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The Effects of Climate Change

By Marie R

The climate has effected great change in the make up of human and natural systems. This is true of changes we are seeing in flora and fauna and the diminishing availability of good quality drinking water.

As the earth’s temperatures rise, the effects of these changes will increase dramatically.

Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather.

Hardest hit, and first, will be the poorest countries. The wealthy nations buy and consume products contributing to the emissions, and the poor are unable to adapt to the consequences.

The burden of disease has increased, and is expected to get much worse in the future.

An uneven impact on food production will be one effect. Moderate temperature increases will see a rise in productivity at the global level, but at lower latitudes, especially seasonally dry and tropical regions, crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases increasing risk of hunger.

The causes of climate change and its impact on the environment and human health are becoming increasingly understood, and increasingly problematic.

This is not a government, economic or moral problem, but one affecting everyone and we need to treat it as a global problem.

To try and find solutions for the climate change problems, requires strong leadership from our governments and environmental bodies.

Climate change is the result of a great many factors including the dynamic processes of the earth, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and more recently, by human activities.

External factors that can shape climate are often called climate forcing and include such processes as variations in solar radiation, deviations in the earth’s orbit, and the level of greenhouse gas concentrations.

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Ancient Lessons To Help Us Fight Climate Change

By Anand Krishna

Thousands of years ago — to be precise around 10,000 BC — we faced a similar climate problem to what we are facing today.

According to one popular Hindu legend, contamination had poisoned the seas and the oceans. It was a terrible situation. The polluted waters caused poisonous gases that threatened life on earth.

At that time, the whole world united to deal with the crisis. All wars between the nations ended. The major powers, the sura and the asura, who had always been hostile towards each other, decided to end all their hostilities and unite to face the threat.

The sura were the people, the nations “in line” with and attuned to nature. They were the “rhythmic” people. On the other hand, the asura were the people, the nations “not in line” with nature, not attuned to nature. They were “not rhythmic”.

The so called “good” and “wise”, in the olden days were called rhythmic, because their lives where in rhythm with Mother Nature. They were environmentally conscious, clean and ate the right kind of food. They developed technologies that were useful and life-friendly.

The asura did not care for rhythmic life. They did not care much about the environment. They did not bother about cleanliness. They ate what they liked. And they developed technologies that could destroy all humankind.

Our world today is still divided between these two kinds of people: The rhythmic and the arrhythmic. There are people and nations developing technologies which could bring an end to human life, and there are people and nations working for peace and harmony.

Climate change is nothing new. It has happened in the distant past, as we shall learn from the legend. It may also happen again in the near and distant future, if we do not learn lessons from our past.

In 10,000 BC, according to the legend, both the sura and the asura let go of their differences — political, social and religious — and decided to face the common threat.

This was their mistake. You can never let go of such differences. The differences are there, they are very real. You can, at best, shut your eyes to such differences.

The unity between the sura and the asura did not have a real foundation. The platform they stood upon was not strong enough to hold both of them for long.

Facing global warming today, I am afraid we are standing upon such a flimsy foundation. The appeals made by United Nations and the truly admirable work of Al Gore and others must create stronger ground for unity.

Let not the “threat of destruction” unites us.

Such a unity shall not last long. Let us not shun our differences, for differences cannot be shunned. Let us build the platform of unity on the awareness that differences are not a hindrance to unity. Unity makes sense because of such differences. Without such differences, we shall not be speaking about unity. We are different, yet united. This is the same as the motto of Indonesia: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, Unity in Diversity.

“Awareness”, a “sense of oneness” — these are the essential ingredients lacking in the world. And therefore, any notion or idea of unity remains a notion, an idea. It is still a dream; a theme for poets and writers; a project for various institutions. It has not become a reality. Not yet.

Motivated by the “Common Threat”, the sura and the asura of the olden days did unite.

First, they dropped their weapons.

Secondly, they began to cleanse the waters. They realized that the “threat” was of their own creation. And, that they must deal with it by themselves. In that, at least, they were right.

They did not blame it on God, mother nature but blamed it on their own doings, such was their realization.

Once again, their realization was great. What they did was right. It is just the foundation — that was not right. And since the foundation was not right, their unity did not last long.

What we are facing today, is a kind of repetition of what we have faced in the past, not once, not twice, but many times. We have also done much — on a worldwide scale — to face this threat.

Today, our world is almost united on this issue. We were never so united in the past. This is commendable. But, let us check the platform upon which we have built this united front. Is it based on awareness that this world is but one family, that we share the same earth, same sky, same sun, moon, and stars? Or, is it built upon a “threat”, upon “fear”.

If unity is built upon a sense of threat and fear, then it shall not last long. It cannot hold us for long. Let us, therefore, strengthen this platform first. Let us unite our hearts, and let us unite in love and compassion.

The developed countries must let go of their big egos, the developing countries must let go of their complexes. Today, as never before, we are accorded a golden chance to unite in awareness. Thanks to information technology tools, today we have free and fast access to all kind of information, news and science. Today, we can, as never before, really work together in “real time”. We can learn and think in real time.

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Achieve Your Goals Using Self Hypnosis

By: David Slone

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Self hypnosis can be a great tool for helping you to set and attain goals and for self improvement. Most people are very surprised when they find out how easy it is to learn self hypnosis. Once you learn the techniques and implement them in your life self hypnosis can make a lot of things in your life much easier.

Often, when we think of Self hypnosis, we imagine a person listening to an audio tape intended to bring about an inclination to absorb suggestions that are centered around a specific topic such as losing weight, quitting smoking, etc.

It is unfortunate that this type of hypnosis program is generally created by someone who has never met the person using the hypnosis technique. Often the technique presents unwanted or even unpleasant suggestions and imagery. For example, if you have a fear of water, the last thing you may want to hear or imagine is a situation where you are in a boat. Or if you have a fear of flying you may not find imagery of floating through the clouds as pleasant.

So how can you incorporate self improvement goals into your own hypnosis technique? To be able to stimulate self improvement in your own personal life there are specific facets within your own personality that need to be dealt with. With the use of self hypnosis the negative aspects that serve as obstacles to self improvement can be eliminated. A truly worthwhile and effective self hypnosis program must be created and designed by the actual person who will use the technique in order for that person to benefit the most from following it.

Unlike the self hypnosis programs that are mass produced, this type of hypnosis is geared toward the actual person who is using it. It can be designed by the person to suit his or her own personal requirements. The benefits obtained through self hypnosis can only be obtained through the use of a personal, one of a kind tailor made hypnosis technique. Self hypnosis truly means that you are hypnotized by yourself and there is no one who is better suited than you to create your self hypnosis excerises.

Choose loose, comfortable clothing, This will help a lot in the process since tight fitting clothes have a tendency to make you feel tense.

The place you where you practice your self hypnosis sessions should have a calm and soothing atmosphere. It may be in your living room, or bedroom, or any place that you feel comfortable in. Arrange the place so that it is the most soothing to your senses.

Before you begin your self hypnotic exercises you should make a time schedule for it. Try to stick to your schedule and soon you will get into the habit of doing it and it will come natural to you. Practice your self hypnosis sessions every day, if at all possible. make it an important part of your daily life. Don’t try to overdo it, five minutes a day is enough. Repeat your suggestions to yourself as often as possible throughout each day.

Silence helps most people to relax, so you may want to choose a quiet, private area far away from the ringing of the phone or the humming of the washing machine. Many people use a fan to drown out the sounds that could disturb concentration. Pleasant scents also help in that regard, so using up on aromatic candles or incense can also be a good idea.

Here is a basic view of the process of self hypnosis. There are many different approaches to self hypnosis, but the fundamental principles remain the same. Keep in mind that these are the basic steps you will need to go through in order to achieve self hypnosis and to accomplish desired self improvement.

1. List and arrange your goals from the most important goal to the less important. If at all possible, your goals should be measurable. Set clearly defined short and long term goals so you will be able to measure your progress and achieve personal satisfaction once you have successfully obtained your goals. Your self confidence will also improve as you become more attuned to your capabilities as you complete or achieve your goals.

2. For each specific goal, you should define appropriate suggestions on how to achieve each goal. You will need to convert your goals to specific instructions to your subconscious mind.

3. Use the first few minutes of your self hypnotic session to get as comfortable and relaxed as possible. Try to clear your mind from all of your concerns and problems.

4. Begin your hypnotic phase by repeating aloud the hypnotic words or phrases that you have chosen in step 2. Think of these words or listen to a hypnotic recording customized for your own personal hypnotic and goal fulfillment needs.

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The Foundation Of Self

By: Tonya Ramsey

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Imagine you are building a house. The first and most important step is to start with a strong foundation. A good foundation will support the structure of the house; a bad foundation will cause endless problems with the stability of the structure. The same thing applies to our own foundations. If we do not have a healthy strong foundation, everything that we try to build on top of it is going to topple down.

Self-Esteem, Self-Confidence, and Self-Image make up the foundation of self. Low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence or negative self-image can weaken and destroy our foundation. A fragile foundation hinders self-improvement and goal obtainment because as we try and try we see our efforts collapse. The connection between the amount of success that we see in our lives is in proportion to how healthy or unhealthy our sense of self is.

Self- Esteem is the sense of one’s worth or value. It is the opinion or judgment of yourself and the measure of self-respect and pride that you have for yourself. People that have low self-esteem do not hold themselves a high regard. They are often people pleasers that neglect their own needs for the needs of others. Low self-esteem prevents a person from accomplishing goals in their lives because on either a conscious or an subconscious level they do not really believe they are worthy. Individuals that have low self-esteem might engage in acts of self-sabotage to make their belief that they are not worthy of success a reality, not only in their own minds, but in their physical reality as well.

Self-confidence is the belief in yourself and your abilities. Low self-confidence often keeps people from going after their goals because they do not believe they have the skills or abilities to succeed. This often creates a self-fulfilling prophecy, if you don’t think you can then you won’t, no matter what steps you employ. Lack of belief in your abilities will prevent most people from even attempting to go after their goals or to give up too quickly.

Self-Image is the overall concept or metal image of yourself and your assessment of your qualities. This is simply what you think of yourself, do you consider yourself as a good person or a bad person. How do you define yourself? When you think about your traits do only see the bad? How do you describe yourself to others? These are all questions to consider when figuring out if your self-image is positive or negative. An unhealthy self-image impacts your overall feelings of worth which inhibits self-improvement and growth.

These three foundation blocks are interconnected. A low self-esteem is usually going to result in low self-confidence and poor self-image. In turn, having a negative self-image contributes to your low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence. The three work together to form the foundation of self, a trouble in one area leads to issues in the remaining two; making the urgency to work on the areas that need improvement even more critical.

The best way to keep your foundation strong is to first and foremost realize your worth, know that you are a good person and that you deserve success in your life. If you really do not believe that, you start with changing the way you think. Daily affirmations are an effective way to change negative thoughts connected with your image, esteem, and confidence. By telling yourself positives, you are through repetition retraining yourself to think differently about yourself.

Changing the way that you talk to yourself is another way to strengthen your foundation. Most people with low sense of self, engage in negative self talk and are very critical of themselves. Being aware of how you talk to yourself and making the switch from negative to positive can really change the way you think and feel about yourself. It also improves the relationship that you have with yourself, promoting self-love and better insights into yourself.

By thinking of yourself as being worthy and deserving of success in all areas of your life, you are removing limiting thinking. Our thoughts help create the realities in our lives. By believing in yourself, you are creating and maintaining the healthy sense of self that is going to help you flourish.

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