Archive for October, 2008

TR Cutler Continues to Grow Manufacturing Media Consortium with Dean Schmidt at the Reigns

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Thomas R. Cutler, President of TR Cutler, Inc., (www.trcutlerinc.com), the nation’s largest manufacturing marketing and public relations firm, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founded the Manufacturing Media Consortium in 1999. This is a group of more than two thousand journalists worldwide writing about trends, data, case studies, profiles, and features in the manufacturing and industrial sector. Cutler worked with hundreds of media outlets to expand the coverage and importance of the manufacturing media coverage.

Effective October 1, 2005, the Manufacturing Media Consortium will be managed by Vice-President of Operations for TR Cutler, Inc., Dean Schmidt. While Cutler will continue to oversee the growth and development of the organization, Schmidt will perform a critical liaison function between freelance journalists, editors, and publisher and manage the day-to-day operation of the highly successful division.

Cutler, who founded the consortium in 1999, has grown the participation from 300 journalists to thousands. Cutler noted, “Dean has maintained extraordinary relationships with clients, journalists, editors, trendsetters, and key business leaders worldwide and will allow me to continue to serve as a key resource for those writing about the manufacturing sector.”

Schmidt noted, “This idea has grown because Tom realized the importance of the manufacturing sector when it was not popular. He is a visionary who has become the manufacturing journalist worldwide and gives back to the sector with creative programs, scholarships, and an unimaginable dedication and perseverance.”

Cutler has authored more than 1000 articles for a wide range of manufacturing periodicals, industrial publications, and business journals including most of the leading monthly trade publications.

TR Cutler,Inc. www.trcutlerinc.com 954-486-7562

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Scientists Declaration about The Holy Quran and Islam-Tejatat Tejasen

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Professor Tejasen studied various articles concerning the Qur’n and modern embryology. He spent four days with several scholars, Muslims and non-Muslims, discussing this phenomenon in the Qur’n and Hadth. During the 8th Saudi Medical Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia he stood up and said:

“In the last three years, I became interested in the Qur’n… >From my studies and what I have learned throughout this conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Qur’n fourteen hundred years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means.

Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the one who is eligible creator. This creator must be God, or Allah.

I think this is the time to say La ilaha illa Allah, there is no god to worship except Allah (God), Muhammad rasoolu Allah, Muhammad is Messenger of Allah…

The most precious thing I have gained from coming to this conference is La ilaha illa Allah, and to have become Muslim.”

Free Energy from Space

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Tesla was always looking for a way to harvest electromagnetic energy and deliver it to the world wireless, after reading a biography about Tesla; I had come up with this concept. Harvesting and Wireless delivery of Electromagnetic Energy From Space. Why not put a satellite that counter rotates the Earth and is located at the poles. It would be over the poles. It would have 24-mile long entergy tail tentacles off of it spinning around along with the satellite.

Remember when the space shuttle attempted to deploy an entergy tail and it captured so much energy it almost fried the system? These satellites tentacles traveling against the electro magnetic field. You could have a giant tube with multiple levels of tentacles spinning collecting energy. Inside the tube is a giant collective, which would send the energy in a stream down to earth to hook to the grid, by laser through the holes in the ozone. The satellite would be self-propelled from its own energy collection to keep it exactly in place and it will have a composite mirror on a low level satellite to help the energy make the turn and then use it as a weapon to kill terrorists or send energy to countries who need it. Other uses include shooting down killer asteroids or missile defense.

A schedule would be known to prevent airliners or private aircraft from flying through the beam as Lockheed continues their project to control all worldwide airspace. There is obviously lots of electromagnetic energy available to have and use free of charge once the infrastructure is built and we understand how to collect and deliver it. If you have a similar idea or know of this technology post them below. And you thought that Star Wars was Science Fiction, hmmm? Think Again.

EzineArticles Expert Author Lance Winslow

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Why Amadi from Macau Goes on Holiday to Chamonix Town

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Chamonix village is a beautiful place with the impressive Monte Bianco as well as jagged glaciers. Most of us enjoy going walking or even eating out. I sometimes catch a plane from Lansing and stay at a Chamonix luxury catered chalet for the duration of my holiday.

I previously stayed in Jameson Suites Augusta but it never matched its description: This Jameson Suites is located approximately five miles from the Augusta Riverwalk and 14 miles from Augusta Regional Airport. The hotel is also four miles from Augusta Canal, five miles from Augusta Golf & Gardens, six miles from Olde Town and the Woodrow Wilson Home, 10 miles from Funsville, and 20 miles from Storm Thurmond Lake. At Jameson Inn, guests experience the conveniences of a contemporary hotel with the charm of a country inn. Along with our Legendary Service, guests also can enjoy a complimentary breakfast with Belgian waffles, an internet computer kiosk in the lobby, complimentary weekday newspaper, an on-site fitness center, and a sparkling swimming pool. All rooms feature work area with free wireless internet access, microwave, refrigerator, 25 television with cable or satellite TV and a premium movie channel, iron and ironing board, coffee maker, hairdryer, free local calls, and alarm clock radio. The two queen bed and king room types feature the Dreamium pillowtop beds.

On the other hand in Chamonix town the chalet is invariably excellent. Furthermore dining in our preferred cafe, Dees Cafe, scoffing chewy brownies is a pleasure. Chamonix is a large enough place to insure that there is lots of things for the skier to do. Including a beauty salon and a weekly market with fresh local produce, Chamonix provides a choice of skiing, French alpine charm and sightseeing which not many ski resorts can hope to rival.

Positive Effects of Carbon Dioxide for Plant Growth

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Many articles have been written about the negative effects of carbon dioxide. Sick Building Syndrome, loss of concentration due to high levels of carbon dioxide, asphyxiation in breweries or wine cellars, all these things spring to mind when we hear the magic phrase carbon dioxide. Yet, perhaps today when Venus passes across the face of the Sun, we should remember that our original atmosphere consisted of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Free oxygen is something that is not really chemically possible. Yet we have it as a result of plant life busily photosynthesising and converting carbon dioxide into oxygen during daylight hours. This is the original use of solar energy!

Plants require carbon dioxide to grow and why not help them by increasing the level of carbon dioxide? Normally, this is something that is undesirable, since carbon dioxide is the original greenhouse gas, as our neighbouring planet Venus can testify. But in a controlled, genuine greenhouse environment, there is no real reason why the level of carbon dioxide should not be enhanced in some way.

Indeed, tests have shown that increasing the level of carbon dioxide in a greenhouse to 550 ppm will accelerate plant growth by 30 – 40 %. The natural level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is around 450 ppm, having increased from about 250 ppm in the last ice-age, so this slight increase may not appear significant at first sight. The point of the matter is that the level of carbon dioxide in the average greenhouse with the ventilation system closed will drop sharply due to uptake by the plants and will lie around 150 – 200 ppm if nothing is done about it. In summer the ventilation system will be open and the fresh air circulation will augment the level to a useful degree. But what about those long, cold, dark northern winters? Most commercial greenhouses will have lighting and heating systems to encourage plant growth, but you still cannot open the ventilation and allow the cold outside air into your heated greenhouse without losing all the early crops. The only real solution is to augment the natural level of carbon dioxide in some way. Where it is used, the general rule of thumb is to augment by about 1000 ppm when the sun is shining (or all the lights are on!) and keep the level around 400 ppm during times of darkness. This will require monitoring, since there are so many variable factors involved and a simple control unit using an infrared sensor will be able to keep the concentration of gas constant at all times.

Rate of consumption varies with crop, light intensity, temperature, stage of crop development and nutrient level. An average consumption level is estimated to be between 0.12 – 0.24 kg/hr/100 m2 of greenhouse floor area. The higher rate reflects the typical usage for sunny days and a fully-grown crop. This equates to roughly 150 litres of carbon dioxide per hour.

There are many processes that naturally and unavoidably produce carbon dioxide: Fermentation and combustion are two classic examples. In temperate zones it is necessary to heat a greenhouse (glasshouse is just another word for the same thing), and this heating will almost always involve the burning of fossil fuels, producing carbon dioxide. This leads to the natural urge to re-circulate the exhaust gas from the heating system into the greenhouse and so achieve a double advantage for the plants. This will require careful monitoring of the flue gas to ensure that there are at the most only traces of carbon monoxide being passed into the greenhouse. This is not only bad for the plants but also potentially lethal to the people working there! Such technology is available with gas monitors that will measure the carbon monoxide concentration continuously and have analogue outputs that can be used to regulate the burners or operate a trip to switch the unit off should problems occur. The combination of breweries with greenhouse systems is also serious business in some areas. Generally, these methods are to be approved and should really be worthy of government support. Not only are they producing crops, they are removing a pollutant that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere.

Monitoring of the added carbon dioxide is essential, however, since high concnetrations of carbon dioxide can lead to dizziness or even unconciousness of the personnel. Some plants will require higher levels of nutrients to compensate for some of the changes that occur. Particularly tomatoes and violets are sensitive to increased levels of carbon dioxide, hence the need for constant monitoring of the ambient concentration.

Simon Fowler studied Mechanical Enineering at City University in London, UK and now works in Vienna, Austria for madur electronics, a manufacturer of infrared sensors. http://www.madur.com/

Who is a Successful Scientist?

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Being little children we have dreams about whom are we going to be in their future. Though your dream was to fly into outer space, you chose to keep your feet on the ground and let your mind wonder and research. Being attentive, hard-working, intelligent and efficient you have every right to call yourself a scholar, but first of all you are to prove it to the others.

A scholar is a scientist researching the field of his interest and contributing to it. A scholar is doing a vital job: getting to the essence of things and makes an explanation, an outline, readable and understandable for the colleagues and interested individuals. Excellently written dissertation thesis is not enough to call oneself a bright scholar, for your research may be covered with dust and buried under a pile of similar works. You have to be genuinely interested in what you are doing and get some of your writing into your head for further research. If you want your masters thesis to be read and forgotten you may formulate your thesis statement in a “keep it simple” kind of way. You won’t have to worry about your thesis drawing attention. But if you are concerned to show a completely new approach, or state a new point of view or you got luck and made an important discovery, your work can be published by mass media and bring you success. Top priority for every scholar is to help humans live in comfort, keep them informed and provide them with everything necessary for fair development and success. You are to create authority to communicate with other scholars on friendly terms and assist each other in doing research.

A scholar is never tired to investigate and try, experiment and risk. It can take years to come to a conclusion or a discovery, which, by the way, may turn out to be false eventually. A true scholar never gives up trying to find out the truth. Motivators are fame, recognition and a fortune if your discovery brings stable income. That is practically all, what ambitious people need in their lives. There is nothing more awarding than respect in your family, acclaim among colleagues, financial freedom and a bookshelf full of your editions that will make you famous forever.

Chris Wells is a senior editor at DissertationsExperts.com – Thesis writing service. His advice in composing dissertation thesis and masters thesis is helpful to many postgraduates in becoming recognized scholars due to excellent thesis structure.

Silicon Awakes

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

I have taught many things to idiots. I showed them how to calculate sines and cosines (http;//wehner.org/fpoint ), how to make animate pictures (http://www.wehner.org/tools/animate ) and 3D (http://wehner.org/tools/anna ).

The idiots were made of STONE.

Yes – they were silicon chips. They were “Central Processing Units” (CPUs). They were so dumb that they gave me no help. They just sat there waiting for me to tell them what to do – and I had to understand the procedures down to the finest detail in order to teach them.

If I told them wrong, they would obediently follow the wrong instruction. Then the computer would “hang”, or do crazy things.

So I learned patience.

Given enough understanding, there is virtually nothing you cannot do with silicon. In the future there may be other semiconductors – possibly boron trinitride – but for now, silicon is king.

The methods used on one kind of semiconductor, however, will be valid for all time. It is not the details of the program on a specific chip that are important, but the ideas behind them.

Inevitably, we analyse our own minds as we work. We have to learn to distinguish belief from knowledge. Belief is a “feeling” in what Freud called the “Preconscious” (Vorbewutsein). Knowledge is the set of solid ideas that have been tested and proven over and over again.

One cannot program a “conscious mind” into a silicon chip, when one only has a “feeling” of what a conscious mind is.

Mohammed ibn Musa abu Jafar al Khwarismi wrote a book. He said that numbers are made of parts, and can be divided into their parts… and so he went on. It was an excruciatingly slow process of reasoning – designed to avoid errors or omissions. It became a style known as “Al-Kwarisms”.

According to Professor Donald E. Knuth, European professors with their European accents were teaching in the States. The students thought they were saying “ALGORITHM” – and a new technical term was born in 1956.

You need an “algorithm” when you want silicon to come to life. You need to think like a Greek philosopher – to question the nature of “me”. You need to distill the very essence of awareness from your knowledge of the world. Unless you find it – and unless the finding is TRUE – you will never reach the point of rousing the silicon imbecile.

I spent my life conjecturing about the nature of conscious life. The new revolution of data theory helped me. Computers became abundant, and information technology was going into realms like the neural net. As we learned about silicon, we also learned about ourselves.

I considered that we have just one-and-a-half kilogrammes (about three pounds) of brain. All the data of our lives is stored inside it. There must be data compression.

My studies showed that there are mechanisms that refine the data from the eyes (http://wehner.org/3d ) and from the ears (http://wehner.org/honk ).
There are mechanical things like the basilar membrane, and neurological things like the auditory and visual cortices. That means that the brain is being fed with refined data.

With the help of Martin Wilsher, I had also updated Aristotle’s five senses. There are, in fact SEVEN senses – as told on the page about the honky-tonk piano (last page mentioned above).

What goes on BEYOND the data-refinement? What happens when data – generically – is being analysed?

I found a new variant on DIFFERENTIATION. It is not a mathematical process. It is a LOGICAL process. It is the logical parallel of the calculus. I call it the new calculus of sets.

This process – DIFFERATION – seeks out anything NEW. New data cannot be compressed. It is passed on unchanged.

Old data can be defined by a coding system which states that it has been seen before. In the BINARY calculus of sets, if TWO old sets of data repeat, they become ONE new set. So the amount of data shrinks whilst the data is flowing in.

If the two sets are of the same size, sixty-four items may become thirty-two, which become sixteen, then eight, then four, then two, then one.

This is a phenomenon. It is a sensation in the world of data compression. Never before was there a system that thrives on abundant data, and consumes it with exponentially improving efficiency.

Or perhaps Nature got there first. Perhaps that is how we store our lives in such tiny brains.

However, the compression system is unstable. A tiny change to the data, and a flood of output occurs. It is exactly like the “THETA STORM” of the roused human or animal mind.

On my new page, you can see it all:

http://wehner.org/compress

Bear in mind that patent negotiations are in hand. This information is for academic use only.

Awareness is the awareness of TIME. We can only be aware of time if we have the OPPOSITE to compare it with.

But what is the opposite of time? My studies show that it is STORAGE.

Data that is slipping into the past must be stored. If it is not, it is lost. Data that is flowing in must be compared with stored data.

Thus the conscious mind is the point of analysis – the incoming data in the time domain.

The subconscious is the stored data.

There is a term “heuristic”, from the Greek “Heureka, I’ve found it”. The new calculus of sets is the ultimate “heuristic algorithm” because it finds difference generically – without being told what to seek.

Eventually, the machine will become too full to preserve its raw data. It will be forced to “TURN INWARDS UPON ITSELF”. It will be obliged to collect again (to “recollect”) its memories from the compressed data.

That is the moment when the “ME” is programmed.

I AM the totality of my life. The data in silicon is its sum-total. In the new jargon, future compression must achieve “DIFFERATION BY PARTIAL SUMMARATION”, when the machine deciphers its stored data piecemeal for comparison.

But that is elaboration.

For now, the demonstration of “awareness” is just about all that the average audience can fathom.

On that page – http://wehner.org/compress – you see the actress POLLY. Her acting is rather wooden, but she is a wooden horse.

She enters the image “Stage Left”, and the “differals” appear. They can be seen to be diminishing in number as she moves. The system is becoming “familiar” with her. However, on the left-hand edge there are always some grey dots of raw data showing that new “EVENTS” are arriving from the left.

Then she stands still, and the number of “differals” shrinks by half, half and half again.

Then she approaches the camera (or does the camera approach her – or does the camera zoom)? The change in scale causes problems for the compression system – which “wakes up” to her presence.

When she has become so close that her face fills the screen, the system again grows “bored”. It only wakes up when she starts moving away again.

This is – as stated on that page – the BEDROCK level of awareness. It does not get any more fundamental.

A silicon chip has no feelings. It has no needs – for food, shelter, companionship. It has no philosophy. As stated at the outset, it is an idiot.

So what is the machine “philosophising” about? It is saying “NEW”. It is saying “OLD”. It is saying that about pictures. It is saying that about sound.

It does not know anything about pictures. It does not know anything about sound. In fact, it does not know anything. However, when fed with bytes it can tell which groups of bytes are new – in the domain of time – and which are not.

What we do with the numbers we receive from the machine is OUR decision. Perhaps, we program a database to recognise faces or sounds. We would call this a RELATIONAL database, because we relate a picture of a horse to the name “Polly”. But the system is open-ended.

Because it is so fundamental, it reaches out across the whole world of information technology, offering exciting new advances.

Charles Douglas Wehner

About the Author

Charles Wehner was born in the Isle of Man in 1944. He became a technical author in radar, nucleonics and electronics instrumentation, also a factory manager and design engineer.

He has been professionally involved with computers since 1962.

Seduce your wallet with free, cheap or half price mobile pho

Monday, October 20th, 2008

You probably already know that mobile phone retailers are falling over themselves to better each others deals. You will see many websites and high street shops advertising free or discounted line rental offers for 6, 9, 12 even 14 months.

So how can the dealers make these seemingly crazy offers? First, you need to understand how the dealer gets paid and how the mobile phone industry works (just a little bit). The dealer gets paid by the network, based on what price plan (tariff) he connects the customer to; a higher price plan means more money for the dealer.

Dealer Profit

Then the dealer must pay for the cost of the phone. A high quality and expensive phone means less profit for the dealer. The difference between the tariff commission and the cost of the phone gives the dealers gross profit.

However, the dealer must then pay any cashback money from this remaining commission. The dealer basically is ‘betting’ on how many customers will claim their cashback money after the stated 6th/12th month (or as given); the lower the percentage of customers that claim, the higher the dealers profits. The higher the percentage claiming, the closer the dealer comes to going bust!

It is a fact that many are actually offering deals to customers that do not make them any money at all, and may make a loss. So how can they make this work?

Retailer goes bust without paying customer

The worrying problem is that some do not make it work, and have gone bust. Less reputable and unstable companies have not got the balance right and had to pay out so much cashback that they simply do not have the money in their coffers to pay, and have closed shop leaving the customer without their cashback money.

In 2004 Mobile Republic went into administration allegedly for this very reason, and left many customers without their cashback.

Take the benefits of cheap offers but miss the problems

So how do you avoid this disastrous situation?

In short, use a reliable company that has good business history. For example, the Carphone Warehouse has been established for over 10 years, as has Mobile Phone World, the company behind www.2u.co.uk.

It is important not to be seduced by the attraction of too-good-to-be-true offers from companies that have not been established for a long while – it is quite likely that they might go bust before you have had your cashback monies.

Check the small print

It is also vital to pay great attention to the Terms and Conditions of the cashback redemption procedure. Most require you to send in your mobile phone bill for your (eg) 6th month of connection within 28 days of receipt.

There for a reason

This is not just petty procedures to make it harder for you to claim … it is because the dealer will receive a clawback of their tariff commission if the customer does not pay their phone bill within the first 6 months, or changes to a cheaper tariff. Sending in the bill gives the dealer proof that you are still connected and still on the same tariff.

Get the Best Deal – Safely

So 2 Top Tips: How to seduce your wallet with the best deal – for the long term:

1.Only choose from well established phone retailers such as

  • Carphone Warehouse
  • 2U Mobile Phoneswww.2u.co.uk
  • The Link
  • Phones 4U

    2.Read closely, print out and keep the cashback redemption Terms and Conditions so you can follow them to the letter in claiming your cashback

    With this information you can now search the internet for the best mobile phone for you.

    About the Author

    Duncan Elliott has been in the mobile phones industry for over 4 years, and is now involved in communications for www.2u.co.uk. 2U offers market-leading offers to customers and also offers cash commissions to affiliates, and those who recommend 2U to friends and family. For more info please click here

  • Instant Messaging – A Powerful Communication Tool for Your B

    Saturday, October 18th, 2008

    Many people do it so innocently that it’s hard to believe the
    dangers that are lurking. Spammers, pfishers, hackers, predators
    - they’re all poised to wreak havoc on you, your employees and
    your business contacts. Yet many people don’t even realize that
    these dangers exist because, after all, they’re just doing their
    jobs.

    When you’re IM’ing, the last thing you probably think about is
    who else is out there, watching. But you should be worried and
    you should be using protection – security protection, that is.

    When you use your business computers to send instant messages,
    your entire company becomes vulnerable. In no time at all, your
    business could collapse. This is not some sales-driven scare
    tactic; it’s real and it happens. If you own a business and you
    or your employees conduct business using Instant Messaging, it is
    your responsibility to ensure that all business information is
    kept out of harm’s way.

    You need to be able to block incoming and outgoing dangerous IM
    traffic such as unsafe scripts, streaming audio and video, buffer
    overflow attacks and executable URLs. You need protection from
    interactions with potentially dangerous strangers. You’ve got to
    make sure this type of protection is available regardless of the
    IM service or the screen names being used. You’ve got to know who
    is doing what and when, so that you can modify your security
    measures as necessary.

    Didn’t realize you had so much to do when all you really wanted
    to do was communicate, did you? Before deciding to drop the IM
    idea altogether, take a look at IMsecure Pro.

    IMsecure Pro handles all of the above security issues the moment
    it is installed. For the most protection, you as well as those
    with whom you IM need IMsecure Pro installed on their computers.

    Think there’s no room in your organization for instant messaging?
    Think again. There are many benefits in communicating this way
    with your clients, vendors and others. Instant messaging creates
    a conversation log which you can always refer back to should
    there be some disagreement or some other reason to replay a
    conversation.

    If you use IM to communicate with your customers and prospective
    customers, the right IM software will actually analyze these
    communications and help you develop a list of frequently asked
    questions. FAQ’s are great time savers and effective business
    tools.

    And IM is not impersonal. Use the audio and video chat features
    and have a true face to face conversation without leaving the
    office! Think of the money you’ll save on traveling. Not only can
    you see the other party’s face, you can see other things such as
    new product designs and product demonstrations. If it’s viewable,
    it can be seen using video chat.

    If your business requires you to place international phone calls,
    you can save money on your phone bill, too. Adjust the volume,
    record and playback, even use chat like you’re using a
    walkie-talkie so the other party hears only the parts of the
    conversation that you choose. Pause, rewind and playback
    conversations, bookmark important points in your conversations,
    and search through past conversations by keyword or phrase.

    Plus you can keep all of your contacts separated into categories
    yet contained in one easy to locate place. You can also have
    different contact lists under each of your various screen names.

    And best of all, you can install IM software on your company
    network painlessly. Sharing files, communicating with co-workers,
    and knowing what’s going on in your office without leaving your
    desk is easy.

    Trillian Pro connects to AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger and IRC.
    And by using plug-ins, it can connect to many different services.
    Instant Messaging really is a valuable tool and one that will fit
    well into your business. Start chatting today!

    About the Author

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    Inner Emotional Pressure

    Saturday, October 18th, 2008

    Robert Elias Najemy

    The Pressure Cooker

    Each person is like a pressure cooker with its cap on. As long as the cap is on, no one can know how much pressure is built up inside us. Very often even we ourselves are not aware of how much pressure has built up in our system until it explodes the top off or starts to seep out of some weaker points in this cooker.

    This release of pressure may take occur as an psychosomatic illness or an accident; which to the untrained mind seems to be an event which is caused by some external force and which has nothing to do with the pressure building up in that person.

    Or the pressure may release through various pains, such as headaches, stomach aches, ulcers, colitis or breathing problems such as asthma or allergies or even as cancer, or heart problems.

    In others, the pressure flows out emotionally perhaps in the form of a depression, perhaps through complaining, crying, criticizing, rejecting, or perhaps through anger, aggressiveness, violence or in general an antagonistic behavior.

    Many manage to keep the cap on for many years so that they do not have to deal with the unpleasantness of facing and working with the pressure. Some keep the cap on through overeating, others by drinking or taking tranquilizers or other drugs. Others by watching television, or going regularly to the movies, reading one book after the other, smoking one cigarette after the other, or by never ever being alone or by working continuously and not ever leaving free time to look inward.

    In other words we manage to avoid confronting our inner pressure by keeping our awareness either dulled or continuously focused outward on something else.

    If you have the courage and want to see the truth concerning yourself, designate a time every day in which for 20 to 60 minutes you will look into yourself and learn about your real Self in various ways.

    Some possible ways might be breathing techniques, deep relaxation, prayer, meditation, self-analysis and in any other way that helps you create a healthy more intimate contact with your inner self.

    When you do start to employ such techniques, be careful not to overdo it at first, with excessive enthusiasm. Just as damage may be done when by taking the cap off the pressure cooker when there is much pressure built up within, in the same way we may do harm to our selves by overdoing such techniques in the beginning.

    Touch the cap on a regular basis letting the steam out daily and slowly. Thus the pressure will be reduced to the level where you can take the cap off completely and open up the vessel with no danger to anyone.

    Start releasing your pressure today.

    (Adapted from the forthcoming “Contemporary Parables” by Robert Elias Najemy. His book “The Psychology of Happiness” (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5) is available at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/holisticharmo-20 and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com/psychofhappiness.html. His writings can be viewed at http://www.HolisticHarmony.com where you can also download FREE articles and e-books.

    About the Author

    Robert Elias Najemy is the author of over 600 articles, 400 lecture cassettes on Human Harmony and 20 books, which have sold over 100,000 copies.
    He is the Founder and director of the Center for Harmonious Living in Greece with 3700 members.
    His book The Psychology of Happiness; ISBN 0-9710116-0-5 is available at www.amazon.com and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com. where you can view and download FREE articles and e-books.