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Numerology: Your Essential Life Numbers

By: Jackson Swift

Numerology is one of the ancient systems that were highly used for divination. Like the historical relationship between astrology and astronomy, alchemy and chemistry, numerology has gone into the realm of pseudomathematics. In earlier times, it was considered part of mathematics. Today, however, it is more associated with the occult.

In essence, numerology takes into account how the numerical system represents a relationship with objects or living things. Often, numerologists would plot a person’s full name of full birth date to get the numbers essential to a person. With numerology, one can:
Learn the challenges that they need to overcome
Identify peak moments in their life
Explore special talents and skills
Discover hidden abilities.

The following are some types of numbers a person practicing numerology will look for:

Life Path Number – Represents the path you should take through life and the talents and skill you have to make this journey rewarding. This is derived by adding up all your birth date numbers.

Life Destiny Number – Derived by adding all the values for the letters in your full birth name. It is said to represent your overall path to accomplish your purpose in life.

Soul Number – Derived by adding the values for the vowels of your full birth name. This is said to indicate your something about your inner, private self and motivations that influence your actions.

Personality Number – Derived by adding the values for the consonants of your full birth name. Is associated with your outward appearance, how you express yourself and how others know you by.

Maturity Number – said to represent your true self, this is indicative of the person you will come to be.

Balance Number – this is a dormant number that becomes most important when your life is in turmoil. It is said to help people resolve the challenges and problems they are experiencing.

Foundation Letter – reveals the most significant personality trait that people appreciate and admire most about you.

First Vowel of your name signifies how you react to people and situations.
The 4 Pinnacles represent the time in your life when you realize your goals and learn some of the most important lessons in life.

The 4 Challenges, on the other hand, represents your personal struggles and weaknesses that you will need to overcome.

The 3 Cycles tells of the lessons one must learn and goals that must be met to achieve one’s true destiny and to stay on his or her Life Path.

Numerology can say much about you – specifically who you are and your destiny. In a previous article, we discussed some of the important numbers that are derived from the practice of numerology.

So aside from your life path number, life destiny number, soul number, personality number, maturity number, balance number, foundation letter, 4 pinnacles, 4 challenges and 3 cycles, there are still more numbers to look at.

Karmic Lesson Numbers – these say much about your areas of improvement. We need to give attention to these in order to grow and be complete.

Personal Lucky Number – this is the number that is expected to bring you luck throughout your life. It is important to note that the lucky number should not be used for high-risk gambles or as the be all and end all of positive results.
Signature Number – this is based on how you sign your name.

Birthday Number – while this is not as important as your other numerology profile numbers it does have somewhat of an influence on your Life Path and Destiny.

Personal Year Number – Helps determine what is to happen to your life in the current year. This can help you focus your energies on the areas that will most likely help you achieve your goals

Personal Month Number – Similar to the personal year number, it gives you insight on what to expect in a given month.

Jackson Swift is the author of this article for Universal Psychic Guild that offers free email psychic readings, free psychic chat online and psychic text services.

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Crystal Therapy - Healing Properties of Jasper

By: Mercedes Aspland

In this article we are going to look at what crystal therapy is, as well as the properties of jasper. Once we have explored the properties of jasper we will consider ways in which you can use it to your advantage and the conditions that can be helped by jasper.

What is Crystal Therapy?

The principle behind crystal therapy is that each crystal has a specific energy. This energy acts on the body and the mind of a person and can result in a change of mental and physical health. The way in which crystals are used can very quite significantly but the basic idea is that a person comes into close proximity with a crystal on a regular basis. It is important to fully assess the situation to ensure you find the right crystal for your particular condition.

What are the Properties of Jasper?

Jasper is a crystal that is a variety of quartz and is often known as the supreme nurturer. It is thought to be a stone that can support people particularly through times of stress to help bring about peace and calm. There are many different colours of jasper and although it has general healing properties each of the different colours will have their own healing properties.

Healing Properties of Jasper

Some of the general healing properties of jasper include the fact that it can help bring about tranquillity as well as help absorb negative energy. It is thought that jasper can help to remove environmental pollution including radiation. It has a number of emotional benefits including aiding with honesty, and also giving courage. People who use jasper may find it can help with quick thinking and their organisation as well as stimulating their imagination. If you are suffering from a long term illness it may offer support by re-energising the body.

In addition to the above properties we have also put a list of the properties by type of jasper below:

1. Black Veined Jasper - this stone is one that is really good for keeping you grounded and stabilised. Other names you may hear of it by are spider web jasper or zebra stone.

2. Green Jasper - this is thought to be a stone of balance that can help heal disease as well as obsessions. The stone is thought to help boost the immune system. In particular it is thought to help with skin conditions and help remove bloating as well as aid with conditions of the digestive system.

3. Red Jasper - this stone is one of protection and can help with a number of problems like anxiety and stress. It can help to rectify unfair situations as well as providing insight into difficult problems. It is thought to increase your ability to remember dreams. In addition it can help to detoxify the circulatory system, blood and liver.

4. Yellow Jasper - again this is a stone that is highly protective and can help to calm the nerves and emotions so is also useful for stress and anxiety. In addition it is thought to be beneficial for the digestive system and to help reduce bloating.

5. Picture Jasper - this is a stone of proportion and harmony and can help bring stability to your life. It can also help to bring hidden emotions to the surface and aid in alleviating fear. Physically it can stimulate the immune system and help with skin conditions and kidney problems.

6. Ocean Jasper - this stone will help with patience and also aid a person in accepting responsibility. It can help improve digestion and remove toxins from the body that cause body odour.

This article has been supplied by alternative therapies directory. You can also find more information on our Crystal Therapy page.

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Journaling For Personal Growth

By: Wendy Betterini

One of the best ways to gain clarity about your life is by journaling your thoughts and feelings. Especially if you’re feeling conflicted or confused about certain situations, writing your thoughts out can be incredibly enlightening!

You don’t have to be a “writer” to journal effectively. In fact, your writing skills don’t have to be good at all. Just the act of putting your thoughts into logical order and translating them to written form can help you to understand what you’re feeling, and why.

Here are some tips to help you use journaling for personal growth:

1) Keep it simple. You don’t need to spend a lot of money on a fancy journal. In fact, unless you’re an experienced journaler, I recommend using an inexpensive, lined notebook. Then you won’t feel so much pressure to be “perfect” in what you write. You won’t be afraid to scribble and scrawl whatever happens to flow onto the paper.

2) Don’t hold back. When you journal for the purposes of personal growth, don’t try to edit yourself, or make your writing understandable to anyone else. The most freeing technique is to put your pen to paper and just write whatever comes to mind. No one else will see it unless you want them to, so let ‘er rip!

3) Focus on the feelings. If you find yourself stumped about what to write in your journal, begin with the phrase, “I feel…”. This will usually get your thoughts and feelings flowing, and you will be better able to express them in writing.

4) Guided journaling. Another helpful technique is guided journaling, which means providing a prompt for yourself. Especially if you’re struggling with something specific, you can more easily get the words flowing with a nudge in the right direction. Some example prompts would be, “Describe your perfect career and the reasons it would fulfill you.” Or, “Think about the most painful experience in your past and write about the ways it has affected who you are today.”

5) Review your entries periodically. Going back to look at your journal entries can be very illuminating and provide amazing clarity about yourself. With time and practice, you will likely begin to see patterns in your thinking, behaviors, and beliefs. The most important thing is to keep an objective mindset while you look at your entries. Don’t judge or belittle yourself. Keep the focus on personal growth and development. Instead of beating yourself up or cringing over your latest rant, ask yourself, “How can I use this knowledge to improve my circumstances now?”

If you’re not a natural writer, journaling may seem like a lot of effort at first. But it is so worth it! Because I am a writer, journaling is something I’ve always done. As a child, I kept written diaries that focused more on my day to day experiences. “Dear Diary, today a cute boy smiled at me and I melted!” In my twenties, I decided I wanted to understand myself better, so I began keeping written journals with a focus on self-discovery. That practice has paid off in amazing ways over the past decade or so.

You can also keep journals for other reasons besides personal growth. For example, you can begin a gratitude journal to jot down a few things you are thankful for each day, which will help you to feel more positive about your life. You can keep a spiritual growth journal to record prayers and meditations that were effective for you. You can keep a dream journal to learn more about the messages your dreams hold. The possibilities are endless!

If you really don’t like writing with pen and paper, you can also keep an online journal in the form of a blog. There are many providers that offer free membership accounts, with easy-to-use interfaces. Two popular choices are http://Blogger.com and http://LiveJournal.com. However, if you keep an online journal, you might want to make it private so no one else can view it. It’s amazing what search engines can find nowadays, and you don’t want your neighbor or employer coming across your private thoughts. Most blog hosts allow an option to keep your blog non-viewable to the public. Or you can simply stay anonymous with your blog, but allow others to read it. Use a pseudonym and don’t give any identifiable information about yourself.

Finally, don’t feel that you have to follow any set rules with your journaling. Do what works best for you, and enjoy the journey!

About the Author: Wendy Betterini is a freelance writer specializing in self-improvement and personal development concepts. Visit her website, www.WingsForTheHeart.com for free articles on positive thinking, goal-setting, self-esteem, personal growth, and more.

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Meditation In A Busy Life

By: Judy Braley

Our hectic schedules are crammed with crises, to-do lists, issues marked urgent and overflowing in trays… Far away from everyday events, at your core, lies a place of quiet, calm, serenity, and stillness… Feeling connected to life and your core can be an everyday and effortless activity. Mark Thornton

Should you meditate? The short answer is “Yes!” So if that’s all you wanted to find out, you can stop reading right now. But I hope you don’t because next I’m going to give you my take on the what?, why?, when?, where?, and how? of meditation.

First I’ll warn you that I’m not a purist when it comes to meditation, so if you’re looking for a lecture on Buddhist spiritual principles regarding meditation, you’ve come to the wrong place. I’m a busy, working parent who uses meditation to calm myself, to bring peace and happiness into my heart, and to bring awareness and clarity into my life. If you’re looking for an approach less wrapped in spirituality and more tailored to a modern, hectic life, then I hope this article helps you.

What

There are lots of formal definitions out there for what meditation is, but what it comes down to is a basic focusing of attention and quieting of the superficial thoughts of the mind. It’s becoming conscious of what’s going on in your head rather than being on auto-pilot as usual. Meditation is a chance to:

* get in contact with the inner stillness that exists beneath the level of your thoughts

* bring your calm attention to an issue or feeling you want to resolve

* stay calm at anytime under any situation

* relax your mind and body

* connect, on the spiritual side, with the creative energy of life.

And guess what - you already do a form of meditation all the time. You focus attention on replaying the argument you had with your spouse, or on how fat you are, or on how little money you have. These are the types of negative things that your mind turns to when you’re asleep at the switch, when you’re not consciously paying attention to what you’re thinking.

When you decide to meditate, you choose to be consciously aware of where your attention goes and you can choose to let go of thoughts that don’t support you in a positive way. When you decide to meditate, you can also choose to become quiet inside - something your thinking mind rarely lets you do.

Why

Here’s a short list of the benefits of meditation, although there are many more:

1. Reduces stress

2. Can help with depression, fears and conflicted emotions

3. Improves self-confidence

4. Helps cultivate peace and happiness

5. Slows aging, improves memory, helps with healing the body, strengthens the immune system, and relieves headaches

6. Allows you to bring calmness to any situation

7. On the spiritual side, many who promote meditation state that it is a way to consciously connect to the creative force of the Universe or God

8. Allows you to focus your creative energy to attract the things you desire into your life.

When and Where

Anytime! Anywhere! Yes, you can set aside a specific time for meditation and sit in quiet contemplation for an hour or more in a room that you designed using feng shui, but you don’t have to. I know that method certainly isn’t an option in my life right now, but I still benefit greatly from meditation.

You can meditate in the shower in the morning, when you’re in line at the grocery store, for 20 minutes during lunch, for a few minutes before bed, whenever - the options are endless.

Many meditation proponents suggest setting aside 10-20 minutes right when you wake up in the morning and right before bed. Those are good choices if they fit your schedule. Those times do not fit my schedule so I take 15 minutes during my day at work to meditate and I slip in “mini-meditations” throughout my day when I’m standing in a line or waiting at a traffic light or anytime I feel tension building in my body.

How

There are as many ways to meditate as there are gurus and experts to tell you about them. If you’re new to meditation, one of the most important things I want to tell you is that there are no rules except relax! Meditation is not a job or a competition. It’s a path to calmness, gentleness, kindness, and relaxation.

Years ago when I first considered meditation, one of the biggest obstacles I thought I had was the relentless voice chattering away in my head, the endless thoughts. I could rarely stop them so I thought I was a failure at meditation most of the time. I remember going to a two-day silent meditation retreat where a teacher guided us in meditations. By the end of the second day, I finally experienced a quieting of my mind. I went home feeling incredibly joyous and peaceful. But by the next day my doubts returned. If it took me two days in silent meditation to get to a point where my mind was quiet, how was I ever going to fit meditation into my life?

I’ve since learned that you don’t have to silence your thoughts to meditate. You can simply become aware of the fact that you are thinking and then let the thoughts float away. You don’t have to beat yourself up over the fact that you can’t stop the thoughts. In fact, it’s better if you accept the fact that your mind can be a busy place and just turn your attention to what you want to focus on over and over again when your mind starts to stray. With practice, you’ll find it easier to let go of the inner distractions and bring your mind to where you want it to be whether that’s to inner silence or to focus on a specific issue.

There is no specific way you have to sit or stand to meditate. Sit, stand, walk, lay on your stomach at the beach and watch the waves - whatever works for you is fine. Don’t limit yourself because you think you have to be sitting a certain way - that’s just an excuse for not meditating.

How to meditate will probably depend on your purpose. I vary how I meditate depending on what I want to gain from the meditation. If I’m stressed, I choose to focus on my breathing or on consciously relaxing different parts of my body. If I have a goal I’m trying to achieve, I focus on sending energy to that goal. If I want to connect with the inner peace that I know is somewhere inside of me, I focus on the silence in my mind and try to let all thought float away.

Here are a few different meditation techniques that I use depending on the situation and what I hope will be the result:

* Breathing meditation: I like to put my attention on my breath as it comes in and out of my nose. I gently follow my breath and notice how it moves naturally into and out of my body. I find this technique instantly calming. Others suggest noticing your breath as it passes from your chest down into your diaphragm or belly and then back up. When my attention drifts, I gently bring it back. If I have some thoughts, I simply note that I’m “thinking” and shift attention back to the breath while allowing the thoughts to drift away. I use breathing meditation to calm myself, relieve stress, feel happier and more at peace, to clear my mind, and to connect with the stillness of the Universe. This can be done in a longer meditation session or in mini-meditations anytime during your day. If you find yourself getting upset at something, focus for a second on your breath and you’ll find it gives you some space in your emotional turmoil.

* Visualization meditation: If you have an issue that you feel needs your mental and emotional attention, visualization meditation might help. Breathe slowly and use your imagination. If you have a goal, focus on the goal as if it were already complete - imagine how you will feel when it’s complete and feel this positive feeling inside of you. If you have a person who you’re angry with, imagine a positive energy inside yourself as a bright white light of kindness, and then surround an image of that person with the light while consciously saying “I forgive you for any pain you’ve caused me.” (When you forgive people and release your anger, it helps you release negative energy stored inside of you, it allows you to react more calmly to that person, and it allows you to find better solutions to any additional problems with them.) I use visualization meditations for goals, improving relationships, and energizing myself. If I feel I have low energy, I imagine that white light of positive energy flowing through my body.

* Awareness meditation: This is simply the process of becoming consciously aware of your actions, your body, or your surroundings. This is an easy way to reduce stress, bring stillness to your mind, and bring calm understanding to almost any situation. It can also be done anywhere, anytime for a few seconds or for much longer periods. The technique is to simply notice what is happening. I like to use this when I need to relax or slow down, or when I start feeling worried or uptight about something. The point is to calm the mind and allow you to consciously decide where to put your attention rather than allowing your untamed thoughts to keep running the show.

1. If you choose action awareness, focus attention on exactly what you’re doing and how you experience it. If you’re walking, become aware of how the sidewalk looks and how it feels when you put your foot down to take a step. Become aware of the temperature of the air and the sounds in your environment. If you are washing dishes, become aware of how you hold the sponge and what the water feels like running across your hands.

2. If you choose body awareness, try to feel the energy flowing in your body. Can you feel the energy in your hands? There is life pulsing through your hands so there is definitely energy there! How about feeling energy in your legs or your shoulders? Can you locate any tension in your body and bring awareness to it? Notice how it feels.

3. If you choose awareness of your surroundings, notice where you are, what you see, what it sounds like, what the temperature is, and whether there is silence that you can find between the sounds.

Common Pitfalls

* “I can’t stop thinking!” This is really common. You don’t have to stop thinking. Allow the thoughts to be there, return your attention to where you want it, and let the thoughts float away.

* “My to-do list is running through my head and I’m coming up with things I don’t want to forget.” Keep a note pad next to you. Write down the item and then let it go from your mind. It will be on the pad when you’re done.

* “I don’t have time for this.” Surely you have 2 minutes while waiting at the traffic light or in line at the store. In fact, if you do a mini breathing meditation while waiting in line at the store, you’re much less likely to get annoyed when the person in front of you is paying in pennies.

* “I keep falling asleep.” Try changing the time that you meditate, your position (sitting or standing rather than reclining), or accept that maybe you need more sleep and go ahead and take a nap.

Adding meditation to your life can be truly rewarding and there is always space for it. It can help you become more peaceful, healthy, self-confident, kind, relaxed and creative. It can help you come to know yourself better and become more powerfully connected to your life. Take a few minutes, breathe slowly, and give it a chance!

About the Author: Judy Braley is a personal development author, an attorney, and a parent. Her blog with free articles, resources, and information on inspiration for your life can be found at www.GrowFromWithin.com. Copyright © 2007 Wherett Inc. This article may be freely distributed if this resource box is attached.

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Woman’s Beauty Naturally – The Grace Of Essential Oils In Skin Care

By: Misty Rae Cech

Using natural botanical skin care is a wonderful experience. With uplifting aromatic essential oils and other natural carrier ingredients, it is easy to nourish the skin in a very special way. While dramatic effects can sometimes be had using synthetically created products, natural botanical blends can bring about a lasting healthy glow free from the possibility of side-effects.

Simple-to-make essential oil mixtures will use some formula of aromatic oils from plants and flowers, based in a carrier oil, usually cold pressed from seeds or nuts. Balanced aromatherapy blends offer the therapeutic healing effects of essential oils and the nutritive essential fatty acids of the carriers. Creating your own mixtures is a fun, rewarding and money-saving endeavor; you need only a bottle or two for the mixing, and an eye-dropper to dispense the essential oils.

Several essential oils and carriers are held in high-esteem for their regenerative and nutritive properties. With only a small collection of oils, you can make highly-effective recipes applicable to particular skin conditions such as premature aging, UV and other damage, acne-prone skin and more.

Some of the more important aromatherapy oils used in beauty and skin formulas for both men and women include: Helichrysum italicum – a potent skin metabolism stimulator and strong anti-inflammate (inflammation at a cellular level is associated with nearly all skin damage and premature aging). Rosemary essential oil of the Verbenone chemotype – this serves a similar function to the oil of the Helichrysum flowers, increasing skin metabolism and enhancing the removal of cellular waste material. True Lavender, or Lavendula angustifolia, is also a strong anti-inflammate and skin regenerator with a lovely relaxing aroma – it lowers tension in addition to directly treating the skin cells, furthering natural beauty. The oil distilled from the Wild Carrot seed (also known as Queen Anne’s Lace) is very regenerating, bringing life to tired, lifeless skin resulting from high-stress and toxic environments. Palmarosa is considered a ‘wonder oil’ because of it’s brilliant aroma and strong yet gentle antiseptic properties; Niaouli is another essential oil commonly recommended for the same reasons, in addition to it’s ability to tighten and firm the skin.

This is only a few of the many essential oils included in skin formulas, though these are considered among the most important for their broad range of effects. Almost any essential oil can be added to a blend in balanced quantities. In many cases, oils are added as much for their lovely aroma as their direct therapeutic benefits to skin tissue. Many aromatherapists, and natural health professionals for that matter, consider the overall mental and emotional condition to be of primary importance in creating an appearance of fitness and beauty. Many citrus and floral oils are used for this reason – Neroli, distilled from the flowers of the bitter orange tree, is an often used example. Others are Jasmine, Sandalwood (very popular in Men’s skin care), Geranium and Ylang Ylang.

Essential oils, be they for direct effects on skin metabolism, or for the overall state of wellness of the user, will be diluted in a carrier oil, sometimes known as a base oil. It is important to note that diluting the oils will often actually enhance their effects; essential oils are often too strong to be used directly, and many studies have shown increased efficacy in dilutions down to 1% or less of the total formula. The carrier oils serve several other functions as well; they “carry” the essential oils into the skin, increasing their total absorption. They also nourish the middle and lower layers of the skin with essential fatty acids or EFA’s – compounds now considered critical to the health of all living tissues. Further, some carrier oils have vitamin analogs which assist in skin regeneration and repair.

Some of the carrier oils often found in skin formulations include Hazelnut, Rosehip seed, and Evening Primrose. Hazelnut is a very gentle oil with little aroma of it’s own, and being suitable for virtually all skin types, it use used in a vast number of blends as the primary carrier. To this, Rosehip seed oil is added for it’s concentration of triple-unsaturated fatty acids, and it’s natural trans-retinoic acid; a vitamin-A compound similar in effects to Retin-A without drying side effects. Evening Primrose is often also included in lower concentrations for it’s high levels of GLA or gamma-linolenic acid, and is considered important in cases of eczema and skin showing signs of premature aging.

Making your own blends with these ingredients is truly a fun and rewarding experience – you only need a bottle to mix them in, and some means of counting out drops of essential oil. An eye dropper works wonderfully, and graduated plastic pipettes are readily available. A basic blend to begin with, which is designed for overall health of the skin, is made thusly: to one ounce of Hazelnut Oil, add fifteen drops Thyme Linalool, fifteen drops Rosemary Verbenone, fifteen drops Neroli (or a high-quality Petitgrain if you prefer – it is much less expensive with many of the same properties), and fifteen drops Spike Lavender (a Lavender with strong antiseptic qualities – a little more ‘medicinal’ than the sweeter True lavender). This blend was originally formulated to clear up oily skin, but is now used to support normal skin in daily application.

If your skin has been chemically damaged, is overly-sensitive, or otherwise ‘weakened’ with broken capillaries, try this mixture, applying frequently: For each ounce of base oil, use three parts Hazelnut, one part Rosehip Seed, and one part Evening Primrose. Add the following essential oils: fifteen drops Moroccan Chamomile, fifteen drops Helichrysum, fifteen drops true Lavender, and fifteen drops Roman Chamomile. The Helichrysum, Lavender and Rosehip seed will enhance the skin’s own natural metabolism, and the addition of the Chamomiles will greatly reduce inflammation that is found with almost all damage and/or aging.

If your skin is prone to acne, or has over-active sebaceous glands, the following blend can be of great assistance. It contains regenerative, antiseptic, and cleansing oils. Simply use Hazelnut as the base, and to each ounce include fifteen drops of Green Myrtle or Inula graveolens, fifteen drops Eucalyptus dives (because of the ketones in this oil, it should not be used if pregnant – or under 10 years of age – but is otherwise considered safe), fifteen drops Spike Lavender, and fifteen drops Rosemary verbenone.

If your skin doesn’t have particular damage to it, but appears lifeless due to exhaustion and/or exposure to significant amounts of pollution or environmental toxins, this is the blend for you. Use one part Rosehip Seed and 4 parts Hazelnut as the base. To each ounce, include fifteen drops Carrot Seed (also known as Wild Carrot or Queen Anne’s Lace – a well known skin restorative), fifteen drops Lemon verbena (which enhances the removal of toxins from skin tissues), fifteen drops Niaouli (an all-around brilliant antiseptic oil with firming effects), and fifteen drops Rosemary verbenone (again, for it’s regenerative and stimulating effects). If you are wishing to strengthen, tighten, and firm your skin, try this dilute mixture (the concentration of essential oils is relatively low here for use near the eyes) five ounces of Hazelnut oil and one ounce of Rosehip seed oil, fifteen drops of Green Myrtle, fifteen drops of Rock Rose (a plant grown in very sun-drenched areas, excellent for gently tightening the skin). If you like, add fifteen drops of Rosemary verbenone for it’s regenerative properties, but omit if this causes sensitivity used near the eyes.

These are only a few aromatherapy skin care recipes for a woman’s natural beauty medicine chest. There are many texts available to help you create more complex blends, or one’s with your favorite aromatics. Blending your own facial and skin formulas is easy, rewarding, and in the long run, cost-effective. Using natural botanicals in a consistent, mindful manner can lead to long-lasting, noticeable natural health of your skin. Just remember with aromatherapy, essential oil concentrations should be kept low for best results – pay attention to how your own body reacts and you’re sure to find the ingredients and measures most effective for you!

About the Author: Misty Cech, ND has a professional practice in Boulder, Co. She consults for the Ananda Apothecary, a source for aromatherapy essential oils and flower essences.

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Self-Love is Unconditional Love

By: Kerri Kannan

We are raised with notions that “love” has something to do with how we express ourselves toward others. We think that when we love someone, we will compromise and make them feel better and will sacrifice ourselves and do anything for the object of our adoration. While this is true to a point, it is backwards. You can not love another until you fully embrace yourself.

The notion that you must cater to the needs of others in the name of love creates internal conflict and it is really the furthest thing from love. We are taught that we must strive to be good but that implies that we are inherently bad or that there is something we must achieve or do in order to be good and loved. We set ourselves up for lives of unhappiness and Self-sacrifice feeling that love comes from an external source and to attain it, we must cater to the perceived needs of others.

When we can embrace the totality of who we are, and embrace all of our moods and all of what we are, whether we like the characteristics or not, we then allow ourselves to be Self-loving. You can’t help whether you feel anger or love in any moment, and you can’t control other people and their perceptions. All you can do is surrender control and accept yourself and what you feel in any given moment, whether that feeling is of wanting to kiss someone or whether you want to kick them. You don’t have to act on it, you merely need to accept that you feel it and once you accept it, then you can change it if you desire. You can’t change something you are unwilling to see.

When you can accept your feelings in any given moment, you will eventually find that you are happy to be you and can remain steadfastly true to yourself by honoring your feelings. When you can be true to yourself and other people’s opinions hold no power over you, then you can truly love without condition. You find that your approval and acceptance is the only validation you need and little by little, your attachments to how other people respond to you melt away. You find that it makes no difference whether your love is reciprocated; you love because you feel love for yourself and nobody can take that away from you. You find that it feels wonderful to share yourself and your love with whoever will receive it, in whatever form it shows up; whether it is helping a stranger with groceries or being present with your kids or giving yourself over to your lover fully and completely.

Self-love allows you to be more authentic in your expressions because with it comes the innate understanding that any act of love toward the self is an act of love toward another, regardless of appearances. You no longer judge certain acts as good or bad, instead, you experience every aspect as an expression of life as it is expressed through you and you judge none of it. With self-love comes honesty, courage and trust that you will always do the right thing at the right time because you are in touch with your true nature and allow yourself to be authentically you.

When you release the need for external approval, you find your own validation and approval is the only one you need. You find that your love is expressed in everything you do and you free yourself to be completely and steadfastly true to yourself. You also find that in loving yourself, you can’t help but love every aspect of your life because you see and express your own Love of Self in everything you do.

Kerri Kannan is a Self-Love mentor, internet radio personality, inspirational speaker and author of Uncovering the Divine Within - a Journey of Self-Love. To register for one of her many Free transformational programs, schedule a consultation, purchase a book, enroll in a class or to inquire about having her speak at your next function, please visit her website at, www.kerrikannan.com.

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The Ouija Board - A Metaphysical View

By: H.P. Thomas Moore

Simply saying the name ‘Ouija Board’ brings up a variety of mixed emotions in people. Many have had experiences with this talking board in their juvenile years, and many more refuse to even acknowledge the experiences that they had. In the metaphysical world, a world filled with future psychics and spirit mediums where does the Ouija Board stand?

The Ouija Board, as I have come to understand it is a tool much like any other. The Tarot Cards, Pendulum and Crystal Ball all have their purpose in the metaphysical world, so too does the Ouija Board. Before looking into the metaphysical of this fascinating board, we need to understand where it came from.
In the 1800’s the world saw a rise in the Metaphysical and Spiritual realm. People would gather for Séances and Table Tipping in order to once again contact those that had passed from this life. During the 19th century psychics and mediums alike began to invent different ways to communicate with the dead. Some of these were rather long and tedious like table tipping, while others bean to shape the instrument we know as the talking board. One of the first was an intricate pulley system that held a pendulum. The pendulum would hang over a paper with the letters of the alphabet on it and move in accordance to questions asked by the medium. The pendulum would then point to the letters and spell out its answer. Before long this instrument began to take further shape, and a moving planchette was created in order to hover over the letters of the board.
This form of communication with the dead was one of the clearest yet, and the form of the Ouija Board took shape. In 1892 a man named William Fuld took over a toy and novelty company. Seeing the popularity of the board the mediums were using he decided to create and patent it as a toy, a product that everyone could have access to. Fuld named it the Ouija Board and sold millions of the toys dominating the competition. After Fuld’s death in 1927 the family sold the patent to Parker Brothers, who still hold it and produce this talking board today.

From device to toy the Ouija Board has been around us for years. With its background and superstition it is no wonder why those in the metaphysical world feel strongly about it. The original purpose of the board was to communicate with the dead, and it seems that it has fulfilled its purpose of that even after being packaged as a novelty toy. In fact many people have their first psychic experiences linked to the use of the Ouija Board, though not all of them are pleasant. The metaphysical world sees this talking board as a gateway to communicate with the other side, just like any other tool or ability used within the psychic realm. As they say “With great power, comes great responsibility” and the Ouija Board is not left out of the equation.
One of the things that many psychics speak of when it comes to receiving future oriented information or communicating with the dead is the idea of psychic protections. So what is a psychic protection going to do for you and why is it needed to use the Ouija Board? Before we can understand the use of protections, we need to understand energy. Energy is around us all of the time and is neither positive nor negative. The actions that a person takes with the energy give it a positive or negative charge, forcing the energy to act in a specific way. That being said, it is important to understand that there are spirits that are both positive and negative. The idea of psychic protection is to create a sacred space. This space allows all energy and spirits that are positive to enter and pushes away the spirits and energy that are negative. From a spiritual standpoint this is one of the major faults of the Ouija Board. The board does not come with a protection to use; in fact it doesn’t even mention it. Without the psychic protection, the users are allowing any entity to communicate with them whether it is positive or negative.
If you talk to some of your friends and ask them if they have used a Ouija Board, most of them will tell you the strange and sometimes frightening experiences that they had. It is due to the fact that no protections are used that the negative energies are allowed in. These types of energies ‘feed’ on the emotion of fear and so cause fear in us in order to survive. On the spirit realm a medium or even a person using the Ouija Board look like a bright shining light. The positive spirits see this as a doorway to communicate and possibly re-connect with loved ones and pass along messages, the negative spirits see this as well. Any entity that is positive does not seek out to hurt, harm or scare anyone, they simply seek to communicate and pass along messages to their loved ones. However the problem arises when the negative entities get there first. When you use the Ouija Board, the planchette moves around and spells out the answers to your questions. Often times when a negative energy is attached it will start off by being kind, maybe even telling you the truth. Then it begins to scare you in order to gain energy from your fear based reactions. The psychic protection prevents this from happening, think of it like a bouncer at the door to a club, if your not on the guest list your not getting in…period!
These protections are done in many different ways, from white light to calling forth the Archangels every religion or spiritual path has a protective method with it. Some of the newer talking boards out there do come with a protection. The Psychic Circle for example is a board that in it’s instructions tell you to say a prayer of protection before playing. The metaphysical view on the Ouija Board and talking boards in general is a mixed one. Many feel that the board can be an important tool in connecting with the other side; however it should be done in a way that is spiritually safe for the players.

Next time your at a party or a friends house and they want to play with the Ouija Board or talking board, remember to protect your area. Allow only positive spirits to enter and give their messages and you will surely have a good experience with this psychic tool.

H.P. Thomas Moore is High Priest of The Coven of L.I.G.H.T in South West Florida, as well as a professional Psychic. He teaches a variety of classes in the metaphysical field as well as Wicca and can be contacted through his site at inperfectloveinperfecttrust.webs.com

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Healing Reasons For Incarnating On Earth

By: kuanyinspirit

What happens when we die? I’ve always believed this to be an important question as, in so many ways, what we believe happens after death also defines how we live our lives. If one, for example, believes this life is his or her singular opportunity in a physical body, one may have a far more driven and perhaps even anxious approach than those believing in multiple lifetimes. Perhaps if theories espousing the immortality and divinity of Self were honored, history might have been vastly different.

Over and over, however, such theories have been challenged as improvable and/or ignored. Yet today, physics suggests the possibility of multiple universes. While not exactly a succession of lifetimes as one might imagine when pondering reincarnation theories, scientific theories on parallel universes may eventually support the idea that we each experience multiple lifetimes—that multiple aspects of each and every one of us are scattered throughout the universe. Other cosmology models also suggest a universe void of time—that aforementioned multiple selves may indeed exist simultaneously.

Indeed, in The Living Word of Kuan Yin, Kuan Yin explains in metaphysical terms what some physicists already suspect–that time does not exist. The hypothesis of multiple universes is now a universally accepted scientific probability. What does such a sweeping concept mean for our supposed in-time existence? How does one reconcile such a precept with traditional definitions of reincarnation–that one is reborn into a succession of lifetimes? Events in all fields of consciousness (including trance and dreams), according to Kuan Yin, are valid parallel realities—that soul is the eternal voyager in a timeless universe. Ego is unique in its in-time perceptions of reality—yet it is the conscious mind’s incredible perceptual abilities affording us the ability to traverse and also fashion reality.

Insisting that we are “jugglers of the dream (waking consciousness) and the world of dreams”, Kuan Yin states:

“You’re at page ten but I understand the entire evolution. In reality, it’s already over. It’s a dream. Remember? You’re living a dream. It’s very complicated to hold the dream and live the dream. You are learning the art of juggling the dream and the world of dreams. Nobody really gets hurt.”

Many traditional religions state that when passing over we will eventually be reborn into another physical body—another life. Stories are told of children remembering another time, another family. As a past-life regressionist, I’ve facilitated numerous sessions wherein a client will re-experience another existence. Sometimes they take place in the same country, such as the United States, but during a different period in history and/or a different state. Sometimes the lifetime experienced is from the future.

Concerning the reasons for reincarnating on earth, Buddhist Goddess of Compassion, Kuan Yin, (speaking through trance-channel Lena Lees in the book: The Living Word of Kuan Yin) explains that incarnating on earth is “the most important step in one’s spiritual evolution…Human existence and human tendencies are wrapped in karma.” According to this Eastern deity, even if one has a “huge bag of karma”, there is “plenty of free will for everyone”:

“The windsurfer is focused upon how to turn the sail. His question must always be, ‘what am I going to do with the wind that is blowing right now?’ There are the waves and there is the wind, seen and unseen forces,” asserts Kuan Yin. Everyone has these same elements in their lives, the seen and unseen: karma and free will. The question is, ‘how are you going to handle what you have?’ You are riding the karmic wave underneath and the wind can shift. Everyone must take what they see and deal with that which is unseen.”

According to Kuan Yin, there are other reasons for coming to earth:
“Some energies are not as potent. The only way to develop a potent energy is to spend an existence on the earth. There, one can develop a compassionate nature so that when passing onto other dimensions, one can be of help. When one leaves one’s earth body one will need to fully understand compassion to be helpful, effective. On earth, you are encapsulated in flesh. No soul is forced into an assignment upon the earth. Instead they go to their “rightful space”. When you leave here you have a lot more power. It won’t be ego-based power. Rather it will be beyond ego, beyond “good” and “evil”. In fact, “evil” is just a label as everything is intermixed. The pendulum just appears to swing back and forth.

“Humanity, then, is misunderstood. It’s a powerful place to be when it is fully experienced. However, it is often underestimated. Unless one fully experiences one’s humanity, one will have to experience earth again and again. One will have to repeat the lessons offered here upon the earth. It is possible that one need not have to reincarnate. However, many don’t live up to their full potential because they’re afraid of death. I want to emphasize here that only the body dies. People get too attached to their physicality. However, they have to. One’s consciousness of the physical must be fairly strong in order for the soul’s desire to continue. The more we feel our humanity, the more help we can give and the more joy we can create…The truth is one must be fully human for the divine part of self to be more in tune. Rejecting the human body assures one will have to come back, return to the lessons here on earth. It means ‘you didn’t get it’,” counsels Kuan Yin. “The indigenous tribes are the most powerful as many of them are so in harmony with nature as to be really, really divinely human. They’re so in touch with their humanity that they’re totally in tune with their Diva nature. They know that human/animal harmony is the crux of spirituality. Of course there is always the criticism: that “better than” mindset. Humans say they’re better than each other. And they say they’re better than nature. But they’re not. It’s ludicrous to compare the intelligence of other living creatures to human intelligence. Plants have enormous intelligences and spirituality. However, the “better than” mindset greatly contributes to the ongoing environmental destruction.”

A dream here! A defining life moment there! In our lives, we experience every day life experiences and dreams that are not tied together in a neat bow. The sequence we experience while here on earth is not spelled out for us. Nor is the enigma of birth and death understood by most. However, weaving a tapestry of ever increasing complexity, Kuan Yin explains how each of us has the power to reassemble the disparate jigsaw that is a “realistic life”.

While not as well known in the West, many in the East have sought and found Kuan Yin’s loving and comforting visage and words. Her many forms have been immortalized; elaborately sculpted and painted in temples and pagodas throughout the eastern hemisphere. It is said that this deity is capable of assuming thirty-three distinct forms and that seven of them are feminine. Infinite font of wisdom, Kuan Yin seeks to unsnarl the cosmic web of beliefs entangling humanity. Teachings from the earliest of Lena Lees’ channeling of Kuan Yin wisdom, flow into and merge with more advanced Kuan Yin theories. Integral to the puzzle of life, each piece fits perfectly. A profusion of shapes, Kuan Yin draws upon her vast repertoire of archetypes demonstrating the plasticity of the soul. Beautiful young maiden, mother or wizened crone! Death and rebirth! Undulating rock formations and fathomless galaxies! These are but samplings of her clever and boundless transformational powers. What Kuan Yin is attempting through her mind-expanding teachings and metamorphisms is to show how to put the pieces together into the meaningful mosaic that is our Authentic Self.

Almost always encountered near bamboo, water and beautiful rock formations, during the weekly hypnosis sessions, Kuan Yin effortlessly becomes her surroundings. During a memorable passage, she manifests as the center of an atomic bomb so to demonstrate her (and our) indestructibility. Witness to this integral process, how could Lena or I have guessed that those initial trance encounters would sow the seeds for such a life-altering event, Lena’s epiphany of the goddess, Kuan Yin?

“I’m seeing not pie-shaped but straight slivers coming from this central ball of light,” depicts Lena. “These straight slivers of light become a person who plays out adventures from his or her beliefs.”

“There are those who would rather God was thought of as a person, a man with a white beard,” elaborates Kuan Yin. “However, for purposes of this manuscript, I will continue with this ball of light analogy of the God force. Those who object to my use of the word “God” or “God force” will just have to deal with it for now,” explains Kuan Yin.

“Kuan Yin is showing me a person running with sandbags, explains Ms. Lees. She’s telling me that when the person finally lets go of the sandbags, he or she is faster, stronger. Oh. I get it! That’s what the earth existence is like. In many ways living on earth is an “artificial” burden. Once one is free of her body, she is not only lighter—she is also stronger, more powerful,”

According to Kuan Yin, Birth and Death Are Choices

Explaining how it is we who direct our reality, Kuan Yin explained the purpose behind the eternal cycle of birth, death and soul evolution in the following passage:

“A lot of spirit energies are “coming in” all the time,” states Kuan Yin. “Soul evolution is linear for some, non-linear for others. Some jump around experiencing a variety of lifetimes. It’s a way for the soul to develop compassion. While Americans have acquired many material things, they’ve lost something in the area of spirituality…I feel a sadness for your culture. Overly engrossed, invested in the birth, death cycle, people don’t understand that birth and death are choices.”

What else also influences a soul incarnating on earth? There are those who believe there are two main reasons: either one has karma or one wants to return to earth to develop compassion, helping those who are suffering or in need. In a related passage, Ms. Lees saw herself in another incarnation, she exclaimed:

“Wow. I’m seeing myself comment: ‘Look at how they, the earth energies, suffer; how they die. Emerging from even the most tragic death, their energy still keeps on going. What is it like to die? To feel pain?’ I guess I believed I wouldn’t be real unless I experienced being human. Furthermore, I couldn’t seem to stand my own curiosity.”

The Indestructibility of One’s Core Being

Addressing suffering and death, Kuan Yin insists we are indestructible, that our core being knows what is necessary for our evolution and that death is but a doorway to a new life: “I neither created it nor am I destroyed by it,” decrees Kuan Yin, while standing in the midst of disaster. “You forget that this life is just one picture out of the entire reel of the movie. You’re frightened of the pain because you don’t know when it will end. But it wouldn’t be so painful if you didn’t fear it.”

Expounding on the subject of one’s core essence, Lena said: “Kuan Yin is showing me a woman crying in her hut. I see layers and layers of, not mist, but more like different shades of thick and gooey gray lacquer. I see layers of murky stripes, smoky and jellylike. They have been clinging to this woman for hundreds of years. Underneath all of these layers is the woman’s pure soul essence, the part of her that knows the processes it will take for her to be released from her karma, that which knows everything. This is the element of self that agrees to suffering and which knows the woman cannot be destroyed. And though this woman’s reality may “look” unjust some “unjust bomb” cannot blow her up. It cannot destroy her essence, her core being.”

Hearing Kuan Yin’s explanation of one’s “core being”, I suddenly understood a dream I had experienced years earlier. In the dream, an individual I’d known quite well while growing up was behaving in a threatening way. Considered a bully throughout most of his life, his words and demeanor betrayed inner turmoil and a sense of inadequacy. Finally confronting him in the dream, I asked, “Why must you behave like this?” Quite unexpectedly, this simple question triggered a complex and mysterious series of events. Feeling myself “traveling” through his forehead, clouds and mist surrounding his core being, I continued to penetrate thick layers of confusion and anger. Seeing a beautiful and bright light ahead, I intuited that this light represented his true self. I came to realize that this supposed “lost soul” was not only not lost, but divine. Antithetical to the “naughty children of God”, “original sin” and “fallen from grace” beliefs, my dream illustrated how at the center of each individual’s karmic layers is true divinity and oneness. From this dream, I gleaned it isn’t helpful to have pity upon others. Rather, seeing and acknowledging another’s divinity from one’s place of power, having true compassion helps others realize their own truth. In retrospect, I cannot help but wonder if this had been a dream sent by KuanYin.

Transfiguring herself again, placing herself at the center of an ominous mushroom cloud, Kuan Yin demonstrates her and, indeed, our immortality, how she is not afraid to merge with the most fearsome creations. Disputing those espousing doomsday and apocalyptic theories, she pronounces: “Your precious earth cannot be destroyed!”

Besides beliefs in unworthiness and death, Kuan Yin’s lists other examples of prevalent limiting mindsets influencing our contemporary world: “Wars and every other dilemma focusing on hate, fear and murder is based upon competition, the belief in not enough and the illusion of survival.” Utilizing extravagantly fanciful environments, unnatural distortions or fantastic combinations of elements: her upaya-kaushalya demonstrates that there are only moments upon moments to be lived. This truth is further illustrated by her appearance as known archetypes: the playful and joyous young woman, the nurturing mother and the wizened crone. In this way she shows how (as our Authentic Selves) we are genderless and ageless:

“It is important to accept that the human condition is temporary, fleeting. It’s filled with pain and suffering, beauty, strange tastes, odors of death, everything that exists in the universe. Problems are created when one is so obsessed with his/her own death, when one is too attached to their life. This attachment to a single incarnation causes the species to play out gruesome deaths. If you knew you were more than just this life, you would not plunder the land, each other…Death is like giving birth. Birth can be painful. Sometimes women die from giving birth. However, once the baby is born, all the pain vanishes in an instant. Love for that tiny newborn makes one forget the pain, the fear. And as I’ve said, during other exchanges: love between mother and child is the highest experience, the closest to divine love. You might wonder about the parallel I’m making between birth and death. But I say to you, the fear and pain accompanying an awful death is over quickly. Beyond that portal one is suddenly in the light, in oneness and bliss. Some women are powerful teachers. However, even women can be afraid of death, forget how the pain vanishes. Just as a woman heals rapidly after childbirth and then is able to fall in love with her baby, those who pass over also are able to fall in love with a new life.”

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Sensing Energy of Place

By: Carolyn Donnelly

Ancient cultures believed that our home was a spiritual place and developed rituals for attracting positive deities, dispelling evil spirits and maintaining the harmony of the home. The trend towards rekindling ancient traditions and beliefs has increased awareness in our modern society as to the importance of sacred space and the importance of the spiritual atmosphere of our homes and places where we spend a lot of time.

In our busy, technologically modern world it is easy to forget that we are animals and spiritual beings who are influenced by the energy around us. Our ability to perceive the mood of the atmosphere around us occurs at a subconscious level and is probably connected to our innate survival instincts that protect our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.

Most people can remember a time when they have entered a building or an area and sensed an uncomfortable or unwelcome feeling. We may say that the place gives us ‘the creeps’. This is because we have picked up the energy left behind and lingering in the atmosphere, dust, walls and other aspects of that building or place. There may have been much unhappiness, illness or even violence occur in the history of that place or it could be that an argument or violent incident has only recently taken place. Can you remember entering a room after two people have been arguing or after some other negative social situation? The term ‘you could cut the atmosphere with a knife’ refers to an atmosphere heavy with negative and hostile energy. In this situation the energy has been left behind by the people - their words, actions, thoughts and intent.

In other situations, we may enter an area that has a vibrant and happy atmosphere which lifts our spirits. Many people who have been house hunting for a home to buy or rent will relate to sensing a different energy at each house they visited. Besides the physical features of the house, the energy present will often be a big determinant on whether we decide a particular house could become our home or not. Some houses have that special homely feeling. Others may fit our physical requirements but we feel there is something just not right.

The energy of a place builds up over time and contains the history of events and feelings that have gone before. This could occur over months, years or thousands of years. The Aboriginal people of Australia attach legends and beliefs to certain physical places. Some places are ‘no go’ areas as certain spirits reside there that are dangerous and terrible things can occur to people who venture into that place. Other places are only for men or only for women and the opposite gender must not go there. Some places are visited by both genders and are special meeting places. It is possible to feel this energy as you travel to certain places in Australia. In many places the feeling is very powerful.

One such place is a site called ‘the Cathedral’ at one of Australia’s National Parks, Carnarvon Gorge. My friends and I climbed a ladder up to a rock ledge and then walked through a small and narrow rock canyon. On emerging from the other side of the passageway we came across a large opening protected by huge rock faces all around which formed a circular cathedral-like area. On entering the Cathedral I felt an intense sense of reverence like I was entering a sacred zone where it would be rude to even utter a sound. There was a peacefulness in the atmosphere that made me want to sit down and absorb the silence. I noticed that my two friends, who had been engrossed in conversation, stopped talking just after entering the Cathedral and they were also walking carefully and looking around as if in awe. The feeling was intense. I was told later by the Park Ranger that there is no available information about the significance that particular place had to the Aboriginal people. The information may not have been available in a written or verbal form but it certainly was there, in the atmosphere, the soil, the walls. The energy indicated great significance, and was probably like many such sites in Australia, due to thousands or tens of thousands of years of special meetings in this particular place.

Some may relate to sensing this feeling of reverence in churches or other buildings of sacred ceremony. A similar situation occurs on a much smaller scale when we put aside a place in our home for meditation, ritual, relaxation or other peaceful activity. We can create areas of good feeling, harmony and peace in our home by continually using a particular room or area in the same way. Relaxation and peace then comes more readily to us when we are in an area that has been set aside for such activities as meditation, reading a novel or sleeping. Many people go so far as having specific rules about what activities take place in different rooms of their house such as ‘no work related reading in the bedroom’. This is because a different level of concentration and a different energy is required for technical or work related reading and this is not necessarily conducive to the tranquil energy that most of us desire for the room in which we sleep.

There are many other ways we can influence the energy in our own home including light, sound, colour, scent, plants, flowers and crystals to name just a few. These will be discussed in a separate article. Though, a very powerful way we can keep the atmosphere in each room of our home is by continually practicing the behaviour or activity that will be conducive to the purpose of the room and adding the emotion that we want to linger. Of course, there are some general feelings and energy we may want to persist in every room and area of our living space. A house filled with laughter, fun, love and happiness will radiate that back to the occupants and to everyone who visits.

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How To Put Relaxation Meditation Techniques To Work

By: Michael Ross

I bet you can think of someone who you sometimes wonder if they have conquered relaxation meditation techniques. They seem so calm under pressure, so able to control their moods and they have such great coping skills. These are the byproducts of an effective and working relaxation meditation technique.

“Relax”. That is some word isn’t it? Have you had times when you “just needed to relax”, but you could not? It’s pretty common. But some people know that there are ways to use relaxation meditation techniques to help them put their minds, bodies and spirits at rest and to reach that state of relaxation where they can sleep, be who they really are with friends and family or get back to work in a relaxed and settled way. So it will pay us big time if we can get a head start on learning how to put relaxation meditation techniques to work so we have control over this important area of life as well.

Press Your Own Buttons

We all have things that relax us and things that don’t. That is why meditation “gurus” work with you to select just the right focus points for you so you have objects to meditate upon that already have that power to relax you. If anything, the daily or routine exercise of your relaxation meditation technique is a training ground for you to test out different focus points to see what brings about relaxation and what does not.

Any time you settle down for a time in meditation, you set out some goals for what you want to achieve. Part of the change of approach of designing a relaxation meditation technique is to make moving toward a higher level of relaxation a goal of the exercise. By learning to “push your own buttons” so you know precisely not only the focus points that move you most quickly toward relaxation but how to use them, you are developing your skills in relaxation meditation technique to use at other times.

Perfect Your Relaxation Meditation Technique

There is more to being able to executive a well trained relaxation meditation technique than just using it during those times of isolation when things are calm and your environment is perfectly tuned to what you are doing. After all, the fine tuned ability to introduce relaxation to your mind on command is a powerful weapon in everyday life. So one of the goals of exercising and perfecting your relaxation meditation technique is to learn the key points of relaxation and how to trigger them so they become virtually “second nature” to you.

This will take time but its time worth investing in your relaxation meditation technique. As you develop your program, you will be able to reach a state of calm and relaxation more quickly which will tell you that you are becoming an expert at your relaxation meditation technique. That expertise will serve you well when you take what you have learned and apply it in the world outside of your meditation retreat.

Take it Into Battle

Now you are ready to become like those people we talked about earlier. Except you may not be someone who was just born “cool under pressure.” What you have done is you have used your relaxation meditation techniques to train your mind in how to go to that relaxed place even when things around you are not calm and quiet and serene.

You may find yourself applying your relaxation meditation techniques at first in calm situations where small things go wrong. A plate breaks or you get hassled in traffic. Instead of tensing up, getting angry or loosing it, your relaxation meditation technique begins to take over. Soon you are going down those well traveled roads in your mind that you learned so well when practicing your meditative methods but you are getting the results of increased relaxation but in a real world situation.

You are getting the benefits that athletes sometimes enjoy. The benefits of your discipline are paying off in every day life. Then as you sense your relaxation meditation techniques finding ways to keep you relaxed under mild pressure, you can learn how to trigger those reactions when greater and greater stress comes upon you. To the world, you are a whole new person.

But you know that you are the same person but one who has learned the disciplines to stay relaxed, even, as they say, when everybody else around you are going crazy. Then people will look at you and say, “He seems so calm under pressure. She is so able to control her moods. They have such great coping skills.” And at that moment, your relaxation meditation techniques have paid off to the ultimate and all your hard work will have been worth all the time you invested.

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