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Zino Davidoff and the Cigar Humidor

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Humidors, in the broadest terms, refers to any room or container that is used to maintain constant humidity and can also refer to a room in which priceless art such as paintings or even the United States Declaration of Independence is preserved. However, when most people hear the word humidor, they automatically associate it with “cigar.” That is probably not unexpected since the words have very nearly become inseparable in our modern language.

From popular cigar clubs and rooms to tobacco stores in modern malls, nearly everywhere one looks, there is a humidor used to preserve and maintain cigars. Because of the universality of cigars, the pursuit for that perfect “smoke,” and the wide range of styles and prices for humidors, anyone who smokes cigars can now afford to own a cigar humidor. This has also served to reinforce cigar humidors as an inseparable term.

Even though humidors can be used to store any tobacco product, be it cigar, pipe or cigarette, since cigarettes are so rapidly consumed, there is no need for people to store them in a humidor. Therefore, most often one will see cigars stored in a

humidor along with pipe tobacco.

According to some historians, Zino Davidoff, in the first part of the 20th century, is accorded the honored position of having designed and built the first cellar humidor for storing cigars sold through his family business. Today, there exists a wide variety of cigar humidors from the small, desktop model to the large walk-in room humidors.

While there are many variations in style, size, materials, et cetera for cigar humidors, one constant is that each one must maintain a stable humidity level, generally at 70%, designed to keep the tobacco at its freshest. Some cigar humidors may also offer constant temperatures and some may have fans to help maintain a constant humidity throughout the container (since even in a room, humidity levels may vary from area to area). At any rate, cigar humidors are built, purchased and owned by people from all social strata. Humidors provides detailed information on cigar humidors, travel humidors, and humidor plans. Humidors is the sister site of Cigars Web.

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Your Home Office–Get a Room Already!”

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So youre finally following your dreams. Youre self-employed. You set your own hours. You pick your paychecks up at the mail box. No more long commutes for you. You even get to “wheel-and-deal” in the quiet and solitude of your own home office. You . . .

Whats that? You dont have a home office?

You work, instead, on the kitchen table or the computer station in the family room or–much to your spouses dismay–on the cluttered desk in the corner of the bedroom (clickety-clackity, clickety-clackity go the keys until the wee hours of the morning).

Get a room already! Preferably one you can claim and make your own. Concentration, focus and productivity will improve–and so will your peace of mind.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
Being a home office, by definition, the space you choose as your own actually has to be in your home–so right away youre constrained to a certain, fixed location. Your “home office” cant be in the building down the street.

That said, here are five items that mattered most to me when I chose the location for my home office:

1. My office space needed to be physically practical while also being good for my psyche–no stark four walls, cramped space, or gloom for me.

2. I needed a space into which I could literally disappear for hours–away from the hubbub of family activity, noisy children, cooking smells, and errant pets.

3. The space needed to work for me in physical terms, with adequate room for a desk, work area, reading nook, printer stand, fax machine, storage of office supplies, etc.

4. I needed a room that afforded me a view of the outdoors–a room that provided me something to look at other than my computer screen.

5. The space could serve no dual purposes. This had to be my office with my “stuff” in it, from pictures on the walls to books on the shelves.

CREATING THE SPACE
Fortunately when we built our home over a decade ago, I imagined that I would someday want a home office. During construction I had a spare 10-foot by 13-foot bedroom on the top floor wired for an additional phone line and the electrical outlets in the room equipped with surge protection. I also placed sound deadening board in the walls, six inches of fiberglass insulation in the floor, and topped it off with a heavy six-panel solid wood door–complete with lock and key–making for a very cozy and quiet setting.

Granted, not everyone has the opportunity to plan their home office as I did, but you may be able to make some “after market” changes to your space to make it more functional . . . and desirable.

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS:
* When I converted the spare

bedroom to office space a few years ago, I placed industrial shelving in the rooms large 3-foot by 6-foot closet, creating an efficient storage area lined with office supplies, paper, envelopes, client files, books, computer references, print cartridges, and more–all easy to access, all readily available. No more down time hunting for paper clips!

* On the walls, I hung non-work related items such as photos of my wife and children, a painting of a doe and fawn lakeside, photos Ive taken of places Ive visited (and often would rather be)–all visual cues I can look to when I need to step back from a project and remind myself of whats really important.

* I recently added a semi-dry aquarium to the mix, full of shells, sea glass, and mementos of various excursions to sea shores both near and far. Whats unique about this mostly-dry aquarium is that at its center in a traditional “gold fish” bowl resides–you guessed it–a gold fish. As I watch the fish swim about its watery home, “Flo” has become a companion of sorts, providing me with occasional and necessary mental “breaks” from lengthy stints at the computer or on the phone.

* I also have a doublewide window that overlooks my backyard and a strategically located birdfeeder that affords occasional glimpses of a flitting jay, chickadee or mourning dove–not to mention the sometimes-comical antics of several resident red and gray squirrels as they shinny up the steel post from which the feeder hangs.

BE “AT WORK” WHEN YOU NEED TO BE
By creating your own distinct space, you can truly “be at work” when you need to be. No more trying to mask the sounds of jovial children in the background as you speak to a client; no more apologizing for being up late with light on, rustling papers as you print the latest draft of that important proposal.

Once you get a room for your home office and once you make it your own, you will see a marked difference. With fewer distractions and an increased ability focus, youll be more productive, more attentive, and that much further along the way to making your dreams of successful self-employment a reality.

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Matt McGovern combines a rare blend of creative and technical know-how with years of experience and a balanced and purposeful approach to life. He has authored and edited numerous books, e-books and e-zines. Get “Know-How” his free e-newsletter at www.700acres.com/pages/ad_archive.html or explore life, death and beyond with his novel, “CURRENTS-Every Life Leaves an Imprint” at www.MattMcGovern.com/books.html.

Your guide to museums, galleries, theaters

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Visiting museums, galleries and theaters can give one a new perspective and outlook in life. Looking at artistic pictures, paintings, artifacts, sculptures can give life a brand new dimension that youve never seen before.

Its not possible to visit a place without delving a little bit into the historical value of the place and the best place to find evidence of its history is the museum. There are many top world-class museums everywhere in the world. For example, theres the world-class Cleveland Museum of Art whereby theres continuous upgrading to accommodate the stream of visitors to the museum. And of course, if you ever step foot into Detroit, dont forget to visit the Detroit Institute of Arts. There, you can check out many intriguing Ancient Arts collection especially the Frankenthalers “The Bay”. The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco is another not-to-be-missed museum because theres more than 70,000 pieces of arts and images there; the most popular ones in the museum features works by Rodin and Rembrandt.

If youre a fan of Italian artists and painters, youll fine a huge collection of work from Italian artists at Galleria Delgi Uffizi. The art museum features works from famous Italian artists like Botticelli, Veronse and Giorgione. Of course, Russia used to be really famous for its creative painters and artists too, for instance, some of the most popular works are housed in the Hermitagae Museum in Russia. This is where there are approximately 2,000 holdings that contain more than 3,000,000 pieces of world masterpieces.

Who can forget France when were talking about museums and world-class art? Musee du Louvre is another art museum that is surely not-to-be-missed if you visit France. This is the museum where the Mona Lisa, The

Raft of Medusa, Venus de Milo and the Victory of Samothrace is housed. Therefore, your visit to France is not complete without visiting this art museum. Were talking about truly renowned art pieces here, not to be seen anywhere else. The visit to this art museum will definitely be worth your time.

Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain, is also known as Museo del Prado. Its, by far, not the largest nor the most exquisite art museum in the world but this museum contains some of the best art pieces to be ever created in this world! Museo del Prado contains some wisely selected art pieces. While youre there, why not pick some extremely unique greeting cards (with smaller versions of some world class art pieces) to send home to your friends and family?

The National Gallery of Art in the Washington, D.C., is also not to be missed. In fact, youll be astounded with the effort they put into making their website coordinate with the design of the actual museum. The National Gallery of Art website is one of the most extensive and aesthetically pleasing and easy-to-use art gallery websites that I have ever visited. You can go on a virtual tour by visiting the museums website before you decide to pop on over to the museum.

Dakota Caudilla, journalist, and website builder Dakota Caudilla lives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor of http://the-arts-center.net on which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article.
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“Your Guide to Cat Breeds”

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For the first 8,000 years of their relationship with humans, cats pretty much took care of their own breeding. People kept them for one purpose – hunting rodent – and they are already perfectly designed for that. More than 100 years ago, however, we began systematically breeding cats to appeal to our aesthetic tastes. Hair length, color, coat pattern, as well as head and leg proportions contribute to the “look” of specific breeds.

Look at enough cat bodies and faces, and youll see two distinctly different types.

Faces are either triangular or rounded. Bodies that are lean and slender belong to the lithe oriental, or foreign breeds. Short legs supporting a broad, compact body are characteristic of a “cobby.” Mixed breeds usually have an “in between” body type.

There are more than 70 distinct breeds of cats that are recognized by formal cat registries. Some registries recognize only about 40 breeds, because they exclude those such as Bengals which are hybrids of domestic and wild cats. Some “breeds” are simply variations of primary types. For example, a Balinese cat is a longer haired type of Siamese cat.

Some breeds have roots that go far back in history. The Japanese Bobtail, distinguished by a short, rabbit-like tail, can be traced more than 1,000 years. The Egyptian Mau cat retains the physical characteristics of ancient Egyptian cats found in ancient paintings.

With an elegant body that is randomly spotted, banded legs and tail, communicative eyes and an ellegant cheetah-like stride, it is no wonder that the Mau attracts such a tremendous amount of attention at shows.

Other breeds reflect new aesthetics. Ocicats and Savannah cats are wild-hybrids — the result of breeding wild cats with domestic cats – which fill a desire for some cat lovers to have a “wild” pet.

The Cornish Rex, with its soft, wavy coat and curled whiskers, is a dramatic, visual contrast to the typical smooth-coated cat. Likewise, the “hairless” Sphynx cat is a breed for the esoteric cat fancier.

Because the Sphynx cat has little hair, the cat needs to be bathed periodically. This is an easy task with a cat that has been accustomed to a bath from kittenhood.

Sometimes, cats are just “ordinary felines.” “Domestic” is the veterinary term used to classify cats of unknown heritage. Cats in these categories are broken into groups as domestic short hair (DSH), domestic long hair (DLH) and domestic medium length hair (DMH). Some people classify cats based on living circumstances; house cat or alley cat, but these are not true breeds.

Hair length and texture contribute to a breeds “look, ” but color is not a reliable identity factor. Black cats with white paws, belly, and chests are referred to as “tuxedo cats,” but this is simply a description of coat pattern found in both domestic and “exotic” breeds. Tortoiseshell and calico coated cats are sometimes referred to as “ginger,” “marmalade,” or “orange tabby” cats, making them sound like specific breeds. In reality, they are just descriptors, much like “green-eyed Asian” or “brown-eyed European.” While it is true that some cat breeds only come in one hue (Russian Blues and Korats only show gray) most breeds display a range of coat color and pattern.

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Your Body is a Map of Your Consciousness

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Your Body Is A Map of Your Consciousness – by Martin Brofman, PhD.

Everything begins with your consciousness. Everything that happens in your life, and everything that happens in your body, begins with something happening in your consciousness.

Your consciousness is who you are, your experience of Being.

You decide what ideas to accept and which to reject. You decide what to think, and you decide what to feel. When these decisions leave you with residual stress, you experience the stress as if in your physical body. We know that stress creates symptoms. The interesting question is, “Which stress creates which symptoms?” When we are able to quantify this process, we are then able to see the body as a map of the persons consciousness, relating particular symptoms to particular stresses and particular ways of being, in the same way that Type “A” Behavior has been able to be associated with heart disease.

Everything Starts In Your Consciousness

To understand this map, we must first orient ourselves to the idea that the causes of symptoms are within. While its true that germs cause disease and accidents cause injuries, it is also true that this happens in accord with what is happening in the consciousness of the person involved.

Germs are everywhere. Why are some people affected and not others? Something different is happening in their consciousness.

Why do some patients in hospitals respond better to treatment than others? They have different attitudes. Something different is happening in their consciousness When someone is injured in an “accident,” why is it that a very specific part of the body is affected, and that it is the same part that has had habitual problems? Is that an “accident,” or is there a pattern and an order to the way things happen in our bodies?

You Are A Being of Energy

Your consciousness, your experience of Being, who you really are, is energy. We can call it “Life Energy” for now. This energy does not just live in your brain; it fills your entire body. Your consciousness is connected to every cell in your body. Through your consciousness, you can communicate with every organ and every tissue, and a number of therapies are based on this communication with the organs which have been affected by some kind of symptom or disorder.

This energy which is your consciousness, and which reflects your state of consciousness, can be measured through the process known as Kirlian photography. When you take a Kirlian photograph of your hand, it shows a certain pattern of energy. If you take a second photograph while imagining that you are sending love and energy to someone you know, there will be a different pattern of energy shown on the Kirlian photograph. Thus, we can see that a change in your consciousness creates a change in the energy field that is being photographed, which we call the aura.

This energy field shown in the Kirlian photographs has been quantified, so that when there are “holes” in particular parts of the energy field, these are said to correspond to particular weaknesses in specific parts of the physical body. The interesting thing about this is that the weakness shows up in the energy field before there is ever any evidence of it on the physical level.

Thus, we have an interesting direction of manifestation shown through what we have described.

1. A change of consciousness creates a change in the energy field.

2. A change in the energy field happens before a change in the physical body.

The direction of manifestation is from the consciousness, through the energy field, to the physical body.

Consciousness——1——►Energy Field——2——►Physical Body

When we look at things in this way, we see that it is not the physical body creating the energy field, the aura, but rather the aura or energy field that is creating the physical body. What we see as the physical body is the end result of a process that begins with the consciousness.

We Each Create Our Reality

When someone makes a decision that leaves them with stress, creating a blockage in the energy field with a sufficient degree of intensity, this creates a symptom on the physical level. The symptom speaks a certain language, which reflects the idea that we each create our own reality. When the symptom is described from that point of view, the metaphoric significance of the symptom becomes clear. Thus, instead of saying, “I cant see,” the person would have to say, “I have been keeping myself from seeing something.” If they cannot walk, they would have to say, “I have been keeping myself from walking away from something.” And so on. We must understand that there are no accidents and no coincidences. Things do happen according to a pattern and order.

The Human Directional System

We can say that we have an inner guidance system, a connection to our Higher Self, or our Inner Being, or whatever name we choose to give this Higher Intelligence. This inner guidance system functions through what we call our intuition, or our instinct. It speaks a very simple language. Either it feels good, or it doesnt. All the rest is just politics.

We are told we should move with what feels good, and do not do what doesnt feel good to us. We are told to trust this inner voice. When we dont follow this inner voice we feel tension. We feel not-good.

Then, the voice must get louder. The next level of communication is through the emotions. As we move more and more in the direction that feels not-good, we experience more and more emotions that feel not-good, and at some point we can say, “I should have listened to myself when I thought to move in the other direction.” That meant that we heard the inner voice. Otherwise, we could not have said, “I should have listened.” If we make the decision we know is the right one for us, and therefore change direction, there is a release of tension, we feel better, and we know we are again on the right track.

If we continue to move in the direction that feels not-good, the communication reaches the physical level. We create a symptom, and the symptom speaks a language which reflects the idea that we each create our own reality. When we describe the symptom from that point of view, we can understand the message.

If we change our way of being, we have received the message, and the symptom has no further reason for being. It is able to be released, according to whatever we allow ourselves to believe is possible.

If we created the symptom with a decision, we are also able to release it with a decision.

As an hypothesis, we can imagine that someone makes a decision that it is not a good idea to express what they want. From that moment, whenever there is something they want, they keep themselves from expressing it, and therefore from having what they want. That feels not-good. The tension grows. They feel more and more not-good as they keep themselves from expressing what they want and not having it.

Eventually, something happens to create a symptom on the physical level, and their right arm is affected. It could have happened through falling from a ladder, or in an automobile accident, or by pinching a nerve in the neck, or by “sleeping in a draft.”

Something had to happen on the physical level to create the symptom, in order to give the person the message on the physical level about what they had been doing to themselves. We do to ourselves literally what we have been doing to ourselves figuratively.

The effect is that the person cannot move their arm. They are keeping themselves from reaching for something, and since it is the right arm, on the “will” side of the body, they are keeping themselves from reaching for or going for what they want. They have been giving themselves reasons to not believe that they could have what they want. When they begin to do something different in their consciousness, they notice that something different begins to happen with their arm, and the symptom is able to be released.

Chakras And The Map

To understand the map of the consciousness that the body represents, we can turn to some ancient Hindu traditions which have been studying consciousness for thousands of years, and which use the language of the chakras.

Chakra is a Sanskrit word, and it means “wheel,” or “vortex,” because thats what it looks like when we look at it. Each chakra is like a solid ball of energy interpenetrating the physical body, in the same way that a magnetic field can interpenetrate the physical body.

The chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that the auras are aspects of consciousness The chakras are more dense than the auras, but not as dense as the physical body, but they interact with the physical body through two major vehicles, the endocrine system and the nervous system. Each of the seven chakras is associated with one of the seven endocrine glands, and also with a particular group of nerves called a plexus. Thus, each chakra can be associated with particular parts of the body and particular functions within the body controlled by that plexus or that endocrine gland associated with that chakra.

Your consciousness, your experience of being, represents everything it is possible for you to experience. All of your senses, all of your perceptions, all of your possible states of awareness, can be divided into seven categories, and each of these categories can be associated with a particular chakra. Thus, the chakras represent not only particular parts of your physical body, but also particular parts of your consciousness. When you feel tension in your consciousness, you feel it in the chakra associated with the part of your consciousness experiencing the stress, and in the parts of the physical body associated with that chakra. Where you feel the stress depends therefore on why you feel the stress. When someone is hurt in a relationship, they feel it in their heart. When someone is nervous, their legs tremble and their bladder becomes weak.

When there is tension in a particular part of your consciousness, and therefore in the chakra associated with that part of your consciousness, the tension is detected by the nerves of the plexus associated with that chakra, and communicated to the parts of the body controlled by that plexus. When the tension continues over a period of time, or reaches a particular degree of intensity, the person creates a symptom on the physical level. Again, the symptom served to communicate to the person through their body what they had been doing to themselves in their consciousness. When the person changes something about their way of being, they are able to release the stress that had been creating the symptom, and they are then able to return to their natural state of balance and health.

Reading The Map

When we are reading the body as a map of the consciousness within, we work with the idea that the tensions in the body represent tensions in the persons consciousness concerning what was happening in the persons life at the time that the symptom developed. The person was feeling stress about something that was happening in their life at that time.

We are going to examine the map of consciousness that the chakras provide, in order to understand the language of the symptoms that are associated with each chakra. In order to complete this map, however, we also need to look at ourselves as each a polarity of yin and yang, feminine and masculine characteristics.

For most people, their right side is their yang side, their will side, their acting or active side, and the left side is their yin side, their female side, their feeling or adaptive side. For people who were born left-handed, this polarity is reversed. Thus, for a right-handed person, their right leg can be described as their will leg, or their male leg, or the foundation of their will, but for a left-handed person, their left leg would be their male leg or will leg, and so on. Thus, we can talk about the will arm, or the will eye, or the will nostril, etc., and which side it is on will depend upon whether the person is right-handed or left-handed at birth.

Each of the chakras is energy vibrating at a certain frequency, in a logical and orderly sequence of seven vibrations. As we move up the scale, the elements become more and more subtle, moving through the five physical elements of earth, water, fire, air, and ether, to the spiritual elements of inner sound and inner light. The heaviest element is on the bottom, the lightest on the top. It is a logical and orderly sequence.

The colors of the spectrum also represent a series of seven vibrations in a logical and orderly sequence, as do the notes of the musical scale. Thus, we can put the heaviest vibrations or the longest wavelength on the bottom and the lightest on the top, and a particular color can be used to represent a chakra in its clear state, as can a particular musical note. Music played in a certain key vibrates a particular chakra, and we feel a particular way when we hear that music. Our relationship with a certain color says something about our relationship with the part of our consciousness that the color represents.

The Root Chakra is associated with the parts of our consciousness concerned with security, survival, or trust. For most people, this concerns the parts of their consciousness concerned with money, home, and job. When this chakra is in its clear state, the person is

able to feel secure, be present in the here and now, and be grounded. When there is tension in this chakra, it is experienced as insecurity or fear. When there is more tension, it is experienced as a threat to survival.

Parts of the body controlled by the sacral plexus and this chakra include the skeleton system, the legs, and the elimination system. Symptoms in these parts of the body represent, therefore, tensions at the level of the Root Chakra, and we therefore know that the person is seeing the world through a perceptual filter of insecurity or fear. The adrenal glands are also associated with this chakra.

If one leg is affected, we can see whether it is the male leg or the female leg, and thus whether it has something to do with trust in a male or trust in a female. We can also see it as having something to do with trust in the will, or the aspects of trust in the foundations the emotional being, related to what was happening in the persons life at the time the symptom developed.

The physical sense of smell, and therefore the organ of the sense of smell, the nose, is associated with the Root Chakra. Symptoms at the level of the nose or affecting the sense of smell reflect tensions at the level of the Root Chakra.

Each chakra is associated with an element. The Root Chakra is associated with the element of earth, and reflects something about the persons association with the earth, or how they feel about being on the earth, which we call Mother Earth. This chakra is also associated with our relationship with our mother. When someone experiences a sense of separation from their mother, or not feeling loved by their mother, they cut off their roots and experience symptoms of tensions at the level of the Root Chakra until they can again open to accept their mothers love.

When a child comes into the world in the traditional family structure, the mother provides the nourishment and the father provides the direction. Thus, in the childs relationship with its mother, it makes certain decisions about the way things are. The relationship with the mother thus becomes a model for the persons relationship with everything that represents security – money, home, and job.

The Root Chakra is associated with the color red.

The Abdominal Chakra is associated with the parts of our consciousness concerned with food and sex – the communication from the body to the person within it, about what the body wants or needs, and what it finds pleasurable. It also is related to what is happening in their consciousness about having children. When this chakra is in its clear state, the person is in touch with this communication, and listening to and responding appropriately to what the body wants and needs.

Parts of the body controlled by the lumbar plexus include the reproductive system and the abdomen, and the lumbar region of the back.

The sense of taste is associated with this chakra, as is the element of water. When someone does not have a clear relationship with water (swimming, for example, or being on a boat), this reflects their attitudes about the parts of their consciousness that this chakra represents.

Tensions on the will side or the emotional side of this chakra indicate tensions in the persons consciousness as conflicts between either the will or the emotions with what the persons body is asking for.

This chakra is associated with the sense of taste, and with appetite. It is also involved with the persons willingness to feel their emotions.

The second chakra is associated with the color orange.

The Solar Plexus Chakra is associated with the parts of our consciousness having to do with perceptions of power, control, or freedom. In its clear state, it represents ease of being, and comfort with what is real for ones self – being comfortable with who you are.

Parts of the body associated with this chakra include the organs closest to the solar plexus – stomach, gall bladder, spleen, liver, etc. – as well as the skin as a system, the muscular system as a system, and the face in general.

The physical sense associated with this chakra is the sense of sight. Anyone with impaired eyesight experiences tension at the level of their solar plexus chakra about the issues of power, control, or freedom. Nearsighted people also experience tensions at the level of the Root Chakra, and experience the world through a perceptual filter of fear or insecurity. Those who are farsighted experience tension also at the level of the throat chakra, and see the world through a perceptual filter of anger or guilt. Astigmatics see through the emotional perceptual filter of confusion.

The endocrine gland associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra is the pancreas. We can say that diabetics are keeping sweetness from themselves. When someone gets too close with sweetness, they feel threatened in their power to be who they are, and an emotion comes up to create a safe distance again. The emotion is anger. Diabetes is associated with suppressed anger.

The element associated with this chakra is fire, and the persons relationship with the sun says something about their relationship with the parts of their consciousness associated with the Solar Plexus Chakra.

The color of the Solar Plexus Chakra is yellow.

The Heart Chakra is associated with the parts of the consciousness concerned with relationships and our perceptions of love. The relationships we speak of here are with those people closest to our heart – partners, parents, siblings, children.

The parts of the body associated with this chakra include the heart and lungs, and the blood circulatory system as a system. This chakra is also associated with the thymus gland, which controls the immune system. When this is affected, as with AIDS, the persons lifestyle separates them from someone they love.

The physical sense associated with this chakra is the sense of touch, in its aspect of relating to the person inside the body. For example, a massage given to someone with no sensitivity to what the person is feeling inside would be an example of the sensation we associate with the Abdominal Chakra, but when the masseur seems to have a sense of what the person inside the body is experiencing, then it includes the aspect of relating we associate with the Heart Chakra. When someone experiences extreme sensitivity about being touched, we would ask what was happening at the level of the Heart Chakra.

This chakra is associated with the element of air. When someone has difficulty with air, with breathing (asthma, emphysema, tuberculosis, etc.), we say that their relationship with air reflects their relationship with love – difficulty letting it in, or letting it out, for example

The color associated with the Heart Chakra is emerald green.

The Throat Chakra is associated with the parts of the consciousness concerned with expressing and receiving. Expressing can be in the form of communicating what one wants and what one feels, or it can be artistic expression, as an artist painting, a dancer dancing, a musician playing music, using a form for expressing and bringing to the outside what was within. Expression is related to receiving, as, “Ask, and ye shall receive.”

The throat chakra is associated with abundance, and with the state of consciousness called, “grace,” where it seems that what you want for you is also what God wants for you. Accepting what the abundant universe offers you requires a sense of unconditionally receiving.

This chakra is also associated with listening to ones intuition, and flowing in a particular way where it seems that the Universe supports you in all that you do. It is the first level of consciousness from which one perceives another level of intelligence functioning, and ones interaction with this other level of intelligence.

Parts of the body associated with this chakra include the throat, shoulders, and arms and hands. and the thyroid gland.

The sense of hearing is associated with this chakra, and the element of ether, the most subtle physical element, corresponding to what we find in deep space. The ether is the crossover between the physical and the spiritual dimensions. Someone looking at the world through this chakra watches the manifestation of their goals. The Will Arm represents manifesting what you want, and the Feeling Arm represents manifesting what makes you happy. Hopefully, the two point to the same thing.

Sky Blue is the color associated with this chakra.

The Brow Chakra is associated with the parts of the consciousness concerned with the spiritual view, and the home of the Spirit, the Being within. This level of consciousness is associated with what western traditions call the unconscious or subconscious, the part of our consciousness that directs our actions and our life. From this level we are aware of the motivations behind our actions. We can watch our outer theater from an inner point of view.

This chakra is associated with the carotid plexus, and the nerves on each side of the face, and the pituitary gland. Headaches in the temples or center of the forehead are associated with tensions at this level. This chakra controls the entire endocrine system as a system, and the process of growth.

The Brow chakra, also known as the Third Eye, is associated with extra sensory perception (ESP), the set of all inner senses that correspond to the outer senses, which together comprise spirit-to-spirit communication. The element associated with this chakra is a vibration known as the Inner Sound, the sound that one hears in their ears that does not depend upon something in the physical world. Some consider it a pathological condition. In some of the eastern traditions the ability to hear this is considered a necessary prerequisite to further spiritual growth.

The color associated with this chakra is Indigo, midnight blue, the color of lapis lazuli, or the color of the night sky during a full moon.

The Crown Chakra is associated with the parts of the consciousness concerned with unity or separation, and just as the Root Chakra showed our connection with Mother Earth, this chakra shows our connection with Our Father, Which Art in Heaven. At first, it is associated with our connection with our biological father. This becomes the model for our relationship with authority, and this becomes the model for our relationship with God. When there is a sense of separation from our biological father, the person closes this chakra, and the effect on the consciousness is a sense of isolation and aloneness, being in a shell, and difficult to make contact with those outside the shell.

The person feels as if they are hiding from God, or hiding from themselves, not seeing what is true for them in the deepest part of their consciousness, the part we call the soul.

This chakra is also associated with a sense of direction.

The parts of the body controlled by this chakra are the pineal gland, the brain, and the entire nervous system as a system.

The color associated with the Crown Chakra is Violet, the color of amethyst.

Using The Map

When there is tension in a particular part of the body, this represents a tension in a particular part of the consciousness, about a particular part of the persons life. Being aware of these associations helps one to see the importance of resolving the tense issues in their life.

If it were only a question of doing what is necessary for the person to be happy, that would be reason enough to motivate the person to want to change something that doesnt work for them, but here, we see that it is also a matter of health. The issues that are unresolved in a persons life are, in fact, hazardous to their health.

When we see the correspondences between the consciousness and the body, we see the degree to which we each create our reality. In fact, those words begin to take on a new meaning. We see how everything begins in our consciousness and we are able to look around us at other aspects of our lives in the same way.

When we see how the body carries out the messages and deepest wishes of the Being within the body, we can realize that the process can go in more than one direction. If our consciousness is directing how we develop symptoms, it can also direct how we release these same symptoms. If our consciousness can make our body ill, our consciousness can make our body well.

The logical conclusion of this process is that anything can be healed.

http://www.healer.ch

Martin Brofman, PhD, created the Body Mirror System of Healing, and A Vision Workshop, as the result of his research into the body-mind connection, and from what he learned healing himself of terminal cancer in 1975. He has been working with and teaching these methods around the world since that time. He is the author of Anything Can Be Healed, and Improve Your Vision, both published by Findhorn Press. His self-help books have been translated into ten languages.

He is the founder and director of the Brofman Foundation for the Advancement of Healing, dedicated to promoting healing in the world, and coordinating the activities of the various instructors teaching his methods. He believes and works with the idea that we are all healers, and that anything can be healed.

healer@healer.ch

Your Assumptions About Job Descriptions Can Harm You

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:59:02 +0000

One of the worst things you can do is get in a “box” and this applies to job descriptions-or rather, what you assume someone else is capable of doing because of your misconceptions about their job description. Compounding this is the current thrust toward “niches.”

BROADEN YOUR THINKING: YOU MIGHT MISS SOMETHING

When I’m marketing for clients, I work in a quality network. The person I turn to for web design is Nancy Fenn (http://www.geocities.com/idesignwebpages). She is also an Intuition Coach (www.bemyguide.net). She refers clients to me for the overall marketing strategy and management, and I do the ezines. I refer my marketing clients back to her for web design because I don’t know anyone who does better work.

Recently, in working with one of Nancy’s referrals, we talked about how excellent Nancy was at web design, and the client, who had initially gone to Nancy for personal life coaching, said to me, “Nancy has many hidden talents.”

Nails on the blackboard here!

IS THIS A HIDDEN TALENT: YOU BE THE JUDGE

Here’s an example of Nancy’s work: http://www.thecoachingmuse.com. I don’t see anything “hidden” about Nancy’s web design talents, do you?

If you can’t see the thread that would make someone both an excellent coach and an excellent web designer, I can supply it, but I want you to realize it’s always there.

Most people who are entrepreneurs are multi-talented. Be willing to accept this and make use of it. Corporations and businesses ‘pigeonhole’ people. A person working on their own is free to soar, and most do!

THE THREAD, THE CONNECTION

The thread is Nancy’s intuition. This allows her to coach well, and also to ‘get’ the person and put this across on the Internet which is, after all, the essence of branding.

We have been trained to make fun of “the bait shop and beauty shop” approach. Why, I don’t know, but it’s time to let it go and move on.

For many years here in San Antonio there was a store that sold firearms and liquor-scary thought, isn’t it? However it’s a natural connection and the store did well. Furthermore, it sat in our premier shopping center, right beside the designer clothing store. (Now where might you park your husband while you buy your $500 dress?)

You see the “bait shop and beauty parlor” in small towns. Small towns are close to the people who live in them. Our big chains are finally getting in to this concept – why should you NOT be able to do the family

grocery shopping when you’re out looking for a new set of sheets or a dress for your daughter? What took so long?

Why should your personal life coach NOT be able to design a web site for you? Why shouldn’t your attorney also design and sell needlepoint? Why shouldn’t your cosmetic surgeon be an artist as well? More importantly, why would you consider something else a person does well “a hidden talent.”

Many of us who are in search of a balanced and meaningful life enjoy developing multiple talents.

KEEP YOUR MIND OPEN

Don’t automatically ’shut down’ when the man who comes to paint your house tells you you need a product to make your practice grow and then tells you what it is. It happened to me because I was willing to listen. Tony the Painter gave me the idea for my Don’t Die at 50 Weekly Organizational Calendar

Word Of Mouth Marketing Examples (Part Three)

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:56:07 +0000

In Part Three of this word of mouth marketing series of articlesIve included some down to earth examples of techniques used byordinary businesses to get extraordinary results.

Use local media to talk up your events The UK 2005 Farm Marketof the Year can be found in the village of Orton in Cumbria. Allthe produce sold at this accredited farmers market is from a50-mile radius. And up to 45 local farmers, growers andproducers share their fresh produce and their knowledge withcustomers on the second Saturday of each month come rain, hailor shine.

At least thats the promise.

On 8th of January 2005 they werent able to live up to thatpromise. The north west of England was hit by storms andsuffered severe flooding. Market manager, Jane Brook, turnedthis negative into a positive by sending a news release to herlocal paper titled “Weve Broken Our Promise”. And this was theheadline that the paper picked up, going on to emphasise thepoints Jane made about all stalls being set up prior to 9.30amand there right up to the 2.30pm closing time, with informationon the special events and happenings at the next monthly market.A newsworthy angle that got people talking and helped bring themback to the markets. Check out www.ortonfarmers.co.uk. Its animpressive site with lots of examples of how they build customerrelationships.

More lessons from the farm Following the constant doom and gloomreporting about foot and mouth disease, the British public wereextremely cautious about going near farms. In fact, they thoughtthey were endangering farmers livelihoods by going anywherenear their livestock.

Richard Simkin at Essington Fruit Farm, a thriving Farm Shop andcaf

Wooden Batik Painting at Glance

admin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:55:06 +0000

Wooden Batik Painting is an integration of craftsmanship and the art of batikking on wooden media. This kind of Indonesia handicraft highly valued Batik used to be applied on cloth. Then, in its development, the heredited Javanese work of art manually created by traditional batikkers has been stamped out by batik printing. Out of the expansion of the high technology are we competing with the wild growth of batik printing technology. This protective pursuit for the originality of this art has been reincarnated on the wooden batik. The innovative craft is 80 % handmade. Its traditional touch has fascinated both domestic and foreign people.

Whats Special with Wooden Batik Painting?

The quality is already tested in the export markets. American, Spanish, and Japanese buyers have been putting regular orders for four years.

The uniqueness of ethnic nuances in which each motif carries the meaning & the philosophy of the natural balance originated from the ancient culture of the javanese society.

Genuine hand making by

the skillful Javanese Batikkers well-known for their fine & careful performance of artistic works.

Exclusive processing & colouring. The typical colours getting deeply through the pores make it last very long & harmless to the human being.

Flexible batikking which gives almost no limit of sizes, shapes, and functions.

Some funcions are applicable for this kind of Indonesia handicraft, like bowl, cup, tray, animal, java mask, album frame, wall decorative, coaster, wooden carving, etc. For more samples you could see on http://www.jogjavacraft.com/bowl.php

About The Author

Suraja Manik

Im an enterpreneur of handicraf, been expatriated my self to Indonesia country, land of beautiful and awesome art and craft Ive ever seen.

And now I represented my self as native for Indonesia handicrafts.. more and more to show to you..