Cleanse Your Aura in 5 Steps

We may brush our teeth, wash our hands, and bathe our bodies every day, but not many of us know how to keep energetically clean.

If we’re living a balanced lifestyle, this should happen naturally. When we’re overworked, malnourished, and sleep deprived, however, our energetic hygiene can get neglected.

Why is this important? Because when we look at our bodies under a strong enough microscope, we see that we’re essentially made up of atoms — which is energy.

An organism’s energy is not restricted to just its physical form but extends outward in an egg shape.

The egg shaped energy is what we call the aura and it can be witnessed using Kirlian photography. Just like the body, the aura needs to be taken care of to ensure optimum health.

If your aura needs to be cleansed you may feel:

• Lethargic
• Depressed
• Anxious
• A “heavy” feeling over or around you

By cleansing your aura daily (ideally in the morning and night), you rid yourself of negative energies that you’ve picked up from your environment or the people around you.

When I say “negativity” I’m referring to heavy emotions from others, daily stresses, thought forms, cords, and other types of energetic phenomena that drain our vital energy.

It’s important to note that we are meant to experience life and all of the wonderful opportunities that come with it. “Dirtying” your aura from everyday experiences is normal… just remember to clean it!

Below I’ve listed 5 ways that I find very effective in clearing the aura of negative energy:

5. Crystal Work


Black Tourmaline is one of my favorite stones to use; it not only cleanses the aura of negativity but also, when worn as a pendant or kept somewhere on the body, protects the aura by shielding it from unwanted energy throughout the day.

Some other crystals that are great for cleansing the aura are fire agate, black kyanite, smokey quartz, labradorite.

4. Sage or “Smudging”

The smoke from burning sage has been used for many years to cleanse the aura or the environment of unwanted energies. It can be purchased at most metaphysical stores.

It has a powerful cleansing effect and after using it on my aura or around my home I always feel relaxed and renewed.

3. Essential Oils

My favorite essential oils for cleansing the aura are bergamot, cedarwood, and orange. You can add a few drops of these oils to a carrier oil and apply it directly to the skin or add it to a nebulizer/diffuser to cleanse both your aura and home/office space.

These essential oils specifically are great for purifying, grounding, and uplifting the energy.

2. Sea Salt Baths

Salt has been known to have a cleansing and balancing effect on the body for ages. If you’re not close to an ocean, bathing in an Epsom salt or Dead Sea salt bath can be tremendously relieving and cleansing after a stressful day.

Sea salt baths can also help skin conditions like psoriasis and eczema and soothe sore and achy muscles. Swimming or bathing in salt water cleanses, refreshes, and reenergizes the energy body.

1. Enjoying Nature

Getting into the elements is perhaps the most powerful way to cleanse the energy body. Although just being outside is beneficial, fully immersing yourself in nature is the best way to cleanse and ground yourself.

Gardening, walking in the woods, and sitting by a body of water or a bonfire are all powerful ways you can get close to nature and rid the aura of negative energy.

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Death Is An Illusion Created By Our Consciousness, Says Quantum Physics

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The study of consciousness has gained a huge amount of attention over the past decade as we begin to not only realize more about the true nature of our world, but as the growing desire to truly discover ourselves becomes something we can’t ignore any longer.

Quantum physics may have just proven that there is an afterlife. Scientist Robert Lanza claims that the theory of biocentrism teaches that death as we know it is an illusion created by our consciousness.

Professor Robert Lanza claims that life creates the universe, and not the other way around. Lanza is no newbie to controversy. He has been working with cloning and stem cell research for over a decade and with his new book Biocentrism, he is attracting even more controversy.

While his ideas are ahead of their time, it doesn’t help that the current scientific community is very opposed to new ideas and change.

This means space and time doesn’t exist in the linear fashion we think it does and he uses the famous double-split experiment to illustrate his point.

According to Lanzas study, if space and time aren’t linear, then death can’t exist in any real sense either. When it comes to these ideas, they are usually known on an intuitive level and later move towards being proven at a scientific level. I personally feel that we give so much weight to our rational, objective left brained mind that we lose sight of a world that exists right alongside it.

There is a whole other side to us and this world that we close ourselves off to in order to stay as scientific as possible. This is one of the greatest hindrances we can put ourselves through as one of
the most powerful tools we have, our intuition/heart brain, is then cast aside. The same thinking that allows us to realize amazing scientific discoveries can also get us stuck in scientific delusions should we not stay open to change.

We are seeing this in a huge way as we look at the divides that are being created in the medical andscientific fields. Some are holding onto old ways, while others see what has been right in front of us the whole time, simply by thinking with more than just the mind (with the heart.) It’s important to note that although these ideas seem and are profound, they have been known for a long while but simply have not been accepted by current culture.

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Religious Children are Meaner and More Punitive than Secular Kids, Study Finds

 In a study to find out if kids who grow up with a strong religious background are nicer, more compassionate and more kind than secular children, it was revealed that religious kids are simply more mean, less-tolerant, more-punitive, and less-forgiving than kids who don’t grow up in a religious household.

Looking at mostly Christian, Muslim and secular children, researchers from a number of different universities around the world coordinated to compare the behavior and attitudes a group of around 1200 children from many backgrounds.

The study conducted social experiments to determine how the children reacted in differing scenarios involving concepts like sharing, as well as their reactions to scenarios where bullying occurred. Included were four key tests:

Dictator Game – In this task, children were shown a set of 30 stickers and were told to choose their ten favorite. They were then told "these stickers are yours to keep." Children were instructed that the experimenter did not have the time to play this game with all of the children in their school, so not everyone would be able to receive stickers.

Moral Sensitivity Task – In this computerized task, used previously with children in both behavioral and functional neuroimaging studies, a series of short dynamic visual scenarios depicting interpersonal harm (e.g., pushing, bumping) was presented.

Maternal Education – As a metric for socioeconomic status, parents were asked to specify the level of education of the mother.

Child Dispositional Measures – The Questionnaire of Cognitive and Affective Empathy (QCAE) to assess children’s empathy and the justice sensitivity inventory to measure children’s sensitivity to injustice were reported by parents.

According to the report the conclusions:

“Robustly demonstrate that children from households identifying as either of the two major world religions (Christianity and Islam) were less altruistic than children from non-religious households.”

The 3 key conclusions of the study are:

1. Family religious identification decreases children’s altruistic behaviors
2. Religiousness predicts parent-reported child sensitivity to injustices and empathy
3. Children from religious households are harsher in their punitive tendencies

Additionally, it appears that as children grow the negative behaviors and attitudes increase, as the study showed that older children had the highest rates of meanness and judgments of meanness.


Over half of the world’s population self-identifies with either Islam or Christianity:

“As of 2010, Christianity was by far the world’s largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31 percent) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth… Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23 percent of the global population.” [Source]

The interesting question that this study raises is, ‘does religion help people to become more moral and virtuous? The answer appears to be no, it does not.

However, in 2014 a worldwide Pew research survey found that most people around the world believe that religion is essential to morality. The recent study contradicts this commonly held belief.

“While it is generally accepted that religion contours people’s moral judgments and pro-social behaviour, the relation between religion and morality is a contentious one.’ [Source]

At at time when the world is looking down the barrel of a global holy war between Islam and Christianity, many people are asking if religion is vital for moral development, and it appears that it may in fact not be.

SOURCE>>> http://www.thecollectiveint.com/2015/11/religious-children-are-meaner-and-more.html

NETWORKING 101

 1.) "Niyaya po kaming magkakaibigan, bonding daw! kain daw kami sa Mang Inasal libre na niya. Pero bago kami kumain dinala niya muna kami sa orientation ng networking. Nilibre naman niya kaming lima ng tig 60 na meal pero gusto ko isampal sakanya yon matapos kaming ma-orient ng dalawang oras! Dalawang oras ng buhay ko sinayang niya!"
2.) "Punta daw kami free gig daw ng Kamikazee. P-ngina networking lang pala. WALA PANG TUMUGTOG! Nag all black pa naman ako tas ganun lang mangyayari sa araw ko!"

3.) "Nung niyaya ako ng mga kababata ko may pupuntahan daw kaming importante. Ako naman si sunod. Walang hiya, isang oras ata ako naka upo tas kung ano anong pinapaliwanag sakin pag naka recruit daw ako yayaman ako. Pero ang nasa isip ko lang gusto ko na umuwi at pagmumurahin sa FB yung dalawa kong kababata. After pa ako i-orient, tinanong pa ko kung may 8k daw ako para sa recruitment. Sabi ko wala. Tas tinanong ako ulit kung bebenta niya daw ba ng walong libo yung kotse niya sakin, bibilhin ko daw ba. Sabi ko siyempre oo. Sabi niya, Edi kaya mo maglabas ng 8k. T*ngina! Para sa kotse kaya ko diskartehan pero para sa walang kwentang bagay na ang ibibigay lang sakin na product ay kape, WAG NALANG!"
4.) "Date daw kami, ang ayos ayos ng suot ko pang holding hands and slowmo-kiss pero dalawang oras kami sa orientation ng networking. Gusto kong ibundol dun sa nagoorient yung tinuturo niyang kotse na nakuha niya daw sa loob ng apat na buwan!"
5.) "Yung ka-batch ko nung highschool na ang huling conversation namin ay kapanahunan pa ni eba't adan biglang pumunta sa bahay. Nangamusta, antagal namin nagkamustahan at mga 30 minutes kami nag-kwentuhan bilang tao. Maya maya naglabas ng products at inalok na ko ng membership. Ang hirap niya tanggihan pero krisis ang buhay ko at walang panahon sa gantong sh-t"
6.) "Manghiram daw ako ng cellphone sa tropa ko tas isangla ko daw, mababalik ko din naman daw yon triple pa!"
7.) "Walang hiya talaga yung matagal ko nang kaibigan, nagyaya ng gala tas yung pinuntahan namin mga taong mayayaman daw dahil sa networking at tinry kaming irecruit. Hindi na namin siya kaibigan ngayon"
8.) "Panay ang tag post sakin sa fb nung kabatch ko at panay ang sabi ng "iba kami dito saq Royale", buwisit na buwisit ako dahil wala namang nagtatanong. Minura ko talaga"
9.) "2 months daw nagka-kotse siya. Dati palaboy lang daw siya. Asar na asar ako nung tinanong ko kung san niya pinapark yung kotse niya tas ang sagot may house daw sila sa romblon. NAKALIMUTAN NIYA AGAD YUNG SINABE NIYA SAKIN"
10.) "Nag-PM yung crush ko at naging sanhi ng pagtibok ng puso ko ng napakabilis. Nung i-click ko ang mensahe ang intro ba naman "OPEN MINDED KA BA SA BUSINESS". Tumibok ng mabilis yung ugat ko sa noo at iniyak nalang ang pag-subok"

How to Clean Your Face and Get Rid of Dark Circles Under the Eyes With Just One Ingredient

These days most of the people know that baking soda is a very effective and cheap solution for many conditions.

We use it as a beauty product, when we cook our meals, cleaning the house.

However, especially women love it as a beauty product.

 
Treating acne with baking soda

The most popular and natural method for cleaning acne is with baking soda. It can also be used to help fade stubborn acne scars as well. Moreover this method helps to shed the skin and encourage new skin growth. Many people find great success with baking soda on its own.

Directions:

• Take one teaspoon of baking soda and place it on a small plate. Add a drop of water. 

• Mix it up well. Do not add too much water because it will turn into a liquid and wont exfoliate the skin. 

• Use your finger and gently massage it into your scars. Leave the mixture on the skin for a few minutes. The mixture will harden as the water evaporates.

Wash it off well.

Tip: You can repeat this process every night before going to sleep.

Remove the dark circles and bags under the eyes

The most effective face masks contain baking soda. Therefore the recipe that we offer to you, will remove dark circles around your eyes. The under eye area is the most delicate skin on the face and most challenging to work with. You can replace your chemical-laden facial soaps with homemade baking soda cleanser to save your skin.

Directions:

• Make a glass of hot water or tea and add 1 teaspoon of baking soda. 

• Mix it up well. Soak 2 cotton pads in the mixture and place them under the eyes for 15 minutes.

• After, remove the cotton pads and wash your face. Apply your moisturizing cream and see the results yourself!

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This is Not New Age Bulls**t — The Real Effects That Earthing Can Have On Your Body

Grounding, or ‘earthing,’ as some people call it, involves placing your feet directly on the ground without shoes or socks as a barrier.

The logic behind this practice relates to the intense negative charge carried by the Earth. This charge is electron-rich, theoretically serving as a good supply of antioxidants and free-radical destroying electrons.

Dr. James Oschman, a PhD in biology from the University of Pittsburgh and an expert in the field of energy medicine, notes:

"Subjective reports that walking barefoot on the Earth enhances health and provides feelings of well-being can be found in the literature and practices of diverse cultures from around the world. For a variety of reasons, many individuals are reluctant to walk outside barefoot, unless they are on holiday at the beach." (source)

It makes sense if you think about it; in our most natural state, we wouldn’t really be wearing any sort of cover on our feet.

Putting your feet on the ground enables you to absorb large amounts of negative electrons through the soles of your feet which, in turn, can help to maintain your body at the same negatively charged electrical potential as the Earth.

The Science

A study published a couple of years ago in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health titled “Earthing: Health Implications of Reconnecting the Human Body to the Earth’s Surface Electrons” postulates that earthing could represent a potential treatment/solution to a variety of chronic degenerative diseases.

It concluded that simple contact with the Earth, through being either outside barefoot or indoors connected to grounded conductive systems, could serve as a natural and “profoundly effective environmental strategy” against chronic stress, ANS dysfunction, inflammation, pain, poor sleep, disturbed HRV, hyper-coagulable blood, and many common health disorders, including cardiovascular disease.

The study concludes:

The research done to date supports the concept that grounding or earthing the human body may be an essential element in the health equation along with sunshine, clean air and water, nutritious food, and physical activity. (source)

Another study, conducted by the Department of Neurosurgery from the Military Clinical Hospital in Powstancow Warszawy, along with other affiliates like the Poland Medical University, found that blood urea concentrations are lower in subjects who are earthed (connected to the earth potential with the use of copper wire) during physical exercise and that earthing during exercise resulted in improved exercise recovery.

It concluded:

These results suggest that earthing during exercise inhibits hepatic protein catabolism or increases renal urea excretion. Earthing during exercise affects protein metabolism, resulting in a positive nitrogen balance. This phenomenon has fundamental importance in understanding human metabolic processes and may have implications in training programs for athletes. (source)

A study published last year from the Developmental and Cell Biology Department at the University of California at Irvine found that grounding the human body improves facial blood flow regulation. (source)

As mentioned earlier, studies have found grounding to reduce blood viscosity, which is a major factor in cardiovascular disease. (source)

One study, published in the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, even concluded that earthing may be “the primary factor regulating the endocrine and nervous system.” (source)


According to a review published in the Journal of Inflammation Research:

"Grounding reduces or even prevents the cardinal signs of inflammation following injury: redness, heat, swelling, pain, and loss of function (Figures 1 and 2).

"Rapid resolution of painful chronic inflammation was confirmed in 20 case studies using medical infrared imaging (Figure 3)... Our main hypothesis is that connecting the body to the Earth enables free electrons from the Earth’s surface to spread over and into the body, where they can have antioxidant effects.

"Specifically, we suggest that mobile electrons create an antioxidant microenvironment around the injury repair field, slowing or preventing reactive oxygen species (ROS) delivered by the oxidative burst from causing “collateral damage” to healthy tissue, and preventing or reducing the formation of the so-called “inflammatory barricade”.

"We also hypothesize that electrons from the Earth can prevent or resolve so-called “silent” or “smoldering” inflammation." (source)

There seem to be dozens of studies which confirm the physiological effects of grounding, which include anything from anti-aging and heart health benefits to improved sleep and much, much more.

“This simple process of grounding is one of the most potent antioxidants we know of. Grounding has been shown to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, improve sleep, enhance well being, and much, much more. Unfortunately, many living in developed countries are rarely grounded anymore.”  – Dr Jospeh Mercola (source)

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Dreams Hold Secret Messages From Your Spirit Guides — Learn To Decode Them

Hence, the general perception is that only someone else, with an expertise and understanding of the intricate details of the dream world can tell us what our dreams mean.

Away with them, I say!

I believe no one can know what your dreams mean better than yourself. I also believe that we, as human beings, have long demonstrated our ability to reflect, understand, and create a world outside of ourselves. Why do we need external aid to understand our own inner worlds?

The Talk of Inner Guides

I believe dreams are both ephemeral and real, they are part of our psyche and, yet, they are linked beyond our beings and when we let our guard off, we allow it the freedom to move beyond the limits that our bias, perceptions, and predetermined metaphors for reality forces it to abide by during the day.

Hence, when our mind dreams, it both emanates from our deep psyche and also becomes in sync with a larger reality (i.e. the universal consciousness that is linking everyone and everything together, in ways that we still don’t comprehend), allowing our ephemeral selves to move beyond our physical constraints and into more universalizing realities and dimensions.

Dreams are great means for our inner selves and spirit guides to communicate with us. We have become so busy in the physical world, and we’re keeping our minds focused with meaningless and stressful activities, that we don’t give our minds the time to relax and be present in the moment.

Hence, dreams become even more essential and of greater consequence for understanding ourselves.

We must listen to what our inner guide is saying by interpreting the message it is trying to communicate to us, and which many of us (because of lack of practice) only hear faintly.

How to Interpret Dreams

There is no formula for analyzing dreams. Interpreting dreams is about thoughtful revision of what you have experienced in your dream and dig deeper into their profound meaning.

Dreams are personal experiences, hence your dreams have to be understood purely in context of your individuality and your journey of self-discovery.

To interpret your dreams, you will have to:

1. Record Your Dreams

This is a crucial step in analyzing and interpreting your dreams. Dreams are a communication from your unconscious and hence have to be first brought into the realm of the concrete, i.e. written and recorded.

Create a dream diary beside your bed where you can record whatever you can remember of your dream.

In case you do not remember the dream, simply write “no dream to record”. Within a few weeks, you will begin to remember the dreams.

2. Reflect and Identify Your State

Your written record of the dream does not show the state of your emotions. Hence, once you have jotted what you remembered from the dream, ask yourself: How was I feeling during the dream? How was I feeling when you woke up?

This means you are informing yourself of the simple emotions that you felt during the dream: were you angry, unhappy, joyous, remorseful, etc.?

Now realize if what you felt during the dream has moved into your conscious: are you feeling the same way after you woke up from the dream? How comfortable are your feelings?

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Scientists invent Nanotechnology that Connects your Brain to your Computer

A new science fiction technology has just been invented that will allow you to wirelessly interface with your computer straight from your brain.

“In the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks, futuristic post-humans install devices on their brains called a “neural lace.” A mesh that grows with your brain, it’s essentially a wireless brain-computer interface. But it’s also a way to program your neurons to release certain chemicals with a thought. And now, there’s a neural lace prototype in real life.” –gizmodo

Recently published in the Nature Nanotechnology was a group of engineers and chemists that got together to work on a new ultra-fine mesh nanotechnology that can merge into your brain. This connection appears to be a seamless interface between biological circuitry and machine.

The device known as “mesh electronics,” is so thin and flexible that it is able to be injected with a needle. The scientists have already tested the new tech on mice who have not only survived the procedure, but they are now thriving. The researchers call the technique and device as “syringe-injectable electronics.”

Scientists said that there are a lot of potential uses for this new technology including monitoring brain wave activity, delivering treatments to people with brain disorders such as Parkinson’s, and possibly even enhancing the brain’s capabilities.

Devin Powell the Writer for the paper on this new technology in the Smithsonian magazine, says that a number of groups are now investing in this exciting new research, including the military:

Study researcher Charles Lieber’s] backers include Fidelity Biosciences, a venture capital firm interested in new ways to treat neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. The military has also taken an interest, providing support through the U.S. Air Force’s Cyborgcell program, which focuses on small-scale electronics for the “performance enhancement” of cells.

Right now the mice who have the implants are connected via a wire to computers. In the future, however, the technology would become wireless. One of the most interesting parts about this mesh is that the mouse’s brain was able to grow around it and formed its own connections to the wire. Eventually, the mouse’s brain accepted the mechanical parts as a part of its own biochemical system.

A 3D microscope image of the mesh merging with brain cells

Researcher Liber and his fellow researchers are hoping to begin human testing as soon as they can, however, it is likely that it will be many years from now.

It is still interesting to think that this could be the first true type of cyborg human brain enhancing technology. Can you image being connected to the internet inside of your brain? I know this sounds crazy and we would have to learn to control our thoughts so they weren’t streamed onto the internet but perhaps the benefit would be having instant access to all human knowledge within your own mind.

What do you think about this new crazy technology?

SOURCE>>> http://www.thecollectiveint.com/2015/11/scientists-invent-nanotechnology-that.html

What Does The Way You Sleep Say About Your Relationship?

The closeness of a couple and how happy they are in their relationship is reflected in the distance between them as they sleep, a new study has claimed.

Partners who slept less than an inch apart were more likely to be content with their relationship than those maintaining a gap of more than 30 inches between them.

Couples who spent the night touching were also happier than partners who upheld a “no touching rule” while asleep, according to the survey which looked at the responses of 1,000 people.

The study found the overwhelming majority (86 per cent) of couples who slept less than an inch away from each other claimed to be happy with their relationship compared with two-thirds (66 per cent) who slept more than 30 inches apart.

It also revealed the most popular positions, with almost half (42 per cent) lying back to back, and nearly a third (31 per cent) facing the same direction. Four per cent face one another.

Twelve per cent of couples spent the night less than an inch apart while just 2 per cent slept more than 30 inches apart.

University of Hertfordshire psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman, who led the study, said: "One of the most important differences involved touching. Ninety four per cent of couples who spent the night in contact with one another were happy with their relationship, compared to just 68 per cent of those that didn't touch.

The study was conducted as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. Prof Wiseman is the author of Night School, which examines the science of sleep and dreaming.

SOURCE>>> http://www.thecollectiveint.com/2014/04/what-does-way-you-sleep-say-about-your.html

Mind over Matter: Secrets of Human Aura. Mind-Matter Interaction Princeton Research

A Russian scientist is trying to convince people they can change the world simply by using their own energy. He claims that thinking in a certain way can have a positive or negative effect on the surrounding environment. “We are developing the idea that our consciousness is part of the material world and that with our consciousness we can directly influence our world,” said Dr. Konstantin Korotkov, professor of physics at St. Petersburg State Technical University.

To bridge our understanding of the unseen world of energy, scientific experiments are being carried out using a technique called bioelectrophotography. The assumption is that we are constantly emitting energy. Bioelectrophotography aims to capture these energy fields seen as a light around the body -- or what some people would call your aura.ss

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Studies at the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) Laboratory have suggested that the mind has the subtle capacity to influence the output of devices known as Random Event Generators (REGs).

The video below is a very brief synopsis of thePrinceton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory of Princeton University, whose research into mind-matter interaction forms the foundation of Psyleron Technology. Watch interviews with key PEAR lab staff, as they explain their experiments, including random event generators, their findings, and finally some of their implications. The PEAR Proposition is an 8-hour DVD set detailing the PEAR laboratory and its discoveries.

“Every word you utter to another human being has an effect, but you don't know it. If people begin to understand that change comes about as a result of a million tiny acts that seem totally insignificant, well then, they wouldn't hesitate to take those tiny acts.” -Howard Zinn

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Psychological Test: Do You See the Glass Half-empty or Half-full?

Optimism and pessimism are a window through which we see the world. The attitude we adopt towards people, events and situations affects our goals, behavior and progress in every aspect of our lives.

Do you tend to see the glass half empty or half full? To find it out, read these statements and imagine that you are experiencing the described situation. How would you react? Some answers may not match perfectly with what you think, but choose the answer that is closer to your way of thinking.

At the end of the test, see which answers match with optimistic or pessimistic attitude and find your score.

1. You find a dollar bill on the street. You will think:

A. “What a lucky person I am!”
B. “What an observant person I am!”

2. After following a strict diet you manage to lose 10 pounds. You are thinking:

A. “How effective this diet is! I hope to lose more pounds.”
B. “My efforts have brought results! I will manage to lose the pounds I want.”

3. You are at a party and you meet a friend of yours you are very glad to see. Your thoughts are:

A. “Fortunately I decided to come to the party.”
B. “I was in the right place at the right time.”

4. You were going to organize a picnic with friends and but it is raining. You are thinking:

A. “I should have planned it better.”
B. “What a misfortune! The next time everything will be fine.”

5. You win a quiz. You will think:

A. “I guess I have a good memory after all.”
B. “Fortunately the quiz had questions that I knew the answers to.”

6. It’s the end of the month and you do not have enough money to pay all the bills. You are thinking:

A. “It was not a good month. The next month the things will get better.”
B. “ I am not very good at money management I guess.”

INTERPRETATION
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1. A. pessimism B. optimism
2. A. pessimism B. optimism
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6. A. optimism B. pessimism

An optimistic person knows to distinguish between the fate and success. He believes in his strengths and associates each positive result he gets with his hard work and personal abilities. Even if things do not go well, an optimistic person does not get disappointed but still sets up goals and make dreams.

SOURCE>> http://www.thecollectiveint.com/2014/04/psychological-test-do-you-see-glass.html

4 Mind-Blowing Personality Tests Pictures

1. Take a look at the image below. What do you see?

2. Focus on the following picture and give a quick answer: Which stairs will you use to go up and which to go down?

3. There is a man somewhere in this picture. Find him!

4. Do you see the girl rotating clockwise or counterclockwise?

INTERPRETATION:

1. Studies have shown that children cannot see the couple because they don’t have such images in the primary memory and instead see nine dolphins.

Note: This is a test for “dirty minds.” If you needed more than 3 seconds to see the dolphins then there is a kind of… problem! 

2. Most people who see this image tend to go up the left stairs and go down the right stairs. This reaction is likely to be influenced by the western way of reading from left to right. While those who read from right to left, like the Arabs, tend to give the opposite answer.

3. If you managed to find the man in 3 seconds, then the right part of your brain is more developed than in the average person.

If you found him in about 1 minute, the right part of your brain is of the average person.

If you needed more than 1 minute to find him, the right part of your brain is slow.

4. If you see the girl rotating clockwise, then you are using the right hemisphere of your brain at the moment, and vice versa.

The right hemisphere represents people with artistic flair. The left hemisphere instead is linked to rationalism and generally organized mathematical thinking.

If you can see both directions of rotation, you are likely to have an very high IQ level. Although there is no evidence for this, anyone who can see both directions certainly has a balance between organized thinking and more chaotic, creative thinking.

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Watch Your Teeth, They Reveal More About Your Personality Than You Realize

The next time you reveal your teeth in a dazzling smile, look at yourself in a mirror. Your teeth should be as well groomed as you are. They should be straight and even and should be neither too big nor too small for your face. The shape and appearance, color and size of your teeth mirror particular traits that make you different from everyone else. Your teeth offer clues to your personality and attitudes. FSW brings you this quick and easy summary on how you to read someone’s teeth.

1. Convex Teeth :

Here the lower part of the teeth is convex, while the upper parts are concave. This is generally described as “upside down teeth”. Such teeth signify good eloquence – someone who speaks well and very persuasively. However, this person lacks career luck and could come to a bad end. This person will generally be left alone and at the losing end in any competition or dual. They lack winner’s luck and will always have to make do with coming second best.

2. Mixed Convex & Concave Teeth :

Here the lower part of the teeth is convex, while the upper parts are concave. This is generally described as “upside down teeth”. Such teeth signify good eloquence – someone who speaks well and very persuasively. However, this person lacks career luck and could come to a bad end. This person will generally be left alone and at the losing end in any competition or dual. They lack winner’s luck and will always have to make do with coming second best.

3. Sharp Teeth :

This kind of teeth tends to resemble the teeth of a mouse. They are sharp and efficient. Having this kind of teeth signifies someone very smart, especially in the technical fields of expertise. Someone like this tends to be mathematical and generally have a good start in life, but he/she may face obstacles and challenges later on.

4. Uneven Teeth : 

People who have uneven teeth – some small and some big, some sharp and some blunt – tend to be greedy and grasping – thinking only of him or herself. Such a person can also be something of a bully. His/her thought patterns and actions appear “unsynchronized”. This person can be very hot tempered, as a result of which he/she has troubles in most love relationships. Romantic luck tends to be lacking. Such a person should learn to control his/her emotions to create a better and happier life.

5.Concave Teeth :

This is just the opposite of convex teeth and is not generally favored. People with teeth like this should really get them fixed. Some say this indicates the person could inherit a genetic disease.

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8 Ways Science Reveals That Hugging Creates a Physiological Response Equivalent To Drugs

Hugs make you feel good for a reason and it’s not just the loving embrace that gives us that warm feeling in our hearts. It’s much more. It affects the entire body to such an extent that many scientists claim it is equivalent to the effect of many different drugs operating on the body simultaneously. Even seemingly trivial instances of interpersonal touch can help people deal with their emotions with clarity and more effectively.

1. REDUCE WORRY OF MORTALITY

In a study on fears and self-esteem, research published in the journalPsychological Science revealed that hugs and touch significantly reduce worry of mortality. The studies found that hugging — even if it was just an inanimate object like a teddy bear — helps soothe individuals’ existential fears. “Interpersonal touch is such a powerful mechanism that even objects that simulate touch by another person may help to instill in people a sense of existential significance,” lead researcher Sander Koole wrote in the study.

2. STIMULATES OXYTOCIN

Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter that acts on the limbic system, the brain’s emotional centre, promoting feelings of contentment, reducing anxiety and stress, and even making mammals monogamous. It is the hormone responsible for us all being here today. You see this little gem is released during childbirth, making our mothers forget about all of the excruciating pain they endured expelling us from their bodies and making them want to still love and spend time with us. New research from the University of California suggests that it has a similarly civilizing effect on human males, making them more affectionate and better at forming relationships and social bonding. And it dramatically increased the libido and sexual performance of test subjects. More frequent partner hugs and higher oxytocin levels are linked to lower blood pressure and heart rate. The chemical has also been linked to social bonding. “Oxytocin is a neuropeptide, which basically promotes feelings of devotion, trust and bonding,” DePauw University psychologist Matt Hertenstein told NPR. “It really lays the biological foundation and structure for connecting to other people.” When we hug someone, oxytocin is released into our bodies by our pituitary gland, lowering both our heart rates and our cortisol levels. Cortisol is the hormone responsible for stress, high blood pressure, and heart disease.

3. LOWERS HEART RATE

Embracing someone may warm your heart, but according to one study a hug can be good medicine for it too: In an experiment at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , participants who didn’t have any contact with their partners developed a quickened heart rate of 10 beats per minute compared to the five beats per minute among those who got to hug their partners during the experiment.

4. STIMULATES DOPAMINE

Everything everyone does involves protecting and triggering dopamine flow. Many drugs of abuse act through this system. Problems with the system can lead to serious depression and other mental illness. Low dopamine levels also play a role in the neurodegenerative disease Parkinson’s as well as mood disorders such as depression. Procrastination, self-doubt, and lack of enthusiasm are linked with low levels of dopamine and hugs are said to adjust those levels. Dopamine is responsible for giving us that feel-good feeling, and it’s also responsible for motivation! Hugs stimulate brains to release dopamine, the pleasure hormone. MRI and PET scans reveal that when you hugs people or listen to music that excites you, your brain releases dopamine and even in anticipation of those moments. Dopamine sensors are the areas that many stimulating drugs such as cocaine and methamphetamine target. The presence of a certain kinds of dopamine receptors are also associated with sensation-seeking.

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Orgasms Better For Your Brain Than Crossword Puzzles, Research Suggests

Doing crossword puzzles is good for your brain -- but not as good as having orgasms, apparently.

Rutgers researchers Barry Komisaruk and Nan Wise, who study human pleasure, recruited female subjects willing to bring themselves to orgasm while lying in an fMRI machine that measured blood flow to different parts of the brain. These experiments showed that orgasms increase blood flow to all parts of the brain -- bringing nutrients and oxygenation along, too.

"Mental exercises increase brain activity but only in relatively localized regions,” Komisaruk told Will Pavia for the Times Of London. “Orgasm activates the whole.”

As well as keeping your brain sharp, orgasms are thought to decrease stress, ease depression and increase longevity. Komisaruk is also spearheading research on how orgasms can block pain.

In November 2011, writer Kayt Sukel volunteered as a subject for Komisaruk's research. In an article about her experience for The Guardian, Sukel explained that the most difficult part of the experience was remaining still enough during the scan to keep the data viable -- and explaining to her friends what she was up to.

"If you ever want to make even the most cosmopolitan of your friends speechless, telling them you have volunteered to travel to Newark, New Jersey, so you can masturbate to orgasm in an fMRI is a great way to start," Sukel quipped in a blog post for the Huffington Post.

Komisaruk, who has been involved in this field of study since 1982, claims that his research is well-received by the academic community.

“We are desensitizing people,” he told the Times. “They used to be very squeamish about it and we’re very straightforward about it. They don’t make fun of it, we don’t make fun of it. A lot of people take it very seriously.”

Count his research as another good reason to keep having fun in bed.

SOURCE>>> http://www.thehealthyarchive.info/2013/08/orgasms-better-for-your-brain-than.html

Kissing Helps People Find And Keep Partners

Kissing helps people find and keep lovers.

Researchers at Oxford University found that kissing helps people evaluate potential partners and, once in a relationship, it may be a way to help partners stick around.

"Kissing in human sexual relationships is incredibly prevalent in various forms across just about every society and culture," researcher Rafael Wlodarski of Oxford University said in a news release. "Kissing is seen in our closest primate relatives, chimps and bonobos, but it is much less intense and less commonly used."

Researchers conducted online questionnaires in which over 900 adults answered questions about the importance of kissing in both short-term and long-term relationships.

"There are three main theories about the role that kissing plays in sexual relationships: that it somehow helps assess the genetic quality of potential mates; that it is used to increase arousal (to initiate sex for example); and that it is useful in keeping relationships together. We wanted to see which of these theories held up under closer scrutiny," Wlodarski explained.

The findings revealed that women rated kissing as generally more important in relationships than men. What's more, men and women who rated themselves as being attractive, or who tended to have more casual encounters, also rated kissing as being more important.

Because the survey revealed that men and women who are more attractive, or have more casual sex, also tend to be more selective when initially choosing a partner, researchers say that kissing may be a way for people to assess potential mates. Previous research suggests that kissing may allow people to subconsciously assess a potential partner through taste or smell, evaluating biological cues for compatibility, genetic fitness or general health.

"Mate choice and courtship in humans is complex," Professor Robin Dunbar said in a news release. "It involves a series of periods of assessments where people ask themselves "shall I carry on deeper into this relationship?" Initial attraction may include facial, body and social cues. Then assessments become more and more intimate as we go deeper into the courtship stages, and this is where kissing comes in."

"In choosing partners, we have to deal with the 'Jane Austen problem': How long do you wait for Mr. Darcy to come along when you can't wait forever and there may be lots of you waiting just for him? At what point do you have to compromise for the curate?" he said.

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Top 5 Spirit Animals – Which is Yours?

Have you discovered your spirit animal? Perhaps you have your bond figured out, but yet don’t quite know the symbolism, deep meaning or purpose behind your animal.

By uncovering this, it can reveal powerful insights into you, your personality, skills, or situations.

Spirit animals carry meaningful messages and lessons for those who are listening and know how to decode them.

A function of your spirit animal is to guide you and bring to your attention something that needs to be acknowledged or dealt with, or show you a skill you could use or develop further.

SPIRIT ANIMALS CAN PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON

An aspect of yourself that is already strongly developed or needs to be explored more
A situation or environment in your everyday life that has a strong emotional impact
A life direction you could consider or reflect on

It’s important to read up on the animal that is thought to protect and guide you! Thanks to SpiritAnimal.info, we bring you a starting point on what you might need to know.

1) The Wolf

Symbolism of the wolf:

• Sharp intelligence, deep connection with instincts
• Appetite for freedom
• Expression of strong instincts
• Feeling threatened, lack of trust in someone or in yourself
• Positive symbolism of the wolf spirit animal
• The wolf’s characteristics

Positive meanings emphasize a deep connection with your intuition and instincts. On the negative side, the wolf could represent a perceived threat or a lack of trust in someone or your own feelings or actions. This spirit animal also reflects sharp intelligence in dealing with important matters.

When you have the wolf as a spirit animal, it could be an expression of your sharp intelligence and strong instincts.

The wolf symbolizes a strong connection with instincts and when it appears as a animal spirit guide, it could point to a way of perceiving and understanding the world around you that works similarly.

Whether the wolf appears in physical form or in a dream or meditation, it may reveal that you’re using your instincts and intuition to grasp a situation well.

The fact that your wolf animal spirit guide shows up could also be a call to use this capacity to deal with a recent challenge you’ve experienced in your life.

If the presence of the wolf feels threatening, pay attention to how your instinctual nature and raw emotions can jeopardize your balance or the balance of people around you. Your power animal may appear in such light to warn you about devouring instincts of those belonging somebody around you.

Wolf power or spirit animals point to an appetite for freedom and living life powerfully, guided by instincts.

When a wolf manifests its presence as a guide in your life, it could be a call to live your life more freely, to bring the intensity of passion in your everyday endeavors.

Wolves are wild animals that are not easily domesticated and when they appear as spirit guides, they could be an invitation to look at what supports your authentic self and the true expression of yourself.

The wolf totem is a reminder to keep your spirit alive and trust your instincts to find the way that will best suit you.

A wolf totem animal can represent a perceived threat or feeling you are being threatened. The presence of this spirit animal could be a reminder of an event, situation or a person you feel threatened by.

The wolf could reflect something that may have a “predatory” feel to it and instill a feeling of vulnerability that is not reassuring. Encountering your spirit animal in such a way invites you to look at who or what in your life is having such an influence.

Perhaps your spirit animal is warning you about challenges with personal boundaries: You may feel you have exposed yourself too much with someone or in a certain situation and need to pull back or strengthen emotional or physical boundaries with that person or in the context of that experience.

The wolf as a spirit animal could also remind you that you’re facing stiff competition at work or that the behavior of people around may feel like you have to deal with a “pack of wolves.”

Since a common meaning for the wolf spirit animal emphasizes the role of instincts, having this animal as a guide or totem could point to your relationship with how you live your life, and more specifically how you trust or mistrust your instincts and intuitive guidance.

Check whether you feel threatened by your own instincts and feelings. The presence of your wolf power animal could reflect your inner emotional landscape and bring to your awareness your own feelings about a matter that is highly emotionally charged.

2) The Owl

Symbolism of the owl:

• Intuition, ability to see what other do not see
• The presence of the owl announces change
• Capacity to see beyond deceit and masks
• Wisdom
• The traditional meaning of the owl spirit animal is the announcer of death, most likely symbolic like a life transition, change
• The owl’s characteristics

The owl is perhaps best known for being able to see in the dark. As a spirit animal, the owl guides you to see beyond the veil of deception and illusion; it helps see what’s kept hidden. It also symbolizes the ability to cut through illusions and see the real meaning of someone’s action or state of mind.

When the owl is one of your power animals, you have a strong intuition and can access information and wisdom that’s usually hidden to most. The spirit of this animal encourages you to look beyond deceiving appearances into the true reality of a situation or a person’s motives.

The owl is a strong spirit guide for discernment and making decision based solid foundations. Call on the owl totem when you have to assess a situation or are going through confusing times. If you have an owl as a totem or spirit animal, you probably like to explore the unknown.

Night time is particularly auspicious for your creativity, so take the time to focus your creative energy then. The mysteries of life are a fascinating field of interest. As the owl guides your steps, you are likely to develop an appreciation for life’s magic.

When the owl shows up in your life, listen and look out for the subtle signs that are around you.

Your animal spirit guide is a great helper to be attentive to what usually goes below your radar, but is now of particular importance. The owl is also a guide to uncover your hidden potential and abilities. Check whether you need to reveal more of your intuitive nature.

Owl spirit animals are symbolic of death in many traditions. In most cases however, it should not be taken literally: If the owl is associated with death, it can be viewed a symbolic death, meaning a transition in life, important changes that are taking place or about to happen.

When the owl shows up in your life, pay attention to the winds of change. Perhaps you are about to leave some old habits, a situation that no longer serve you or bring something new in your life.

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