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November 21, 2008 at 2:20 pm · Filed under Cash + Credit + More
Unlike general debt where the answer to problems is rarely to consolidate, the consolidation of credit card debt is often worhtwhile. Credit card debt consolidation is regarded by many ias being the first step toward card debt elimination. But, before you taking the initial step towards consolidating your credit card debt, you need to understand that consolidating credit card debt (or using balance transfers) is an action that is being taken to eliminate your credit card debt. Consolidation of your credit card debt is not simply a mechanism for putting the problem away for a while.
Credit card debt consolidation is a good option for more than one reason; not only do you get relief from the increase in the amount of your credit card debt, but you may also get other benefits. Many card issuers make offers to new users who transfer in ther existing balances that can be very attractive indeed.
Almost all offers for consolidating credit card debt/transferring balances have an initial period with a low APR often as low as 0%. This is, in fact, one of the main reasons why consolidating your credit card debt is an attractive option.
As well as low APR, offers for balance transfer often include benefits such as 0% interest on any purchases made during first few months after the balance transfer. This is another thing reduces the rate at which your credit card debt increases. Of course if the purpose is reduction or elimination of debt then new purchases are not the highest priority! These are the two most significant benefits that credit card issuers offer to attract new clients into consolidating their credit card debt with them.
After these main benefits there are other benefits such as additional reward points on the issuer’s reward. These reward points can be redeemed for other attractive goods/rebates/rewards etc, but thioer purpose is to encourage you to spend more money and increase, not decrease your debt!
Sometimes, the new credit card might be one that caters better to your current spending needs both in terms of credit limit and the way that you might use your new card. For example, the new credit card might be co-branded by an airline that you frequently use. The credit card you are consolidating to might open up discount offers to you. But usually these offers all encourage additional spending.
The most important thing to remember when consolidating your credit card debts is the reason for doing it. If the purpose was to reduce debt and manage payments then you can and must ignore any offers that will increase your indebtedness. Balance transfers are not offered by card issuers to make it easy for clients reduce their debt - the opposite is true! As a credit card user you must use the tools offered by card issuers to YOUR benefit, not the bank’s!
Good luck reducing your debt through disciplined credit card consolidation and balance transfer.
Michael Johnson has many more articles about Personal Finance and credit. Visit the site at KnowHow-Now.com
November 21, 2008 at 10:24 am · Filed under Universe Of Marketing, Universe Of Publishing, Video Portal
The very good old Chinese slogan has an enormous suggestion; the sentiment depicted the reality that each & every person trusts an occasion a great deal if it is watched. By means of video production or videography it is possible to film a sequence of occasions.
At the moment in several commercial presentations, video recording is extensively utilised. By employing video production it’s viable to present the essential info to various different potential clients to help convince them. Video production at this moment is employed for several tasks; however, several short format online videos & awareness related productions are usually created in order to achieve particular company goals.
Audio video presentations are greatly in style & as a consequence are used in nearly any variety of industry activity. Digital Media agencies at the outset normally work with a certain style of client or a business that looks to create an online corporate video, a presentation or a collection of video clips. The entire occupation of video production is carried out by a couple of freelancers; yet there are numerous online specialist video production companies around at the moment.
Input of music composers, cameraman & script writers can also be typical when creating internet video presentations. What’s more, advertising companies and public relations companies have only recently become involved with online video distribution. Visit Vidify.co.uk for cost-effective video production and distribution services.
November 20, 2008 at 6:04 pm · Filed under Casino Stuff, Center For Recreation, Lucky Lotto
To clarify terms, a betting saloon is a structure that accomodates betting. Here, patrons may take a risk going for the coin-operated machines or plenty of other pastimes. Gambling house games normally include well calculated probabilities incorporated that guarantee the gaming organization has its lead over the customers. flash casino sign up bonus
A large number casino games can instigate you to get overly dependent very rapidly. Consider the the quintessential slot machine, a cash operated gadget with 3 or more gears which spin if a crank on its flank is operated. The gadget as a rule remunerates established by predefined patterns of glyphs presented on the lit panel of the instrument. Regrettably, gambling saloon games present the illusion of domination, thereby hoodwinking the betting fan — the victim is granted choices, but in reality they cannot realistically level the client’s fundamental disadvantage. This is caused by the the betting establishment never repaying the entire wager as hoped for. This systematic policy is often noticeable in well known casino games like Texas hold’em poker, dice games, roulette or blackjack.
Poker is undeniably a very fashionable casino game. The betting enthusiasts, studiously guarding their partially obscured hands, place their stakes into a pot in the center that is finally paid out to the last gamer enjoying the leading hand. (Obviously, the coolest bluffer can win as well.) Resembling five card stud, blackjack is also an immensely popular casino pastime. Most of its fame is based on its peculiar mix of chance and talent & choice making, not to mention a trick termed “counting”. The aforementioned is a craft in which gambling fans can significantly change the probabilities of the game to their own gain by both wagering and strategy opetations in agreement with the hands shown.
Craps is a well-known game making use of the throw of a couple of dice. Customers may place bets on the end result of one cycle, or on a series of rolls of 2 dice. In contrast to blackjack, there just isn’t any possible bona fide killer tactics players could exercise to improve the odds.
Roulette is a famous casino based game. Here, a croupier whirls a roulette wheel that holds thirtyseven (French roulette) or exactly 38 (applies to Vegas roulette) uniquely marked receptacles in which a rolling pellet must settle, which establishes the winning number and the supplemental sequences. Assuming that a punter bets on a single number which is successful meaning it’s their lucky day, the promised benefit is going to be thirty five to 1, the initial wager proper is tossed back. Ergo in total it’s multiplied by 36.
Please try to be very much careful nevertheless for these casino games of chance may well be addictive. Too many lives are known to have been demolished by addictive gambling & albeit it surely seems entertaining, do aim to restrain yourself.
November 20, 2008 at 7:26 am · Filed under Movies Portal
The preeminent show of the 1990’s decade, Seinfeld grew from an idea of “a show about nothing” into a sacred pop culture icon, not that there’s anything wrong with that… The show follows the life of comedian Jerry Seinfeld and the exploits of his “short, quirky, bald guy” best friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander), Jerry’s neurotic neighbor Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards), and Jerry’s ex-girlfriend Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus). Through the years, they’re joined by a loveable cast of characters that includes Newman, Uncle Leo, the Soup Nazi, Frank and Estelle Costanza, the Bubble Boy, and countless others…
Following on the heels of Season 4, arguably the best season ever (with famous episodes such as The Bubble Boy, The Contest, The Pick, The Junior Mint, The Handicap Spot, and The Pilot), Season 5 offers its own case for Seinfeld immortality with episodes like The Puffy Shirt (a.k.a. The Pirate Shirt), The Stall (can you spare a square?), The Marine Biologist (or is it The Architect?), The Hamptons (there was significant shrinkage!), and The Opposite (George’s newfound religion)…
The Seinfeld (Season 5) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “The Mango” in which Jerry discovers that Elaine “faked it” during the time they went out. Determined to redeem himself, he begs Elaine for another shot. Meanwhile, Kramer gets banned from his favorite fruit vendor when he attempts to return a bad peach… Other notable episodes from Season 5 include “The Hamptons” in which Jerry’s girlfriend accidentally sees George naked following his swim in a cold pool (which caused him to shrink like “a frightened turtle”), and “The Opposite” in which George decides that every decision he’s ever made in life was the wrong one, and from now on, he’ll do the exact opposite of what his instincts tell him to do…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Seinfeld (Season 5) DVD:
Episode 65 (The Mango) Air Date: 09-16-1993
Episode 66 (The Puffy Shirt) Air Date: 09-23-1993
Episode 67 (The Glasses) Air Date: 09-30-1993
Episode 68 (The Sniffing Accountant) Air Date: 10-07-1993
Episode 69 (The Bris) Air Date: 10-14-1993
Episode 70 (The Lip Reader) Air Date: 10-28-1993
Episode 71 (The Non-Fat Yogurt) Air Date: 11-04-1993
Episode 72 (The Barber) Air Date: 11-11-1993
Episode 73 (The Masseuse) Air Date: 11-18-1993
Episode 74 (The Cigar Store Indian) Air Date: 12-09-1993
Episode 75 (The Conversion) Air Date: 12-16-1993
Episode 76 (The Stall) Air Date: 01-06-1994
Episode 77 (The Dinner Party) Air Date: 02-03-1994
Episode 78 (The Marine Biologist) Air Date: 02-10-1994
Episode 79 (The Pie) Air Date: 02-17-1994
Episode 80 (The Stand-In) Air Date: 02-24-1994
Episode 81 (The Wife) Air Date: 03-17-1994
Episode 82 (The Raincoats: Part 1) Air Date: 04-28-1994
Episode 83 (The Raincoats: Part 2) Air Date: 04-28-1994
Episode 84 (The Fire) Air Date: 05-05-1994
Episode 85 (The Hamptons) Air Date: 05-12-1994
Episode 86 (The Opposite) Air Date: 05-19-1994
About the Author
Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Seinfeld (Season 5) DVD.
November 19, 2008 at 8:28 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
Everyday we witness synchronicity in the Universe. There is a harmony to the planetary cycles and if we listen for the tune, and become acquainted with the rhythm, we can dance in synchrony with the song called Life.
In order to demonstrate to those who doubt, I want to talk a little more about the subject of harmony. Antoine de Saint-Exupery once wrote; “All that is essential is invisible to the eye.” He was clearly being philosophical in his musings. We cannot ’see’ Love or Consciousness but neither do we question whether they exist.
However, lets discuss the quote from a more tangible perspective.
Recently it was revealed that a new security deterrent has been launched on the market. It is a box, the size of a speaker, which can be mounted in ways akin to a CCTV camera. The device is placed in areas of high crime, or where youths tend to congregate on street corners. It has been shown that groups of teenagers cause distress and concern to elderly pedestrians, local shopkeepers and homeowners. The box emits a noise that is only audible to teenagers and those in their early twenties. The noise is so loud and irritating that the youths cannot bear to be around it for any length of time and quickly disperse.
This remarkable development is called a Mosquito The noise is delivered in high frequency, short wavelengths (pulses) and the device works on the fact that from our mid twenties, the human ear experiences a big drop in its ability to hear upper frequency sounds.
Let’s repeat the salient point; The device is totally inaudible to those above 25 years of age !
Now, we take it for granted that animals have different aural abilities. These ultrasonic devices are commonplace in the form of dog whistles or cat deterrents. However, what does this development indicate when it is apparent that a proportion of our population have access to information that the rest of us don’t?
We can be flip and cite this as the reason that teenagers like music which adults find distinctly unpleasurable - we now know they are literally hearing something different to us. The implications though are worthy of further sensible discussion, for this device takes ESP out of the realm of the occult and places it slap, bang into the High Street! It has to be viewed as a tacit vindication of those who have long professed to possess the gift of Clairaudience (the ability to hear things not audible within normal hearing ranges).
Our military forces have probably been using these techniques for years, just as they use remote viewing and other ESP techniques, yet deny their existence to the masses. However, what I want to focus on here is that this is yet another invisible force hidden within the usage of wavelength.
Our ethers are already full of invisible wavelengths - TV signals, phone and radio signals. Infrared. Microwave, X-ray, Gamma rays and yet we can see none of them. Some are discerned by us as noise, some as heat and, I would posit, some by an invisible feeling which we know as intuition.
It is apparent that by slight alterations in the length, amplitude and phasing of soundwaves their manifestation is altered in the physical world. At certain frequencies (speed of light) we can hear our favourite Radio chat show. Just a slight alteration and we may be able to tune into the nearest airport control tower or the telephone conversation of other people. What else are we able to tune into?
And furthermore what, or where, is the internal dial or mechanism which once found could allow us to naturally tune into ‘invisible to the eye’ information?
Did you know that the light which we ’see’ is really just an energy? The brightness at which we view a light source depends upon the number of photons which strike our eyes. Photons contain wave packets of information. A large number of photons mean the light source appears bright, fewer make it dimmer.
The colours that we perceive aren’t really there either. The colours that we do ’see’ are determined by the wavelength - a shorter wavelength makes us see something as blue-er, a longer wavelength appears redder. Fundamentally then, all electromagnetic radiations are the same but each carries a different energy. This energy is distributed in a wave pattern known as an harmonic. Thus all of life can ultimately be related back to a number.
When we look at the use of certain rhythmic frequencies we can also see that they possess a power. We all know the story of the opera singer who can shatter glass. Stories abound of string instruments which start playing themselves when notes of a similar frequency are played nearby. And let’s cast our minds back to the opening of the London Millennium Bridge.
Here, in an extract from Wikipedia, is what happened:
The Millennium Bridge opened in London on June 10, 2000 but unexpected lateral vibration (resonant structural response) caused the bridge to be closed just 2 days later for modifications. The movements were produced by the sheer numbers of pedestrians (90,000 users in the first day, with up to 2,000 on the bridge at any one time).
The bridge was on the route of a major charity walk and it was an exceptionally fine day. The initial small vibrations obliged the users to walk in synchronisation with the sway, increasing the effect, even when the bridge was comparatively lightly loaded at the beginning of the day. This swaying motion earned it the nickname the Wobbly Bridge. Attempts were made to limit the number of people crossing the bridge: this led to long queues, but dampened neither public enthusiasm for what was something of a white-knuckle ride, nor the vibrations themselves.
Resonant vibrational modes have been well understood in bridge design. However this was the first time a bridge had displayed this type of pedestrian excited lateral motion. This motion was caused by the human reaction to small lateral movements in the bridge, which set up a driven harmonic motion in the bridge.
The bridge had to be closed, not only because it was impassable but because these rhythms set up a vibration which has the power to damage the structure of the bridge.
Theories exist in esoteric literature that it was knowledge of this force that helped build the Pyramids. Certain rhythmic sound frequencies when used positively are said to have the power to levitate heavy objects, whilst when used at another vibrational frequency, sound has the power to destroy, such as in the fall of the Walls of Jericho - ‘the Priests blew the trumpets, the people shouted and the walls fell flat’.
Chording into the symphony that governs life is our avian population. Birds are thought to set up resonances through their song. These trigger certain manifestations in the natural world, such as the opening of certain flowers, or signals which order the behaviour of other wildlife, flora and fauna. Where the destruction of our birds would leave us in the event of a global ‘Bird Flu’ pandemic, is a subject worthy of great consideration.
There are infinite demonstrations of the synchrony in the Universe emanating from the harmonic rhythms which flow through every facet of life. Nowhere is this more readily available for scrutinisation than in the study of Zipf’s law.
ZIPF’S LAW
This law is known as a power law. Roughly translated it states that the frequency of occurrence of an event will eventually settle down into a harmonic arrangement. This law can be observed at work in a multitude of events. Amongst the most common are….
Frequency of accesses to web pages
Frequency of keyword usage in a search engine
Words in the English language
For instance, words in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet.
Populations of cities
Income Distribution amongst the top earning 3% of individuals
Size of earthquakes
Notes in musical performances
Revenue of corporations
Gold records by musical artist
Internet traffic by site
Names in a population
To take ‘Populations of cities’ as an example, George Kingsley Zipf took the population of 50 cities in the United States in 1930. He discovered that if New York was the largest, the second largest city has half the population of New York, the third largest has one third the population of New York and so on down until the 50th city which had exactly one fiftieth the population of New York. This holds true today and across the series of examples above and many others too.
The reason for this is not understood by physicists. Yet once again computers are now proving what many have known all along - the truth of Universal harmony.
Our World orders itself in natural rhythms. Our planets are part of that harmony (a harmony of the spheres) and it is my belief that the ancient art of Astrology remains one of the only disciplines that is able to translate the ‘music’ into a cohesive understanding, or an En-light-enment, of our place in the greater order of things.
Kathryn Cassidy is a professional astrologer. She was first taught by traditional astrologer, Derek Appleby and later worked with Sun sign astrologer Jonathan Cainer for four years before securing her own astrology column in an internationally distributed magazine - Journal.
She now hosts a blog called Collaborating With Fate http://collaboratingwithfate.blogspot.com
where she discusses all aspects of astrology, with an emphasis on planetary cycles and the harmonic rhythms inherent in our Universe.
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November 18, 2008 at 4:06 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
This is the second article after an Introduction on Split Personality using Shamen to illustrate the concept as well as a few works in the Psychological sphere.
Later I hope to complete the work in the concept of Dissociation, Multiple personalities, Causes of Dissociative Identity Disorder and The Soul Personality.
This is a description of Multiple Personalities, DID + MPD as the cause of all suffering in the world, how to spot them and the neccessity for their cure through EE meditation.
Most people are split personalities. However the symptoms of this splitness differ depending upon the severity of the painful traumatic experiences which split the person and the degree of evolution of the person which increasingly helps the person to manage more trauma and more splits without giving the game away to others.
Splitness, DID and MPD as a cause of the selfish competitive ego is an explanation for the world as it is and the suffering of everyone in society. Integration of the splitness is the cure for the world as it is and the end of suffering of everyone in society.
However, severely damaged people and evolved people on the verge of integration have been studied by psychologists…
The splits are sometimes called alter personalities which have types which are common across Split people. Putnam has created a set of such types from many years of experience of therapy (Putnam 1986)
The Host Personality– Usually defined as the alter who has executive control of the body most of the time. This personality is typically depressed, compulsively good, conscience-stricken, and feels overwhelmed by circumstances.
A normal person in other words, however the strength of the symptoms of splitness differ so that only those with strong symptoms get caught, anaesthetised with drugs by psychiatrists or put into therapy by psychologists.
The normal person exhibits symptoms of splitness which can be spotted in others and then in ourselves.
Quite often, the host personality is completely unaware of the existence of other alters until presented with them during meditation. Hosts may sometimes be facades put up by a group of cooperating alters.
Inner Children Personalities– These are found in every Split person. They are frozen in time and do not age. Such personalities often serve the function of holding traumatic memories of childhood abuse or other painful memories; they are frequently counterbalanced by other child alters who embody pure childhood innocence.
Inner children always want and compete for attention, sympathy, love, energy from everyone around them. They develop talents, personalities, alters and strategies to get this. This is the selfish competitive ego, red in tooth and claw, the cause of all suffering in the world.
The Star Personality - Symptoms.. these develop talents in order to compete for power, money, attention and love from everyone around them. Typically they try to destroy the livelihoods and reputations of every competing star. They surround themselves with “yes men” who provide no competition to them, are extremely loyal and thus will do anything they are told to do, who confirm the star in their place by massaging their egos, and to whom they are extremely generous in wages and bonuses.
Persecutor Personalities The Self Destructor. These personalities will try to sabotage the person’s life and even inflict bodily harm on the host. They are sometimes responsible for “suicide” attempts which are really cases of “internal homicide”, where a persecutor personality attempts to kill the host, like “cutting off the nose to spite the face”.
The Violator Personality is professionally angry with everyone around them as a means of gaining attention and energy from them.
Suicidal Personalities — As distinct from above, these are personalities driven to kill themselves, as opposed to other alters. They may be unaware of the existence of the host, or other alters.
The Poor Me Personality moans complains and even hurts itself through accidents, substance abuse and suicide attempts simply to gain sympathy and energy from everyone around them. They tend to flip into Violators when the Poor Me ceases to work.
Protector and Helper Personalities– These personalities serve as a counterbalance to the destructive and suicidal alters. They come in a number of forms, depending on what the multiple requires protection from. In female multiples, they are often male alters of great physical strength.
The Internal Self-HelperA relatively emotionless personality, who provides information about the internal workings of the personality system. Very useful allies for therapy as you can talk sensibly to them.
Memory Trace Personality– A passive personality who usually has a more or less complete memory of the Split person’s life. Most alters have access to only a severely limited range of memories.
Cross-Gender Personalities– It is very common for multiples to have alters of opposite sex. In females, male alters tend to serve in such masculine roles as physical protection and operation of machinery. In some male Split persons, female personalities are older “good-mother” figures who provide counsel, and tend to be active in the person’s internal dynamics more than manifesting outwardly.
Promiscuous PersonalitiesThe Don Juan strategy. These alters exist to express forbidden impulses, often sexual in nature and to gain attention and love from others.
Administrators and Obsessive-Compulsive Personalities– These personalities frequently emerge in the workplace, where they may be quite competent professionally, although seen by fellow workers as distant and authoritarian. They may also function to manage the internal organization of the Split person’s fragmented personality.
Substance Abusers– Drug abuse in Split persons is frequently limited to one alter, and this alter may be the only one to suffer withdrawal symptoms as a means of gaining sympathy.
Autistic and Handicapped Personalities– Autistic personalities are often sent “out” during periods when no other alter is interested in executive control, or especially during situations of confinement or control.
Personalities with Special Talents or Skills– Alters displaying great skill in work-related, artistic or athletic fields are common, and often tend to be more like fragments than complete alter personalities.
Anesthetic or Analgesic Personalities– These alters seem to be formed during initial episodes of abuse, and deny feelings of pain. They are activated when the body is injured by self or others.
Imitators and Impostors– Some multiples have alters who imitate the functions of other alters. In some instances, the impostor will handle situations the personality they are mimicking cannot.
Demons and Spirits– These alters sometimes manifest, especially in persons from rural areas or with fundamentalist religious beliefs. Spirit alters are the same as Internal Self-Helpers and demon alters are the same as Persecutors.
The Original Core Personality– Many multiples have a “core” personality from which the others are derived. Typically this alter is not active, and is described by others in the system of alters as having been “put to sleep” to protect it from remembering traumatic experiences. The negative karmic mass created by such experiences is that which creates and sustains the split alters. Only by grounding that pain, can the person become integrated.
The Soul Infused Personality - This personality only starts to appear when there has been a period of grounding of negative energies and integration of the alters. We say that the normal person is split and in in various stages and states of splitness. Gurdjieff said that normal people only had the possibility of a Soul Infused Personality, which could only be accessed through meditative work. It is typically pure, strong, solid and integrated. It contains no splits. It is the personality of the trained Shaman and Guru, Chiron, the Wounded Healer who through healing himself has the ability to integrate the split personalities of others.
As can be seen from the above list, alter personalities tend to help a traumatized person assume some sort of functional role, either in the external life of the multiple, or in the complex internal dynamics of the system of alters. Such diversification according to functionality will be very useful in developing a model of distributed agency in the cyberspace domain for the average, unintegrated “normal” person.
The discussion of the ubiquity of the Split Personality or Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID as related to non-pathological functioning is important, as it will serve to ground our perceptions of this phenomenon while we tread the increasingly exotic terrain covered by the manifestation of Splits usually called Multiple Personalities. The DSM-IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fourth Edition, of the American Psychiatric Association) category of Splitting or DID was in fact called Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) in the DSM-III, and so quotes from some materials will refer to the syndrome by that name.
According to Putnam, “The core feature of MPD (Splitting - auth) is the existence of alter personalities who exchange control over an individual’s behavior. it is important to state from the outset that whatever an alter personality is, it is not a separate person.” (Putnam, 1986, p 103, italics the author’s).
Putnam goes on to quote the definition of an alter personality given by Braun and Kluft as “an entity with a firm, persistent, and well-founded sense of self and a characteristic and consistent pattern of behavior and feelings in response to given stimuli. It must have a range of functions, a range of emotional responses, and a significant life history (of its own existence).” (Kluft 1984, p 23).
Usually these alters seamlessly takeover the outer personality as external circumstances need their different talents. As Gurdjieff said, “The alter who says he will get up at 5 in the morning to meditate, is not the same alter who throws the alarm clock out of the window. Or shall we say that he just, “Changed his mind.”
The sense of a seamless self maintained by alter personalities is solid enough that even though they are very different, physically, emotionally and psychologically, they often claim vociferously to be the same independent person, in the face of all evidence to the contrary. This is the normal and average person.
But as the degree trauma increases and the degree of splitness pathologically increases, one alter might insist that another’s clothes are not just in bad taste, but are of the wrong size, or even appropriate for the wrong sex. Sometimes alters even see other alters as being differently located physically, as sitting in a different chair or being in a different room. In really extreme cases, one alter might wish to kill another, adamantly denying any connection whatsoever with that alter.
In addition to such well formed alter personalities, it is typical to find a number of personality fragments– smaller units of personality of limited scope and ability. Typically a personality fragment will be limited to one symptom of splitness, such as anger, depression or manicism, or one functionality, such as driving a car or absorbing pain. This sort of fracturing can yield fragments so specific that it is ultimately useless to consider them as personalities, just talents.
Alter personalities can be thought of as units of functionality which enable the Split person to function in the external world, or cope with the complex demands of the inner world such people inhabit. External duties include holding a job, managing relationships with other people, taking care of bodily needs, etc. Internal duties include such activities as managing which alter is “out” (in control of the physical body) at any time, holding and managing traumatic memories, and settling internal squabbles between alters. A complicated set of personalities often arises to accomplish these tasks, frequently numbering a few tens or scores of distinct alters.
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November 17, 2008 at 9:31 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
BETA State:
This usually occurs in your daily activities provided that you’re not resting or sleeping.
You’re definitely awake, attentive and alert. Your brain is highly tuned and focused. It makes you respond quickly in your activity.
In the Beta state, the brain neurons fire up in great number and in rapid succession. The purpose is to heighten your performance. The downside of it is that you will not have intuition.
If excessive High Beta brain waves are created, it can result in anxiety and panic.
ALPHA State:
The brisk patterns of Beta will slow down into mellow waves of Alpha.
In the Alpha state, you’re very relaxed. And your awareness of surrounding expands. A creative energy is about to explode as the state approaches near Theta. You’ll have flashes of new ideas and solutions to problems. But most people won’t able to grasp it unless the mind state is near Theta. Besides this result, you’ll experience a sense of peace and well being.
When Alpha state becomes more dominant, the left brain activity usually drops it function to act as filter or censor to the subconscious. The intuitive, emotional and creative parts of the mind become increasingly influential.
Wonder why people buy stuff base on their emotions unwittingly? Because salesmen knows how to inject a soothing sales process to the mind. It appeals to the subconscious mind which can only be activated when the environment is positively warm and peaceful.
THETA State:
At this state, your mind slows almost to the point of deep sleep.
Theta is the brain state where hidden and unexplainable power is awaken. It brings forward crystal clear dreamlike imagery, increased receptivity, the lost memories and surges of inspiration.
In the deep state of Theta meditation, some people can experience a sensation of suspension or floatation. This happens when the state is just at the beginning - The sensory input of the body is almost detached from the brain. But it is fully conscious of the surrounding. The dormant brain reaches its peak of unseen productivity because most energy is distributed to it.
DELTA State:
The slowest of all brain wave frequencies, Delta brain waves are long, deep and undulating, most commonly associated with deep dreamless sleep. Your deep Delta state of brain wave activity is one of harmonious relaxation, where both sides of the brain work in synchronization. The Delta state promotes accelerated physical healing.
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November 15, 2008 at 11:31 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
You can be the creator of your own manifest destiny. Through daily meditation practice and focus on changing your life for the better. In fact, you have the ability to redefine yourself in any direction you desire. The power that you can cultivate is limited only by your own imagination.
As I have mentioned earlier, this will change the lives of people who you come into frequent contact with. Therefore, you must always be kind, trustworthy, and considerate to others. You should make a change in that direction at this very moment.
Why the sudden need for character improvement? It goes hand-in-hand with using power and influence wisely. Remember Lord Acton’s saying: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The power of your mind has the ability to alter reality. Therefore, this is a power that must be controlled.
How is this possible? Here is an example: If you had two identical twin boys, who haven’t eaten for two days, and you put an apple in front of them; what would they do?
Most likely, they would fight over it, and the winner would eat, most or, all of it. You and I know they should divide it equally, but each of them has really felt starvation, and that is a reality you and I do not feel at the moment. So we are not talking about imagination, but three legitimate points of view, that each becomes our own reality.
Meditation will allow your mind to see multiple points of view, without judgment. If you can see only one point of view, you haven’t meditated long enough. The best leaders, negotiators, and diplomats, know that you have to understand the opposing viewpoint, to move forward, on any issue. There is always justification, on both sides, in any conflict, but true compromise is meeting the opposition in a different reality, than you both started from.
If you had the ability to travel in the space shuttle, your view of earth, from within your space vehicle, would be much different from the person living in poverty, within a refugee camp. You could not see, or feel, that person’s pain, and each of you would have a vivid picture of life on earth.
You can meditate from a mountain top, but once you have seen the full picture, you have an obligation to help mankind, with acts of kindness. Once you have discovered how easy it is to help others, you are no longer struggling with; “who is right and who is wrong.”
Your new reality becomes, “how can I help?”
Paul Jerard is a co-owner and the director of Yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center, in North Providence, RI. He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995. He is a master instructor of martial arts, with multiple Black Belts, four martial arts teaching credentials, and was recently inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. He teaches Yoga, martial arts, and fitness to children, adults, and seniors in the greater Providence area. Recently he wrote: Is Running a Yoga Business Right for You? For Yoga students, who may be considering a new career as a Yoga teacher. http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org
November 15, 2008 at 10:43 am · Filed under Traveling
I have been to various European skiing areas for example Les Grands Montets, Le Grand-Bornand, Auron and Isola 2000, however all told through all the family’s ski holidays Chamonix France without a shadow of a doubt is our no. one mountain to go for ski holiday Europe.
The birthplace of European alpine history and abode to the amazing Monte Bianco - at 4807m the Common Markets’ loftiest point - Chamonix town features a superb snow register, a elongated snowboarding season (Nov-Apr), unmatchable off-piste snowboarding, and scenes to die for. Moreover Chamonix has an far reaching reputation since it has a lot of the most outstanding, intriguing, and stimulating skiing on hand anyplace in the universe.
Chamonix France is epic and also daunting, and that is before one view the abutting skiing resorts; such as Les Arcs, Les Orres, Portes du Soleil, La Tania and Montroc.
The Mont Blanc Unlimited lift pass includes seven nearby, and fifteen departmental skiing regions; with skiing up to 3844 metres, over 240 snowboard lifts, and 740 km of ski tracks - with the absolute majority of the skiing fields higher up than 2010 metres. It supplies for every plane from novices right through to expert skiers. Come to our skiing fields section for an in depth look at each of the big mountains: Samoens, La Mongie, Flaine, Bessans, Tignes and Plateau de Beille.
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