tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1139088293427229772024-03-13T01:18:09.416-07:00RajputAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-40471770041772480352017-01-26T07:34:00.001-08:002017-01-26T07:34:42.564-08:00
Drinking hot lemon water can prevent cancer.<p dir=ltr>"Dr. Pradeep konnur jaya multispeciality panchakarma ayurveda hospital ,karatagi. encouraged each person receiving this newsletter to forward it to another ten people, certainly at least one life will be saved ... I've done my part, I hope you can help do your part. thanks!<br>
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Drinking hot lemon water can prevent cancer. Don't add sugar. Hot lemon water is more beneficial than cold lemon water.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Both yellow n purple sweet potato have good cancer prevention properties. </p>
<p dir=ltr>01. Often taking late night supper can increase the chance of stomach cancer </p>
<p dir=ltr>02. Never take more than 4 eggs per week </p>
<p dir=ltr>03. Eating pope's nose (chicken backside) can cause stomach cancer </p>
<p dir=ltr>04. Never eat fruits after meal. Fruits should be eaten before meals</p>
<p dir=ltr>05. Don't take tea during menstruation period. </p>
<p dir=ltr>06. Take less soy milk, no adding sugar or egg to soy milk </p>
<p dir=ltr>07. Don't eat tomato with empty stomach </p>
<p dir=ltr>08. Drink a glass of plain water every morning before food to prevent gall bladder stones </p>
<p dir=ltr>09. No food 3 hrs before bed time </p>
<p dir=ltr>10. Drink less Teh Tarik, no nutritional properties but can cause diabetes and hypertension </p>
<p dir=ltr>11. Do not eat toast bread when it is hot from oven or toaster </p>
<p dir=ltr>12. Do not charge your handphone or any device next to you when you are sleeping </p>
<p dir=ltr>13. Drink 10 glasses of water a day to prevent bladder cancer </p>
<p dir=ltr>14. Drink more water in the day time, less at night </p>
<p dir=ltr>15. Don't drink more than 2 cups of coffee a day, may cause insomnia and gastric </p>
<p dir=ltr>16. Eat less oily food. It takes 5-7 hrs to digest them, makes you feel tired </p>
<p dir=ltr>17. After 5pm, eat less </p>
<p dir=ltr>18. Six types of food that makes you happy: banana, grapefruit, spinach, pumpkin, peach. </p>
<p dir=ltr>19. Sleeping less than 8 hrs a day may deteriorate our brain function. Taking Afternoon naps may keep our youthful look.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Cooked tomato has better healing properties than the raw tomato.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Hot lemon water can sustain your health and make you live longer! </p>
<p dir=ltr>Hot lemon water kills cancer cells </p>
<p dir=ltr>Add hot water to 2-3 slices of lemon. Make it a daily drink </p>
<p dir=ltr>The bitterness in hot lemon water is the best substance to kill cancer cells.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Cold lemon water only has vitamin C, no cancer prevention.<br>
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Hot lemon water can control cancer tumor growth. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Clinical tests have proven hot lemon water works. </p>
<p dir=ltr>This type of Lemon extract treatment will only destroy the malignant cells, it does not affect healthy cells.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Next... citric acid and lemon polyphenol in side lemon juice, can help reduce high blood pressure, effective prevention of deep vein thrombosis, improve blood circulation, and reduce blood clots.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-46244633791578342352017-01-23T17:03:00.001-08:002017-01-23T17:03:18.017-08:00Cancer patients shouldn't die.<p dir=ltr>*Eating Fruit on Empty Stomach*</p>
<p dir=ltr>This will open your eyes ! Read to the end and then send it on to all on your e-list. I just did !</p>
<p dir=ltr>Dr Stephen Mak treats terminal ill cancer patients by an "un-orthodox" way and many patients recovered.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients, he believes on natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below.</p>
<p dir=ltr>It is one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Cancer patients shouldn't die. The cure for cancer is already found - *its in the way we eat fruits.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>It is whether you believe it or not.</p>
<p dir=ltr>I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments.</p>
<p dir=ltr>*EATING FRUIT*</p>
<p dir=ltr>We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.</p>
<p dir=ltr>It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and *when* to eat the fruits.</p>
<p dir=ltr>What is the correct way of eating fruits?</p>
<p dir=ltr>*IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!*</p>
<p dir=ltr>*FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH*</p>
<p dir=ltr>If you eat fruits on empty stomach, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities. </p>
<p dir=ltr>_FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD._</p>
<p dir=ltr>Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.</p>
<p dir=ltr>The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so due to the bread taken before the fruit.</p>
<p dir=ltr>In the meantime the whole meal of bread & fruit rots and ferments and turns to acid. </p>
<p dir=ltr>The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.</p>
<p dir=ltr>So please eat your fruits on an *empty stomach* *or before your meals !*</p>
<p dir=ltr>You have heard people complaining : </p>
<p dir=ltr>Every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc.. etc..</p>
<p dir=ltr>Actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on _an empty stomach._</p>
<p dir=ltr>The fruit mixes with the putrefying of other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat !</p>
<p dir=ltr>Greying hair, balding, nervous outburst and dark circles under the eyes all these will *NOT* *happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. </p>
<p dir=ltr>If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the *SECRET of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>When you need to drink fruit juice - *drink only fresh fruit juice,* NOT from the cans, packs or bottles.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. </p>
<p dir=ltr>You only get its taste.<br>
Cooking destroys all the vitamins.</p>
<p dir=ltr>But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.</p>
<p dir=ltr>If you should drink the fresh fruit juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. </p>
<p dir=ltr>You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse or detoxify your body. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Just eat fruits and drink fresh fruit juice throughout the 3 days.</p>
<p dir=ltr>And you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look !</p>
<p dir=ltr>*KIWI fruit:*<br>
Tiny but mighty. <br>
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.</p>
<p dir=ltr>*APPLE:*<br>
An apple a day keeps the doctor away? <br>
Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby _helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke._ </p>
<p dir=ltr>*STRAWBERRY:*<br>
Protective Fruit. <br>
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging and free radicals. </p>
<p dir=ltr>*ORANGE :*<br>
Sweetest medicine. <br>
Taking 2-4 oranges a day may _help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer._</p>
<p dir=ltr>*WATERMELON:*<br>
Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which _helps boost our immune system._</p>
<p dir=ltr>They are also *a key source of lycopene the cancer fighting oxidant.*<br>
Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium. </p>
<p dir=ltr>*GUAVA & PAPAYA:*<br>
Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Guava is also rich in fiber, which _helps prevent constipation._</p>
<p dir=ltr>Papaya is rich in carotene; this is _good for your eyes._</p>
<p dir=ltr>*Drinking COLD water or drinks after a meal = CANCER*</p>
<p dir=ltr>Can you believe this ?</p>
<p dir=ltr>For those who like to drink cold water or cold drinks, this article is applicable to you. </p>
<p dir=ltr>It is nice to have a cup of cold water or cold drinks after a meal.</p>
<p dir=ltr>*However, the cold water or drinks will solidify the oily stuff that you have just eaten.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>*It will slow down the digestion.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>*Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>*It will line the intestine.*</p>
<p dir=ltr>*Very soon, this will turn into FATS and lead to CANCER !*</p>
<p dir=ltr>_*It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.*_</p>
<p dir=ltr>Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.</p>
<p dir=ltr>A cardiologist says: <br>
if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-77238175102238111642016-09-30T19:45:00.003-07:002016-09-30T19:45:27.319-07:00Love to Share Bios <div>
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<span data-offset-key="4qqig-0-0">No matter what has happened. No matter what you’ve done. No matter what you will do. </span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4blvl-0-0">I will always love you. I swear it.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="frhju-0-0">Just a cupcake looking for a stud muffin.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="auvub-0-0">I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="acrrj-0-0">The most painful goodbyes are those which were never said and never explained.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="4l88o-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4l88o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="4l88o-0-0">I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need—love is all there is.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="ajnk5-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ajnk5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="ajnk5-0-0">You’re still a little kitten that looks at my eyes, wanting love in this cold world.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="fh0bu-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fh0bu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="fh0bu-0-0">I’ve been waiting hours and I’ll be waiting for hours more, till my love arrives and my heart’s fulfilled.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="u9ri-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="u9ri-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="u9ri-0-0">When you fall for someone’s personality, almost everything about them becomes handsome and beautiful.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="bh247-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bh247-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="bh247-0-0">Just about the time when you think you can make ends meet, somebody moves the ends.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="bs94m-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bs94m-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="bs94m-0-0">Before you, I never believed in forever. Now, I know that is not long enough to spend with you.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="aqctt-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aqctt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="aqctt-0-0">Can anything be more valuable than our love? Since you are with me, my only measurement is in heartbeats.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="9rb2t-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9rb2t-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="9rb2t-0-0">While heaven must surely mourn the loss of one of its own, we mere mortals celebrate your grace.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="389d9-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="389d9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="389d9-0-0">When I miss you it seems every song I listen to is about you.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="dnajh-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dnajh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="dnajh-0-0">Silence is the most powerful scream.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ar8dg-0-0">Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="97kat-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="97kat-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="97kat-0-0">Sometimes you never realize the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="5hpsm-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5hpsm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="5hpsm-0-0">There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="6j88v-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6j88v-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="6j88v-0-0">When I miss you I re-read our old conversations and smile like an idiot.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="5uj6p-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5uj6p-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="5uj6p-0-0">Every time I see you I fall in love all over again.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="aijni-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="aijni-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="aijni-0-0">Everyone is beautiful in their own way because God makes no mistakes.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="2flg9-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2flg9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="2flg9-0-0">My silence/smile is just another word for my pain.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="eki8s-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eki8s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="eki8s-0-0">I don’t have much to give you. I’m not a rich man. What I can promise is that everything I do will be for you, always.</span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="bburj-0-0">Without you in my life, I would be incomplete. I pray that I should never know such pain.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="9smfu-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9smfu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="9smfu-0-0">I love you with the breath, the smiles and the tears of all my life.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="ab1mn-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ab1mn-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="ab1mn-0-0">If you can’t get someone out of your head. Maybe, they are supposed to be there.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="ctn7g-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ctn7g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="ctn7g-0-0">Perfect has 7 letters and so does meeeeee. Coincidence? I think not.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="15i85-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="15i85-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="15i85-0-0">If life is not smiling at you, give it a good tickling.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="ekng6-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ekng6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="ekng6-0-0">Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="flhf3-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="flhf3-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="flhf3-0-0">No matter how strong of a person you are, there’s always someone who can make you weak.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="2i0s-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2i0s-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="2i0s-0-0">It hurts when you have someone in your heart but not in your arms.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="fp3g4-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fp3g4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="fp3g4-0-0">You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="8i5dm-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8i5dm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="8i5dm-0-0">If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could walk in my garden forever.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="956ed-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="956ed-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="956ed-0-0">Sometimes I’m not angry, I’m hurt and there’s a big difference.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="87hor-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="87hor-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="87hor-0-0">Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by again?</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="d7k4d-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d7k4d-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="d7k4d-0-0">Fabulous ends in “us” coincidence? I think not.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="fpoo5-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fpoo5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="fpoo5-0-0">I want a cute, long relationship where everyone is like damn they’re still together?</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="7jan0-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7jan0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="7jan0-0-0">Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="5g9ij-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5g9ij-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="5g9ij-0-0">My life with you is something that I would never trade, even for all of the riches under heaven.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="7ul1f-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7ul1f-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="7ul1f-0-0">All the blood, sweat, and tears will be worth it when I get to spend forever by your side.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="5uls-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5uls-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="5uls-0-0">It’s funny how people say they miss you, but don’t even make an effort to see you.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="cdb16-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cdb16-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="cdb16-0-0">I’m not perfect. I’ll annoy you, make fun of you, say stupid things, but you’ll never find someone who loves you as much as I do.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="eagig-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eagig-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="eagig-0-0">You’ll know they’re special when no matter what kind of mood you’re in, they can always manage to make you smile.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="1qbhu-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1qbhu-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="1qbhu-0-0">To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="edjb4-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="edjb4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="edjb4-0-0">Sometimes, it’s better to be alone… No one can hurt you.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="4ao49-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ao49-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="4ao49-0-0">If you dare, take my hand and take me to where your heart is. I want to feel what it’s like to love like you.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="1k92g-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1k92g-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="1k92g-0-0">When you love me like that, I melt into honey. Let’s be sweet together.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="4b0j-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4b0j-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="4b0j-0-0">The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="bbpqc-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bbpqc-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="bbpqc-0-0">Why cry for someone when you can laugh next to someone else?</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="avq9a-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="avq9a-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="avq9a-0-0">The reason I like you is simple – love, laughter, and your smile.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="4ff48-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4ff48-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="4ff48-0-0">There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Please don’t forget to smile.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="3ledp-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ledp-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="3ledp-0-0">I’d rather spend one moment holding you than a lifetime knowing I never could.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="6oq1c-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6oq1c-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="6oq1c-0-0">There is no other woman in the world like you. I am the luckiest man alive to be able to call you mine.</span></div>
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<li class="_2cuy _509q _3kpz _3kq1 _3kq6" data-block="true" data-editor="6e5p4" data-offset-key="3o9of-0-0" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px auto 12px 24px; position: relative; width: 676px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3o9of-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;">
<span data-offset-key="3o9of-0-0">I’ve fallen in love many times always with you.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-51551802170960109772015-04-03T05:03:00.002-07:002015-04-03T05:03:36.252-07:00Difference between Love Infatuation and Lust<h2 style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 10px;">
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Fairy tales like <em>Cinderella </em>and <em>Snow White</em> romanticize <strong><a href="http://www.yourtango.com/love" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">love</a></strong> by showing the main characters living happily ever after. In Hollywood movies like <em>Pretty Woman</em> or <em>How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days</em>, we see slight variations of <em>guy meets girl, guy loses girl and guy gets girl back</em>. In most of these movies, they live happily ever after. In fairy tales and movies, we're led to believe that <a href="http://loveforsuccessfulwomen.com/2011/10/create-your-true-love-story/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">happily ever after</a> means that everything is always wonderful between guy and girl.</div>
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In real life, here is the more common scenario: Guy meets girl, guy has fun with girl but wants to date others, girl just wants to date guy and tries to keep his attention, and girl may stay too long with a guy who isn't right for her. Or if guy decides that he wants girl, fears and insecurities that surface from both individuals means that things aren't the happily ever after portrayed in fairy tales and movies. Placing unrealistic expectations from fairy tales and movies onto your own love life when reality is different makes it hard to know if you're in love. If you believe happily-ever-after means everything always flows wonderfully, and when your own relationship ebbs and flows, you may not realize you are actually in love with a wonderful guy. Additionally, having strong feelings for someone can make you think you're in love when you're actually in lust or infatuated. Here's the important distinction between lust and infatuation: </div>
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<strong>Lust is</strong> a physical emotion and reaction to someone else's physical appearance. It's when you're sexually attracted to a guy and want him only for <strong><a href="http://www.yourtango.com/sex" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">sex</a></strong>. Lust tends to be short-lived and is more about immediate gratification. If it's just lust, you will have sex in the heat of the moment and only feel physically fulfilled.</div>
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<strong>Infatuation is</strong> an intense feeling. It happens when you are attracted to a guy's appearance or attracted to him sexually. Infatuation happens early on and tends to become obsessive. When you're infatuated, you see him through rose-colored glasses based on who you<em>imagine</em> him to be. You have put him on a pedestal and don't acknowledge him for who he really is — good or bad. You may behave irrationally, become caught up in your feelings of what you think love is and aren't living in reality.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.yourtango.com/experts/janet-ong-zimmerman/help-my-new-boyfriend-bondage-and-it-scares-me" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">intensity</a> of feelings that come with lusting after someone or being infatuated may cause you to think you're in love. When the guy you're lusting after or are infatuated with doesn't feel the same way, disappointment and heartache ensue. As a result, these lustful and infatuation experiences that don't work out, will cause you to believe, "Love is hard, painful and uncertain." The reality is love isn't any of these things. If you're experiencing love to be hard, painful and uncertain, and asking, "<strong><a href="http://www.yourtango.com/experts/janet-ong-zimmerman/am-i-love-how-know-sure" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Am I in love</a></strong>?", <em>you are not in love. </em></div>
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Lust and infatuation are usually fleeting and short-lived and don't tend to turn into love. When you are in love, you will have intense feelings for a guy, and be attracted and connected to him on the level of mind, body and soul. Here is my perception and experience of love.</div>
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<strong>Love is a feeling</strong>. Feelings are the most common way that people learn about and experience love. When it is truly love, you will feel good about yourself when you're with and without him. As a result, you will also feel good about him. Since you're only human, sometimes you may not feel so good about yourself or him. This doesn't mean it's not love. It just means that things are ebbing, and change and growth are taking place. </div>
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<strong>L</strong><strong>ove is an inside job</strong>. We tend to look for love from someone else, not realizing that love is actually within. Love is about <a href="http://loveforsuccessfulwomen.com/2011/12/love-starts-within/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">loving yourself first</a> so that you are whole and not looking for someone else to complete you. The quality of your love life is a direct reflection on how much (or little) you care for and love yourself. The more you love yourself, the more you attract a guy who will love you just as much.</div>
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<strong>Love is a way of being</strong>. Love is experienced in the present moment. When you are present, negative thoughts and feelings fall away, making space for gratitude, kindness and loving energy. Being present with your partner lets you see him through fresh eyes and keeps you in love. Being present helps you express yourself more openly, building a deeper connection.</div>
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<strong>Love is a choice</strong>. It's easy to choose love when things are going really well. And when insecurities and fears come up, choosing love is where your greatest growth happens. Love is choosing we over me, unless you're in an abusive relationship. It's being considerate of your partner and making choices for the greater good of your relationship.</div>
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<strong>Love is built on a strong foundation</strong>. Building a strong foundation of love happens by being the best version of you, taking the time to learn about each other, appreciating and accepting each other's qualities, quirks and differences, being there through thick and thin, resolving differences in a respectful manner and letting him be who he is without trying to change him.</div>
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<strong>20 Questions to Know if You're in Love</strong></div>
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Your answers to these questions will reveal if you're in love. Answer "true" or "false" with the first response that comes up. If you're thinking about or rationalizing your answers too much, stop answering these questions. Instead, take some deep breaths and relax. Then respond from a place of inner calm.</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I am attracted and connected to my partner physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">The thought of my partner makes me happy.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I feel happy about myself when I'm with my partner and without him.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I am free to be my true self in my relationship.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I like who I am in my relationship.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I love myself just as much as I love my partner.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I feel good about who my partner is. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If my partner were to lose his material possessions, I would still love him and be with him.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I appreciate my partner and his quirks.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I'm happy for my partner when good things come his way.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">When difficulties come up for my partner, I'm here to support him.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I feel good about the way my partner and I interact and resolve issues.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I choose in favor of our relationship; my decisions are for the greater good of our relationship.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">When I have good or bad <strong><a href="http://www.yourtango.com/news" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">news</a></strong>, or a challenging situation, my partner is one of the first people I call. </li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">When we have issues, my initial response is to resolve them, not leave him.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">When our relationship isn't flowing as smoothly as I'd like, I'm able to be with what is and trust that things are and will be fine.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I feel content and fulfilled in my relationship.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I know my partner feels the same way about me as I do him (i.e. we both like and love each other).</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">There's no one else I'd rather be with, than my partner.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I mostly approach our relationship from a place of love. </li>
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You are mostly likely in love if the majority of your answers are "true". If most of your answers are "false", you are not in love. You are approaching love from fear and under the belief that love is hard. The bottom line is: if you're in love with the right guy, love won't be or feel so hard. You will feel uplifted and loved for your true self. You will know how he feels about you. Your relationship will flow with more ease and when <a href="http://loveforsuccessfulwomen.com/2013/01/how-to-ease-through-the-difficulties-of-love/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #21568a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">difficulties arise</a>, they will be resolved respectfully.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-9369529861865688042015-04-03T04:58:00.001-07:002015-04-03T04:58:16.348-07:00Love me without.....<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>“Love me without restriction, Trust me without fear, Want me without demand and accept me for who I am.”</b></span><br />
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My initial reaction to it was – Wow! Excellent!. Then I read it again, something about it made me uneasy. My mind began to whir. I was compelled to delve deeper to find that which was hiding behind the attractive facade.</div>
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Once the seemingly open words had their free-spirited veneer chipped away, I began to feel restricted by them. When I first read them, it was as though I was the person saying those words, so they seemed right. But then I read them as though they were being said to me, and I felt that I was being given a set of rules of interaction. As long as I followed this person’s rules, they would allow me to love them, but if I broke the rules, they would leave me because I obviously didn't understand them or their needs.</div>
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“Love me without restriction” – is a restriction being imposed by someone who doesn't want to be tied down, upon someone they are tying down with their words. As in, I am now telling you exactly how you must love me.</div>
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“Trust me without fear” – is a fear-inducing statement. As soon as anyone says something like that, you can be fairly certain that they are probably untrustworthy. People who are trustworthy rarely feel the need to say ‘Trust me’, as they know that they are and it would never occur to them to think that they are not. They might say it, if the other person had questioned their trustworthiness, but they would probably not add ‘without fear’. The addition of ‘without fear’ intensifies the sense that this person is not to be trusted.</div>
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“Want me without demand and accept me for who I am” – is a demand. The person saying this is doing the very thing that they do not want done to them. They are not accepting the person they are saying this to as they are, because they are telling them who they want them to be. They are demanding them to be undemanding. But what if the person at the receiving end of these words has needs too.</div>
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I flip things around a lot in my mind. Whenever someone says anything to me, especially when it is directed at me, such as a question, a criticism, or a compliment, after hearing it, rather than absorb it into myself, I tend to mirror it back at them. People, including me, talk about themselves all the time, sometimes they do it in a straightforward manner, and sometimes they do it in an indirect manner. They project themselves onto others, using others as their mirror image, detached from them, yet still a part of them.</div>
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This quote is a puzzle often encountered in relationships. What we want versus what the other wants. And what we want from others is not necessarily what we give in return. We often ask for things, behaviors, from others which we are not able or prepared to offer to them. Perhaps the reason we are asking for it is because we believe that we do not have it, or we have a very tiny supply and we guard it with our life, so we can’t give it away as it is too precious a resource. It’s tricky.</div>
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There was a time in my life when I felt very misunderstood by the world, and the thing I wanted most from others was to be understood. I craved understanding. Being misunderstood was one of my greatest fears. So much so, that I saw misunderstandings everywhere. I lived in a permanent state of being misunderstood. The frustration of it drove me up the walls and on to the ceiling to which I clung, growling, hissing, and sometimes spitting at those who were on the floor below me. I eventually fell off the ceiling, hit my head on the floor, and came to my senses. I realized that most of the misunderstandings I saw others having about me, actually belonged to me. As I assimilated this realization, I began to turn the projection around. If I wanted to be understood, then I needed to learn to understand.</div>
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First I needed to understand myself. This was a shock. There I was demanding that others understand me, and I didn't understand myself. Then I saw that that was partly why I wanted others to understand me, I hoped they would share their insights about me with me because I didn't have any.</div>
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Once I had gained some understanding of myself, I turned my attention to others, and learned to understand them. Who they were, what they wanted, needed, etc. The greatest surprise I had was seeing that everyone craved understanding from others. So I tried to give it as best as I could without asking for it in return. The more I understood about others, the more I understood about myself. And strangely enough, I began to see how well others understood me.</div>
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That’s the paradox. What we want from others, we only get from them when we give it freely to them without asking for anything in return. So this person who wrote this quote, who wants love without restriction, trust without fear, to be wanted without demand, and be accepted for who they are… if they gave all of these things freely to others, they would not need to say these words at all.</div>
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So, What do you think?</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the time of Hazrat Ibrahim A.S., many, many centuries ago.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>steady.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After I finished my observations I took the samples</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>European laboratories to test. Before I left the Ka'aba,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked the authorities about the other wells around Makkah.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>told<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that these wells were mostly dry. When I reached my office</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Jeddah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reported my findings to my boss who listened with great</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>interest but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>made<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>very<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>irrational<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>comment<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zam-zam<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>could</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be internally<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>connected<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Red Sea. How was it possible when Makkah</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is about 75 kilometres away from the sea and the wells located before the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>city usually<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remains<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dry?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>results<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>samples tested by</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the European<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>laboratories <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the one We analysed in our own laboratory</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>were found to be almost identical.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>difference<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>between<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zam-zam water and other water (city water) was</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quantity<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>calcium<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>magnesium<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>salts. The content of these</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was slightly higher in zam-zam water. This may be why this water refreshes</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>tired hajis,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>more<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>significantly, the water contains fluorides that have</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>an effective<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>germicidal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Moreover,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remarks<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the European</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>laboratories showed that the water was fit for drinking. Hence the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>statement made by the Egyptian doctor was proved false.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this was reported to King Faisal he was extremely pleased and</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ordered the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>contradiction<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the report in the European Press. In a way, it was</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a blessing that this study was undertaken to show the chemical composition</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water. In fact, the more you explore, the more wonders surface and</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you find yourself believing implicitly in the miracles of this water that</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allah bestowed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a gift on the faithful coming from far and wide to the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>desert land for pilgrimage.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me sum up some of the features of zam-zam water.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has never dried up. On the contrary it has always fulfilled</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the demand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has always maintained the same salt composition</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and taste<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ever<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>since<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>came into existence. Its potability has always</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been universally<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>recognised<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>pilgrims<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>from all over the world visit</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ka'aba every year for Hajj and umrah, but have never complained about it.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, they<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>always<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>enjoyed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>refreshes them.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Water tastes different at different places.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zam-zam water's appeal has always been universal. This water has never</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>been chemically treated or chlorinated as is the case with water pumped into</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the cities. Biological growth and vegetation usually takes place in most wells.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do u know the miracles of zamzam?...?</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ZamZam water level is</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>around 10.6 feet below the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>surface. It is the miracle of</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allah that when Zam Zam</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was pumped continuously</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for more than 24 hours with</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a pumping rate of 8,000</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>liters per second, water level</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dropped to almost 44 feet</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>below the surface,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BUT WHEN</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>THE PUMPING WAS STOPPED,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the level immediately</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>elevated again to 13 feet</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>after 11 minutes.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8,000 liters per second</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>means that</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8,000 x 60 = 480,000 liters</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>per minute</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>480,000 liters per minutes</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>means</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that 480,000 x 60 = 28.8</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Million liters per hour</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And 28.8 Million liters per</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>hour</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>means that 28,800,000 x 24</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>= 691.2 Million liters per day</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So they pumped 690 Millions</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>liters of ZamZam in 24 hours,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>but it was re-supplied in 11</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>minutes only.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are 2 miracles here, the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>first that ZamZam was re-</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>filled immediately, & the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>second is that Allah Holds the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>extra-ordinaril y powerful</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Aquifer for not throwing</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>extra ZamZam out of the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well, otherwise the world</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will SINK.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is the translation</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the word ZamZam, which</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>means Stop !!!!!!!!!!!!</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stop !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! said by</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hajirah Alaih As Salaam.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zimam is an Arabic word, it is</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the rope / REIN attached to</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bridle or noseband & it is</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>used / pulled to stop the</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>running animal.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zamzam water <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">♥</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has no colour or smell, but it</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has a distinct taste</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes the water unpalatable owing to the growth of algae causing</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>taste and odour problems.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>case<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Zam-zam<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well, there wasn't any sign</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of biological<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>growth. Centuries ago, Bibi Hajra A.S. searched desperately</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in the hills of Sufwa and Murwa to give to her newly born son Hazrat</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ismail<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A.S.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>she ran from one place to another in search of water,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>her child<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>rubbed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>his<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>feet against the sand. A pool of water surfaced, and</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>grace<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allah,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>shaped<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>itself<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>into a well which came to be called Zam-zam water.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-59113774505158860042013-01-20T18:33:00.001-08:002013-01-20T18:39:29.159-08:00Stroke has a new indicator<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2700" style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2699" style="font-size: 24pt;">Stroke has a New Indicator </span></span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2586" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2585" style="font-size: 18pt;">They say if you email this to ten people, you stand a chance of saving one life. Will you send this along?Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2702"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2701">Tongue</span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><br />I will continue to forward this every time it comes around!<b><br /><br /><br />STROKE: </b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Remember the 1st Three Letters..... </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;">S. T. R. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /><br /><br />STROKE IDENTIFICATION:</span></span></b><b><span style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2708"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2707" style="color: #4f4f4f; font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2706" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /><br />During a BBQ, a woman stumbled and took a little fall. She assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) . . . she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.</span></span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2621"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2620" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2619" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /><br /><br />They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Jane went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening.<br /><br /><br />Jane's husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1358735020_2">6:00 PM</span> Jane passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1358735020_3">signs of a stroke</span>, perhaps Jane would be with us today. Some don't die. They end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.<br /><br /><br />It only takes a minute to read this.<br /><br /><br />A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...<u>totally</u>. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2638"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2637" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2636" style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /><br /><br />RECOGNIZING A STROKE<br /><br /><br />Thank God for the sense to remember the '3' steps - STR.</span></span></b> <b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2624"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2623" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2622" style="font-size: 18pt;">Read and Learn!<br /><br /><br />Sometimes <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1358735020_4">symptoms of a stroke</span> are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.<br /><br /><br />Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:</span></span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2641"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2640" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2639" style="font-size: 24pt;"><br /><br /><br />S *</span></span></b><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2631" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2630" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ask the individual to SMILE.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><br /><br />T *</span></span></b><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2626" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2625" style="font-size: 18pt;">Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK<br /><br />A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)</span></span><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2644"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2643" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2642" style="font-size: 24pt;"><br />(i.e. Chicken Soup)<br /><br />R</span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"> *</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.<br /><br /><br />If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number<u> immediately</u>and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><br /><br /><br />New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><br /><br /><br />NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is<br /><br />'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2628" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358734969608_2627" style="font-size: 18pt;">that is also an indication of a stroke.<br /><br /><br />A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people; you can bet that at least one life will be saved.</span></span></span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2925" lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><br />''All Muslims may not be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims..'' This comment, frequently heard after the Mumbai bomb blasts implies that terrorism is a Muslim specialty, if not a monopoly. The facts are very different.<br />[</span><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;">ALL CHRISTIAN or JEWISH or MUSLIM </span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2922"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2921" lang="EN-AU" style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">PEOPLE</span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2924"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2923" lang="EN-AU" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> ARE NOT BAD PEOPLE, BUT IT IS A FACT THAT ALL CHRISTIAN </span></b><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="color: #002060; font-size: 10pt;">COUNTRIES</span></b><b id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2920"><span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2919" lang="EN-AU" style="color: red; font-size: 10pt;"> ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOST DEATHS WORLWIDE IN THE LAST 250 YEARS, CAUSED BY DROPPING THE BIGGEST BOMBS IN THEIR ARSENAL. IN THE END IT WAS NOT THE LEADERS OF THESE COUNTRIES WHO PAID THE HEAVY PRICE, BUT THE CIVILIANS WORLDWIDE AND THEY STILL DO BACAUSE OF THE CRIMES OF LEADERS WHO COULD NOT THINK.</span></b></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2886" lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />First, there is nothing new about terrorism. In 1881, anarchists killed the Russian Tsar Alexander II and 21 bystanders. In 1901, anarchists killed US President McKinley as well as King Humbert I of Italy . World War I started in 1914 when anarchists killed Archduke Ferdinand of Austria . These terrorist attacks were not Muslim.<br /><br />Terrorism is generally defined as the killing of civilians for political reasons. Going by this definition, the British Raj referred to Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad and many other Indian freedom fighters as terrorists. These were Hindu and Sikh rather than Muslim.<br /><br />Guerrilla fighters from Mao Zedong to Ho Chi Minh and Fidel Castro killed civilians during their revolutionary campaigns. They too were called terrorists until they triumphed. Nothing Muslim about them<br /><br />In Palestine , after World War II, Jewish groups (the Haganah, Irgun and Stern Gang) fought for the creation of a Jewish state, bombing hotels and installations and killing civilians. The British, who then governed Palestine , rightly called these Jewish groups terrorists. Many of these terrorists later became leaders of independent Israel - Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Ariel Sharon. Ironically, these former terrorists then lambasted terrorism, applying this label only to Arabs fighting for the very same nationhood that the Jews had fought for earlier.<br /><br />In Germany in 1968-92, the Baader-Meinhoff Gang killed dozens, including the head of Treuhand, the German privatization agency. In Italy , the Red Brigades kidnapped and killed Aldo Moro, former prime minister.<br /><br />The Japanese Red Army was an Asian version of this. Japan was also the home of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist cult that tried to kill thousands in the Tokyo metro system using nerve gas in 1995.<br /><br />In Europe , the Irish Republican Army has been a Catholic terrorist organization for almost a century. Spain and France face a terrorist challenge from ETA, the Basque terrorist organization.<br /><br />Africa is ravaged by so much civil war and internal strife that few people even bother to check which groups can be labeled terrorist. They stretch across the continent. Possibly the most notorious is the<br /><br />Lord's Salvation Army in Uganda , a Christian outfit that uses children as warriors. While the West amplifies the plight Muslim Darfour region in the Sudan , the Western media has rellatively ignored this Christian sponsored conflict next door in Uganda and the Eastern Congo that has done horrendous crimes against women and children.<br /><br />Tamil Tigers have long constituted one of the most vicious and formidable terrorist groups in the world. They were the first to train children as terrorists. They happen to be Hindus. Suicide bombing is widely associated with Muslim Palestinians and Iraqis, but the Tamil Tigers were the first to use this tactic on a large scale and surprisingly more suicide bombings have been associated with Tiger (400+ in 2003-2007) than all bombings in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. One such suicide bomber assassinated Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.<br /><br />In India , the militants in Kashmir are Muslim. But they are only one of several militant groups. The Punjab militants, led by Bhindranwale, were Sikhs. The United Liberation Front of Assam is a Hindu terrorist group that targets Muslims rather than the other way round. Tripura has witnessed the rise and fall of several terrorist groups, and so have Bodo strongholds in Assam . Christian Mizos mounted an insurrection for decades, and Christian Nagas are still heading militant groups.<br /><br />But most important of all are the Maoist terrorist groups that now exist in no less than 150 out of India 's 600 districts. They have attacked police stations, and killed and razed entire villages that oppose them. These are secular terrorists (like the Baader Meinhof Gang or Red Brigades). In terms of membership and area controlled, secular terrorists are far ahead of Muslim terrorists.<br /><br /><b>In sum, terrorism is certainly not a Muslim monopoly</b>.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2887" lang="EN-AU" style="font-size: 10pt;">Catholic Irish terrorists have killed far more people in Britain than Muslims, yet the subway bombings in London and Madrid are what Europeans remember today. The Baader Meinhof Gang, IRA and Red Brigades no longer pose much of a threat, but after 9/11 Americans and Europeans fear that they could be hit anywhere anytime. So they focus attention on Islamic militancy. They pay little notice to other forms of terrorism in Africa, Sri Lanka or India : these pose no threat to the West.<br /><br />Within India , Maoists pose a far greater threat than Muslim militants in 150 districts, one-third of India 's area. But major cities feel threatened only by Muslim groups. So the national elite and media focus overwhelmingly on Muslim terrorism. The elite are hardly aware that this is an elite phenomenon.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_7_2_1_1358557389384_2907" lang="EN-AU" style="color: #366092; font-size: 10pt;">It was there when man lived in caves, to the Middle Ages, to the classical Egyptian/Greek/Roman empires, to the European colonial era, to communist era, to the Nazis, to apartheid era, and today.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-91222973128284410572013-01-14T17:08:00.002-08:002013-01-14T17:08:59.913-08:00Food Fighters: Yogurt, Cranberries, Rice/Bran Oil Lower BP<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 9.95pt 0in;">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">Authors and Disclosures<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Journalist</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lisa Nainggolan</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lisa Nainggolan is a
journalist for <a href="http://theheart.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">theheart.org</span></a>, part of the WebMD Professional
Network. She has been with <a href="http://theheart.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">theheart.org</span></a> since 2000. Previously, she
was science editor of Scrip World Pharmaceutical News, covering news about
research and development in the pharmaceutical industry, and a consultant
editor of Scrip Magazine. Graduating in physiology from Sheffield University,
UK, she began her career as a poisons information specialist at Guy's Hospital
before becoming a medical journalist in 1995. She can be reached at LNainggolan@webmd.net.<br />
<br />
Disclosure: Lisa Nainggolan has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 18pt;">From <a href="http://theheart.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">Heartwire</span></a>-<a href="http://www.medscape.com/index/section_3052_0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">Conference News</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 24pt;">Food Fighters: Yogurt,
Cranberries, Rice/Bran Oil Lower BP</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">September 20, 2012 (Washington,
DC)<b> </b>— Including foods such as low-fat yogurt, sesame/rice-bran
oils, and low-calorie cranberry juice in the diet can help keep blood
pressure under control, according to three new studies presented as posters at
the<b> <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewcollection/32608" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2862c5;">American Heart Association High
Blood Pressure Research 2012 Scientific Sessions</span></a> </b>, this
week [1,2,3]. And the rice/bran oil also helped lower LDL cholesterol and
triglycerides and increased levels of HDL cholesterol, the meeting heard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Asked to comment on the
findings for <b>heart<i>wire</i> </b>, chair of the AHA's nutrition
committee <b>Dr Rachel Johnson</b> (University of Vermont,
Burlington) said: "These results, the three abstracts together, very much
reinforce the DASH diet--which the AHA supports--as an effective dietary
intervention to lower blood pressure and a heart-healthy way to eat."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">DASH recommends two to
three servings of fat-free or low-fat milk and milk products per day, four to
five servings of fruit a day, and two to three servings of "healthy"
fats and oils, "and certainly sesame/rice-bran oil, which contains
polyunsaturated fatty acids and is rich in antioxidants, would be classified as
a healthy fat," she observes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yogurt: Keep It Low in
Fat and Sugar</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The yogurt research was
presented by <b>Dr Huifen Wang </b>(Tufts University, Boston, MA),
who together with colleagues examined the effects of consuming low-fat yogurt
in just over 2000 adults participating in the <b>Framingham Heart Study
Offspring Cohort</b>. Participants, who did not have hypertension at baseline,
were said to be "consumers" if they ate one or more servings of
yogurt per month, as noted by a food frequency questionnaire. Of those in the
study, 44% were yogurt consumers at the beginning, and this increased over the
14 years of follow-up. There were 913 people who developed incident
hypertension over the course of the study.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yogurt can be an
effective way to add milk or dairy products to your diet.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Those who ate >2% of
total calories from yogurt (the high-intake group, representing one six-ounce
cup of low-fat yogurt every three days) had about a 30% lower risk of incident
hypertension than nonconsumers (OR 0.69, after adjustment for demographic and
lifestyle factors and cholesterol medication use). The high-intake group also
had 0.19-mm-Hg smaller annualized elevation of systolic BP than nonconsumers
(p=0.04).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Johnson says:
"Yogurt can be an effective way to add milk or dairy products to your
diet, because many people do not come close to meeting those recommendations
for two to three servings per day. The yogurt study reinforces what we already
know about the role of dairy products." However, she cautions that care
must be taken regarding the amount of sugar in yogurt: "We know that added
sugars have the opposite effect on BP, so you need to watch the amount of
sugar, and some yogurts are high in sugar."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cranberry Juice an
Option for a Fruit or Vegetable Portion</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In a second study,
researchers from the <b>US Department of Agriculture</b>, led by <b>Dr
Janet A Novotny</b>, gave low-calorie cranberry juice or a
color/flavor/calorie-matched placebo beverage to 56 adult volunteers,
incorporated into a controlled diet for eight weeks. At the end of the study,
when BP values were compared with baseline, cranberry juice was associated with
a significant decrease in diastolic BP (p=0.049) and a trend toward decreased
systolic BP, while the placebo was associated with no change from baseline.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can use cranberry
juice or cranberries, which are rich in potassium and antioxidants, to meet
that recommendation to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Johnson observes that
this was "a small study" and some key details are missing, such as
the amount of cranberry juice consumed. Nevertheless, "It does show that
you can use cranberry juice or cranberries, which are rich in potassium and
antioxidants, to meet that recommendation to eat plenty of fruits and
vegetables," she says. She notes also that low-calorie cranberry juice was
employed in this study, "which I would certainly recommend. Cranberries
are quite sour tasting, so they really do need to be sweetened to make them
palatable, and full-calorie cranberry juice can be quite high in added
sugars."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Blend of
Sesame/Rice-Bran Oil Drops BP and Improve Lipids</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finally, <b>Dr
Devarajan Sankar</b> (Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan) and
colleagues conducted a prospective, randomized open-label dietary-intervention
study in 300 hypertensive patients in New Delhi, India, randomizing them to one
of three groups: the calcium-channel blocker (CCB) <b>nifedipine</b> 30
mg/day; 35 g/day of a blend of sesame and rice-bran oil (trademark Vivo); or
nifedipine plus sesame-oil blend for 60 days.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The CCB, sesame oil, and
combination of the two induced significant falls in systolic BP (-16.2 mm Hg,
-14 mm Hg, and -36 mm Hg, respectively) and in diastolic BP (-12 mm Hg, -10.8
mm Hg, and -23.8 mm Hg), respectively, over the course of the study. The combination
resulted in such a remarkable drop in BP that the dose of nifedipine had to be
reduced. And those using the oil saw a 26% fall in LDL and a 9.5% increase in
HDL cholesterol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">"We have
demonstrated, for the first time, that dietary interventions with blends of
sesame and rice-bran oils lower BP and lipids in hypertensive
individuals," say Sankar et al. However, they note that further studies of
the oil--which was made specifically for this study and is not marketed
commercially--are needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The yogurt study was
funded by a research grant from Dannon and the cranberry study by Ocean Spray
Cranberries. Sankar et al report no conflicts of interest.</span></i></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">References</span></b></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wang H, Livingstone KA,
Mayer J, et al. Yogurt consumption, blood pressure and incident hypertension: a
longitudinal study in the Framingham Heart Study. Presented at the American
Heart Association High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions; September
21, 2012; Washington, DC. Abstract 188.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Khoo C, et al. Low calorie cranberry juice lowers blood pressure in healthy
adults. Presented at the American Heart Association High Blood Pressure
Research Scientific Sessions; September 21, 2012; Washington, DC. Abstract 299.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chatterjee B. Blends of sesame and rice bran oils lowered blood pressure and
lipids in mild to moderate hypertensive patients. Presented at the American
Heart Association High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions; September
21, 2012; Washington, DC. Abstract 186.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-64015333525332643522013-01-13T18:52:00.001-08:002013-01-13T18:52:54.521-08:00Cancer Killer Discovered & The 13 Most Powerful Super Foods<br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Take 22 leaves, bruise slightly, and leave to soak, overnight, in a cup of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> boiled and cooled water.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Strain, and drink first thing in the morning .</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> You can drink your tea/coffee 1/2 hour later.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *See brief explanation below:*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *The value of “Karapincha" or the curry leaf is appreciated by a very few</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> people. Apart from its general use, Karapincha **protects the liver and the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> liver cells and is even used as a medicinal cure of certain liver diseases,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the control of high blood pressure, heart disease , diabetes and high</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cholesterol especially. It is an excellent culinary herb for fat reduction.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> **</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> "Karapincha or curry leaves definitely reduces overweight” says Dr Vajira</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> P.S. Seneviratne, Medical Officer, Government District Ayurveda Hospital,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Beliatte ,Sri Lanka.“ The leaves contain nearly 18 amino acids and volatile</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> oils which contributes a very specific fragrance .*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Its medicinal properties and actions help improve people’s digestive power</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> and helps avoid constipation and softens stools. Karapincha also relieves</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> flatulents and heals gastritis”.*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Try "karapincha porridge" and "karapincha sambol" twice or thrice weekly.*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *CANCER KILLER DISCOVERED**</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> **Guyabano, The Soupsop Fruit (Salifa)**</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Why are we not aware of this?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> no side effects.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> If you have the space, plant one in your garden.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The other parts of the tree are also useful.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Th is tree is low and is called graviola in Brazil , guanabana in Spanish</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> and has the uninspiring name "soursop" in English.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> effects.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tumor effect that is of most interest.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> agent for both bacterial and fungal infections,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.**</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> it's the incredible story behind the Graviola tree.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The truth is stunningly simple:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Deep within the Amazon</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> doctor,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> survival.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The future has never looked more promising.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> possible to:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> America 's largest drug manufacturers, the fruit of over 20 laboratory</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tests conducted since the 1970's!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing...</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Extracts from the tree were shown to:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chemotherapeutic drug!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> * What's more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Graviola tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> not harm healthy cells! The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tree have been extensively researched--</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> so why haven't you heard anything about it?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> If Graviola extract is as half as promising as it appears to be-- why</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> doesn't every single oncologist at every major hospital insist on using it</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> on all his or her patients?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The spine-chilling answer illustrates just how easily our health-- and for</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> many, our very lives(!)--are controlled by money and power.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Graviola--the plant that worked too well</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> One of America 's biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tree from the Amazon Rainforest.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Variou s parts of the Graviola tree--including the bark, leaves, roots,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> fruit and fruit-seeds- -have been used for centuries by medicine men and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> problems and arthritis.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> money and resources into testing the tree's anti-cancerous properties-- and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> dynamo.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *But that's where the Graviola story nearly ended.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree--it's completely</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There's no way to make</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> serious profits from it.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> synthesize two of the Graviola tree's most powerful anti-cancer</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> makes the Graviola so potent, they'd be able to patent it and make their</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits--or even</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> make back the millions it poured into research.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chose not to publish the findings of its research!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> whose conscience wouldn't let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> career, he contacted a company that's dedicated to harvesting medical</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Miracle unleashedWhen researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> alerted to the news of Graviola, they began tracking the research done on</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the cancer-killing tree.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola--and its shocking</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cover-up--came in fast and furious....</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> .....The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> in 1976.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The results showed that Graviola's "leaves and stems were found effective</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> in attacking and destroying malignant cells." Inexplicably, the results</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> were published in an internal report and never released to the public...</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> ....Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials--</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> treatment's value- -were ever initiated..</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> "10,000 times the potency of (the **commonly used chemotherapy drug)</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Adriamycin.. ."</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> .....The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> leaving healthy cells untouched.Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells),</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cancer patients.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> ....A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers...</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Seven years of silence broken--it's finally here!</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> A limited supply of Graviola extract, grown and harvested by indigenous</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> people in Brazil , is finally available in America .</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> The full Graviola Story--including where you can get it and how to use</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> it--is included in Beyond Chemotherapy:</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> New Cancer Killers, Safe as Mother's Milk, a Health Sciences Institute FREE</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> special bonus report on natural substances that will effectively</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> revolutionize the fight against cancer**..</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> From breakthrough cancer and heart research and revolutionary Amazon</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Rainforest herbology to world-leading anti-aging research and nutritional</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> medicine, every monthly Health Sciences Institute Member's Alert puts in</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> your hands today cures the rest of America --including your own</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> doctor(!)--is likely to find out only ten years from now.**</span><br />
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<span style="background: white;">> *The 13 Most Powerful Super Foods *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Why Are They So Super?</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Ask five nutritionists to rate the 13 most powerful foods and you'll get</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> five different lists, but many of the selections will overlap. Why? Because</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> every food provides something different: Some are a rich source of protein</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> or fibre but void of many vitamins and minerals, while others contain</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> disease-fighting phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals, but no protein. The</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> trick, claim experts, is to get a variety of the best foods. The following</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> 13 power foods are a good place to start.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Avocados*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Sure they're high in fat, but avocados contain healthful monounsaturated</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> fat, which has been linked to a reduced risk of cancer, heart disease, and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> diabetes. "Avocados aid in blood and tissue regeneration, stabilize blood</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> sugar, and are excellent for heart disorders," says Ed Bauman, Ph.D.,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> director of Bauman College . They're loaded with fiber (11 to 17 grams per</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> fruit) and are a good source of lutein, an antioxidant linked to eye and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> skin health**.** *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> **</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Apples *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *"An apple a day really does keep the doctor away," says Jonny Bowden,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Ph.D., C.N.S., author of The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. Apples are</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> loaded with the powerful antioxidants quercetin and catechin, which protect</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> cells from damage - that means a reduced risk of cancer and cardiovascular</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> disease, especially if you eat the skin. Research shows that the apple peel</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> contains five times more polyphenols than the flesh. Apples and their skins</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> pack a lot of fibre too (about twice that of other common fruits, including</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> peaches, grapes, and grapefruit), which may help fight the battle of the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> bulge. *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> **</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Blueberries *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Antiaging superstars, blueberries are loaded with antioxidants, especially</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> anthocyanins, which have been shown to improve vision and brain function.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Studies show that eating blueberries slows impairments in motor</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> coordination and memory that accompany aging. These little berries also</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> reduce inflammation, which is inextricably linked with virtually every</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chronic disease from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, to diabetes and heart</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> disease. Other studies show that blueberries have much greater anticancer</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> activity than other fruits.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Cabbage *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *In the vegetable world, the Brassica genus reigns supreme, and the cabbage</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> is the most impressive of the lot. Brassica vegetables (including broccoli,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> bok choy) contain compounds called indoles, which have been shown to reduce</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the risk of cancer dramatically. "Eating cabbage more than once a week cut</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> men's colon cancer odds by 66 percent," says Bauman. "Cabbage also</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> stimulates the immune system, kills bacteria and viruses, and is a good</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> blood purifier." If you go for the red variety, you'll also get a healthy</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> dose of anthocyanins (the same pigment molecules that make blueberries</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> blue), another powerful antioxidant with an anticancer punch.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Fish and Fish Oil *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Eating fish helps cut the risk of heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> stroke, diabetes, and arthritis. The fatty varieties may also help</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> alleviate depression. The American Heart Association recommends that adults</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> eat at least two fish meals per week, especially wild salmon, herring, and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> sardines, because those varieties provide the most heart-healthy omega 3s.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Avoid mercury-containing varieties like shark, swordfish, king mackerel,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tilefish, and albacore tuna, says Roberta Anding, M.S., R.D., national</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. (Chunk light tuna is</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> okay.)*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Garlic *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Research shows that garlic lowers total cholesterol and triglyceride</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> (blood fat) levels, helping prevent clogged arteries. "Two to three cloves</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> a day cut the odds of subsequent heart attacks in half for heart disease</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> patients," says Bauman. "Garlic also tops the National Cancer Institute's</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> list of potential cancer-preventive foods." Whole baked garlic helps</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> detoxify the body of heavy metals like mercury (from fish) and cadmium.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Garlic also acts as an antibacterial and antiviral, boosting resistance to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> stress-induced colds and infections. Can't stand garlic breath? Chew on a</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> sprig of parsley.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Mushrooms *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Used for centuries in Eastern medicine, mushrooms have powerful effects on</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> the immune system - especially the maitake, shiitake, and reishi varieties.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> "Mushrooms such as maitake help prevent and treat cancer, viral diseases,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> high cholesterol, and high blood pressure," says Bauman. In fact, mushrooms</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> are used as an adjunctive cancer treatment throughout Asia because of their</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> ability to counteract the toxic effects of chemotherapy and radiation while</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> simultaneously shrinking tumors. What's more, Japanese researchers have</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> found that regularly eating shiitake mushrooms lowers blood cholesterol</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> levels up to 45 percent.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Almonds *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Almonds are loaded with fiber and monounsaturated fat, both of which have</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> been shown to lower cholesterol. According to the Food and Drug</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Administration, eating 1.5 ounces of most nuts, including almonds, as part</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> disease. And even though almonds are relatively high in fat and calories,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> studies show that eating almonds can actually help with weight loss (their</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> protein, fiber, and monounsaturated fats provide the feeling of fullness,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> preventing overeating).</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Eggs *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *The best protein source on the planet, eggs consistently outrank milk,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> beef, whey, and soy in the quality of protein they provide. In addition to</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> containing all nine essential amino acids, eggs are loaded with nutrients.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> "And for God's sake, eat the yolks," says Bowden. People avoid the yolks</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> because they fear cholesterol, but egg yolks contain choline, which helps</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> protect heart and brain function and prevents cholesterol and fat from</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> accumulating in the liver.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Flaxseeds *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Loaded with alpha-linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid that helps</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> reduce inflammation, flaxseed has been used for centuries for medicinal and</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> health reasons. Gandhi himself proclaimed, "Wherever flaxseed becomes a</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> regular food item among the people, there will be better health." Bauman</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> adds, "The seed itself has terrific nutritional value, very usable protein,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tremendous fatty acids, and minerals like magnesium, potassium, and zinc."</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> Additionally, they're a great source of fiber.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Pomegranates *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Pomegranates have up to three times the antioxidants of red wine and green</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> tea - and the juice has been shown to reduce artery-clogging plaque, which</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> in turn prevents heart disease and stroke. Research shows that long-term</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> consumption of pomegranate juice may also help slow aging and protect</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> against cancer.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Red Wine *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *A small amount of any kind of alcohol each day does your heart good by</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> increasing HDL cholesterol and reducing the risk of blood clots. "Red wine</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> also contains powerful antioxidants, reservatrol and saponins, which may</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> provide additional cardiovascular benefits," says Anding. Resist a refill,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> however: More than one drink daily has been linked to high blood pressure.</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *Dark Chocolate *</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> *When it comes to chocolate, bitter is better - at least in terms of</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> health. The benefits of chocolate come from flavonols and antioxidants (the</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> same disease-fighting chemicals found in cranberries, apples, strawberries,</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> and red wine). The caveat: Only real cacao contains flavonols, so look for</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chocolate that boasts a high percentage of cacao (60 percent or more). Dark</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> chocolate also has fewer calories than other varieties, and when eaten in</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> moderation, it lowers unhealthy LDL cholesterol and prevents plaque from</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">> building up in your arteries.*</span><br />
<span style="background: white;">><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-88315327044276839342011-11-06T23:29:00.000-08:002011-11-06T23:29:01.355-08:00Ashab al-Kahf - The Companions of the Cave<div>In the most recent Catholic-Muslim dialogue this was delivered by our</div><div>Islamic Scholar. I just want all of you to know this.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Ashab al-Kahf - The Companions of the Cave</b></div><div><br /></div><div>For Discussion in Catholic-Muslim Dialogue of Western Region,</div><div><br /></div><div>I. The Story in the Qur’an:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> “Do you find the Companions of the Cave and al-Raqim[i][i]</div><div>so wondrous, among all Our other signs? When the young men sought</div><div>refuge in the cave and said, ‘Our Lord, Grant us Your mercy, and make</div><div>easy for us a good way out of our ordeal,’ We sealed their ears (with</div><div>sleep) in the cave for years. Then We woke them so that We make clear</div><div>which of the two parties best understand the reason they stayed there</div><div>such a long time.</div><div><br /></div><div> “We tell you their true story.[ii][ii] They were young men</div><div>who believed in their Lord, and We gave them more and more guidance.</div><div>We gave strength to their hearts when they stood up and said, ‘Our</div><div>Lord is the Lord of the heavens and earth. We shall never call upon</div><div>any god other than Him, for that would be an outrageous thing to do.</div><div>These people of ours have taken gods other than Him. Why do they not</div><div>produce clear evidence about them? Who could be more unjust than</div><div>someone who makes up lies about God? Now that you have left such</div><div>people, and what they worshipped instead of God, take refuge in the</div><div>cave. God will shower His mercy on you and make for you an easy way</div><div>out of your ordeal.’</div><div><br /></div><div> You could have seen the (light of the) sun as it rose,</div><div>moving away to the right of their cave, and when it set, moving away</div><div>to the left of them, while they lay in the wide space inside the cave.</div><div>This is one of God’s signs: those people God guides are rightly</div><div>guided, but you will find no protector to lead to the right path those</div><div>He leaves to stray. You would have thought they were awake, though</div><div>they lay asleep. We turned them over, to the right and the left, with</div><div>their dog stretching out its forelegs at the entrance. If you had seen</div><div>them, you would have turned and run away, filled with fear of them.</div><div><br /></div><div> “In time We woke them, and they began to question one</div><div>another. One of them asked, ‘How long have been here?’ and (some of</div><div>them) answered, ‘A day or part of a day,’ but then (others) said,</div><div>‘Your Lord knows best how you have been here. One of you go to the</div><div>city with your silver coins, find out where the best food is there,</div><div>and bring some back. But be careful not to let anyone know about you:</div><div>if they found you out, they would stone you or force you to return to</div><div>their religion, and then you will never prosper.’ In this way We</div><div>brought them to the people’s attention so that they might know that</div><div>God’s promise (of resurrection) is true and that there is no doubt</div><div>about the Last Hour. But (instead of giving thought to this) they</div><div>began disputing among themselves.</div><div><br /></div><div> “(Some) said, ‘Construct a building over them: their Lord</div><div>knows best about them.’ Those who prevailed said, ‘We shall build a</div><div>place of worship over them.’ (Some) say, ‘The sleepers were three,</div><div>and their dog made four,’ others say, ‘They were five, and their dog</div><div>made six’ – guessing in the dark – and some say, ‘They were seven, and</div><div>their dog made eight.’ Say (Prophet), ‘My Lord knows best how many</div><div>they were.’ Only a few have real knowledge about them, so do not</div><div>argue, but stick to what is clear, and do not ask any of these people</div><div>about them; do not say of anything, ‘I will do that tomorrow,’ without</div><div>adding, ‘God willing,’ and, whenever you forget, remember your Lord</div><div>and say, ‘May my Lord guide me to be closer to what is right.’ (Some</div><div>say), ‘The sleepers stayed in their cave for three hundred years,’</div><div>some added nine more. Say (Prophet), ‘God knows best how long they</div><div>stayed.’ His is the knowledge of all that is hidden in the heavens and</div><div>earth – How well He sees! How well He hears! – and they have no one to</div><div>protect them other than Him; He does not allow anyone to share His</div><div>rule.” (The Qur’an, Surah al-Kahf 18:9-26)[iii][iii]</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>II. The Historical Background of the Revelation of this Story:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Surah al-Kahf was revealed to the Prophet towards the middle</div><div>period of his preaching in Makkah (between the 5th and 10 year after</div><div>beginning his mission). During this period the Quraish (leading tribe</div><div>of Makkah) escalated their opposition to the Prophet. They subject his</div><div>followers to ruthless torture and severe economic deprivation. Some</div><div>Muslims at this time migrated to Abyssinia. The Quraish then</div><div>introduced a severe economic and social boycott against the Prophet</div><div>and his followers, and forced them to confine themselves to the hilly</div><div>side of Makkah, called Shi’b Abi Talib. This boycott continued for</div><div>about three years.[iv][iv]</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It is reported that this Surah was revealed around this period in</div><div>response to some questions posed by the Makkan polytheists. After</div><div>consulting with some People of the Book (Jews and Christians) they put</div><div>these questions to the Prophet:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Who were the Companions of the Cave?</div><div><br /></div><div>2. What is the true nature of the story of Prophet Moses’</div><div>encounter with Khidr?</div><div><br /></div><div>3. What is the story of Dhu al-Qarnain?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>All these stories pertained to the Jewish and Christian history and</div><div>were not much known to the people in the Arabian peninsula. The People</div><div>of the Book selected these stories carefully so as to test whether or</div><div>not any extraordinary source of knowledge was available to Prophet</div><div>Muhammad – peace be upon him.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>God revealed these stories to the Prophet –peace be upon him- not only</div><div>to give answers the questions raised but also to build the morale of</div><div>Muslims and help them get some lessons for their own particular</div><div>situation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>III. The Themes of the Surah al-Kahf:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Surah begins with the following words:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>“Praise be to God, who sent down the Scripture to His servant and</div><div>placed no crookedness in it. (He made it) straight, giving warning of</div><div>severe punishment from Him and giving good news to the believers who</div><div>do good deeds that theirs will be an excellent reward where they shall</div><div>abide forever.” (Al-Kahf 18:1-3)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are several authentic Ahadith (plural of Hadith – saying of</div><div>Prophet Muhammad) that mention the power and affects of this Surah on</div><div>its faithful readers. It is mentioned that this Surah brings Sakinah</div><div>(comfort and peace of the heart); it gives to its readers the light</div><div>that will shine for them in this life and in the eternal life. It is</div><div>also mentioned that those who will remember this Surah and pay</div><div>attention to it will be saved from the Trials of Dajjal (the Deceiver</div><div>or Anti-Christ). Muslims generally recite this Surah every Friday.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> When we reflect on this Surah we see that the Surah</div><div>mentions four main stories in some details and in the middle of these</div><div>stories it also refers to the story of Iblis (the Devil) who refused</div><div>to obey God’s command to honor Adam and instead became the enemy of</div><div>all human beings. The four main stories of this Surah are:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. Story of the Companions of the Cave</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Story of the owner of two gardens</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Story of Prophet Moses –peace be upon him- with a mysterious</div><div>teacher (The Qur’an does not mention the name of this person, but he</div><div>is generally known as the angelic figure, Khidr – peace be upon him)</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Story of the king Dhu al-Qarnain (meaning ‘the one of two</div><div>horns’ probably referring to his vast eastern and western kingdoms.</div><div>The Qur’an mentions only his title without identifying him with his</div><div>real name)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The theme of all these stories is one and the same. They all tell us</div><div>about the trials of life. People are tested by different trials and</div><div>Devil is there is to mislead them and make difficult their path of</div><div>success and salvation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1. The story of the Companions of the Cave tells about the trials</div><div>of faith. It tells us how the people of faith are tested and tied in</div><div>different ways, but those who remain firm and patient are protected by</div><div>God.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. The story of the owner of the two gardens is basically the</div><div>story of trials of wealth and riches. It tells us that wealth and</div><div>riches could be very tempting and deceiving and often take people away</div><div>from the right path.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Prophet Moses –peace be upon him- had to learn some lessons</div><div>from an angelic figure known as Khidr. This story tells us about the</div><div>Trials of Knowledge. We may think that we know everything; but no one,</div><div>even God’s prophets, can grasp all the mysteries of the events in this</div><div>world. Knowledge requires a lot of patience and humility and ultimate</div><div>knowledge belong to God alone.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. The Story of Dhu al-Qarnain tells us about a great king who</div><div>had to deal with all kind of people. He moved fast from one direction</div><div>to another direction. He met good people as well as rebellious groups</div><div>in his kingdom. People of diverse backgrounds and languages used to</div><div>live in his domain. This righteous king wherever he went he did good</div><div>things. He was powerful, intelligent and resourceful. He was also</div><div>humble and devout. He did not charge his subjects excessive taxes for</div><div>any projects that he performed. The power and authority did not</div><div>corrupt him. This is the story of the trials of power and position.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The Surah ends with these words:</div><div><br /></div><div>“Say, ‘Shall we tell you who the biggest losers are according to their</div><div>actions? It is those whose efforts are lost in this world and they</div><div>think that they are doing well.’ They disbelieve in their Lord’s</div><div>message and deny that they will meet Him. Their deeds come to nothing</div><div>on the Day of Resurrection; We shall give them no weight. Their</div><div>recompense will be Hell because they disbelieved and made fun of My</div><div>message and My messengers. But those who believe and do good deeds</div><div>shall have as a gift the Gardens of Paradise. They shall remain there</div><div>forever, never wishing to leave. Say, ‘If the ocean were ink for</div><div>(writing) the words of my Lord, it would run dry before those words</div><div>were exhausted’ – even if We were to add another ocean to it. Say</div><div>(Prophet), ‘I am only a human being, like you, to whom it has been</div><div>revealed that your God is One. Anyone who hopes to meet his Lord</div><div>should do good deeds and give no one a share in the worship due to his</div><div>Lord.” (Al-Kahf 18:103-110)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>IV. Some Remarks on the Qur’anic Style of this Story:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What the Qur’an omits about this story? The Qur’an deliberately omits</div><div>almost everything that a historian of this story will be interested to</div><div>know.[v][v] The Qur’an does not tell us:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. The dates and the time period when this happened.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. The geographical location of the cave.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. The names of the companions of the cave.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. The race or religion of the companions of the cave.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Their exact number.</div><div><br /></div><div>6. Exactly how long they were in the cave.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It is, however, interesting to note that while the Qur’an has not</div><div>given us some of the specifics of this story, it has remarkably told</div><div>us all its important elements, ‘who, what, where, why?’</div><div><br /></div><div>The Qur’an has told us:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. The Companions of the cave were young people.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. They were together and were supporting each other.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. They had deep faith in One God and were under threat to be</div><div>killed for their faith.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. They were at a loss that their fellow countrymen could not see</div><div>the folly of their beliefs.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. They took refuge in a cave.</div><div><br /></div><div>6. They were deeply devout. The Qur’an mentions their sincere</div><div>prayers to their Lord</div><div><br /></div><div>7. They had full trust in their Lord.</div><div><br /></div><div>8. God helped them in a mysterious ways and gave them full protection.</div><div><br /></div><div>a. The cave received the warmth of the sunlight, but in such a</div><div>way that they were not discovered or seen from outside.</div><div><br /></div><div>b. God made them turn sides, like a mother keeps turning her</div><div>little baby in the crib</div><div><br /></div><div>c. Their dog was in front of the cave</div><div><br /></div><div>d. The scene was frightening for the outsider, so that no one</div><div>could enter the cave.</div><div><br /></div><div>9. When they woke up they did not know how long they slept.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. They sent one of them to buy some food for them; but they did not</div><div>want to be discovered because they were afraid that their countrymen</div><div>would kill them and force them to abandon their religion.</div><div><br /></div><div>11. God made them wake up at a particular time so that people may</div><div>learn some lessons:</div><div><br /></div><div>a. God’s promise is true</div><div><br /></div><div>b. The resurrection will take place.</div><div><br /></div><div>12. People did not learn the lesson but kept arguing what kind of</div><div>monument to build for their honor. God tells the Prophet and the</div><div>Believers that they should not argue about the unnecessary details of</div><div>this story; they should learn its basic message.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>V. Some lessons to learn:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It seems that the Qur’an has abstracted this story from its</div><div>particularities and has universalized it for all people and for all</div><div>times. The story could be of people of any time or place. It could be</div><div>the story of the people of any faith; but it has a message and this</div><div>message should be learned. The message is:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1. There is only one God. Stay firm on this faith.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Do not give up your faith under hardship or trials</div><div><br /></div><div>3. God has unique ways to help those who are sincere and faithful</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Time and history are all in the power of God and God has total</div><div>control over them.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Material power is not permanent; it is the spiritual that will abide.</div><div><br /></div><div>6. People of truth are found in all places and times; truth is</div><div>not the exclusive property of any one group or nation.</div><div><br /></div><div>7. God tests people. Those who suffer are not necessarily bad</div><div>people and those who prosper are not necessarily good people.</div><div><br /></div><div>8. The truth will ultimately succeed.</div><div><br /></div><div>9. God’s promise of help and support is true.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. The Resurrection will definitely take place.</div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-15009706464802703172010-08-12T02:10:00.000-07:002010-10-26T02:32:34.362-07:00WHY IS PORK FORBIDDEN IN ISLAM?<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.25in;line-height:normal;background: white"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: Tell me why is it that a Muslim is very particular about the words Halaal and</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Haraam; what do they mean? </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: That which is permissible is termed Halaal and that which is not permissible is</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >termed Haraam and it is the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288085023_0">Quran</span> which draws the distinction between the two. </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: Can you give me an example? </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: Yes, Islam has prohibited blood of any type. You will agree that a chemical analysis</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >of blood shows that it contains an abundance of uric acid, a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288085023_1">chemical substance</span> that can be</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >injurious to human health.<b><span> </span></b></span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: You're right about the toxic nature of uric acid, in the human fact we are told that 98% of the body's uric acid is extracted from the blood by the kidneys and removed through urination.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: Now I think that you'll appreciate the special prescribed method of <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288085023_2">animal slaughter</span> in Islam.</span></span><b><u><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></u></b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: What do you mean? </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: You see, the wielder of the knife, whilst taking the name of the 'Almighty', makes an incision through the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288085023_3">jugular veins</span>, leaving all other veins and organs intact.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: I see, this causes the death of the animal by a <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1288085023_4">total loss of blood</span> from the body, </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >rather than an injury to any vital organ.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: Yes, were the organs, example the heart, the liver, or the brain crippled or damaged, the animal could die immediately and its blood would congeal in its veins and would eventually permeate the flesh. This implies that the animal flesh would be permeated and contaminated with uric acid and therefore very poisonous; only today did our dietitians realize such a thing.</span></span><b><u><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></u></b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: Again, while on the topic of food; Why do Muslims condemn the eating of pork or ham or any foods related to pigs or swine.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: Actually, apart from the Quran prohibiting the consumption of pork, bacon (pig flesh); in fact the Bible too in Leviticus chapter 11, Verse 8, regarding swine it says, "of their flesh (of the swine another name for pig) shall you not eat, and of their carcass you shall not touch; they are unclean to you." Further, did you know that a pig couldn't be slaughtered at the neck for it does not have a neck; that is according to its natural anatomy. </span></span><b><u><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></u></b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >A Muslim reasons that if the pig was to be slaughtered and fit for human consumption the Creator would have provided it with a neck.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nonetheless, all that aside, I am sure you are well informed about the harmful effects of the consumption of pork, in any form, be it pork chops, ham, bacon.</span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Bob: The medical science finds that there is a risk for various diseases as the pig is found to be a host for many parasites and potential diseases. </span></span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><br /></span></u><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yunus: Yes, even apart from that, as we talked about uric acid content in the blood, it is important to note that the pig's biochemistry excretes only 2% of its total uric acid content, the remaining 98% remains as an integral part of the body.</span></span></span></span></span></p></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-47719229858558701182009-11-17T06:12:00.000-08:002009-11-17T07:29:00.073-08:00Change Your Mood, Change Your Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaSdlEf8ADpiPsE8oVwFpxb47KDViU85BcN6KN04xW1cTcLznGrn25y0iRSbGa_TG2ZdYy6qP_glbNp4SFgkX3M5YQD5gx5wRxpfMeXXYmWyxxmJto36QBaB1RE7dcTf_JuGym1HVkg/s1600/Masood.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaSdlEf8ADpiPsE8oVwFpxb47KDViU85BcN6KN04xW1cTcLznGrn25y0iRSbGa_TG2ZdYy6qP_glbNp4SFgkX3M5YQD5gx5wRxpfMeXXYmWyxxmJto36QBaB1RE7dcTf_JuGym1HVkg/s320/Masood.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405094801760787218" /></a><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330033;">How To Train Yourself To Be In The Mood You Want </span></i></span></b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">When you have major changes going on in your life, or you’re just frustrated about where you are, it’s easy to get trapped in a cycle of depression, bad moods and frustration. I know, I’ve been there … and when I’m not careful, I still get there more than I want to.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">But lately I’ve had a particularly hard time, as I make some major (positive) changes in my life. I hit these moments where I’m in a foul mood, or I’m just feeling paralyzed, and I’m just stuck. Sometimes I just stew in that and stay there, but sometimes I actually get intelligent and pull my way out of it..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I’m going to outline the framework that I’ve been using over the last 30 days to really get myself resourceful and motivated (and in a better mood) when I’m feeling stuck. Hopefully it will help you, too, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">and if you do I truly hope you’ll share it with others.</span></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">First Up: Using A Framework to Escape From Paralyzing Emotions</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><div>When we feel bad, it’s hard to “feel good” again. You can’t just wish yourself better, and when you’re in a stuck place, you don’t generally have the mental energy to pull out. Willpower doesn’t help, and “positive thinking” sure as hell doesn’t help. But falling back on a framework of steps does help, because we humans function well when we have a set of steps to follow..</div><div>The reason for this is that steps take the emotion out of our situation and give us direction to simply act. Duck and Cover. Stop, Drop, and Roll. When you know with certainty what to do next, you’re in a much stronger position to take action, even when you’re panicking. (And it doesn’t have to be words, either – just think of Lamaze breathing, which expectant mothers practice well ahead of time so they can slip back into it during the stress of labor.) </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">You can call these verbal step-by-step tools <b>anchors</b> if you want, because they’re ways to anchor your emotional state to a time where you knew what to do and you felt prepared. So I’m going to lay out a framework that you can use as your own anchor when you need to reset your mood, and while it’s seven steps long, it’s hella effective at getting the job done.</span></div><div>The seven steps form the acronym <b>ACT FAST</b>, and I picked that because I felt that it was a pretty empowering term as it forces you to presuppose you have a workable course of action. So let’s dive in.</div><div>A: <b>AGREE With Yourself That You Don’t Want To Be In This Mood Right Now.</b></div><div>This seems hokey, but it’s important for this reason: Once you agree with yourself that this is not the right mood for you, you’re revoking permission to stew in your own juices and keep the “pity party” going. Think about it: When we’re mad, the thing we hate the most is when someone tries to cheer us up, because on some level <b>we want to be mad and stay mad</b>, or be depressed and stay depressed.</div><div><b>And that’s not always a bad thing</b>. Maybe we want to stay sad because on some level we know we need to hang out in this mental state and really look at what’s making us sad, to really connect with it and deal with it instead of pretending it doesn’t exist. Maybe we want to stay mad because we’re not finished processing our emotions and figuring out what our situation means and what we’re going to do about it..</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">So don’t take this as me saying “man up and stop crying.” What I am saying is that at some point if you want to move forward in a functional way, and not feel paralyzed, you need to agree that this stage of emotion has to be finite, it has to come to an end so you can deal with the solution that the emotion demands of you. When you’re ready to deal with it, you agree with yourself that you’re ready to shift gears.</span></div><div>Let’s say you’ve lost your job and you’re freaking out about what to do. You could tell yourself something like, “Okay, I’m ready to stop being scared of this situation now.” Then you move on to the second step.</div><div><b>C: CLARIFY The Mood or Emotion You Want To Move Towards.</b></div><div>Now that you’re ready to change, you need to make sure that you know where you’re headed so you have something you can focus on. It’s not enough to say “I just don’t want to feel this way anymore,” because then you’re still swimming in the Sea of What You Don’t Want. </div><div><b>You need to have a focus.</b></div><div>It could be as simple as defining the mood you want to be in with a single word or two. Resourceful. Confident. Infectiously Happy. Stable. Calm. Controlled. Helpful. Pleasant. Civil. Generous. Whatever it is, you need to give it a name.</div><div>Then you combine it with the last thought, so you can tell yourself something like “I’m ready to stop feeling scared and start feeling resourceful.”</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">There’s nothing magical about these words, and again, it’s not positive thinking. This is all about creating something you can say to yourself to pull the emotion out of your mental state and <b>focus on what you can do next </b>and what you can influence.</span></div><div>When you start getting scattered and lose track of where you are, and you’re stressing, you can fall back on your statement: “I’m ready to stop feeling scared and start feeling resourceful.” You’re putting yourself back in control and you’re ready for the next step.</div><div><b>T: TAKE Responsibility For Taking Immediate Action.</b></div><div>Now that you know what you want to move away from and what you want to move towards, it’s time to face reality: It ain’t gonna happen unless you make it happen. You’re going to have to consciously accept responsibility for getting yourself in a better state.</div><div>This is a big deal, because it means that <b>you‘re going to have to revoke permission to blame other people</b> so you can do this. Note that I’m not saying that you’re absolving other people of blame – if someone just screwed you over, then they’re still at fault, and you don’t pretend that didn’t happen.</div><div>But focusing on that is not going to help you get to your desired emotional state. <b>You have to take full responsibility</b> for what thoughts you’re going to focus on and what attitudes you’re going to reinforce, because no one is going to do it. No one is coming to your rescue.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">You want out of this emotion? You’re going to have to do it yourself. the good news is you totally can do it yourself, and we’re going to cover that in the next four steps so you can get there.</span></div><div>So now our statement to ourselves gets a little longer – it’s something like, “I’m ready to stop feeling scared and start feeling resourceful, and I’m going to make that happen right now.”</div><div>We’re going to move into four questions right now, and you’ll need to memorize them so you can get yourself back on track instantly when you’re backsliding into the emotional state you don’t want to be in.</div><div><b>F: “What Would I Need To FOCUS On To Feel this Way?”</b></div><div>This question is a really empowering one, because it forces you to stop thinking about the things that are draining you and gets you to acknowledge that there are things you can focus on that will give you more mental and emotional energy.</div><div>When you ask yourself this question, you’re putting yourself on the spot – you’re saying, “Hey, if I wanted to feel resourceful (for this job loss example), what would I need to focus on?” You’re presupposing the answer is available to you rather than saying “How do I get out of this funk?”, which is an open ended question that invites an “I dunno …” response.</div><div><b>Think about it</b>. If you were feeling resourceful in this job loss situation – imagine that you were for a second – what would you be focusing on in order to feel resourceful? Would you be thinking of all your contacts and references, about renewing old work relationships? </div><div>Would you be taking stock of all the online job boards, or maybe sites like LinkedIn? Or would you be revisiting your skills and experience and seeing if another career would be more fun?</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Ask yourself this question, and write down the answers. You’ll need that written note to look back on when the painful emotion you’re moving away from resurfaces. Have a written library of answers to this question and you can benefit from it when you’re feeling emotionally unable to conjure up answers later.</span></div><div>Sometimes the answer can be <b>external</b> as well. The first part of my career was spent in software testing, and that’s some boring stuff. It’s frustrating to test the same thing 100 times and not feel totally unmotivated. But I’d focus on something external – like the road trip I was going to take with this week’s pay – and that would keep me going.</div><div>In one case I was testing training Army courseware for avoiding/disarming landmines, and after the 1,000th retest I was so bored out of my skull <b>I wanted to scream</b>. But I told myself that if I focused on testing it until it was 100% ready, then it would save people’s lives in the field. <b>Someone’s Dad would be coming home </b>because they didn’t trip a landmine or trigger a roadside bomb. That didn’t make the job less boring, but it gave me a sense of purpose and a better emotional state.</div><div>So think: <b>What would you have to focus on to</b> move towards the mood you want? There’s always an answer. Find it and write it down.</div><div><b>A: “What Would I Need To ACT On To Feel The Way I Want To?”</b></div><div>Now that you’ve established what you need to focus on, you need to address <b>what kinds of actions you need to take</b> to build up that feeling. If you’re depressed and you want to feel happier, maybe you ask yourself, “How can I help 3 people today?” and you do something simple like send an encouraging email, or meet them for lunch, or just send $25 to a charity of your choice in someone else’s name.</div><div>Action is important because it’s extremely difficult to <b>feel </b>your way into a different way of <b>behaving</b>. You know this, or you wouldn’t be stuck in the first place. When you’re feeling scared or mad or depressed, you can’t just manufacture emotion to get yourself going.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">But if you do something – if you take action – you can behave yourself into a different way offeeling. And it doesn’t have to be directly related to your own issue if that’s causing you friction. If you hate your life situation and you can’t figure out how to make it better, then focus on helping 5 other people feel better. Be an encourager, and that will help you pull out of that sense of depression. Trust me, it works, because it breaks your pattern of feeling helpless and connects you with other people.</span></div><div>But that’s just the start – it’s all well and good to take external actions to get your emotions jump-started, but you also need to get a sense of the actions you need to take <b>relative to your own problems.</b> In the <b>FOCUS</b> step you will probably come up with things you need to not only focus on, but actually do, and you need to make a list of those actions and start running with them.</div><div>Sometimes that’s hard to do – the motivation wanes – and that’s when you <b>fall back on the FOCUS step again.</b> It will help you get in a better frame of mind to take action.</div><div>Moving on, you’ll also need to ask yourself,</div><div><b>S: “What Would I Need To SURROUND Myself With To Feel The Way I Want To?”</b></div><div>This is an overlooked concept when it comes to mood change. Your surrounding environment plays a huge factor in your mood, and if you don’t consciously take control over it, you’re leaving power “on the table.” When you <b>arrange your environment in ways that empower you,</b> the chances of you keeping the mood you want to be in go through the roof.</div><div>Right now I’m writing this while listening to epic soundtrack music – I personally find that isolating my ears via headphones and keeping high-adventure music going keeps me focused and motivated. It’s hard to feel complacent when listening to instrumental tracks like “A Storm Is Coming” and “Rise of the Destroyers” are drowning your ears in epic symphonic goodness. </div><div>I know that this kind of music helps me kick ass, but <b>you’ll have your own environmental triggers.</b> Maybe it’s classical music or R&B, or maybe it’s just the silence of an empty room (or noise-cancelling headphones). Maybe it’s a clean desk, or maybe it’s a desk littered with action figures and crazy stuff. Maybe it’s wearing your favorite hat, brewing a certain kind of coffee or lighting some incense.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">It does not matter what it is - it just matters that you become aware of it, and you leverage it to help create the emotional state you want. Whether it’s keeping the counters clean, making the bed, soaking in hot bath or cranking up Aerosmith, get a feel for what makes it easier to be in the moods you want to be in. Then make it easy to build that environment when you need it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>T: “What Would I Need To TELL Myself To Feel The Way I Want To?”</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">This is where it all comes together – the part where the rubber hits the road and <b>you have to fight against the emotions</b> you want to move away from. This is where the previous steps all kind of combine and you create this little script you can say to yourself, a litany of conscious choice, as it were, to r<b>ecalibrate yourself</b> when you’re struggling.</span></span></div><div>Maybe it’s something like this for the freaking-out-about-the-job-loss example:</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">“I’m ready to stop feeling scared and start feeling resourceful, and I’m going to make that happen right now. I’m going to focus on the resources I have, like the 50 past co-workers who can get me leads, the job boards online and the in-demand skills I can show on my resume. I have everything I need to make this crazy time less crazy and I know what to do next.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">I’m going to make a plan for getting (or creating) the job I want and set aside 3 hours a day to take serious action. I’m going to neaten up my home office so I can think straight, and make it a relaxing place to work in the meantime.”</span></div><div>If you read this over and over again, what do you think would happen? Would you keep freaking out about your job? Or would you start feeling a little bit better?</div><div><b>Yeah, This Takes Some Work, But What The Hell Else Are You Doing?</b></div><div>Most people, if they’ve read this far, will say, “That’s too much work, Dave.” But seriously, if you’re paralyzed and feeling terrible, <b>you have time on your hands already.</b> You’re just using that time to stew in the emotion instead of making it finite and <b>taking action</b>. I know how it feels, I fight it all the time.</div><div>But this is a way out – or at least the beginning of the way out for you. <b>And it’s easier than you think, </b>because once you understand this process, 9 times out of 10 you won’t have to use all of it. You’ll just be sitting there stewing and say to yourself, “What would I have to focus on right now if I wanted to get my ass up and exercising?” or “What would I need to change about my surroundings right now to feel a little bit happier?” and that will be enough to get moving.</div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CCFF;">The quality of your life revolves around the quality of the questions you ask yourself on a minute-by-minute basis.</span></b></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-82203980884993693402009-08-11T07:02:00.000-07:002009-08-11T07:16:14.270-07:00I HAVE A DREAM Martin LutherKing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKl4wQbjQLCOX9_gUStfuQH1vsqn5qgJB3cpDWmBidG8t4TgOH9rfdAz_qZktEnnhb1V-S3RX96v9HK26D5hDRTXjmcniJ86KI-hwB3N3P3FwU3P8DEJqxSdNvrOLHsERZTz5eiQSb7Q/s1600-h/luther+king+(1).jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5BZe3yR3NZbrF9WZUuibjAbz15S88LYCDwHpWFdqFsQVD1hee0TxgI73WI9pLNhXLMor-bXNWjJZ47uqo23tHSaAyrL82ImVDOMoTSJhYyUGfyAe-MaDfZpOiprQoyKr7i2K9fNj-Yw/s1600-h/luther+king+(3).jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Cd5lzUnKaxVrTYdZSQwq6SjtzL40F5NOd7ns53vOn_WRb8YyeLTvyTwGFVDXzsQ4ai5ueOu2TBCucCB7htfHy3UQVnAE-RmKm-QdZvS5JhZEjJmA1J87mjmqVlDbWIIyxJayxcIDw/s1600-h/luther+king+(2).jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368706842678378498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid8Cd5lzUnKaxVrTYdZSQwq6SjtzL40F5NOd7ns53vOn_WRb8YyeLTvyTwGFVDXzsQ4ai5ueOu2TBCucCB7htfHy3UQVnAE-RmKm-QdZvS5JhZEjJmA1J87mjmqVlDbWIIyxJayxcIDw/s320/luther+king+(2).jpg" /></a><br /><strong>(January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was a Nobel Laureate, Baptist minister, and African American civil rights activist. He is one of the most significant leaders in U.S. history and in the modern history of non-violence, and is considered a hero, peacemaker and martyr by many people around the world. A decade and a half after his 1968 assassination, Martin Luther King Day, a U.S.<br />holiday, was established in his honor.<br />I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.<br />five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in fte midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is tSS languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. id a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall kir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." 5 is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her titizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has<br />given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds."<br />But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.</strong><br /><strong>We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.<br />It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.<br />But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead<br />us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their<br />presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.<br />And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.<br />We cannot walk alone.<br />And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.<br />We cannot turn back.<br />There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and<br />the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."1<br />I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest — quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.<br />Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.<br />And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.<br />I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."<br />I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and<br />the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of<br />brotherhood.<br />I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the<br />heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an<br />oasis of freedom and justice.<br />I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.<br />I have a dream today!<br />I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor<br />having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" — one day<br />right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with<br />little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.<br />I have a dream today!<br />I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain<br />shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be<br />made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it<br />together."<br />This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.<br />With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.<br />And this will be the day — this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:<br />My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.<br />Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of<br />Pennsylvania.<br />Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.<br />Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that:<br />Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.<br />And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:<br />Free at last! free at last!<br />Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!<br /><br /></strong>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-87140324615034467432009-08-06T00:30:00.000-07:002009-08-06T00:44:16.717-07:00Too Beautiful Not To Share<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaoqIvmfOlhQ8HZdfMUs6uXvjUoy4DUtLtfCaI2YURaR8tvk_ECFuWQQDYCFE73fXas-ac2HvswOQ8RdvTgbbfdPCc_GzXoq1cDVhH6HjwPU4KgqjjlAZGj4CyeI6z4WVFhS5C64I8Q/s1600-h/Rana+mu.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 246px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366750298242155282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWaoqIvmfOlhQ8HZdfMUs6uXvjUoy4DUtLtfCaI2YURaR8tvk_ECFuWQQDYCFE73fXas-ac2HvswOQ8RdvTgbbfdPCc_GzXoq1cDVhH6HjwPU4KgqjjlAZGj4CyeI6z4WVFhS5C64I8Q/s320/Rana+mu.JPG" /></a><br /><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">Anger is a condition in which<br />The tongue works faster than the mind .<br /><br />You can't change the past,<br />But you can ruin the present<br />By worrying over the future!<br /><br />Love...and you shall be loved.<br /><br />God always gives His best to those<br />Who leave the choice with Him.<br /><br />All people smile in the same language.<br /><br /><br />Everyone needs to be loved...<br />Especially when they do not deserve it.<br /><br />The real measure of a man's wealth<br />Is what he has invested in eternity.<br /><br />Laughter is God's sunshine.<br /><br />Everyone has beauty<br />But not everyone sees it.<br /><br />It's important for parents to live<br />The same things they teach.<br /><br />Thank God for what you have,<br />TRUST GOD for what you need.<br /><br />If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow,<br />You have no today to be thankful for.<br /><br />Man looks at outward appearance<br />But the Lord looks within.<br /><br />The choice you make today<br />Will usually affect tomorrow.<br /><br />Take time to laugh, for it is<br />The music of the soul.<br /><br />Patience is the ability to idle your motor<br />When you feel like stripping your gears.<br /><br />Love is strengthened by working<br />Through conflicts together.<br /><br />.<br />Harsh words break no bones<br />But they do break hearts..<br /><br />To get out of a difficulty,<br />One usually must go through it.<br /><br />We take for granted the things<br />That we should be giving thanks for.<br /><br />Love is the only thing that can be<br />Divided without being diminished.<br /><br />Happiness is enhanced by others<br />But does not depend upon others.<br /><br />For every minute you are angry with someone,<br />You lose 60 seconds of happiness<br />That you can never get back.<br /><br />Do what you can, for who you can,<br />With what you have, and where you are.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-796563342400065122009-03-23T21:54:00.000-07:002009-03-24T00:50:05.935-07:00PRACTICAL HEALTH GUIDES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Healthful Hints</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">(The best health tips) </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Introduction</span></span><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"></span><div>They are effective and easy to follow.... many are based on recent research, while others were known in ancient times. But they have allbeen proven to be effective. So keep this guide close at hand and make the advice it offers a part of your daily life.<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How to Fight Aging</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Did you know that just walking for 30 minutes, 3 or 4 times a week is enough to combat aging?</span></div><div>According to researchers at the University of California, one of the principle causes of deterioration of the human organism's physical faculties is its diminished ability to metabolize glucose. And they showed that even leisurely exercise, like taking a walk, plays an important role in keeping glucose metabolism functioning smoothly.</div><div>Do you spend the whole day sitting at your desk or in front of a computer screen? Why not get up occasionally and do a few minutes of physical exercise? Don't worry about what other people think.</div><div>In some Japanese companies, it is even become a collective habit. Every twenty minutes a bell sounds, and everybody gets up to do some stretching exercises, after which they sit down againas if nothing had happened. Japanese managers are convinced that their employees are more productive when they are relaxed.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Are you anxious? <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; ">Is worrying one of your characteristics? Well, stop! It is okay to</span></span></span></div><div>worry, but at the right time.</div><div>Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania tell patients who</div><div>suffer from anxiety to regularly do a daily twenty minute “worry</div><div>session,” always at the same time and in the same place. Collect your</div><div>head full of worries during the day (don’t suppress them!) and then</div><div>pour them out during your daily worry session.</div><div>Exaggerate your worries to the point of absurdity - knit your</div><div>brows, make faces, let the sweat flow, shake and cower as much as</div><div>you like. In other words, make a caricature of the part of yourself that</div><div>is always worried, and in so doing exorcise it.</div><div>Eliminating worry will help prevent numerous psychosomatic</div><div>illnesses, which result from living in a state of permanent anxiety.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Care for your heart while you sleep </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">In which position do you sleep?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">If you sleep on your stomach or on your left side, you are putting</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">pressure on your heart with the extra body weight, while the heart has</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">to continue pumping blood as usual.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">This additional burden wears the heart out more quickly. Think</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">about it - you spend more than one third of your life sleeping!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">To reduce the strain on your heart, sleep on your right side, or on</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">your back. This simple technique will add years to your life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">How to avoid cancer caused by smoking </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">If you smoke, you can greatly reduce the risk of contracting</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">cancer by drinking carrot juice. This according to the German Doctor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Hans Nieper, founder of Eumatabolic Medicine, a new alternative</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">mode of treatment which has become very popular in Germany. The</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">carotene found especially in carrots prevents and can even cure</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">cancer.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Dr. Nieper states, “If you smoke 60 cigarettes a day but drink 4</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">glasses of carrot juice, you will still be less prone to contract cancer</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">than someone who doesn’t smoke but who doesn’t drink carrot juice.”</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Of course, if you don’t smoke and do drink carrot juice all the better!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Avoid eye problems caused by T.V. and monitors </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The eye was not made to be constantly focused on close objects.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">If your work requires that you stare at a computer screen all day long</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">or if you watch a lot of television, stop from time to time to do a few</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">eye exercises.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">For example, roll your eyes in large circles in both directions;</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">look over to each side as far as possible and then go from up to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">down; or scan an imaginary text on the wall from left to right; or look</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">out the window as far as you can following the horizon then return to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">a point right in front of you and begin again.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">In this way, you will avoid long term eye problems, you will</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">enlarge your inner space, and relax both your eyes and your mind.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">How to beat asthma</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Asthma partially obstructs the bronchial tubes, making breathing</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">difficult. The cause of asthma is still not known. But if you are an</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">asthma sufferer, you can, through natural means, considerably reduce</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">the number of asthma attacks you get.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">A placebo study has shown that asthmatics who consume 1 gram</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">of vitamin C per day had 4 times fewer attacks. When they stopped</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">taking vitamin C, the attacks resumed with the same frequency as</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">before (Trop. and Geog. Med., Vol. 32, Mo. 2, 1980).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">As for magnesium, it also works wonders! Dr. Zack H. Haddad</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southern California</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">conducted a study on thirty children suffering from asthma associated</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">with allergies.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">Twenty of them drank a daily amount of mineral water rich in</span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">magnesium, while the others received no magnesium supplement.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">After three months, the first group had a higher level of magnesium in</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">their blood, and they were able to breathe more easily.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">So taking vitamin C and magnesium is an excellent way to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">prevent asthma attacks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">But what can you do to breathe more easily during an attack?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Simply drink 2 or 3 cups of strong coffee. By activating blood</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">circulation, it eases respiratory blockage.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Losing weight: The Pakistani method</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Pakistani women have an amazing trick they use to stay slim: they</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">keep a string permanently tied around their forearms. According to</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Dr. Drupas, a gentle but constant pressure on the nerves in the</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">forearm stimulates certain glands, particularly those involved in</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">weight control (thyroid, suprarenals).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Why don’t you try it? Find two ordinary rubber bands and place</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">them around your right forearm, one third of the way up between your</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">wrist and elbow.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">The rubber bands should exert noticeable pressure without cutting</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">off blood circulation and should not slip or slide when you move</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">your arm. This is not a tourniquet!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">For best results, you have to wear the rubber bands constantly,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">even at night when you sleep. It is also recommended not to wear any</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">other jewelry on the right arm.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What to do when you get something in your eye</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><div>Got some dust in your eye? Or some other irritant like an eyelash or</div><div>cigarette ash? You can use the following technique to help others as well</div><div>as yourself.</div><div>Before doing anything, make sure you don’t do what you absolutely</div><div>shouldn’t: rub or press the eye, lift the eyelid, or remove contact lenses</div><div>without washing your hands.</div><div>How to proceed?</div><div>· Examine your eye. Is it red? Swollen? Is it tearing? What do you</div><div>feel? Does it itch? Burn? Is your vision blurred?</div><div>· Let nature do its work - it is usually effective. Tears and natural eye</div><div>movements will usually get rid of the irritation.</div><div>· Try rinsing your eye with some warm water, or with drops. You</div><div>can pull on the skin around the eyes, but don’t touch the eyelid.</div><div>· If this doesn’t work, wash your hands, and then lift both the upper</div><div>and lower eyelids to locate the irritant. Is it on the inside of one of the</div><div>eyelids, or is it stuck to the eyeball itself? Pour some sterilized, warm</div><div>water on your eye to flush the irritant out.</div><div>· If you can’t locate the irritant or if the discomfort persists after you</div><div>have removed the particle, you would better consult a doctor.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few tricks for treating insect bites</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">You don’t have to sit back and just passively put up with insects,</span></div><div>especially those that like to bite (mosquitoes, wasps etc.). Eat</div><div>asparagus and your sweat will develop an odor that repels insects. Or</div><div>apply lemon oil to your skin.</div><div>If you are bitten, there are natural substances to soothe the</div><div>irritation. Aloe vera has extraordinary powers of soothing skin</div><div>disorders. It is available in forms for both internal and external</div><div>application in most health and beauty stores.</div><div>If you have one of these amazing plants growing at home, cut the</div><div>tip off one of the leaves (the leaf will heal itself). Apply the pulp and</div><div>juice to the itching or swollen area.</div><div>Lightly boiled cabbage or leek makes an excellent analgesic</div><div>poultice. Of course, if you are hiking in the woods, you might have a</div><div>little trouble finding cabbage! Plantain also works well. Cut it and rub</div><div>it to get to the juice then apply it to the affected area.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How to get rid of liver spots</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you have liver spots, it is up to you to get rid of them.</span></div><div>May be you took too much sun, without using the proper</div><div>precautions like sunscreen, gradual exposure, etc. If you continue</div><div>ignoring your skin in this way, you might end up looking like a lizard!</div><div>Liver spots can also result from a thyroid deficiency. The thyroid</div><div>gland must therefore be stimulated through a variety of means. For</div><div>example, brown seaweed tablets: take one a day every morning, for</div><div>fifteen days a month.</div><div>Or apply a cream composed of 1 teaspoon oxygenated water and</div><div>4 1/2 tablespoons lanovaseline every morning and night.</div><div>Aloe vera (see previous chapter) is very effective in treating skin</div><div>disorders. Daily application of aloe vera over a period of time can</div><div>eliminate liver spots completely.</div><div>Also take a look at your nutrition: the real problem might lie in</div><div>what you do or don’t eat, like a diet too high in fat.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Treat diarrhea without medication</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you have ever been to a tropical country, you have probably</span></div><div>experienced diarrhea: frequent and uncontrolled evacuation of liquid</div><div>stool caused by bacteria in local water, milk or food.</div><div>Diarrhea can also be caused at home by excesses in diet (a diet</div><div>that is too rich) or an allergic reaction to certain foods or medication</div><div>or even by stress.</div><div>To treat diarrhea, avoid all solid food on the first day. Drink</div><div>liquids like water, apple juice, meat or vegetable boullion and tea.</div><div>These will compensate for your loss of water - dehydration being one</div><div>of the main dangers of diarrhea - and will give your intestines a</div><div>period of rest.</div><div>If you have stomach cramps, rub your hands together for about a</div><div>minute. Then place both palms on your abdominal region. The heat</div><div>will soothe the pain.</div><div>On the second day, eat small quantities of solid food. Among the</div><div>least irritating are cooked cereals (especially rice), biscuits and soft</div><div>boiled eggs.</div><div>You can also try charcoal. It comes in tablet or capsule form (you</div><div>can also get it off burnt toast!)</div><div>Chinese medicine has always considered ginger one of the best</div><div>remedies for diarrhea. Dilute a tablespoon in hot water and</div><div>add honey.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Use seaweed to stimulate your immune system</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Japanese seaweed possesses remarkable immunizing properties,</span></div><div>especially in fighting cancer. Japanese researchers at the University of</div><div>Kitasato have discovered 6 kinds of seaweed which inhibit the</div><div>growth of colon cancer cells in rats, notably two types of Laminaria.</div><div>Laminaria extract has proven 70% to 84% effective in suppressing</div><div>intestinal tumors.</div><div>Wakame, another Japanese seaweed, is now familiar to many</div><div>Westerners, thanks to the arrival in the west of Japanese macrobiotic</div><div>cooking, which uses it a lot.</div><div>Pharmacologists at the University of Hawaii injected rats with an</div><div>extract of this substance. They found that the seaweed helped prevent</div><div>and cure cancer. The researchers claim that Wakame fights cancer by</div><div>activating and strengthening the immune system. It can be found in</div><div>most health food stores.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How to prevent motion sickness - naturally</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Did you know that half a teaspoon of ground ginger is more</span></div><div>effective than chemical medication in suppressing motion or sea</div><div>sickness? And unlike most medication, it will not make you drowsy.</div><div>Ginger has been used in the Orient for centuries to prevent sea</div><div>sickness.</div><div>Researchers asked subjects who were especially susceptible to</div><div>motion sickness to sit in a reclining chair that spun around at high</div><div>speed. All the subjects who ingested a well known medication or</div><div>who took a placebo experienced violent nausea and/or vomiting.</div><div>On the other hand, six of the twelve subjects who took ginger</div><div>twenty minutes before the test experienced no discomfort. They</div><div>consumed only 840 milligrams of ground ginger, which is the</div><div>equivalent of half a teaspoon.</div><div>The Japanese have a very curious method of treating all kinds of</div><div>motion sickness. They use an adhesive plaster to fasten an</div><div>“umeboshi” (a very salty fermented plum, available in most health</div><div>food stores in the West) to their navel. The idea may seem a little</div><div>strange, but what have you got to lose!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The anti-allergy vitamin</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So much has been said in praise of Vitamin C. So it is not</span></div><div>surprising that it is also effective in treating allergic reactions like</div><div>hayfever.</div><div>We recommend taking Vitamin C in the form of ascorbate rather</div><div>then ascorbic acid. When taken in ascorbic acid form, it can cause</div><div>gastro-intestinal disorders.</div><div>To fight an allergic reaction, you should consume up to 8 grams.</div><div>5 grams are necessary, on average. Start with a dose of 3 grams.</div><div>Every three hours, take another 1 or 2 grams, until the symptoms</div><div>disappear completely.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How to prevent Flatulence (Aerophagy)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Aerophagy results simply from “eating” air. The condition is not</span></div><div>dramatically serious, but it does bloat the stomach and can prove</div><div>embarrassing (stomach gurgles, etc.)</div><div>How to prevent it? Above all chew your food properly and savor</div><div>it fully. Swallowing too much is a direct cause of aerophagy. So don’t</div><div>swallow needlessly.</div><div>Don’t drink a lot when you eat. Avoid tobacco and alcohol,</div><div>cabbage, radishes, doughy bread, strong spices and bubbly drinks.</div><div>Don’t eat food that is too hot or too cold.</div><div>And pay attention to the kinds of food you eat together: make a</div><div>note of any combination that seems to provoke an attack and avoid it</div><div>in future.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How to put an end to heartburn</span></span></div><div><div>Heartburn usually results from excess acidity in the stomach, or</div><div>from improper functioning of your digestive system.</div><div>At the point where the esophagus and stomach join, a special</div><div>muscle opens and closes the esophagus. When we swallow food this</div><div>muscle relaxes to let the food pass into the stomach after which it</div><div>closes again.</div><div>But it can happen that the muscle malfunctions. The contents of</div><div>the stomach then rise back up the esophagus, irritating the area. And</div><div>this results in the infamous feeling of heartburn.</div><div>How to stop it? Avoid acidic foods (lemons, etc.), alcohol, fat</div><div>or fried food, food that is overcooked, coffee, juice, tomato base</div><div>products and chocolate. But don’t deprive yourself too much. Rather,</div><div>observe which foods bring on heartburn and avoid them. Also, don’t</div><div>go to sleep right after eating (you should eat supper around 7 o’clock)</div><div>and don’t smoke, especially after meals.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A miracle remedy</span></span></div><div><div>If we offered you a miracle remedy that prevents cardiac disease,</div><div>certain types of cancer, diabetes, obesity, tooth decay and varicose</div><div>veins, would you buy it? Certainly you would.</div><div>There is such a product. But it is not a recent discovery and you</div><div>won’t find it in a pharmacy but at the grocery store. We are talking</div><div>about fiber.</div><div>A study conducted in Holland on 871 men, over a period of ten</div><div>years, showed that subjects who had a low fiber diet were three</div><div>times more susceptible to mortal disease - causes notwithstanding -</div><div>than those who ate a lot of fiber (Future Youth).</div><div>This said, it cannot be confirmed at present that fiber prevents</div><div>the above mentioned diseases in all cases. But there is conclusive</div><div>proof that they occur more frequently in populations with low fiber</div><div>diets which is precisely the case in the west.</div><div>According to The Lancet (the British Medical Journal) a diet</div><div>which contains at least 37 grams of fiber per day (the equivalent of</div><div>one cup of bran, one apple, one potato and a half cup of cooked</div><div>spinach) can effectively protect the organism against chronic illnesses</div><div>common to western society.</div><div>So fiber is useful in combatting many disorders</div><div>besides constipation.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Reducing your cholesterol</span></span></div><div><div>To reduce cholesterol:</div><div>· First cut down on saturated fats. To do this:</div><div>· Eat lean meat. Select lean cuts and ask your butcher to cut off</div><div>the fat.</div><div>· Drink skim milk instead of whole milk.</div><div>Do the same for all dairy products. Note that vegetarians have a</div><div>much lower cholesterol level (almost twice as low as average) which</div><div>is perfectly understandable, since cholesterol is only found in</div><div>products derived from animals.</div><div>· Alcohol - in moderation. Not more than two glasses a day.</div><div>However, it does appear that drinking a moderate amount of alcohol</div><div>raises the number of HDL lipids (the good ones!), which break down</div><div>cholesterol. (Moderation = two 4 oz. glasses of wine or two 12 oz.</div><div>beers.)</div><div>· Do regular exercise, for example walking.</div><div>· Take Vitamin E. It reduces the risk of coronary disease.</div><div>· Calcium brewer’s yeast, Vitamin C and Vitamin B-6 also</div><div>combat the accumulation of cholesterol. And don’t forget lecithin,</div><div>which helps fight excess cholesterol, arteriosclerosis, hypertension.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Digest better</span></span></div><div><div>There is a plant for each type of digestion problem.</div><div>· <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">AIGREMOINE</span> is useful when the stomach problem is</div><div>accompanied by enteritis, diarrhea and/or chronic liver infection. It</div><div>helps tone a lazy digestive system. And it also helps regularize acidity</div><div>and soothe ulcers by improving metabolism.</div><div>3 or 4 cups a day. 3 1/2 to 4 tablespoons per quart of water.</div><div>· <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ANGELICA</span> is a digestive, an aperitif, a stimulant, a tonic. It</div><div>decongests and soothes stomach pains and swelling.</div><div>Prepare an infusion (tea) preferably using the fresh plant: 3 1/2</div><div>tablespoons of roots per quart of water. If your stomach is very</div><div>swollen, prepare and drink 3 cups per day made of 5 tablespoons of</div><div>seeds per quart of water.</div><div>· <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">ANISE</span> is a soothing digestive. It aids digestion and the</div><div>elimination of intestinal gas, it soothes stomach cramps, aerophagy,</div><div>dyspepsia (contractions of the digestive organs, dizziness and a heavy</div><div>feeling after eating).</div><div>2 or 3 cups per day, after meals: 2 tablespoons of seeds per quart</div><div>of water.</div><div>· <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">CAMOMILE:</span> a digestive, sedative, anti-inflammation agent</div><div>and tonic. It helps painful or difficult digestion, stomach cramps,</div><div>gastro-intestinal spasms, loss of appetite, and it helps expulsion of gas.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Menstrual cramps - suffer no more!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">To reduce the intensity of menstrual symptoms, you can change</span></div><div>your diet:</div><div>· Less sugar, and slightly more protein.</div><div>· Diuretic foods such as eggplant, cucumbers and parsley can help</div><div>diminish water retention.</div><div>· Calcium supplements (1 gram per day) and magnesium (500</div><div>milligrams) can help reduce anxiety (always take both).</div><div>· Vitamin B-6 (not more than 50 milligrams per day) can alleviate</div><div>symptoms of anxiety and tension.</div><div>· Vitamins E and C also help reduce the intensity of cramps.</div><div>· Aspirin has a mildly soothing effect.</div><div>· And once again you can turn to plants to relieve your pains:</div><div>* ANGELICA in infusion: 3 1/2 tablespoons of root per quart of</div><div>water.</div><div>* MATRIX (derived from the Latin for womb): 2 teaspoons of</div><div>flowers per quart of water.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Stop catching colds</span></span></div><div><div>As much as possible, avoid coming into close contact with</div><div>infected persons, especially if they cough or sneeze.</div><div>A person with a cold is extremely contagious: he or she fills the</div><div>air with fine particles of saliva or mucous which transport the virus</div><div>microbe. Even if the person is careful to wipe his nose with tissue or</div><div>a handkerchief, the microbes will be transported to his hands.</div><div>And studies have shown that these viruses are transmitted through</div><div>hand contact. So if you have to shake hands with someone who has a</div><div>cold, you would better wash soon after!</div><div>What can you do if you do catch a cold?</div><div>It is useless to take antibiotics: they have no effect on viruses.</div><div>However, there are certain substances found in alcohol which help</div><div>decongest sinuses, that is why a good hot toddy can work wonders.</div><div>But take care of your liver: a toddy is just as good with a little rum as</div><div>with a lot.</div><div>You don’t have to get drunk to get better. You don’t even have to</div><div>drink it - just sniff some strong alcohol like cognac or brandy and</div><div>breathe in the fumes.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Use heat to cure</span></span></div><div><div>Everyone has heard about how good a sauna feels, and of the</div><div>relaxing effect of a steam bath which bathes you in hot vapor.</div><div>But there are other heat treatments which are equally beneficial.</div><div>Heat relaxes the muscles and ligaments. When applied locally, for</div><div>example, with hot towels, it can ease muscle spasms. It can also</div><div>reduce arthritic pain. Heat dilates the blood vessels, which in turn</div><div>activates circulation.</div><div>Applied to a wound, it can prevent infection by helping white</div><div>blood corpuscles and fresh oxygen surround the area more quickly.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">How to combat fatigue</span></span></div><div><div>First make sure you are sleeping enough.</div><div>Is your nutrition sufficient? In general women need at least 1200</div><div>calories per day and men 1500.</div><div>Avoid monotony: a varied diet will be more likely to provide the</div><div>nutritive elements you need to conserve your energy.</div><div>The sensation of fatigue may be stress-related, especially when</div><div>you experience emotional stress. Do you feel tense at work or at</div><div>home?</div><div>Lastly, don’t neglect physical exercise. Tired or not, get out in the</div><div>fresh air every day. Walking is the minimum effort necessary for</div><div>staying in shape.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Protect yourself against cancer</span></span></div><div><div>Radical liberals are not a political group, but a kind of very</div><div>active molecule that is suspected of being one of the causes of cancer.</div><div>How can you protect yourself? Diet plays an important role here,</div><div>especially in the absorption of anti-oxidants. The strongest</div><div>anti-oxidizing agent is Vitamin E, which is found in wheat germ oil</div><div>and sunflower seeds.</div><div>Next comes Vitamin C (oranges, grapefruits, lemons, red peppers etc.).</div><div>Beta carotene also absorbs large amounts of radical liberals.</div><div>This substance seems to act as a protecting agent against most types</div><div>of cancer.</div><div>Where do you find it? In red vegetables (like tomatoes), orange</div><div>ones (carrots), yellow (squash), and dark green (broccoli). All these</div><div>are rich in beta carotene. So make them a regular part of your menu!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Prevent high blood pressure</span></span></div><div><div>Research has shown that people whose diet is rich in potassium</div><div>(vegetarians for example) are less likely than others to develop high</div><div>blood pressure.</div><div>Calcium is also beneficial. Fortunately, potassium and calcium</div><div>are abundantly present in a large variety of foods.</div><div>Fruits, vegetables, beans, fish, fowl and lean meats are full of</div><div>potassium.</div><div>Calcium is a little more restricted. Foods rich in calcium usually</div><div>also contain large amounts of sodium and fat, which can increase</div><div>blood pressure.</div><div>However, moderate amounts of milk are recommended, as well</div><div>as yogurt, almonds, bananas, grapes, broccoli, potatoes, beans, tofu</div><div>and sardines.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Iron strong health</span></span></div><div><div>Without iron, there would be no hemoglobin in the blood.</div><div>Hemoglobin gives red corpuscles their color. And it is the</div><div>hemoglobin that carries oxygen to all parts of the body.</div><div>If you lack iron, an insufficient supply of oxygen in your</div><div>hemoglobin will produce sensations of fatigue, headaches and</div><div>shortness of breath.</div><div>Men don’t have to worry too much: most men have a reserve of</div><div>iron stored in their body that could last 3 years !</div><div>But women, because of the menstrual cycle, need twice as much</div><div>iron as men.</div><div>And the amount is even higher for pregnant women. Vitamin C</div><div>doubles the amount of iron the body absorbs: so it is a good idea to</div><div>add a glass of tomato or orange or grapefruit juice to every meal.</div><div>On the other hand, tea reduces the amount of iron absorbed by</div><div>50% and coffee by about 39%.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Aging with a healthy body and mind</span></span></div><div><div>Did you know that sexual activity can keep you looking good as</div><div>you age? Studies conducted in Sweden have shown that elderly</div><div>people who have sexual partners have much more vitality and a better</div><div>memory than those who do not.</div><div>So don’t let your golden years deprive you of the pleasures of</div><div>sex !</div><div>Just forget about the obsession of having to “perform” - the final</div><div>result is less important than the stimulation itself.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-62925241081543329862009-02-25T05:52:00.000-08:002009-02-25T06:40:40.184-08:00The Flames of Love<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXjYts7TvnuZpiLKVZro6cUARiUpaT82WywZl_8LaziZV0W-x8n-VqN33GCk6RvngS_5sgHY6kzws81M2SqpW3cdFe5bDTV-c7QPgzAKYCMcnFe3E4-rUdEBS2gZFByVejHF6vyFaJA/s1600-h/For+you.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXjYts7TvnuZpiLKVZro6cUARiUpaT82WywZl_8LaziZV0W-x8n-VqN33GCk6RvngS_5sgHY6kzws81M2SqpW3cdFe5bDTV-c7QPgzAKYCMcnFe3E4-rUdEBS2gZFByVejHF6vyFaJA/s320/For+you.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306744739142477602" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"For you i have lived all these days, with my lips sealed"</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"For you i have lived all these days, with my unshed tears"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"But in my heart, the flames of love"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Have always been burning for you, only for you"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Life has brought me..."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"A volume of old times"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"And i am surrounded by countless memories"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Unasked i have now found all the answers i sought"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Look, what i yearned for..."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"And what i got....."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"But in my heart, the flames of love"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Have always been burning for you, only for you"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"How can i describe the cruelty of this world"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"I was ordered that i have to live but without you"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Unwise are those who say that to me you are unknown"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"So many ordeals, were heaped on me by this world"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"But in my heart, the flames of love"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Have always been burning for you, only for you"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">""For you i have lived all these days""With my lips sealed""</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"Only for you Only for you"</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-41395155336284380802009-02-25T05:20:00.000-08:002009-02-25T05:47:03.841-08:00The Caravans of our dreams<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rLTr8-Vsd9gpFPRYEif3JWbBCE1DIpfuYyiw8sWVixiCrezITdYinlvj-l8Dv1n0rzthkX8Ileh84Dfa1WhgvFhHRyrpp1kkDnFWjqjOJwFtDrS9FWHW1jN3KZGzLrDH3BV-aUlSZw/s1600-h/Rajput.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4rLTr8-Vsd9gpFPRYEif3JWbBCE1DIpfuYyiw8sWVixiCrezITdYinlvj-l8Dv1n0rzthkX8Ileh84Dfa1WhgvFhHRyrpp1kkDnFWjqjOJwFtDrS9FWHW1jN3KZGzLrDH3BV-aUlSZw/s320/Rajput.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306730795048221474" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br />"Just for tow moments, the Caravans of our dreams made a stop"</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"And then you went your way and i went mine"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Just for tow moments,existed the story of our hearts"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"And then you went your way and i went mine"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that really you or was it a luminous sunbeam"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that you or was it a blossoming bud"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that you or was that the monsoon of my dreams"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that you or was that a cloud of happiness"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that you or was it a full blooming flower"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">"Was that you or did i find a beautiful new world"</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-82989612744813376202009-01-21T01:26:00.000-08:002009-01-21T01:57:05.071-08:00The Paradox of Our Time<p> </p><p>The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; <strong><span style="color:#006600;">we spend more, but have less; we buy more, but enjoy it less.</span></strong></p><p>We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have <strong><span style="color:#006600;">more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems;</span></strong> more medicine, but less wellness.</p><p>We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly,<strong> laugh too little</strong>, drive too fast, <span style="color:#990000;">get angry too quickly</span>, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV too much, and <strong><span style="color:#006600;">pray too seldom.</span></strong></p><p>We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. <strong><span style="color:#006600;">We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often</span></strong>. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've <strong>added years to life, not life to years.</strong></p><p>We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things</p><p>We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've <em><span style="color:#006600;">split the atom, but not our prejudice.</span></em></p><p>We write more, but learn less; we plan more, but accomplish less. We've <strong>learned to rush, but not to wait; </strong>we have <strong>higher incomes, but lower morals;</strong> we have more food, but less appeasement; we build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.</p><p>These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, and short character; steep profits, and shallow relationships. These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure, but less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.</p><p>These are days of <strong><span style="color:#006600;">two incomes, but more divorce;</span></strong> of <strong>fancier houses, but broken homes.</strong> These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throw away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer to quiet to kill.</p><p>It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom; a time when technology has brought this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to make a difference, or to just hit "Skip Ahead"...</p><p><strong>" Tell them i Love them,then Hug them for me! "</strong></p><p> </p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-28404846828957644772009-01-17T01:36:00.000-08:002009-01-17T02:03:16.227-08:00How were Destroyed Homosexual Peoples <meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Win32)"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">PROPHET LOT (LUT)</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> (peace be upon him)</span> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> (</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">لوت علیہ سلام</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">)</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; color: rgb(51, 0, 51); font-weight: bold;" align="left"><meta equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title></title><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 3.0 (Win32)"><style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> </p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Advent of Prophet Lut(Lot):</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) was contemporary of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him). He was a nephew and</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">follower of the Faith of his uncle. He was the resident of Ur, an ancient town in Mesopotamia God conferred prophethood</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">upon him.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He was commanded to leave his native land and go to Sodom and Gomorra to warn and reform the people who were</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">indulged in grave sins such as homosexual intercourse and robbery. The Holy Qur'an says:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"And Lut (remember) when he said to his folk: Will you commit abomination such as no creature ever did before. Lo! you</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">come with lust unto men instead of women. Nay, but you are wanton folk." (7:80, 81)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In another Verse the Holy Qur'an throws a light on the character of those sinning people. It says:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"What? Do you not come to males and commit robbery on the highways and do evil deeds in your meeting?" (29: 29)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut Preaches and is Opposed:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) was an alien to those people. He began to preach the religion of God energetically.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He advised the people to guard themselves against the punishment from God. He exhorted them to abandon sinful ways.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">He told them that God had created woman for them to satisfy their lust. They did not listen to the admonitions of their</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Prophet. They ridiculed and threatened him of dire consequences. They retorted that he would be expelled from that</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">town in case he did not stop preaching and rebuking them. The Holy Qur'an affirms:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"And the answer of his people was only that they said (to one another): Turn them out of your township. They are folk</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">who seek to keep pure." (7:82)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The same idea is expressed in the following Verses:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"They said: If you desist not, 0' Lut, you will soon be of the outcast. He said: I am, in fact, of those who hate your</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">conduct. My Lord! save me and my household from what they do." (26: 167-169)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Gradually time passed by and the Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) did not achieve remarkable success on reforming</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">those sinful persons. They were shamelessly addicted to grave sins and his warnings simply exasperated them.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Angels Appear as Guests:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One day three angels in the disguise of handsome young boys came to Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and they</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">conveyed to him a special message from Almighty Allah. The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his followers were</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">directed to leave the town because something very dreadful was going to happen. When the people got wind of the visit</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">of charming boys they tried to invade the house of Prophet Lut(peace be upon him) and demanded of him to deliver the</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">guests to them. The Prophet was much upset and he said:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"O' my people! Here are my daughters! They are purer for you! Beware of Allah and degrade me not in (the presence of)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">my guests. Is there not among you any upright man ?" (11: 78)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">They rejected this appeal of the Prophet and said:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Well, you know that we have no right to your daughters and well, you know what we want." (11:79)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet was much disappointed and said:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">"Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support." (11: 80)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Angels Convey Message:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) warned the people of the inevitable punishment in case they insisted on</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">committing indecency. They laughed and doubted his character. When all efforts were ended in smoke, the angels who</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">were in the form of human beings, said:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"O' Lut, Lo! We are messengers of thy Lord; they shall not reach thee. So travel with thy people in a part of the night and</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">not one of you turn round all save thy wife." (11:81)</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut is Delivered and his Nation Destroyed:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Prophet Lut (peace be upon him) and his adherents left the city in the fagging part of the night and took shelter in a</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">place of safety. Soon after an uproar took place. A sudden tremendous noise shock the earth. It was a scary and</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">dreadful earthquake. The houses crumbled down and lofty buildings smashed to nothing but rubble. The rocks that went</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">up in the air hit those who tried to escape. All arrogant sinners were completely destroyed. The Prophet Lut (peace be</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">upon him) and his followers were saved but his wife could not survive because she sympathised with the sinners. The</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Holy Qur'an gives a brief description of this mishap in the following Verses:</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Then the (awful) cry overtook them at the sunrise: And We utterly confounded them, and We rained upon them stones</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">of heated clay. Lo! therein verily are portents for those who read the signs." (15:73-75) The Prophet Lut (peace be upon</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">him) was admitted to God's</span></span></p> <p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;" align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:100%;">
<br /></span></span></p> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-69345039078878852752008-12-19T04:38:00.000-08:002008-12-19T05:06:21.807-08:00Kill ego and safe Love<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"><strong><em>Sometimes love is for a moment, sometimes love is for a lifetime. Sometimes a moment is a lifetime.</em></strong></span><br />Once upon a time there was an island<br />where all the feelings lived<br />One day there was a storm in the sea<br />and the island was about to get drowned.<br />Every feeling was scared but Love<br />made a boat<br />to escape .<br />Every feeling boarded the boat.<br />Only 1 feeling was left.<br />Love got down to see who it was..<br /><br />It was <span style="font-size:180%;color:#000000;">EGO </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Love tried and tried but ego wasn't moving also.<br />the water was rising.<br />Every one asked love to leave him and come in the boat, but love was<br />made to love.<br />At last all the feelings escape and Love dies with ego on the island..</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#000000;">Love Dies because of EGO!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">So, Kill</span> Ego<span style="font-size:100%;"> And Save</span> Love.....</span><br />"Argument wins the situations but loses the person. So when argue with your loved ones, remember that situations is never more important than your loved ones"<br />Have a great day with your love ones....<br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;color:#009900;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-30281995112489592872008-10-13T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-13T10:38:12.186-07:00GOOD DEFINITIONS - FUNNY<strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">School: </span></em></strong><br />A place where Papa pays and Son plays.<br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;"></span></em></strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Life Insurance:</span></em></strong><br />A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Nurse:</span></em></strong><br />A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Marriage:</span></em></strong><br />It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Tears: </span></em></strong><br />The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Lecture:</span></em></strong><br />An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through 'the minds of either'<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Conference:</span></em></strong><br />The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Compromise:</span></em></strong><br />The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Dictionary:</span></em></strong><br />A place where success comes before work.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Conference Room:</span></em></strong><br />A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Father:</span></em></strong><br />A banker provided by nature.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Boss:</span></em></strong><br />Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Politician:</span></em></strong><br />One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Doctor:</span></em></strong><br />A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Classic:</span></em></strong><br />Books, which people praise, but do not read.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Smile:</span></em></strong><br />A curve that can set a lot of things straight.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Office:</span></em></strong><br />A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Yawn:</span></em></strong><br />The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Etc.:</span></em></strong><br />A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Committee:</span></em></strong><br />Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Experience:</span></em></strong><br />The name men give to their mistakes.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Atom Bomb:</span></em></strong><br />An invention to end all inventions.<br /><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#000000;">Philosopher:</span></em></strong><br />A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise after deathAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113908829342722977.post-11904398544017013402008-10-13T09:17:00.000-07:002008-10-13T09:44:20.542-07:00VALUABLE WORDS<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDylL94szOHHWgekZ61Fp6uIkctkW7CndoyFP24fNTKD8MYYAMxOtyqDGC0S389AOSjoWLfkClKOhFdNeCdHccP_SgLqnia5P9vNQZhQQ4UQkoJG9I2tWXdFH93BGZ3mzw-mluPBb-pQ/s1600-h/image012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256677663095239794" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qu1CCvaiAtAgub3QjFCvMX4TrBZeYEWeHewcmE7_Jglj5-nuhAwnBjw5uKJd890Zhf0Y8w2eWv82ECRD44CsXK-Cr7qJrzd7__EraDcCSA4OurjheMrFKfPPvkVkpT3tiaNIvc6ZTg/s400/image019.jpg" border="0" /></a> <strong>Next time you think life is hard "think again" </strong><br /><div><div><div><div>My name is Nick Vujicic and I was born without limbs and doctors have no medical explanation for this birth "defect". As you can imagine, I was faced with many challenges and obstacles. Their firstborn son had been born without limbs! There were no warnings or time to prepare themselves for it. The doctors we shocked and had no answers at all! There is still no medical reason why this had happened and Nick now has a Brother and Sister who were born just like any other baby. </div><div>I know that there is no such thing as luck, chance or coincidence that these "bad" things happen in our life. I had complete peace knowing that God won't let anything happen to us in our life unless God has a good purpose for it all I am now twenty-threeyears old and have completed a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. I am also a motivational speaker and love to go out and share my story and testimony wherever opportunities become available. I have developed talks to relate to and encourage students through topics that challenge today's teenagers. I am also a speaker in the corporate sector. </div><div>I have a passion for reaching out to youth and keep myself available for whatever God wants me to do, and wherever He leads, I follow. Writing several best-selling books has been one of my dreams and I hope to finish writing my first by the end of the year..</div><div><strong>It will be called "No Arms, No Legs, No Worries!"</strong> </div><div>I believe that if you have the desire and passion to do something, and if it's God's will, you will achieve it in good time. As humans, we continually put limits on ourselves for no reason at all! What's worse is putting limits on God who can do all things. We put God in a "box". The awesome thing about the Power of God, is that if we want to do something for God, instead of focusing on our capability, concentrate on our availability for we know that it is God through us and we can't do anything without God. Once we make ourselves available for God's work, guess whose capabilities we rely on? God's! </div><div><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><strong>The ONLY FEAR IN LIFE IS THAT I FORGET HOW GOD HAS LED ME IN THE PAST! And remember: WHEN YOU'RE BUSY JUDGING PEOPLE,</strong></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;color:#330099;"><em>"YOU HAVE NO TIME TO LOVE THEM"</em></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651086694618430087noreply@blogger.com0