Nancy asks…

Which meditation retreat (residential) in India would you reccomend?

Please do answer with a link / details about it

BrainSpeak answers:

Aurbindo Ashram, which is in Pondicherry.(100 miles from the city of Madras-south India) The ashram promotes Aurbindo’s ideas in bringing about a synthesis of Yoga and modern science to unite the spirit and matter. Auroville is an unique experiment in international living and in creating a new environment where men and women of all nationalities live together in harmony.

Another Ashram which is as reputed as Aurobindo is Ramana Maharishi Ashram, Tiruvannamalai. Located about 150 miles from Madras-South India. Interestingly, the distance between Aurobindo Ashram &Ramana Maharishi Ashram is 100 miles.

I suggest you visit both places and decide, since both are of equal importance. Best of luck.

Mandy asks…

Is there a meditation/retreat/spiritual center where I can stay for a couple of days in Encinitas, CA?

Not for a retreat weekend but a couple of days during the week?

BrainSpeak answers:

You could try Questhaven in nearby Escondido

“This non-denominational Christian retreat center is nestled among chaparral-covered hills in northern San Diego County. The grounds encompass 640 acres of coastal wilderness traversed by several miles of nature trails offering views of the Pacific Ocean, shaded oak sanctuaries, wayside shrines, seasonal wild flowers and a variety of birds and wildlife”

http://www.questhaven.org/index.asp

Maria asks…

Anyone know of a reasonably priced yoga or meditation retreat?

BrainSpeak answers:

Himalayan Institute in Pennsylvania. It is unbelievable how affordable they are.

Some of their events:

Self-Transformation Program
Pancha Karma at the Center for Health and Healing
Dynamics of Meditation
Meditation Specialist Certification Training for Health Care Practitioners
Taming the Senses: Using the Ten Powers of Mind
Womens Spirituality Retreat
Etc.

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Paul asks…

Please help…I have a low self esteem and I need a way to fix it?

Ever since middle school I’ve had a low self esteem and zero confidence. I want a way to fix this. I’ve tried everything. I don’t think I’m pretty even though my friends tell me I am and my boyfreind tells me I’m beautiful but why can’t I believe this? I just want to be happy and to have confidence but I don’t know how to get true results. If you’ve ever heard the song “Waltz Moore” by From First to Last…you’ll know exactly what I’m feeling. If you haven’t, looking up the lyrics would help you understand. I just really really want to be happy with myself. Please, advice?

BrainSpeak answers:

Hi.. I used to be like you.. Now u just can’t immagine how confident i am… No body must feel this way.. If you dont collapse the barrier you have in your mind, u will remain like this for ever.. Its useless that we tell u that u r pretty and nice, if u dont want to accept the way u r.. Why dont u try to join drama lessons.. Theres no need to go with the though that u r going to be an actress.. Far from it.. But drama will help u out to accept and love urself.. U must love urself so that others can love u . Read books like, “Feel the fear and do it anyway” this will gives u advices for life that will help u out..

You know what? As i told u i used to be like you… I changed, when i went somewhere by myself.. Alone.. I was thinking about my life and my self… Then i realized that if i continue behaiving so shy with lack of self esteem, i will always lay back when i friends around, i will never talk to boys, i will never show my talents, i will always be by myself.. I will bother others when im around. Then i made up my mind that i must change.. I started to have a smile on my face when im with someone (that will attract people… It s better to be with someone happy than with someone looks unhappy).. I started wearing clothes that i feel comfty in.. I started eating a healthy diet (this will will help, beleive me) drink alot of water..

All these things might seem to be silly.. But its not.. You will know u r healty, and be happy with the way u look too, so that leads to accepting urself..

If someday, something happens that will turn u down, such as u do a mistake, u hear that a friend is talking behind ur back of some disappointance event.. Just let go, it will pass with time, dont think alot about it.. If u do a mistake, dont worry too much, every human do mistakes now and than.. U know who dont make mistakes? Those people who do nothing..

Nobody is ugly in the world.. Just accept and love youself the way u r, so that others will accept and love u back.. And remember, SMILE :) good luck..

Ruth asks…

Mixtape with the song “Self esteem” by the offspring?????

I was listening to a radio program called Scratch N Sniff and they mix rock and rap songs…One of the mashups was a mix which included self esteem and _________ , who has made a mixtape. Has anyone heard this mix before or know the name of the mixtape artist???? I vaguely remember that one of the lyrics by this mixtape artist was “….theres no reason to be afraid cuz…..” thanks in advance

BrainSpeak answers:

GO TO…WWW.SPIRALFROG.COM
OR
WWW.EZ-TRACKS.COM
(THEY’RE BOTH FREE)

Lizzie asks…

Does anyone know the name of the song that has a similar intro as “Self Esteem” by The Offspring?

I think it has a line like “la la, la la la la la la” and then there’s singing…the singer has a low voice & almost sounds like he mumbles because I can’t remember any of the lyrics

BrainSpeak answers:

Smash (album) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring … The second single released from the album, “Self Esteem,” became a radio … A similar intro is included on Americana and its 2000 follow-up Conspiracy of One. …

En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smash_(album)

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Nancy asks…

how can i get a better basketball IQ?

I try really hard to be a good teamate. But im one of those guys that just hang onto the ball without knowing what im doing. Im tired of embarrasing myself infront of my friends. I wana be a good baller so how can i improve my iq?

BrainSpeak answers:

Play games with others try to run fulls and watch for your mistakes and others to see where you can improve and watch NBA games and go online and look at how players read defenses and try to break it down mentally then execute it. If you watch kobe bryants little movie called kobe doing work he epxlains what he does on the court and how he breaks down his game and everything. Watch Nba games and also watch College basketball games you can learn alot from college games to.

Susan asks…

where can i watch full episodes of dragon ball z?

and i mean the original not this new dragon ball kai remake crap. and i have tried sites but a lot have these dumb iq surveys and stuff like that.

BrainSpeak answers:

**ALSO AT THESE SITES YOU CAN WATCH THE PREQUAL DRAGON BALL AND THE SEQUEL DRAGON BALL GT SOOO ENJOY**

http://www.animefreak.tv/watch/dragon-ball-z-english-dubbed-online-free

http://www.animecrazy.net/dragon-ball-z-episode-list/

http://www.goodanime.net/category/dragonball-z

http://www.funimation.com/dragonballz

http://justdubs.net/list/series/69

http://www.watchanimeon.com/anime/dragonball-z/

http://www.nwanime.com/56/Dragon-Ball-Z

http://www.gogoanime.com/category/dragonball-z

Sharon asks…

what do you think of kobe bryant ?is he selfish ? DOES HE HAVE A GOOD basketball iq?does he share the ball ?

BrainSpeak answers:

Great player,but does not make his teammates better. He is trying!

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William asks…

How can your brain recognise if a sound is coming from in front of you or from behind you?

I think I understand how the brain knows if a sound is to your left or your right, simply because you have an ear either side of your head, and if one ear is picking up a greater intensity of sound then your brain knows the source of the sound is to that sound. But how does your brain know if a sound is directly in front of you or behind you? I thought of this while listening to a wonderful rendition of Beethoven’s Ninth this evening at the Barbican! Thanks in advance.

BrainSpeak answers:

From a very young age, your brain actually learns by association to interpret sound reflected off your pinnae (the outer folds of your ears) as having a particular directionality.

Left-right directionality is distinguished by the delay and smaller amplitude of sound arriving at the ear further from the sound source.

Front-back and top-bottom directionality are distinguished by the phase-shifted (read: “delayed”) reflections off the pinnae, relative to the sound that directly enters your ear.

A sound in front of you creates a characteristic echo pattern which you cannot consciously perceive, but interpret as a “frontwise” sound. A sound behind you creates a different echo pattern, because your pinnae are not front-back symmetrical.

FYI: The Doppler effect has nothing to do with it. The Doppler effect describes the apparent change in frequency when the received is traveling at a different velocity than the transmitter). To use the Doppler effect, one of your ears would have to be traveling at a different velocity than the other. That doesn’t happen unless one or more ears is being ripped off.

James asks…

What is the blood brain barrier and what drugs are capable of crossing it?

If anybody can help me out with this subject matter, that would be great! I know the blood brain barrier is a tight seal of endothelial cells that prevents many chemical substances and bacteria from entering the brain. (is there anything else I shoould know about it?) Also, what kind of drugs are able to penetrate the blood brain barrier? I know highly lipid soluble drugs can, but are there any others? In addition, what is the reason for these drugs to be able to cross it? What are the implications for this?

Thank you to anyone who can help. It’s GREATLY appreciated.

BrainSpeak answers:

General Properties of the BBB:
-Large molecules do not pass through the BBB easily.
-Low lipid (fat) soluble molecules do not penetrate into the brain.
-Molecules that have a high electrical charge are slowed.

There are plenty of medications that cross the BBB, and all recreational drugs do as well.

The reason these drugs can cross it is because the brain has to let SOME things pass into it (glucose, oxygen, etc) but also has to keep things out (bacteria), so these are the rules it sets up to let everything the brain needs pass through, while minimizing the amount of other chemicals that can pass. The drugs that we have are just loopholes that still meet the chemical requirements.

Robert asks…

What happens in the brain when you lose consciousness?

So, what happens in the brain that neurons decide that the brain should cope with the problem without the human himself? I was in a car accident some time ago and i was unconscious for like 15 mins till the ambulance came. I lost consciousness when i fell from the bonnet to the ground and hit my head. Today i was wondering – how the brain decides that it needs to switch off? I suppose the conciousness and the changes of it is controlled by the medulla.. But is it the hit, the pain or the shock of the whole situation that makes the neurons decide what to do?
I’d like to hear a scientiffic explanation.

Oh, i just realized that it could be due to too heavy stimulation of the neurons or of too big number of neurons stimulated at once?

Thanks for everyone answering

BrainSpeak answers:

You’ve pretty much figured out the answer. I can just underline what you’ve said already.

The process of taking day-to-day events and “storing” them where they can be accessed later is the job of the hippocampus. This area of the brain gets “tags” from various sensations that say, “Hey, this is something you’ll want later”.

The process of moving short-term, or “scratchpad” memory, into “long-term” memory is called _consolidation_.

When faced with an overwhelming stimulus, or one that has no context in which it can be placed, then the “tagging” and “consolidation” systems can become overwhelmed, or just not know what to do. No consolidation means no long-term memory of the event.

It is common, after an accident, to have what is called a “retrograde amnesia”. The more severe the emotional trauma, the longer (in general) the period of amnesia for things *before* the event in question. So, a particularly nasty shock might result in amnesia for everything that happened that day.

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Carol asks…

What is the perfect career for me based on my personality?

In the following, I want to tell you about myself.

“You should become an architect,” a curvaceously hot chick said to me after examining my portfolio of buildings and other artworks. Sometime before the hot chick scenario, a dude, who was the greatest athlete (according to his awards and wins) of the school, mentioned to my peers, “He (I) will be on the cover of Forbes magazine.” “…The student of the year award goes to,” one of the teacher announced, “John Bytheway (my pseudonym).” Out of all the great things that happened to me, I also had plenty of failures and flaws. For instances, I did not graduate high school with an Honor Diploma. My weighted GPA was below 4.0. Lastly, I am a low self-esteem kid who has an unhealthy social life. To conclude, I want the perfect career that fits my personality.
I want to become a millionaire. Ever since I was young, I wanted to drive a nice car(s) and live in a big house (mansions). When a Lamborghini, Ferrari, or Mercedes drove by, I always stared and imagined what it would be like to drive such cars. I used to lived adjacent to a law firm. Everyday, I saw BMWs, Porches, and Mercedes. I told my mother that I wanted to be like those lawyers. While walking from the bus stop to my house one day, I looked up at a glamorously superficial condominium. I desired to live there. It looked so expensive and materialistic.
When I was a kid, I always took challenges such as swimming naked in deep rivers, exploring terra incognita (according to the general population), and climbing tall trees. I want more of those. I want to jump out of an airplane and accelerate towards the Earth; I want to feel the terminal velocity (Of course, I also want to pull the parachute before I land.); I want to tie a rope to my feet and jump off a cliff; I want to summit the tallest mountain. There is nothing like jumping out of your comfort zone and stop thinking and worrying about the hectic life. It is so much fun to let go of your thoughts.
My feet had been stepped only on three countries. Living in the United States for seven-and-a-half year is irksome. I want to step outside of this soil and visit all of the seven continents. I want to see the northern (or southern) light; I want to summit the Pyramid of Giza; I want to visit the palace of Taj Mahal; I want to ride a motorcycle along the trail of the Great Wall; I want to make out with a French prostitute on the Eiffel tower; I want to dance on the beaches of Mexico with beautiful women; I want to boat along the river of Amazon and explore the jungle; I want to travel the world.
During the beginning of my sophomore year at high school, me and my family was evicted out of our apartment. That experience changed the course of my life. My mother had to call her friend, who lived near by, and we had to live with her. We (me, my mother, and my elder brother) shared the living room, while the host family shared the single bedroom. They took us under their wings. They were really nice people. They cooked everyday and always asked us to eat with them. (The husband used to be a Buddhist monk.) Before my sophomore year, I always performed bad in school. All of my report cards were a bowl of C’s, D’s, and F’s. I did occasionally get an A or two, and I was really happy. One day, on the first quarter of my sophomore year, the report came out. My science teacher stared at my report card and said, “Wow.” He then handed it to me. I was the only one in class whom received straight A’s. From then one, I get a couple more of all A’s report cards.
The straight A’s report cards introduced me to one thing that I truly love. That true love of mine is neither women nor money, although they are possible candidates for my future love life. My true, may be even the unconditional, love is (drum roll) Education. I truly love Education. The period that I lived with the divine family, I learned that education is the thing that will make me successful (financially and everything else), happy, and a good person of the society. The Goddess, Education, gave me wings and taught me how to fly (Please don’t use the quotation without citing.).
This love of mine, steered me into pursuing a Bachelor’s degree. I never thought in my life that I would be going to college. Yet I will be attending a university this upcoming fall.
When I go to college, I want to study architecture, business, or engineering. I want to study architecture, because I deem that I am good at the subject. When people cannot go to sleep, some of them counts sheep; some of them counts numbers. Unlike them, I visualize shapes and imagine ways to put them together in order to create a harmony of beauty and function. People have told me that I should be an architect. Sometimes, I just want to work in a bank or be a CEO. Some of the reasons are: money (greed), power, and leadership. Like I said, I want to be a millionaire. I guess I can say that money and power are related
I also want to lead. I feel that responsibility and the power to lead without abusing shape an ordinary man into extraordinary.
The subject of money led me into investing. I have a dream that I am a tycoon in a field of investment, whether it’s stock, real estate, foreign currency, or alternatives. I just feel like I want to rule the stock market.
There are some people I like; there are some I don’t like; but I get along with them well. However, I feel that I should break off from the society sometime and work independently as an entrepreneur (just for developing ideas), inventor, or scientist. I feel like getting away and live on a deserted place.
I always thought that greed is my biggest sin, and lust is my second biggest. Turns out, lust might be my biggest sin. A few months ago when I attended in high school, I looked at many beautiful women and wanting to have intercourse with all of them. I do not prefer which one. Black, white, yellow, fat, skinny, whatever, as long as they
are attractive to me, I want them all. The furthest thing I got from a girl was a friendly cuddle (ugh).
Although I may be an idealist (not much of a realist) and a total pervert (may be a creep), I do want to get married and have a few children. There are some girls in my mind that I truly like, but I never get a chance to really know them. I never have the materials to take them out on a nice date. I think that might have to do with me wanting to become a millionaire. May be it isn’t greed after all that makes me want to be rich, but the desire to meet new people; may be it just me wanting to find the love greater than Education.
I admit that I am a superficial and greedy pervert, but that is not for you to judge. I am asking for your help in order to determine what are some careers for me based on my personality, failures, successes, and skills.

BrainSpeak answers:

Idk you want a lot of money and you don’t seem like a great person. Sounds like you’ll probably end up going to law school or business school. Not to say that all people or even a substantial part of people lumped into these groups want a lot of money and aren’t great people, it appears you fall under that category.

You’ll most likely end up fading away like so many others who have came before you.

George asks…

Am I mentally ill because of bad choices I’ve made, or do I make bad choices because I’m mentally ill?

I’m a religious person, and I really love my religion, and am surrounded by people who’ve made right choices and are living extraordinarily exemplary lives.

I’ve goofed though, I had sex before marriage (I listened to the worldly people who say that premarital sex is no big deal…but I know better…especially after learning the hard way.) Since then, everything has been downhill. It led me to an unhappy marriage, I’m unhappy as a mother, low self-esteem…and somewhere along the way I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

In high school I kinda thought I was developing some bipolar tendencies. Did bipolar disorder cause me to make decisions contrary to my core beliefs? Or did the choices I make lead to my own unhappiness and accelerate my bipolar disorder?

Or maybe it’s a little of both…

BrainSpeak answers:

You are not mentally ill because of your choices. Your choices are a manifestation of your willingness to think in your particular ways while tolerant of your feelings and perceived threats to which you must respond. It’s not different for others except for the fact that your illness predisposes you in such a way as to pretty much guarantee that your survival will be a more difficult process.

You point to having made bad choices but I don’t buy that because most everyone does as appears to be best for the individual. Manic depressives differ in that they don’t ordinarily self sacrifice in the name of a group ethic but it’s hardly due to anything you’ve willed upon yourself.

Having had sex before marriage is far more common than chastity. It doesn’t make you guilty or ill unless it brings on morning sickness due to unexpected pregnancy.

Your unhappiness is a result of the depression side of manic depression, no doubt.

Viewing yourself as less than you’d like to be as a mother is to be expected of anyone who looks at herself through depressed eyes. Your self esteem will follow in the wake of your disappointments.

Bipolar disorder is a very serious anomaly calling for ongoing therapy and medication to help create balance. It tends to build in intensity until about age 40 at which time things tend to be their worst. This is why it’s so important to begin the process of regulating yourself now, before addictions and fury become part of your daily life style.

Short answer:

It doesn’t matter whether the chicken is recognized as first…or the egg, although I think your choices had to have been influenced by your chemical imbalance previously diagnosed. The important thing now is to get help with your depression and enable therapy to bring you to better handle the mania side of your condition.

Len

Mandy asks…

Am I mentally ill because of bad choices I’ve made, or do I make bad choices because I’m mentally ill?

I’m a religious person, and I really love my religion, and am surrounded by people who’ve made right choices and are living extraordinarily exemplary lives.

I’ve goofed though, I had sex before marriage (I listened to the worldly people who say that premarital sex is no big deal…but I know better…especially after learning the hard way.) Since then, everything has been downhill. It led me to an unhappy marriage, I’m unhappy as a mother, low self-esteem…and somewhere along the way I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

In high school I kinda thought I was developing some bipolar tendencies. Did bipolar disorder cause me to make decisions contrary to my core beliefs? Or did the choices I make lead to my own unhappiness and accelerate my bipolar disorder?

Or maybe it’s a little of both…

BrainSpeak answers:

This is a veritable quagmire of contributing factors. Let’s try to separate out what we can from this mess.

Balancing the influence of a mental illness versus your willpower is rather tricky to nail down. A weaker person will claim that their illness is wholly responsible for any unsavory actions they do and take no blame upon themselves. On the other end of the spectrum are the strong-willed who see every shortcoming as their fault alone and blame themselves for problems legitimately caused by mental issues.

It sounds like you might be closer to the second group. Since you have been clinically diagnosed as bipolar, you must realize and accept that everything you do is NOT your fault. “Oh, if only I had been stronger back then” is an evil thought, and will only cause you pain and guilt. Throw that thought out the window whenever it comes up and focus on the present.

You say you love your religion. That’s good! Use it as a source of strength and comfort. If the people around you are as exemplary as you say they are, simply let out the smallest cry for help and they will be flocking to you in droves to help encourage and support. Don’t let your greatest assets become measuring sticks for how far you’ve fallen, that is the illness disfiguring your perception of life.

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Charles asks…

Are FPS games on the PS3 still good without an internet connection?

I have a PS3, but I don’t have a good internet connection (it’s too slow and I can’t do anything about it). I always wanted to play FPS games like Call of Duty, Battlefield, Crysis, etc.. but my brother told me I won’t enjoy them because we have a bad internet connection. Are they still good games to get? If not, do you have any suggestions on what games should I get?

BrainSpeak answers:

I don’t have an internet connection, but I have most of the good shooters for PS3 and the singleplayer is still awesome.

Crysis 2
Homefront
COD MW1+2 & Black Ops
Killzone 2+3
Fallout 3+NV
Borderlands
Resistance 1+2

George asks…

Whats a good internet provider by satellite?

Thinking about getting internet by satellite. What would be a good internet provider by satellite? Like one with fair monthly cost? reliability?Do they lose signal often? I don’t download a lot from the internet, just need fast reliable internet. Thanks for your advice.

BrainSpeak answers:

Comcast but idk if they are satellite

Susan asks…

What are some good internet service providers?

I have time warner cable broadband at 10mbps
But the problem is that the internet sucks.
I exchanged multiple modems because it keeps crashing/resetting itself.
I read similar cases about people having the same issue.

I need an alternative with at least 10mbps
FIOS/cable vision is not available where I live.
Verizion dsl gives only max 3mbps in my area

I live in NYC

BrainSpeak answers:

Where i live the choices are:
comcast (speeds ranging from 1.5 mbps to 105mbps)
at&t (speeds ranging from less than 1 mbps to 24 mbps)
and then some other lesser ones.

I live in the midwest so don’t know for sure what you do and do not have available. But comcast definitely has the fastest available where i live.

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Helen asks…

how powerful are subliminal messages?

Anthony Robbins and Tiger Woods have referred to subliminals as their secret of success many times…..how effective are subliminal messages for self growth?

BrainSpeak answers:

They aren’t. If there are any real subliminal messages in anything they don’t do anything and in the case of them in music, they are just random occurrences.

Joseph asks…

Would C and J sue me for copyright if I started using “Only on Saturdays” as my catch phrase?

*sigh* just when no subliminals was growing on me :/

BrainSpeak answers:

No but I will since I only exist on saturdays.

See you in court betch.

William asks…

Reprogram the Subconsious-How?

Affirmations, hypnosis and subliminals havent worked for me, so what can or will?

Thanks x
can anybody answer this?

BrainSpeak answers:

Eh?

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Sandra asks…

Does anyone know of any meditation techniques?

certain People just really tick my nerves and it would be best to stay calm an not worry about no little girls gaining courage off the internet all knowing words will not be spoken to my face. So you wanna keep acting like a little child, you do that. You already know who im talking to. Im too grown for this a you probably will never see me a day in you life.I didn’t get to see your answer and i don’t have time. So it’s whatever. I really need some meditation techniques. High blood pressure runs in my family.

BrainSpeak answers:

Hi Ashley,

Yes, you really need to learn to calm down when confronted with this sort of stuff.
You need a meditation technique that teaches you how to relax with just a deep breath or some other signal. Try some of the meditations at the websites below. You will be able to learn to do this.

Take care.

Betty asks…

Meditation techniques to relieve stress and anxiety.?

I am looking for internet sources to learn meditation techniques to relieve mental stress and anxiety. Can anybody suggest such sites? I notice most sites discuss a lot about usefulness of different methods but do not give clear instructions about how to practise meditation. Also I want to understand how meditation work so that we are relieved from stress. My health is affected due to mental stress at present.

BrainSpeak answers:

I give you here the complete page from my Web site and you can do the exercise immediately from here.
What is the “Stress Release Exercise”?
It is a method to release stress, so that one becomes more relaxed and emotionally and mentally balanced. This has its influence on the body and can prevent all kind of diseases and is also the basic condition for each healing process.
Everybody can do this exercise and can have great benefit from it, it doesn’t
matter which lifestyle one has adapted or in which situation or condition one is at this moment. And for sure this exercise does not depend on one’s beliefs or concepts, philosophical, religious or materialistic.
With the ‘Stress Release Exercise’ I want to help you to enter into a state of relaxation in an easy way and that you can learn to respond and relate to daily life situations without getting into stress or at least that the stress which is not possible to be avoided, can be released and doesn’t accumulate.
The exercise is easy to do, you don’t need to join a group or a seminar, you can do it all by yourself and you can start right now. There is no ‘ritual’ necessary, just plain information and a clear advice – and then you just need to practice.
The leaflet I am distributing, like all what is offered from me and FalconBlanco, is totally for free. If there is any problem showing up, the best is you read my advice again and then the FAQ and then practice the exercise again. If it still doesn’t seem to work, then you can write an email to me and I will answer as soon as possible. There is also a ‘hotline’ available and you can phone me and ask for advice. If I’m not there you can leave your telephone number at the answering machine and I will call you back (land line only). Or there is the possibility that you join the ‘StressReleaseExerciseYahoogroup’, where you have a platform to ask questions or give your comments or having an exchange with other people. This ‘Stress Release Exercise’ is available to every body and every where, one only need to do it. You can listen to some more thoughts watching the video: “Meditation” at: http://www.youtube.com/swf/cps.swf?video_id=1rAKMLHjFxQ
If you ask me what gives me the ‘credentials’ to give advice and talk here, then I can tell you that I have been doing this exercise and similar for about fifty years. It helped me in all kind of difficulties and also to stay alive and healthy, or when I got sick, to heal myself. Not only this, it gives me the calmness, security and the trust to go on, even it seems impossible. I am convinced that due to the ‘Stress Release Exercise’ I never had depressions, although there have been more than enough reasons for it.
Seeing all the suffering around and that there is wasted so much energy, I feel urged to share my experiences so that people can get out of the vicious cycles they are trapped in and so can heal themselves and enjoy their existence and life. I am convinced that the ‘Stress Release Exercise’ is the easiest and most effective way to achieve this.
What is the benefit from practicing the ‘Stress Release Exercise’?
Having practiced it for some time, one becomes more relaxed and then is able to relate and respond in a different way to whatever shows up in one’s life, outside and inside. – By being more relaxed and not building up tension in daily life one is able to observe in a more objective way: not just out of ones limited conditions responding from there, but in a more wholesome way and being able to understand better oneself, because one gets to know oneself but also others viewpoints and so one is more effective in every thing one is doing or trying to reach. One gains a new attitude and a new focus which then changes and betters one’s responses. Then one’s ‘bad’ habits might change, because one is realizing that these are not favorable for oneself. One will become more aware and so more critical about what one takes in or does and one can decide if this is really what one wants. One will live healthier on all levels of one’s existence. One will not need to demonstrate anything anymore, not needing to provoke or manipulate others to get what one wants, so being less dependent on others and the surrounding… – Self expression will gain a new dimension.
Doing the exercise regularly one can prevent that tension builds up, accumulated stress is released and so one is preventing many diseases which are resulting from stress. There are much more benefits, you will find out yourself when having practiced regularly for some time…
How to do the Exercise:
You can do the ‘Stress Release Exercise’ anywhere. To start with, you might choose favorable conditions. Find a quiet place where you can be without disturbance by too much noise or other influences. You shouldn’t be under the effect of alcohol or any kind of drugs, you shouldn’t be too tired or exhausted. Sit comfortably, if possible with a straight back, then you can begin. Twenty minutes each time is enough, you can do it twice a day: in the morning and in the evening. But at least once a day and this every day. Every day!! Maybe you will need to force yourself a little bit the first few days, but then after three weeks it will be an established habit and you will do it, not wanting to miss it anymore.
Later on, when you are used to the exercise, then you can do it also only for a few minutes when you feel that you are getting into stress. For example when you get stuck in a traffic jam or waiting in your office for a phone call, you just close your eyes and do it…
OK, now you sit down and close your eyes. You are comfortable? Yes. OK. Now:
You don’t need to do anything, nothing at all!! You just sit there and – you are aware of it… What this means that you are aware of your body. You are aware that you are sitting there. You might be aware of the silence or some noise in the near or far background. But you don’t do anything! You are just aware of what is there. You don’t focus or concentrate on it, you are just aware of it, – nothing else. Then what might happen is that you are aware of being lost in some thoughts, what means that you went into thoughts about something, it doesn’t matter what this is. That is all right and part of the exercise. What means that you don’t want to avoid thoughts or any feelings, you don’t suppress what comes up. Just let it happen, without judging it or giving any special importance to it. Just let it happen… And observe it. So there is a little tip which will help so that you don’t go constantly from one thought into another: The moment when you are aware that you are thinking, then you just switch to being aware of your breathing. The same: You don’t focus or concentrate on your breathing, you are just aware of it. Without wanting to do anything about it, just observe it! This might go on for a while and then again you find yourself lost in some thoughts. That’s all right! So then you go back to observing your breathing. And so on and on… Then it might be happen that there are moments when there are no thoughts and no awareness of yourself or your surrounding and it seems you were falling into a sleep. This too is all right, don’t worry about it, if you were really falling into a sleep, then you will wake up soon, probably you were just relaxed and needed it… Just be aware of yourself and the state of being you are now. Maybe you are indeed more relaxed… So you get up and go to your daily work…
What else? This ‘Stress Release Exercise’ is so easy to do that there shouldn’t be any difficulties practicing it. But for some people it might appear ‘too easy to be true’, mostly because they have been doing similar exercises before and these were more complicate, so now they mix up the exercises and do things they are not ask for and then it doesn’t work…
Remember: If there is any problem showing up, the best is you read my advice again and then the FAQ and then sit down and do the exercise again. If it still doesn’t seem to work, then you can email me and I will answer as soon as possible. If you are having difficulties and feel uncomfortable and in turn want to stop practicing the exercise, just ask for help. You can email me or use my ‘hot line’ or you can join my Yahoo group ‘StressReleaseExercise’, where you can ask for help and also post your comments.
If now you are convinced and you are practicing your exercise and you are experiencing the benefits of it, then it might be that you want to participate in our initiative to let others get to know about the ‘Stress Release Exercise’. You can email me how many of the leaflets you want, to give them to your friends and we will send them to you for free.
BeiYin

Carol asks…

What are the best websites for learning meditation techniques?

I’m curious about what websites might be particularly good for learning meditation, particularly those offering good visuals or audio/video tutorials for free.

BrainSpeak answers:

Approaching Zazen (Seated Meditation)

Intro to Meditation Course

http://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/meditation-instruction/

Mindfulness in Plain English

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma4/mpe.html

Wildmind
http://www.wildmind.org/meditation

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Mary asks…

OCR English GCSE – Could someone mark my writing to describe?

Writing to inform, explain, describe for OCR

Write the words of an article for a teenage magazine describing your favourite teacher and explaining what they taught you

We all have a favourite teacher. Whether they push you to do your best or are a pushover, we like them all the same. I’m going to tell you about my favourite teacher: Mrs Baker….

From the way she elegantly glides into the classroom, to the way she marches us to assembly. Mrs Baker commands respect. She oozes authority and holds a spell over the class other teachers can only dream of. Although Mrs Baker may be liberal with handing out what we all dread, detention. Everyone loves her. Everyone wants to be her. She clearly adores teaching English, and reads texts aloud in a style worthy of an Oscar. Her passion is infectious! She cares for her subject, but Mrs Barber cares for her pupils more….

Most of us have a teacher who is kind, but Mrs Baker combines gentle kindness with a stern attitude. If there is one word for Mrs Baker it’s the following: powerful. She has an endearing quality, as she teaches us to pass exams, yet cares about us. She still manages to be elegant whilst enthusiastic. Her booming voice draws you into texts and her dramatic gestures bring plays to life right in the middle of the dull classroom. Nobody can teach English like Mrs Baker!

What have teachers taught you? We’ve all been taught addition, using dull and drab worksheets; spellings, with constant repetition of cat; geography, learning lists of members of the EU. But Mrs Baker teaches so much more then her subject. She has inspired me, she has installed a passion for English I never knew possible. I have learnt so much more then the ciriculum. I have lost myself in classic novels, waded through volumes of poetry and jumped into plays. Mrs Baker taught me how to love English.

On the other hand, Mrs Baker taught me so much more then just English. She’s taught me to respect others and their views, and most important of all: self-confidence. Mrs Barber teaches her pupils to love themselves, and believe in themselves. We all know what a self-esteem boost it is for somebody to believe in you. That’s exactly what Mrs Baker does; she believes in every one of us….
whoops it was meant to be but Mrs Baker cares for her pupils more…. sorry :)

BrainSpeak answers:

Yes its good, you have to use more varied punctuation, similes, metaphors etc.
Also, this bit Her passion is infectious! You could expand like a … Into a simile

Ken asks…

If I feel depressed should I talk to my school counselor?

If I feel depressed should I talk to my school counselor?
I’ve been having some problems at home lately – My parents job contracts are ending this summer and they are constantly talking about networking, etc. and new job opportunities in the organizations they work in… They are really busy and often return home as late as 8 – 9pm, due to their heavy workload.

I’m an only child and I often feel really lonely. I’m an introvert and I generally don’t talk to many people. One of my only best friends stopped talking to me this summer, for what reason I have no clue. I haven’t been able to recover from that, due to never having very many close friends. I know many people, but none of them are very close to me.

I’m a straight-A student in all GT (Honors) classes and take Geometry (a high-school credit course in 8th grade). But these days, it has been very hard for me to concentrate on anything. I also play violin, swim, and play tennis. I don’t even feel like doing those activities.

In school, I sit alone at lunch, because the friend I stopped talking to sits at a table with my friends.. and I don’t want to be near her. The majority of my friends are in a different lunch time. I feel so awkward.

In electives, I take orchestra – because I played violin pretty well. But, my orchestra teacher hates my guts. I was given last chair, despite playing better than this girl who got 7th chair (many people told me that.) She continually gives me Bs on worksheets (I write a lot and very well). My friends who do half-assed jobs get better grades than I do. I hate orchestra.

I have many self-esteem issues as well. I’m a good student, but I often feel like a complete failure, as if I’ve let my family down. I hate the way I look. I feel like a fat pig. I’m 5’3 and 106 pounds. The only guy I ever liked, continually calls me fat. I hate him. I cry every time. I hate the way I do everything. I sometimes think my parents lives would be better without me.

I can never talk to my parents. I have no close friends. Should I talk to my school counselor? Will it help? Do school counselors help with mental issues?

I feel so hopeless.

Sorry about the rant.
I just had to get this out.
I’m 14/ 8th grade.
In the end, my final grade for orchestra comes up as a low A or a high A-. It is my lowest grade out of all my classes.
Haven’t been to church in 11 years.
Thank you for all the support.
My parents have great health insurance and I can get a therapist. But, I feel scared about asking them.

BrainSpeak answers:

Wow, i know exactly how your feeling. And i want to talk to someone to but i’m scared like you. But i think that if you can you should. You shouldn’t be treated that way. NO ONE SHOULD! Any way talk to someone ’cause if your parents cant help you no one can. I’m really sorry.

Thomas asks…

I’m confused (girl problems), help?

OK, so there’s this girl (isn’t there always) and we have a class (really boring) together. For the first couple weeks of the class we didn’t really know each other because of the we didn’t sit near each other, but then we had a seat change and met. I learned her name and thought she was really umm… pretty and cool and all that stuff. We started talking more, working together on worksheets, ect. and she asked me what sports I play. I said swimming, an idea I had been considering for a while. Turns out she’s a swimmer herself. So she got me all the paperwork/schedules (I didn’t ask her to) and now we have conditioning together tomorrow. But since then I’ve noticed her looking at me every once in a while and her friend has told me or I guess motioned to me that she likes me. Under normal circumstances, I think that by this point it would be pretty obvious that she likes me, but I have like a really low self esteem and would normally consider her way out of my league. And yesterday I remembered where I had seen her face before (something that had been annoying me). She was voted Biggest Flirt last year. So yeah, I’m confused.

BrainSpeak answers:

Be careful with her. Trust me, i think she’s just one of those girls who would date anyone just for the sake of feeling loved. But still talk to her you never know what you two could become.. And if you back out of it now, you’re always gonna think “what could’ve happened”

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Helen asks…

Where is the best place to take an online iq test?

There are so many iq test sites on the internet. Most of them look like stupid scams. The tickle iq test is as about as moronic as it gets. Is there a good site out there?

BrainSpeak answers:

Try http://www.kids-iq-tests.com. They have iq tests for all ages and lots of information about iq tests.

Steven asks…

What percentage of intelligence does the IQ test cover?

I’ve heard the IQ test does not cover the whole spectrum of what is known as intelligence, so is it known exactly what percentage of intelligence takes up what is asked in the IQ tests?

BrainSpeak answers:

The I.Q. Test is an old piece of quackery from the early 20th century, invented as a way of identifying schoolchildren in need of special education.

The real intelligence test is whether or not you realise that it is a crock.

Jenny asks…

What are the odds of someone getting 200 on their IQ test?

A woman at my work said that her son got a 200 on his IQ test. I have met her son and he is not very bright. He’s not a good speller and he doesn’t even know basic facts about any subject. She lies a lot, and I wish there was a way to prove that her son isn’t as smart as she says. Or is there a chance he is stupid with life, but still performs well on his IQ test?

BrainSpeak answers:

First of all, in my personal opinion, I think IQ tests are generally a load of bull. I think they can be useful to help *professionals* (i.e. Psychologists, doctors) determine if someone has some mental deficiencies, but to say “I have a higher IQ than you, so I’m smarter!” I just think is a bunch of crap.

But anyway, assuming IQ tests are somewhat legitimate, the average score is (theoretically) 100, with a standard deviation of 15 (typically). This means that approximately 68% of people will fall within the 85 – 115 range.

A score of 200 is EXTREMELY rare, to the tune of approximately 1 in 76 BILLION. There are only about 6 billion people on the planet, so, statistically, there most likely wouldn’t be anyone on the planet with a score of 200. In other words, if you were able to test the 100 or 1000 or however many “smartest” people in the world, you would probably not see a score of 200.

So, your coworker sounds like a total b*tch and she obviously is either lying or the “test” her son took was not valid. Tell her that since her son is so smart, she should have him explain to her the mathematics of why he most likely does not have such a high IQ.

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