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the end

of a dream

is not the end

of hope.

A friend of mine forwarded this article.
I tried some and it really does work!
Please try it

1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear.

When you were 9, playing your armpit was a cool trick.
Now, as an adult, you can still appreciate a good
body-based feat, but you’re more discriminating. Take
that tickle in your throat; it’s not worth gagging
over. Here’s a better way to scratch your itch: “When
the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a
reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm,”
says Scott Schaffer, M.D., president of an ear, nose
and throat specialty center in Gibbsboro, New Jersey.
“This spasm relieves the tickle.”

2. Experience supersonic hearing!

If you’re stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail
party, lean in with your right ear. It’s better than
your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech,
according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen
School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you’re
trying to identify that song playing softly in the
elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The
left ear is better at picking up music tones.

3. Overcome your most primal urge!

Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? Fantasize about
Jessica Simpson. Thinking about sex preoccupies your
brain, so you won’t feel as much discomfort, says
Larry Lipshultz, M.D., chief of male reproductive
medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine. For best
results, try Simpson’s “These Boots Are Made for
Walking” video.

4. Feel no pain!

German researchers have discovered that coughing
during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle
stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study
on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden,
temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal
canal, inhibiting the pain-conducting structures of
the spinal cord.

5. Clear your stuffed nose!

Forget Sudafed. An easier, quicker, and cheaper way to
relieve sinus pressure is by alternately thrusting
your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then
pressing between your eyebrows with one finger. This
causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal
passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says
Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the
Michigan State University college of osteopathic
medicine. The motion loosens congestion; after 20
seconds, you’ll feel your sinuses start to drain.

6. Fight fire without water!

Worried those wings will repeat on you tonight? “Sleep
on your left side,” says Anthony A. Star-poli, M.D., a
New York City gastroenterologist and assistant
professor of medicine at New York Medical College.
Studies have shown that patients who sleep on their
left sides are less likely to suffer from acid reflux.
The esophagus and stomach connect at an angle. When
you sleep on your right, the stomach is higher than
the esophagus, allowing food and stomach acid to slide
up your throat. When you’re on your left, the stomach
is lower than the esophagus, so gravity’s in your
favor.

7. Cure your toothache without opening your mouth!

Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped
webbed area between your thumb and index finger. A
Canadian study found that this technique reduces
toothache pain by as much as 50 percent compared with
using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V
stimulate an area of the brain that blocks pain
signals from the face and hands.

8. Make burns disappear!

When you accidentally singe your finger on the stove,
clean the skin and apply light pressure with the
finger pads of your unmarred hand. Ice will relieve
your pain more quickly, Dr. DeStefano says, but since
the natural method brings the burned skin back to a
normal temperature, the skin is less likely to
blister.

9. Stop the world from spinning!

One too many drinks left you dizzy? Put your hand on
something stable. The part of your ear responsible for
balance—the cupula—floats in a fluid of the same
density as blood. “As alcohol dilutes blood in the
cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises,” says
Dr. Schaffer. This confuses your brain. The tactile
input from a stable object gives the brain a second
opinion, and you feel more in balance. Because the
nerves in the hand are so sensitive, this works better
than the conventional foot-on-the-floor wisdom.

10. Unstitch your side!

If you’re like most people, when you run, you exhale
as your right foot hits the ground. This puts downward
pressure on your liver (which lives on your right
side), which then tugs at the diaphragm and creates a
side stitch, according to The Doctors Book of Home
Remedies for Men. The fix: Exhale as your left foot
strikes the ground.

11. Stanch blood with a single finger!

Pinching your nose and leaning back is a great way to
stop a nosebleed—if you don’t mind choking on your own
O positive. A more civil approach: Put some cotton on
your upper gums—just behind that small dent below your
nose—and press against it, hard. “Most bleeds come
from the front of the septum, the cartilage wall that
divides the nose,” says Peter Desmarais, M.D., an ear,
nose, and throat specialist at Entabeni Hospital, in
Durban, South Africa. “Pressing here helps stop them.”

12. Make your heart stand still!

Trying to quell first-date jitters? Blow on your
thumb. The vagus nerve, which governs heart rate, can
be controlled through breathing, says Ben Abo, an
emergency medical-services specialist at the
University of Pittsburgh. It’ll get your heart rate
back to normal.

13. Thaw your brain!

Too much Chipwich too fast will freeze the brains of
lesser men. As for you, press your tongue flat against
the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can.
“Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get
extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is
freezing, too,” says Abo. “In compensating, it
overheats, causing an ice-cream headache.” The more
pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the
faster your headache will subside.

14. Prevent near-sightedness!

Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics,
says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma,
Washington. “It’s usually caused by near-point
stress.” In other words, staring at your computer
screen for too long. So flex your way to 20/20 vision.
Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense
your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few
seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same
time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the
biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles—like
the eyes—into relaxing as well.

15. Wake the dead!

If your hand falls asleep while you’re driving or
sitting in an odd position, rock your head from side
to side. It’ll painlessly banish your pins and needles
in less than a minute, says Dr. DeStefano. A tingly
hand or arm is often the result of compression in the
bundle of nerves in your neck; loosening your neck
muscles releases the pressure. Compressed nerves lower
in the body govern the feet, so don’t let your
sleeping dogs lie. Stand up and walk around.

16. Impress your friends!

Next time you’re at a party, try this trick: Have a
person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm
down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then
place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He’ll
resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that’s
a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This
time his arm will cave like the French. By misaligning
his hips, you’ve offset his spine, says Rachel
Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., co-owner of Results Fitness, in
Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the
spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body’s
ability to resist.

17. Breathe underwater!

If you’re dying to retrieve that quarter from the
bottom of the pool, take several short breaths
first—essentially, hyperventilate. When you’re
underwater, it’s not a lack of oxygen that makes you
desperate for a breath; it’s the buildup of carbon
dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals
your brain that somethin’ ain’t right. “When you
hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood
acidity,” says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an
associate professor of biology at Auburn University.
“This tricks your brain into thinking it has more
oxygen.” It’ll buy you up to 10 seconds.

18. Read minds!

Your own! “If you’re giving a speech the next day,
review it before falling asleep,” says Candi
Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at
the University of Idaho. Since most memory
consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read
right before bed is more likely to be encoded as
long-term memory.

Taken from…Soothe a burn, cure a toothache, clear a stuffed
nose…by Kate Dailey, Men’s Health.

December 05

Well, I ask you, is there? the answer of course is two fold. For if you ask if there is a place called Hell the answer is no. If you ask if you can create Hell, the answer is yes - you can. Hell, as many of you think of it, has been created by man as a form of control through fear. Many have been taught that if you do certain things you will go to Hell. Also if you don’t follow what you are told, you will go to Hell. Some religions have taught a form of this concept. So, what is Hell?
Well your perception of Hell is usually one of fire, condemnation, and suffering. As I have said, there is no such place. You create your own Hell. Some of you, during your life time will feel you are in, what you think as Hell. In some instances, this will be due to previous actions or decisions. This is able to be worked through. It is usually on the emotional body that you perceive this.
On another level, when you cross over to these realms some of you think there is a Hell. I can till you there is not. Hell is an illusion which has been created by man , for his own power and control.
You will be judged - by your self once you cross over. Yes you. You will be shown your previous life, with the happiness and sadness and your own choices and actions. You will judge yourself. We do not judge you. God does not judge you. And no soul is destroyed!
In an instance where you have hurt another soul through your action and choice, you will be able to feel that hurt, and also if that hurt radiated out to effect other souls, perhaps family and friends, you will feel it all as though you had experienced it yourself. This is what allows you to judge your life, your own actions, your own decisions.
In some cases where a lot of pain and suffering has been inflicted on another soul, then it is necessary to right the wrong. This is what you call karma. Much karma is being cleared on Earth now.
So you see, sometimes, as you feel the pain of another, knowing you have created it, can be similar to what you perceive Hell to be. And remember on this side, feelings are intensified. The soul remembers all, the positive and the negative experiences.
You may now see why we constantly remind to watch your very thoughts, for thoughts create action.

Master Kuthumi

Many of us search for what we call happiness or peace profound but what is
it really? It is not dependent on someone else or the things around us. It
simply is…Found within us, as in, being in a state of love and wisdom.
Gathered through years of meditation & contemplation but the good news is-it is
posssible!

Many of us search for love from others but fail to find love (God) within
ourselves. In meditation,it may start as a tiny spark of light and one day
bloom into a vast configuration of a thousand suns. Yes,a beautiful
scenario. As beautiful as the God that dwells within us!

The point is to ask God to fill your cup (body, mind, spirit) with His
love, light(wisdom) and life (as in taking over your life) being mindful of
emptying and surrendering to Him first whatever garbage (problems,
negatives…we definetely do not need in our life) we may have and
accumulated along the way.This is needed in molding our life into the happy
and abundant life God intended for each of us. The choice is ours-as in free
will.

What about problems? The point is to categorize it. There are immediate
problems we have to face today. There are problems that can wait.There are
problems that only time can solve.

The virtue of silence is praticed when we cannot say anything good about a
person or situation having in mind that the truth will always surface.
Or simply, it would take more time and effort on our part for
such a person to evolve to have the proper understanding of what is
happening.It is best to pray for such person and not battling on
terms that are confrontational. It will only make the scenario worst. Deal
with them in terms by just understanding them and by not passing any
judgement.

Life in terms of spirituality is always a humbling experience. Later,we
realize that the battle is within. To come out victorious would mean giving
in to our better self in terms of what is Godly and righteous, thinking how
God would act at any given situation. Always in terms of the highest love and
the good for the whole. This simple practice of conscious awareness by
having God at our side solves a lot of problems we meet in our daily living.

When we have surredered all are garbage, we can ask God to fill us with the
new vital energy we need to live the kind of life pleasing to His eyes. As we
form this new covenant with God, we reap the fruits of abundant living
finding happiness and peace profound.