In this blog I want to introduce you to the magnificence of your ears! Yes that’s right, your ears! To be precise to auriculotherapy or auricular therapy or simply ear reflexology! If this term is new to you, I am sure you are familiar with foot reflexology, a Chinese healing method to heal the body by massaging the feet. Well auricular therapy is just another healing method of massaging the ears that has been kept alive over the past centuries by the wise Chinese.

With your ears you have a self-care technique that you can use at any time any where to relieve yourself of pain, stress, insomnia, high blood pressure, diabetes, alcohol and drug addictions, excess weight, headaches, backaches and many more ailments.  Each reflex point on the outer ear affects a specific organ or system in your body. Stimulate any particular point on your outer ear with your fingertips and the body itself takes over and begins to correct the problem.

This is how it works. As you apply pressure on a point on your outer ear, your outer ear sends a message to the brain. The brain then transmits an order to the body to flood the system with pain killing bio chemicals such as endorphins and enkephalins. The moment high levels of these bio chemicals are introduced in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid, the body kills the pain spontaneously. You’ll have no need for any drug-based painkillers. All you need is the knowledge of which points to press and how to stimulate those points. A professional can help with this treatment with acupuncture needles. But the good news is that home treatment with your finger-tips is just as effective.

Imagine you have a smoking habit and you wish to get rid of it. If you apply pressure with your finger-tips, or apply pressure with a blunt point of something like a match stick, on the nicotine point it tricks the body into thinking it is receiving nicotine when it actually is not. That’s because the stimulation induces the production of endorphins. The endorphins lock in to the specific neuro-receptors that nicotine binds to thereby causing the body to think it is ingesting nicotine. Stress related health problems could disappear if you learn to stimulate the Shen Men point on your outer ear. You just have to know where that Shen Men point is exactly. Contrary to traditional acupuncture which works on the energy meridians of the body, auricular therapy is based on nerve connections which allows for localized treatment for the organs or systems involved. It works because the stimulation of the ear’s reflex points improves the flow of energy within the body, which removes blockages to restore balance and health.

Every part of your body can be accessed through points on your outer ear.  The outer portion of the ear is a mirror image of in inverted human fetus, the head of the fetus is near the lower lobe of the ear and the feet towards the top, i.e. the ear is a microcosmic representation of the entire body.

If I have managed to raise your curiosity perhaps you’ll wonder why I’m not giving you the details of the points. Truth is it’s too much information for this blog and too complicated, besides it is easy to find all the details and diagrams you need of which point is for what organ etc. on the web. Search for auricular therapy, or auriculotherapy on google and as usual you’ll get a whole lot of websites. Find one that resonates with you and that you can understand. In the meantime, guess what? You can just massage your ears with your thumbs and index fingers while watching TV or just taking a break during work at your desk. Press your ear lobes and all around the rim then move to the inside and just reach about every part of your ear that you can with your finger-tips. Press and pinch hard until you feel your ears getting hot!  Do that vigorously for a few minutes and see how you feel. Do check out the websites for the pressure points and print these images out to remind you to use this amazingly easy self healing method.

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

Now I’d like to share with you my latest news about one of my projects! My Radio Show Host Project!

As of 17^th April 2012 I shall be hosting a radio show! Yes you can hear me on line every Tuesday.

1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of the month LIVE and the other Tuesdays repeats.

You can log in to the website http://www.A2Zen.fm and click on the LISTEN button. Simple. You can even join the chat room and interact with me when I’m on LIVE.

The show will be on at these times on Tuesdays.

Switzerland 20:00hrs / London 19:00 hrs / New York 14:00 hrs / Los Angeles 11:00 hrs.

For other parts of the world please check this website which I find very easy to follow.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html?sort=1

The shows will be recorded and can be heard on the archives of www.A2Zen.fm any time.

I’m excited. This is my first attempt at a radio show. The topics will cover Conscious Evolution, the 6^th and 7^th Spiritual Senses, the Intuition and the Abstract mind, Energy, Vibration, Ego, Depression, Emotions, the brain,  and much more. I will also have guests on my show.

On Tuesday 10^th April 2012 Holly Hall will be interviewing me LIVE to introduce me to the A2Zen audience!

A2Zen.fm the radio show for self-help and self-development, fun, young, inspirational and entertaining heard by thousands  worldwide.

I woke up early this morning to meditate looking forward to that feeling of non being, longing to be in that space of nothingness, not feeling my body, where ‘me’ is no more. It’s bliss. It’s connecting with the Divine. I remember times many years ago when I did this intensely, every single early morning for hours, and all I wanted was to stay there and never come back to reality where I was overwhelmed with so many problems at the time, with no idea how to solved them. But come back I did to reality, and eventually my problems were solved one way or another, and here I am twenty years later with many ups and downs, stronger than ever, doing just fine.

Half an hour later, which had gone by like one minute, I opened my eyes and with no particular thought in mind finding myself reaching out to the bookcase to pull out one of my journals that I have been keeping up since two decades. I hadn’t looked at this particular one since two decades. So why did I just do that? I don’t know I just followed an inner urge. Then as I read the first page, I thought this is what my February 2012 blog entry is going to be about.

The journal entry began with a quote from Sufism. I was spending time in a Sufi Center and was immersed in readings of the Sufis at the time. This is what I read.

Quote

Siqili said in his book ‘The Light of the Heart is the Gifted Knowledge’

‘Everyone who believes in this knowledge is from the Elite. And everyone who understands it is from the Elite of the Elite. And anyone who expresses it or talks about it, is the star that cannot be reached and the sea that cannot be left.’

The next entry in my journal was this:

‘Time is a sword. If you don’t cut it, it cuts you.’

‘If you do not occupy yourself with good deeds, it will occupy you with bad deeds.’

‘Sufi=Fusion – to know Sufism is not to sketch certain ideas but to incarnate Sufism – the experimental science of fusing object and subject. Fusing human with the divine.’

Then I had entered the following into my journal:

IBN ARABI

‘The movement of all existence is to circulate, it returns where it begins.’

‘The dignity of man cannot be overrated in Ibn Arabi’s view.’

‘Man is the highest and most venerable creature God ever created. He should be guarded and honoured, for he who takes care of Man takes care of God.’

‘The perfect man is the preserver and maintainer of the universe.’

‘If reason and intuition should conflict, the former should always be sacrificed to the latter. Reason should not attempt to interpret divine knowledge nor to interfere with it.’

‘The esoteric knowledge is ineffable. It cannot be known except by immediate experience.’

‘Plotinus said: The vision is there for him who wants to see it.’

‘Ibn Arabi said: The human heart is the instrument through which esoteric knowledge is transmitted. Not the physical heart but the spirit. Not the intellect. Like the inward eye it is intelligence.’

And here’s another interesting entry.

About the food we eat.

The secret is, what we eat should go to the supra psyche in us and not to feed the lower psyche which keeps us earth bound. One should never eat to full stomach and fast as much as possible.

End quote

Wise thoughts! Why was this so significant for me? Because all the above has everything to do with the subject of a book that I am working on right now!  You see, the last thing I did before falling off to sleep was to ask my Guardian Spirits to give me insight and inspiration to complete my book in line with divine knowledge.  Need I explain more?

After my meditation and journal reading, I had an inner urge to go to my PC and the first thing I saw was an email with a video attachment that was so uplifting that I have to share it with you too. I subscribe to Lilou Juicy Living who travels around interviewing interesting people all over the world. Here’s the link to Lilou interviewing a Gi Gong Master Mingtong from Chi Center in California. The link is on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NysjelJSas&feature=related

The website of the Chi Center is

http://www.chicenter.com

It’s about how one can heal cancer tumours completely through sound. I love Mingtong’s energy, so full of joy and laughter, how he explains energy and choices and spontaneous awakening. The interview is inspiring. You leave it with a smile on your face. For me it was a good beginning for the day.

I’d also like to share with you news about two exceptional author friends of mine who live across the world about two completely different topics, but both dealing with consciousness awareness. Two very inspiring women.

Sheryl Mae Maia Cox

Sheryl is the mother of no less than eight children. She lives with her author/coach husband and children in the US. Isn’t it amazing that she finds the time to be creative and to write books in addition to being a very busy, warm, loving Mom, wife, and artist.

The title of Sheryl’s delightful book is ‘Beings & Doings’

Although this book is for kids the message needs to be heard by all adults.

The message is about honouring humanity, feeling at one with the all, and where everyone enjoys the same opportunities to be creative and successful in fulfilling their life’s calling here and now on earth.

Visit Sheryl’s website

http://www.beingsanddoings.com

If you order the book today, you can help yourself to a number of bonus gifts from professionals in the field of self-development. Sheryl is celebrating her birthday today and is offering you many free self help gifts which can all be downloaded on line. This colourful illustrated book makes a lovely gift to buy for your friends with kids.

Kerri Yarsley

Another amazing woman is Kerri, the mother of four children and an author. Kerri lives with her husband and four children in Australia.

The title of Kerri’s book is ‘The Instruction Manual for Kids.’ A long awaited book from a mom with hands-on experience. The book is filled with useful and light-hearted tips of the joys and challenges of raising kids. It is meant to empower parents and to give them confidence in their intuition. A mother of four kids should know and I salute Kerri who has found the time to share her knowledge and experiences with other moms.

Visit Kerri’s website

http://www.instructionmanual4kids.com

Both of the above books are available from amazon.com as well.

If anyone wants to quote anything from my blog please go ahead and do so. Just give me credit, please mention my name and website. There is no need to write to me to ask my permission.

Do visit my various websites, there’s tons of information dealing with self awareness and you’ll find some interesting videos.

http://www.margokirtikar.com

http://www.cosmicanduniversallaws.com

http://www.visionsunusual.com

http://www.onceuponatimeinbaghdad.com

Feel free to pass this on to your friends.

For On Line Spiritual Support and Guidance please send me an email for appointment and fees.

I remember as a kid how much I enjoyed listening to music while busy with my homework and that has never changed. Now I work, write, paint, exercise and cook to music, it helps me both to focus and to be creative. Because of my multi cultural background I enjoy listening to all kinds of music. What music I choose to listen to depends a lot on my mood. If I feel down and I want to feel better, I play a lively CD with a nice dance beat that puts me in a good mood immediately because my body responds instinctively to the beat of the music. If I feel scattered and beside myself, I play Bach, Satie or Mozart and I can instantly feel my mind relax. Sometimes I feel nostalgic for my roots and then my soul calls for Arabic or Indian music, or some other music that reminds me of happy special moments in my life, so I listen to that for a while to soothe my soul and without fail it works wonders.

The use of sound and music is the most ancient healing technique. It was practiced in the ancient mystery schools of Tibet, India, Egypt, China, Athens and Rome for tens of thousands of years. Over the past centuries much of this information disappeared in the west but  it is now re-emerging.

From time immemorial, music has been a part of the Indian culture. Music is an age-old part of Ayurveda, the holistic Indian science that promotes a happy and healthy lifestyle. The curative power of music emanates from the resonance of certain ragas on hormonal and glandular functions, which produce secretions that keep the body balanced and infection free. There’s music for indigestion, music to build up self-confidence, music for insomnia, to heal gallstones and arthritis, for anxiety and for any ailment you can think of.

Music is capable of improving health and concentration, promoting peace and happiness. It is important, however, to know the method and the duration for which music therapy is to be administered. Listening to music helps control negative aspects of our personality like worry or anger. It can also cure headaches, abdominal pain, strokes, stuttering and tension. Music therapy is one of the most effective ways of controlling emotions, blood pressure and restoring the functions of the liver.

It is also believed that music stimulates the pituitary gland, whose secretions affect the nervous system and the flow of blood. To be healed by music, it is necessary to vibrate the cells of the body, for it is through these vibrations that the person’s consciousness can be changed to promote good health. The right kind of music helps one to relax and to refresh. The right kind of light music also increases efficiency while working. This reminds me of a friend who enjoyed listening to what was known in the 80s as background music that was played in lifts in all hotels in the US. I personally found it boring monotonous music as it lulled one into docility. Being docile and being relaxed are two totally different states of being.

Modern western science and medicine has now rediscovered the healing powers of music and music therapy is now an accepted form of treatment within orthodox medical practice. Edgar Cayce, the sleeping prophet, who healed thousands of people while in a trance state, said that ‘music is the medicine of the future’. I read somewhere that what we might expect in the future are tonal spas where we can rejuvenate our vibrational fields. Perhaps even chanting centres in schools and work places? Now that sounds like music to my ears!

Until that becomes reality, you can in the meantime find music on you tube to activate and to raise the frequency of your DNA, your pituitary gland, your pineal gland and much more. All with the goal to assist you to evolve.

Be careful though what you listen to, not everything is good or authentic on you tube. Whatever music you listen to should energize you and make you feel good.

Plato wrote: Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, gaiety and life to everything.

I agree with him wholeheartedly.

Here’s a website that I can recommend where you can visit to find out more about healing solfeggio frequencies to download

http://solfeggiofrequencies.net/download

This website I found on you tube about the effects of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oSePXRbW9o&feature=related –

Here’s something very different. Reminds me of a didgeridoo seminar I attended many years ago that I found extremely healing.

Didgeridoo Sound Healing by Astarius Miraculii – YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=hjOk3Zg1N6I

And here’s an excellent book to read by a journalist and author friend of mine in India. I think everyone should read this educational book about music detailing the healing powers of sound and music.

The miracle of Music Therapy by Rajendar Menen available from

http://www.amazon.com

Now a few quick words about 2012! No matter what your thoughts and beliefs are or aren’t about the Mayan prophecy, spirituality or religion, about the chaos and widespread evil and violence all over the globe, I think that you will agree  with me on one point and that is something has to change, that we cannot go on like this, on a self-destruct mission.

My personal belief is we are born to evolve. It is a never ending upwards journey for humankind and for all life on earth. For me that is the reason and the meaning of life. Consciousness Evolution. The whole planet and everything on it is constantly evolving and this has been going on for eons. History tells us that there are certain stages and major cycles of cosmic and planetary changes and we are right now going through such a major cycle change. We are actually in the midst of this and in my opinion it’s not coming to an abrupt end with 2012 but will continue until we reach what is known as the tipping point, when the collective shift to higher consciousness has been achieved by 10% of the world population. Whatever chaos and damage happens until then, other than natural catastrophes, we humankind are responsible for solely.

What does that mean? In a few words it means that this is the new millennium and we are all creators of the Golden Age of Love Peace and Harmony as the earth is shifting to a higher vibration and frequency and everyone and everything is vibrating faster along with it. You must notice too just how fast time is passing by. No, it’s not your imagination. It’s real. Evolve to help usher in the new golden age, there is no going back, so we can only go forward to meet our destiny as a human family. Make this year the year where you will pick up a spiritual practice to your liking to help you evolve beyond your ego to bring you nearer to your Higher Self and to the Spirit.

I wish you a year full of joy, as you vibrate with higher consciousness in harmony with the heartbeat of planet earth! Treat yourself to healing music!

Pamper yourself and join the consciousness evolution revolution.

A website with a long list of Bonus Gifts! Do you know any kids? Buy this book!

A book to buy for every kid you know in your family. Sheryl Cox has authored a lovely book with an important message for kids and for grownups especially in these chaotic times we are experiencing. When you buy this delightful book, on or about February 8, you can download loads of motivational and educational self-growth interesting bonus gifts, all for free, from professionals in their fields. A must see, don’t miss this opportunity. Make a note of the date if you want to benefit from the free bonuses.

Beings and Doings by Sheryl Cox

http://www.beingsanddoings.com/launch.php

Check out my training program to develop the sixth and seventh spiritual senses!

http://www.margokirtikar.com

We’ve lived so far for thousands of years with our 5 physical senses while many evolved persons have lived with six or seven. Now the whole of the human family is challenged to develop the 6th and 7th spiritual senses, the intuition and the higher mind. They correspond to the third eye between your brows and to the crown chakra, top of your head. These two higher spiritual senses need to be developed to connect with the spirit world, for you to make the transition to new dimensions of higher consciousness. You need to be able to adjust to live with the new frequencies that we are and will be exposed to more and more.  It is time for you to evolve as fast as you are experiencing time passing by.

And use my book as a guide to help you and keep you on track to follow the universal laws of life that will help you to evolve.

http://www.cosmicanduniversallaws.com

What is my Life Purpose? You might be one of many who wonder through life in of search of some Guru, Master or Psychic to give them an answer to this question. The answer to that vital question is not as mysterious as it sounds, and as you’ve most probably heard or read several times already from the true gurus, the only place where you will find the answer is within your own heart.

YOU are unique. Keep that in mind as you explore and discover your uniqueness and your true identity and you’ll find your life purpose. We all have to live with and come to terms with who we are through our birth, our family, religious beliefs or non-beliefs and the environment we grow up with. It is futile to deny who we are or where we come from. That is our foundation given at birth, after that it is up to us what we do with it and how we choose to build our future. After a certain age, hopefully, you learn to take responsibility for yourself, for your thoughts and actions. As to why we are here? We are here simply to live our life the best way we can, to be the best we can be, to the best of our abilities, and this state of ‘being’ we achieve by ‘doing’!  To be doesn’t necessarily mean, join an ashram and sit and do nothing but chant and meditate or to spend the rest of your life selflessly feeding the hungry. We can ‘be’ when we do something that we believe in and love doing with all our heart and soul. Whatever it is, we do it with great passion and we create whatever we can envision as being possible that fits within our individual lifestyle. We integrate our desire, will, imagination, joy and purpose with our being. In short we make the best out of any situation that we find ourselves in, do whatever we can with great joy and enthusiasm, always in alignment and in harmony with our inner Self. We do it, therefore, effortlessly with joy and that is a true state of being. The keyword is Joy!

Whatever you feel deep within you as your calling, your inner deep most secret desire, no matter how farfetched it may seem to you, you can be sure that you have whatever talent it requires within you to carry it through to success. So go for it. You can be sure that that is where you can contribute the most to the world. When what you do doesn’t seem like work for you but fun, bringing you happiness, occupying your whole heart, then that is your life purpose. And when you follow your heart you can be assured that you will succeed and with that you will be helping and serving the world around you.

When you do what you love to do and you can be your true authentic self, you discover and unleash your inner power,  you experience pure magic. Many make a mistake of sacrificing their whole life to serve others, which might be fine for some because it is indeed their true calling, but this is not for everyone. You can help others much more if you empower yourself and do what you love to do in line with your own talents. This energizes you and gives you power and perhaps even wealth, so you can include helping others and your service to mankind in some way or another.  Some live life full of fear so they choose the safe road and settle for security, doing something that leaves them despondent, void of passion and love for life. Where there is no passion there is no energy and no enthusiasm so you can’t possibly be doing your best and you are even less in a position to help others.

Some of us might not recognize our calling consciously, but through trial and error we will eventually discover it. It usually shows itself as a little whisper inside us. If we pay attention we’ll hear it and we would do well to listen to it, for if we ignore it we would be living only half a life. When we have a desire to do something, whatever that maybe, we can be just as sure that we have the power to do it. There is a genius hidden in every one of us. Did you know that we are nearest to God when we feel desire, passion, and have the will to do. We are nearest to God when we laugh and feel pure joy. That is a true state of being.

Did you know that it is much harder to fail than it is to succeed? Because to be successful all you have to do is to stop putting obstacles in your path, stop making excuses and just let go. Yes, you just have to let yourself go. Let go your limiting conditioned thoughts and walk yourself to success, it’s much easier. When you resist you are blocking abundance and the flow of energy coming your way. Being spiritual means being honest with ourselves of who we really are, it means experiencing abundance and joy in our life. Stop resisting and sabotaging yourself, stop blocking abundance coming into your life, let the energy flow through you, let it flow, let go and just be.

Why don’t you take a little time out alone and in silence over the coming holidays to discover your inner desires. Listen to that little inner voice. Listen to your heart as it speaks to you. Listen to God speaking to you through your heart.

I wish you and your family happy holidays and inner peace, good health and joy in the coming year 2012. Expect the best of everything and you will get it. And join me in feeling grateful for what we have and in sending healing energies to all those who are suffering right this moment all around the world and who are not as lucky as we are. Keep in mind that we can all help the world and humanity to heal if we individually do our little bit right where we are with those closest around us. That is how good energy spreads from one person to another. See yourself as a centre from whom good energy spreads out, act and do accordingly. Smile and spread goodness around you and wish it to spread all over the planet. Our earth and our human family is going through a tough time in these unique times that we are experiencing, don’t turn away, join in to help one and all make the transition safely as we enter into new higher frequencies and dimensions of being.

By the way – did I tell you the result of my book marketing campaign? Well, my book Cosmic and Universal Laws was on the bestseller list nr.4 at amazon.com, in the category Philosophy, for over five days. So my small effort showed a result and this definitely encourages me to continue with my marketing efforts for all my books. It involved an investment of  money of course, but much more of my time and energy over five months solid, but it was well worth it. How does the saying go again? No pain, no gain. Nothing happens unless YOU make it happen. Signing off until next year, which I assure you, will not be the end of the world! Bestselling author Margo Kirtikar!

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Just after I had entered the metro station, another elderly woman with short grey hair entered the scene, she went straight to the same bench where  the young man was sitting and she settled at the other end of the bench beside him. She watched him for a second and turned towards him. I, the woman next to me and another man were looking with curiosity at her. As she watched him battling with yet another beer can unable to focus to open it, she spoke to him very gently. We could all hear her clearly. ‘Young man’, she said, in a very  gentle voice smiling, ‘you’ve had more than enough to drink, don’t you think you should stop drinking now?’ He paid no heed to her but she continued ‘look at you’, she said always in her gentle melodious French, ‘you’re a handsome young man, why are you doing this to yourself? Do you have problems? You should really stop drinking now and go home  to sleep.’ And she continued repeating nice words, ever so gently, oblivious to the rest of us watching. At first the young man, who had his eyes half closed, swaying in his seat, did not react at all, but soon as she kept on talking to him, he turned to her to look at her. He opened the can of beer can, turned his head back as he emptied half of it into his mouth letting the rest all down his face, neck and shirt!  ’Oh oh,’ she said again softly, ‘now you’ve really messed up your shirt, what a shame, such a nice shirt too!’ ‘You know you should really try to pull yourself together, you look like an intelligent young man, you’re well dressed, you’re handsome too. You seem like a lovely nice young man,’ Now he really looked at her, she continued encouraged and smiled at him. ‘Look at you, such a handsome young man, you are too.’ He got up slowly then and swayed and zigzagged across to find a garbage bin, he threw the half full beer can into it, without missing it! He almost fell on top of the woman next to me, before he found his way back to the bench. Now he bent forward put his head in his hands and cried, as he heard  the woman continue to say ‘ good boy, you don’t need to drink any more. You need to talk. Do you have a problem? Talk to me!’ As she continued to speak to him in her ever gentle sing song voice,  I could see how he pulled himself together, sat up a little straighter, opened his eyes wiping away the tears,  and turned to her and said something we couldn’t hear. But then she repeated and said ‘oh, you are from Syria and you have your family there? and I am so sorry to hear that, of course you are worried about them with the political problems going on there…..’ I could not get the rest of it because just then the metro arrived and slid quietly into place, the doors opened, people left, and the rest of us and by this time there were quite a few of us waiting to get in, as civilized as we are here, quietly and slowly  piled into the metro one after the other. The older woman stood up to make her way to the open doors, she looked back and said to him, ‘come on, come on young man, get on the metro, you must have somewhere to go.’ We were all standing, the doors were still open, he was still on the bench looking at her, she wouldn’t give up she kept beckoning with her hand inviting him to join her! Suddenly he stood up, and walked quickly to slide into the cabin before the doors shut. He stood next to her and gave her a huge smile. I could literally see the heavy burden he was carrying leave him, he was so grateful to her for her kindness and for not believing the worst of him. She beamed at him happy. ‘There you go, you see, everything will be alright. You’ll see. You are going to be just fine.’ She turned to me and whispered, ‘the poor boy is worried about his family’ I said ‘Yes, I see that, and you were so gentle with him, that’s really very nice!’ ‘Of course that’s the least I could do.’ she said. We had arrived at the next stop, my stop, the doors opened, I stepped out, I watched from the corner of my eyes, how she helped him sit down as she stood by him. The train continued to climb up the hill and I walked up the stairs into the sunshine totally transformed by what I had just experienced. Such compassion, such gentleness, such kindness and understanding from one human to another a total stranger!  I am sure it touched all of us who were there that morning during those five minutes! I thought he had partied all night when in fact he was drunk because he was so worried and in pain for not knowing what was happening to his family in Syria. I felt quite ashamed for presuming the worst and judging without knowing. I felt humble and thankful that there were angels after all to remind us that kindness and compassion can work miracles. For sure she was an angel! How many desperate souls in pain are around who are in need of a few gentle words to make them feel better. That’s all it takes a few gentle words of kindness to show compassion and understanding. These five minutes are etched forever into my soul.

I have two books that I would like to highly recommend  to you and which I think you can benefit from. Both authors offer you thousands worth of bonuses for free!

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This is based on a true story of a family in America pulled apart by bigotry of close family members and neighbors. Unbelievable what happens here, and all this in so called democratic America!  Captivating ! A must read if you want to know what could really happen to you if a disturbed or angry neighbor decides to call the police one day with a fabricated story about you. You are guilty until proven innocent! Police break into your home at night, handcuff you and drag you to jail, and your little children are taken forcefully away from you.

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Margo

Are you patient with yourself, I mean do you take the time to learn about things, to take time to spoil yourself caring about your health? Are you patient with life? Are you patient with your family? How about your partner who sometimes gets on your nerves, and your noisy children who never listen or older kids who insist on knowing it all better than you? Or what about your aging parents who perhaps with wisdom or necessity have learned to take life less seriously and move more slowly than they used to when they were your age? What about your siblings and your relatives? How about your work colleagues or neighbors who think differently to you?  Do you have patience and understanding for them all?

I’ve created a short eBook about Patience which is free to download on my website http://www.margokirtikar.com

Feel free to visit my website to download the eBook and tell your friends about it.

Our whole goal in life is to develop and cultivate our virtues and minimize our vices so that we can become better more productive and useful human beings.  We evolve always to something bigger and beter.  This is a lifelong never ending task. The moment you stop moving forward and improving yourself, you stagnate and move backwards while the rest of the world is moving forward. Think about that.

Patience is an attractive attribute, it commands respect and appreciation from others when it is recognized. Next time observe an impatient person’s behavior. Don’t they look ridiculous, being angry about things that they cannot control? Like traffic jams or waiting in line?

It is said rewards come to those who are patient!  Read my eBook.

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The Law of Patience by the way is mentioned in my book COSMIC AND UNIVERSAL LAWS, Infinite Laws for a Happy and Prosperous Life, available with amazon.com

Be well, be wise, be understanding, be courageous, be patient !

I just posted an article on Ezine about negative thoughts and the consequences that can have on your life and on your health!  So if you are in the habit of harboring any negative thought at all, you might like to read why this is so bad for you. Here’s the link.

http://ezinearticles.com/?Why-Bad-Thoughts-Are-So-Bad&id=6589245

Sorry can’t seem to make the link work so please copy and paste.

Visit my websites for inspiration, motivation, information.

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I read this article today in the local news and it prompts me to share my thoughts with you!

Quote – ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – A 27-year-old woman who in 2006 shook a child to death, has been given a 10-year-prison sentence. She is the third person involved in a child abuse case that involved her partner and his other female companion and three of the man’s children. They were all living together as a group with religious convictions, with the man dictating severe punishments that eventually led to the incident where one of the children died. The man and his other partner were earlier sentenced to 9.5 and 7 years for their part in the string of abuses. TSR notes that a Swiss study showed in 2008 that there had been eight deaths and 50 hospitalizations in five years for shaking babies and young children, with the public not fully aware of the damage that can be caused to a young child by shaking it. - Unquote

And this happened here in peaceful sophisticated Switzerland! Well, latest reports show that crime and violence in Switzerland is on the rise and on the same scale  now as cities everywhere else in the world. This is the other side of the coin of intoxicating globalization and open borders where anyone and everyone can cross over from one country to another without having to identify themselves. Although this presents a huge problem for little quiet Switzerland and there is talk about the people voting again whether to close the borders again, (remember the minarets story?) it is not the issue that I want to address here.

The people involved in this child scandal are Swiss and not foreigners. Home violence in Switzerland has always existed, but it was always hush hush. One did not speak about it let alone read about it in the papers and if it was mentioned at all it would be just a little paragraph in a few words, easy to miss, somewhere on the inside of a newspaper never giving the full story. More often than not crime was not reported openly. We are supposedly a civilized educated wealthy modern country. It is tragic for everyone concerned in this story. Sheer ignorance or stubbornness of the adults who hang on to religious fanatic beliefs, the never ending story of the abusive possessive male who dominates, controls and punishes (!) women and children, the dependent, needy, helpless or weak women with no self love or self esteem, who know no better than to subject themselves to such humiliation and continuous abuse, and worse of all, the unfortunate innocent children born into such environments.

What do you think when you read such a story? I can only speak for myself and this is what I think. I think about belief, stress, frustration and anger! All of which breeds violence. Because we are all subjected to all of that at one time or another.

First of all I’ll address belief. Blind belief in anything be that of religious nature or otherwise is dangerous. It shrinks the mind and limits the horizons of the imagination and life view of the fanatic believer who is trapped in his or her own little world that is more like a cage! History has shown that time and time again. Belief is good as long as it doesn’t go out of balance, if it does go into the  extreme, becomes fanaticism, it flips to the negative and the belief becomes dangerous and destructive. Two examples on a large scale, Nazicism and modern day Terrorism, whoever they may be. On an individual scale like the story above. As long as everything stays within balance and reason, as long as the belief serves the believer as an anchor, a healthy cornerstone where one can recharge oneself with energy, where one can find peace, to feel free, and share this freedom of spirit with others as well, then it’s a healthy belief. Limiting, confining, restricting, fanatic belief that does not allow free thought, growth and expansion goes against the laws of nature and is, therefore, dangerous for oneself and for others.

Stressful situations be that in private or professional lives, physical, emotional, mental, economical, political, whatever, are programmed for explosion! We’ve seen that lately with the many revolts against governments all over the eastern countries! Stress leads to frustration that brews inside of the victims and turns into anger and rage and ultimately results in violence!  But I’d like to narrow it down now to the individual. This can happen in one’s personal life and also at the work place. To be exposed to stress for a longer period of time, be that privately, as in an unhappy relationship, or professionally at work, inevitably ends up in serious illnesses where the physical body stores the negative energy which then turns inwardly and starts attacking the cells and organs, or then outwardly in violent acts such as the story above and worse. Frustration when exposed to constant stressful situations develops into anger, and then into sheer rage where one loses all reason! So what does one do? The woman in the story frustrated with herself and her life, could not cope with the crying child, she’s out of her mind, so she shakes the child to death! Why did she let it go so far? Why did she lose control of her senses? Is it fear, jealousy or exhaustion, is it helplessness, dependency, despondency or sheer ignorance? Whatever, it is both understandable and outrageous, for the onlooker, and there is no excuse.

Sometimes you can control your environment and sometimes you can’t. Only you can give the answer to that as every story is unique. What you can do though is you can protect yourself from stress. What you can definitely control is yourself and how you react to any situation. You can control your frustrations, any anger or rage you feel inside you. Keep reminding yourself these negative energies that you are feeling not only destroy you physically and emotionally but also have an effect on your mental state of mind and contribute to making your relations with your environment even worse than it is. Harboring frustrations and anger changes your attitude towards everyone around you. It effects the way you behave, the way you drive, the way you speak, the way you think, the way you relate to your loved ones and to your work colleagues. A popular belief is that one can keep business and private lives separate, I personally have never believed in that. I believe that this causes only more damage when one has to be a split personality, be one personality at work and another at home. There is no inner balance there and so it is doomed to failure, it is a program to self destruct.

More often than not stress is self inflicted too, strange as it sounds, it all depends on how we think.

Stop and question yourself when you do feel frustrated or angry. See which of these questions resonates with you and your situation!

Why do I feel so frustrated? Can I do something about it? Am I imagining things? Am I exaggerating things? Am I contributing to the conflict ? Can I change the way I feel? Is it that important that I get myself so agitated? Is it worth for me to lose my senses, to lose my health? Do I need more sleep? Do I need to relax? Maybe I should activate my sense of humor and learn to laugh more! Am I really unhappy where I am now in my life and should I make a change right now? If yes, what is stopping me? Am I afraid of change? Am I seeing facts or fiction? Am I being insensitive and letting out my frustration and anger on others around me? Am I being fair to myself or others? Am I making myself miserable? Am I being honest with myself?

The more you remember to train yourself to ask yourself these questions, the more you can gain distance to the conflict at hand, which allows you to look at the situation with detachment, with awareness and with reason. It’s one way to avoid stress, frustration and anger.  All three you can really do without if you want to be a genuinely happy person. In the end it all comes back to you. Your happiness or unhappiness is in your hands. It is your choice.