Sooo... I thought i'd put in smth I consider damn important here (too)
to reveal more of whats in that crazy dizzy head of mine..
no worries.. the ideas is not out.. far from it..
just the space around "this" life is limited.. ;)  

*one lifetime isn’t enough... we have a few to use...in order to get it right*

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Dear Susan Ekblad, Thank you for your interest in the Institute of Psychic Development.
Your psi-q test results as requested are as follows.

You scored highest in Precognition.
While clairvoyance and telepathy have to do with perceiving events across distance
precognition focuses on the ability to 'see' events across time.

Specifically future events. Precognition is often for a lot of people totally unexpected and not asked for. It is the ability to see the future. It is usually experienced in a variety of ways among the most common are through feelings, brief inner glimpses, dreams and the third eye (the minds eye).
For some, especially if not understood, this ability can be disconcerting until the gift is properly managed. This can be done through reading, experiencing and understanding psychic ability.

Your next highest score was for Clairvoyance/Remote Viewing. Clairvoyance is the ability to see images of an event or events that occurred in the past, present or future. This type of 'seeing' does not occur with your physical sight it occurs with an inner sight. Sometimes these images will be a literal translation other times they are symbolic. It is necessary to develop this skill further in order to more accurately determine if an image is literal or symbolic. The 'third eye' (chakra at the centre of the forehead) is associated with being the seat of clairvoyance. When the third eye is developing and stretching to open up to clairvoyant skills it can give off a tight feeling in the centre of your forehead, a desire to rub it or a constant irritation with your hair if it covers it.

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Meditation is frequently confused with various forms of concentration.
The purpose of concentration exercises is to focus our full undivided attention
on a specific aspect of functioning of our mind and/or the body
in order to accomplish a certain goal or develop a certain skill.
Exercises such as yoga, tai-chi, breathing exercises, visualization are all forms of concentration.
In contrast, meditation is an exercise, aiming to prevent thoughts in a natural way,
by deeply relaxing the physical body and then trying to keep the mind completely "blank"
with no thoughts whatsoever.

This state may be maintained for a few seconds or a few hours,
depending on your skill. Purity of the mind achieved during meditation is essential to gain access to Higher Self.
It seems that our Higher Self does not admit any impurities.
To reach the Higher Self it is best to concentrate on the source of the "inner sound",
leading to the "inner light" - a nucleus of the Higher Self,
which initially seems infinitely far "at the other side of a long dark tunnel".
When we get sufficiently close to our Higher Self,
the inner light becomes much brighter than the Sun,
and when we are allowed to join it, the bliss cannot be described in any human language.
To get that far, we have to achieve a complete purity of the mind during meditation,
have pure intentions, and then intensively concentrate for some time on the "inner sound"
and "inner light".
The most important role of a spiritual teacher is to show everyone
his/her individual way to the Higher Self.
Then, it is up to the individual to practice and reach the Higher Self.

From the above, meditation seems to be an essential skill to attain the ultimate enlightenment.
There are quite a few techniques for meditation.
Most of them use so-called "mantra" composed from a few words or sounds.
Mantra is repeated mentally to help us achieve and maintain a "blank" state of mind.

Contrary to popular belief, promoted by people who attract followers
and/or charge money to teach meditation, mantra has no sacred "meaning"
and no mantra is essentially better than any other.
However, regardless of its content,
mantra has two important functions,
which may greatly assist us in achieving and maintaining a meditative state of a blank mind.

1. mantra is a very simple thought.
It becomes very familiar to us when we repeat it in our mind.
This thought is used to replace any thought that may come to our mind.
Every time a thought comes during meditation, we use mantra to replace it.


2. When we practice meditation regularly using the same mantra (whatever it is),
soon we train our mind to associate the mantra with a calm meditative state.
This association is called an "anchor" by Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioners.
After such self-training, even if we are agitated,
a thought of mantra usually brings an immediate calm of the mind.
This makes our mantra a very powerful tool to deal with stressful situations in our life,
a tool which we can develop ourselves as a result of a regular meditation practice.

When we understand the above two functions of the mantra,
it becomes clear that changing mantras may be not a very good idea.
Changing mantras may be considered useful only in special situations,
for example when we want to eliminate an undesirable meditation habit,
preventing us from achieving a deep meditative state,
and the existing mantra is identified as related to that habit.

Also it becomes logical that whatever mantra we use,
we should keep it private and not tell it to other people.
Otherwise we give others a way to control
our subconscious mind by telepathically transmitting to us our own mantra.
The best teachers will take time to give people individual mantras rather than
teach everyone the same mantra.

Mantras are usually composed from alternative vowel and nasal sounds
and may contain several words.
The most widely known mantra is "ooohmmm" or "aaaaummm",
but any other similar word will do when we extend vowel and nasal sounds
(home, room, zoom, moon, zen, boom etc..).
It is best if mantra is an exotic word or a series of words (syllables)
not encountered in everyday conversation.

The posture during meditation is also important.
The easiest posture is a comfortable sitting position,
with your spine straight and erect.
If you lay down you will most likely fall asleep.
Joining your hands and crossing your legs is desirable,
because you make the bio-energy field around you more compact and therefore more intensive.
Sitting cross legged is another good position,
but requires some fitness and training.
Yet another good position,
although rarely used today is a squatting position with your arms crossed over you knees,
resembling position of a foetus in a womb.

If you have never tried any meditation, try to find a quiet place and try the following technique:
1. take a comfortable meditation posture, one of the postures described above.
2. close your eyes and relax all muscles in your body, including the face.
A few alternate nostril yoga breaths is very helpful at the beginning of this stage
- breathing in through one nostril and breathing out through another,
closing nostrils with fingers and altering closed nostril with each breath.
3. disregard any thought as it comes - do not continue a kaleidoscope of thoughts
- continue this for 20 minutes or so, maintaining your mind blank.
You can use a mental sound "ooooohhmmm" (a mantra) every time you have a thought.
Alternatively you may keep counting thoughts, discarding each one as it comes,
without analysing it.
When you go down to 2 or 3 thoughts in 5 minutes,
you meditate successfully.

With practice you should be able to attain a blank mind anytime and anywhere,
even in a crowd of people or a stressful situation with the help of your mantra.
But do not use the mantra when stressed,
until you are positive that you practice meditation long enough
and the thought of mantra is firmly associated with your state of a calm mind.

One of many benefits of meditation is that it opens your mind to new ideas.
When the bowl is full, trying to pour more water into it just causes an overflow.
The same happens with our mind. When it is full of thoughts,
there is no room for new ideas.
Meditation is a very effective technique for improving your creativity
and problem solving capacity.
"Talented" people do it naturally. Artists and poets call it "inspiration".
Many famous people such as Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison were known
to have practised various forms of meditation.
Meditation is sometimes described as "listening to the silence between thoughts".
Our effort in meditation is directed towards consciously increasing the periods of such silence.

The ability to meditate is also a necessary condition to receive telepathic transmissions,
including those from Higher Self and other people who may try to assist us.
Without a true silence in your own thoughts, you cannot listen to thoughts of others.

Walk your own path and let others do the same

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You will sometimes meet someone you believe is a soul mate; you feel the connection on many levels, perhaps instantly.  And as you get to know each other more, you begin to feel the connection deepen and you feel that you must have an arrangement with this person that predated this lifetime.
 
Do not assume, however, that this soul connection necessarily means that you are meant to be happily together for this lifetime.  It may be that you are meant to be friends and allies, helping each other out.  It may be that you are going to help each other in ways that even involve conflict and separation, but with an end result that is beneficial to you.  It may be that you are going to learn some lesson from each other and then go your separate ways.
 
What you need to do with all relationships, including those that have that instant and deep connection, is let be.  You need to allow all of life, including close relationships, flow and evolve.  You need to let people be who they are, not what you want them to be.  And above all, you must not try to control, push and prod, manipulate and orchestrate relationships.
 
Have the courage and the heart, the centeredness, to follow your own path, to be who you are and love being who you are, no matter what. Shine out and show us who you are, so that people who are looking for someone exactly like you can find you.  Do not allow setbacks or even major betrayals to dampen your shine and your being. 
 
In life’s journey you will encounter much, narrow paths blocked by avalanches, forks in the road shrouded in fog, deep valleys of darkness and bright sunny days in meadows of golden poppies.  It is all a part of life.  And as you walk your path, other people will join you for a time:  a dear friend, a lover, a spouse, children and parents.  And then they may go away.  
 
And through it all, the only constant is that you are you, that you have a core of truth within you and a path to walk, and if you allow your core of truth to tell you which fork in the road to take, if you allow that internal compass to tell you which mountain to climb, then you will do well indeed and have a fulfilling, interesting life.  If you go chasing after others, trying to make things be other than how they naturally are, then you will find yourself suddenly awakening in a deep forest without knowing where to turn.  You will find yourself lost and confused, because you have lost touch with your own personal truth.
 
And when this happens, you must just sit down in the forest, become very still, and return to yourself.  You must reach down and find yourself again before you continue walking, or else you will simply go around in circles, becoming more desperate and alone and lost.
 
You are everything you need to be, just as you are, right now.  You are the center of your own life.  You are the beacon that shines and shows the way.  Be glad when others walk beside you, enjoy their company, connect as closely and deeply as you can, but always, always, shine your own light and walk your own path and allow them to do the same.
 
//c&p

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Give me the liberty to know,
to utter and argue freely
according to conscience,
above all liberties...

J. Jocelyn

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