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A millionaire created through giving!

Given below is a mythological story from Japan about the beauty of giving to others and it tells us how we can receive the most perfect gifts when we're giving and grateful of what we own.

Here is the story.

Once upon a time, there was a poor young farmer. Everything he did in his life never seemed to produce any wealth for him. He was totally broke with no money, no family and no food. So one night he sneaked into a temple and sat by the altar and in desperation asked the Gods what he was supposed to do.

"I have always been sincere and industrious, but all my industriousness never became beneficial to me. Where have I gone wrong?"

He fell asleep besides the altar just after having asking his question. In the morning, as he was waking up, he saw one of the Gods in his dream surrounded by a blinding golden light. The God's voice echoed through his mind.

"When you wake up today, treasure the very thing you have in your hand and keep giving it generously to others on your way," the God whispered.

The farmer woke up. He still had many questions jumping through his mind but he lifted himself up and tried to shake off the strangely vivid dream he just had. To his surprise, he saw a piece of straw in his hand. Maybe it was on his clothes after the long day of fieldwork.

He nearly dropped it to the ground, but stopped for a moment remembering what the God said. He sat down again. And looked at the straw.

He sat for a while unable to comprehend what all that meant. He did not know how a piece of straw can turn out to be useful. Then he saw a wasp hovering around. After a while the wasp settled on one end of his straw. He caught it and with the help of a thread from his clothes, tied it to the straw. And with a wasp at the end of his straw, he went on his way.

He had only walked for a few minutes before he saw a little boy and his mother coming from the other direction. The boy was crying. As he said hello, the boy noticed the wasp moving on the straw that the farmer was holding. He stopped crying and asked for the straw. The farmer nearly declined but then he remembered about the God's message that he needed to treasure what he had but also remembered that he was to give it away to others. So, he offered the straw to the boy. The mother was very appreciative as now the boy stopped crying and began smiling. The mother offered the farmer three tangerines.

The farmer continued on. And as he walked, he began feeling a little hungry. He thought of eating the tangerines but he reminded himself it was about giving the gift to others, not to himself.

As he went over a steep hill, he saw a merchant sitting down on the ground by a tree. Next to him was a wooden box. The farmer said hello to the merchant. He seemed to be exhausted. The merchant saw the tangerines in the farmer's hand and asked if he minded giving him the tangerines. He said he was so thirsty.

The farmer was as thirsty as the trader as he had been walking for long on that hot day. Nevertheless, he offered the tangerines to the trader, who then ate all the three tangerines and felt recharged. He felt very happy about the help rendered to him and opened the wooden box that was by his side. Inside the box were rolls of silk that was dyed with hand. The merchant gifted the farmer one roll and proceeded on his way.

The farmer walked again and continued on the same path. After a while he found a river from which he drank water. He felt recharged. He went forward with more energy and a feeling of ease.

He walked for some more time but did not come across anyone else. He felt that the silk might be that which would bring him something good. So he chose to go to a town in the vicinity and trade the fabric.

And just when he turned the corner, he saw a group of warriors. One of the warriors who seemed to be the leader was standing by a horse lying on the ground. The farmer heard the voice of the warrior talking to his followers.

"It does not appear that this horse would live much. We will have to leave it here. Nurse it well and catch up with me." With this the leader jumped on to another horse and rode off, moving out of people's sight.

The fighters who remained there conferred among themselves as to what to do. They had no interest in putting it to death but there was no other option. Finally one of them drew the sword.

The farmer ran to them and requested them to refrain from killing it. He opted to care for the animal. In return for that he gave them the bolt of silk he had. They were happy of the offer and went away fast.

With the dying horse by his side, the farmer just remained there. He wondered if he had done things wrongly and whether he would never become rich. Suddenly he remembered the river he had seen on the way.

He turned back and went to the river, removed his shirt and immersed it in the river to get water for the horse. He went back to the animal lying on the earth and pressed the water out of the shirt gently into its mouth. As the water went inside drop by drop, the animal slowly got recharged and finally the farmer was able to help it stand up.

Once the horse could stand, the farmer was able to take it to the river. The horse drank directly from the river and the farmer also led it to the patches of grass nearby. Very soon the animal was rejuvenated.

So now the farmer owned the horse! The man and the animal traveled together, and the farmer had to run as the horse led the way. They traveled together for miles. Finally, as the sun was setting, the horse came to a halt in front of a big house. The animal pushed the farmer towards the gate when he finally drew level with it.

When the farmer moved towards it, the gates opened and an old man came out of the house. The old man had dashed out of the house and he looked wan. He spotted the horse and the farmer, both just in front of the house.

The old man asked the farmer what it was that he needed. The farmer said that he wanted a place where he could sleep at night. The old man queried the farmer if he would mind looking after the house till his return as he had to leave for the nearby town on a pressing matter. He also said that it might take some time for him to return.

The old man looked as if he was in a hurry, so the farmer told him he can take his horse. The old man was very grateful about it and immediately left with the horse. As he left, he said something totally unexpected to the farmer.

"If I do not return within three years, this house is yours."

As you perhaps inferred, the old man did not return.

So the farmer lived happily ever after in the old man's big house with kind-hearted neighbours around and a land rich in good crops. He always kept in mind the rule that he should give to others what he had.

Thank you for going through this story. And what is the message that it contains?

Maybe there is a key to something. When we can turn our 'getting game' into a 'giving game', our life often flows bringing more abundance. But it is not always easy to practice the old wisdom in our real life.

The following are the interesting principles we can see in the tale:

* When we are ready to give what others need, they will consider it more valuable than while we are trying to 'trade' it (as basically we are always hopeful of getting something out of that transaction), as then they only consider the price we ask for and tend to pay less.

* When there is no lasting attachment to the things we own, we will see that we have wider chances since we are able to free ourselves from what we have.

* When life seems to deal us a bad hand, instead of focusing on the problem if instead we focused on giving and caring, life seems to end up bringing better luck later.

* When we try to encash what we have created, believing that "this is the maximum it will bring", as we think we might be the loser if it is not turned into cash, our life will stagnate. Instead of that, we should continue to give liberally whatever we have got and however wealthy we are or we are not.

Giving is intrinsic in the lives of many who have made it to the top. When giving is done first, we are better able to lead a life of grandeur, comfort and glory.

Hypnosis involves an artificially derived state of consciousness, reached through a completely natural process and without making use of any chemicals whatsoever. Hypnosis, as is commonly believed, is a state characterised by complete relaxation and one where the subject experiences an ability to grasp new ideas and proposals quickly. Among the many practical applications of hypnosis, hypnotherapy is one of the most important.

Hypnotherapy, as the name suggests, is a process in which healing is preformed by hypnotizing the ailing person. This therapy acts as a remedy against negative thinking and anything else that is bothering the patient's mind.

A person who comprehends hypnosis can understand the working of human consciousness better. Reasons destroying a person's potential for growth are hence known to a hypnotist, and he effectively deals with those root reasons by replacing them with positive thoughts.

It has been well demonstrated that hypnotherapy is very effective against obsessions of all kinds. It is also helpful in treating anxiety, improving self-confidence level, and easing pain and despair. Even child therapy falls under the domain of hypnotherapy, as it is able to easily treat common childhood traumas like bed-wetting and nightmares.

Not just individual problems, inhibitions in professional life like lower performance levels can also be treated by hypnotherapy. There are a lot of people who have found effective solutions to their professional problems through it. It removes fears of failing and establishes cheerful and self-assured thoughts in the subject's mind. Behavioural change through hypnotherapy has been managed by popular politicians and businessmen who have shone as individuals with great talents in public-speaking as well as in man-management.

Self hypnosis is an integral part of hypnosis. It helps a person to make a voyage towards self-discovery and cures all his destructive thinking, setting him well and truly on the path of success. Mental exercise and comfort are both attained through regular self-hypnosis. The energy that you gain from 8 lie downs is equal to what you achieve from just a 1 hour spell of self-induced hypnosis. That is why hypnosis is also known as a great way to emerge from tiredness.

There are no dark arts involved in the technique of hypnosis. It is fundamentally related to psychology and science in general. The subject is induced into the state of altered consciousness by just suggestions, without the use of drugs or chemicals of any type, and thus hypnotherapy is absolutely safe as well. People of all ages can benefit from it and lead better and more productive lives.

How we should react when economy slows down.

When the financial market is unstable worldwide, the first reaction of most people is to hold on to what they have and also cut costs. They also presume that practically everyone is doing the same thing, as that is the impression that newspapers create.

Everyone ISN`T acting that way of course. In fact, some people and some businesses thrive no matter where the economy is going. And when you look for why that is, you find that the answer often lies in a simple place where most people have never even looked. Let's explore together.

Whenever there is a downward trend, whatever it is, the best way to overcome it is by rising higher than it. If we drift with the wind and go where it takes us, we might find ourselves in dire straits, waiting for the wind's mercy for deliverance.

The reality is that when we learn how to be in control and in our power, we can stay above everything that is happening no matter what happens around us. Let's take a look at how.

'Go-getters' or 'Go-contributors'

Let's say we want more - more profits, a pay raise, more holidays, more freedom, and more opportunities.

When we yearn for a thing, our response is to try to get it. By that yardstick everybody is a 'Go-getter'. And a 'go-getter' is understood as a dynamic, enterprising person with leadership qualities. Such an attitude is a prime requirement for succeeding in life as we understand it. Nevertheless, there is an innate conundrum. When these approaches are put into practice, there are certain unanticipated, though unavoidable upshots.

The gist of the matter is that after 'getting' and 'possessing' it we tend to 'get rid of' it. We might actually jettison it or might become apathetic to the whole idea.

Then our interest swings to something else. This continuous swaying of interest is the biggest issue; the widening interests becoming a never-ending circle of desires so that we are never satisfied with what we have. It becomes a sort of junk food dependency!

But what if we turned our 'getting' into giving?

Most of you are aware that the act of providing gives a sense of fulfillment. This ensues from gratefulness and not from panic or avarice. A person can go on providing more and receive more and know full satisfaction in the voyage of life.

Our generous and giving attitude creates generous and giving customers and team members while our price consciousness and 'getting attitude' attracts precisely those types of customers and team members. And they're the very ones we don't want!

Inspiring capitalism

Most enterprises are conscious of this now. Companies have now started providing for others in myriad ways. A complete change has come over as companies understand how the idea of giving is crucial to their business. In an article in TIME Magazine in July 2008, it was Bill Gates who coined the word 'Creative Capitalism.'

He explained that helping others might be the fine deciding point that could persuade people to prefer one product to another.

What he's actually saying is that when a company links its business to giving in some way, that company and its products become more attractive to customers. It takes us way, way above what's been called 'the sea of sameness'.

Creative Capitalism is the idea of taking things a step higher than the destination at which one would have originally chosen to make the compromise. When we can leverage our visions and initiatives in a way that helps and promotes the needs of the global society, we are conserving things, efforts and abilities in trying to win pro tem. Then we begin fashioning genuine success for us as well as for supporting our global financial system.

The appeal of effective giving

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the phrase that's often used to describe giving back at a corporate level. It's becoming almost a required part of corporate business practice. Yet when it's done out of a sense of obligation or with the intent to just make ourselves look good, people eventually get what it is. It still is a temporary strategy.

Individuals and enterprises that 'contribute', appeal to everyone. Their fervour and conviction about what they do are acknowledged by the people with whom they build up relationships. This acknowledgement is in addition to the official public relations campaign of the establishment.

What would be the result if part of the amount that is meant for marketing is diverted towards charity?

From the act of giving rises something that transcends us. The act of contributing results in revelation. And this revelation ensues only when it reverberates across those whom we want to arouse. And we are aroused when we become part of the happening totally. We cannot be satisfied with the narratives that are passed on to us. Those tales have to be lived in. in the end it is human nature to yearn for the satisfaction of making our own donation - to our kith and kin and organizations and society.

Transaction-based giving makes it happen automatically

A far better atmosphere for donating has become possible because of an idea (or we can call it a 'phenomenon') by the name Buy1GIVE1 (Buy One Give One). Buy1GIVE1 is the abode of transaction-based giving. Transaction-based giving overhauls everything. Let us put to use our resourcefulness and decide why.

For example, imagine if every time you had a cup of coffee at your favourite cafe, a child in Africa automatically got access to pure, clean water for one day?

Equally exemplary would be the situation where whenever someone subscribes to a magazine, a tree would instantly get planted in a barren patch in another continent? Or, if every time one eats a hamburger another would instantly get at least a handful of rice?

Or let's say you're being coached in your business. How interesting would it be to know that a child was educated for one month as a direct result (and by the way, all it cost the coaching company to do that was 60 cents per day).

Or maybe even the speaker you hire for your conference makes sure that kids who can't speak (because of facial deformities) now can by automatically giving back to a worthy cause connected to those kids. All of a sudden, you feel good too because you've done some good!

Imagine the perfect scenario where transaction-based giving can be applied in one's own special manner to correspond with the available products and services to include every member of the group and customers. It is possible.

The actual winning economy

Business ventures, on a global basis, have already internalized the efficacy of this transaction-based giving. A case in point is TESCO, one of the foremost supermarket chains of UK. The company's programme ensures that a Kenyan child gets a school uniform when someone buys a pair of school trousers from them.

The Mineral Water Company known as Volvic is one that has followed swiftly in this transaction-based giving program. They connect their water selling to well digging in Africa and call it Buy1 GIVE 10, because when one litre of water is sold, the money that comes from it helps in making a 10 litres flow in the well that is being dug.

Middle level and comparatively small enterprises are now in the forefront in widening this global giving phenomenon through Creative Capitalism. Buy1GIVE1 (www.b1g1.com), a Singapore-based Social Enterprise came up with an effective strategy which has turned this transaction-based giving into a movement that anyone who wants can participate in.

Buy1GIVE1 is the abode of the most powerful transaction-based giving in the world because it ties up any enterprise of any size to any worthy cause in the world. It is creating an international community of entrepreneurial givers and for SME`s, Buy1GIVE1 correlates enterprises, their buyers AND causes in an unsurpassable way. The system has been so perfected that it is automated.

Any person can become a citizen of this phenomenon of global giving merely by getting a Buy1GIVE1 `VISA` directly off the Buy1GIVE1 site at www.b1g1.com. Those who have their own enterprise can become a B1G1 Business through applying online and selecting the charity and the primary service or product for launching the giving. Buy1GIVE1 forwards the entire contribution amount to their international Worthy Cause Partners (more than 528 projects are available for members to choose from) thereby making their contributions highly productive.

Have you considered?

* One half of the world's population -which is about three billion people-does not have a daily income of even two dollars.

* Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their name.

* UNICEF has reported that more than 30,000 children die every day due to abject poverty, which makes it 20 child a minute and 210,000 a week.

* A mere 12 percent of the world's population uses 85 percent of its water; and these 12 percent do not live in the Third World.

* One billion people lack access to basic health care.

* 63,000 square miles of rainforests are destroyed each year.

Statistic From Global Issues

Buy1GIVE1 Businesses-check out these examples

* Buy1BUILD1 (www.sunsplashhomes.com, www.arkgroup.com.au)

* Instruction to Instruction (www.kipmcgrath.com.au)

* Medical treatment helping in medical aid (www.primanora.com)

* Telephone card helping in communication (www.ultimatecomms.com)

* Mind Expansion to curing (www.meditate.com.au)

* Weight loss to kids' meals (www.bodychain.com)

* Luminous blinds to luminous classrooms (www.blindscouture.com.au)

* Socks for protecting feet from frostbite (www.socksforhappypeople.com)

* Coaching to educate social entrepreneurs (www.b1g1forcoaches.com)

* And for an overall look, simply go to www.b1g1.com.

Discovering what we are looking for-Nature has got the answer

So let's begin again from where we had set off-financial instability and succeeding in having what we need. The requirements are in reality quite clear-cut. It is just a triumvirate starting with the letter C - correlation, cooperation and community.

When we can collaborate instead of isolate and when we can create an effective way to add to each other instead of taking away from each other, we discover there is so much abundance and resource already available in our world. And when we connect, not just with each other but with our true selves, we discover something really interesting-that we're all ONE. Then we understand how easy it is to create a global community from something as simple as giving.

The secret was always alive in nature

In earth's natural workshop, beautiful butterflies fertilize flowers and help to produce gardens that continue generation after generation. It was there even before recorded history.

When a crisis hits the world, we can see an opportunity to get back to the simplicity. It is now actually time to be grateful for what we have in order for us all to keep thriving.

And when a person chooses to donate now itself, in spite of the financial crisis, he will feel more contended. And with this contentment he will find a hope that is rekindled anew, which will ring a bell on how the ebb and flow of things can change. Today's charity might be that which will reverse the flow.

Economic times are tough for most businesses and individuals these days. The world's current economic climate has made it more difficult than ever to succeed. Most small businesses go through difficult stages of development, particularly during their first three years of operations, but these days, nearly every potential customer has a tighter budget due to the current economic crisis. That means that in order to thrive, a business must have an edge to succeed in the marketplace.

Small businesses require a guiding hand to ensure that they are making sound business decisions based on strong strategy. A specialized small business coaching program will keep you motivated, focused, and poised for success in this difficult time. Your company can succeed in this crisis, or it can fail, based on your management decisions -- a small business coach can make all the difference in helping your business survive!

Roughly 30% of intended business strategy emerges into reality. If you do not utilize the proper goal setting and motivational techniques, and achieve real focus on your intended strategy, you may be among the 70% of businesses that do not achieve their objectives.

However, if you learn how to implement sound business strategy to achieve operational efficiency, your chances of success increase dramatically.

A small business coaching service will help you get the most out of yourself, and your staff. A business coach will help you learn how to create a strong strategy and implement it with success. You will learn how to utilize strategies such as proper goal setting, mission creation, motivational tactics, and strong human resource techniques.

What is your company's mission statement? In order to create a strong strategy with your business coach, a mission is required to begin to create some clarity.

If your company does currently have a mission, re-examine it and make sure it fits with your current business ideas. A small business coach will help you ensure congruence between your mission, strategy, and management techniques.

Small business coaching techniques will help you create a plan based on proven strategic models, ensuring that your intended strategy emerges into a reality. Your small business coach will work with you to make sure that you remain focused and successful during the current economic crisis.

Many reputed academies offer authentic courses on hypnosis, especially on its curative offshoot, hypnotherapy. It is possible to become a master hypnotherapist with appropriate knowledge to use this art in everyday life through these training courses.

Hypnosis training instructs you how to journey into the innermost recesses of human mind and discover the underlying causes of the problems the person is suffering from. Personality development of the self as well as of individuals around you can be attained if you make use of the knowledge and skills acquired from such training.

The course is just one of the several devices needed to become an expert hypnotist. To become a successful hypnotist, one has to supplement his theoretical knowledge of the subject imparted by the course with constant practice and unfailing determination. A person possessing a healthy and open mind is in a better position to imbibe and internalize the lessons imparted in hypnosis training. A person having such a mind also possesses important qualities like high attentiveness, boldness and strong determination.

Hypnotherapy is a potent healing tool that brings with it a variety of benefits. Hypnotherapy training can bring a revolutionary change in a person by helping him to establish communication with the subconscious. The technique helps the practitioner to use the person's subconscious mind to implant positive thoughts that can significantly change the person's behavioural patterns and eliminate his problems.

One can either himself be the subject of his own hypnosis, which is known as self hypnosis, or make another individual the subject. The potential of self hypnosis lies in the fact that it allows the person to know himself better and work towards removing his imperfections, be it lack of self confidence, fear of public speaking, or lack of success in professional life. A little cleaning up of the subconscious could give amazing results in building up motivation and will power.

Hypnotherapy training can be utilized as a profession too by helping individuals who are suffering from something or the other. All sorts of abnormal behaviour can be corrected by an experienced hypnotherapist. From stress to phobia and from addiction to childhood problems, hypnosis can provide a cure for all, if practiced correctly. Hypnotherapy can also be displayed on the streets just to spread knowledge about the subject and to teach the society about the powers of the subconscious mind.

Through hypnosis training, one can attain expertise for occupational use and also develop a capability to deal with hostile situations and tough people, and hence it is a perfect tool for self-renewal for people from all fields and of all ages.

You have been fed helpful information that will aid you in making money effectively. We have talked about effective ways on making money-now it's time to talk about what will block your path towards your financial freedom. Understand that no matter how well you apply the principles you taught, you will not succeed if you allow fear in your life.

Fear takes on many faces-worry being one of them. When we fret and constantly meditate on negative thoughts concerning money, we activate the law of attraction and will unfortunately find ourselves in the very situation we are scared of.

In the Bible, we find this example with the famous bearer of unfortunate incidents, Job. Job was honest and good; yet in a way he allowed these circumstances to happen because he entertained, indeed, constantly thought about things that scared him. He said, "Behold, the thing I fear has come to visit me.", and so it came to pass.

What this means to us is that if we constantly worry about making money and anticipating lack in our life; then we shall have what we believe we will have. See, while fear seems insubstantial because it is only in our thoughts, the law of attraction continues to operate and will respond to whatever we think about.

There are too many people that live like paupers. It's not that they don't have money; they just hoarded it up because of fear that their finances will run out. Therefore they experienced what they meditated on. Their poverty mentality never gave them the financial freedom that was available in their reality.

Fear will grow every time you listen to bad reports. You can attain success if you stop giving so much importance to everybody's opinions and start listening to the quiet voice within you that gives you peace. You will find success once you master this.

Napoleon Hill, the famous author, says that opinions are the cheapest commodities in the world and indeed, they are. Every person has one to share and it usually doesn't matter if it's true or not. Your decision to choose which voice to heed will determine the quality of your life.

Choose to listen to God's voice above the din of the world and do not fear anything else. It gave success to a man like Napoleon Hill-it will give the same to anybody who wants it.

This day in age, people are turning to religion in droves. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism has embedded it's ideology in the hearts and minds of millions globally. While all these religions deserve respect and tolerance, few in the west have a grasp on the complicated concept of Buddhism.

The end all and be all of online encyclopedias, Wikipedia grabs the first slot on a Google search for the term Buddhism and the breakdown reads like this: "Buddhism is a religion and a philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha (Pali/Sanskrit "the awakened one"). The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.

He is recognized by adherents as an awakened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end suffering, achieve nirvana, and escape what is seen as a cycle of suffering and rebirth. Buddhism is traditionally conceived as a path of liberation attained through insight into the ultimate nature of reality. Two major branches of Buddhism are recognized: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Theravada, the oldest surviving branch, has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and Mahayana is found throughout East Asia and includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Shingon, Tendai and Shinnyo-en. In some classifications, a third branch, Vajrayana, is recognized, although many see this as an offshoot of the Mahayana. While Buddhism remains most popular within Asia, both branches are now found throughout the world.

Various sources put the number of Buddhists in the world at between 230 million and 500 million." After living abroad in Asia for several years I have found that Buddhist cultures are more tolerant because the focus is on the 'self' and the meditation on the calming of the mind, concentrating on controlled breathing and the idea that meditation to bring one closer to peace is central to discovering one's self.

If you have the opportunity to investigate the practice of Buddhism, I would highly recommend it. I'm not saying to take up the path and convert to a religion but the calming affect that is central to this religions concept will bring a peaceful serenity to your life that you may find useful. All in all respect and tolerance for all religious perspectives is something that people are beginning to make a conscious effort to practice and understanding ideas from various religions can teach us an appreciation that can bring us all closer together.

Hypnotism is recognized as a deepened period of suggestibility which enables the subject to interact positively to the propositions of the hypnotiser. This mental state is commonly induced with the cooperation of the subject by another individual - the hypnotist. Induction directions or suggestions plays a noteworthy role in bringing on hypnosis and can be administered by the subject or the hypnotist.

The induction performed by the subject is referred to as self hypnosis. And when used for curative purposes, it is ordinarily called hypno-therapy. These are popular facts about hypnotism that is agreeable among most hypnotists and psychologists. One of the most familiar misconception is that a hypnotic state is equivalent to unconsciousness or sleep. However, this is far from true and in fact, the subject is conscious and in a state of very concentrated attention even though peripheral cognizance is importantly decreased.

In the early beginning, hypnosis was connected to animal magnetism and mesmerism and after many decades saw it being realigned away from them. In 1843 a Scottish doctor and surgeon named James Braid, was the first to bring attention to the hypnotic state. In his book Neurypnology, Braid identified hypnotism as a state of pure physical relaxation accompanied and induced by mental concentration though he later discarded this description as misleading.

Hypnotic induction is ordinarily used by hypnotists as an opening to create a state of hypnosis. This technique is applied to the subject in order to cause a complete state of relaxation in the subject. While it is not always required, yet it is well admired as one of the most impressive and popular tools in a hypnotist's tool kit. There are many types of hypnotic induction techniques used by hypnotists to intensify client expectation, re-define their roles and make focused attention, to name a few. One of the most common technique is the eye fixation technique originally used by Braid and it is still widely used today. You also have the reclining posture, relaxation of muscles and also optical fixation followed by eye closure.

Hypnosis is extremely regarded in producing several medical and therapeutic benefits. It is widely practised as hypno-therapy for that reason and assists in relief of pain, managing skin diseases, weight control, reducing anxiety, psychological therapy, habit control and can also enhance performance in sports. Hypnosis can provide some needed benefits to all human psychological, emotional problems and sicknesses.

It is a disgrace that a great majority only knows hypnosis as stage entertainment or entertainment through TV and films. Several of the bad reputation attached to hypnosis can be attributed to this mis-use. The most general misconception is that hypnosis is mind control, which is a far cry from the truth. Fortunately, the credibleness of hypnosis and its applications has improved vastly in the last decade. This betterment will continue to increase as research is also confirming its usefulness in the treatment of several ailments and diseases.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries is among the most popular ministries actively spreading the gospel to as many Christians from different parts of the globe. More and more people, Christians in particular and getting to love the way it spreads God's words in its interesting and enticing manners using the powers of tri-media. Having the reputation for real ministries, it gained more popularity despite all the stories geared to harm its credibility.

Using the power of the so called tri-media this ministry has successfully spread the word of God in may places around the globe. Christians all over the world get to enjoy the gospel through its popular website being patronized as well as both radio and television broadcasts which is being heard and viewed in many parts of the globe. It also uses the powers of magazine in its quest of having God's words reached and touched as many people from all walks of life regardless of its race, color, age and gender.

The ministries of Kenneth Copeland go beyond spreading the gospel. It reaches out to as many Christians in many places around the globe by exploring all mediums of communications that are truly effective in its quest of spreading the gospel. Reaching to them not just to spread God's words but also trying to impart the real values of love, faith and hope.

Using all interesting and exciting mediums of communication Kenneth Copeland ministries goes beyond spreading the gospel as it also tackles life's values. Others in need of assistance in trying to cope with life's like problems pertinent to your finances, relationships and sickness gets a helping hand with Kenneth Copeland. It employs its own way of helping others in need.

Using biblical teachings, Kenneth Copeland tries to address problems of such kinds regardless of its degree and the people being hounded by such problems. With this kind of ministry that Kenneth Copeland tries to share the whole world with, many people will definitely find solace in them. This made it known to many Christians from around the world. If you are somehow troubled with problems you seem could not address lone by yourself

you can always count on Kenneth Copeland Ministries. Among the many problems that this ministry can surely address with all ease are troubles hounding relationship or finances. It seems to have all the ways to address those things appropriately and accordingly. The ministries of Kenneth Copeland can also enlighten your blurring perception on spiritual things

Other than problems you need to seek professional spiritual guidance, the ministries of Kenneth Copeland can also enlighten your blurring perception on spiritual things. This could give you the way to finding answers of questions lurking in your mind pertinent to your beliefs and faith. With its interesting manner and materials in spreading the gospel, you will surely find answers to such questions pertinent to your relationship with God.

It also teaches everyone the right way to pray if you are indeed a Christian who is not actually living the way you should. You shall learn the right and successful way for Christian living from Kenneth Copeland Ministries.

BE DYNAMIC through SPEED READING methods makes what you read become a part of long-term memory. This is caused by intense concentration. Intense concentration causes the altering of states of consciousness which, in turn, accesses long-term memory.

The other factor is eidetic (or photographic), or auditory (or tape-recorder) type memories. You have the potential to remember everything you have ever seen or heard, even if you weren't paying attention to what was said. Your brain/mind, like a computer, stores all memories.

As you start to learn the various methods used in the BE DYNAMIC THROUGH SPEED READING, you'll notice learning skills improving quickly! It is techniques repeated over and over, with visualization and various other added methods that will help you achieve the results you desire and be the best you can possibly be.

This will make you a better student, employee, communicator, and decision maker in your life. Only one of your benefits will be that you will cut reading time on reports, memos, correspondence, newspapers, novels, non-fiction, magazine, etc. You will save time, and really ..."time is money".

If you didn't know this, let me clue you in to the reality that writers get paid by the word in articles and by % of gross sales (royalties) in book publishing; usually the thicker the book the higher the price and the higher the royalty. Writers are unnecessary verbose. What this means is there are many words within sentences that are just there as fillers; what you have to learn to do, through the Be Dynamic Through Speed Reading program, is only read the words that are essential.

Dr. Jay Polmar and his team wrote the "Be Dynamic Through Speed Reading" program to share these valuable tools with students to help them get the most out of their reading experience. In the past two years he has worked with other educators to bring students the Perfect Learning System (www.perfectlearningsystems.com) which includes Be Dynamic, mind mapping comprehension and memory supports, plus special speed reading software developed to match the Perfect Learning System.

Studying as a group is far better than studying alone as long as you put your group together carefully. This isn't a time to socialize or get together and procrastinate, it's a time to divvy up the work load and fill in the blanks for one another when it comes to missed lectures, explained theories, or whatever it is that needs to be covered.

Have you ever asked someone to read a chapter and then paraphrase it for you? That's essentially what will happen in your study group, and with each different interpretation of the material, your level of comprehension will improve. Divide the workload into sections and assign one section per person in the group. Here's what else you should keep in mind:

1. Your group's success rate is only as strong as the people you include. Don't have more than six people because productivity suffers with too many members. There should be one moderator to make sure that everything gets done in a timely manner. Make sure that everyone in the group has a strong desire to learn. An unengaged group member could bog the entire group down.

2. Every week should move you through the course work. Each member should be prepared for each meeting, with his or her material studied and ready to break down for the rest of you. There should also be periodical quizzes as well.

The study group is a tried and true method of learning. Not only does it help everyone involved to develop a more comprehensive understanding of the subject matter, it increases everyone's satisfaction with their overall learning environment.

As you can see, going it alone isn't the best path to scholastic success. Sure, there are times when curling up with your text book is the only way to get things done. But if you incorporate a study group into your plans, chances are you'll be anything but sorry.

It is hard to know who and what to trust in anymore. Society is enduring a difficult time right now, with ethics seeming to take a back seat in some corporate and even government circles. Every day seems to bring new reports of layoffs, and what was once certain no longer feels like a guarantee. So it's no surprise that 62% of people are reportedly less trusting trusting of businesses now than a year ago, according to a recent Edelman survey across 20 countries.

John G.Agno highlights his point that that trust and a good reputation in the marketplace is most aided by a "strong, stable strategy," with the example of Southwest Airlines, a company with the same business strategy for nearly four decades, and one that has managed to largely avoid the blows dealt to other airlines in recent years.

Concepts of servant leadership and sharing of power is another way to build trust within an organization, which generally has an indirect effect of building trust in the marketplace. Jo Asmus at Intentional Leadership cited the example of Southwest Airlines in discussing these aspects.

None of these strategies work when the organization is facing mass layoffs and fighting for its very survival. Believe it or not, even this ordeal can be a careful trust-building exercise. After all, the fact that the organization is going through this trial matters less than how the organization goes through it.

Always remember invest the time and resources into taking care of the people who have brought so much to the table for so many years. Ultimately, the way an organization handles layoffs will directly affect its reputation in the industry and possibly even the entire marketplace when good times resurface.

Always remember how well your laid-off employees fare is a strong indicator of how much trust will be placed in your organization in the future. You don't have to spend a fortune to hold their hand and help them cross the bridge to their next opportunity with real-time, hands-on, individualized attention.

Free online dating is not only for young adults, but also targeted for specific race, religion, culture, status, and even sex orientation. There are sites that focus on Asian, Japanese, European, Chinese, Christian, Muslim, single parent, young adult, gay, etc. Every type of singles is likely to find what he/she wants from free online dating site. If you are not worried about differences, then it should be great to expose yourself to all possible opportunities. But you can join free online dating site with specific target to narrow your search. For example, when you join free dating site for single parents, members there know that you are single parent and they should anticipate the kind of dates you would go for. Being a gay or lesbian? There are free dating sites for you as well. Even for seniors who feel lonely in life, there are hopes and big chances to find a companion.

The number of seniors, especially from the baby-boomer generation, keeps growing rapidly. The statistic growth has open opportunities to free online dating site to attract many senior members. No one plans for old age loneliness of course, but we can not control what happens in life. Seniors can become single for some reasons: they never married before, they got divorced, or their spouse had passed away.

By joining free online dating site, seniors can explore the world to find someone who fills his/her desires and looks for the same. That someone may be from similar age range or even younger, who knows? We all need companion. While seniors might not meet even some potential "targets" in real life, they can explore as many as possible at online dating services and find one to share the remainder of their lives.

There are two main advantages for seniors to look for partners at free online dating site. First, it is free and unlimited. Some online dating services require regular fee, but there are also abundance of them who are free. You go for that and you are now open to many possibilities. The chances are unlimited with online dating. Second, seniors may be too shy to know men/women they meet in real life. It is much easier to start conversations in the chat rooms or show your interest first before going further. The process in online dating is more convenience and personal. You can know many people who are longing for the same thing. Even if the chemistry is not there, you can build friendship which will last long too.

After all, senior relationships are different from those of young adults. In some cases, the relationship may focus more on friendship, sharing, and comfort. They can also find a suitable partner in common free online dating site, but it should be harder to filter and find people who are interested in the same purpose. It is important to deal with the loneliness yourself. But finding someone to share with is a better option. Loneliness can bring to mental and physical diseases, while being happy will promote your long and healthy life.

Spend twenty dollars, and 11 minutes of your time - it will change your life in ways you never imagined.

Yes you are reading this right. In only 11 minutes, you will hear my story, and learn 3 secrets to improving your life through .... Reading. I am sure you know how to read, after all you are reading this article. But just how long will it take you to read this short article. 2 minutes, 5 minutes, longer.

If you are a smart person, you already know what I am talking about - learning how to use your brain properly so that what you read becomes usable data, and knowledge to help you create greater success in life.

Not long ago a story came out on Mexico's national television, of a woman who was imprisoned for shooting her husband because he beat her, and repeatedly sold her to her friends for sexual use and beat her if she refused. Well, she just killed him and went to prison.

In prison, for the first time in her life - she was exposed to books of all kinds. She knew she did wrong but she had years to pay for her mistake and her repayment was to ready and study and enter university through the prison system to study to become a lawyer.

In truth, the more you read of a similar subject, the faster you read that subject. The faster you read the subject that you are familiar with, the more that it becomes a part of your long-term memory. That's why when you first study basic primary school math, and you follow it and study smart, and go all the way through college - math is a thing that you become accustomed to. If you've studied really smart, it's really easy, and you can do some of it in your head without calculator or paper and pen.

With reading, it's similar, yet different. Imagine it this way - we teach you in 11 minutes how to read all kinds of materials more rapidly with greater comprehension than before, and get what you need out of it. Of course, it a beginners course, but in 11 minutes your increased your reading speed say 60-80% and as you use the techniques over the next few days the speed increase, and so does your understanding and comprehension.

Once you've spent $20 and studied for 11 minutes you will accomplish a great deal. But, what if you learned also, how to read a book for ultimate understanding and comprehension for test-taking or pleasure, and what if you also learn to write a paper for school, or grad school - without stress in 10 days or less, would that make your life easier.

In 11 minutes flat, you will improve the quality of your life for 20 bucks, you really can't lose. Remember also, the more you read, the better you read, the more you remember - that's how the brain works. So work your brain.

People sometimes get frustrated because they fall behind when reading and learning due to the huge amounts of reading material they must absorb for school or work. So many books are being written worldwide, that readers sometimes have difficulty keeping up with the production of fiction and non-fiction works. It can be really fascinating trying to keep up with it all " dont you think.

In the speedily changing and highly competitive business world, with new products and services, and new upgrades introduced every week, speed reading really comes in handy. Most corporate millionaires now read two or three business related books every week. That's a lot of work for those unfortunates who dont have speed reading abilities.

SPEED READING enables people to be able to absorb up to twice or three times what they normally read in the same time.

Reading researchers in the past determined that the brain is capable of comprehending and cataloguing from 10,000 to 50,000 units of information every minute. The length of a unit is about one word. The bodys five senses are receptors for data, which it transfers to the subconscious mind to be recorded for posterity. When the conscious mind needs information, it is recalled from the subconscious. Then it surfaces the necessary data for processing and use, much like a computer.

An interactivity exists between the brain, which well just imagine is the computer CPU, and the mind which consists of thoughts and memories. All information gets processed in such a way that we can learn it.

The information that we receive, process and evaluate comes from our five physical senses. With that data, our mind makes decisions, choices and judgments. We learn through our five senses (i.e. sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste), which are already pre-programmed to respond automatically.

A good example of preprogrammed response: Consider the example of the teen boy who smells pizza and what his reaction is. It is similar to Pavlov's dog, because his senses send a message to the brain in the form of a thought.

The perception of sensing our favorite food is a mental exercise, compared to the reaction of swallowing which is physical. Hence, brain and mind is where the action is and the body is where the reaction is.

Learning this method of speed reading will encourage the use of three of the five senses. That is a method that will strongly influence your mind to remember, recall and understand; beyond that, well teach you techniques for becoming a better and more efficient reader.

Follow the instructions and you will turn into a speed reader who loves to read and improve the quality of his or her own life. We expect great, positive successes from you with great improvements in many areas of your life.

Statistics: The average American high school graduate (I know this sounds strange, but many are graduating without the ability to read at an eighth grade level), reads at about 200 words per minute. A college student reads 20% faster at 300 words per minute. It does not matter what your baseline or starting reading speed is, your potential reading speed after using these techniques will be faster and your potential is truly unlimited. This is because scientists who have researched the human brain/mind agree that our potential is unlimited. Double-triple-quadruple your reading speed, theres no limit.

You can expect to learn how to get your greatest potentials as a reader, business person, student, etc. This is because you're becoming an avid speed reader and a complete success in life.

Be Dynamic Through Speed Reading will help you become totally unlimited in your power and ability to do, be, and have all that you want in life, whether its great grades or financial success. Dr. Jay Polmar is the Master of the art of speed learning, accelerated learning and speed reading and has helped over 100,000 students worldwide become perfect learning machines.

Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's Kingdom is a 750 page book that is published by Jehovah's Witnesses which gives a detailed history of the organizational history; and many other details as well as a section on a history of persecution Christians in history and modern times have experienced, as well as problems that the organization has itself experienced. The reference work is very detailed and is complete and includes a 6-page chronological history from 1870 to 1992. It contains 33 chapters, as well as a 24 page Index.

Even though it was written by Jehovah's Witnesses themselves, it does not skip over or omit problems throughout the modern history of Jehovah's Witnesses of about 140 years, but it presents an honest account of even the weaker areas, and failures of the organization in addition to providing a positive and factual account of the history; roots, and integrity of thousands who have been persecuted for their beliefs. While the present-day might be somewhat outdated, having been written seventeen years ago, the reference takes you far enough along in the modern day history, to bring the reader up to the present stages of development in the religious practices and beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses. Also featured are hundreds of photos and illustrations, including a one page photo section of the Governing Body who were alive at that time. Two members of the Governing Body in 1992 are still alive. The present Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses, nine members, is for the large part new; with the exception of the two surviving members who currently still serve on the Governing Body. For those doing research on Jehovah's Witnesses, or has questions related to the the history of the organization or its structure, it is an honest and complete reference work. It is a good addition to college or university library and can give the reader or researcher a point of reference whereby he or she can verify statements that he or she may have heard or read concerning Jehovah's Witnesses; or get background information surrounding those points.

It is modestly and factually written; and not self-aggrandizing. It contains Biblical background for the history of Christianity, the persecution they experienced, and a brief summation of the Bible story and theme.

Jehovah's Witnesses are largely known for their zealous preaching, which they continue to do in imitation of first century Christians but especially after World War I until today, and an account of the reasons for that work, as well as how and what it has accomplished is detailed in this book. Jehovah's Witnesses consider themselves to be, and are generally considered to be, fully a Christian religion, which revolves around the teachings of Jesus Christ and his Jesus his life and ministry. It is believed that the theme of Jesus preaching was God's Kingdom according to the Greek Scritpures or New Testament and so the title of this book, "Jehovah's Witnesses, Proclaimers of God's Kingdom."

"This good news of the kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come." Matthew 24:14, Jesus Christ.

Stress is mostly acquired from the place where we make our living. Unless you're running an online business, you are very much prone to being stressed. Most people wouldn't admit that fact. They would go on and do their jobs without minding their slowly changing attitudes. There are also those that don't complain when they are given too much work than they can handle. This problem of people that do not know how to say "No" puts themselves at risk of stress.

Our interpersonal relationships in the office are also a contributor to the workplace stress we experience. While these relationships are healthy, the strains put on these relationships tend to have a negative impact on our performance and productivity. For instance, two employees develop a close friendship. When the company terminated the contract of one, the employee that remained would experience low morale. In addition, the workload is distributed to all the people that were not fired; resulting in more pressure and more stress.

Stress is considered one of the biggest factors in employee attrition. Too much stress leads to occupational burnout, loss of focus ad enthusiasm, absenteeism, tardiness, and fatigue. People can only take so much when they start feeling the effects of stress. Companies will want to avoid losing their valued employees, so some of them hold stress management training courses in the workplace to avoid their personnel walking out on them.

Stress management training is usually arranged by the human resources department of an office. In this kind of training, employees learn how to identify the signs and symptoms of stress in others and themselves. They also learn how to handle work overload through effective organization and prioritizing skills. Since stress can also be brought about by strained relationships, stress management training also teaches employees effective conflict resolution skills. These courses also remind employees why they signed up in the first place, why they found meaning in this type of job, and how to stay satisfied in their work.

As with any company aspect that uses the word "training", stress management training can cost the company lots of money and may have to put that training off on later dates. If you can't really wait, you can go online and search for stress management training courses. You can get ones that you need, but for a price. Don't worry, it's not that much. You get more bang for your buck as these modules would also contain relaxation practices, and you can print them for easy review if needed.

Have you ever wanted the chance to use your psychic ability or remote viewing techniques to see people and places using more than the normal five senses you already have? Remote viewing and psychic abilities are not out-of-body experiences, rather, they are a completely different way to take advantage of the power that you already have. It's possible to see people, objects, and other things without being physically present but by simply using remote viewing techniques.

The Remote Viewer - Misconceptions and Explanations

Many people mistakenly think that remote viewing techniques involve using the ability to be in two places at once or using some evil tool to achieve the end result of viewing another person, object, or place.

However, remote viewing training is harnessing a form of ESP and psychic mind abilities to see whatever you want. In essence, the object or people comes to you, not the other way around. All of this can be achieved through careful mental preparation of what you want to achieve.

Using Your Innate Mind Power

One of the most important concepts to grasp when you're thinking about using your remote viewing capabilities is that you have an inherent, natural mind power that only needs to be tapped.

Did you know, for example, that experts have said that we only use about 10% of our brains' capacity? That means that 90% is left unused, and that's where you can access this incredible mind power you already have. Once you learn how to properly access and use the other 90%, you can then use remote viewing techniques to tap into this most amazing ability.

How Do You Use Remote Viewing?

How do you tap into your abilities with remote viewing, then? There are some remote viewing techniques that will help you become successful in harnessing this most amazing power.

Perhaps the best way to start is to simply go someplace quiet and sit or lie in a relaxing position. For example, sit cross-legged on the floor or lie comfortably on a bed. The place you do this should be quiet and free of distraction.

In this quiet place, begin to do some deep breathing exercises, which will calm and relax you. Inhale and exhale deeply, pressing your tongue lightly to the roof of your mouth as you do so. Focus on breathing "in," and then "out," gradually clearing your mind of all thoughts.

Third, suspend all disbelief of any human limitations that you think you have. Belief is what is ultimately responsible for a successful remote viewing occurrence; you need to believe that you can see objects, people, and events which you are not physically able to view.

As a first exercise, practice by viewing your own body sitting or lying there as you do this exercise. Just for a moment, truly allow yourself to believe that you can see yourself lying or sitting as you are, relaxing. For example, you may find yourself above your supine body looking down, or you may be looking back over your own shoulder at yourself, sitting there, deeply relaxed. It's important that you give yourself plenty of time to do this exercise and be successful at it, as it can be somewhat difficult to accomplish at first.

After you've successfully seen yourself outside of your own body with these remote viewing techniques, you can begin to try more difficult exercises, such as seeing familiar places or objects within your current house or apartment, but that that are remotely located. Beginning with simple exercises and then moving on to more complex ones will help you begin to truly believe in your abilities, which will make it much easier to do more advanced remote viewing exercises as you progress.

These remote-viewing techniques can help you begin to harness this incredible ability you have, but that you may not yet use. Believe in yourself and your abilities, and you can use these remote big techniques to successfully establish yourself with this talent, so that you can use it when you need it.

In layman's terms, a lucid dream is a dream you have where you are actually aware of the fact that you're busy having a dream. The term 'lucid' simply refers to being aware or conscious, and of course the full extent of your lucidity depends largely on your actual dream experience, together with the amount of detail you are able to remember when you wake up, and of course, the level of control you had over the dream.

Without a doubt, the most remarkable aspect of lucid dreaming is that one is able to actually identify the fact that you're having a dream. Having the ability to control the direction of a dream is simply astounding to say the least, particularly because there are virtually no limits.

Can you even for one minute imagine what it feels like, bearing in mind that it not only looks and sounds like reality, but it even feels like reality. Of course the big difference is, when you have a lucid dream you know that it's only a dream. Furthermore, you know that you cannot get injured and you know that you cannot die, so personal safety is not an issue. Of course, because there are no rules or regulations, you're basically free to do exactly as you choose. The bottom line is; lucid dreaming is like having your own personal world of 'virtual reality' with a quality far beyond anything else known to man.

It simply cannot be denied that lucid dreaming is a skill which can only be described as being fantastic. It's hardly surprising really that so many people are now longing to master the art of lucid dreaming. Interestingly enough, most people will have the occasional lucid dream but just imagine if you could experience one whenever you want.

A lucid dream can in many ways be compared to a gateway to the most fantastic experiences, where one is able to meet and mix with your favorite celebrities, or mingle with wild and exotic animals, or even travel to distant galaxies.That's right, you can explore all your fantasy world's or you can visit your lost loved ones.

Unfortunately, experiencing regular lucid dreams where you have the ability to control them has until recently been a fairly complicated process. In fact, many people had no option but to spend months undergoing instruction and learning how to condition themselves. Even then, while many people did manage to experience lucid dreams, even if only for brief moments, others never succeeded at all.

Are there any quick and easy ways to experience a lucid dream?

Interestingly enough, there are many people who believe certain foods such as orange juice, cheese, milk, and mustard, have the ability to help induce a lucid dream, providing they are consumed immediately before you lie down to sleep.

Over and above those foods which have just been mentioned, many people claim that foods such as popcorn, pickles, fish and ice cream can also help those wanting to experience a lucid dream. While these foods may not be as effective as those mentioned above, it is believed they do help with regards to dream recall. Of course, from a health point of view these foods may not be ideal, considering that most of them contain a lot of fat, sugar, and salt.

Is technology able to help?

As time moves on, so too does technology so it comes as little surprise that technology can nowadays assist people with regards to lucidity. In fact, technology can now be used in order to both stimulate and induce lucid dreams. Various devices which come in the form of masks and eyeshades can now detect REM in a person and when they do, they then begin to blink a red beam of light. By integrating this beam of light with the dream, it is hoped that the beam of light will serve to remind the subject that they are dreaming, thus providing them with an opportunity to try and control the direction of the dream.

In addition to these new the innovative devices, recent developments in some technology have also done much in the line of opening the doors to the world of lucid dreams. Just recently scientists have gone ahead and developed a process known as binaural beats; a process which involves playing sound at different frequencies into each ear.

The aim of this process is to synchronize the two hemispheres of the brain and in so doing, induce REM. In fact, when one listens to these sounds, the REM state of sleep is almost instantaneous and of course, this is the type of sleep required in order to experience a lucid dream.

Of course, what works for one doesn't necessarily work for another, but you can be rest assured that if you're interested in learning how to master the art of lucid dreaming, then this is by far the most reliable method available.

Stress is becoming a problem to more and more people around the world. With the current global economic crisis, the number of people engaged in various stress management practices have been increasing. Most of the techniques in stress management require an investment in time. It is regularly practiced so as to reap its actual benefits.

The problem is that most people do not have the time to practice their stress relieving techniques regularly. This is why doctors are very much familiar regarding stress treatments: what we usually do is go to the doctor and ask for the prescribed medicine, pop it in our mouths, and hope for the best. What we may not realize is that we are slowly starting to get addicted to the medicine. There are also a lot of side effects in stress pills that leads us to other problems. So instead of a stress-free life, your new problems bring about new headaches.

There are alternative medications you can take for your stress problems. They are natural and organic medicines, and since they come from herbs, have less side effects than conventional pills. These medications, however, can make you really sleepy; hence not advisable to take before going to work, or before going on a drive. There is another method to effectively relieve you of stress without making you drowsy and without time constraints. Listening to music has been an effective weapon against stress, yet it has been highly overlooked.

Music can change the levels of our brainwave activity bringing lasting effect in our state of mind even after listening to the music. With the effect of music to the brainwaves it can alter the function of our nervous system, such as breathing and heart rate making us breathe in a slower pace and our heart beats slowly therefore activating our relaxation response, which is the opposite of stress response.

Music is also used in therapy sessions with anxiety and depression. It helps convert the negative state of mind into a positive one. When the person achieves this, he becomes optimistic. It helps him look at the bigger picture of things and find the most effective solution for it.

No wonder why music therapy has become popular in this present generation as a good and natural relief for stress. With music you don't have to set a time for it in compared to other stress relief techniques, all you have to do is find a comfortable place a player, press play and then listen to music that relaxes you.

OK, you're ready to take your company to the next level and your CFO and legal counsel have advised you to go public to raise capital as well as to retain some of those prize employees with stock options and to bait that new sales executive with a signing bonus made up of stock options. You've looked into everything from pink sheets to reverse mergers to OTCBB to IPO and you have come to the conclusion you're going to need to take on investors so that you can afford to follow through with your plan. If you're lacking the funds to dive right in and start creating your public structure, here is a way that just about any business can afford to go public.

First, get a real business plan. Your business plan needs to sizzle and reel in the investor and clearly paint a picture of your vision to the investor and their advisors. Next, you'll want to raise an initial round of cash quickly so that you can afford to take your company public without hindering your current company structure with additional ancillary costs. You're going to need something fast and affective; you should consider having a professionally authored private placement memorandum put together for your company.

If you are trying to go public via OTCBB a Regulation D Rule 504 exemption will suffice, if you are trying to achieve an IPO you'll need to go with a Regulation D Rule 505 exemption (pink sheets and reverse mergers into shell corps are not very successful in immediate and long term success so I would suggest you stay away from these structures). Build into the PPM verbiage that you are raising an initial round of capital that will be used to take your company public. When savvy investors see that they are investing in a real, viable pre-IPO or pre-OTCBB formation you will see investors climbing out of the woodwork to give you cash if your business concept is sound.

Next you hire the consultants (usually the same firm that wrote your PPM) to start the process of taking you public. On the PPM your Mini/Maxi should allow you to use capital almost immediately to get the ball rolling on your public company. You can count on a solid OTCBB going for between $75k and $250k and an IPO going for $1M+ so have your PPM written accordingly. If you follow the path set forth above you will notice something extraordinary.

The only out of pocket expense you had was for your Private Placement Memorandum (and your business plan if you didn't have one) and 100% of the capital needed to go public was supplied by greedy investors who are excited to invest because of the quick payoff of their investment when you go public. This process means you can literally take your company public for less than $5,000 (the typical cost of a strategic Private Placement Memorandum. This is a simple, strategic and inexpensive way to get the capital you need for your company quickly, without using your limited financial resources in the process.

There are many ways to use capital without using bank loans, lines of credit and other shady methods like shelf corps and bogus platform scams. If you are truly trying to raise capital for your company here are some simple breakdowns of your options with a quick definition for each one:

PIPE: Private Investment In Public Equity this is used primarily by mutual funds and private investment firms where they buy discount stock in order to raise capital, there are two types of PIPE's traditional where common and preferred stock is issued at a set cap to raise money for the issuer and a structured pipe issues convertible debt.

DPO: Direct Public Offering is when you sell equity shares directly to customers, suppliers and employees.

PPM: Private Placement Memorandum is also known as an offering memorandum takes advantage of Regulation D rule exemptions 504, 505 and 506. This process came into existence with the'33 securities act and popularized in the late'80s, companies can raise money from the public via private placement; there is virtually zero interaction with the SEC after you file form d as long as you stay legal. (most popular form of fund raising).

IPO: Initial Public Offering: extremely expensive, need SOX 404 audits, must have board of directors, quarterly financial reports to shareholders, report heavily to the SEC and 1 out of every 1000 companies that want an IPO actually qualify. I love participating in these but most companies just can't qualify for one reason or the other.

OTCBB: Over the Counter Bulletin Board is an electronic quote system that is the next best thing if you can't go public via IPO, there is minimal red tape to start-ups and small businesses and is legitimized by the stringent ongoing reports to the SEC which keeps investor confidence high (these are extremely solid and I suggest this structure to companies when I am hired by their company or legal team as a consultant as a fast, easy way to raise big capital from the public otc)

Pink Sheet: you can look at pink sheets as the Burger King, while the OTCBB is McDonald's, they are competing OTC mechanisms. Pinks sheets are commonly referred to as penny stock and notorious for 'pump em' and dump em' controversies and a lot of crooked people are involved with this platform. This is not a long term process that will allow one's company to grow, pink sheets companies are typically short lived but it is cheap to set up but not a professional structure that could be upgraded in time to an IPO.

Reverse Merger: a group funds the filing and creation of a public shell, they then sell that shell to a company that wants to go public, the established company merges it's entity into the public shell. The sellers retain around 30% equity after they charge an upfront fee of 300k to 1m. 99% of reverse mergers are successful with the merger, but unsuccessful to bring them to trade and the entity basically just fizzles out.

Taking your company public is actually quite simple and inexpensive when you have the right consultant putting the structure together for you. There are countless ways to raise capital quickly and easily. It's important that you understand your options before you waste time entering into the red tape infested banking system for a loan.

Most companies who are on the venture capital trail are not set up properly to attract investors. When an investor looks at your business plan and private placement memorandum they are looking for certain things. Of course funding sources look for the obvious, a solid business model, positive cash flow, industry genre with solid future growth, recession proof business (if there even is such a thing) and minimal debt.

Countless companies are turned down for funding because they lack the basics such as: an advisory board, board of directors, solid executive staff with a well groomed pedigree, reasonable share price, business plan and PPM that spell out the risks for the investor and an original marketing strategy that covers all the angles. These are just a few of the most common mistakes that companies make out of naivety and by not taking the time to hire an expert to properly structure them to make the entity appeal to investors.

Seasoned expansion and turn-around consultants can step into a company and immediately zone in on the issues that will hinder a client's investment magnetism. Often times it only takes 2 to 3 weeks to completely reorganize a company to make it stand out like a beacon in the turbulent finance industry. If you are seriously considering the idea of raising capital with a private placement memorandum, traditional institutional loans, venture capital or a public offering don't be penny wise and dollar foolish.

Spend some money and hire a consultant who is completely submerged in the finance industry to take control of the elements of your corporation that are seen as 'black eyes' to investors so that you can achieve the capital you're seeking.

The reality is, raising capital for your company is easy and straight forward if you've taken the time to examine your business objectively and sought out the expert analysis of an industry expert consultant who will run your company through a formula and make the necessary changes to increase your ability to raise capital.

Are you trying to raise capital for your business? Have you been turned down by institutional lenders for loans and corporate lines of credit? Why deal with the hassle and embarrassment of perpetual declines and risk losing your business because of lack of cash? Wouldn't it be great to raise capital quickly and easily for your company without constantly having to fill out scores of credit applications to stay afloat?

The important thing to realize is that if you are a small or medium size business and even if you are a start-up you can take your company public on OTCBB. When going public you really have two viable options: first, most people consider the IPO, but very few qualify because of the necessity of massive amounts of capital in reserve, SOX 404, extensive time in business and finding a broker dealer to take you through the process; the second option is taking your company public OTCBB (over the counter bulletin boards), this process is inexpensive, lightning fast, minimal qualifications and offers start-ups and small/medium size business the ability to raise gargantuan amounts of capital from investors worldwide.

There is no other way to go public on a legitimate platform. With Pink Sheets and Reverse Mergers you'll only get burned so buyer beware! Are you short on cash? A popular mechanism for raising the initial capital to go public via OTCBB is by using a Private Placement Memorandum (Regulation D Rule 504) with a built in mini/maxi.

Right when you hit that minimum you can start using capital to grow your company while simultaneously initiating the 'going public' process.

The moral of this story...even if you're a startup or small business owner you can raise capital by going public! Get informed and get funded.

Emmerich's film 2012 caused a big panic, and all the disaster-porn films we've seen for the last 50-60 years or so is scaring the heck out of viewers. So badly are they scared of the end that they are watching the same movies of disaster, over and over, with different actors, different titles, and different producers - all aimed to scare you and empty your pockets.

Do you think the world is coming to an end? The World Isn't Coming To An End, it's just Hollywood, trying to make a buck.

Let's get real. Let's discuss some of what's going on:

1. Rumor: The World Will End With Planetary Alignment and the repositioning of the Earth along the Galactic Equator .... they are nuts! The phenomena of placement of the stars and galaxies in space is not new. These things have occurred before, and it wasn't the end of the world. Actually, the date predicted, Winter Solstice, 2012 is not as significant as other astronomical phenomena happening before this. This is just fear-mongering of the formerly unemployed ' of the world writers' with nothing better to do than create movies to scare the bejesus out of little kids.

2. There is no Mayan Prophesy says the world is coming to an end. There is no known prophesy that the world is coming to an End and whoever said that should know that it can't be. The records of the Maya civilization were effectively destroyed, like all other Meso-American histories by the Spanish Conquistadors, who just pillaged the valuables, raped the women and then killed the men and sometimes the women, but not necessary in that order. And, what information that was kept - was kept in secret archives to keep the truth away from the public because it would destroy the Catholic Church. The evidence indicated that the majority of the Meso-American population was, in fact, the lost tribes of Israel. This was written by Franciscan Monks at the time of the invasion, and British and other archeologists later. The actual Mayan Prophesy was simple - 'Live naturally, in natural time, or your biosphere (Earth - our mother ship) would not survive. We'll we did it. No lying about that. For the past umpteen years, we have been just like conquerors, raping, murdering, and killing mother earth. OOPS! I didn't do it - you didn't do it - the politicians allowed it - all for greed. Oil, Gold, Silver - rape the earth suffers the consequences. The end date of the Mayan Calendar had nothing to do with the end of the planet, it had to do with the end of an era.

2a. It's important to note that when the Earth was first inhabited there was something of a 3 degree axis tilt and the planet was green, and water blue, and life was abundant. What by the name of God have we done to our mother?

2b. YIKES, we're at 23 degree wobble now. Yes, something is happening, changes are occurring, but it's not the end. It scares people to think that changes are coming - people fear change. CHANGE IS GOOD!

2c. People will die. Yes, we've burned fossil fuels, destroyed our air, cut down our forests, created deserts where there were none before and previously the planet cleansed itself with great floods. People are dying, we are more aware since Hurricane Katrina, that things are not right due to global warming, and Tsunamis, great floods, and thousands more deaths in countries where floods were a rarity.

2d. And there are many species are dying. Faster than ever before species are disappearing. One indication that might be considered, or two, are the frog population which began disappearing a few years back, and the bees. We are impacting nature and we don't step lightly - our footprint is huge and visible, and we are destroying all of life without mistreatment of our mother.

2e. There are more diseases now, more horrible, more incurable - a sick society and planet produce all forms of diseases.

3. Human Nature - It's obvious that the nature of the human being is to conquer. The continuous development of warfare, atomic, and nuclear weaponry is solely aimed at the destruction of mankind and hurting the planet. Previously, we had been the only big bully playing with nukes, now every schoolyard bully has them and someone is likely to play war games just to demonstrate my 'thing' is bigger than your 'thing'.

3a. Human Belief in Ancient Religions - I must mention this, because this is the greatest manipulation of human beings on Earth. Sorry, priest, ministers, rabbis, I honor you all for what you know, but your DOGMA is not helping the situation. Each one of you has chosen an individual branch as part of the Tree of Life, and none of you are on the Expressway to God. Please stop telling your people they are sinners - as men of God, many of you have been caught with your own pants down around your ankles and some honey taking some money for some SINFUL and LUSTFUL experience you needed to have. It may not have been you, but we all know of whom I speak. I am not judging you - just stop judging others and stop playing the blame game which results in guilt. As you know - guilt has absolutely no survival value, it is responsible for many illnesses that do not resolve and result in death. Stop guilting others, or ...

3b. Humans Mistreat Each Other and Mother Earth - imagine all the drilling, the cutting of trees, the burning of fields, everything normal and beautiful of earth destroyed by greed to steal the resources and be billionaires, all at the cost of our mother. Imagine our planet as a great big fluffy dog, filled with life. And the dog feels the burring of something drilling into it - just like a flea. And another, burning like burning the trees - the dog begins to scratch and shake fiercely and the fleas fall off. You got a parachute for when this happens to us?

4. The Mayan Calendar - Interestingly enough ends on the Winter Solstice, 2012. Why, not because it's the end of the world - it's the end of the 5th Cycle of Life on the Planet. The 6th Cycle that begins immediately thereafter is an Age of Enlightenment. It's sounds like an exciting time to be alive - so get prepared!

WELCOME - this is reality.

Many of us will fall off, many of us will die. Are you prepared? Those who are not prepared, and those who think they are better or more greater, more important or more powerful than Mother Earth that we live on, will suffer.

Virgin Airline's Richard Branson has made his fleet of Intergalactic Space ships to take the rich and wealthy off the planet, just like Roland Emmerich has set of Arks in his movie. Branson's ticket price is much cheaper.

I'D RATHER STAY HOME -- HERE ON EARTH

In 1987, the Harmonic Convergence, as written about by Dr. Jose Arguelles, and my participation in it - by travels through endless ruins, culminating at the El Tule Tree in Oaxaca in Mexico, spoke the prophesy that we had 25 years left of life as we knew it. We must return to natural, non-destructive living. We blew it!

The cards are on the table. Disasters are not caused by nature but by those politicians who paid no heed to the warnings 20-30 years ago. Politicians refused to grant health to the planet at Kyoto and the disastrous earth changes continued. Want someone to blame - Blame George W. Bush!

What can the scenario possibly be -- to cause the end of life as we know it? Who knows, asteroids, meteorites, some crazy Anti-Semitic Iranian ex-president who stole the presidency from the people in order to try to wipe out the State of Israel, some angry Korean president who is dying because of his anger at the United States over a 60 year old situation, or errors by our own major powers in their thinking that nuclear energy is stable enough to survive what our earth going through with hurricanes, tsunamis, typhoons, earthquakes, while this huge dog is shaking off us fleas.

HOW TO SURVIVE THIS WHAT THE FOOLS PREDICT?

Be prepared. More than anything else - it's your mind and soul that need preparation. Since we all know that the soul is immortal, you will survive in one form or another. We have prepared the first of several guides on survival. This first one was just updated Nov. 2009, originally written in 1991 - to help you survive what is undoubtedly going to be a life-changing experience.

It's called - "The World is a Mess, and We Are Responsible - Isn't It Time To THINK RIGHT?