Do You Suffer From Insomnia? - Learn to Get a Good Night's Sleep Naturally

Most of us have suffered from insomnia at one time or another. For most of us it's only temporary and we can catch up on our rest quickly. For some though (myself included) sleepless night can happen more frequently...too frequently! Insomnia can have many causes such as:

Psycological Causes


Anxiety
Stress
Depression

Physical Causes


Hormonal changes, most notably menopause in women. Men too have changes in their hormonal balances as they grow older
Any number of medical conditions we may suffer from
Pain can make it hard to get a good nights sleep
Genetics can even play a role
Sleep apnea-a condition in which the person stops breathing normally during sleep
Restless Leg Syndrome-a condition in which a persons muscles twitch involuntarily

Tips To Help You Prepare For And Get a Good Nights Sleep


Keep a regular schedule
Have bedtime rituals-listen to soft music, listen to a relaxation tape, ect.
Don't eat a large meal or drink much just before bed
Don't drink coffee, soda , tea or anything containing any stimulant
If sounds wake you up think about wearing ear plugs
When you're sleepy go to bed instead of falling asleep in front of the television
Get a massage at bedtime

Techniques For Learning To Relax


Progressive muscle relaxation
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Practice deep slow breathing to relax
Meditation

You will find more information on these relaxation techniques as well as a complete list of herbs, vitamins, and supplements that can be helpful in treating insomnia as well. Many times just making some positive lifestyle changes can be very effective in helping you get a good nights sleep. Taking a good multi-vitamin can also be helpful. If something is troubling you, talking it out with your spouse or a trusted friend can do the trick. Don't let sleeplessness stop you from being the best you can be, try different remedies and cures and use whatever works for you. If you are still troubled by insomnia a trip to your family doctor is in order because we all need to get a good nights sleep!

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Quite often just practicing healthy living can prove very helpful in getting the rest you need.

Natural Sleep Remedies - Products & Internal Sleep Remedies and Methods

Insomnia is an unpleasant experience to go through. As I've said before I had it several times in my life. The worst had spanned for over 2 months. It began with a few sleepless nights. I had though that it was some stress related problem and ignored it thinking it would go away, but as days turned into weeks I began to lose my mind (or at least I though so). I just wasn't able to sleep! The entire ordeal had driven me into a state of a nervous breakdown. I began doing things I had never done before including praying which I had never done since I was a kid. That is how desperate I was to stop this nightmare.

Those who had experienced insomnia for a long period of time, no doubt in my mind can relate to these feelings that I just described. It's a terrible thing to go through period. What's worse is that far too many people are experiencing it and though many doctors prescribe sleep aids (drugs which are basically tranquilizers in my opinion), the fact is this problem is PSYCOLOGICAL and not physical.

The best ways to beat this problem is doing one of these 4 things:

1) Exercise. If you come home from work and are feeling stressed, take a walk outside or jog for a little while. This could even be in the middle of the night if you can't get any sleep. Exercising helps you release all you're built up stress and transform it into physical activity. Thus after you've completed a workout you feel at ease. It doesn't even have to involve doing a rigorous workout. When doing so let your self go mentally meaning stop thinking about your problems. Avoid taking sleeping pills because they do nothing but act as a tranquilizer which doesn't solve your problem.

2) Talk! Speaking to someone about the problems you have mentally releases your stress and helps you relax. You can talk about anything just as long as you put the emotion into it WHICH IS WHAT COUNTS! Don't underestimate the power of words, they can have great influence!

3) LAUGH! Laughing raises your spirits and your mental health which influences everything else! These methods are very therapeutic and have a positive effect on your subconscious health.

4) Crying helps too believe it or not. Remember an event in your life which made you cry? And after you had cried you slept like a baby? I can almost guarantee that at everyone has had this happen at least ONCE in their life. This is no accident. When people cry they release their emotions and built up stress which why you sleep like a baby afterwards. Its like rain washing away the dirt leaving a cleansed land which is basically your mind and soul.

5) I mentioned how talking to someone helps greatly but if you don't have anyone to talk to and can't go outside, read a book or turn on the television. If you choose to turn on the television don't watch what's on. Simply lay down and keep the volume low (ex: look at the ceiling while you're listening to the television). This method allows your mental state to focus on one thing and ignore most other problems consuming your mind. Once you feel sleepy turn off the television and go to sleep.

Natural Products that help you sleep well:

1) Valerian Root

2) Drinking a cup of warm milk with a tablespoon of honey before bed. This I believe has a better effect. Whenever I would have problems sleeping, I would drink this and fall asleep without even knowing it, sleep a full 8 hours and wake up rejuvenated!

3) Pouring cool water (recommended to be around 65 degrees) into a bucket and standing in it. Make sure the water is around 3-4 inches deep. Stand or sit while your feet are in the water for around 5 minutes then dry your feet and go to sleep. I still have a very hard time understanding why and how this works but it does. I've tried doing this procedure on several occasions and it has worked out miraculously. (People may vary so be careful if you try this, I've personally never met anyone who has had problems from this method, but the reason I say be careful depends on the person. Ex: An elderly person stepping into cold water can quickly affect them (temperature change) and can potentially be dangerous so if you are unsure consult with a doctor!)

NOTE: Every person is different as are their problems. That is why it is important to try different procedures if one does not work, particularly A-D because they are more associated with mental health and therefore have a much greater impact than methods E1-3. Though these methods also help greatly.

I hope that each of you who reads this article who suffers from insomnia or knows anyone else who suffers from it can fix your/their problem and return to a state of healthy sleep!

All of the above suggestions work. However, if your insomnia continues to occur I highly recommend you read this article: http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=607148

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5 Great Tips to Curb Impulsive Buying and Spending Less at Those Greedy Stores

We all know that the free economy is driven by consumer spending. This has prompted marketers and even psychologists to look deep in to the consumer spending habits and ways to exploit the same. The result of this overkill is that you see very little innovation and too much of cliche being followed in all the stores. Sample this: magazines, chocolates and batteries near the checkout point, intrusive salespersons who want to engage/force you into the purchase, prices ending on .99, bakery section at the deep end of the store. Does this all sound a bit too familiar? If so then it is the result of the above mentioned overkill. In their pursuit of these rather shallow methods of inducing purchase, retailers forget the importance of very basic factors like genuine good quality, freshness, and low prices.

So here is an answer to this nonsense! What is it? Yeah you guessed it right, some common sense :)

Here are 5 useful tips that will help you in cutting down most of your impulsive purchases (According to Paco's famous book Why we buy it can be approximately 60% of your purchases). These are just the antithesis of all what marketing Gurus teach to these retailers.

1. Don't touch that basket/trolly: If all that you want to buy on a sunny morning is limited to brown bread and a packet of milk, then why do you pick up that basket?

Though it might not be that neat but still try to avoid that basket as much as possible (But we sincerely want you to use it for your weekend shopping, unless you want to test your physical strength & balance besides entertaining other shoppers).

The point is that picking from the aisle and throwing it in the basket can effectively be curbed if you don't take the basket in the first place. It also emphasize on another important point: knowing what you want to buy before entering the store.

Common! Give it a try next time.

2. Mark that time: marketing gurus argue that the purchase amount is in direct relation with the amount of time you spend in the store. So please mark your timing and have a mental goal for yourself(I will be out within 30 minutes). Malls are not for time-pass, If you have spare time ..go and enjoy with your friends and family.

3. If you are confused, you don't need it: To buy or not to buy? If this question troubles you more than once for a particular item, then perhapsyou don't need it. Leave it.

4. The salesman is just doing his duty: Remember the extra cheerful salesperson? Retailers want to add that extra personal touch through them to induce you in spending more. There is nothing more to it. Sometimes you engage the salesperson for a bit too long and then you start feeling that "now I should buy at least something". That's not the way to look at it, they are just doing their duty and in fact you have brought some excitement in their life by talking to them, testing them. There can never be an obligation of spending your hard earned money on something you are not convinced to buy, for someone you don't know, perhaps will never meet again..and above all, for what reason?

5. Those small kirana stores are not that bad either: Remember the convenience store in your neighborhood. Next time when you want to buy those 2-3 common grocery items, pay them a visit. You will realize that they are not that expensive. In fact the total cost (fuel, parking and your time) of going to those supercenters/discounters is likely to be much more than the apparent price difference for a limited occasional buying.

The author works as a retail consultant and is also a part of the team that owns and runs http://www.retailrise.com. A platform for tracking the retail growth story, specially in India.

His personal blog can be reached at http://www.blogginmystory.blogspot.com

Acupuncture and Moxibustion to Treat Infertility

Based on the particular problem you're experiencing, different point combinations are stimulated using acupuncture needles. By stimulating these points, energy flow is rebalanced and the natural healing ability can take place.

For fertility, the needles are inserted into energy points associated to the reproductive organs to improve energy flow and balance to those areas. Approximately 6 to 20 needles will be inserted and retained in a selection of points for anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes. Most patients feel a sense of deep relaxation after treatment. Some patients can feel energized, relief of pain and other symptoms immediately after the treatment.

It has indicated that it can increase blood flow to the endometrium, helping to facilitate a thick, rich lining which is essential for a fertilized egg to implant itself into.

Most women who choose acupuncture are doing it together with traditional infertility treatments, but others hope that acupuncture might improve their chances after everything else has failed. Studies have shown that regularly undergoing acupuncture therapy from a licensed therapist for a minimum of two to three months, dramatically increased a couple's chances of successfully achieving a healthy pregnancy. Continuing to undergo treatment during the first trimester of pregnancy can help to prevent complications developing during gestation and can help to prevent miscarriages.

Acupuncture is used to treat elevated follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), repeated miscarriage, unexplained infertility, polycystic ovarian syndrome, endometriosis, as well as numerous other infertility problems. It is used to promote healing in chronic urinary bladder infection, uterine fibroids, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, anovulation, premature menopause, menopausal symptoms and hormone imbalances.

Currently, there are several hundred herbs used in infertility treatments along with acupuncture, moxibustion, Qi Gong, diet and other holistic therapies as alternative and complementary therapeutic infertility treatments.

My experience with acupuncture and moxibustion:

As soon as I was told I had a problem with my fertility, I found an acupuncturist and started going to about 3 sessions a week. I had been for acupuncture before for neck pain after a car accident and had found that it really worked, and I was desperate to do anything that I could think of that would help me to have a baby. In total I tried 6 acupuncturists - both in South Africa and then in the Netherlands and my experience was quite different at all of them.

The first acupuncturist I saw, was a Chinese doctor, who put me in a room with other patients and stuck needles all over my body - including in my ovaries. He was not the most gentle person, but I felt that at least something as being done and that my ovaries were being kick-started into action! Psycological probably, but it did start the journey... I was then referred to another Chinese doctor that a friend had tried. He was much more gentle and I was treated in a private room, with tranquil Chinese music and he used fewer needles. He also prescribed some herbs, which I took in a tablet form to help unblock my liver "chi" - which was apparently also causing some interference with my ovaries.

After that, I moved to the Netherlands, and I found another Chinese acupuncturist at a huge Chinese medical centre in the middle of the red light district in Amsterdam! He also prescribed herbs in a tablet form and was quite gentle with the needles. It was not that relaxing though, as the centre was so busy and there was constant chatter outside my room! He gave me some moxa sticks and showed me where to hold them at various points on my body - my knees and shins and a few other places. In indirect moxibustion, a practitioner (or you can do it yourself) lights one end of a moxa stick, roughly the shape and size of a cigar, and holds it close to the area being treated for several minutes until the area turns red.

I then found a Dutch acupuncturist, who took about 4 hours to treat me and did some direct moxibustion on my back. Moxibustion is often used along with acupuncture and it is used to draw toxins out of the body, mostly at the point of the complaint. Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort, or "moxa", a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing and has been used throughout Asia for thousands of years. The purpose of moxibustion, as with most forms of traditional Chinese medicine, is to strengthen the blood, stimulate the flow of "qi" or "chi", and maintain general health.

In direct moxibustion, a small, cone-shaped amount of moxa is placed on top of an acupuncture point and burned until it burns out completely. The moxa is placed on the point and lit, but is extinguished or removed before it burns the skin. The patient will experience a pleasant heating sensation that penetrates deep into the skin, but should not experience any pain, blistering or scarring unless the moxa is left in place for too long.

Apparently there is the type that actually burns and scars the skin, but luckily none of my acupuncturists practiced it! I did have round bruises on my back for a few days afterward though! Finally, I found a South African acupuncturist, living in the Netherlands for many years and specializing in fertility and pregnancy acupuncture. She also did reflexology and moxibustion on me and I was required to keep a small needle in my ear for a few days after each session, AND after a few months of weekly treatments, I was pregnant!

Beryl Dingemans is a writer, artist, make-up artist, wife and mother. Her personal journey into infertility inspired her to research and write articles to inform and empower women who find themselves in a similar situation to where she was a few years ago. "I enjoy helping other women and my goal is to share information that will give hope." http://www.pregnancywish.com

Successful Forex Trading is Not Simply Picking a Winning Strategy

While learning a lot about market analysis and money management is an obvious and necessary step to becoming a successful Forex trader, you also need to master your emotions to ensure that you are able to implement your knowledge correctly.

Keeping control of your emotions when trading Forex is pivotal to achieving success. It requires a fine balance to be found between both greed and cautiousness. While greed is commonly cited as many traders downfall, being over cautious can be equally as damaging to a traders career.

Many known psychology practices and techniques can be adopted by Forex Traders and used to help the implementation of trading strategies. Remember a strategy is just that. It is simply a set of documented rules that will yield a result. However it will only yield a result if it is implemented in the correct way and with the correct mindset.

Specific psychological barriers that the Forex Trader will come up against during their career will include:

- Greed

- Overtrading

- Lack of discipline

- Lack of confidence

Often it is not the trading strategy employed that is at fault. It is instead one of the above emotional or psychological barriers that needs to be addressed and overcome. Even after you have spent a lot of time properly educating yourself, have traded via demo accounts and have taken time to understand the mechanics of Forex trading, the time will eventually come when you have to tackle the markets.

This is when key psychological barriers kick in and emotions are unleashed.

What separates the profitable traders from those who will ultimately lose is their ability to handle pressure and control their emotions. They understand that losing is part of the business. They will not have overexposed themselves to market risks. They have confidence in their systems and are able to withstand draw down on their account.

They can do this because they have carried out due diligence on their systems prior to trading them. They are also likely to have formulated and written down a trading plan to remind them of what they are aiming to achieve. And of course they will stick to this plan.

As is common with most things in life, preparation is key, but so too is self awareness. Be aware of how you react to events in your trading day and if necessary note down your responses. Try jotting down how you feel after a winning trade. Do the same thing after losing a trade. Make sure you write down how you feel, what your immediate reaction is and what you feel you should do. Then compare this with your response when you are away from the trading platform.

When Forex Trading just by being aware of how emotions can alter your perceptions and responses is key to helping you make the correct decision the next time you trade.

Vernon Lees is Senior Technical Analyst for http://www.ForexTechnicalChartist.com which provides Technical Analysis and Resources for Forex Traders

Hexcraft, An Introductory Essay Upon the Art of the Evil Eye

What is a Hex?

What is a Hex, a curse, the evil eye or just a jinx. Every race, civilisation and culture has at one time or another has reffered to the art of the would be gypsy or witch, and their potent arsenal of evil spells and deadly rites. But what is it?

A hex is a negative form of spell or ritual with a sole intention of causing ill or creating chaos for an idividual or group. The effects of this magickal (We refer to "Magick" this way rather than the way that stage magicians and illusionists refer to their optical trickery as "magic", this defines the two) practise are meant to dispell negative disruptive energy from the practitioner, and transfer his or her wishes to the victim, therefore hopefully allowing them to manefest in a similar way to how the ritualist first visualises.

The practise is usually done by "Sympathy". This is commonly known as "Sympathetic magick", a widely used form using a concept of "Correspondences" or symbolic links that tie each and every thing. By using these correspondences and tying them to the intended target, it allows an occultist to work with the victim in an intimate way, without fear of being found out by the intented, and ruining the act. A good example is a "Vou-dou Doll" or "Mojo", in which a victim is "Tied" to an image doll and identified withmaybe, a bit of the victims clothing, a photograph, and a piece of the victims hair or nails. In this way, the victim becomes the doll and the doll becomes the victim, and they are one in the same.

The connection/correspondences that form from this symbolism is what allows the caster to transfer the negative thoughts and energy from the doll onto the victim, if you accept this theory.

There are many different ways to employ a hex, each one different, but most contain certain similar elements in their operation. From Sigil to the throwing of componants at a victims person or property, the list quite literally could go on forever.

Why Hex?

The phrase, "Better out than in" is a perfect metaphor to describe the reasoning behind the cursing of a subject. Negative energy is a distructive force, that if left to fester and churn within a person, can cause no end of pain and disruption internally. The hex is a better cause of action for a individual that may be suffering this held energy, maybe from an encounter with a problem person/s who may be the cause of stressful situations, or a long held grudge that may be causing a spiritual or emotional blockage to the sufferer.

The casting of the hex serves a useful process to expell all the bad feelings and negativity from the mind of the sufferer, and leaves the practitioner with a sense of peace. With the supposed energy transferred from the sufferer (The caster who has the original intent) to the victim, psycologically has the effect of lifting the veil of bad feeling from them, and allows them to go about their daily routine without this negative influence causing problems in their everyday life. Whether you believe in Magick or not, this placebo type expelling of ones anger/hatred/etc is a sure way to give ones self a new boost of positivity and confidence.

The Moral argument, Black vs White.

Magick falls into two main types before being classified under any other sub definitions.

Black and White.

White magick is defined as acts that only generate positive and unselfless results, whilst Black, is all that is selfish and performed for the good of oneself.

There is no grey, as some would argue that if they perform acts of both, that would classify them as a grey practitioner. Even a spell or ritual that would make the occultist (I will use that term to describe any of the myriad of systems and pseudo religions that acknowledge magick use in their practices) benefit from a windfall of money or good luck, would really be classed as an act of Black magick, as this really only benefits the caster, not anyone else. But if the intent was to grant another this bountiful harvest of good fortune and wealth, whilst not benefiting the occultist in any way, then that would be classed as an act of white magick. Occult scholars (Mainly of the Wiccan community) would argue this and say that the definition is acts of Black are evil, and Good being white. This is nonsense, as many who practise the occult arts have strict moral codes that they must adhere to, and in such paganism and cults it would ultimately restrict their activities to purely selfless acts, and they would no longer be able to practise acts of selfish magick (As in the above examples) therefore they would loose their "perks of the trade". Just imagine, training and learning for many years to master the flow of the universe, only to realise, they may not use magick to benfit themselves!

Other sub sects of occultists, such as Satanists (Laveyan and Typhonian and so on) and Chaoists (Nothing is real, everything is permitted), while treated with suspicion by the rest of the Occult community, have no such boundries with either acts, or that of the hex.

It is really up to the individual choice of a person, with to hex or not, some people will not hex because they fear the "Three fold law of return", or they feel that their actions will eventually end up coming back on themselves. If you fear such concepts or anything like that, my advice is your belief will shape your destiny and you will eventually become unstuck. Keep an open mind to the fact of justification of your actions, this being said, if your action is a justifiable act (The victim of your hex, may be threatening yourself or friends or family, or just a terrible individual that keeps getting away with despicable acts and everyone is at a loss as to stop them from causing problems etc.) then it could be said that you are going to do a great service to the greater population! (Could that be then classed as an unselfish white magick act?!) Sometimes sacrifices must be made for the greater good, that require the elimination of such individuals for the benefit of the rest of society!

It is up to you to weigh up all the factors.

The Power of the Hex

So I suppose you want to know what kind of things to expect if one performs a curse on a victim? There also will be many of you with great misconceptions regarding this often misunderstood forms of rite or spell.

All magick works in the basic formation as I will tell you, what ever it is you try to make real, from the hex of an enemy to the creation of that dream job, or anything, it can be boiled down to this simple equation.

INTENT-WILL-MANEFEST

INTENT is your main focal point of what you want, in this case to cause ill on a foe. This intent must be sufficient enough to allow the hex to work, if you have objections in your mind about what will happen to your victim, then I suggest that you really shouldn't walk down the path, as it will either come to nothing and you will have wasted your time and effort, or it will become what you fear, with the maximum realised fear you imagined upon the victim (Sometimes death of the subject can occur, so be aware) and all round bad karma for you. Your mind must be prepared for the eventuality that your efforts may work all too well, so any fears you have must be forgotten and blanked out when embarking in this kind of operation.

Also you MUST have true intent to make the things you visualise and wish to come about.

Insufficient mental effort will result in nothing at all.

WILL is the mental effort you must expend to create the desired effect, without this the whole process will not reach the intended. You must believe will all your willpower and mental force that you will succeed. If the efforts are not enough again it will end up as I said above, either nothing or too much. Magick is a subtle force that while permeating and enveloping all things in all planes of existence, is unseen and seldom understood by mankind, therefore seldom do we as magickians see the forces at work, instead the energy when expelled to perform the task takes on a silent purpose, infecting object to object, location to location and eventually when finding the destination intended will start to manefest through coincidental or sometimes unexpected occurances, that beginners sometimes find unsettling!

MANEFEST is the end result of your intent combined with your mental efforts, as I said above the desires of the caster will become real through a series of unforseen everyday occurances or bizzarre events that just don't happen that often. Its the kind of thing when people say; "Wow, thats really strange how they just slipped off the kerb and broke their leg, it was as if someone had pushed them!" or "They just stepped on the ladder to change a light bulb and it gave way!". Most manefestations will occur in a every day manner and not generally cause suspicion of anyone around them, unless of course they are witnessed by another who is versed in the arts. After years of study and practise, it is a usual ability for any occultist to know why these things happen, mainly due to the energy sense that an accomplished witch, psychic or occultist (Sometimes untrained sensitives can "Feel" or percieve the unnatural energy that comes with the manefest)

There are many ways of accomplishing the hex, some simple candle magic spells, some complex, time consuming and draining. It does depend upon what the one performing the hex wants to manefest. The more you put in, the more you get out. Some acts of hexing are simple but deadly, some are complex, but produce extremely precise end results. A good example is sigils, when used in the circumstances of effecting a foe, they are exellent for their flexability to produce very specific end results that may not do too much harm, but can be used in combination with other smaller rites to boost the overall focus.

No two hexes are alike, as all situations are completley different, and so with that the hex is always tailor made to fit the victim. if you begin this form of art, you will start to develop your own style and magickal signature, that you will eventually start to recognise.

Magick has a sort of independent sentience that sometimes has a twisted sense of humour, this is probably derived from it being produced from the mind of a free thinking human being. Magick is a living energy that is within everything, some may call it God, some the spirits, but in my opinion it is all of us who live and think. That is what God is, all of us collectively. Its what makes us live and be what we are, unique.

If your victim is aware that you are wanting to seek vengence upon them, and are involved in the Occult arts, it can be possible to bluff them into hexing themselves.

I have always loved the power that a victims fear of your power gives you over them, if they start to believe that you have cursed them, your job is done without any effort at all.

People who claim to have no belief and insist that the occult is a load of mumbo jumbo, are probably the best to do this to. If they are sufficiently "Spooked" by your possible casting of the evil eye, they will fester on the dark possibility that you have taken the time to curse them, and then start to put any bad luck down to your actions, the more they focus on this possibility, the more paranoid and accident prone they become. They become a victim of their own fears, as I said before, it is exactly the same as any fears or objections you may suffer before casting a hex, your mindcan become your enemy. Willpower is the best protection, if you truely believe you cannot be harmed or fail, then that will protect you!

I will warn you that opening your mouth and saying too much about your activities can also lead you to destruction and harm. A good example is mouthing off at your victim, claiming you will curse them, only to find that you have become the victim of ridicule, this leads to all kinds of potential harm for you. Be warned, the method I prescibed is only useful if you really know what your doing, not for beginners, as it usually leads to people thinking your a nut case and will diminish your confidence and any chance you may have at becoming a competent magickian. I have seen this happen to many would be occultists that I know and have mentored. Best bet for the starter, is to perform the hex rite or spell, and keep your mouth shut. Say nothing to anyone or suffer the possibility of a back fire.

When you have finished your rite, the experience should leave you feeling exhausted and drained, as if all the energy has left you and gone to visit your foe. Generally without this feeling of loss, seldom will the focus be sent to your prey. Make sure you feel this expelling of your intent. A sense of well being will follow if you have successfully sent it on its way. Laugh, rejoyce and relax, then forget all about it. Failure to forget will keep part of the ritual inside you and until you expell all of the memory it will remain.

The sooner you do this, the sooner your desires will become reality.

Also, don't dwell on asking yourself when will it happen, just know that as soon as the negativity you dispelled is out of you, then part of the battle is done. It will happen when the time is right. There have been times I have wanted rid of a foe, and frothed for an age about how much I wanted them to come to harm, still they were seen around unscathed, but the moment I put it out of my head, I heard about all the bad things that had happened to them!

It can be hard to put it out of your head, but trust me, you will see no results until you do!

What next?

The intention of this essay is not to show you how to perform the act, or even reveal a system for any of you to try.

The word "Occult" means "hidden", so what I'm trying to say is, if having read this brief introduction you come out of it either with a little more education about the subject and wish not to try cursing the man down the street for laying the music too loud, or if it has left you with a taste and hunger to know more, then "Find" the rest. I will not advocate nor disuade any of you regarding the operation. I could if I wanted to, but to be honest there are too many different ways to perform such an operation, each as different as there are people. If you choose to search further, then you must find your own way that suits your individual thinking and perceptions. It would be pointless me trying to teach one or two particular rites, as you may find the ones I choose unsuitable for your way way of thinking.

I suggest that if you need to know more, the internet is a valuable source of information for an occultist in the 21st century. Try clicking Google and searching for Hexes or curses.

It has taken me many years of study and hardship to find my own truth. I urge you to find yours.

Will Grundy is a ritual craftsman, and been an occultist for over 18 years. He grew up in a haunted house and has been dealing with other worldly matters all of his life. Will now runs "The Doncaster Ghostwatch Project", a paranormal investigations group in the South Yorkshire area. It can be found by logging on to: [http://www.doncasterghostwatch.webitsmart.co.uk] or email: grun577@aol.com

What Do You Envision For Yourself When You Think About Retirement?

There have been a lot of articles written about retirement in recent years. In the main media most of this attention has been towards money issues regarding pensions and the quality of life. To be honest with you a lot of the attention makes grim reading as it soon starts to surface that in a lot of the developed nations the rise in an elderly population means that there are fewer people in work to support their pensions.

In the days gone by retirement used to mean that a person had reached a pre determined age where they could stop working as a necessity and live from a sum of money set aside over their working years for their retirement. That's the basic dry facts about retirement that are discussed in some form in most issues about retirement and pensions. What I would like to do though is ask you a question.

What does retirement mean for you? A common problem with retirement is that it is something that seems so far away when you are working, that you don't really think about it too seriously until the last five years before you retire. That's why I am asking you today, to envision for yourself how you would like your retirement to be like if you had all the resources you needed.

Retirement is so much more than just about stopping regular employment and collecting your pension. You are still you when you retire. You still have hopes and desires. A lot of people forget this when they think about their retirement. Suddenly everything seems to be out of their control and they find themselves at the mercy of their pensions and how much the government is will to give them to live on. Retirement is a personal choice. In many western countries it is no longer compulsory to retire at a particular age. As long as you have the physical and mental capabilities to carry on working, theoretically there is nothing to stop you from carrying on with your job as long as you are in good health and sound of mind.

So the questions now become a little different. If you are still physically healthy and mentally sound like so many of the retirement aged people of today, what things could you still be doing when you retire? Making a list of the things you would most like to do when you are retired is a good place to start when thinking about your future and what you would like it to contain.

Another common mistake people make about retirement is that they don't have to plan anything. Now, for most of your life you have been used to making plans and setting deadlines for accomplishing certain things. Why should it be any different with retirement? Having a plan of how you would like to live when you retire keeps structure in your everyday life. It is this structure that keeps the sense of purpose flowing through your life as you start your retirement.

The most important thing about retirement is that it is not the end. It's not only something that happens when people become less able to do their jobs and therefore less useful to society in general. There are so many talents that you still possess. You use these talents daily in your jobs right now and probably have a tendency to take them for granted now that you have become familiar with those talents.

It is so easy to transfer your core talents that you use in your everyday job to something useful when you retire. I.e. if you know someone who is a teacher, what common everyday skills could they take from their jobs and still use during their retirement? For me, I think of their communication skills, their ability to transfer knowledge into useful learning experiences for other people. Could you think of some skills that you have right now that you could still use when you retire?

It's hard when you are on your own, to try and figure these things out.

There is so much possibility.

You are not on your own.

You have your friends and family who could help you when it comes to putting together a plan for retirement.

Even if you are twenty five, what you do now could determine how you will live out your retirement. Hiring a personal life coach now to help you work through the complexities of life changing situations is the most valuable way to get your life on track to success. Developing the habit to believe in your personal power builds on your personality.

A life coach specialising in personal performance can help you to understand yourself better and see all the opportunities that you have in your life.

This article has been prepared by Dr. Richard Zzizinga, Personal Performance Coach.
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