As earning money is inevitable, why not we do this in a work, which arouses passion in you (i.e. the work in which you feel interesting). Suppose a work in which you are not interested is fetching you lot of money, but by the end of the day you feel dissatisfied. As days pass by you will get disinterested in the work, it would cause hindrance to your efficiency, and you would end up unproductive. Moreover, most of us spend more than 8hrs on average in working, which means approximately one third of our time elapses in doing work. If this work does not passionate you, it would cause a kind of melancholy and emptiness and time passes very hard minute by minute. Passion in what you do bridges the gap between hurdles you face and the money you earn.

In this materialistic world, people are often judged and respected, by the income they are getting. Only the people who earn mega salary packs are believed to be more knowledgeable and highly confident. Therefore, there also goes an argument that, why not we negotiate and get a huge pay pack and use a part of it for a good cause. Recent consensus say that majority of people in the western nations, which are economically dominant, people mostly work for passion. Where as in economically backward countries, people are more inclined towards earning more and more money.

However, to our surprise, we come across many people who are not aware of the work which passionate them. Such people should rediscover themselves and find out the work, which creates interest in them. They should list down a list of works in which they are interested in and make a thorough scrutiny of the list and choose a work of their maximum interest and the one which creates more value for you. The more you love what you do the more you will persevere. When you make your unique skills and qualities as base and capitalize on them, then your work would be a cakewalk for you and you will attain success in no time. All the great achievers work for their passion and interest in what they are doing. Let us take the example of Chetan Baghat’s three Idiots, a story of three students in which one student was extremely interested in engineering and by the end of the story he discovered  and created many new things and had a name , fame and numerous patents world wide. One more student was joined by his parents in engineering to please the society around, where as he was interested in wildlife photography. However, at the end of the story he went into the job of photography, which passionate him right from childhood, and his inner talent was brought out through many books he has written. This story gives a message that the works, which passionate you will make a quite lot of difference and you will reach heights in your future career. So, do not try to burn out your inner desires and end up doing something for money, which was never your choice.

If you see the society around us, we come across many professionals like Teachers, all the NGO’s, few Painters, Poets, and writers, Social workers etc they work for very little money. This is because they love what they do. Moreover, this gives them lot of job satisfaction, because they are giving back to the society, which serves them. If all the citizens of the country try to give back at least 10 percent to the society, then our country would move ahead in growth path and our future generations would enjoy the quality of life.

First and foremost thing you have to do is fix a destiny for you passion and then plan a path in which you want to go, to reach your destiny. One more important aspect on which you need to be firm, never ever select a job by the influence of you more intimate relations like; friends, teachers, mentors, parents etc. The world is full of opportunities and it is you, who has to look towards the world for best opportunities, which meets our passion and needs. Here in this context passion means, what is it that drives you onward in your day-to-day life. Here your needs include your physical needs like food, clothing, shelter, sleep etc. Mental needs that include your learning and growth to bring out your creativity, innovation, stimulate your thinking, and nurture your skills and capabilities to the maximum extent. Health needs include maintaining you physical fitness and staying healthy by exercising and taking balanced diet. All the other sorts of needs like Spiritual needs, your Belongingness needs, yore Self-esteem needs, your obligations and responsibilities towards your family, parents, friends, society and country etc.

People work for many reasons and most of them for money to meet their hierarchy of needs. Very few people work for passion what do you work for, money or passion.

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chakras

energy body with the physical body.

Chakras are energy vortexes that process our energy. They filter, focus, receive, and disperse energy. We focus on the seven major chakras but it is worth noting that there are many minor chakras and ethereal chakras as well.

The nadis are the energy channels that link the chakras together as well as linking to the physical body. Kind of like the circulatory system with the arteries veins, and capillaries. There a 3 major nadis the Ida, Pangela, and Sushumna. They run parallel to the spinal column and connect the major chakras.

Working with your subtle energy system is a cornerstone for well being. By bringing your chakras into balance working with them regularly you promote wellness and aide healing or the act of returning to a state of balance.

This is especially important when you find yourself in an environment or situation that is negative or fear based. Let’s face it as much as we would like to live in a state of harmony in today’s world that is very difficult. Your chakras are continually processing energy all energy including that low vibration energy.

As these energy centers get blocked different symptoms manifest, that’s why cleansing on a regular basis is essential. Daily cleansing and balancing of the chakras is easy and very quick and it yields big results. You keep the energy moving before it has a chance to get ‘stuck’ in your subtle energy system.

There are many methods to balance and cleanse the chakra. The quickest and easiest method is to direct your breath to each chakra for three breaths while visualizing the color for that chakra infusing in positive energy on the inhale and moving out any slow or blocked energy on the exhale. The colors are as follows:

Root – Red

Sacral – Orange

Solar Plexus – Yellow

Heart – Green

Throat – Blue

Third Eye – Indigo

Crown – Violet

End by moving the breath up through all of the chakras and visualizing a rainbow cascading all around you when you exhale. Repeat this three times.

For more information on chakras visit http://www.pathwayscoach.com/chakra.html

muscles helped in Mytherapy treatments

If you are one of the many people who experience muscular pain due to injury or some other cause you should consider Myotherapy treatment to help relieve you of the aches and pains.

This specialised form of treatment is used ease deep muscle and joint pain experienced by individuals. Muscles placed under strain form trigger points, which then result in localised pain. The trigger points can cause excruciating deep muscular pain that is commonly refer to as knots. Over time, knots can lead to problems with gross and fine motor movements. Myotherapy has been used successfully to relieve conditions such as sciatica, carpal tunnel, tennis elbow, migraines and back pain as well as other similar muscular conditions.

The reason Myotherapy has been so successful is that it combines various types of treatments that target the trigger point to help lessen pain. A myotherapist is trained to use these different types of techniques that target the knots in the trigger points that then relives the pain caused by it. Myotherapist use various techniques such as deep tissue massages, ischemic compression, cupping, dry needling, and rehabilitative exercises as therapies to help lessen muscle pain in the trigger points. The myotherapist uses the wide range of treatment options to personalise a treatment plan to suit your individual need. The treatment plan is tailored to target the specific muscle that is causing you problems.

Myotherapy uses an array of different techniques and therapy options unlike massage therapy, which is a single type of therapy. It is a much more effective way of dealing with deep tissue muscular pain caused by knots.

If you want to try out Myotherapy to help you with your muscle pain seek out a trained myotherapist in your area. It is always best if you hire a myotherapist who is registered by the Institute of Registered Myotherapists of Australia so that you are sure that they have been trained properly. You should also look for gyms that have trained registered myotherapist who have a few years experience.

If you are living in the city of Melbourne and are looking for more information on how Myotherapy con help relieve and ease muscular and joint plain please visit the site provided below.

http://www.platinumhealth.net.au/main/page_myotherapy.html

Miles Campbell is highly experienced in providing well researched quality information and tips for internet readers for many years now in this field. He has written many good topics regarding Myotherapy. Read more to know how you can get the best out of Myotherapy.

Since the beginning of time, man has had the predominate idea of God being a deity (God) which is apart from himself. Is this concept correct? Even though close to 100% of those questioned on this subject would agree to this point, there is an alternate explanation. From a stress management point of view, the stress of this belief can not be fathomed—especially how it impacts building self esteem.

A more spiritual point or Eastern point of view is that man is God. But to most that is blasphemous as it’s believed to underrate God—to diminish him or her. But just suppose it’s not that God is being under rated, but that man is under rating himself.

But what about the scriptures? I’m not going to get into quoting scripture. That was already done in the 1930′s. Goddard Neville, (1905-1972) wrote At Your Command. Dr. Joe Vitalie republished it in 2005. It is “must read” and then to read the Bible again. Simply google “At Your Command by Neville” and you’ll find it.

The big question is, “Why?”  Why does God let bad things happen? Why does God let accidents happen?Why does God let disease happen?  Why are loved ones taken from us and mean hateful people allowed to go on living? Why does God let people like Hitler or Bin Laden have power? The top answer is that the devil is testing us or it’s a test of faith. Or maybe, what happens is “meant to be.” Ultimately from a stress management point of view, this leaves the person who ascribes to this belief no options. The result is often stress management related illnesses. To help resolve these differences, one can turn to counseling or self help mp3 downloads for a healthier point of view and improve self esteem.

Maybe this can be explained. Everyone will agree that God knows everything. The challenge is to define “everything.”

Let’s look at this from a fundamental point of view. For instance, would God know everything about mathematics? True we know some things about mathematics, but I’m sure we’d agree that God knows a lot more than we do. And if God created everything, then in some respect couldn’t we start by saying that God is the Laws of Mathematics–everything there is to ever know about the laws of mathematics. And I’m sure there is at least one mathematician reading this saying, “Finally someone understands what mathematics is all about.”

If God knows everything about mathematics, then he would know everything about the Laws of Chemistry too? And how about the laws of physics, biology, and probability? Man’s conscious mind may never understand everything there is to know about these laws, but God does, right?

Next question, “How are the laws manifested?” Answer: they are manifested in the rocks, soil, and elements that go to make up everything in the universe.

In college I had a 4.0 average in every class in mathematics I took. Yet, in a chemical engineering–my major–with second order differential equations I got lost. The point is that there are mathematics in chemistry, mathematics in probability, mathematics in chemistry or could we say probability in mathematics, physics in chemistry, biology in chemistry? Get the point? Ultimately the manifestation of these laws (God) has produced all life as we know it today and in the past (as with dinosaurs). Each form of life has it’s own intelligence with man as being the highest form of intelligence known to modern man.

God (the laws of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, and probability) created all forms of life and intelligence including amoebas,  parasites, worms, insects, monkeys, snakes, fish, birds, and ultimately humans.

God created man in his own image. The laws of physics, probability, mathematics, chemistry, and biology (God) created man. These laws do not care about any of our choices, but they do determine the results of our choices. The result of the baby who leans too far over the edge of the pool in the back yard is determined by God (the laws of physics, mathematics. chemistry, biology, and probability which defines gravity).

Likewise the result of the husband being hit by a drunken driver is determined by God. God does none of this for a reason and it’s really up to each person surviving the tragedy to somehow benefit from the tragedy. This also sounds insensitive—profit from disaster?

An example: A woman lost her son to a teen age derelict drunken driver. The woman was full of anger for years and then one day she had a revelation—this derelict with no self esteem never had the opportunities her son had so she adopted him (short version of the true story).

While Neville never defined God as the laws of mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, and probability, he reviews scripture in detail and comes to the same conclusion—there is no God who cares although each of us as God do care. Before you jump on my idea being atheistic or sacrilegious, do yourself a favor and read his book which is only about 30 pages and he leaves no stone unturned.

Since God (the laws of mathematics, probability, physics, chemistry, and biology) is in everything then everything is consciousness and connected—even Hitler and Bin Laden to each of us.

From a stress management point of view, the more limited our thinking, such as with Hitler and Bin Laden (the extreme) there is a lot of strife, injustice, and death. Call them killer tornadoes, earth quakes, and tsunamis. The confusion they create, makes life hell for many and building self esteem a real problem.

Man is the manifestation of God. Man is God. God is man and man is his beliefs. Should we be happy with the elimination of people like Hitler and Bin Laden from this world? Answer: Yes, just as we can cuss a storm (God) that kills loved ones, we can cuss Bin Laden and rejoice in the elimination of of him. However, it’s his limiting beliefs which are the manifestation of God that has done these deeds. His body was only a receptacle for those limiting beliefs.

How do the laws of mathematics, physics, probability, chemistry, and biology play out when Bin Laden (God) destroys over 3,000 humans (Gods) in the World Trade Center and then is destroyed himself? It’s like the end of a horrendous tornado or earth quake, or tsunami. It’s the end of a storm of consciousness that stifles human potential. Unfortunately there are other ignorant Gods carrying on Bin Laden’s storm of consciousness (his limiting beliefs) yet to be dealt with.

Those like Hitler and Bin Laden have had a macro (large) impact on the potential of human consciousness. On a micro (small) level, everyone who believes that everything that happens for a reason, is declaring their own limitations and subterfuge their building self esteem. Truth is from a stress management point of view, things happen, tornadoes happen, disasters happen, Bin Laden happens as a result of how the laws of mathematics, physics, chemistry, probability, and biology (God) plays out in our daily lives. It’s up to each of us to be destroyed or connect with universal intelligence (God) and some how benefit ultimately. Mourning those who suffered from a killer tornado or a Bin Laden happening is a good thing to do just as celebrating the passing of a killer tornado or the happening of a Bin Laden is a good thing to do for those of us who have escaped the personal horrors. Just as tornados harness a tremendous amount of energy, beliefs which subterfuge human potential harness a lot of energy which can likewise be destructive–but its all God and doesn’t care whether we prosper or die–of course each of us do care.

Releasing photos of a dead Bin Laden can only spur the emotions of Bin Laden supporters and those who find that sort of thing distasteful. On a personal note, they should never be released without simultaneously releasing twenty photos of mangled body parts from the 911 World Trade Center disaster.

Fortunately there are stress management specialists and self help mp3 downloads can help resolve these confusions in consciousness. The more we know about the laws of physics, chemistry, mathematics, probability, and biology (God) the healthier and more prosperous our lives can be and perhaps one day we can collectively know how to tame killer tornados and with the minimization of ignorance avoid Hitler and Bin Laden types of happenings.

Richard Kuhns B.S.Ch.E., NGH certified has been writing for the internet for over four years. He has  best selling hypnosis stress management self help mp3 downloads at http://www.DstressDoc.com for managing all aspects of stress and building self esteem at http://www.SelfEsteemCure.com

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Wellness retreat is indeed a life altering experience for many participants. As the name signifies, it is aimed at the complete well being and rejuvenation of an individual. With hectic schedules and stress levels increasing every day, wellness retreats have become a very popular option and such centers have come up across the world.

These retreats offer programs for body, mind, and soul and are also often called as spiritual retreats. These include accommodation along with great variety of food for the participants. They ensure that the accommodation is very comfortable and relaxing with beautiful natural surroundings. The food offered is also very nutritious and different from what we eat in our daily life. It is ensured that the food is well balanced and cooked by the best chefs.

Advantages of Wellness Retreat:

* It is refreshing for the mind and body due to spending a few days or weeks away from the chaos of life in the lap of nature.

* It brings out the creativity of the individual which tends to get lost somewhere in the hectic and stressful lifestyles. For example, the writing program at a wellness retreat gives the right environment to the participants to focus on their writing skills and excel at creative writing.

* It is a place to learn new things from experts. These new things like yoga, meditation, and various other exercises help in maintaining a relaxed mind and a fit body. These retreats are usually combined with a yoga vacation offering the maximum benefits to the participants.

* Wellness retreat also offers adventure sports and activities like camping, biking, hiking, as well as outings to explore nature for those who are more interested in enjoying the peace and calm atmosphere.

* An activity is never forced on any participant by a retreat. It is totally the choice of the participant what she would like to do or learn. This makes it quite flexible and customizable for everyone.

* The retreat brings people from various parts of the world together and helps in networking. It is a wonderful opportunity for people to know and learn from each other.

Wellness retreats provide a great platform to the writers and even people who just have some interest in writing to learn more through creative writing workshops. Expert writers share their experience with the participants through such workshops which help them to bring out their creativity. The various forms of writing and details of the same are taught in these workshops. It also helps writers to get connected with each other and continue their learning experience even after the writing retreat.

Also the environment provided in such retreats helps the participants to think and focus more on activities for which they do not spend time in their daily life. This is the main reason why a wellness retreat is so successful and popular. It is recommended for anyone to take some time off from their routine and join a wellness retreat for few days in a year at least and experience the results themselves.

Visit the site summerwritingretreat.com which offers wellness retreat to rejuvenate the participants through various activities. It is also an opportunity for participants to focus on their creative writing skills through their writing program.

Promotes Creativity

Writing is a creative art. Ideas could flow easily only if your body and mind are in perfect harmony with each other. Everyday stress makes this impossible. Your mind starts working in a conditioned manner and it becomes difficult for you to think out of the box. You can overcome this problem, if you spend some time alone with yourself. This helps you understand your innermost desires, goals, and helps rejuvenate your mind and body. Getting some time off is not as easy as it sounds. This is the reason, why many wellness retreats have come up and they allow you to spend some time away from the hustle and bustle of cities.

A wellness retreat gives you an opportunity to live in the lap of nature for a few days or weeks. This refreshes your body and mind and gives you a new enthusiasm to excel in everything you do. Living close to nature inspires you and helps you to write better. It may even help you to quickly wind up a novel that you had started long back!

Special Programs by Experts

Most of the wellness retreats have experts to teach participants about different types of arts like pottery and painting. Learning different arts helps you to express your thoughts and feelings in a variety of ways. This helps your creativity soar, which eventually helps you write effectively. Also in this process, you develop various hobbies that help you reduce stress.

A wellness retreat for writers has special writing programs and workshops. At these creative writing workshops, expert writers share their experiences and secrets. They teach different forms of writing like how to write biographies, poems and how to write for print and online media. You not only get writing tips but also get an opportunity to network with writers from across the globe.

To help you maintain good physical and mental health, such spiritual retreat programs also have yoga classes. Trained and experienced yoga instructors teach you different forms of breathing and physical exercises. These exercises improve concentration and stamina and help you to think creatively and handle stress effectively. Once you are back from your yoga vacation, you could practice the exercises in your day to day life in order to benefit the most from them.

A wellness retreat vacation also gives you a chance to engage in some adventure activities like hiking and biking. If adventure is not your cup of tea, you could go for nature trails and have fun and learn more about nature.

If you are longing to go to a wellness retreat, you should research the various options available on the Internet before finalizing the one suitable for you. You should pay special attention to the location of the retreat, the type of programs they offer and the kind of food they serve. Once you select the best writing retreat, you should contact the concerned authorities for booking.

A wellness retreat for writers program could help you rejuvenate your body and mind and hone your writing skills. If you want to participate in such a program, please visit summerwritingretreat.com

Of course you would!

Well, I’m going to introduce you to an ancient secret that masters used for centuries to boost their inner development. But, let me preface things by saying, “nothing is more important than your meditative practice with regards to spiritual growth!” The ancient masters of the Far East knew this absolutely to be true. They referred to their meditative practice as Inner Alchemy.

Webster’s Dictionary defines alchemy, “as turning something common into something special, or to change from one form to another (typically into something better than its original form).” Many historians think the Ancient Alchemists were merely looking for a way to transform lead to gold. It’s true that many did so. However, true alchemists, spiritual alchemists, sought something far more valuable than gold, in fact something priceless—Spirit. Rather than melting down metals and combining them into some special mixture in the hopes of making gold, they turned their attention inward, hoping to transform their ordinary selves into something extraordinary—hence, Inner Alchemy.

Though their meditative practice or Inner Alchemy was the core of their spiritual practice, they discovered additional ways to optimize and expedite their growth. These practices were referred to as Outer Alchemy, and involved learning to live a natural lifestyle by incorporating such things as mindful movement, breathing exercises, proper nutrition, acupuncture, massage, and herbology. They found that out of these external practices, herbs bestowed them the greatest advantage in their spiritual growth. Not just any herbs, but specific botanical essences with super boosting properties. These are referred to as tonic herbs.

[Webster’s Dictionary defines a tonic as follows: something that lifts the spirits or makes somebody feel better generally; a medicine that purports to make patients feel stronger, more energetic, and generally healthier.]

Out of the hundreds, if not thousands, of herbal botanicals that are available, there are but a few that are truly considered to be tonic herbs! Of these, only a handful are known to have specific properties that can enhance one’s spiritual growth and be considered a spiritual tonic, a substance that helps to turn something common into something special.

Ancient physicians, with centuries of documented research, discovered the hidden secrets of these herbs. Modern science is just beginning to uncover the same secrets regarding these potent tonic herbs. They’ve given tonic herbs the name adaptogens.

The term adaptogen was first popularized by Russian doctors and scientists when they discovered the amazing healing effects these herbs had on their Olympic athletes. The recovery time from their intense athletic training was significantly reduced! In short, scientists discovered that these specific herbs help the body to adapt better to all forms of stress, be it mental, emotional, physical or environmental.

How does this relate to your spiritual development?

In spiritual thought, we originate from Spirit, Source, Consciousness, or Shen. When Shen takes the earthly form of our bodies, it does so into what Taoism calls, the Triplex Unity, which parallels the Christian idea of the Holy Trinity. The Triplex Unity or the body can further be defined as the Three Treasures—awareness, energy, and essence. Awareness is the subtlest and most refined level of the Three Treasures; it’s the governor of the life of the body. Energy is the bio-energetic force that animates every cell within the body, similar to the way electricity powers a home, but it’s less subtle than awareness. Without it, the body is inanimate and lifeless. Essence is the densest of the three and comprises the material aspects of the body: the blood and body fluids, tissues and organs, especially the hormones, neurochemicals, and enzymes. It is the substantial form of the body. When awareness, life force, and essence are fully integrated and unobstructed within the body, we remain in a perpetual state of optimal health and wellbeing. If any of them is out of balance, all suffer greatly.

All of us come into this world with these Three Treasures. They give rise to our sense of being, will to live and ability to express ourselves. These precious substances are referred to as treasures, because without them, we could not survive. To the extent we learn to protect, cultivate, and conserve them determines the length and quality of our lives.

Most importantly, the Three Treasures allow us to return to the source from where we originated—Shen.

In meditation, the Alchemy process is activated; attention turns inward toward the body and away from its usual anxious, forward-driven inclinations. The body acts as a cauldron where the Three Treasures begin to accumulate. Once they’ve restored to a suitable level, they ignite an internal purification process. This portion of Inner Alchemy is similar to that of building a campfire; first we must gather lots of wood, and then light a spark to ignite the fire. The inner alchemic fire burns away physical toxins, repressed emotions, unwanted belief patterns, and expands awareness, which leads us back to Shen. In East Indian spiritual thought this transformation is referred to as awakening the Kundalini Serpent. When a seeker has sufficiently turned their gaze inward long enough, and allowed the procreative force (essence) to build, the life force (energy) will ascend upward along the spine until it reaches the head. At this point, a reciprocating descending force meets it at the crown, and thus stimulating a myriad of brain chemicals, which alleviate disease, reduce aging, expand consciousness (awareness), and a host of other spiritual phenomena. Look at it this way:

“Essence is likened to the wick in a candle, energy is likened to the flame, and awareness of Shen is the resulting light. When the wick burns out, the flame goes out, and with it so does the light.”

Essence can be further classified into two categories, acquired and congenital. Acquired essence is derived from food, air, and water, whereas congenital essence is inherited from our parents. Though essence includes the entire physical body, the adrenals are home to the most potent of all essences—congenital essence. It is here in the adrenals that many of our sex hormones are stored. These keep us vital and youthful. But, in the Inner Alchemy process they have a much more important role! These sex hormones or congenital essence are the underlying biological fuel for our spiritual fires!

The single biggest reason why most seekers have a difficult time maintaining a deepened spiritual awareness is that somewhere in their lives they are depleting and exhausting the Three Treasures—namely essence. How?

Stress exhausts the adrenal glands, which depletes congenital essence. More specifically, the way we metabolize the effects of stress is the cause of essence depletion, and the number one cause for all health imbalances.

No matter how much we meditate, if the fuel in our adrenals is exhausted, we won’t get very far. That is exactly why tonic or adaptogenic herbs are incredibly helpful! From a medical perspective, the core benefit of adaptogens is their ability to help the body cope with stress, and to help heal the systemic damage caused by stress. Specifically, adaptogens recharge the adrenal glands, which are the body’s primary mechanism for responding to stress and emotional change!

To sum it up, stress exhausts the adrenals, which is problematic since the most potent of essences is stored in adrenals. However, adaptogens restore the adrenals. Therefore, adaptogens restore essence and help build your biological connection to Spirit!

Many products and supplements on the market today use adaptogens in their formulas randomly. Some of these herbs are: Licorice Root, Eluethero Root, American Ginseng, Atractolydes, Astragulas, Matiake, Schisandra, and Lychii Fruit. Though most of these formulations are fine for general health and wellbeing, I suggest using formulas that are more specific for recharging the adrenals and essence. The super powerful formulas are the ones that synergistically combine several adaptogens into a food delivery system to ensure optimum assimilation.

For more information regarding adaptogens or adaptogenic products, visit www.shentrition.com.

My book is partly a self-help guide and partly an inspirational tool. Most importantly, it makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the profession of Social Work and to the new field of Life Coaching.

We can have a healthier, happier life if we are willing to control our negative side. However, this process poses significant challenges for us. Our social environment presents many obstacles and barriers to staying positive.

For example, America stands before us transfixed by the rhythm of automobile engines, entangled by a war of liberation and retaliation, surrounded by a haze of unnatural vapor and murky waters, mesmerized by the soothing images on color television sets and personal computers.

See the flashing lights; hear the wailing sirens of ambulances racing through our city streets to remove the bodies of children playing drug war games. Look at the women unsafe from attack while jogging in city parks or strolling through neighborhood parks or even office corridors. Youngsters are assaulted by gunman in schools, airport terminals, and McDonald Restaurants. Robbers steal and prey on the unsuspecting in subway stations, private homes or parking lots.

Meanwhile, numerous high school graduates can’t read or write, and many college graduates can’t find decent jobs. More of the clergy break their vows and end up in court or prison. Half of all eligible voters in our country rarely vote.

Millions of Americans who work, struggle to meet their basic needs for food, shelter, clothing and medical care. Forty-four million Americans don’t have healthcare insurance. More than half of our bankruptcy claims are due to overwhelming healthcare costs; yet our political system passes laws to make filing Chapter 7 even more difficult.

In the last year alone, a million people have joined the ranks of the poor. The mentally ill and our homeless continue to overwhelm local social service networks. Medicaid and prison costs threaten the solvency of state governments. Furthermore, mass media floods us with the uneasy images of emaciated third-world children, assassinations, terrorist bombings, casualties of war, looming pandemics, natural disasters, and fear.

The good news is that life doesn’t have to be an experience of constant pain and unhappiness. Unfortunately too many people, after initially trying to make some healthy changes, simply give up and return to their old ways of living. And life does appear to be very negative for so many of us.

By profession, I am a social worker who has learned to believe in our right to heal and find peace. This book will try to convince you of these facts: we can learn how to make changes or improvements in ourselves as well as our culture.

For the last 30 years of my adult life, I have reached out a loving hand to countless many that suffer and hurt. In spite of all the pain, sorrow, human misery, and hardships that I have witnessed, I am awe-struck by the incredible spiritual growth I see, including miracles that have appeared in my life’s journey.

Do you need a miracle? Are you facing a challenge of sickness, loneliness, pain, loss, excessive habits or lack? Surely you will agree that living in today’s world is exciting, but you also know there is so much that is wrong, destructive, and harmful.

Spend some time with me and we will talk about healings, happiness, miracles, and social reforms. My recovery experiences can be the start of your miracles; our miracles can begin to transform social ills; our culture dedicated to social healing can take its rightful place in the service to the needs of the world.

This is a book about emotional recovery, social work treatment, and the need for social healings; but above all else, it is a message of hope. Yet, my approach requires that ultimately each person find their own inner pathway to healing. Along these lines I am reminded of a story from the Talmud: (4):

“A young Rabbi talked to his master: ‘During the time when I am studying I feel filled with light and life, but as soon as I cease to study this mood disappears. What should I do?’ So the Rabbi replied: ‘It is like a man who walks through a forest on a dark night, and part of the way is accompanied by a companion who carries a lantern. Soon they come to the point where their paths divide, and they must go on alone. If each carries his own lantern, one need fear no darkness.’”

What I will share with you is not new but old and it is a lantern. If we are to survive in this world, I believe it is time to wake up and look around. Let us choose to see the Light. Let us sing the song of Light, and search for our emotional connection to the Light that flows inside and through us all. With this knowledge of spirituality firmly in place, we can claim our in-born right to healing, happiness, and freedom.

Like the ancient Greek philosophers emphasized; “Knowledge is not what a man has been told, shown, or taught; it can be only what he has found out for himself by long and rigorous search.” (5). Absolute Knowledge—the Light, is subject to many different styles and modes of interpretations, just like music can be expressed in an infinite number of modes.

The more I share with others, the more I discover that spirituality is everything I know and feel plus more than I know and feel—the mystical element. Follow that which is positive, wholesome, and good.

I have divided my book into two parts. Part I will focus on: face stressful feelings and think positive thoughts. Part II will conclude with: take positive action and turn to Positive Power. This is a emotional recovery formula. One can use it to facilitate personal healing, to help others, and to make improvements in our country.

My book illustrates that when find the power to unlock our dark secret, we can all become more effective change agents, which will help our nation heal too. And then one can super-size “The Secret,” to get the results we all want and need.

More information is available at www.challengedarksecret.com

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What’s the difference? What keeps people trapped in dead end situations?

There are three main reasons why people don’t have the relationships of their dreams.

Reason #1: Blaming their partner for the problems. “It’s all their fault!”

The first and most obvious reason is blaming their partner for everything. They think, “If my partner would only change, things would
be perfect.” This is such an easy trap to fall into, but if you think about it, it’s very dis-empowering.

Why?

Because it implies that your future and happiness depends on somebody else changing. And when you think about how hard it is to change your own behavior (as in dieting, quitting smoking, working out, etc.) you start to realize that this strategy is not going to be very successful.

Reason #2: “People know what to do, but they’re not doing what they know.”

Some people don’t have the relationship of their dreams because they are not willing to do the things that they know would help transform the relationship.

This is often a spin-off of reason #1. After-all, “It’s their fault, why should I change?” It also may be because of past programming, conditioning and baggage. But whatever is stopping you, you may be unwilling to lead the transformation in your relationship.

Reason #3, “You are willing to change, you just don’t know what to change.”

The last reason you might not have the relationship of your dreams, is that you don’t know what to do.

You don’t have the tools, skills and training to deal with the emotional, impactful and important issues that come up in relationships without taking it personally or making it personal — without attacking or defending.

Doctors learn the language of medicine. Attorneys learn the language of law. Plumbers learn the language of pluming. And couples need to learn the language of compassion and understanding for relationships.

You may not have the specialized skills you need to listen effectively so your partner really wants to talk openly and vulnerably with you.(Most people don’t. not even doctors and lawyers. Look at their divorce rates!)

Or, you may not have the skills that will allow you to talk in a way that your partner will really want to listen and understand you.

When issues come up in a relationship here are some of the strategies people try:

First and foremost is the “Ignore It and Hope It Goes Away” strategy. This is by far the easiest strategy, and at the same time, the least effective.

Occasionally it does work because the level of drama and emotions is reduced. But usually it ends up in only suppressing the drama for the moment, but never resolving it.

The second strategy is asking friends and family for advice. Warning. be very careful about seeking advice from friends and family. Before you do, look at their relationships and see whether or not those relationships are ones you are envious of.

Do they walk their talk? If you followed their advice would you have the relationship of your dreams?

The third strategy is reading articles and books, listening to tapes and watching Dr. Phil or Oprah. I am all for this, as there are some amazing books out there by some great relationship experts. The drawback is that often times what you really need is much more of a hands-on approach.

You wouldn’t want to learn how to parachute from a book “The Idiots Guide To Jumping Out Of a Plane”. but once you know how to skydive, you can use a book for some fine tuning tips.

The fourth strategy is counseling and therapy. I will give you a mixed review on these. There are definitely people out there who can help you totally transform your relationship… but there are also people out there who are charging an awful lot of money and can’t even maintain a relationship of their own.

Most therapy is set up around solving a specific problem, rather than giving you the tools and training to be able to communicate about any issue with compassion, intimacy and understanding.

And then there’s the fifth and often most effective strategy: get yourself a relationship coach.

If you were going to lose weight or get in shape. there are three things you need, first a commitment, next a system you can stick to and lastly a good trainer or coach.

You need someone who will teach you, inspire you and if needed, kick you in the butt to keep on the path.

Getting your relationship in shape is not a quick fix. You don’t go to the gym once a year and actually expect any lasting results. Do you?

Seek a coach who is knowledgeable about HOW to improve your relationship – somebody who can give you the tools to dig out what’s bugging you from your past, and the skill to move through those issues in the present.

Seek a coach who will work with you compassionately. Dr. Phil is funny with his no-nonsense style of coaching (“Get over it!”). But there’s nothing like some compassion and empathy for where you’re at now – for your beautiful desire to improve things – even if your current strategies aren’t working.

Empathy goes a long way toward healing those old wounds. Start today.

Paul Sterling & Kristin Denton are Relationship Coaches at http://www.magicrelationship.com Get a complimentary copy of their special report “Discover The 5 Roadblocks To Trust, Honesty, Intimacy and Open Communication You Crave… Are They Wrecking Your Relationship? ” http://www.magicrelationship.com/report

Vaastu is a science. It deals with the laws of nature and an art of living in harmony with the nature. Vaastu is a universal subject, which would benefit each of us.

It is realty that Vaastu is an answer to BRI (Building Related Illness) and SBS (Sick Building Syndrome). It is the need of the day. According to a report of WHO that appeared in the New York Times, the scientists of USA have declared a considerable number of buildings as sick. The sickness is attributed to the disorderly arrangement of space within the built environment. Such buildings are found to be the source of mental and physical disorders.

Vaastu is the need of the day. Now it has been realized that a prior knowledge of Vaastu Science is must for the architects, engineers and interior designer. The bylaws of Vaastu relate a human being with the house and with the environment. The structural, architectural and internal setup should be as per the laws of Vaastu Science.

With the change in the architectural field and in the habit’s of people with their changing standard, Vaastu has reinterpreted the bylaws as per the demands of modernization manpower and craftsmen are being rapidly replaced by machines and automatic system with advanced technology. Now a days-new technique is used to buld housed. With modernization the system of living in and around a house completely changed.

In ancient times there were no computers, telephones, microwaves, geysers, coolers and air conditioners. But still Vaastu elaborates the placement of the above mentioned gadgets considering the five elements of nature. Thereby Vaastu has adopted to the modular design of modernization. Vaastu is very efficiently coping up with the changes and developments.

Vaastu enjoys an important status in today’s living in progressing world.

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Avtar Chand has got the long experience in Vaastu Cunsultancy. To know more about  Vaastu , please visit

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