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Jack on the Water

2013-05-02T23:10:00.000+08:00

It's getting harder and harder to be positive about things.

I keep saying I've hit bottom but it surprises me how low I get each day. My career is just spiraling away into nothingness. I'm at the through of a wave with no hope of going up.

Hope can turn to despair. But it's doubly hard when one can't and won't give up. This has been going on for a long time now and I deserve to see the light at the end of this tunnel.

Lemonade

2013-03-01T05:06:00.001+08:00

It's turning out to be a frustrating and trying time.

The schedule is weird and I need to get used to it. But it is manageable. Food is passable but my financial resources are just plain flat out bad.

As for the group, well, they all have their own set of quirky characteristics and overall cool. I guess, I'm the one farthest from cool in the group.

But the work! ugh! The work. It is challenging everytime, and that's good. But at the end of the day, there's no sense of continuance. It's like a disjointed sense of accomplishment. Each day is a reset.

I have to get used to it.

Finding A Balance

2013-01-27T11:48:00.000+08:00

I start a new career tomorrow.

Well, actually, I start from the bottom but I'm confident I can work my way up again in time. Funny how friends and even those in the new job assumed I was applying for a management position. They were actually surprised.

But hey, I'm new in this field and have zero knowledge and experience on the aspects of the industry. And the best way to learn is work from the bottom.

I'm confident that this is just a start. My psychic sense tells me that this is a positive step for me.

Still, I have my fingers crossed.

Embracing Slavery

2012-12-29T17:51:00.000+08:00

We are creatures of habit. I've heard that phrase dozens and dozens of times.

I don't doubt it either.

But sometimes, something happens and we get wrenched out of our comfort zone and are forced to face a totally different situation. Something we aren't built to comprehend or cope.

What do we do then?

Whenever I get asked for psychic advice, I usually tell them to first keep calm, take a step back and try accept the situation as reality. There's no use in trying to go back to normalcy. I tell them to first embrace slavery.

I don't mean it literally. One thing we all are good at is at adaptation. We hate to adapt to something new but once we put effort in it, we really are. I mean, Eskimos learned to live in a very frigid environment because they learned to adapt. They even live in houses made of ice!

When giving psychic advise, I try and be more objective and understand how it all started. Once people understand why it happened, it's easier to decide how to deal with it.

Honestly, most of my psychic meetups are more psychological than paranormal.

One thing we always have to expect is change. A comfort zone will always be temporary. Change is what makes life exciting. It makes us feel human. We have to accept that we are slaves to change.

Once we learn to embrace a new situation, the faster we get to moving forward. It helps us evolve into a better person (I hope!). Accepting change mitigates the initial shock and anxiety from being pulled out of an already acceptable and comfortable situation.

Mayan Mayhem Misinterpreted

2012-12-28T13:22:00.000+08:00

I never did believe that Mayan prophecy thing about the end of the world this December 21. But heck, there was a small voice in my head that kept whispering, "But what if it is true?"

My daughters and I had a lengthy discussion about it. And jokingly I said, "Heck, they didn't even say what time zone it'll happen..". I did advance articles for Quantum Day just in case...

Well, the day came and passed and no end of the world... for us. What we decided on during the conversation is that everyday is the end of the world for someone. Everybody dies. There are hundreds, if not thousands who die everyday.

So what is this fascination of everyone dying at the same time? Is it because we don't want to die and have everyone else going on about with life? Scared that we might miss out on the next big thing?

My observation (flawed or not) is that during the early civilizations, cultures from all over were concerned on how the world began. Now we diverged from that and transitioned to focusing on how the world will end. I don't know why or even if i am right, but certainly there's a study on this, I shall research.

But given that transition, have we passed the midpoint and are heading towards the cliff?

I don't think so. I don't believe in a pre-determined fate. We are beings of consequence; of cause and effect. If there will be an end of the world scenario, it will be of our own doing.

Unless of course, an asteroid decides to slam into Earth just like what happened to the dinosaurs.

Related Link: Defending The Earth From Asteroids

Brain Activity of Psychic Mediums Analyzed

2012-11-17T06:23:00.000+08:00

Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil used SPECT scans to analyze the brain activity of psychic mediums while in a trance.

Although this does not prove or even authenticate the veracity of the mediums' ability, it does show an insight on how the brain works during the activity.

The data gathered does show that areas of the brain that recorded activity are associated with improvisational music performance (similar to a jazz performance) and also for alcohol/drug consumption states.

"While the exact reason is at this point elusive, our study suggests there are neurophysiological correlates of this state," says Andrew Newberg, MD. Newberg is the director of Research at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine and a nationally-known expert on spirituality and the brain

He further adds that, "This first-ever neuroscientific evaluation of mediumistic trance states reveals some exciting data to improve our understanding of the mind and its relationship with the brain. These findings deserve further investigation both in terms of replication and explanatory hypotheses..."

Related Links

The Science of the Paranormal: Analyzing Brain Activity of Psychic Mediums