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		<title>What You Ought to Know regarding Conversational Hypnosis</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's found at the center of a lot of controversy but, nonetheless, there's no shortage of practitioners active today who appreciate the potential of conversational hypnosis. It's inappropriate to mistake hypnotic suggestion for mind control - for the well known saw about mind over matter is still pertinent; you can educate the subject easily and ameliorate, maybe even treat, physical, mental not to mention emotional issues by use of the unconscious mind. You can add help to vanquish depression or nicotine addiction to any half remembered stage show funny high-jinks and similar antics. It appears a little disturbing before you have a chance to think about it, but it's really a commonly-used practice which as a rule creates no extra problems...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Though the subject of much dispute, several practitioners employ conversational hypnosis and the celebrated Underground Hypnosis program and its ilk as strong systems. It&#8217;s definitely inappropriate to mistake hypnotic suggestion for &#8220;mind control&#8221;for the old saying about &#8220;mind over matter&#8221; is still pertinent &#8211; you can efficiently convey messages and alleviate, or even treat, mental, physical not to mention emotional issues by use of the unconscious mind. So you may add efforts to defeat various addictions to any half remembered stage show funny high-jinks. And in the hands of someone who knows what they&#8217;re doing, there&#8217;s no real danger.</p>
<p>As with most hypnosis, the intention of conversational hypnosis is to place someone into a trance state. The depth of trance you can induce is determined by a great many aspects, notably hypnotist&#8217;s ability and even emotional status.</p>
<p>As you first establish trance, the subject&#8217;s smaller muscles will relax following an unconscious instruction. An urge to sleep arises as a result of this, and other muscles relaxing may lead to drooping eyelids. Gradually other muscles &#8220;untense&#8221; also, chief among them the shoulders and digits &#8211; and most commonly, this is a very speedy process. Imagine only having the ability to perceive one person. A seasoned hypnotist will let you experience this by taking you into a deep enough trance state. Once they&#8217;re led to this point, hypnotic suggestion comes in, with subconscious influence becoming possible. When deep enough it becomes possible to suppress memory of given situations &#8211; or to block physical sensation, so you&#8217;ll fail to experience a touch or pain in a given area.</p>
<p>You may take the subject even further into trance, bit by bit introducing them to a hallucinatory level before an ultimate destination along the likes of that which is reached under a full anesthetic. And actually, when anesthesia appears, for various reason, risky, hypnosis has been used as an alternative. Conversational hypnosis and the <a href="http://www.hypnosistacticsguide.com/hypnosis-reviews/underground-hypnosis-course-exposed/">underground hypnosis</a> program doesn&#8217;t go to that depth; but it hardly needs to. Simply to to guide someone in your chosen direction, you just need to help them reach one of the simpler depths of a trance state. Everyone can study conversational hypnosis through the Underground Hypnosis program. It only takes a few hours of your time and time to develop your skills, and after a little while, you&#8217;ll be leading people to do what you want and improving your communication ability. Why be worried? Step up and learn.</p>
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		<title>Great Guidelines Apropos Black Ops Hypnosis Techniques</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Underground Hypnosis carries a particularly cloudy reputation, but as with similar varieties of conversational hypnosis it can be a source of real benefit. You should know that you can effectively speak to the subconscious using these methods, but you perhaps don't know that it's possible to alleviate ailments, be they physical, emotional, or mental. This could be something as irrelevant as making time to watch a particular TV program or some comedic fun to helping to lift mental disorder and defeating various addictions. I can understand how this could worry you, but the experts know exactly what to do and cause few if any issues...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Although the frequent subject of dispute, many practitioners use and promote <a href="http://www.hypnosistacticsguide.com/hypnosis-reviews/getting-your-way-through-underground-hypnosis/">conversational hypnosis</a> and programs like Underground Hypnosis as potent systems. Used to help treat physical, mental, and emotional ailments not to mention a potent communication technique, this kind of &#8220;mind control&#8221; affects an individual&#8217;s unconscious mind to generate the outcome you&#8217;re aiming for. You can use this to do something as simple as paying attention to a specific television broadcast or some comedic fun to helping to lift mental disorder and triumphing over smoking addiction. It sounds quite disturbing at first, but it&#8217;s really a common technique which usually has no side effects. As with most hypnosis, the aim of black ops hypnosis is the creation of a trance state in your subject. You can only bring them so deep into trance. How deeply the subject descends into the trance is influenced by factors like their personality and hypnotist&#8217;s ability. The earliest degree of trance can be detected as they initially start to relieve the tension in their minor muscles. They feel drowsy, though not tired. Some notice their eyelids grow heavy. You&#8217;ll see fingers flex and shoulders slump as this pleasant relaxation engulfs them with surprising speed.</p>
<p>With more work, the person being hypnotized falls deeply enough into their trance that he or she only hears and sees whoever has hypnotized them. From this point on, the subject will react to the power of suggestion and controlled by their subconscious. At greater depths it becomes possible to suppress recall in specific areas &#8211; or to prevent physical sensation.</p>
<p>Vivid hallucinations begin to form the farther the person falls into their trance state, and given time the subject will arrive at a state reminiscent of that seen under general anesthetic. Actually, when anesthesia appears unadvisable, hypnosis has from time to time been employed to serve the same role.</p>
<p>Black Ops hypnosis and the Underground Hypnosis system doesn&#8217;t go to that depth; but it hardly needs to. Actually, when you&#8217;re working within typical expectations for hypnosis, you only need the more common forms of trance.</p>
<p>So look into the Underground Hypnosis staff &#8211; anybody can sign up. By spending a short while reading and a little more time practicing your strategy, you&#8217;ll swiftly become quite an accomplished hypnotist. That&#8217;s all you need to do &#8211; no reason to be concerned.</p>
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		<title>How We Collectively Appreciate Science Fiction</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something unique and special about being featured in a government-sponsored research project.  Now, there are all levels of government that develop research projects.  Even city and county governments may commission studies of local environmental issues, social trends, and infrastructure needs.  The Federal government usually devotes the largest budget to &#8220;pure&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is something unique and special about being featured in a government-sponsored research project.  Now, there are all levels of government that develop research projects.  Even city and county governments may commission studies of local environmental issues, social trends, and infrastructure needs.  The Federal government usually devotes the largest budget to &#8220;pure&#8221; science but many state governments provide money for research that benefits education, social services, and other broad public interests.</p>
<p>Some good examples of how <a href="http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&amp;_&amp;ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ421924&amp;ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&amp;accno=EJ421924">science fiction has been integrated into government research</a> occasionally pop up on the Internet.  These kinds of research projects may ultimately benefit everyone by improving our understanding of a popular cultural activity.  Of course, government research is not the only area where people study science fiction and its impact on society.</p>
<p>For example, the news media occasionally write stories that investigate science fiction topics.  But more often people just create interesting <a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/odd-stuff/links/SciFi_001222710087/SciFi_Articles_001270763579/">science fiction article archives</a> that collect listings of content which meets their specific requirements.  These random collections offer significant value in helping us learn what is important to the general public, versus what is important to experts in the field.  The common or popular value attached to a specific story or article may be very difficult from the critical value.</p>
<p>Non-critical assessments of <a href="http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/business-features/links/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy_001232303604/Articles_001270762373/">science fiction articles and stories</a> introduces the casual reader to topics they may never have seen before.  The need to reach out and learn more about a new subject drives us to seek out better references for material than we already have access to.  By addressing this need in a non-biased way, casual indexers of human knowledge and experience contribute to the overall educational and cultural experience.</p>
<p>It should be pointed out that most of these little projects receive no recognition at all.  The Internet is so large that the vast majority of Websites provide only a microscopic window for looking at the rest of the Web.  Human knowledge has become so widely dispersed that there is no longer any hope for any one person to know most of what humankind has learned.  Even with a very narrow topic like science fiction, there is simply more to know than we can possibly learn as individuals.  Therefore our gestalt comprehension of the topic must equalize itself in a temporizing fashion in order to ensure that the widest possible audience sees and appreciates science fiction.</p>
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		<title>Depression May Set Your Living on Pause</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clinical Depression Can Set Your Living on a Halt</p>
<p>Depression is a painful illness and must be considered seriously, not merely in a psychical sense. <a href="https://www.irecover.com">Clinical Depression</a> can literally position your life on a a halt. Depression differs from merely experiencing low in various manners, especially the notion of inadequacy and miserable self respect is something that will lead to social closing off and hence make the illness even harder.</p>
<p>Depression can completely jam conversation and interaction with other individuals and hence sustain your social interaction on a blocking place with very small hope of heating without help. If you sustain from depressive disorder it is of the extreme importance to seek professional advice from your physician, your shrink or a professional psychologist.</p>
<p>Having a mild depression, there are some things you can manage yourself, to get better. Produce a list of things that makes you tormented, matters that troubles you and things where you have a sound prospect to make changes for the better. Modest and intense depressive disorder calls for master help and often you will need antidepressants to make your life tolerable. You can read articles on the internet and you can purchase <a href="http://www.boghit.dk">boeger</a> about depressive disorder and these can help, but the most critical step you can take is to recognize your sickness and confer with your doctor.</p>
<p>One way of discovering your most worrying troubles is to pen a diary, personal with pen and paper or online as a <a href="http://www.one.com/en/blog">blog</a>, it&#8217;s up to you. The serious thing is that you have valuations of your diary to place worries which occur often and which you must embrace or even talk about with your psychologist.</p>
<p>From the mentions in your diary, you may also establish connections between what you do and how you feel, does specific projects make you low, does meeting certain people make you depressed, etc. From here you can start reasoning about why it makes you depressed and make out a solution from this introductory point.</p>
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		<title>Anger Management Practice: The Gift of Forgiveness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This anger management Practice draws on the dual wisdom of Aikido and scientific research. &#8220;The gift of forgiveness&#8221; will help you explore how to change long term anger into a wider range of life affirming emotions. It is a simple yet profound Practice following the Seishindo principles of Absorption, Utilization, and Balance.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This anger management Practice draws on the dual wisdom of Aikido and scientific research. &#8220;The gift of forgiveness&#8221; will help you explore how to change long term anger into a wider range of life affirming emotions. It is a simple yet profound Practice following the Seishindo principles of Absorption, Utilization, and Balance.</p>
<p>- Absorb your upset feelings as you inhale, and feel what is there for you.</p>
<p>- Utilize your upsetness to help generate forgiveness.</p>
<p>- Remain emotionally balanced as you feel a wider range of your emotions.</p>
<p>This Practice will lead you to go beyond feeling angry or resentful and limiting what you are capable of feeling and appreciating. This Practice invites you to use the built up energy of anger or resentment, as the catalyst for generating forgiveness. The more you are able to feel anger or resentment while not fully giving into it and losing yourself, the more you will be able to enter onto a path of forgiveness.</p>
<p><b>Begin</b><br />
As always, the key here is to take your time, speak slowly, breathe deeply, and pause between sentences. Keep each sentence short and concise. This is important. Long sentences lead to sloppy thinking and getting lost. You are to speak each sentence out loud if you are in a space that allows for this. It can often be helpful to repeat this process for several rounds in one sitting, letting your words change as you go along.</p>
<p>You might want to read through this Practice at least once, before actually beginning.</p>
<p><b>Choices:</b> <br />
In general, you can:</p>
<p>Choose between using and working with the concept of &#8220;anger&#8221; or &#8220;resentment&#8221; for each statement that you read below.</p>
<p>Or, alternate between using &#8220;anger&#8221; for one statement, and &#8220;resentment&#8221; for the next statement.</p>
<p>Or, use both terms at the same time, &#8220;My anger and resentment &#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>It is totally up to you.</p>
<p>If your sense of anger or resentment is strong, you might likely have to do this Practice a number of times before you are able to fully agree with what you are saying. This is often an important part of the process. If necessary, please do give yourself the opportunity to speak the words while still feeling a bit out of alignment with what you are saying. This is part of opening up to the gift of forgiveness.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I am feeling into my relationship with &#8230;&#8221; (Name a person or situation that is troublesome.) <br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I am feeling into my anger (resentment) in this regard.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, in feeling my anger (resentment), I realize that I am missing out on the opportunity to experience the blessing of serenity. <br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Look around at your surroundings as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>Today, I realize that beyond my anger (resentment), I would also like to feel a sense of deep inner calm.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Listen to your surroundings as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I realize that I can help improve my overall emotional response to life, by giving myself the gift of forgiveness.&#8221; <br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I realize that I would like to exchange my anger (resentment) for a sense of peace and calm.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Look around at your surroundings as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I realize that feeling a sense of forgiveness, leads to feeling calm, and at peace with myself.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Listen to your surroundings as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>Today, I realize that I can breathe in anger (resentment), and breathe out forgiveness and compassion.&#8221; <br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply In AND Out, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I know that I can face my anger (resentment) again tomorrow, with a sense of serenity.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, I can rest in the grace of the world and be free.&#8221;<br />
Pause, Breathe. Deeply, and Feel the Movement in your body as you sit quietly.</p>
<p>* * *<br />
I hope this Practice will help you to fulfill the longing of your spirit. That you achieve peaceful victory over your anger as you travel ever closer to living the life your heart longs for.</p>
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<p><b>Charlie Badenhop</b> is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor,<br />
NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from his thought-provoking<br />
ideas and a new self-help Practice every two weeks, by subscribing to his complimentary<br />
newsletter on the website Seishindo: Accessing<br />
Your Body Wisdom. On the website, you can also find out more about Seishindo<br />
Anger Management Program<br />
and watch our 26 minute video, which will give you a taste of what Seishindo Anger<br />
Management teaching can be like.</p>
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		<title>Managing with Depressive Disorder and Anxiousness</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>How to cope with anxiety</h2>
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<p>Coping with anxiety is not easy. Lots of individuals feel exhausted  and low and find it difficult to cope with everyday living and its familiar troubles.</p>
<p><b> Clinical Depression is a severe malady.</b></p>
<p>It is profoundly dissimilar from just experiencing the &#8216;blues&#8217;.  It is normal to feel sad and  melancholy when you go through hardship and loss. The anguish of an unhappy relationship, unemployment or  bereavement can spoil your mood for some time. When you are sad for any of these causes, you don&#8217;t  ordinarily come to a absolute stop. Even though &#8216;your heart isn&#8217;t in it&#8217;, you nevertheless cope to carry on  with routine activities and enjoy the good matters in life.</p>
<p>Gloominess and sad moods will eventually pass. If you experience critical <a href="http://www.ican.co.uk">sorrow</a>, sharing your problems with  others can assist you to come to terms with and cope with the sorrow.</p>
<p>To be &#8220;naturally sad&#8221; is not a disease, but depressive disorder is!  It is a significant sadness that can destroy  your quality of life.  It is an intense feeling that you can&#8217;t manage.  It can last for weeks, months  or even years.  If you suffer from anxiety, you can no longer master your mood or feelings.  In  clinical depression, the depressive emotion has become long-term; or holds out for a long time.</p>
<p> Depression can be handled and overcome<br />
Individuals having from anxiety need handling. If you suspect that you or somebody you know suffers  from clinical depression it is all important that intervention is sought.  Make an engagement to see your doctor, speak  to a friend or kinfolk member.</p>
<p>There is a wide range of effective treatment choices for clinical depression. Patients usually make a full  recovery.  Seeking help if depression is surmised is the most important first step on the route to  recuperation.</p>
<p> Acute handling encompasses the period from starting your medication until the depressive signs have totally  vanished. After the acute treatment you should feel totally good. The acute treatment normally lasts one to two months.</p>
<p> Sustainment treatment is all-important to keep you well. For some time you will be more predisposed to slide  back into anxiety. Therefore retain the treatment and take your medication as prescribed by your  doctor.</p>
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		<title>Anger-How To Change Your Behavior Without Trying To Change Your Thinking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human mind is given the credit for being a thinking mind. But our behaviour is not determined by our thinking. Our behaviour is determined by our emotional and instinctual drives. That makes us as good as animals. And that is what we all are. We are all &#8216;thinking animals&#8217;. If you disagree with this statement, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Human mind is given the credit for being a thinking mind. But our behaviour is not determined by our thinking. Our behaviour is determined by our emotional and instinctual drives. That makes us as good as animals. And that is what we all are. We are all &#8216;thinking animals&#8217;. If you disagree with this statement, then you simply need to look at the history of humankind and without going far, read daily newspapers.</p>
<p>When people cheat others, kill others, maim others, they are not thinking. They are driven by their animal drives to do what they do. So what is at the back of human behaviour? It is the emotional drives that make a person lose control over their behaviour.</p>
<p>Anger and fear are two commonly powerful emotions that determine an individual&#8217;s behaviour. How many times have you acted out in anger and later regretted? How many times have you felt fearful for no reason ?</p>
<p>A problem becomes worse when you dwell on it. The emotional distress increases as a result. If you are feeling angry about a particular topic or incident, dwelling on it will make the emotions stronger. If you go and meet the person involved in the incident, in an angry state, your behaviour will be aggressive.</p>
<p>On the other hand a surprising thing happens when you remember the event repeatedly in your mind from start to finish. The emotional distress reduces after a  temporary increase. This is a simple secret that is not well known. I have used this method to help my clients change their behaviour. So when the feelings change, you approach the issue differently.</p>
<p>So changing your feelings does change your behaviour.</p>
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<p>Pradeep K Chadha is a psychiatrist who specialises in helping patients with meditation and imagery using little or no medication. He is the author of The Stress Barrier-Nature&#8217;s Way To Overcoming Stress published by Blackhall Publishing, Dublin. He is based in Dublin, Ireland.His website address is :<a href="http://www.drpkchadha.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.drpkchadha.com</a></p>
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		<title>A Potential Cause And Solution To Depression</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently made a very startling discovery which has helped me to stop spiralling into bouts of depression. In this article, I write about this discovery which I hope will help other people to lead much happier lives, free from anxiety and stress.
I am the type of person who can easily let things get [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have recently made a very startling discovery which has helped me to stop spiralling into bouts of depression. In this article, I write about this discovery which I hope will help other people to lead much happier lives, free from anxiety and stress.</p>
<p>I am the type of person who can easily let things get on top of me. If I am rushed about here there and everywhere by my family or friends, I am often left feeling very drained and exhausted. I am sure this is the same for many people but the way it affects me over the next twenty-four hours is somewhat different. I seem to lose all of my energy and this then can easily lead me into thinking in a very negative way, often ending with me becoming quite depressed.</p>
<p>For whatever reason this depression can stay and in a way haunt my life for quite a few days. I begin to worry about the future, start to think that I am a failure, start to become paranoid about what other people think of me and basically become scared to leave my own house.</p>
<p>I have spoken to my family and especially my parents about this issue. They have advised me to seek help from a doctor. I must say that even though this would be good advice for most people, I feel that I am the kind of person who could become easily hooked and dependant on any tablets that would be described. I certainly do not want an addiction to add to my problems.</p>
<p>Possible solution to my depression</p>
<p>A few weeks ago I was watching a television program which has since had a massive impact on my life. It was an army type program and it talked about how one particular group of soldiers had all seemingly become ill and could not even complete the most routine of tasks.</p>
<p>A doctor or some other type of medical person was called to their camp to investigate what was wrong. The initial belief was that it was likely to be some form of food poisoning.</p>
<p>The doctor actually stated that the men had salt deprivation and called for for a large amount of salt tablets to be bought to the camp.</p>
<p>I thought about this and wondered if this could be the cause of my own issues.</p>
<p>The next time I felt I was becoming down or when I was over tired, I ate food products which contained a lot of salt and I am very happy to report that I quickly regained my energy and confidence levels. Such a simple solution to what was once such a huge problem for me.</p>
<p>If you are also the kind of person who is often depressed try eating a bit more salt, it might just change your life.</p>
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		<title>The Wine of Astonishment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now there was a day&#8230;&#8221; (Job 1:6); &#8220;Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment&#8221; (Psalm 60:3 KJV).
Not long after our son died I read something that gave me enormous comfort. A father who had just lost his cherished son ran into his pastor&#8217;s study, literally screaming in his heart-pain, &#8220;Where was God [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Now there was a day&#8230;&#8221; (Job 1:6); &#8220;Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment&#8221; (Psalm 60:3 KJV).</p>
<p>Not long after our son died I read something that gave me enormous comfort. A father who had just lost his cherished son ran into his pastor&#8217;s study, literally screaming in his heart-pain, &#8220;Where was God when my son died?&#8221; The pastor, who knew the situation and grieved with the father, calmly said, &#8220;Right where He was when His own Son died.&#8221;</p>
<p>The night Chuck died, as soon as we heard the scream and then immediately after that the blast of the shotgun, I thought of the Father and what He must have endured when His Son died. It was as if the Father commandeered my mind and guided me to His own broken parental Heart. Until that moment, when we drank the wine of astonishment, I never gave much thought to what God the Father suffered when His treasured and only-begotten Son was crucified.</p>
<p>In his book Night, Elie Wiesel tells of the day a group was coming back from work. They saw three gallows and three victims being mounted on chairs. The prisoners were forced to watch as the three were hung, one of them a child they all loved. The two adults died immediately, but &#8220;For more than half an hour [the child] stayed there, struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes. And we had to look him full in the face.&#8221; Wiesel heard someone behind him ask, &#8220;Where is God now?&#8221; Wiesel writes that a voice within him answered, &#8220;Where is He? Here He is&#8211;He is hanging here on this gallows.&#8221;</p>
<p>Where is God when we are hanging in the winds? As that pastor told his frantic parishioner, right where He was with His own Son, when Jesus was slowly dying while being taunted by those who hated Him. I suppose it seems strange that such a morbid thought should give such comfort that it did but, human nature being what it is, if we know that the Comforter is present during such stunning moments when we feel like our insides are being ripped apart, yes, it does strengthen us. &#8220;Now there was a day&#8230;&#8221; Some can say, &#8220;Now there was a year, a lifetime.&#8221; Every person born will have a day when he or she will drink from the cup of wonder. Jesus asked two of His disciples a question He asks us all, &#8220;Can you drink the cup that I am about to drink?&#8221; (Matthew 20:22.)</p>
<p>&#8220;Now there was a day&#8221; when God the Father watched and wept. He watched as His Son drank the cup which He, the Father, had given Him: &#8220;Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?&#8221; (John 18:11.) Job, too, asked, &#8220;Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?&#8221; (Job 1:10.)</p>
<p>O good Father, thank You for refilling our cup with blessings!</p>
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		<title>Plants Reduce Stress and Increase Productivity in Offices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent research at the University of Texas and Washington State University in the United States and Surrey University in England has revealed that distributing plants throughout the office workplace can both lower stress and enhance employee productivity.
In the Texas experiment, participants were tested while using a computer program that had been specifically created for the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recent research at the University of Texas and Washington State University in the United States and Surrey University in England has revealed that distributing plants throughout the office workplace can both lower stress and enhance employee productivity.</p>
<p>In the Texas experiment, participants were tested while using a computer program that had been specifically created for the test. The testing was done in cubicles that had been designed to replicate the average office environment. Participants were shown a series of random symbols, and were then monitored according to their stress level, based on blood pressure, and their productivity based on reaction time.</p>
<p>The tests were then run in environments with and without the common types of interior plants that are often seen in office cubicle situations. The results of the Texas study showed that participants were less stressed and had better reaction times when the plants were present. A computer program to test productivity and induce stress was specifically designed for these experiments. One hundred symbols were presented in identical randomized sequences to each test subject, and the only variable in the test was the presence or absence of plants.</p>
<p>Plants were positioned in such a way that they could be seen within the peripheral view of subjects as they sat at a computer terminal. Besides being able to concentrate and react more quickly, the study showed that simply having plants within view increased subjects&#8217; ability to react by as much as 12 percent, as well as enabling them to recover from stress within five minutes.</p>
<p>Almost identical results were obtained in a similar study conducted at Washington State University, using essentially the same testing procedure. When plants were placed around the sides of a cubicle, subjects felt less stress (as indicated by lower systolic blood pressure levels) and just as UT researchers had discovered, the WSU study showed that subject reactions were some 12 percent faster while they were taking a carefully-standardized computer test.</p>
<p>A third study, conducted at England&#8217;s University of Surrey, examined the effect of strategically placing plants around an office in order to reduce noise levels. Plants were found to significantly reduce noise, thereby increasing productivity among employees. Although it&#8217;s somewhat difficult to quantify, most office workers are familiar with the effects of noise pollution firsthand. If you work in an office, just think back to the last time you had to take a break because you simply could no longer stand the noise.</p>
<p>Copyright &#169; 2006 Jeanette J. Fisher</p>
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<p>Jeanette Fisher has researched the effects of environment on emotions for over 15 years. She teaches interior design college courses and seminars. Free interior design reports and more office design ideas at <a href="http://www.designpsych.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.designpsych.com</a></p>
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