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sporting events, on the radio, and even on television. In fact, advertisers are a key component because they are the ones who come up with catch phrases, in McDonald 's case, "I 'm lovin it" which is embedded in our minds whether we have or haven 't previously been at their fast food establishment. Consequently, now this is a common catch phrase used at any time and anywhere, these three simple words now represent McDonalds as a whole. A point often overlooked is how advertisers are…

The Moore name was hard to live up too, they were well known as well as loved but Charlie the last generation of the men was the son his family never wanted. Charlie Moore’s father passed away about five years ago during his senior year of high school, leaving him with all the money in the world, his family's million dollar hotel, and some broken dreams for his future. He did not see the purpose of all the money, nor did he want to live the high life that they all did. It was not ideal in his…

My wife and I, like most other people living in America, received a knock on our door by some Jehovah’s Witnesses. They had their material at “the ready” and started, as they often do, asking us about “paradise earth”. I invited them into our home. At the end of the discussion, we arranged a time for a follow-up visit. On their second visit, my wife and I were prepared with coffee (yes, they do drink coffee) and snacks. I also had some time to brush up on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs. The…

A sudden Nostalgia in a Yoga class. We, human beings, tend to build intimate and emotional connections towards various things we encounter or have and places that we visit. If, ever, our relationships with these things or places come to an end; we may well mourn their absence or go through an experience of remembrance. This emotional an existential remembrance could include the past; our past experiences, incidents we got through, actions, places we have been to and people we met. Despite the…

The Bhagavad-Gita is a rather small section in the overall massive text of the Mahabharata. However, the size of this passage had no effect on its ability to influence. The likes of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Annie Besant, and Mohandas K. Gandhi were all inspired or influenced by this text. The Bhagavad-Gita wouldn’t be the inspiring text is it today if it hadn’t been influenced by many other religious texts that came before it. The Bhagavad-Gita takes ideas from other religious…

oga originated in India and has the purpose of stimulating both spiritual growth, mental wellbeing and physical health. Yoga contains many exercise programs, of which physical exercises, or hathayoga, is one. In the following the basic principles of hathayoga are outlined. An important part of physical yoga is the breathing exercises, or pranayama. This part is in many ways the most fundamental, because the basic type of breathing is also a part of the yoga postures - the asanas. The postures…

The role of a kahuna in the Hawaiian culture takes on the responsibility of keeping a balance between the people and the nation. In doing so, they apply their field of expertise towards assisting the aliʻi and the makaʻāinana. In ancient Hawai’i, there were many different types of kāhuna that had a skill set that contributed or benefited the community. In this paper I will discuss the different ways a kahuna achieves this type of balance within the lāhui. These kuleana include advising the aliʻi…

The different types of Hindu yoga are Hatha yoga, Jnana yoga, Karma yoga, Bhakti yoga, and Raja yoga. Hatha yoga is the basic yoga that has become popular in the western culture. This type of yoga requires no prior knowledge or experience because this yoga is the base for all the other yoga. Hatha yoga goal is to release psychi energy to allow free energy circulation. This involved you to hold your posture, do stretching exercise, and breathing exercises to stay focus and relax. The next yoga is…

Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi together comprise meditation in Yoga. Dharana or concentration is the first step in yogic meditation. Dharana is focusing the mind on one object. Patanjali allows you to choose any object whatsoever. The only condition is that you must be favorably inclined towards the object. The entire effort in the dharana is to keep distractions at bay. Given the nature of the human mind, except for the object chosen everything comes in the mind or again and again the mind is…

with good friends and enjoy good health. You look at them and you think...they look well...and you wonder what is their secret. How do they look so vital? Especially when you know they are unemployed, in debt or going through a distressing emotional phrase. The Secret Of Wealth Taking the stance that Health is Wealth, what can you do to attract wealth? What tools, tips and techniques are out there to help you attract and support your health? From personal experience, meditation is one of the…