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Most people see gemstones strictly as decoration, such as gemstone bead jewellery; i.e., jewellery to adorn merely for aesthetic purposes. But gemstones are also believed to have several curing properties; e.g. (depending on the gemstone) the ability to boost self-confidence, boost positivity, improve concentration, relieve anxiety and headaches, and help calm the mind.

This article will cast an eye on a handful of gems and their supposed medicinal properties. A disclaimer before we go any further : The following is founded on widely-held beliefs, and there can be no assurance as to the efficacy of these gemstones and their supposed therapeutic properties.

Amazonite
This gemstone boosts self-confidence ,while giving hope to the person wearing the gemstone.

Amber
This gem eases physiological stress, calms the nerves and boosts self-assurance. It promotes creativeness by clearing the mind of negative thoughts. It is said to be efficacious for joints and work as a tonic for the liver and kidneys.

Haematite
A mighty gem that bestows assists willpower and strength. Effective in harmonizing the body and spirit. A grounding stone which keeps down anxiety and is claimed to alleviate insomnia.

Malachite
A mighty gemstone that can soak up destructive energies and pollution. Useful for individuals under emotional stress.

Moonstone
Heals emotions, improves the forces of intuition and boosts the ability to enter the subconscious.

Sodalite
boosts the ability to communicate and understand others feelings. Useful for the growth of spirituality and intuition.

The preceding gemstones are only a small pick of gems that are claimed to possess recuperative powers. The only pragmatic way to realise if these gems can work for you is to wear such stones if you suffer from an ailment that a stone is believed to help relieve.

“Happiness can be as elusive as a fluttering butterlfy but as easily attainable as a crawling caterpillar. Put aside the net, and let it happen.”
Brain G. Jett

What an interesting statement this is as well as truthful. There is a phrase often heard today, “Keep it simple.” If we could only do this more easily, we all might be much happier.

When things are not going well and you find yourself struggling, slow down, take a deep breath or two, and ask yourself what is it that you are really seeking? And, what it is that is getting in your way of obtaining what you desire?

In order to become that beautiful butterly, the caterpillar was rather ugly. To become more beautiful, the caterpillar had to pay its dues so to speak. It took hard work to weave the chrysalis around its body, in which it would be encased to grow and metamorphous into the new and lovely creature.

Patience is at stake here. So ask yourself, how can I simplify my life, this task, this job, this adventure, and possibly this relationship? Dare not to control things so much and see what beauty emerges.

Copyright 2005

Karlynn Baker

Karlynn is originally from Southern California but moved to Arizona to work on her Master of Science Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and also specialized in addictions. She owns The Employee Assistance of Tucson, Inc., providing counseling and training for employees and their dependents. It is very rewarding work. She believes in helping people to help themselves. She enjoys her life with her husband, David, her three daughters, and her two adorable grandsons.

Knowing something but not doing something about it is equal of not knowing at all.

When you have eyes but you don’t use them to see, you’re as good as blind. When you have a great mind, but you never to use it to think, you’re as good as not having one.

Let me make it very brief and clear to you. You are blessed with a great, awesome and wonderful gift, it is called your mind or we can call it your brain.

Where you are right now in life depends on what your mind makes of you! You can not get your Bachelor degree, master degree and PhD degree today without the use of your mind!

Earn Nightingale says that we become what our mind thinks about all day! Let say, you get into an accident and your brain is damaged during the accident and your ability to read and write is gone from your mind!

I don’t care if you are the CEO of a company or a director of an organization, but I can assure you that you will not be able to keep your present position today if your ability to read and write is taken away from your mind today.

A human being without a working mind is called a brain dead patient, he/she must be connected to a life support machine that can help them breath and to live, because their mind can no longer control their bodily function, they can no longer love their love ones, they can no longer remember their families and loved ones, and they can no longer work.

Oh my friend, you are the most awesome creation that is ever built on the face of the earth! A human mind can create the most powerful force that can even destroy the whole entire earth and its population.

How do some hard working immigrants from other countries come to the United States and become multi millionaires? They can’t even speak English when they first came to the United States and they do not even understand the culture and the language, but these hard working immigrants who are not lazy use their God’s given gift which is their mind to learn the culture and to learn the English language, so they can be very successful in the United States.

My friend, if you are ever tempted of being lazy to use your mind, think twice! Be grateful and thankful that you still have a functioning brain and mind that allows you to think!

Your mind is powerful! It can help you find solutions on how to get you out of your present problems and circumstances. Your mind is the wonder of this world, there is nothing like it. Because of a human mind, the Great Wall of China was built, the Eiffel Tower of Paris is now here, the Empire State Building stands tall in Manhattan today, the nuclear power, and every single invention that is ever invented, it is invented because of the greatness of our mind!

You are alive today on this planet earth because of the mind you have! Once your mind dies, your mind can no longer tell your body what to do, you will lay asleep, helpless and you will no longer be able to do anything or make any decision for yourself.

I appeal to you right here, right now that you will use your mind and invest in your mind, because today will be your greatest day ever on this planet! Now I want you to realize something that you never realized before. You have the greatest gift on this earth that no animals, bacteria or virus have! You my friend are a human being that is gifted with a great mind to change the world! Your mind will rock this world!

You can be a hero in your home and your own family, because today is your day my friend! Today is the day that you and I will keep pressing forward toward our goals and dreams! Today is the day that you can I will never ever give up in spite of the challenges of life!

For today is your day my friend, today is your day my friend! Get up, stand up and stand tall! You are special, you are awesome and you are able to change your present circumstances! There will be no more word of despair coming out of your mouth ever because you can do great things, you can achieve great success, you can get to your dreams and goals, because you have the greatest gift on earth and it is called “Your mind!”

© Copyright 2005 Pebden.com, Author: Entjik Jeffrie, All Rights Reserved.

No need trying to find your daily horoscope in your newspaper or on the Internet every day of your life. Use the Universal Horoscope below. You’ll be glad you did.

Is Today Your Birthday?

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday to You!

Your days will be long and fruitful. Just everybody loves your pants off and wants to be around you. Use this to your advantage by making business deals and getting discounts on used cars. Today will be a happy one for you because you were born on this very day.

ARIES The Ram, March 21 to April 20: You like to get out there with the boys, tramping through the woods, quickly understanding the flora and the fauna, making quick-witted remarks about tree fungus, jumping up and down with joy when you see a porcupine. You take unnecessary risk and get angry when your fellow traveler looks at you like you’re nuts. You like to jump too-wide creeks. Beware of your powers and don’t step in the deer poop. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/aries.htm.

TAURUS The Bull, April 21 to May 21: You like to sit under the Yum Yum tree waiting for the world to bring you what you need. Unfortunately, the world doesn’t know you are there. Get up, grab that stranger, and show your loving persistent self. Hide that piece of cake under the sofa pillow until your guest leaves so you can eat it all by yourself. Don’t call your mother and tell her that you love her even if it has been 17 years since you last saw her. Keep her stewing a bit longer. Every day turn your head the other way when you walk past her house. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/taurus.htm.

GEMINI The Twins, May 22 to June 21: Don’t miss that party tonight. No party? Well, get on the telephone and invite the whole town. Get a band and show your youthful eloquent self. Now don’t go off in the corner and say you can’t do this on such short notice. And, damn, get rid of that new wig. It’s not helping your appearance. Something special is going to happen tonight. Don’t you want to know what it is? It will happen at the party (if you invite me). Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/gemini.htm.

CANCER The Crab, June 22 to July 22: It’s over! You’ve got to let go. Let up on your conscious tomorrow. That deal is there for your taking. But don’t let the buggers grind you down. A night on the town with your partner is appropriate tomorrow night. You will have something to celebrate. Let go of my coat. No crying! Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/cancer.htm.

LEO The Lion, July 23 to August 22:It’s time to expand those grandiose plans. Don’t forget China. Stick your nose into your friends business. See if you can’t come up with something for yourself. I know how you’ve been looking at you-know-who. Let yourself go. President Bush is not an idiot. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/leo.htm.

VIRGO The Virgin, August 23 to September 23: You don’t have to dust after your spouse has already dusted. I know your partner has a mole on the neck. It doesn’t matter. Take a walk in the park today and don’t over analyze the squirrels. They do what they do. I’m sorry that Reagan’s son is a Democrat. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/virgo.htm.

LIBRA The Scales, September 24 to October 23: Easy on the Butter Brickle Ice Cream; you must watch your figure or you won’t get to first base with “Dimple Cheeks.” Today would be a good day to take a stroll through the county history museum. Offer to volunteer if they will pay you a good hourly wage. I’m telling you again; the tooth fairy doesn’t come when you’re over 12 years of age. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/libra.htm.

SCORPIO The Scorpion, October 24 to November 22: Remember your childhood dream for success? Now is the time to move full speed ahead. For gosh sakes don’t tell anybody about it until you are sure your dream will come true. You don’t want those slime balls stealing your idea do you? I know how you can get even with Harry; put catsup on his hotdog. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/scorpio.htm.

SAGGITARIUS The Archer, November 23 to December 21: How are you coming on your dissertation on the Red-bellied Green Tree frogs of Korea? No, I don’t think you will be able to convert it to a novel, but knowing you, you will. Stop calling your sister, El Elefante. You know how that hurts her-or do you? When you recover, don’t use your homemade pole for pole vaulting again. Next time you might find that pole sticking out your back (just a joke). Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/sagittar.htm.

CAPRICORN The Goat, December 22 to January 20: Entropy isn’t everything. Come out of it. I heard that one, pretty funny. You’ve found seven new ways to solve Rubik’s Cube? You’re working on a new one? I’ll drop by later. It’s time to go to http://www.astrology-online.com/capricrn.htm.

AQUARIUS The Water Carrier, January 21 to February 19: What’s that you’re working on; a soft-boiled egg de-sheller? Interesting! No more yellow fingers. My mother is fine. She’s your mother too. Why don’t you call her? Yes, I gave to the Salvation Army. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/aquarius.htm.

PISCES The Fishes, February 20 to March 20: You can come out from behind the couch now. I want you to go to Newark with me today; now put on your cinnamon outfit with your orange baseball hat and hiking shoes. That’s the way! You gave your toothbrush to a vagrant? Well, use your finger. Go to http://www.astrology-online.com/pisces.htm.

The End

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Your own level of frequency raises or lowers the overall frequency of humanity, and because being at higher frequency equals the experience of joy, it is literally true that in order to raise up the world and deliver it from suffering, it is imperative that you are joyful! And most people think saving the world requires sacrifice and suffering! In fact, the very opposite is true. Indeed, the most magnanimousand effectivething you can possibly do for the planet and its inhabitants is to raise your frequency up out of pain and struggle to that of peace, joy, and ease so that the collective joy-level increases, thus lifting all out of pain and struggle. What a grand plan! We are personally rewarded beyond measure for doing what needs to be done. It is built into the Creator’s Design.

Now, joy may be the last thing you spontaneously experience when you learn of some of the perverse things that are going on here on Planet Earth, and of the distressing things that are happening in the lives of people you know and care personally for, but please understand I’m not suggesting you are to be joyful about the inharmonious things you see in the world; I’m saying we need to be joyful despite them. While this may sound cold and unfeeling, it is truly anything but.

When we go to the joy space, we lift our own frequency, and thus, the collective frequency, up. When we allow the horrors and sad events we observe in this world to polarize us to turmoil, fear and sorrow, our frequency is lowered, and thus the frequency of the Whole is lowered. Allowing the inharmonious things you see occurring in the world to take you out of the joy-spaceor further from itcontributes to the lower-frequency energy that created it and sustains it.

The effective response to any undesirable condition is, first and foremost, to radiate Lovethe Love that comes only through correct alignment with your Spirit. This not only raises your frequency and the collective frequency, it puts you in position to receive instruction from your Spirit as to what you need to do to further lift up and change the situation in a tangible, physical way.

Until you are more consistently dwelling at a higher frequency, it can be a challenge to go from an awareness of what is going on in the misaligned worldespecially if it is something that is touching you or someone you care aboutstraight up in frequency to the joy space, but it is possible to at least feel peacethe peace of alignment with your Spiritdespite any circumstance. Simply release it to your Spirit to lift it up. Instead of adding to the disharmony by investing passion in it, bring yourself into proper alignment so that you can raise the frequency level of all. In time, you will learn to hold steady in your joy and the turmoil in the world of duality will no longer drag you down. Being joyful truly is the most powerful way to help to heal the planet!

Excerpted from Recreating Eden

©2005 Julia Rogers Hamrick

Julia Rogers Hamrick has been a spiritual-growth facilitator for over two decades, and is the author of Recreating Eden: The Exquisitely Simple, Divinely Ordained Plan for Transforming Your Life and Your Planet. Julia writes about and leads seminars on proactive joy, and the relationship between frequency and experience. For more information on Julia and on recreating Eden, visit http://www.recreating-eden.com To read about Julia’s own dance with Spirit, ego, and frequency, read Julia’s blog, accessible from her website.

“More than any other time in history, mankind face a crossroad. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, and the other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” - Woody Allen (Side Effect)

Is it possible to live a fear-free and worry-free life with what is happening around us? That is the one million-dollar question I have often found people asking me. We all face so much fear in life, both the poor and the rich. You will be surprise to note that the rich also cry.

Fear is the very natural and normal response to the challenges we face in life. Fear tells us that there is something we must be cautious about. It puts us on alert and tells us there is something we must be prepared for. We face so many fears in life: fear of change, fear of the unknown and fear of rejection, amongst others. But the single greatest obstacle to success in adult life is fear of failure.

The average person starts out in life with very few negative emotions. As he goes through life, negative emotions begin to accumulate like souvenirs. It is impossible for us to realise our full potential unless we leave our negative emotions behind. And there is one negative emotion that seems to be endemic to our society: ‘worry’. Worry is a sustained form of fear caused by indecision. This means that as soon as we make a decision to act in any worrisome situation; fear, tension and stress begin to diminish.

But how do we conquer fears and worries? One of the best ways to conquer fear is to face it. If we face fears and worries we ’step up’, but when we run away from it we ’step off’ from the race of life.

In self-development seminars we are told that when faced with worry we should apply the master method, which is one of the most powerful methods of dealing with fear. First of all, define very clearly what you’re worrying about. The second step is to ask yourself ‘what is the worst possible outcome of the situation?’ The third step is to resolve to accept the worst, should it, and the final step is to do everything humanly possible to make sure that the worst does not happen.

But my mother has a different approach on how to conquer fears and worries. Hers is spiritual. She asks me to go into my Bible and recite the Psalms. Anytime I am confronted with fears and worries, Psalms have a way of comforting me. They give me confidence that if I entrust Him with my fears and worries, He will take care of it because He never fails.

Dayo Olomu is a UK-based Motivational Speaker, Writer, Business/Life Coach, Trainer, Media Entrepreneur and Competent Toastmaster. His core belief is that we are all endowed with seeds of greatness, and his mission is to help individuals and organisations achieve their full potentials. He is the author of best selling “4 Indispensable Strategies for Success” and the President of Croydon Communicators Toastmasters. Get his FREE monthly Rise to the Top ezine by sending a blank email to subscribe@dayoolomu.com or visit his website at: www.dayoolomu.com