THE ADDICTION

Lets know about the addction as definition ; what is the addiction? so we can define addiction as dependecy of something or activities which can cause a lot fo problems in our lifes , we kow differents types of addiction such as : gambling, sex shoppers, internet, and substance adiction etc.

At the begining we were thinking that the addiction its just substance depency but nowday other types of addictions going to increrase as cmputer on line which is called the intrenet which is also part of the addiction where the people spending hours a day this action is considred as internet addicted.

Recently, the news which is talking about the addiction in the famous people as Tiger Wood, famous golfist whiche had many problems because he was a sex addicted where we watched in the news scandals wihch affected his life then he wound up divorcing and finally, he was treated in especial institutions of this types fo addictions.

publicado por Ivan Solano Jaquez

RELIGIOUS CULTS

EXISTS DIFFERENT KINDS OF RELIGIOUS CULTS AROUND THE WORLD. THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD. A TREMENDOUS QUATITY OF THE RELIGIONS IN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

EVERYTIME APPEARS NEW CHURCHES, BUT NOT ALWAYS TO BRING PEACE FOR THE SOULS BECAUSE THERE IS A INTERESTING FOR GET MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SEARCH FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE.

IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME BELIEVE IN RELIGIOUS GROUPS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE I KNOW FROM CHURCH ARE VERY UNPOLITE AND OUT OF CHURCH THEIR LIVES ARE AGAINST THE RULES OF GOD.

MY OPINION ABOUT FENG SHUI

FOR ME, FENG SHUI IS A INTERSTING CHINESE ART, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MY HAPPINESS DEPENS ON THE WAY I PAINT OR THE PLACE I BUILD MY HOUSE OR APARTMENT.

SO, HAPINESS IS INSIDE YOUR MINE, BUT I RESPECT SO MUCH THE CHINESE CULTURE AND I MAY USE SOMEDAY THE FENG SHUI FOR A DRASTIC AND NEW CHANGED IN MY BEDROOM BECAUSE I HATE THE SAME THINGS.

BOLD AND BASHFUL

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BOLD AND A BASHFUL IS THAT A BOLD PERSON IS AN EXTROVERTED AND OUTGOING, HOWEVER, A BASHFUL IS AN INTROVERTED AND SHY PERSON. IF ARE BOLD YOU CAN TAKE RISK IN YOUR LIFE, LIVING IN THE WAY YOU FEEL BUT, IF YOU ARE BASHFUL YOU WILL NEVER FEEL NEW AND INTERESTING THINGS IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE YOU ARE AFRAID TO TAKE RISK.

LOST SOULS: THE WORLD OF CULTS

I think that are not difficult to know what is true and what is false, because people that attend to false cults don't know anything about GOD, they never read the bible and only listen what a lie person say.

We have a recent example about sect, somes months ago in Dominican Republic streets and in others countries, some people put it somes billboards saying that, on may 21, 2011 were the end of the world; after those billboards some people were scared because don't read the bible, and the bible say "nobody know the day and the hour when the son of GOD come and after that come the end".

Most cults deceive many people because we think in our future after we die.

Things to remember about the blog...

I would like to take this moment to remind you of some things concerning the blog:

Remember that you will be evaluated for quantity and quality, this means that the more you write the better. At the same time, I would like you not to forget that you can post information taken from internet, but you will be evaluated mainly on the basis of ORIGINALITY, it means that for me as a teacher, it is very important to see YOUR IDEAS, so I would like you to write about the topics in class from your PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, in other words, link what you write to your life, your community, your interest, this is what I ask you to do for your final project, but now I am talking about THE BLOG, about Addictions, The bold and the bashful, Centenarians, Tap water, Feng Shui, etc, etc, etc, I mean, all the topics in the book, hope you do not forget that. On the other hand, when you publish don't forget to include videos and pictures because that is part of the evaluation too. Two more things: Pay attention to your grammar, go over what you wrote and try to correct it using EDIT; read what your friends wrote and at the end of their articles you will find COMMENTS, write a comment about their posts. I would like to read your opinions about these things by writing a comment. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME, ATILANO.

INVITATION

Invitation,
I invite you to check my new blog Radio Lengua. Click here http://radiolengua.blogspot.com to see what's going on. Don't forget to leave your comments and suggestions, Atilano.

TAP WATER AND THE FUTURE.

We all have talk about the tap water we have at Dominican Republic, but, have you asked yourself about what you can do to better the condition of the water we use?

It is true that our goverment has to do something to do something in order for us to have a sanitized water, but what about you? Are you doing something for you? Because it is about you, not about D.R.

I think we shouldnt rely all the responsibility to others, but, to start doing something. YESTERDAY.

WHAT IS BEING AN OLD PERSON AT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC?

Becoming an old person at Dominican Republic could be a challenge. Why do I say that? Well for a long time I´ve been interacting with old persons from different social status, and i can say that no matter if they come from a high social class or low one, they all have had to face dificulty because of their condition of being old.

Old people from high social class have to face thst fact that they have to live alone, to live in place where others that are not their kindred to care of them, or worst, some of them have to live in an appartment, spending hours and hours without seing a face, or weeks and months without seing their related, without being able to do anything to fix it.

Old people from low class have the way to see person during the whole day, (this situation in a way is better) they have their kindred near them, (in most of the cases) but their needs can not be covered, so that they´d like to be rich.

Both groups have in common that they are not treated as the important person they are, most of them have to face disrespects from young people, they can not make their own decision, in most of the cases they depend on the decision of the ones that don´t considerate them as what they are, the one that beside God brought us to life.

All of you reading that note, are young, but, one day, are going to be old, and I think that we should prepare the way to have a better life during your youth, by giving an example to the ones coming after you.

ONE OF YOU CAN CHANGE THE WHOLE WORLD.

How to Be Bold

Take risks. There's a difference between being reckless and accepting risks. Reckless people don't accept risks...they don't even think about them. A bold person, on the other hand, is well aware of the risks, and has decided to go through with the decision anyway, ready and willing to accept the consequences if things don't work out. Think of an athlete who takes risks every day. Are they reckless? No. It's a measured risk. You might make a mistake; we all do. But inaction can be a mistake as well, one that leads to emptiness and regret. For many people, having taken risks and fallen flat on their faces was far more fulfilling than having done nothing at all.

Tap Water is Not a Naturally Occurring Substance

A couple of recent Skepticality interviews (with environmental engineer Kelly Comstock and environmental toxicologist Shane Snyder) taught me something that may seem obvious, but which changed my mind. Tap water is an industrial product. It occurs nowhere in nature. Water suppliers use natural water to make tap water according to what's healthy for us to drink.

To make tap water, you need to remove a lot of stuff, such as micro-organisms, industrial pollutants, organic residues and mineral particles, perhaps also salt and lime. Then you need to add chlorine to keep the microdaddies down, fluoride to improve people's dental health, perhaps salt and lime to improve the taste of the product. We most definitely don't want to drink pure H2O.

Recent news stories about the occurrence of trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in tap water appear to have been overstated non-news. It's actually been known for decades, and the question is really one of how "trace amounts" is defined. Recent improvements in testing methods allow researchers to observe much lower concentrations of many substances than before. What you really need is a defined limit as to how much of a substance you're willing to accept, which is a toxicological question.

Lost Souls: The World of Cults

The Word Cult In The Past..

* The original meaning of the word "Cult" was to define a form or style of workship. It is still used in this way within theological circles .

* During the 1920s and 1930s, sociologists who were studing religion started to use it to refer those faith groups that were not full denominations or sects.

* During the 1930s the Christian Counter-Cult-Movement (CCM) used the term mainly to describe two groups of faith groups:

-Those who were non-christian.

-Those who deviated from conservative protestantism.

This was the most common use of the term until the 1970s.

The recommended use of the term cult is such as "new religious movement", "alternative religious movement, "emergent religion" or "faith group". The term are more precise and have not (yet) been burdened by so many negative connotations, as has " Cult".

Definition Of Cult..

A cult is in general a charismatic group, an exclusive group of people devoted to a person, principle or ideal.

Types of Cults:

Distinctions are made between different types of cults: E.G Destructive cults (which have committed violence, or who advocate violence), VS. So-Called " Bening" cults (which some consider relatively harmless even though their teachings and practices may be out of step with societal and theological norms.

What is a Sect?

The term "Sect" is as an ambiguous as the term "Cult". The term comes from the Late Latin Secta,which means an "Organized Church Body". That in turn is rooted in the Latin Sequi, which means " To Follow"...

"Sect" can refer to:

* A religious denomination.

* A dissenting religious group, formed as the result of schism ( division: separation).

* A group adhering to a distinctive doctrine or leader.

The Indoctrination Techniques Include:

* Subjection to stress and fatigue.

* Social disruption, isolationand pressure

* Self criticism and humiliation.

* Fear, anxiety and paranoia.

* Use of auto-hypnosys to induce :peak" experiences.

* Control of information.

etc......

                                                            Mind Control
 
Mind Control is a suite of psychological techniques that cult leaders attempt to control their members with.

Cultwatch does not consider Mind Control to be some magical device which can take away peoples' free will. In other words it does not turn people into some sort of remote control robot. Rather we see Mind Control as a dishonest influence placed covertly on cult members by the cult. So instead of Mind Control being some sort of irresistible force like the aliens in the movies that take over peoples minds, rather it is more like a gun. The cult leader points the Mind Control "gun" at a member and says, "if you leave us then you will lose all of your friends and family", "if you don't conform then you will go to Hell", "if you don't give us money then you will fail in business".

We have broken Mind Control up into a series of techniques that the cults use. Together these techniques make up Mind Control.

Deception
A cult needs to recruit and operate using deception. Why?
Because if people knew their true practices and beliefs beforehand then they would not join. A cult needs to hide the truth from you until they think you are ready to accept it.

For example, imagine if the leader of Heavens Gate cult was open and honest about the group and had said to new recruits, "Join us, wear strange clothes, get castrated and then drink poison!" he would not have had many takers.


A cult will have a slick well-rehearsed Public Relations front which hides what the group is really like. You will hear how they help the poor, or support research, or peace, or the environment. They will tell you how happy you will be in their group (and everyone in the cult will always seem very happy and enthusiastic, mainly because they have been told to act happy and will get in trouble if they don't). But you will not be told what life is really like in the group, nor what they really believe. These things will be introduced to you slowly, one at a time, so you will not notice the gradual change, until eventually you are practicing and believing things which at the start would have caused you to run a mile.


Mind Controlm 
Exclusivism A normal religious organization would not have any trouble with you moving to another similar organization as long as you stayed in that same religion. Because it is the belief system that matters, not membership in an organization. For example if you were a Christian then you could move from one church to another and still be a Christian.

However cult leaders will tell you can only be "saved" (or can only be successful) in their organization alone. No other organization has the truth, all others miss the mark. So it is not the belief system that decides your future, but it the belief system AND your membership with that particular group.
The cult leaders need to make you believe that there is no where else you can go and still be saved, and if you ever leave the "one true church" then you are going to hell. This is a fear based control mechanism designed to keep you in the cult. It also gives the cult leaders tremendous power over you. If you really believe that leaving the group equals leaving God (or means you are leaving your only chance to succeed in life), then you will obey the cult leaders even when you disagree with them instead of risking being kicked out of the group. Exclusivism is used as a threat, it controls your behavior through fear.

NOTE: Be very suspicious of any group that claims to be better than all the others. A religious group may say that other groups following the same religion are OK, but they are the ones who have a better grasp of the truth and they are superior to the rest. This is often just a subtle version of exclusivism.

NOTE: This is one of the practices that cults are often very deceptive about. For example, first off they may give you the impression that they think you are a true Christian, Buddhist or Muslim and it's not until later that their true position is revealed.



Fear & Intimidation

Cult leadership is feared. To disagree with leadership is the same as disagreeing with God. The cult leaders will claim to have direct authority from God to control almost all aspects of your life. If the cult is not a religious group then questioning the leaders or program will still be seen as a sign of rebellion and stupidity.

Guilt, Character Assassination and Breaking Sessions. Guilt will be used to control you. Maybe the reason you're not making money is because you're not "with the programme". Maybe the reason you're not able to convert new recruits is because "your heart is prideful and full of sin". It could never be that the programme isn't working, or those new recruits have valid reasons for not joining. It's always your fault, you are always wrong, and so you must try harder! You will also be made to feel very guilty for disobeying any of the cult's written or unwritten rules.

Character Assassination is used to help create the guilt in you. Character Assassination is a type of false reasoning used by people and groups who have no real arguments. The technical name for Character Assassination is "The Ad hominem Fallacy". This is how it works. Imagine if you will a conversation between two men, Ford and Arthur…

"One plus one equals three", says Ford.
"No I don't think so. You see when I have one thing, and I have another thing, then I have two things not three", replies Arthur.
"I see your point, but what you must realize is that one plus one when calculated in relation to this complex number domain, which I just invented, and then squared by the sum of the ninth tangent in the sequence of the Fibonacci series results in three!", stated Ford triumphantly.

Ok, Ford is wrong, but that is not the point. The point is that Ford tried to answer Arthur's reasoning with more reasoning of his own. This is the healthy way people and groups debate subjects. Now lets see what would have happened if Ford had used Character Assassination…

"Arthur I have been a mathematician longer than you. How dare you disagree with me! You are obviously a very smug and prideful person. I think you are disagreeing with me because you are jealous of me, and to be honest with you Arthur your rebellion has really hurt me and a lot of other people too", stated Ford his face intimidatingly close to Arthur's.

You see Ford didn't answer Arthur's argument, instead he attacked his character. If you are not aware of how Character Assassination works then it is a powerful way to exert control over you.


Breaking sessions are when one, two or more cult members and leaders attack the character of another person, sometimes for hours on end. Some cults will not stop these sessions until their victim is crying uncontrollably.
Love Bombing & Relationship Control  
Cults know that if they can control your relationships then they can control you. Whether we like it or not we are all profoundly affected by those around us. When you first go to a cult they will practice "love bombing", where they arrange instant friends for you. It will seem wonderful, how could such a loving group be wrong! But you soon learn that if you ever disagree with them, or ever leave the cult then you will lose all your new "friends". This unspoken threat influences your actions in the cult. Things that normally would have made you complain will pass by silently because you don't want to be ostracized. Like in an unhealthy relationship love is turned on and off to control.

Cults also try to cut you off from your friends and family because they hate others being able to influence you. A mind control cult will seek to manoeuvre your life so as to maximize your contact with cult members and minimize your contact with people outside the group, especially those who oppose your involvement.




                                                                     Information Control
 Those who control the information control the person. In a mind control cult any information from outside the cult is considered evil, especially if it is opposing the cult. Members are told not to read it or believe it. Only information supplied by the cult is true. One cult labels any information against it as "persecution" or "spiritual pornography", another cult calls it "apostate literature" and will expel you from the group if you are caught with it. Cults train their members to instantly destroy any critical information given to them, and to not even entertain the thought that the information could be true.

Common sense tells us that a person who does not consider all information may make an unbalanced decision. Filtering the information available or trying to discredit it not on the basis of how true it is, but rather on the basis of how it supports the party line, is a common control method used throughout history.


                                                                   Reporting Structure

In a mind control cult like in Nazi Germany or Communist Russia you must be careful of what you say and do; "The walls have ears". Everyone is encouraged to watch out for "struggling" brothers and sisters and report what they see to leadership. Often information given in deepest confidence is automatically reported to leadership. Cult leaders will then use this information to convince their members that they have a supernatural link, the trusting member does not suspect the very natural mechanism behind the supernatural revelations they are given.

People in a mind control cult will also hide their true thoughts and feelings, and instead wear a mask which presents them as a perfect cult member. This mask is a defense against being reported to leadership and being punished for not measuring up (cult members never feel like they measure up to the cult's ideals, and yet often believe the other members around them do, when in reality the others feel the same as them). Hence cult members are trained not only to deceive outsiders, but also to deceive their fellow cult members. Rarely can close friendships form in cults, and if they do the cult's leaders may see them as a threat and move those people away from each other. Nothing is allowed that can be more powerful than the cult members' allegiance to the group and it's leaders.




Time Control Mind control cults keep their members so busy with meetings and activities that they become too busy and too tired to think about their involvement.

Time control also helps the cult keep their members immersed in the manufactured cult environment.

And time control helps keep cult members away from friends and family.



Mind Control Tecniques
Together they make Mind Control.

Remember, people are not perfect, but if they employ them constantly you are most likely dealing with a cult.

                                                            Pressure Selling
One of the most common forms of commercial cults is the pressure selling organization. These groups ostensibly make money by selling goods via their sales organization, but in reality they make their money by selling goods and motivational materials to their sales organization. Using mind control they seek to enlarge and maintain their sales force, and hence their profits.

Some names along with the bad reputations of these groups are well known to the general public, so their recruiters need to be very deceptive. They will call and ask to come and meet you to discuss a "business opportunity" or new "eCommerce venture", not once mentioning the organization behind it. In fact if asked they might mention a completely different name. Meeting with them will involve a long intense presentation carefully designed to convince you that you could make a lot of money by following their plan. Only near the end will they briefly mention the real organization behind it.

Here are some key warning signs to watch out for…

• Deception. No valid business needs to use deception.
• Super hyped meetings, books, tapes, videos, leaflets, products.
• Use of Mind control, refer to the earlier "Mind Control" section.

Here are some key questions to ask the recruiter…

• Is it XZY group? Ask them if they are, or are involved with any of the well known commercial cults. Often the recruiter will admit to some connection, and in fact the clever recruiter will plainly state their involvement rather than having their deception uncovered later on.
• Could I see some properly certified audited accounts which demonstrate this business model working? Like any business they should be able to provide the hard numbers. Not stories of other people making it big, or generalizations about six figure incomes, or more enthusiastic claims that you can make it if you work hard enough. If this is a new business then you want a business plan, profit and loss projections for the next year, two years and five years. If they claim it is a successful established business then demand to see the books. These are not unreasonable demands, no successful business person would ever touch a venture without this basic information. Tell the recruiter that you want to run them past your own accountant, and perhaps your lawyer too. If it's for real then they will be more than happy to comply, otherwise watch them squirm and dodge with all manner of well rehearsed excuses. Of course if they do produce the information then go to your accountant, you're a fool if you don't.

                                                   Cult Recruting Tecniques


Here are some key warning signs that may indicate a cult is trying to recruit you.

Hyped Meetings
Rather than explain to you what the group believes or what their programme is up front, they will instead insist that you can only understand it if you come to a group meeting. There everyone around you will seem so enthusiastic that you will start to think there is something wrong with you. They create an environment where you will feel uncomfortable and the only way to become comfortable is to join them. This is an application of controlled peer pressure.

Intense Unrelenting Pressure
They call repeatedly. Meet you on campus or outside your work. Trick you into coming for only an hour and then lead you into a long study, meeting or talk. They have to keep the pressure on, otherwise you might snap out of the mind control environment they are trying to immerse you in.

They tell you that they are not a cult.
This is a preemptive strike against the warnings from friends and family members which they know will come. In fact some cults go as far to tell you that Satan will try and dissuade you by sending family members and friends to tell you it is a cult. When this tactic is used then often a warped form of logic occurs in the recruits' mind, the "agents of Satan" do come and tell them that it is a cult. So since the group predicted that would happen, the group therefore must true! Basically if any group tells you that they are not a cult, or that some people call them a cult, then for goodness sake find out why!

• Times you are vulnerable.
• Experiential rather than logical.
• Fake friendship.
• End of world pressure.
• Pressure to do crazy things.
• Secret knowledge
• Single charismatic leader.
• People always seeming constantly happy and enthusiastic. Especially if you discover that they have been told to act that way for the potential new recruits.
• Instant friends.
• If you are told who you can or cannot talk to or associate with.
• They hide what they teach.
• Say they are the only true group, or the best so why go anywhere else.
• Hyped meetings, get you to meetings rather than share with you.
• Experiential rather than logical.
• Asking for money for the next level.
• Some cults travel door to door during times when women are home alone. They, and this is rather sexist, think that women are easier to recruit and once they have the woman then it will be easier to snare the husband or partner.
• Saying that they have to make people pay for it because otherwise they will not appreciate it. This is of course a very silly reason, plenty of people are able to appreciate things which they did not pay for.

 

Cults, wonderful on the outside but on the inside are very manipulating. Cult leaders are desperate to trick you into joining. They are after your obedience, your time and your money.

Cults use sophisticated mind control and recruitment techniques that have been refined over time. Beware of thinking that you are immune from cult involvement, the cults have millions of members around the world who once thought they were immune, and still don't know they are in a cult! To spot a cult you need to know how they work and you need to understand the techniques they use. Teaching you these things is what this article is all about.

This article exposes the secret techniques cults will use to try and trick and control you. Cult leaders will not want you to read this, but read it anyway. Once you understand How Cults Work you will be better able to spot and avoid cult recruiters, and protect your family and friends.

First let's eliminate some misconceptions about cults.


Misconceptions About Cults
Cults are easy to spot, they wear strange clothes and live in communes.
Well some do. But most are everyday people like you and me. They live in houses. They wear the same clothes. They eat the same food. Cult leaders don't want you to know that you are being recruited into a cult and so they order their recruiters to dress, talk and act in a way that will put you at ease. One cult has even invented a phrase to describe this, they call it "being relatable".

Cults are full of the weak, weird and emotionally unstable.
Not true. Many cult members are very intelligent, attractive and skilled. The reality is that all sorts of people are involved in cults. One of the few common denominators is that they were often recruited at a low point in their life — more about that later.

Cults are just a bunch of religious nut cases.
This is a common mistake people make thinking that cults are purely religious groups. The modern definition of a mind control cult refers to all groups that use mind control and the devious recruiting techniques that this article exposes. The belief system of a religion is often warped to become a container for these techniques, but it is the techniques themselves that make it a cult. In a free society people can believe what they want, but most people would agree that it is wrong for any one to try to trick and control people. In the section "Types of Cults" we will examine the various types of cults you may come across.

Christians call all other groups cults.
Basically Christians have said that if a group claims to be Christian and yet teaches something fundamentally different from what the Bible teaches then they are a cult. ie. a Buddhist group that claims to be Buddhist is not a cult, but a Buddhist group that pretends to be Christian is. This definition is not used in this article.

So what is a cult anyway?


What is a Cult? The modern definition of a mind control cult is any group which employs mind control and deceptive recruiting techniques. In other words cults trick people into joining and coerce them into staying. This is the definition that most people would agree with. Except the cults themselves of course!


Types Of Cults Religious
Cults that use a belief system as their base are very common. Their belief system could be standard Christianity, Hinduism, Islam or any other of the world religions, or they may have invented their own belief system. What makes them a cult is the fact that they use mind control, not what they believe.

Commercial
Cults that use commercial gain as their base are called "cults of greed". They will promise you that if you join them and follow their special programme for success then you will become very rich. Often they will hold up their leader as an example and explain that if you do what he or she says then you will be successful too. Commercial cults use mind control to get you working for them for free, and to make you pay for an endless stream of motivational tapes, videos, books and seminars all of which are supposedly designed to help you succeed, but in reality are designed to enhance the cult's mind control environment and keep you believing in their almost impossible dream of success. Of course they never mention that the primary way the leaders make money are by selling these motivation materials to their group! For more information see below under the section, "Pressure Selling".

Self Help & Counselling
Cults that use "self help" or counselling or self improvement as their base often target business people and corporations. By doing their courses and seminars they claim you and your staff will become more successful. Business people locked away in hotel rooms are subjected to quasi-religious indoctrination as they play strange games, join in group activities, and share their innermost thoughts with the group. Once you have completed one course you are told you need to do the more advanced course, which naturally costs more than the last. These cults will sometimes request that you do volunteer work and that you help recruit your friends, family and work mates. These groups specialize in creating powerful emotional experiences which are then used to validate your involvement in the cult. The religious overtones are couched in terms which don't sound religious. They usually come to the surface as you near the end of a seminar. Many people have been bankrupted by involvement with these cults.

Political
Cults that use political ideals as their base are well known throughout history. Hitler's Nazi Germany and Stalin's Communist USSR were classic examples of mind control on a very large scale. On smaller scales white and black supremacists, terrorists, and rebel groups commonly use forms of mind control to recruit and dominate their members.

Feng shui for love

Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway) is the ancient Asian art of creating better flow of energy to create peace and harmony in one’s life it is also the practice of object arrangement and space planning designed to bring balance, harmony and well-being to your environment. the purpose of this is to raise prosperity, creative, health and romance. Feng Shui fortifies a home with positive energy known as chi. The attainment of positive chi is both an art and a blessing to those who manifest that chi. The word “feng” means wind and “shui” means water, each one associated with a good harvest and ultimate good health or good fortune.

If your love life needs a quick boost, you can use the art of placement to produce the romantic results you desire. Relationships need the proper environment to grow and need the balance of the five elements, too much or too little will become the romance weaker . Here are some Feng Shui tips to create your romantic space: The first thing you must do is remove all the things that make you feel uncomfortable out of your romance area (generally this is the bedroom). That means you must remove trash, dirty , dead plants and nothing should be stuck under the bed.

Dust and cobwebs on the fans, walls, light fixtures and ceilings should be cleaned away. Enhance your space with romance colors, such as shades of pinks, reds and whites. Guys, this does not mean it has to be feminine. You can use maroon, grayish tones of pinks and whites to achieve the same results. The key is to not use any one color so much that it overpowers the others.

Feng Shui

What is Feng Shui?

Feng means Wind and Shui means Water. In the chinese culture Wind and Water are asociated with good health, thus good Feng Shui came to be good fortune, while bad Feng Shui means bad luck, o misfortune. Feng Shui is based on the Taoist vision and understanding of nature, particulary on the idea that the land is alive, and filled with Chi or energy.

The ancient chinese believed that the land's energy could either make or break the kingdom, so to speak. The theories Yin Yang and as well as the five elements, are some of the basic aspects as a Feng Shui analysis that come from Taoism.

How to get started with Feng Shui?

The main tools used in Feng Shui analysis are the compass and the Ga-Gua. The Ga-Gua is an octagonal grid containing the symbols of the I Ching, the ancient oracle on which Feng Shui is based. The Bagua of your home will help you understand the connection of specific Feng Shui areas of your home to specific areas of your life.

Some Feng Shui experts are:

* Albert Low

* Joey Yap

* Susan Chow

* Kwan Law

* Marina Lighthouse,

and others.....

Feng shui

FENG SHUI

FENG SHUI

Feng shui, as a practical philosophy, exists before the chinese learn to write. Feng shui means "wind" and "water" in Chinese, it says that ancient form of geomancy could create a place full of harmony and good luck. In little words with the feng shui you may organize the space of your house in the wrigh way.

In many places, feng shui has been used for decorated and build houses and buildings. As feng shui is becoming more and more popular in coumtries far away from China or Chinese influence , it is worth looking at his history and undertand how feng shui started. Feng shui has history a thousands years, some say 2000 years, some go as far as 5000 tears.

Today, architects and interior designers are using this oriental tecnique for their work. The way to place the furniture and paint the house can give happiness whoever live in the house or buildings with the feng shui style.

The meaning of Feng Shui:

Historically, feng shui was widely used to orient buildings—often spiritually significant structures such as tombs, but also dwellings and other structures—in an auspicious manner. Depending on the particular style of feng shui being used, an auspicious site could be determined by reference to local features such as bodies of water, stars, or a compass. Feng shui was suppressed in China during the cultural revolution in the 1960s, but has since seen an increase in popularity.

Nowadays many people belive in the theory of Feng Shui because this is the art of arranging the physical surroundings to create harmony and good luck.

Good feng shui design in your garden will help attract nourishing, high quality feng shui energy to your home, as well as delight all your senses. When it comes to a good feng shui garden design, the size of your garden is not the main criteria. Yes, of course, it is wonderful to be surrounded by a big, lush garden; but if all you have is just a small space to work with, you can still create a good feng shui garden design. Feng Shui can help you in your daily life because you could be relax , and you see the life different, when the people practice this they belive that the arrangement of the elements in our environment can affect many aspects of our lives such as health, hapipiness , and fortune....

Alfred

THE ORIGIN OF FENG SUI:

Feng Shui grew out of the practical experience of farmers in southern

China over 3,000 years agos. Thos who built their huts facing north

Were battered by the wind and dust from the Gobi Desert in Mongolia.

In contrast, those who built their huts facing south enjoyed the warmth

Of the sun and protection from the wind. As a result, south became the

favored direction. Over the years, south came to be associatted with

fame, fortune, summer, the color red, and the number nine.

THE SPREAD OF FENG SHUI

Today the work of feng shui masters is in graet demand among Chinese

Populations in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the

Philipines. It is estimated that 85 percent of Hong Kong residents

apply feng shui principles when shoosing an apartment or business.

Now the ancient art of feng shui has migrated to the West. In the

United States, for example, dozens of books on feng shui are published

Each year. The influence and popularity of feng shui is no doubt the

result of an increasing number of Asian immigrants, as well as the

result of an ongoing fascination with ancient Eastern practices.

Feng Shui (pronounced "fung schway") has been practiced by people of Chinese descent down through the ages. The practice of Feng Shui combines ancient Chinese wisdom with traditions of the Chinese culture and provides guidelines to be used for different situations or aspirations. Feng Shui is not a religious practice - but a mystical art. I like to think of it as an "applied science" as well.

When studying Feng Shui, one learns the importance of how positioning objects in the home or business can create a harmonious atmosphere. Depending upon each individuals goals, one may focus on certain areas of their life - such as family harmony, prosperity, marital bliss, good health, etc. In Feng Shui, these are called the Eight Life Aspirations. They really all go hand in hand with each other and one should not be excluded in favor of others.

while reading I have learned that one cannot have "tunnel vision" when practicing Feng Shui. One must look at the big picture - and then work your way down from that. For example, it is important not to just focus on the primary goal you are aspiring towards. It is important that you create harmony in your total household and encourage positive chi (energy) to flow. By focusing on just one area of your life you want to enhance, you can be disturbing the balance and harmony of chi. For this reason I will give hints and tips in my newsletters on creating total harmony - not just enriching your life in one area.

Learning the guidelines to Feng Shui can be very complicated. Thus the reason why successful Chinese business owners will hire a Feng Shui Master to help design the layout of a business property in order to ensure the success of their business. Feng Shui is also becoming very popular in the United States as people are seeing very rewarding results by utilizing Feng Shui techniques.

I greatly enjoy the analytical side to Feng Shui. I recommend that anyone interested in achieving a balance in their homes by utilizing Feng Shui techniques have these tools on hand.

Additions

In the past, addictions were viewed primarily as addictions to

substances such as drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. Recently, however,

many researchs have begun to think that people can also be addicted

to activities such as gambling, sex, shopping, even travel.

One activity that has become increasingly common throughoutthe

the world is computer use,specialy on-line computer communication.

Shopaholics: when the people like to buy all the time in order to

feel Happy.

Netaholics:when the people like to use technoligic the major of their

time, they replaced the human contact for the computer,surf the net,

chat room, gambling.

Workaholics: the people just think in work the major of their time.

WHAT IS FENG SHUI?

What is Feng Shui? This is a simple question that can be difficult to answer. Feng Shui is an ancient art and science developed over 3,000 years ago in China. It is a complex body of knowledge that reveals how to balance the energies of any given space to assre the health and good fortune for people inhabiting it.

Feng means wind and Shui means water. In Chinese culture wind and water are associated with good health, thus good fend shui came to mean good fortune, while bad feng shui means bad luck, or misfortune.

Lost souls

It is told that every person has a ever lasting spirit into him. this spirit is called soul, and when a person die, his soul goes to any place, to heaven, to hell, or that they get stocked in this world, and can't go to his final destiny. when a soul goes to hell, or got stocked in this world, is said that this is a lost soul. because of this, in our planet, there are groups that want to guide people through the good way for their soul don't get lost. those groups are known as cult, and they can influence people deeply. cult can be too dangerous when they are not looking for a real goal of salvation. so, if some day you thing about joying to any cult, you must be very careful because they can be too dangerous as i said before.

Feng shui in The Dominica Republic

Feng shui is the art of arranging things in a way that the ch'ii can flow through things without be blocked. When sh'ii flows through things people feel happier, relaxed, and a sense of wellness. I tried to find out if here, in the dominican republic, feng shui is use, and i found that it is very known for centain kind of people, and places. An illustration of this is the gran ventana beach resort's spa

When designing the spa, Garcia, the architect, studied the ancient practice of Feng Shui. The name "Bagua" comes from a concept of Feng Shui. The Bagua is traditionally represented in the shape of an octagon. Each facet of the octagon is called a "gua" and is assigned at least one of life's aspects, such as Prosperity, Family, Career Path and Life Path.

The Bagua Spa at Casa Colonial was designed according to the guidelines of the Bagua to create a serene sanctuary where guests can find harmony and clarity.

So, this is only one example, but in our country there are many place which are arranged taking into consideration the feng shui art.

elderly

My name is Alfred

elderly

My name is Alfred

FUNG SHUI

I am not really superstitious, but I agree in part with the principles of Feng Shui. I think that arranging things in our environmment can create in us a feeling of harmony, peace of mind, and physical and psychological confort. For example, when I am in a room painted with bright color, well lighted, and with the things well arranged, I feel happier and optimistic. Indeed, fung shui makes sense in our practical life. However, I don’t believe in extenal forces like the ch’i.  Instead, I believe in the power of mind which is the center of our perceptions and feelings.

TAP WATER IN SANTO DOMINGO

The water supplied in Santo Domingo you can call it anything, except drinking water. Daring to drink water from the tap is a real risk for your health. For that reason, people prefer to buy bottled water to drink or to prepare the foods. As a consecuence, families have to spend every month a considerable amount of money from their limited salaries to satisfy this need. Besides, not in all the neigborhoods  people have the luck  to have tap water at home. Dwelers of many communities have to buy all of the water they need, and in many cases, they have to carry it from a long distance to home. That is to say, the public water service in those places is practically non-existent.

Needles to say that this is our country of contrasts: we have modern structures, buildings,  metro systems, however we do not have drinking water at home.

INTROVERSION AND EXTROVERSION

The terms introversion and extroversion are often misunderstood because of the tendency to stereotyping extroversion. Extroversion is the extend to which a person has a deep-seated need to receave ago enhancement and self-esteem from other people. That´s why extroverts need other people in order to feel good. Introversion, on the other hand, is the extend to which a person has a sense of wholeness and fulfillment apart from the reflections from other people.

We tend to view an extrovert person as a gregarious, “life of a party” person. Introverts, on the contrary, are thought of as quiet and reserved, with tendency toward reclusiveness. Western society values the stereotypical extrovert. In the classroom, for example, teachers admires the talkative, outgoing student who participate freely in classroom discussions. Introverts, on the other hand, are somtimes thought of as not being as bright  as extroverts. Such view is misleading. Contrary to our stereotypes, introverts can have an inner strength of character that extroverts do not have.

There are some aspects that we  should know:

• Introversion is not the same thing as shyness. Shy people are afraid of interacting with other people, probably due to a lack of self-confidence and comfort, but at the same time they crave love and affection. Introverts aren't afraid of interacting with other people and they aren't afraid to speak their mind when needed. As a general tendency, however, introverts tend to prefer small groups.

• Introverts are not all alike. Extroverts are not all alike. It's possible to have a mix of introverted and extroverted personality traits. It's possible to have a slight tendency towards one or the other. It's also possible to be strongly oriented toward introversion or extroversion.

Introvert-Extrovert Characteristics

Introverts	Introverts	Extroverts	Extroverts
Can be happy alone	Reserved, quiet and deliberate	Are social-need people	Establish multiple fluid relationships
Dislike attending parties	Form a few deep attachments	Demonstrate high energy and noise	Engage in lots of activities
Need time alone to recharge	Concentrate well and deeply	Communicate with excitement	Have many best friends and talk to them often
Prefer non-group work	Communicate best one-on-one	Draw energy from people-loves parties	Prefer face-to-face communications
Cautious in meeting people	Think carefully before speaking	Lonely and restless when not with people	Respond quickly

Atilano personality

This comment is about something i have to say about my professor ¨Atilano Reyes¨ that he is one of the most tolerant and proffesional teachers i ever seen in my whole life, in which is good, and helpful for students, because is not about to know how knowledge a teacher have, but to show respect to others, and guide their pupils to be greater students, so then take advantage of it.


Thanks for be what you are!


A
Sencerely yours


Ivan Suero

bold and the bashful

Shyness is actually a condition that someone may be showed according to their behavior, and or actions that can be seen in conversation or any kind of social relationship, so this sort of personality may lead to a person toward isolation, an later on to decrease his success expectancy in life, it could be socially and proffesionally.

Knowing such personality and behaviorism, i ca say this condition can be treat it in order to help the person who have it, therefore it is a good news that scientist can do something so that the affect person can overcome this inconvenience of any shyness.

Intrnet and other additions

we life in a world in creasingly connected thanks to the tecnologycal advances in the field of communication and the internet. phones, cellphone, computer, television and other applicaces has reached every corner of the world and it´s part of the lives of many people, whether rich or poor. but the evolution of this tecnology also has its downside.

Cell fhone and laptops allow people to be accesible in almost all the time and places so that some people feel trapped in and electronic net work.

CAN AFFECT US MENTALLY AND FHYSICALLY INAPROPIATE USE OF TECNOLOGY?

Amoung the most commun problems tha occasions popular product offered by tecnology are: the additions,distrations,and interruptions. If you stay connected occupie more time and has become a favorire activity to the degree of exclusion of everything else something is wronng`´ the words of Dr. Brian Yeo´´, is published in bussiness the time of singapure. further those isolated for hours with electronic device do not exercise or do very little by putting them at risk of d, diabetes or other serious conditions.

SET REASONABLE LIMIT ON THE USE OF TECNOLOGY

Time is a precious gift from God tha we shoud not waste, with tecnology we can save time and energy but if you spend hours sufering the internet aimlessly we wasting our time. use them if you need it ,but do it in a responsible and considerate way. Don,t let that the tecnology rule your life ,you shoud know that people are before than tecnology. Don´t waste your valuable.

FENG SHUI

Feng shui, as a practical philosophy, exists before the chinese learn to write. Feng shui means "wind" and "water" in Chinese, it says that ancient form of geomancy could create a place full of harmony and good luck. In little words with the feng shui you may organize the space of your house in the wrigh way.

In many places, feng shui has been used for decorated and build houses and buildings. As feng shui is becoming more and more popular in coumtries far away from China or Chinese influence , it is worth looking at his history and undertand how feng shui started. Feng shui has history a thousands years, some say 2000 years, some go as far as 5000 tears.

Today, architects and interior designers are using this oriental tecnique for their work. The way to place the furniture and paint the house can give happiness whoever live in the house or buildings with the feng shui style.

The meaning of Feng Shui:

Historically, feng shui was widely used to orient buildings—often spiritually significant structures such as tombs, but also dwellings and other structures—in an auspicious manner. Depending on the particular style of feng shui being used, an auspicious site could be determined by reference to local features such as bodies of water, stars, or a compass. Feng shui was suppressed in China during the cultural revolution in the 1960s, but has since seen an increase in popularity.

Nowadays many people belive in the theory of Feng Shui because this is the art of arranging the physical surroundings to create harmony and good luck.

Good feng shui design in your garden will help attract nourishing, high quality feng shui energy to your home, as well as delight all your senses. When it comes to a good feng shui garden design, the size of your garden is not the main criteria. Yes, of course, it is wonderful to be surrounded by a big, lush garden; but if all you have is just a small space to work with, you can still create a good feng shui garden design. Feng Shui can help you in your daily life because you could be relax , and you see the life different, when the people practice this they belive that the arrangement of the elements in our environment can affect many aspects of our lives such as health, hapipiness , and fortune....