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, September 18, 2010

An Understanding Of 'Out Of Body'

By Michael Evans

It has not yet been established completely whether out of body experiences are for real or not. This is due to the fact there is still no solid proof for the same. An out of body experience or OBE is s feeling of floating outside of the body. G.N.M Tyrrell in his book called Apparitions introduced this term in the year 1943. Subjective awareness from a vantage point outside of one's physical body is described in this book.

Many a times there is linkage of these wiith hypnagogic or hypnopompic dreams, mystical trances, near death experiences, etc. OBE can be contrasted with both astral projection and dreaming.

In an OBE there is a feeling of floating outside of the body however this is not the case with astral projection. When there is dream be it lucid or otherwise, a strong perception of being awake and conscious is there which is in contrast to OBE's.

Same aspects differ with every OBE. It is also possible that there are quite a few diverse types of OBE having dissimilar cause and meaning.

In many OBE cases the person reported either being asleep, or been asleep shortly before or on the verge of sleep. Many of these cases refer to circumstances where this sleep is not mainly deep. This could be due to various factors like illness, emotional stress, noises in other rooms, exhaustion from overworking, etc.

There are other situations as well associated with OBE's; one in which the sensation of being outside the body is rather that is suddenly realized after the fact and almost by accident they see their bodies. Second, they either find themselves being pulled from their bodies or will themselves out of their bodies. These experiences of OBE's are not usually long, may be for a minute or so.

Then there are some OBE's reported which get completed with an unexpected sensation of popping or snapping back into their bodies. Then there are some experiences who have reported to go through religious epiphanies; there are some who experience a universal feeling of peacefulness and love and some who experience nervousness and apprehension. Then there are some experiences reported where there is no directly any kind of spiritual experience.

There are mixed opinions concerning the objective reality of OBEs. A lot of people consider the occurrence is precisely what it feels like and that the soul is departing the body and discovering. Positive OBE accounts have been experienced by many and many claim that the experience was a dream and often quote the experience as having a spiritual effect.

Some experiences of positive OBE accounts have been reported and some maintain that the experience was just like a dream and frequently quote the incidence with a spiritual effect.

We cannot disapprove OBE's; however a solid evidence for these experiences is yet awaited. The study of the observations given by the people who have experienced OBE's has not been done to the satisfaction of the scientific community. Messages are received from out of body experiences or generally they may or may not be recognized at first either in the form of archetype or symbols. A solid proof is yet awaited for these experiences.

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Telepathy Training For Beginners

By Warren Bodey

When we refer to telepathy, we refer to the psychic power with the help of which a person can actually read other's mind. There are two broad categories of telepathy. When a person is able to just know another's thoughts it is called basic telepathy. On the other hand when a person can inject his own thoughts into the second person's mind apart from basic mind reading, it is referred to as advanced telepathy. Therefore to develop this advanced telepathic ability telepathy training is required.

Since distance is not really taken into account as a matter of serious concern, telepathy can be undertaken anywhere. Basic telepathy ability within a person is acquired either by birth or developed by meditation, concentration exercises and the like. Telepathy training is required in case of advance telepathy where the psychic wants to inject his own thoughts into the other person's mind.

Thus, the first thing in telepathy training is to train oneself to clear one's mind. The two effective methods to do this are by taking in deep breaths and counting from 1 to 100. Moreover, when you see lighting strike, you wait and listen for the sound of thunder or when you hear footsteps you wait for the doorbell to ring. During these times you will see that your mind stops thinking about other things. Hence, adopt this method to clear your mind.

Secondly, telepathy training emphasizes mainly on aiming at another persons mind. This can be done by collecting information and the like about the person who you are aiming, like thinking about him, that is, your feeling at the time when you last met that person, his face, his voice etc. All these aspects of the targeted person should be fully concentrated upon if you are to intrude upon his mind.

You should train yourself to inject thought elements into the minds of other people. This can be actually done by directing and concentrating the thoughts towards other people's mind by using sub-vocalization. Sub-vocalization is the intent to speak without actually speaking, rather speaking just being below the vocal level. Thus the thoughts are directed towards the person with a heave of energy.

The concept of pulse sending can also be used in telepathy training. You can do it by choosing a signal, say suppose, a thought, and send it by relentlessly urging it forward at the targets direction.. You should visualize his face in sequence to the beatings of your heart. You have to repeat it 20 times for 20 heart beats, take a break of 5 seconds and then continue the same.

While telepathy Training, one can also try broadcasting in order attempting at sending a signal. Broadcasting refers to mentally shouting with your inner voice which usually speaks to yourself most of the time. Mentally shout what you want to communicate until you feel a pressure on the top of your head.

In case of advanced telepathy, a person can transmit thoughts or read minds without the other person's consent by the techniques of scanning or probing. This can be done specially by experienced people who are masters of this trade. They have a strong control over their own sub conscious minds and their intensity of visualization is particularly high. In such cases the psychic visualizes his own mind having tendrils which travel and creep across to the other person's mind gently brushing against it to access and scan the thoughts inside or probing in for injecting or advanced scanning purposes.

Lastly, advanced telepathy training also includes techniques of suggestions for pulse sending instructions to another person like 'Sleep'; projection to broadcast a suggestion to a specific region for example in a bus; and lastly the technique of forced hallucinations to control another's mind and make himself see something that is actually not there.

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Friday, September 17, 2010

Grab The Power Of The Mind To Become Who You Want To Be

By Jon Paul Holt

Unless you were born yesterday, you should know by now that there are things in life which you cannot easily attain. Think about the Porsche that you've been dreading to have but just do not have the cash to spare. This is why people would use the habit of hoping so they can somehow appease themselves into believing that they can for sure reach that day when all of aspirations in life will become tangible. But instead of focusing yourself into the hoping stage, don't you think it is better to start reaching them? The power of the mind can help you!

It is possible for you to use your mind only if you are free from all pressure and deadlines. Even if ideas may come knocking on your door during the most unfortunate time of the day, if you just make it a point to stay alert during these occasions then you will have all the data and information you need to attain success in life.

Be open to the possibility of making the power of the mind work on you. Although there will be plenty of moments wherein you will think about those factors which can somehow limit success but if you just focus your mind to those things you would like to reach, then you will see that this is not hard after all. Truth is, if you give your mind its own task then you will see that it can do its thing individually although the body is allowed to do other aspects.

Indeed, we are bestowed with such an amazing the mind is; hence it is placed at the highest region of the body.

When you think of only those things that are positive, you will see that they can actually work well in producing positive results. So once you bombarded yourself with negative thoughts and emotions then this will lower your self esteem hence you will have to suffer the risk of getting everything which is off-putting later on.

So you can use the power of the mind the right way, might as well consider the following things:

* Find a quiet place where you can relax. It might be in your favorite chair or you can find a secluded spot where you can lie down for as long as you wish to.

* Go for a comfortable and loosen clothing because this will allow you to think properly

* Uncross both your arms and legs so you can feel more relax.

* Focus on your breathing for you to activate the vagus nerve which is known as the major quieting nerve inside the whole body.

* Be sure that both your body and mind are fully relaxed.

In a nutshell, you should be able to transport yourself into a relaxed state to potentially use the power of the mind.

Indeed, the power of the mind is so immense to the point that it can transport you to different places that you want to go and this will allow you to become the person that you would like to. So go on and pursue what your mind can reach because the result is something that is beyond words to explain. You will feel great satisfaction and will be in a state of euphoria.

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How Is Astral Projection Meditation Done?

By Michale Lambert

At the time of astral projection the physical is separated from the astral body. However this separation does not mean complete detachment, you are still connected to your physical body by a silver cord just like the umbilical cord, however you cannot see the cord. Astral projection is an out of body experience and in order to do this you must feel totally relaxed, wear comfortable clothing and recline.

You can practice alone or with one person. To carry out astral projection meditation follow the subsequent mentioned details.

To begin with you must find a quiet place which is free of distractions and the lighting and room temperature should be adjusted. Similarly adjust your clothing, eyeglasses and footwear. Once this is done, you should sit calmly or simply lie down in a position that comforts you. You need to now quiet your mind, still your thoughts, calm down your body, face, jaw, shoulders, neck, arms, legs, feet and hands. Let go off your torso, hips.

The position that you take on for astral projection meditation needs to be comfortable to make sure that your concentration level is fine.

Light some good, cleansing, incense as that will help you ground and center well. Next you must center and ground yourself. This is an extremely significant skill to have and is true even though you never plan to leave your body. This is done because the grounding will support you to firmly connect your silver cord to your body and secondly, it will give you an energy source which is big enough to channel through yourself so that you can reach the correct state of vibration to actually leave the body. Next is to begin meditation.

Meditation is the next step which is carried out to clear the mind and spirit, to relax simply or speak with other deity or spirits. But level of meditation level which is required for astral projection is beyond these. When meditation is carried out to arrive at astral projection, the vibratory frequency of your self actually changes. The rate at which we vibrate or produce our frequency is increased with astral projection so that our self, our soul or spirit is no longer set at our body's frequency but is able to move into the Astral Plane.

Your focus to move out of the body should not be lost or else it becomes simply an exercise to meditate deeply. You must ensure to follow this and the vibration rate sensibly lowers itself then. You get prepared to move out of your body when your state of vibration is arrived at. The focus should be on yourself and keep yourself at the center as you prepare to move out of your body. You reach the big plane when you leave your body in the other world where you reach. You must get yourself acquainted with the other world and explore it. It is at this tome that you must begin to get used to your Astral body.

Once you are through with your astral projection journey to get back you need to focus on the end of your silver cord, the anchor point of the silver cord is the connection to your body.

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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Positive Thinking Is A Common Attribute Of Victors

By Raymond Matthews

Champions are different than other people. Champions are unique for their unfailing drive to succeed. This results in their continued high achievement. You may think that you can't be a champion. You are wrong. You need to change your way of thinking. This change of thinking will put you on your way.

Champions expect to succeed. Champions need to succeed. Champions don't just want to or dream of winning. If you want to be a champion you need to be active in your own success. If you are a champion, you will have a plan complete with goals and steps as to how you will bring about your own success. You will be driven towards this success.

Champions stand out in crowd. They will not get lost in a crowd. They are leaders and not followers. Second place is not acceptable. They strive to succeed. Others follow the example they set. They do not follow the slower pace of others.

If they can do it themselves they do not allow others to assist them. This does not make them selfish or lacking the ability to work with team members. They are smart enough to know how to work with a group to reach their goals.

No one puts pressure on a champion like they put on themselves. Their feet do not gather moss. If they take a long break it is not to get away from pressure, it is to refresh them to deal with it better when they return.

The only thing that enters a champions mind is winning or getting better. This can be something you can achieve as well. You should start thinking of bigger goals and achievements for yourself.

Start out by analyzing what you do now and what you want to achieve. Analyze this and then set some goals and come up with steps you will take to achieve your goals. Pick significant goals.

Champions deal well with the inevitable fact of failure. It does not stop them from striving for their goals. Their main fuel is success and continued achievement. They are always on the quest to succeed.

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What You Need To Know About Manifest Money And Wealth

By James Coburn

In our world today money is essential to live. We must have money to pay our bills and to purchase the things we need for life. In addition, we need wealth for investments to ensure that we have things we need for the future. Manifest money and wealth is one way to be sure that you have the financial means for basic needs of life, wants and desires and investments.

Money is our basic unit of exchange. It can be paid to someone for a job that was done or other services provided. Money can be used for purchase of both goods and services. It is much easier to carry money to a store than to transport a sheep to trade for vegetables. In addition, money is much more universal in appeal than are the goods or services you might have to offer.

Money must have an agreed upon value in order to find its usefulness. No one wants to be paid with something that has no value in other places. Thus, most money has been issued by a government and the issuing agency sets the value of the money for use by persons. This helps to ensure that money will be worth the same at the merchant as it was from the employer.

In addition, money should retain value over time. While inflation takes away the value of our money, we have to have enough confidence that it will hold value over time or our entire monetary system would die quickly.

Manifest money is a teaching that is supposed to help people to get more money and wealth in order to be happier. The teachings of these principles teach that it is possible to get more wealth by correct thinking. Negative thinking sets you up for failure at getting the money you need for life. By changing your thoughts about money, you can become wealthy.

If you have wrong subconscious thinking, you may have unknowingly sabotaged your natural ability to gain wealth of money needed for even the basic needs of life. If you are able to change your thinking you may be able to get all the money you need to live and thrive.

How can you change your subconscious thoughts? One way that has been shown effective is by subliminal suggestion. This is the same technique that was used in movie theaters in the fifties to increase sales at the snack bar. However, the stakes are much higher than selling a bag of popcorn.

Even in nations that have plenty of opportunity for success, people are starving for food and do not have a place to live. They have no means of supporting their families. If you are having difficulty getting ahead in life, perhaps you need to find a different approach to wealth, like the one offered by this program.

You can manifest money and wealth in your own life by listening to the subliminal recordings. The recordings are enjoyable to listen to and can help you to change your negative subliminal thoughts so that you are able to become successful.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

What Is The Deal With Free Clairvoyants?

By Charles Krill

Why is it that there are some people out there that are willing to give away some of their services when the rest of the group are charging? It may be because some of them are trying to trick you into getting something out of you. It might also be, though, that they are trying to get you in and prove that they are actually quite gifted. People who are free clairvoyants may be a bit of a mixed bag, but they might also have some truth to share with you.

A clairvoyant is someone who claims to have paranormal powers. Most often they are associated with psychic powers. The term comes from 17th century French. It literally translates to "clear vision, " so it is a term for someone that can see to truth of matters, both in the present and in the future.

Note that not everyone who does make a claim to this power has it. You may wonder why someone would claim to have a power that they do not have. The problem is that like many other professions, doing readings is profitable and people will attempt to pretend to have a gift in order to free you of your money. Before going in for a reading, make sure that you know who you are dealing with.

Something that is associated with the power is something called remote viewing. This is where a person attempts to mentally track a person or a place from a distance. There have been some military experiments into the use of remote viewing on the battlefield, but so far it appears to not have had much of a practical application for them. Some people may claim that the simply claim that it has not worked. Though no one may ever know for certain what the truth of the matter is, the evidence that they used the program extensively is fairly limited.

There is also the power of mediumship. In which a person claims to be able to communicate with the dead. There are a few different methods for attempting to contact the dead. The most popular is something called a seance, in which a group of people will get together with a medium in an attempt to contact a specific person who has passed.

Many people believe that there are people alive who can contact lost loved ones. Though science has not been able to confirm any form of afterlife, the belief is very strong in the United States. A large percentage of the general population believe in one form of life after death or another.

Thinking about trying to expand your own powers? There are schools and teachers available that claim to be able to teach you the powers. There is no way to prove if these schools are getting the results that they claim. There is no certification that one needs to start practicing as a clairvoyant, so it can be a challenge to distinguish the good schools from the bad.

Since no test exists to prove that the statements being made by a person are true, there needs to be a bit of healthy skepticism when approaching a reading. Free clairvoyants are not always the best, but you may be surprised at how accurate some of them are. If you feel that they know what they are talking about, then continue to use their services. Just make sure that the first time you meet you approach with an open mind and a critical ear. Listen carefully to what they say and make sure that they are the real deal.

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