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?


Monday, January 17, 2011

What Is An Out of Body Experience And How Does One Happen?

By William Courcey


An out of body experience, which is sometimes referred to as an OBE, occurs when a person feels like he or she is floating outside of their body. It is a scientifically proven phenomenon that typically occurs when a person is about to die.

In addition to being called an out of body experience, the experience of perceiving your physical body from some location outside your body is called an astral projection. It is not a concept that should be scorned, because many who have come near death have returned to recount their memories of seeing their physical body lying in a room. These people are also able to describe activities that occurred in the room during their experience.

People began to refer to this experience as an out of body experience or OBE in 1943, instead using the term "projection." This transition in names occurred in response to the perception that "projection" was more of a belief-centered term. In the past, however, OBEs were referred to as "spirit walking." Scientific research into this type of experience is ongoing, because it cannot be considered imaginary.

Approximately 10% of the population may have been through this type of experience at some point in their lives. These are some very large numbers, so one should not look at the concept of an out of body experience with scorn, disdain or skepticism.

Sometimes, some people undergo an out of body experience spontaneously. On other occasions, this might be brought on due to mental and physical trauma, the use of psychedelic drugs or even when a body has slipped into a state of trance or coma.

There are plenty of places on the Internet, which promise you the joys of astral travel and projection. Astral projection is not difficult if you know how to go about it in the right way. This is supposedly a natural process, which was used very often by the ancients. Unfortunately, a large number of their modern descendents have forgotten the art of astral projection. An out of body experience does not need a large level of spiritual and mental power.

However, you should have the power to concentrate on one point -- your conscious mind is holding you back, because it has the fear that once you project yourself out of your body, you would not able to come back. This is the subconscious fear which prevents astral travel and astral projection.

The belief is that one's astral body can leave the physical body for a little while. If one believes in the idea that yes, he can project his astral body outside his physical body, he is already on his way to success. That is because he has auto suggested himself into allowing his conscious mind to "let go." However, if there is just this brief bit of fear that one's astral body is going to escape one's physical body and he is going to end up in the state of limbo, one is better off not trying any sort of experimentation.

If you know you believe in this phenomenon, silence your fears. You'll need to use meditation and self-hypnosis to have a successful OBE. Begin having positive thoughts and tell yourself you want to experience astral projection. As your mind takes over, you will find yourself accepting the possibility of successful astral travel.

Lie down in a place where you are not going to be disturbed. Lay your arms to your sides. Let your aura harmonize itself with that of Mother Nature. Breathing deeply, start focusing on relaxing your physical body in such a way that it lets your astral body go forth to explore the dimensions outside your physical and mental knowledge and ken. You are going to feel your body start to tingle; encourage this sensation. If conscious thoughts keep popping up in your mind, brush them away and keep concentrating on breathing deeply and gently.

Normally, an out of body experience is heralded by vibrations and a rapid pulse. Allow those vibrations to sweep over you. Avoid becoming excited; instead, you should remain calm and let the vibrations control you entirely, your body and soul. You will soon be leaving your physical body behind and embarking on an astral journey into another realm or dimension.

A number of people who have gone through an OBE say that the out of body experience ended because of the fear of getting far away from their physical body. According to them, the experience which they had was definitely not a dream, because they had been existing in some other realm or sphere and undergoing experiences there. So if you want to take part in this exciting new world of astral travel and believe that you can do it, you Can Do It.




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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Past Life Reincarnation Not Such A New Thing

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.

There are two common religions that have warmly accepted this idea. These were the Buddhists as well as the Hindus. The biggest of believers are those with a Chinese background. However as the New Age movement is sweeping through nations upon nations, this idea is becoming even more widespread.

People of those cultures have a long line of ancestors believing this theory that you die and come back as something else. Many say that you come back because you have unfinished business. Others will tell you that you will come back no matter what. This means whether you have passed peacefully or not.

Others find this a little too good to be true. They think that once you are gone you are gone. They cannot fathom how someone could actually believe in this. Therefore, they question those who do believe to get the answer of how this could be. How do you know what you were? These are the true questions they ask.

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.

If you feel that this has occurred, then they say that you need to really focus. That when you start to recall times of the former life that you once lived, this can help you through the hard times that you are facing in this time and life. For some, this is rather confusing. For others though, this is so normal.

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.

Whether you believe or not, this concept of reincarnation is becoming more wide spread. While there are many who don't bleieve in this and feel that the people who do believe in this only do so because they want something to help them through tough times, who are we to judge? It's nothing new. It's been around for a number of years, more are just accepting it.




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The Secret To Inducing Lucid Dreams

By David Axel


When during sleep you are completely aware that you are dreaming and in some cases even have the power to control the images that you see in your dreams, you are said to be lucid dreaming.

Thus, from what we understand from the above, if you know that you are dreaming and moreover have the power to dream about whatever you want and manipulate it as you wish then the ability for inducing lucid dreaming might be stated to be one of the best special powers or abilities anyone can possess. More so because with the knowledge that you are dreaming with the aspect of control, you can actually go ahead and do whatever you feel like in your dreams without any restriction since you know that once you wake up it can never harm you in real life.

In the light of all the above it can be understood why people so strongly want to develop the skill of inducing lucid dreams. It acts as a doorway in your life through which you can occasionally visit a world where you can do and enjoy whatever you want to and then come back to your normal life. Ability to induce lucid dreams can be developed by regular practice of the below mentioned five techniques.

Firstly, being able to recall your dreams is one primary and important aspect in inducing lucid dreaming. Even if you do experience a lucid dream but is not able to recall after waking up then there's no point at all. Hence, dream recall capability is to be developed first and the foremost. This can be done by regularly maintaining dream journals, affirming the mind in remembering your dreams, recording yourself saying what you dreamt about each day with an audio recorder are some of the things that you could do in this respect.

Secondly, the most difficult to develop and thereby the most rare is the WILD or Wake Initiated Lucid Dream, where the individual is fully awake and aware and in control of themselves while they pass from the state of wakefulness to that of the dream realm. Ability to do so mostly includes the ability to control and manipulate the dreams as well. Extremely difficult to achieve, it involves being awake during the hypnogenic stage which is the border between wakefulness and sleep. In other words, if you can keep your mind awake during this time simultaneously letting your body rest and go to sleep then WILD can be achieved. You can keep your mind awake and focused during the hypnagogic stage by visualizing yourself ascending a flight of stairs and counting the no. of the same, chanting in your mind or even counting your breadths.

Thirdly, the MILD or Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams technique in inducing lucid dreaming involves continuously affirming your subconscious mind about remembering a particular object in your dream. In this way, when you actually see it in your dream your mind will note it down, in the process giving you the knowledge that you are dreaming.

Inducing Lucid dreams can also be done by a alternate sleeping-waking exercise. In this case, you should go to sleep in the usual time but only for a few hours. Set your alarm and get up in between a deep sleep phase and then occupy yourself with something for 45mins to an hour or so after which you go back to sleep again. In this way, your mind or your brain will not be completely sure whether you are asleep or not, suddenly when you get up from intense sleep. This will help in inducing lucid dreaming when you go back to sleep again.

Lastly, it must be said that a discussion can never be complete without stating the techniques that technology has provided us. In this regard mention may be made of the binaural beat method which involves using a pair of headphones and hearing two different kinds of sound vibrations in each of your ears. This results in the synchronization of the different vibrations in you brain which in turn creates a mental state in which inducing lucid dreams can be much facilitated. Other technological objects include specialized lights or dream masks that can be used for lucid dreaming purposes. It can be concluded by saying that whatever the technique used, affirming the mind regarding remembering and realizing a dream and communicating the knowledge to you is what is most important.




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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Scorpio And Gemini - Kiss Or Kick?

By Ivan Klimp


General Characteristics of Scorpio: If we have a glance at the general characteristics of Scorpio, Scorpios are considered as mysterious, deep and reticent. You can mark Scorpios by their dislike for mocking, joking and chat beside their eyes. Simply it is seen that Scorpios do not like speaking a lot.They will raise hand to admit that some body has spoken. But most of the time they just show no interest. Scorpios are loyal to the death. You can often find them to be with you in all circumstances, these folks when you are encountered in tough situation. Whenever they speak they proved to be great advisor so don't miss the chance of listening them.

General appropriate of Gemini:Geminis are consistently active always; back anytime we see them, we acquisition them active in something. They are consistently communicative and eavesdropping as they adulation to allocate in affable manners; they are consistently Inquisitive as they ask abounding questions to learn about others. Gemini is actual energetic. To break at one place, for long, is absolutely adamant for geminis, they are accessible to move. Geminis are generally apparent with a pen or article in calmly to comedy and to accumulate their calmly active because they charge to accumulate their calmly active beside talking a lot and assuming concern in others affairs. Geminis are actual social; they adulation to bandy abruptness parties and abruptness altogether parties, they accord colors to the gatherings, area they not alone absorb bodies with their applied jokes but additionally with their laughter. They are actual ablaze hearted as they get pleasure in every blazon of party.

Compatibility between Scorpio and Gemini: If you want to know about the compatibility horoscopes of Gemini and Scorpio, you need to first know about the pros and cons of them.

Pros of their compatibility Gemini and Scorpio both are curious about life mysteries.Both of the zodiac signs are interested in it. Gemini's because of their spectacular communication skills, create best surroundings, they easily make friendship with people and get information about them. Where Scorpios love the way they are! Since Scorpio and Gemini are smart signs, they both together make very intelligent conversations and take sharp decisions. They both enjoy sharing their intelligence and wit. Most of the times Gemini and Scorpio are connected in areas like Fine arts and electronics, both of them show curiosity to learn and understand about the ways things work. They can also enjoy fine art and historical museums because of their intelligence.

Disadvantages for compatibility Now if you look at their disadvantages as Gemini is very talkative and love of a conspiracy to create the problem or misunderstanding between them, because scorpions are reluctant to speak, could not be rude, but you can ignore talkative Gemini, which in turn, hurts. Gemini is flirtatious and a relaxed lifestyle approach of the bells wrong with the scorpion, Scorpio can hold while the freedom-loving Gemini IRC.

After weighing the pros and cons, we can conclude that there is a good opportunity to build relationships between Scorpio and Gemini. But more important when two people love each other, respect each other in order to be able to find to live in peace.




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From Past Life To Now

By Andrew Ridgeway


From Past Life to present where fragments of who you are and how you came to be are recovered. There are times when everyone has walked into a new minute in their life and felt a sense of familiarity. An experience that has never happened is happening, yet again. This is a moment of celebration, and the opportunities it presents are completely up to you.

Most people at one point or another have thought about the possibility of having lived a previous life. The thought is given more serious attention when sequences of unexplainable events are made more apparent. Reoccurring dreams, unexplained talents and behavioral patterns that resurface may be the result of unfinished business.

The desire to connect these patterns could provide insight into your relationships, finances and even career choices. The answers to a more gratifying life experience can be held in the balance of a previous life. The good news is that you have now started thinking about what it all means, and how you might proceed.

Emotional hurt is not an injury that is apparent to the eyes of man; and can be brought into new experiences. This make make better sense when you think about what one does to prepare for a trip. You pack all the essentials to ensure the success of your journey. Your subconscious mind is preparing your emotional self to be at its best. This part of the process is intentional and in place to support your happiness.

Some things to take into account for your trip is the weather, time zone and customs. Here again your highest good is deciding which parts of your character will be worn for the experience. Thankfully, you know where you are going and what you want to accomplish. But, do not be surprised if the new destination, the people or the air feels familiar.

You will have moments where a new moment takes on the liking of a moment lived in a previous time. A conversation that you are having, feels like its already happened. It is practical to pause and categorize it as a Deja Vu moment. Hold onto it and allow it to serve you for future framework; it is a piece of the luggage from a previous life.

The idea of being in control of your movement in the world can be comforting. You are living inside of the experience and are conscious of your participation. Depending on your belief system, the experience may be lived as if there is no tomorrow. For others the experience might consciously be lived as an opportunity to repair and become anew. Every decision aids in the packing for the next journey, traveling light is preferred by most.

From Past Life to here and through the passage of regression a life is restored to balance. Embracing the unknown variables of the past has allowed you to aim yourself toward intended success. Relationships, health and finances have become harmonious instruments in the music of your life.




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Friday, January 14, 2011

Conscious Dreaming Techniques

By Will Sainsbury


Conscious dreaming can be a best tool for knowledge perception and improve your confidence level. Dreams are really funny, beautiful and mysterious experience but we are not concerned about inner meanings lying dormant in it. But, once you enjoy lucid dreaming techniques, you will really be uplifted.

People have some doubts about credibly of this aspect because most of us are not aware about all these out of body stuffs. If you are practicing with strong determination and focus, you will realize that conscious dreaming has its own power to transform you. Here, the most important platform is conscious mind that you need to gain control over sub conscious mind to limit conscious mind's activities. Thus, your brain frequencies will tend to lower or your mind's distraction will be lowered. It is the ideal state to have conscious dreaming.

There are multiple benefits of conscious dreaming. While dreaming, visuals will touch your mind and soul that feels your body in the real dreaming zone. Let your unfulfilled desires come in your dreams. Think about a great vocation in New York City, have a nice experience with your dream partner; conscious dreaming has all it takes.

Apart from that you can visualize your success, prizes and prosperity that brings to. This visualization definitely affects your actions and that will induce motivation when ever you feel tiresome. You can visualize what you desire deep in mind.

Preparation and focus are the vital points to consider while planning for a conscious dream. You need to make out the fact that no mental or psychic activities take place in disturbed or negative mind. So that it is very essential to create an ideal mindset in the beginning itself. You may reduce your brain frequency to alpha frequency state where psychic activities takes place. Take leave from all your duties and be focused on the goal being tremendous concentration and time to get imperative results,

It can make you many benefits in your life. If you are able to dream consciously you can dream what you desire, so there by you can visualizes your desires and goals of life. Through conscious dream you can visualize your dream come true and see the prizes showers around you .This will impart enormous energy to move forward. When your strong desires combined with hard work, which inspired with their visualization will definitely set aside hurdles.

You have different methods to slow down frequency of mind and prepare yourself for conscious dream. Here Isochronic tones when you are about to bed by playing in CD player or through head phone. This will reduce frequency of thoughts. Purchase a dream journal and write down your experience after each attempt. Convince your mind that you can experience conscious dreaming. Don't get frustrated after failed attempts and consolidate your belief that you will win. Set up an alarm clock to ring while you are middle of your sleep. Their rings will disturb your sleep and when you back again to your sleep you can enjoy the rest of dream with your awareness.

If you are equipped with all the above mentioned condition, you can start conscious dreaming. Before you sleep lay flat on your bed, close your eyes and think about the incidents that happened in your life that day. All the images will flash before your closed eyes like a film. Gradually your deep desire that you kept in mind will come and flash before your eyes. When you are dreaming all these incidents you will be conscious about it.




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Do You Believe In Reincarnation?

By William McKay


The term 'Reincarnation' which literally means 'to be made flesh again' refers to 'being born again' or in one word - Rebirth. It is the belief that the soul of man which is separate from its body is immortal in nature and is reborn or reincarnated in a new born baby after the previous body dies.

Many a times the term reincarnation is used synonymously with that of metamorphosis and resurrection. It must be clarified at the very start that all these three terms differ in their meanings and implications to a considerable extent. While metamorphosis means changing one form of life to another, the Christian term resurrection refers to rise of the body from the dead.

Reincarnation which is also known as soul transmigration is a concept that has been prevalent since the ancient times in both the eastern and western worlds through ancient religions, age old cultures and spiritual doctrines aimed at unearthing that ultimate truth and unleashing the infinite potential of man.

Starting from the ancient eastern beliefs, mention may be made of Hinduism, the age old religion that is known to be one of the oldest and richest in terms of its spiritual content. Ancient Hindu scripts known as Upanishads contain this core belief in reincarnation where the soul is stated to be immortal trapped in the body which is subjected to life and death in the world which is an illusion.

Another core concept of Hinduism is that of the 'Karma' or quality of your deeds in your past lives. Thus past karma defines the quality of life and experiences you undergo in your current life. Till the time you attain complete spiritual understanding of the ultimate truth, your soul goes on being reincarnated into this illusionary world.

When after numerous reincarnations you understand that real lasting happiness rests in something else than earthly desires, you start spiritual practice known as 'Sadhana' and ultimately realize the ultimate truth that soul is the central seat of all emotions, power and energy and all other things are illusions. It is then that your reincarnation stops and your soul attains the final liberation or 'Moksha'.

Against Hinduism on one side mention may be made of the Egyptian and the Greek beliefs during that era which run on similar lines with much belief in reincarnation. In case of Egyptians, proof of such belief lies in their embalming dead bodies and the act of preservation in order for it to accompany the immortal animated force of 'ka' or spirit to the next world. Similarities can be seen in case of ancient Greek belief where they believed that the souls rested in the underworld after death and before reincarnation for purification. Once absolute purification was attained, the reincarnation cycle stopped.

In case of Theosophical beliefs, soul is the source of prime energy which does not have any age or form. According to their beliefs, souls are a part of a rhythmic process in which in manifests itself a number of times in this world to gain experience and leaves temporarily through death in order to manifest once again some time later.

If you are interested to know more about your reincarnations, in other words, information about your past life, PLRT or Past Life Regression Technique is the best method. Using hypnotism in helps the mind to focus and thereby attain a higher spiritual awakening so as to recollect memories of his/her past lives. Moreover, meditation also leads the way towards heightened awareness about yourself, controlling the subconscious and getting in sync with your soul.




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