, seen in this way, is not a huge stretch.

When Napoleon Hill wrote "Think and Grow Rich" in 1937, he had studied the lives of hundreds of successful people and found that the shared thread of their riches involved exercises in affirmations and attitude that have been rewritten in many different ways since. From Shakti Gawain's "Creative Visualization", to the more recent explosive success of "The Secret, " these works share the common theme of achieving one's goals through developing a winning attitude.

Over-simplified? Maybe. But for many, this seeming simplicity has led to happiness and success, in whatever way those words are defined for them. Not everyone considers monetary gain to be a measure of success. For some, it's a rich and full family life, or involvement in their communities, or feeling that what they are doing is making a difference in the world. However it is defined, discovering the best way to achieve our goals is a driving force.

For others, happiness and success as they define it remains out of reach. What is the missing element? It seems there must be more to achieving one's desires than sitting on the couch daydreaming. If it were that simple, we'd all be living the high life. So what is the secret?

So what is the key? Perhaps there is more to this life than we know, deeper levels of meaning that we have yet to discover and understand. Or perhaps there is not deeper meaning and it is all random. There is no way to know, but to improve one's outlook on life seems to be one way to improve that life. The old adage "attitude is everything" rings true.

It could be that we hold the key to our own happiness. Perhaps our best adviser is our own intuition. Certainly developing a positive attitude, even when the chips are down, can help smooth out the rough patches. Even if the world is a random place, there can be some peace in taking responsibility for how we respond to it.

Whatever the key, learning to develop the power of intention manifestation is alluring. An easy way to create our dreams is likely not going to drop out of the sky, but developing the discipline to better understand our own minds and to create a positive attitude in any situation can only be a good thing.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Out of Body Travel And History

By George L Stevens

Various cultures have recorded out of body travel, including the ancient Egyptians. Kha is the word they used to describe the soul or astral body, while they also included images of the astral body as if hovering just above or even beyond the physical body. The astral body was depicted as a haloed, airy translucent being.

Fascinated by the astral body the ancient Egyptians experimented with various techniques in order to control the ability to travel in the astral body to other planes of space and time, while their physical body stayed put where it lay. Perhaps, during such experiences they learned the skills required for building the pyramids, using the materials they had on hand. The building of the pyramids is something that has long been a puzzle to scientists.

The first component of out of body travel for the ancient Egyptians involved meditation, it is recorded. Followed by focusing on nothing except the visions seen with the eyes closed, while nearly at the point of being asleep. The ancient Egyptians associated the flashing patterns and lights as a sign of the beginning of the journey to other planes of space and time by the astral body.

When this state passed, the astral body was said to then enter into an emergence phase, which in turn caused the physical body to hum or tingle and then feel very heavy. The ancients believed this feeling of tingling and heaviness was actually the feeling of the astral body pulling away from the physical body, and initiating the out of body journey into the unknown.

They accomplished this in different ways yet the most common was that of walking out of the physical body by using the astral body. Beginning with the minds eye, followed by the shoulders, chest, hips, legs, knees and then the feet. This continued until there were two separate entities, that of the physical body and that of the astral body.

After this separation, the astral body could freely pass through solid objects that the physical body could not. It could also fly and hover without becoming influenced by the lack of oxygen or changes in the atmosphere.

The ancient Greeks also recorded instances of out of body travel, and expanded on the strictly meditatively-induced state of the ancient Egyptians to include out of body travel by way of physical or mental trauma. The ancient historian Plutarch of Queroneia, for example, cited the case of Arisdeu who, after suffering blunt trauma to his head after a fall slipped into a coma for three days.

At this time, Arisdeu tells of the ability to see his physical body laying on the ground yet he was free to move around without it. In astral form he tells of his ability of out of body travel to go to places that were not conceivable. He was met by his spirit guide while in astral form. His spirit guide assisted and advised him concerning astral travel in other existing astral planes.

Although, he was eventually pulled back into his physical body, while in his altered state he did learn and explore. Once returning to his physical body, he did spend the rest of his life using the knowledge he found during the time of his out of body experience.

Other ancient cultures recorded their findings of out of body travel similar to that of the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. For instance, the history of the Native Americans includes various full accounts of such happenings to their people as well. Their accounts include the meeting of their spirit guides and totem spirit animals. These entities also advised them concerning the astral plane and the astral body. For centuries, the Native Americans have used specific plants for burning and inhaling in order to relax the mind to the point of being more receptive to out of body travel on the astral planes.

The human body has the ability to explore different horizons of time and space. This has been recorded since the beginning of time. We are able to channel our consciousness into a spiritual body. However, many modern individuals have forgotten this wonderfully natural gift. Many have forgotten how to alter our consciousness to the point that we can release it from the confines of our physical limitations. However, with practice we can join with our spiritual guides and self on the higher planes of existence.

The door is there, and it is within us. We simply need to reconnect with our spiritual selves in order to once again journey out of body and into the infinite. The process is inherent to who we are as human beings, and there are no limitations once we rediscover our potential for higher understanding.

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Things You Need To Consider Before You Make A Decision Whether To Stay Or Let Go Of A Relationship

By Jessica Lockhart

Are you on the fence about staying with your current girlfriend? If you can't decide whether to stay or go, ask yourself the following:

Are You Happy? If you are generally unhappy in the relationship, this is problematic. Basic happiness is the barometer to use when you are deciding whether or not to leave.

If you are unhappy in the relationship, you need to decide which way to go. Either work on it harder and try to fix things, or break up.

When you break up with someone, sadness is a normal reaction. Don't think you have made a mistake if you leave your girlfriend and then are unhappy for a while. In the long run, you have a better chance of being happy with someone else.

Could you Be Happy? Maybe you aren't happy right now but your relationship is usually pretty good. This can be a bad period that you and your girlfriend are in. If you think this is just a temporary situation, especially if there have been some big life changes happening that you are having to adjust to, you may want to hang on a while longer.

If you are unhappy and you can't figure an outside factor that may be making your relationship rocky, this is more serious. You don't want to sit around and wait for improvement that may never come. You would have a better long-term chance at happiness with someone new.

Have You Told Her? You might be surprised to find that your girlfriend would be shocked that you are so unhappy. She may genuinely not know what is wrong - and if she doesn't know, she can't do her part to fix things. If you haven't told her of your concerns, you should be honest with her. She may step up and make the relationship worth keeping.

On the other hand, if this is a pattern that is a bad sign. Does your girlfriend start out great after you discuss problems, make attempts at reform, then backslide over and over? If so, she's unable to make the lasting changes you need her to make to allow you to be happy as her partner.

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

2012 Calendar and What It Means

By Josh Cornwall

Seeking more information about the 2012 calendar? You are not alone, there are hundreds of people a day searching for more detailed information on what it is exactly and how it can change the world we know today. There was an ancient race known as the Maya which is a Mesoamerican civilization. They are known to be the only fully developed written language race of the pre-Columbian Americas.

The 2012 calendar or also known as the Maya calendar was based around the so-called Mesoamerican Long Count calendar. This long count calendar was a non-repeating vigesimal base-20 and base-18 calendar used by several Mesoamerican cultures. The Maya were the most notable to use this system and come up with futuristic predictions.

With the 2012 calendar there are constant questions that people have and more that arise as some are answered. What seems to be a realistic outcome of this year depends on the reader. Some may think it is far fetched while others will truly believe it; this again all depends on the individual. If someone believes one outcome that you disagree with, it does not make it wrong as everyone's opinion is in fact their own theory of what may or may not happen. Having some facts or research to back up finding is a good way to be convinced of some outcomes.

With the 2012 calendar, the Mayans were able to predict every single lunar and solar eclipse up until this present day. One amazing fact of the Maya is that they were able to predict the exact year that they were overrun by foreigners from over seas. Is this just a mathematical equation that they are using with certain accuracy? Or is this a matter of certainty that their system can predict future events? The question is always seeking the solid answer behind it.

2012 calendar that the Mayans created is in fact more accurate than any calendar system ever created and our current calendar system. A mysterious face about the Maya is that they were able to predict the exact year their civilization was going to be overrun by foreigners from over seas. So the question still remains, what really is awaiting us in 2012? Many sources all over the internet have their predictions and renditions of what may happen, but what if there was a source that had the right information contained in one place? There happens to be that place, to find out more follow the links to the site that shows it all.

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