Modern Health and Spirituality

In this economic climate there is a growing trend whereby more and more people are considering working from home. What are the motivations to work from home? What kind of business can one consider?

A phrase I have heard a while ago “Working for Profits is better than working for wages”, what a great statement, if one understands this then they are on they way to success and prosperity.

What is meant by this statement? For me it clearly means working for oneself, how else can one work for profits. However, if you take your wages, take out all your expenses what you are left with is a profit right? Some would call it disposal income, however, it can be misconstrued as being profit, you give a service you get paid for that service after you take out the expenses what is left is your profit, this is a simple analogy of you being a business even though you are working for a wage.

There are so many opportunities to work from home, these opportunities are based around the Internet.  The major opportunities are based around MLM (Multi Level Marketing) or Network marketing.

These sound very lucrative as these businesses are all based around people recruiting people, the product varies, the success is based around your eagerness and passion for the product.   

Although these opportunities are marketed as being part time, it is far from being part time, yes, you can start as part time but as you get more and more successful it is a full time job.  The real difference is that as the money rolls in you dictate your working arrangements.

The other issue of this kind of business is how you get paid or as it is known in the business compensation terms, one has to make sure one understands these before embarking on such a venture.

As I mentioned above the key is people, you need to create a big list which includes your friends and family to begin with, then you rely on a network of people who you will recruit/sponsor, in my opinion your mindset will determine how successful you are and this is based on the network of people trusting you.

There are lots of sceptics out there, they will try to deter you from even trying. For most part it is not about the money but the person you need to become to achieve your dreams and desires.    

For me the motivation is based on answering the following question what is your number 1 priority?

• Extra income
• More spare time
• Have own business
• Financial freedom
• Time with the family
• Personal Development
• Helping others
• Meeting new people
• Retirement
• Leaving a legacy

Most people will probably choose three or more from that list. All of the above are valid reasons to work for your self and from home.

These businesses are also marketed as being recession proof as you tend to have a passive or residual income, meaning you are always getting paid even when you sleep.

Based on the successes of a number of people in these types of business I think the trend will continue, people from all walks of life are looking to get away from the rat race, be their own boss dictate their working hours and looking for ways to earn extra money or money way in excess of their salaries whilst they pursue activities they always wanted to do, in some cases be like Richard Branson.

A while ago I wrote about working with children with learning difficulties and autism. It has been a few months since I wrote that blog, I thought it was time that I shared my experiences to date.

It is very challenging working with children at the best of times, however, working with children who are challenged within themselves is in itself  a rewarding and challenging experience.

I train at a holistic energy center, where we partake in Yoga, Meditation, Chi Gong as part of the basic training, these are part of what we call HSP Yoga and subsequently there are numerous workshops, all of which culminates in the mastery of the brain. Through this training I became an outreach instructor, whereby we as instructors go out into the community to spread the training to people who would not normally have access to.

When I started working with these children they were not very focused and had very short attention spans, they were not sure about what they were getting themselves into. As the time went by as short as it has been, I have noticed a dramatic change in their ability. At the beginning they were very easily distracted, any chance they had not to do what I was asking of them they would take it, the teachers were letting them do that. As the days went by they started to enjoy themselves more, I tried to make it as much fun as I could.

The sequence of the exercises is to start by doing exercises which are quite high energy, however, each individual does it to their own pace, then the hardest part to get them relaxed and their brain/minds to a state of relaxation and then more lively exercises to get them back to the pace they started the exercises.

As I mentioned the hardest part was to get their brain waves down to a state of relaxation. So as time went on and they started responding, I was amazed the first time when they were actually relaxing, mo movements whatsoever, they were absolutely still, I felt as if I had made a huge breakthrough, it was a fantastic feeling.

The yoga I am teaching is all about the brain, I am getting to see the difference the training is making, I even had the head teacher telling me how much they have noticed the change in the children. When I hear things like that and the compliments I have received I feel as if I am making a difference, with that I know that I am also growing and continue to grow.

I want to continue to work with children, to express my soul, I want to spread peace and love among the children of today to create the foundation for longer lasting peace and love for our world.

All created by helping them to master their brains by self development and spiritual growth. This they can carry with them for eternity, have hope and they then become the provider of their dreams.

How much do we know about our brains? What is Brain Education? Our brain has enormous capacity for storage of knowledge, the power to unleash your hidden potential. What do we do to keep our brains from stagnating and thereby suppressing our potential.

I go to yoga classes and do meditation, but the yoga I do concentrates on the brain. The training is through HSP Yoga centres (in the U.K) and is known as Dahn yoga in the U.S and the far east. This form of yoga is modified from traditional yoga to concentrate on brain education.

The brain education developed of which I am a practitioner is known as  B.E.S.T (Brain Education System Training). It consists of 5 steps.

Step 1- Brain Sensitizing

In this the first step, you become aware of the brain as much of the work is done on a physical level and the connection between body and brain is strengthened. As well as regular yoga class, basic energy meditation techniques are used. Breath work is also used to help restore energy balance while releasing stress. In this step the benefits are as followed.

• Awaken the five senses
• Improve Physiological function
• Encourage Brain Awareness

Step 2 - Brain Versatalizing

Just as the muscles of the body need to be moved and stretched to become more flexible, so does the brain. This step takes advantage of “Neuroplasticity” the ability for the brain to adjust to new environments and to learn new things. This step is likely to have a profound effect on your life because you will learn to break destructive mental and physical behaviour patterns and create new, life-affirming habits. The benefits gained during this step are:

• Creates flexibility in brain circuitry
• Frees brain from rigid habits
• Opens the practitioner to new information

Step 3 - Brain Refreshing

This step is also referred to the rebirth for your brain. Throughout your life, you have experienced things that have lingered on as a kind of emotional residue that has affected your life. From this residue, you may have created the preconceptions and negative thought patterns that made you fall short of your full potential. The intention of Brain Refreshing is to release and clear away these memories for deep healing and renewal.

The benefits gained from this step are:

• Clears away emotional residue.
• Encourages positive life view.
• Develops emotional intelligence.

Step 4 - Brain Integration

After this stage you will be ready to ask yourself fundamental questions about life with sincerity. You will then accept new, positive information into the brain. As you would have learned to empty your brain of emotional baggage, ready to expand your awareness and transcend the boundaries of the ego.

This step is called “Brain Integrating” because all layers of your brain are working toward the creation of your ideal life. Through this deep exploration, you can discover the part of you that is truly meant to be in charge of your brain. The following benefits can be seen after this step:

• Unites diverse areas of the brain.
• Enhances communication between hemispheres.
• Releases latent abilities.

Step 5 - Brain Mastering

This is essentially a spiritual quest because it requires continuous attention to, and development of, the higher aspects of your character. Through the process of Brain Mastering, your brain will continue to transform and solidify neural connections that support the creation of a truly happy life. Your brain will be able to find creative, workable solutions to the basic problems of life. You will become more decisive and your mind will develop the habit of forming more peaceful relationships with other people and the world as a whole. The characteristics developed after this step allows us to:

• Empower authorship of life purpose.
• Enable greater executive control of the brain.
• Expedite decision making process.

HSP (Dhan) Yoga is more than just yoga, it is a philosophy a way of life, it’s a means to spreading peace and enlightment around the world. The mastering of the brain can be achieved within 2 years of practicing HSP (Dhan) Yoga. Apart from the regular classes thers are a number of workshops to participate in, these workshops are carried out during strategic times during your growth, one workshop leads onto another, your growth is always monitored by yourself as you go through the different workshops.

As I have said before I am avid and keen football supporter. Everyone in the footballing world is talking about this imminent transfer of Kaká, the young gifted Brazilian who is to be transferred from AC Milan to the newly mega rich Manchester city.

As much as I think that Kaká is a fantastic player, I don’t think anyone can justify a price tag of £100,000,000.  To me it seems ludicrous to be able to say a player is worth £x million.  Who dreams up these inflated prices for these players. I think that these inflated salaries and transfer fees is killing the game.

It really now really boils down to who can buy the best players. Having said that, having the best players does not necessarily mean that success is guaranteed or you have the best team, although it certainly helps.

To me it also seems to be a little insensitive in this current economic climate, where people are concerned about their livelihoods to hear about a footballer who will earn £500,000 a week.

I understand that people should be paid what they are worth, I don’t think that anyone can justify a footballer being paid that much a week. Yes they are entertainers and yes they have short lived careers but nevertheless I do not think their salaries are justified, the biggest winners in all this are the players agents.

I think the clubs need to review their salary structure, the governing body need to look at the transfer system, okay there is a lot of money in the game but with what has happened the division within the game will get wider and wider.

I feel that this level of investment cannot be sustained. It has already been inferred at Chelsea, with the massive drop in Oil prices, Mr Abromavich’s fortune is dwindling and so is his investment into the club, hence no transfer activity for Chelsea during this January transfer window.

What are your views on this? What should the Football authorities do? Can they do anything?

What is Inspiration? What inspires us? How do we keep a check on these inspirations?

There has been many people over the 20th Century who have inspired the community and people around the planet, they have ranged from politicians, sports men and women, actors and actresses, other dignitaries and public figures. What was it about these people that they were so much in awe by others? What made them different from everyday folk like the likes of you and me? What did they have that we do not? What is it that inspires us when we think of such people.

I have many people whom I have been inspired by, they include, Ghandi, Nelson Mandella, Martin Luther King Jr, Jesus, Mohammed to name a few. People like Jesus and Mohammed are beyond comparison as they take on a completely different realm of consciousnesses, inspiration, guidance and leadership.

Many people talk about Ghandi, Nelson Mandella, Martin Luther King Jr, but almost nobody put their principles into practice let alone their own.  Some people would say these were special men and we are not. I would say we are all special and can make a difference, I would say it’s not enough for us to say, I don’t like wars, racism, domestic violence, poverty, It’s not enough to write a poem about the war….etc. We are part of the all problems in our world. If we don’t act now then the all good work that went before us would seem to be futile and a tremendous waste which will  lead to further problems, issues and concern for the future generation.

From my perspective although I try to live my life by their and my own principles, they all had one thing that set them apart from the others, they had a clear vision, unwaivering belief and an abundance of faith. I don’t believe in this generation enough people have a cause strong enough to their principles or their desires that they are willing to give up or sacrifice their status quo to stand up and be counted. One man can make a difference if he has a clear vision and a goal, with the fire in his belly and a believe that is so strong it does not feel a sacrifice or a chore, he has to be selfless and see the bigger picture, he has such a conviction he could move mountains to make it happen.

What inspires you? What could or would you do such that you will become an inspiration to others? Do you have a vision that is greater than you? Could this vision be realised or manifested?

I believe it is now time to change ourselves for the better good, it is the time for enlightenment, self awareness to strive for world peace, we can still save ourselves and our planet. Start looking at ourselves, look deep into our soul and listen to what it is telling us.

There has been a lot said about the Law of Attraction.

• What is the Law of Attraction?
• Who has read or seen “The Secret”?

I have read the secret and was taken back by the philosophy and principles written in the book. After reading the book I had realised that I was somewhat trying to live my life by following the principles in the book, I recalled many people telling me especially a teacher at school that I was a dreamer and I would not amount to anything.

The law of attraction states that whatever we focus on will be drawn to us. The law of attraction can be explained in terms of quantum physics. Quantum Physics has shown or proven that everything is made up of atoms, and sub-atoms, all these are nothing but concentration of energy.

Everything in this universe is made of energy and that each particle or object vibrate at different frequency of the energy. It is clear that the reason why the same particles grow together is because they are vibrating at the same frequency.

The law of attraction works through thought, thoughts are vibrational energy, which means that it will attract to other energy with the same frequency, when we hold a thought in our mind.

We can activate the law of attraction by simply holding a mental picture of what we desire as long as possible and as often as possible. We must feel that we already have what we want with certainty. We need to believe we have it. It is also to make what we want as our reality rather than accept what is our reality as we currently see it. We have to take action both in thought and reality to speed up the process. We should not expect instant manifestations, the thought energy has already been put out there and there is a buffer between your thought and the manifestation of your desire, no matter what you must believe and it will be.

I am still not exactly where I want to be but I believe that I will be soon. For me it’s all about spiritual growth, I have taken many steps and am continuing to take these steps to get me to where I want to be and create the life I want to live.

Internet safety, this is a question I often ask, how safe is the Internet? Do we know enough about Internet Safety?

For some strange reason beyond my realms of understanding, my blog was hacked last week. I don’t understand what anyone is trying to achieve by hacking into a blog site.

I don’t think that any of my material is offensive, provocative or contains any political or religious views which would be deemed to be blasphemous. I worked hard to set up this blog, I started from scratch as I do not know enough about the wide world web that is out there, so I had to learn. Maybe I should have taken a course in Internet safety.

I do a lot of shopping on the Internet and honestly have not been too concerned about Internet safety, as all the transaction has been carried out through safe sites which I took on trust. I do feel that Internet safety has got better over time, however, I guess that someone somewhere will find a way to hack into a system and probably just for the sake of it.

My concern is why hack into a blog? What is on a blog that could of use to the hackers? Maybe I am still a little naive about Internet safety and have a lot more to learn. I am grateful that the damage was not too serious and am able to get back out there, thanks to my hosting company.

I shall now be more diligent about Internet safety.

We are led to believe that we are now in the depths of recession due to a “credit crunch”. What is this “Credit Crunch”? How did it come about?

Credit Crunch

I truly want to know how many people out there are feeling the effect of the so called credit crunch, what percentatge of the population have lost their job? What percentage have had their properties repossesed? what is meant by credit crunch?

I think it was irresponsible of the government or the media to make such a bold statement, it put the thoughts into the minds of the people, so their focus became doom and gloom. I think there should have been more rigorous procedures that should have been followed, it appears to me that these banking institutions have not learned their lesson from a few years back with the Nick Leeson saga, I know it was a different situation but they should have had the insight to predict what could happen and put a mitigation plan in force.

These share dealers needs to be accountable for the decisions they make to feed their greed, egos and short term gain. In this period where people are worried about their jobs and houses, those fat cats who have taken their huge bonuses and left a mess behind should be made to pay back their bonuses. These investment bankers should be made accountable, yes o.k we are always told that share prices can go up or down, but to go as low as they have surely could have been avoided or at least minimised. We are letting these people take huge risks with our money, yes the reward could be great, but as far as I’m aware they will get their bonuses come what may and may not be as big but still substantial compared to the average wage. They need to have stringent procedures to follow. It’s not only effecting individuals, it’s also bringing down governments. 

Who is to blame for the credit crunch?

In my opinion, the masses are to blame, they made the decision not to live within their means. The housing market is a prime example, for example arranging a mortgage, yes they were offered a greater multiplier and a relatively low interest rate. Everyone has the right to own their own property, but if you can’t afford to live because you have stretched yourself whose fault is that. Everyone makes their own choices and therefore have to live with that choice. They know what risk they are taking, they took that risk and it did not work, you have to live with the consequences of your actions. When you find yourself in that precarious situation it is up to you to get yourself out not the government.

On the other hand if the banks have made grave errors of judgement then they are responsible and should be accountable, however, as we have seen and I have mentioned some banks are being bailed out by the government, in effect by the tax payers money and additional loans.

Bailing out the Institutions

I just find it quite amusing that the government are being credited with bailing out the banks, wheras infact we the tax payers are actually bailing out the banks and getting ourselves out of this mess, don’t be fooled to think that our illustrious government have a rescue pacakage, we are funding majority of the capital that is being touted as the rescue package.

Capitalism

In a nutshell, capitalism basically states that the capital should be in the hands of the people, it is, but it seems only in the hands of the minority. We can all make money out there, there is enough to go round for everybody, there is an abundance of wealth out there. We all think that having the money will make us happy, sure it can to a certain extent, it’s what you do with the money, I don’t think it’s important how much money you have, I think it’s more important the character you are, a phrase used by Jim Rohn “If you live well, you’ll earn well” it’s more important how you live your life, yes having the money helps, but it’s more important the person you need to become to get that kind of money.

We all saw the demise of communism, a system which basically states that capital should be in the hands of the almighty government and the people gets what they need for survival, I ask is capitalism any better? It’s the sheer greed of people and their misuse of money that makes me wonder if capitalism is working or not. I think it’s important to have money and feel comfortable about making money, but it’s how we use it and our relationship with money that determines the response to capitalism.

There are so many avenues of communication currently available to us. Telephone (fixed land line and mobile), telegrams, e-mails, conventional letters, chat lines, video calling etc. In having all the access to technology are we losing the art of the human factor when we communicate?

E-Mails, Instant Messaging and Networking

We have come a long way with the invention of e-mails, the electronic/technological revolution has given us access to so much information out there. I am all for technology but feel that the human factor is being lost somewhere along the way.

Keeping in touch with people has become a lot easier and there are no excuses, there are so many avenues. The most common way for keeping in touch seems to be using e-mails, then there is the sending of SMS/Text through the mobile phones and now it seems the most popular way is to be through the social networking programs.

E-mails are a fantastic way of keeping in touch, it does not matter where you are in the world, you can write til your hearts content knowing that the recipient will receive your letter instantly, no more waiting weeks for a letter to come through your letter box. There is instant messaging like MSN and Yahoo messengers. There are facilities to have a video call like Skype, also available with MSN, this is absolutely fantastic when you are away from your loved ones, especially if you have a webcam where you can see and speak with them.

Use of Instant Messaging at the work place

Recently my company has installed a program called communicator, it works on the same principal of the instant messaging programs such as MSN and Yahoo messenger.

I questioned the decision to install the program. Although in principal it is a good decision, I felt this would be open to more abuse. I have already seen how the use of e-mail in majority of cases has been used legitimately and some (the minority) have abused it. I have also seen people hiding behind e-mails, sending e-mails to someone who sits next to them where a simple discussion face to face would have been more beneficial and then followed up by an e-mail.

I feel more time will be wasted in sending instant messages, where it be far easier and more time saving by making a simple phone call. I think that the use of this particular technology is not one I would use in the work place, there are other programs out there which serves the purpose better.

Art of conversation. 

In my experience in talking with various people, especially the younger generation, I feel that we are losing the art of conversation when we are face to face, so many of the people I have spoken with find it easier to communicate and express themselves better by the written word, I get the impression that they feel more comfortable and confident writing to their friends. However, these are my observations and is a huge generalisation to make, I am sure someone out there will have a different experience and opinion.

I read and article a while ago which basically gave the personality traits based on the blood group of the person. The Japanese use blood groups in the same way we use horoscopes and star signs. There are basically 4 basic blood groups, Type A, B, O and AB. So what does your blood type say about you?

Type A

The second most common blood type in the UK - 42 per cent of the country fall into this category.

They are considered to be: Harmonious; Unconfident; Considerate; Sensitive; Calm; Traditional; Reliable and Worrier.

Type B

The second rarest of the blood types - only 9 per cent of the UK fall into this group.

They are considered to be: Easy-going; Passionate; Disorganised; Independent; Lethargic and Untidy.

Type O

The most common group in the UK - 46 per cent. It’s also considered to be the best blood type in Japan.

They are considered to be: Confident; Hyperactive; Hot-blooded and Self-destructive.

Type AB

You’re a rarity - The AB blood type constitutes between 2 and 5 per cent of the UK population.

They are considered to be: Beguiling; Outgoing; Rational; Distant; Enigmatic and Changeable. 

How could the two be linked? 

In the 1930’s a Japanese psychologist Furukawa Takeji suggested that there was a link between personality and blood type.   Takeji looked into the psychological differences between the blood groups. He conducted a survey and deduced from his answers that there are differences between the blood groups.

The theory is that our blood groups show who our ancestors are, and we’ve inherited their behavioural traits.

Although all this evidence appears to be real, I am still not too convinced. I still therefore ask is it possible to determine a persons personality knowing their blood group? Does this mean everyone who is type AB have the same characteristics? Probably not like not all Capricorns or Leos are the same.