Third Eye Meditation

Many people, in particular teenagers and college students, are interested in third eye meditation. What is third eye meditation? How do you practice it?

The practice of third eye meditation is very easy to understand. On your forehead, above your nose and in between your eyebrows, is a spot which is often called the "third eye." In third eye meditation, you concentrate on that spot with concentrated visualization. The purpose is to bring chi or prana to a dormant chakra, or energy center, which is located right at that spot. When it opens we say that you have tentatively succeeded at third eye meditation.

The visualization that you perform on this spot is usually a picture of a little diamond, silver flame, white moon, a Sanskrit letter, a Hebrew letter, a Buddha, or some other auspicious silverish or bright white figure. The principle is that when you concentrate on a region inside or outside of your body, the chi energies of your body will tend to go to that point. Because the chi or natal energy of your body goes to a particular point, it will mass in that region and when it masses, it will open up the chi channels and chakras in that area because of the friction.

Let's take another example that you can easily understand. You can visualize any of the bones in your body by imagining the shape of the bone and that its color is bright white. In time, with continued practice you will send the chi or energy of your body to the bone. This will often cause the bone to seem to glow inside your mind. By sending energy to a bone in this way, you can also banish sickness and pain. If you suffer from arthritis, this often improves the pain in a bad area. All you have to do in your visualization practice is concentrate on a region inside the body and thereby send the body physical energy to a mass at that point.

When it comes to the region of the third eye you are performing the very same function. But why should you do this at the region of the third eye? That's because the third eye is the location of a chakra in the body called the two-petalled "Ajna" charka. This is a major upper termination point of the chi channels (acupuncture meridians) in the body that stretch all the way from the perineum up your back and to the front of your head. When you concentrate on that point because of the visualization, you will tend to send the chi to that area which will in turn help to open up the chakra in that region.

It is very easy for people to develop slight psychic abilities from doing the technique. In Anthroposophy, for instance, people often visualize the stages of germination of seeds at this point in order to help open up the chakra. In Tibetan Buddhism, many people are advised to visualize a bright image at this point, within their throat, behind the breastbone and in their bellies. Many spiritual schools have similar visualization teachings to open up chakras.

However some people who do this visualization never experience any psychic effects whatsoever. The reason is because in order to power the Ajna chakra of the third eye, the chi energy (known as prana in Indian yoga) from the lower regions of the body has to ascend upward. If all the chi channels stretching from below to above are blocked or obstructed, which is normally the case, then very little energy will ever reach the third eye no matter how much visualization practice you do. You have to practice a long time to first open up these other channels as well. That's why only advanced meditators who have practiced meditation for years, and whose chi channels or acupuncture meridians are thereby somewhat cleansed because of the prior practices, experience any of the psychic abilities that are often reported to occur from this practice.

The reason that you practice this method, however, is not to develop psychic abilities. The main reason you want to practice it so that your chi from down below will enter the region of the head and help quiet your mind so that you can enter an advanced meditative state called samadhi. That's why this technique is often practiced in Taoism and in yoga. But it's also practice in Esoteric Buddhism, western alchemy, and Sufism. The purpose is not so that you develop psychic abilities so that you can see spirits and ghosts and other beings made of Chi, but so that you can learn one-pointed concentration and let go of your view of being a body. Concentrating on the Third eye through meditation is just another way of trying to bring about this spiritual result and enter the real spiritual path.

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The Writer's Affirmation

All beginning writers dream of someday being published. It's the ultimate affirmation that says, "My work is good; I was right to believe in it!" However, many good writers give up too soon.

Did you know that J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected 10 times before finally being accepted by a publisher? Canfield and Hansen's Chicken Soup for the Soul was rejected (according to Canfield) more than 130 times before being picked up by a small Florida publisher, and we all know what happened after that! Dr. Seuss's first book, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was rejected by 27 publishing houses, and Seuss (Theodor Geisel) considered burning the manuscript. Fortunately, he didn't. Jane Austen's first novel, First Impressions, was rejected in 1797. She revised and retitled it (Pride and Prejudice) and finally sold it to a publisher who printed it in 1813.

If you've tried and tried, and don't want to wait 16 years, as Jane Austen did, self-publishing is a viable alternative. Many famous authors self-published their first books, including Tom Clancy, Zane Grey, D.H. Lawrence, Mark Twain, and Richard Nixon. Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, was a self-publisher.

Does "self-publishing" mean that an author writes, designs, prints, and promotes his book all by himself? No, of course not. It means that the author pays a publisher to design and print his book. He writes it and must promote it himself, sometimes with the help of a "promotion package," which he can purchase from the publisher. Self-publishing is often, but not always, a last resort for authors who have had numerous rejections from publishers who pay royalties. These authors believe their work is worthy of publication.

Vicki Lansky submitted Feed Me! I'm Yours to 49 publishers who turned it down. So she self-published it and sold 300,000 comb-bound copies. Bantam Publishing-attracted by success-then bought the paperback rights and sold another 500,000 books! That book was worthy, and the author knew it.

Karen E. Quinones Miller wrote Satin Doll, a book that was rejected by publishers 35 times. Quinones Miller decided to self-publish her book because she was convinced it was good. Through smart marketing and promotion, she personally sold 28,000 copies. That attracted Simon & Schuster Publishers, who then bought the rights - for six figures! - and republished it. Following that, Quinones Miller wrote four more novels for Simon & Schuster, all best-sellers.

M.J. Rose self-published her first novel, Lip Service, in 1998 after many rejections. She knew she was a good writer. Ten years later she is the celebrated author of 10 novels, including the acclaimed The Reincarnationist and, more recently, The Memorist.

When faced with multiple rejections, self-publishing can be an effective and satisfying option; and, as in the cases of Lansky, Quinones Miller, and Rose, an in-your-face affirmation! Don't give up.

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Article Marketing Traffic Takes Persistence

In order to effectively get the benefits by article marketing you need to have a lot of articles. The only way to have a lot of articles is to write a lot, and have persistence writing articles.

You have to have persistence in anything that you want to do in order to be successful. Imagine trying to learn how to drive a car. You get into the car for a test drive once, and never drive again. You will never become a good driver this way.

Just like you will never get the consistent traffic you desire with article marketing if you only write a few articles a month. Article marketing should be the life blood of your business.

Meaning you should write articles everyday. No other form of traffic generation is better at establishing your reputation and getting your business consistent traffic then through articles.

On the web content is king. Meaning your articles will be your front door to your business. It'll be the first things people read when they are introduced to your business. Because EzineArticle directories have a high Google pagerank and authority, your articles will show up on top amongst the search engine results pages.

Imagine being the top one or two slots for your particular business niche term. You will get loads of traffic and the authority that comes with being an expert article writing with EzineArticles.

The only way to attain this "expert status" and insure constant stream of website visitors is to constantly write and submit your articles.

Eventually your articles will give your website so much authority and back-links that your website will be the one on top of the Google search engine result pages. Ensuring your spot in your niche, providing constant visitors and will make you tons of sales.

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What it Takes to Become a Freelance Medical Writer

Freelance medical writing is a career that requires lots of studies and mastery. Like any other freelance article writers, a freelance medical writer should be resourceful, hardworking and creative. Famous freelance medical writers have gone through every hardship in writing for delivering quality articles to the readers. There are many terms to know, advice that need to be accurate and new medical applications to study.

What is the price that has to be paid for becoming a freelance medical writer? "Health is wealth", this is what we all know. Yes, this is true and will always be true. Medical articles are very important to everyone. For someone who is very concerned about his or her medical condition or someone who wants to be informed about any other field related to medicine. As a freelance medical writer you have to provide latest and accurate information to your readers.

There is a lot of research and work behind every health and medicine related article. Being a freelance medical writer can be hard, but this is the path chosen by many because it is one of the highest paying job in today`s world. Writing articles can be easy, but putting your heart to your articles like freelance medical writers do is incomparable. Medical writers should have solid foundation and experience because one wrong advice on the article can cause someone`s life.

It is a good idea to join some courses before you start your freelance writer career. There are many online courses available all over the internet.

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Omnibus of Science Fiction

Forty-some years ago my uncle gave me a science fiction anthology, a thick red hardback that I read from cover to cover. It inspired a life long love of the genre. The stories in that book made me think outside the box. They filled me with awe for the imagination it took to write them and sometimes they scared the hell out of me. That book remained in my collection for many years. At some point it disappeared, but not from my memory. Recently I had a desire to read it again and thanks to Alibris.com I was able to purchase a used copy.

The title is OMNIBUS OF SCIENCE FICTION, edited by Groff Conklin, a well-known and prolific editor of the genre. It was published in 1952, the Golden Age of Science Fiction. It's a hefty tome, 562 pages, with 43 stories divided into sections relating to a common theme. Some stories are fun, some are thought-provoking and some are adventurous. I love them all.

Part I. Wonders of Earth and of Man

Katherine MacLean's "And be Merry" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in February, 1950. When her husband takes off on an archeology trip, a biologist does rejuvenation experiments on herself. Believing she'll be immortal if she can avoid accidental death, she becomes afraid to live. Her husband realizes he must convince her she's dying in order to get her to live again, and he tells her she has a slow growing tumor that is inoperable.

Other stories in this section are:

"John Thomas's Cube" by John Leimert

"Hyperpilosity" by L. Sprague de Camp

"The Thing in the Woods" by Fletcher Pratt & B.F. Ruby

"The Bees from Borneo" by Will H. Gray

"The Rag Thing" by David Grinnell

"The Conqueror" by Mark Clifton

Part II. Inventions, Dangerous and Otherwise

The intriguing short story, "A Subway Named Mobius," by A.J. Deutsch was published in Astounding Science Fiction in December, 1950. The Boston Subway Authority builds an addition to the subway system and a train disappears with three hundred passengers. The closed system became so interconnected and complex that it turned into a Mobius strip, that continuous loop with one side made famous by M.C. Escher.

Other stories in this section are:

"Never Underestimate ..." by Theodore Sturgeon

"The Doorbell" by David H. Keller

"Backfire" by Ross Rocklynne

"The Box" by James Blish

"Zeritsky's Law" by Ann Griffith

"The Fourth Dynasty" by R.R. Winterbotham

Part III. From Outer Space

In "The Colour Out of Space" By H.P. Lovecraft a surveyor discovers an abandoned farm with an old well at the center. The land is devoid of life and he inquires about the name - the blasted heath. An old hermit tells him the story. In the 1880's the farm was productive until a meteorite of indescribable color crashed beside the well. After hearing the terrifying circumstances that befell the farmer and his family the surveyor ends by saying he won't be coming back and wouldn't recommend drinking the water.

Other stories in this section are:

"The Head Hunters" by Ralph Williams

"The Star Dummy" by Anthony Boucher

"Catch That Martian" by Damon Knight

"Shipshape Home" by Richard Matheson

"Homo Sol" by Isaac Asimov

Part IV. Far Traveling

"Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury is a heart-breaking tale of astronauts drifting through space after their ship is destroyed. They have contact with each other but no hope of being rescued. One man laments the fact he has accomplished nothing worthwhile but as his life ends he becomes a shooting star visible to a child on earth.

Other stories in this section are:

"Alexander the Bait" by William Tenn

"Nothing Happens on the Moon" by Paul Ernst

"Trigger Tide" by Wyman Guin

"Plague" by Murray Leinster

"Winner Lose All" by Jack Vance

"Test Piece" by Eric Frank Russell

"Environment" by Chester S. Geier

Part V. Adventures in Dimension

"Spectator Sport" by John D. MacDonald was first published in Thrilling Wonder Stories in February 1950. A man travels into the future and discovers nothing much has changed. Shortly after he left someone invented virtual reality and the entire population is permanently wired into it.

Other stories in this section are:

"High Threshold" by Alan E. Nourse

"Recruiting Station" by A.E. van Vogt

"A Stone and a Spear" by Raymond F. Jones

"What You Need" by Lewis Padgett

"The Choice" by W. Hilton-Young

Part VI. Worlds of Tomorrow

"History Lesson" by Arthur C. Clarke was first published in 1949. In the future a final ice age looms. A tribe of nomadic humans travels toward the equator but gets caught between two advancing glaciers. They hide a few 21st century relics in a cairn. Five thousand years later Venusian reptiles travel to Earth and recover the relics. They try to learn about life on the Third Planet - by analyzing a cartoon film reel

Other stories in this section are:

"The War Against the Moon" by Andre Maurois

"Pleasant Dreams" by Ralph Robin

"Manners of the Age" by H.B. Fyfe

"The Weapon" by Fredric Brown

"The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London

"Heritage" by Robert Abernathy

"Instinct" by Lester del Rey

"Counter Charm" by Peter Phillips

Omnibus Of Science Fiction

Groff Conklin

Publisher: Crown Publishers 1952

Pages: 562

ASIN: B000NZ56FQ

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Creating the Perfect Online Writer's Work Station

Online writers do not have it as easy as their newspaper, magazine and book author counterparts. Indeed, most online writers are not paid much for their creative work or non-fiction articles. It's not because online writers have been pushed down and there is no conspiracy there, it's just that there is a supply and demand dynamic at play. Too many writers and not enough folks willing to pay for what they write.

The other day I was discussing this with a friend and we both agreed that the answer is efficiency. True enough and this led me to re-consider the importance of the perfect writing work station to remain at a peak of efficiency and productivity in writing. So, what if we could design the perfect work station for the online writer? What would it be like?

When everything is within reach, you do not waste motion or time; total efficiency. Now as I write this I am considering that a "C" shaped table might be an idea for me. Where I am sitting inside the "C" with the top of the "C" being the full table and all my reference stuff around me, as that would be an even better set-up than I have now. I believe that every writer that wishes to make it online needs to pay special attention to their workstation and its' efficiency.

And let's not forget sustenance. So much time is wasted when employees in corporation get up from their cubical to go get coffee or snacks. With this in mind, on the larger table alongside my laptop, I place any food, lunch, or snacks, along with something to drink. The key is efficiency and thus, writers should not neglect the need for a viable and productive workspace. Think on this.

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Can You Turn Your Skills As a Voracious Reader Into Those of an Excellent EBook Writer

Have you ever read a novel and then thought that the story could have been better developed or that a certain change of events in the story would have made for a much better ending? Well, obviously you have if you read as much as I do, but have you ever considered that you could have written the novel better yourself? So many folks are voracious readers and many read 2-3 books a week and yet they never contribute one work to the rest of humanity.

Why wait? Why put off writing that book? Why, let all the other authors you read have all the fun? Indeed, after you read enough books you'll notice that you can think through a book and all the possibilities as well or even better than the writer? So, shouldn't you turn the tables and write a book of your own? It may not be as hard as you think. In fact, these days just about anyone can write a book and put it online for free. No need to get a publisher or a literary agent.

Yes, it is true that you will not make any money for it or you will make very little, but most authors do not make any money anyway, the ones who eventually do, certainly did not get rich off their first book that is extremely rare, like winning the lottery rare. Why not start now and write an eBook?

Certainly by now after all that reading you have considered a story that you would like to write? Now is the time, why not make it happen? Why not put together an outline and come up with a really cool title and maybe make a couple of chapters? I hereby dare you to go for it! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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How To Derive Your Own Writing Style

The ultimate goal of writing is to make others understanding what you write. In order to communicate better through your writing, you need to be an expert in structuring the sentences and using proper words at the right time in the right proportion. In other words, as a professional writer you should have your own style of communication.

Your Own Style The word power gives you more power in deriving a style of your own. The readability of an article or letter is greatly dependent on the proper and powerful words we use and the structuring of the sentences. Concentrate on how to produce quality stuff with less word count rather than a lengthy article, which lacks consistency. Structural beauty is very important as far as a difficult subject is concerned.

Planning Your Writing You need to plan your article before starts writing. A well-planned Article will fetch more attention from the readers. The planning of course should consider the target readers, their knowledge about the subject etc. A well-planned article will fetch more readers than an unplanned one.

Winning Your Reader A Professional writer concentrates on creating a real interest in his article from the beginning itself. In other words, he prepares the reader to understand the core content he is going read. Instead of telling everything right away, a professional writer takes time to mould reader's mind before he dwells into the subject. So, the introduction of an Article or letter is very important. It should be able to really generate interest which will guide the reader to the end of the article.

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Content Marketing - Five Strategies For Creating Effective Content Offers

It's Marketing 101. The easiest way to get your prospects to opt-in to your e-mail list, take your survey or respond to your direct mail is by creating a valuable information product they can't resist and giving it away for free. But while the concept is a basic one, marketers often find themselves at a loss when the time comes to create a concept for their information offer.

Not to fear. Here are five simple formulas for creating special reports your prospects will want to get their hands on.

Top 10 Mistakes

Pain avoidance is a powerful motivator, and that's why this report formula works so well. On the report's first page, list the "Top 10 Mistakes" your prospects make. For example, a direct mail firm's report would be the titled The Top 10 Direct Mail Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. On the following 10 pages, describe each mistake in more detail and tell your prospects how to avoid it.

101 Secrets to Success

It may be easy for your prospects to ignore just one secret for success, but ignoring a whopping 101 secrets is a lot harder. This report is easier to create then it sounds. Simply ask your writer to contact 101 different people: these can be both people within your company and outside subject matter experts (authors, bloggers, professors and the like). Have each contact contribute their "secret for success" in a few short sentences. These 'secrets' are then edited for clarity and presented in the form of quotes.

Complete Checklist

Organizing is tough, and isn't it nice when someone does it for you? That's the power of the "Complete Checklist" report. First, think of what your prospects are trying to accomplish. Then, create a checklist describing each step needed to achieve this goal, breaking it down into smaller lists as necessary. For example, a lawn care company's report would be titled The Complete Lawn Care Checklist for a Beautiful Lawn, and could include separate checklists for things like selecting a lawn care provider, choosing a mower and maintaining a weed-free lawn.

"Principles Of" Report

This type of report works best when you have a complicated subject or product, or have recently experienced a new development in your industry. It fulfills your prospect's desire to be up-to-date on industry trends.

For example, a caveman consulting firm helps their cave-dwelling prospects make axes more efficiently. One day, along comes the assembly line. The consulting firm could create the report The 10 Principles of Assembly-Line Ax-Making. It would list the key principles of this new technology and explain the value of each principle to the prospect.

Questions Answered

One of the easiest ways to understand what your prospects want to know is by looking at the questions they're asking. For a "Questions Answered" report, simply compile a list of the questions you've received on a topic and answer them. To save time and effort, ask your writer interview the thought leader at your organization. Then, send the interview to a transcription service and have the writer edit the transcript for clarity. For example, a golf school could create a report called Your Most Urgent Golf Swing Questions: Answered.

With the help of a freelance copywriter, you can easily and inexpensively create any of these reports. Then, simply offer the report to your prospects for free in your next e-mail or direct mail message, and wait for the responses to come rolling in.

Megan Tsai is a professional copywriter and journalist. She writes custom content -- including special reports, white papers and case studies -- for companies and advertising agencies across the country.

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