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?


Tuesday, August 24, 2010

A Little Bit About Past Life Reincarnation

By Alistair Macdonald

Many people thing that with the New Age religions that are coming out past life reincarnation is something new. This is nothing of the sorts. Just the opposite is true. This idea that you were once something else and are now this human form has been around for quite some time. It started with the idea of Buddha.

For some people, they were just taught to believe. Their religious convictions tell them that when they leave this world, their soul goes beyond this life and becomes something else. These religions are those who are Buddhist as well as some Hindus. Their ancestors have been practicing this for years to come.

In most cases, their societies believe that once a soul leaves this earth, it transforms into a new life. The person that you were before you left was once something else. They do not put measures as to what you were before this life either. For some they were a shrub while others were an animal.

Many people of these cultures find this to be a very good thing. It sort of brings them a peace of mind. Many of them feel that this is the chance at life. They find it to be sort of a new beginning of sorts. That is, they have been dealt this bad hand, but is given the chance to live a new life. How many of us have always said we have wanted that? We would like to try life over and in a different body? Many have admitted to thinking that.

For those who do believe, they take great comfort in knowing that this life is just the journey to another life. They look for ancestors everywhere they walk. The simplest tree could be a cousin who has passed. It's something like the Lion King. We all become something else.

The way they say that you know if you have this trait is that one feels it. They say that you can feel this inside yourself. They will tell you that most of the time you will know because you will have the ability to do something. They say that you might not have known you can do this before it will just jump out at you just like that. That's how you will know.

For those who do believe, they commonly find that those who meditate can often remember as to who they were in a previous life. This is just a tip for those who feel that they do believe in this concept, but who might not necessarily remember what it was they were or the previous life in which they lived. For some people, their religion will help with this, if not there are tutorials out there that cna help you with such a task of remembering.

That is why some practice meditation. This is to relax you and prepare you to tune solely into those gifts. While many think that this is something new which is being mentioned in tons of books and such, it's nothing new. They have been practicing this for years. Now, it is just your turn to see if you too believe in it.

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Monday, August 23, 2010

Most Remembered Headstones

By Jennifer Wilkinson

There are quite a few recognized graves across the world, here's five of the most talked over memorial headstones.

The Marine Corps war memorial is located in Arlington, Virginia. It is dedicated in all the personnel of the US Marine Corps who died in the defence of their country. Sculpted from a photo taken by Joe Rosenthal at the battle of the Iwo Jima this memorial remembers the marines and sailors who raised the 2nd flag over Iwo Jima from which only 3 of the 6 men depicted here survived the battle.

Charlie Chaplin suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma and finally died on Christmas day aged 88. A private burial took place at a cemetery nearby Chaplin's manor in Vevey, Switzerland. A few months after his burial his body and coffin were removed from the cemetery and held to ransom. The Coffin and body were discovered 3 months later buried in a cornfield and returned to the cemetery. Memorial statues have gone up all over the world to remember this great talent including the one in this photo in Vevey, Switzerland.

The Moai on Easter Island were built as memorials to worshipped ancestors. It was thought that the dead and the living had a linked existence with the dead providing everything the living needed (health, good crops, animals etc) and the living offering better resting places through offerings and memorials. A 15 number long Moai was excavated in the 1990's.

Christopher Columbus's voyages to the US rank among history's most import events and as a consequence the final resting place of such an important man is in great dispute with the Cathedral in Valladolid, Santo Domingo and the cathedral in Seville (left) all claiming to hold his remains.

Strawberry Fields in New York's central park is a 2.5 acre landscaped section dedicated in the memory of John Lennon. The focal point of the park is a reproduction of a famous mosaic from Italy with a single word in the middle "Imagine", the title of Lennon's most famous song.

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Saturday, August 21, 2010

Your Mind Powers Are Incredible!

By Geoff Love

Mind powers are much more important to you and every other individual out there than you think. These help you produce an unlimited supply of change that can have a positive influence on your life.

It's safe to say there are two types of individuals in the world; negative ones or positive ones. People who are negative usually expect the worst out of their day while positive people are the exact opposite.

A great example of this is if you want a job that pays a lot more money. Just by using your mind powers it can become a reality. However, if you are defeated and negative in your think right from the beginning, the worst will usually surface. This is because you allow your mind to fill up with doubt. The problem is negative thoughts manifest into negative actions, which can play a major role in your day-to-day life. If you don't learn to alter your circumstances you will stay in this mode the rest of your life.

The perception of society is based upon how everyone views you as an individual. A prime example of this is if you go to work and the employer doesn't believe you have faith in your own abilities. When this happens they will either let you go or just keep you in a mediocre position.

Now on the other hand, you will have the right attitude if you know you know you are the best at what you do. Those powers-to-be will see your self-confidence and put more faith in your work. The mind powers you have within you can help produce a happier life in all aspects.

While positive thinking is the key, your mind powers can also form negative issues. Whether its depression, heartache, or a life full of tragedies, we attract circumstances in our lives just by the way we think.

Let's take another example of someone who wishes to lose weight. If the individual does not think that they can lose the pounds they want, everything they do will be motivated by that self-doubt. They'll look at a fast food hamburger and say, "well, I'm not going to be able to lose the weight anyway, so I might as well go ahead and indulge myself". Exercising to get the pounds off will be more difficult because of the individual's view of themselves. Ultimately, they will give up because they lack belief.

You can easily use your mind powers to change your life and have everything you've ever dreamed of. The only downside is that you have to couple the power of your mind with the physical action required to make things happen. When your mind starts to doubt that good things will happen, remind yourself of all the times that you came out on top. Think of all of the accomplishments you have achieved in your life thus far. Remember the attitude that got you there.

Everything in your life revolves around your mind powers. If your spouse comes home from work and you are already angry about something they did, it's going to spark a negative reaction in your partner and create an argument. Your outcome has already been determined by your mind powers. But, if you're positive and react to your spouse in a loving manner, then everything will go just fine.

Likewise, if you hate rainy days, and wake up to see that there is rain, it's probably going to be a depressing day. However, if you change your mind, your day will go by much smoother. It's all about developing new ways of thinking. We all have some habitual negative thinking patterns, and fortunately, the mind is an easy thing to change.

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Friday, August 20, 2010

The Reason Why We Should Avoid Having Unpleasant Emotions

By Jillian Fox

What you eat as well as what you feel can affect your health. For example, if you ever felt so deeply hurt that you thought it was like somebody was twisting a knife in your wound. Then you felt your heart was being torn into pieces then you can probably guess what it feels like. Try to imagine what stress and bitterness can do to create trouble for the heart.

Negative emotions interfere with the sound state of the heart, and stress is one of them. They cause the blood clots to form in your veins and interrupt the smooth flow of blood in the heart.

Another cause of high blood pressure is negative emotions like fear, anger, and panic because all these will make the blood to boil so to speak. The person then begins to feel some serious headache, or become faint and very tired.

If you are wondering how one can get help, it is by coming to the realization that these negative feelings are causing havoc to your health; and that there is something that you can do about it. Learn how to overcome negativity in order to normalize the flow of blood in your body and the pumping of your heart.

You are in a position to change your destiny by just saying no to stressful and pessimistic demeanor because the truth is that in life you can never be totally free of problems.

Make a great effort to avoid any negative circumstances. It means you will simply have to avoid people who have a negative attitude, and just learn to say "no."

To counteract this negative feeling, just surround yourself with positive minded people. They say misery is out there looking for company but happiness can catch on; do look for people who are not pessimistic in life and who have a happy mien all the time. Hang out with go-getters who have positive mentality about life. Smile and others will smile back to you is a very apt saying.

Do not let the things of life worry you especially when you know there is nothing much you can do about them.

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Understand Abundance Secrets To Enjoy Prosperity In Life

By Karen Cochran

People crave for abundance, even the rich are not content with what they have. In view of this, many books have been written in regards to the abundance secrets. None of them however are really successful in allowing a person to reach the state where every aspect of their life is "good".

Despite these books, ebooks, videos, or what you want to call them, people still complain about how much they are lacking with-"I want a new skirt", "I want to live in a warmer place", "I wish to travel outside the universe, "I want a new house" etc.

Instead of focusing yourself on the negative thing in life, you should make it a habit to stop complaining and think about those people who never seem to stop struggling for survival during their entire lives.

The abundance secrets are not any magic potion or hectic tasks that we should learn because they are already inside us. We will jus be able to reveal it by the time when we realize how to divert our thoughts on the things that we have rather than spending all our time in figuring out the things that we lack.

If we continue to allow our mind to focus only on our struggles and those unfair situations we are trapped in, it is easy for us to become discouraged and we then fail to see the beauty of life.

Open your eyes to the fact that there are many people who are able to overcome these obstacles and end up having a life which is filled with love, money, happiness, and joy. You can have this life as well.

The process of abundance will start as soon as you begin to shift your focus from the problems you have to the goodness of life that you actually take pleasure in. Every living person is capable of manifesting abundance in their life.

The time when you will enjoy everything that you could ever get from life will never come because the more you get something, the more will you crave for more. In view of this, true abundance is that time when you start counting the blessing so you can have it right now if you just keep your focus.

Some people would compare the abundance secrets as being like mature branches of a tree which should all be taken away in order to give way to something which is new and better. People who really understand it however see it more as the mature branches needing to be pruned in order to grow younger branches. Think of a grape vine that increases its produce each year with the help of intensive pruning. Without pruning, the ground will weaken and the crop will start to diminish.

So each time you are in a difficult situation, especially something that concerns your finances, do not be scared because you are at your pruning stage. You will be able to appreciate success much more by changing things gradually and focusing on the positive. Always have faith in your heart and trust your intuition and you will have a great life!

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Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Incredible Potential Of Your Mind Powers

By Geoff Love

By using your mind powers, you have the ability to have anything in life that you want. The mind is a free resource and it is unlimited, all you have to do is use it.

It's safe to say there are two types of individuals in the world; negative ones or positive ones. People who are negative usually expect the worst out of their day while positive people are the exact opposite.

A great example of this is if you want a job that pays a lot more money. Just by using your mind powers it can become a reality. However, if you are defeated and negative in your think right from the beginning, the worst will usually surface. This is because you allow your mind to fill up with doubt. The problem is negative thoughts manifest into negative actions, which can play a major role in your day-to-day life. If you don't learn to alter your circumstances you will stay in this mode the rest of your life.

Your perception is your reality and also the way everyone else views you. If the employer you want to work for sees that you don't have faith in your abilities, they're not going to chance it.

On a positive note, if you know you can do the job better than anyone else and have the right attitude, the place you want to work for will recognize that confidence and therefore put their faith in you and give you the position. Your mind powers have the natural capability to produce a happy life full of luck and abundance.

They also have the ability to produce a life full of tragedies, depression, and heartaches. People automatically attract certain circumstances into their lives by the way they think.

Let's take another example of someone who wishes to lose weight. If the individual does not think that they can lose the pounds they want, everything they do will be motivated by that self-doubt. They'll look at a fast food hamburger and say, "well, I'm not going to be able to lose the weight anyway, so I might as well go ahead and indulge myself". Exercising to get the pounds off will be more difficult because of the individual's view of themselves. Ultimately, they will give up because they lack belief.

The good news is you can easily shift your mind powers to provide determination, will power, and the fuel you need to be successful in any part of life. In order to make this happen you have to combine the power of your mind with the physical action necessary to make everything take place. Once the doubts begin to surface, it's crucial that you remove these with positive thoughts ASAP. So have the right attitude throughout reaching your goals and you will be successful.

In the end it's your mind powers that control everything in life. How many times have you or someone you know have an argument with a spouse after work. Most likely the initiator was already upset before they walked through the door. Maybe they had a bad day at the office or traffic was a disaster, but if you can learn to hone these temptations the evening will be more present.

I'm sure you've looked outside what day, saw it raining, and just thought to yourself; "Oh great, another fun day in the rain." Then when you went to work you felt as dreary as the weather and everyone could see it in your work. This is the mind powers playing tricks on you. See, we all have negative patterns that surface. Lucky for you it's an easy thing to change when you unleash the power of your mind.

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What Does A Psychic Do?

By Daniel Pitter

There have been many different names and titles given to those with psychic powers over the years. Some of the more commonly known names included augur, fortune tellers, and prophets. Their psychic abilities have been termed things like second sight and clairvoyance. Yet, as names and titles change the actual roles of psychics in society and the nature of their powers does not seem to change.

People who are psychic believe that they can tap deep enough into the subconscious to be able to see things beyond what the natural eye sees. Some psychics claim to be able to speak with the dead (mediums). Others believe that tarot cards can be used to predict the future.

People who do not have these powers often go to psychic readings in order to learn something about their deeper mind and life in general. It is believed that psychics are able to see deep into our psyche to access information we do not even know exists in our own minds.

The reactions to a psychic reading or any display of psychic power vary from person to person. Some people embrace the new information they discover about themselves, while others shy away or become alarmed at what they learn. It is never known what may come out when the reading first begins.

The very first known psychic lived from 1766 to 1815. Dr. Franz Antoine Mesmer has come under some scrutiny in modern days, but in his lifetime he was known as a clairvoyant with the power to heal. Exactly how powerful he actually was will never be known.

Margaret, Kate, and Leah Fox were also prominent psychics in history. The Fox sisters claimed to be able to speak to the dead. People paid to watch them perform their antics, which included objects that seemed to move on their own and mysterious rapping noises. This was all part of the 1948, Hydesville psychic movement.

At the time all of this was going on, most people refused to believe in this type of power. Even Houdini came out stating this type of activity was being faked. There were even many churches in on the action, holding services to ward off demons and communicating with the dead.

A lot of skepticism about psychic powers comes from the fact that every human has some type of precognitive ability. We commonly refer to it as instincts, but many people relate it to the power of prophecy. There have been many instances of people calling a loved one just as something really bad was happening because they sensed something was wrong. You may have had your own experiences with knowing things, such as who is on the phone before you say hello.

Also, the term dj vu has been big throughout history but is now related to events where someone may see something in a dream that really comes true.

"Mantic Arts" is another term that refers to a type of historical psychic ability. This is the practice of reading signs and messages through stones, sticks, dice, tea leaves, shells, and other objects. In history, priests were noted to read messages through the patterns made by oil when poured into water. This practice was considered dangerous and was later banned with a penalty of persecution in the Christian world.

The roots of psychic readings go way back to the beginnings of time, where they were ever present in the ancient world. It was known that the King of Egypt kept psychics always on hand as a part of the royal court. They would be consulted for major decisions and of course, they could be imprisoned or killed for giving the wrong answers to the King's problems.

During the Salem witch trials, fortune tellers and anyone else who displayed any type of extraordinary powers were murdered under the Christian belief that they were doing the bidding of the devil.

Today Psychics are widely accepted as part of society. They are prominent in large cities, as well as in books, on the radio, on television and on the internet.

Of course, there is still a lot of doubt and skepticism surrounding this type of power. While it is no longer demonized, many people still do not believe psychic powers are real.

Though a very small minority of psychics may not be sincere, you should remember that there are charlatans in every profession. There is more than ample evidence to show that the majority of psychics are genuine.

In fact, science is now proving that every human being has some level of psychic power. These powers are of varying degree, but they can be developed if you are determined.

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