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  • The Focusing Illusion - A win on the lottery is not the key to enduring happiness, according to researchers in the UK and US who study what makes people happy. Apparently, after the initial euphoria wears off, people return to the same level of happiness they had before the lottery win. There's much speculation among the researchers as to why. Have you ever heard the term "focusing illusion"?
  • How To Feel Like A Billionaire – Without A Dime In Your Pocket! - If in certain circumstances a man can involuntarily FREEZE HIMSELF TO DEATH AT NORMAL ROOM TEMPERATURE, you can voluntarily FEEL LIKE A BILLIONAIRE – EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DIME IN YOUR POCKET! To illustrate this point, here's an article reported in the French newspaper Le Matin: «A man was locked in by error in a cold storage room. Believing himself to be a prisoner of the cold, this man instantly felt its deadly effects – he froze up and became paralyzed. During his agony, he managed to find enough strength to write his impressions on the wall with a piece of chalk. When his body was discovered the next morning, it showed all the signs of a man frozen to death.
  • Interior Design Tips: Create a Focal Point - Decorating a small room can be a challenge. Small rooms do not need to feel cramped and unusable. To solve this problem, create a focal point that will create the illusion of more space. A feature or area within the room that draws the eye is what is referred to as the focal point. Color and furniture can create this focal point. A minimalist design technique, using multi-functional pieces of furniture, is essential in creating the illusion of more space.
  • Unravelling The Mystery Of Life - "Accident is the name of the greatest of all inventors.” Mark Twain I thought I understood. But then the veil of what I thought I understood was lifted and I came to know the profound truth.
  • "Knowing" Prosperity - One of the more challenging aspects of learning how to attract prosperity is the ability to "know" you're prosperous - even when you don't yet feel like you are! When your outer circumstances keep reflecting the illusion of lack, it's easy to get frustrated because you think your attraction attempts aren't working. However, that very frustration is what will keep you locked into the cycle of lack!
  • Women...Use Those Strengths - What are your strengths? Can you articulate them? Do you focus on them? I'm going to guess that you don't as much as you should—for two reasons. One is the psychological phenomenon of "positive" and "negative illusion". Research shows men have "positive illusion"—thinking they are smarter and more capable than they actually are. In contrast, women tend to have "negative illusion" which is the opposite. Therefore, we look at everything that we are doing wrong, as opposed to our strengths.
  • How To Make A Small Bedroom Larger - Are you trying to make a small bedroom appear larger than it really is? In this article we will look at this problem. Although it is not always easy to do, it can be done. The first thing you need to do is take a look at the lighting and color of the room.
  • Interior Design Ideas For A Small Apartment - You have a small apartment, but you want to redesign it so that it really makes for a comfortable home. However, the area is so small that you are in need of some interior design ideas that will give the illusion of the apartment being larger than it really is. About Interior Design Ideas The first thing you need to do before you start thinking of interior design ideas is to consult with your landlord or landlady as to what you can and cannot do. It all really has to do with the specific restrictions of the apartment building that you live in.
  • 14 Judy Garland Quotes To Celebrate The Birthday of Oz's Star - Ready for a few Judy Garland quotes to remember her by on the anniversary of her birth? They might not be what you're expecting. While many of us remember Judy as the happy-go-lucky Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, there was much more to her than just that. For instance, she was the mother of world-famous Liza Minelli! Not many people know that one. She was also very under-appreciated and conflicted during her lifetime. If you want to get to know the real Judy, these fourteen quotes are a good place to start. 1.

  • Peanuts Aren’t Really Peanuts – "A" Doesn’t Equal "A" - I am holding a can of peanuts in my hand and reading the label. The front of the can says it contains Roasted Peanuts. I turn the can around and read the ingredients. The main ingredient is Peanuts. I believe we can assume that this is a can of peanuts. But wait a minute, there is another category that says Allergy Information: And guess what it says. Contains Peanuts. Is this ridiculous or what? I’m sure there are three reasons for the redundancy: 1. We are a nation that is hooked on excessive government regulations. 2. We are a sue-happy nation. 3. Lawyers create the laws and regulations. Who benefits from the above two reasons?—need I say more.
  • The Lofty Style Of Living - One of the major issues in interior decorating of single-living apartments is space or lack thereof. This problem can be solved by a few tricks of mere illusion. Forget over-stuffed sofa and chairs and try to go for furniture with simple and clean lines.
  • Eyeliner Application Tips - If you use eyeliner or eye pencil correctly you can completely change the look of your eyes and face. This is great for a night out or if you want to create the illusion of having a feature you do not. This article will give you some tips and advice on how to apply eyeliner to create the effect you are after. The purpose of eyeliner is to frame and define the contour of your eyes in order to draw attention to them.
  • Cell Phone Rebates Are Often An Illusion - So you are looking for a new cell phone. Everywhere you look you see advertisements for free cell phones. You have physical stores that have the free cell phones available for you to inspect and you also have the online stores that usually have a larger selection of free cell phones from which to choose. The catch is that the cell phones are really not free since you have to sign a two-year service contract but that is a different story. You usually have to actually pay for the phone up front and then mail-in a rebate form. So it really is the price of the phone that you pay up front – mail-in rebate = the free phone. But the rebate is not guaranteed.
  • 6 Tips For Cheap Discount Airfare Reservations - With the many websites out there touting that they have cheap discount airfare reservations it is hard to know what is real and what is only illusion. Some websites do indeed offer low priced tickets while others may seem to offer those low rates until you see the bottom line.
  • Using Mirrors To Create Space - Designing the lobbies of hotels in the nineteen eighties I learnt a lot of this than can be used to both pick up the style and feel of a space.
  • How to Emphasise a Small Chest - If you have a small chest but do not want to go down the route of cosmetic surgery, don’t worry there are things you can do. The aim of this article is to give you some advice and tips on how to make the most out of a small chest. The first place to start is with your bra, it is a good idea to get an under-wired bra with a moulded cup. This will add some extra lift to your chest as well as shape. The advantage of doing things this way is that you can improve the look of your chest without feeling guilty about false advertising. After all, the last thing you want to do is disappoint.
  • How to Maximize Your Personal Power - I have a story to tell you. Come closer and listen. Once upon a time, a Chinese student was sitting with his master under an old crooked tree in the forest. The student broke the silence and said to his master, "Master, this tree is very old and ugly. It is of no use.
  • Can You Get The Best Forex Trading Software? - Forex trading is one of the hottest trends in the business world because more and more people are realizing that they need some extra income to get the security they need, because the government is not willing to take care of us anymore. Job security is an illusion with the globalization of our economy. We need alternatives, and currency trading is one of the best places to go if we want to find the financial security that we are looking for. Currency trading is really a good alternative. First, we are going to explain what is a trading software. A trading software is a computer application created to coordinate all the currencies available in the world market.
  • A Focused Campaign To Create Word Of Mouth Advertising - One of the most frequent errors young business people make when launching into their chosen fields is making the assumption that word of mouth advertising is something that happens by chance. Be for certain, it is far from that. While providing great competitive prices, customer service, and high quality products will offer people something to talk about, it only takes one unhappy customer to negatively affect a many satisfied ones.
  • Once when I was big - Imagine when we were all still children. We were able to play with paper dolls or wooden cars, and create realities in which we were happy.
  • Free Powerful Or Deadly? What Can Word Of Mouth Mean To You? - A very common misconception among young businessmen who are jumping into their chosen fields is that word of mouth advertising is something that happens by chance. This is obviously not the case!
  • Create An Illusion With Glow In The Dark Contact Lens - Glow in the dark contact lens is also now available in the market. They are an innovation when it comes to special effect contact lens. The usual type of contact lens just either help enhance the eye’s natural color or bring it out with the use of other eye colors. Some can also create illusions with the use of extraordinary colors such as yellow and red. Some go as far as placing shapes on contact lenses to create the illusion of a magical pupil or something otherworldly. However, glow in the dark contact lens put all those innovation into a whole new level. The glow in the dark contact lens is generally used for theatrical purposes.
  • Deal with Organized Chaos - Chaos is part of the entrepreneurial life. There is no way of getting around it. Projects are being completed. People are trying to steal your time. And more ideas are flowing through your head than you can possibly put into effect. And to top it off, all of these events, and more, are happening DAILY! As an entrepreneur, you have to learn to deal with chaos. Chaos at the office, as well as chaos at home (sometimes one in the same). So how do successful entrepreneurs deal with chaos? They have an "organized chaos" mindset.
  • Nature Photography: Eliminating An Unattractive Background - Wildlife photography is a fascinating field that provides endless challenges and rewards, both for amateur and professional photographers. Choosing a good subject for a wildlife photo is never difficult. The variety of characters in the animal kingdom provides a never-ending source of material. Even better, some of the best subjects can be found in the cities, even in our own backyards.
  • A Concentrated Campaign To Generate Word Of Mouth Advertising - One of the most common mistakes young businessmen make when jumping into their chosen fields is making the assumption that word of mouth advertising is something that happens by chance. Rest assured, it is not. While providing great customer service, competitive prices, and excellent products will give people something to talk about, it only takes one dissatisfied customer to equal a hundred satisfied ones.
  • Real Power - So what is real power, what is the nature of power? How do we access power? When do we feel powerless? Is there a difference between real power and conventional power? Dwelling in these questions has in and of itself affected my life. When I ask these questions, I am filled with insights into my own internal and external motivations. It is my intention to share these insights here and to leave you knowing that you already have all that it takes to be authentically powerful! It seems part of our confusion about power is in the different meanings we have for power and how we view power. So, “What is power”? The conventional view is typically expressed as control, authority, status or strength.
  • Start An Internet Business. How To Make A Start In Business Without Making Excuses - Scared To Start An Internet Business For Yourself. Excuses Are for the Weak! If you have always applied excuses to avert taking action on something you wanted to do, you were likely labouring under an illusion. And do not worry, you are not alone. Starting a business of any kind requires strength, commitment and a little bit of self confidence. However, excuses can appear unbelievably strong and reasonable from time to time, to the point where you end up thinking it is the downright truth. Nevertheless, excuses can not merely cause you to neglect your future opportunities, they have, in reality the power to destroy any kind of Internet business idea if you let them.
  • The meaning of the Yoga, for a right beginning - The purpose of all the different aspects of the practice of the Yoga is that to reason the Itself individual (Jiva) with the Absolute or pure awareness (Brahman). The word Yoga literally means "union." This union frees the spirit from every sense of separation, from the illusion of the time, of the space and of the causality. Only our ignorance, our incapability to distinguish the reality from the irreality that it prevents us from realizing our true nature.
  • Realise the illusion of problems - This article is about something of such profound and beautiful simplicity. We attempt to trigger your own realization of your ability to relieve absolutely any problem you can imagine. We wish to unearth the seed within you that is forever invulnerable to the problems of the material world. The pointers that we will use as a vehicle involve the realization of the present moment, the illusion of past and future and the controllable reality of your thought processes. First, we would like to say relax. This is fun, freeing and peaceful. Give yourself the time and space to feel all that this teaching has to offer. Sit down in your favourite chair, perhaps with a mug of warm herbal tea.
  • The Biggest Challenge To Change - The Status Quo - Creating change, accepting change, making change work, being rewarded by change - all are resisted by that condition called the Status Quo. And most of the time we don't even realize it. A story to illustrate my point: I was out hiking in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve - one of my usual routes - and thinking about the subject of change.
  • Disappearing Tricks - How To Make A Wine Glass Vanish - This disappearing trick is one of the best impromptu vanishing acts that I've ever seen. It never fails to get a gasp of disbelief from the spectators, but it does take a lot of practice to get right. It's a relatively simple idea. You're at a dinner party, and because it's your night off, you've left all your props at home. But news that you can "do magic" has traveled further among your friends and acquaintances than you thought was possible. Before long, people have finished eating and they want to be entertained. So they start saying "go on, show us some of your magic". One voice becomes two and before long the whole company is expecting a performance. What can you do?
  • Build That Unique Bathroom Setting - People are more conscious when it comes to their bathrooms. Afterall, I, myself consider this room my safe haven. Aside from remodeling, homemakers or family members are now looking for a more sophisticated bathroom furniture available. They are starting to pay a lot of money for quality bathroom furniture that matches their décor themes and their lifestyle. When choosing a bathroom furniture, the first thing you need to do is consider the size and shape of your bathroom. The shape and dimensions of your bathroom will have a large influence on what type of furniture pieces your want to place. Keeping your bathroom warm all day is a major concern especially during cold months. Installing a bathroom heater will help you with this problem. Bathroom heaters are offered in different styles more than anybody can think of.
  • Wallpapering The Right Way - Part 1 - Everyone knows how to wallpaper, so it would seem. It is easy to do a bad job, but there’s more to getting the perfect finish than most people think. The first, and often the most difficult, wallpapering problem are choosing the paper. Nevertheless, before you do anything else, estimate the number of rolls you will need. If anything it is better to over estimate – retailers will usually accept back an unused roll providing it is in good condition. However, cost in relation to quantity is often the overriding factor when it comes to making a choice. Apart from cost, colour, texture and pattern are the main considerations. The wrong wallpaper can ruin a room;
  • We Are Customer Service Angels - Magic Becky and Mooie Infinity, Second Life identities, joined forces again to commemorate Becky Rhone-Nowlan's new Electronic book entitled: Secrets Of The Second Fortune. This book is about Customer Service in the Internet business world and explains that when we nurture our customers, we are perhaps doing the greatest service of all. MInfinity: You said recently that you were interested in the spiritual aspects of Customer Service and that would be your next project. MBecky: Not sure where I was going with that but am still up for going forward!! MInfinity: So for the sake of the interview we can say that you are planning to go in that direction. MBecky: It may even shake a cobweb or two loose!!
  • Beyond Positive Thinking - Positive thinking and affirmations are a great beginning to get you on a more positive path in life. A Course in Miracles is an especially great book for helping you to begin this new life. Many people find, however, that this course is simply not enough. After completing the course over the period of one year, they find that they want to start again and go through it another year or even more. The important thing to recognize is that positive thinking is only the beginning of a larger and more comprehensive spiritual path.
  • Introdcution About Chinese Bonsai - You probably wouldn't believe it but the art of planting and tending to bonsais has been around for over two thousand years. Then called 'pun-sai', the ancient Chinese made unique animal designs such as dragons and birds out of the small branches of the small trees.
  • Window Illusions – the “Magic” of Window Treatments - Do you live in the perfect house where windows are symmetrical, evenly spaced, logically located and aesthetically pleasing? Wait, don't answer that. I will - you don't - none of us really do. The majority of homes have windows that are not placed exactly where or how we might want them. And sometimes it takes a bit of imagination to make the look perfect. Color is your friend! Think of the walls in your home as your Artist's canvas.
  • Using Mirrors To Create The Illusion Of Space In Your Home - Want to make your living space even more appealing and appear larger in a really easy way? Add the magic of mirrors! Mirrors have been a strong design element ever since they were first invented. Consider the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, for example, or the huge mirrors hung in the palaces of Florentine princes. See them once and you’ll remember them always!
  • The Shadow Self - The Accuser - The shadow-self whom I refer to as the accuser works against you when you are trying to make headway in being more positive and drawing to you those things you want in life. The shadow-self is nothing more than your ego who has sat on the throne of self too long. The thing you need to know about the ego is that if it feels its losing control – it fights for it.
  • Practicing Yoga To Grow Tall - Does It Really Work? - So you think you're a little on the short side (sorry for the pun) and you're thinking of doing something about it, that is why you're surfing the internet to see if there's a natural solution to what you think is a big problem for you. Of course, you're like most people who want to add a couple or more inches to their height, you're thinking of getting into yoga to grow tall. You may have heard somewhere that yoga helps you grow taller and you're doing some research to make sure before you take the plunge and get started on the hard work of learning and regularly practicing yoga. What makes someone taller than someone else is mostly do with the length of someone's bones, not so much the arms. And when it comes to yoga and growing tall, doing yoga does not make bones grow.
  • William Axl Rose: The Rock Star From Indiana - William Axl Rose: The Rock Star From Indiana William Axl Rose is best known as being the frontman and vocalist of the “most dangerous band in the world,” Guns and Roses. Rose stayed on through the turbulent last years of the band, eventually acquiring the rights to the name and setting up a new lineup for Guns and Roses. Rose is known for his rants during concerts, and for the riots that he caused for deliberately cutting off shows and concerts ahead of time. He was also notorious for several arrests due to alleged possession of drugs and being intoxicated with alcohol. Rose is also currently controversial due to the decade-long delay in the release of his album Chinese Democracy.
  • Pain, Suffering And Hope - The Lone Individual's Dark Night Of The Soul - Can a new beginning come from the ashes of despair? Or does despair result in total defeat? Here is one individual's tale of "the dark night of the soul" and the morning after. The Dark Night of the Soul Oh God why must I suffer? I can't sleep because my mind repeats the same painful thoughts second after second, minute after minute. I feel like I'm a broken person—and I am afraid I'm unfixable.
  • Stress relief in seconds. - I moved this week and I was feeling very stressed about moving. This experience reminded me of how in the past I use to respond to stress. I was a ball of worry and anxiety and I remember feeling like a victim of my stress, as if I had no control over it. Now I have learned how to handle stress, one exercise that is so simple and effective I want to share with you. It is the little trick of taking deep slow breaths. I know many other people who struggle with stress and how uncomfortable it can be always worrying. Stress is more serious than people realize.
  • Interior Design – A Perspective On Glass, Mirrors And Reflection - Using glass and mirrors as focal points in a room is becoming increasingly popular in the world of interior design.
  • Creating a New Reality: Choosing Consciousness - The life of a holy person ' a mystic or saint ' is a lesson in ending the control of the parasitic mind and accessing the spirit within.
  • Two Possibilities: Happiness Or Suffering - In every moment, there are two possibilities. One possibility is to have all of our curiosity, attention, and passion focused on what is happening.
  • Your Story: The Focus of Your Attention - Once you understand how your mind works, you must question the truth of what it has been telling you. This allows you to shift from a closed state of mind to openness. First, we will describe how your mind creates your story, and then we will give you a simple method to shift your view of the story it has created.
  • Have You Ever Wondered Where The Mythology Of Dragons Came From? - Where did the ideas of dragons originate? What makes this image so powerful for us? You will find the answers to these questions here as you enjoy this true story. First of all, let’s address the consciousness that has prevailed since we awakened in the Void. At the moment, of awakening in the Void, we were imprinted on the deepest levels of our beings with perpetrator/victim consciousness. We are at present awakening from the research trials designed to balance and heal this disempowering consciousness and we have been successful.
  • The #1 Most Common Goof In Personal Development Is Trying To Get Rid Of Your Ego - Part 2 - A continuation of Part 1 of the goof in trying to get rid of our ego. What 'Getting Rid of the Ego' is Confused With Getting rid of our Ego is usually confused with bringing our Ego back into balance to be expressed as the Pure Ego. Our Pure Ego is the ego that lives as our childlike innocence and wonder of unconditionally discovering the world that we live in. Take for example, what happened when we learned how to walk.
  • How To Break Free Of The Addiction To Possessiveness And Control - When life presents many challenges the desire to control can seem natural. There is the illusion that if we control events, ourselves and others, we will be safe, successful and secure. Unfortunately, the opposite is true.

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