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Who Truly Understands What Meditation Is For?

December 15th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

As a person who has tried a few different meditation practices I do have an opinion about meditation. There are even scientific studies that show the benefits of meditation such as stress reduction.

Taking that into account, I would venture to say that there may be other aspects of the health benefits of meditation that have not been studied well yet. Let us put the science aside for a minute and move into the realm of subjective experience.

My personal experience tells me that not all meditation practices are equal. I will not discuss the names of different practices that I have tried in this article.

People try meditation for different reasons. Some have heard of the health benefits. Others are seeking a new spiritual dimension to their lives. Therefore they enter various practices of meditation from different angles and experiences.

Now, this of course means the ‘end goal’ of meditation is different too. This leads to the next natural question - what is the purpose of meditation? Is it simply stress relief or does it have something to do with enlightenment and greater wisdom? Who can answer this question?

As human beings we do not understand what enlightenment is except perhaps in some abstract sense. Without truly understanding what it is, how do we make a decision about whether we want it or not? A bit of a dilemma?

Therefore it makes sense to learn about meditation and what its real purpose is. Once you do that, you will be able to make a choice about what you want out of meditation and then decide which meditation practice is best for you.

Visit FalunDafa.org to learn more about meditation today.

On a completey seperate topic, let us discuss gum disease for a moment.  Many people have it, even though they do not realize that they do.  As a result many people might benefit from a tool like the HydroFloss.

Not everyone needs the same solution however. Some suffer strictly from bad breath without any periodontal problems. This person might benefit from the therabreath product line. 

But I digress.  To learn more about meditation: FalunDafa.org is the site to visit…..

Author:  David S. 

Writing Speaking - Appearing For a Dream Job Interview - Things That You Must Not Talk About

December 15th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

About Speaking And Writing

There was a time, way back in the murky past, when understanding English Grammar was considered to be one of the fundamentals taught at schools in the English speaking world. For some reason, this has changed over the past few decades and a more holistic approach to literacy instruction has been advocated. However, even highly intelligent students now seem to struggle when it comes to the conventions of writing in English. Clearly, there are some things that just don’t automatically happen via exposure to language and texts. There are still some basic elements of language learning, including those pesky Grammar rules, which must be actively taught.

In fact, it is somewhat misleading to refer to English Grammar rules as ‘rules’. They are not rules in the same way that we have rules of cricket, for instance. If we wanted to know about the rules of cricket, we would simply consult the official Cricket Rule Book. However, we cannot do something similar if we want to know about English Grammar rules. There is no official English Grammar Guide that contains all the laws of the language. These rules are not so much ‘rules’ as they are ‘conventions’, agreed upon quite informally over time by the majority of those who use the language.

One such error, or blooper, appeared in a bulletin one Sunday and, to find out if anyone had noticed it, I asked a couple of people the following week if they had discovered my error. None did. In fact, one person I questioned read and reread the article and just could not see anything wrong. After telling her what line it was in, she still did not spot it, however, she thought it was quite funny when I pointed it out to her. Being an article about gathering food for the Full Shelf Food Pantry, she just could not see it until I pointed out that the “r” in Pantry was missing, making the word article about The Full Shelf Food Panty. Fortunately,  not too many spotted that one, which I found out by asking quite a number of people about it.  Also, fortunate for me, is the fact that I think most people just skim over articles in a bulletin and they have a mental note about what is being related to them in print so they miss seeing errors.  On the other hand, there are always those who spot most anything and just love to tell others about them.  In that case, it is best to just laugh with them about what appeared in print.

• Never discuss your personal life during a job interview. You should not be talking about your friends/family, their circumstances etc during the course of the interview. In case you’re asked about your parents, you must respond, but in a more generic and composed manner. You can answer personal questions only if they are asked by the interviewers on their own. At no point should you volunteer to provide personal information on your own.

• In case you were sacked from your previous place of work, you will have to walk a very tight rope while answering questions about the issue of termination. Don’t try to hide the facts and act with courage. Many job seekers end up committing a blunder by laying all the blame on the previous employer rather than exhibiting a professional conduct and accepting their own wrongs as well. Instead of indulging in blame game, you should just explain things from your perspective, without pointing fingers at anyone.

Consider the case when the communication is not made verbally, but in writing. Writing is a far more formal medium. The expectation that goes along with this is that English Grammar rules will be followed more closely in writing than in speaking. There is no doubt that if my written statement, ‘I seen the man what robbed the place!’ was distributed to a jury, then my credibility would be somewhat reduced.

The way language is used does matter. English Grammar rules may not be rules per se, but we are still bound by them. The effective communication of our intended meaning and the perception of our message by those that receive it depend upon communicators ‘playing’ by the rules. There are times that our communications need to appear professional and credible. This is why understanding English Grammar should be reinstated as a fundamental focus of our study of language at school

Resource Author Francisco R. Higueras
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The Disparity Between Writing and Speaking

December 15th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

About Speaking And Writing

Plenty of instructors on topics related to writing counsel that a student must write as he speaks. In ordinary words, the expressions he writes should be how he speaks them. It is as if there is no major dissimilarity between writing and speaking, or else such a dissimilarity is believed too small to make any disparity. Okay there is some certainty in that, that the language you speak can be used in any item you write. Excepting, of course, specific genres with their own lingo, such as law and electronics, where many expressions of the subjects are infrequently used in regular talking, though the words are easily known when people learned in those languages discuss them with each other.

But, beyond the mutual understanding of particular words in the ken of same-orientation chat, there is a fundamental disparitybetween speaking and writing, and it rests in the essential dissimilarity between the spoken word and written one amplified by the personality’s acuity and skills: the verbal word is ephemeral, while the written word is invariable.

Let us dissect the circumstances. When a word is stated orally its noise –and only the noise  moves via the listener’s ear and into his brain, where it is construed into the thought suggested by the sound made. That is where lie the complexities, since;

1) the spoken word is transitory

2) it can be interpreted merely by its sound

3) it is interpreted built on the glossary ofideas in the listener’s experience

4) a great number of homonyms and near-homonyms exist. 

Thus, most often, until a hardly-heard word is reiterated, its purposed connotation develops into a guessing activity for the listener. Thus a setback happens if the word would not be repeated

Conversely, the printed word is there on the paper until the paper itself crumbles, so the person can read it again and again until he perceives the sense if he did not interpret it correctly the first round. Furthermore, since it is written, the word’s concept is almost correct, differing merely by the context in which it was utilized. It is thus a lot easier to understand the written word as its planned idea is obvious right from the start. There is almost never any demand to restate the exact sentence; conversely, its reiteration via another form is desired. Also, more exact, archaic or highfalutin words may even be stated and nonetheless make the exposition understandable, if not better.

So when writing down a word, one can state it only one time and the reader can read it more than once if he needs to, to understand the word’s notion. on the other hand to form an loudly iterated notion, one will need to repeat the word numerous times to be understood, in particular if the word itself has sound-alike words and near-homonyms.  That is why public speakers talk in simpler language and repetitions to be heard fully or at least adequately by their audiences.

Naturally one can write as he speaks, but he can also ponder on the words of Confucius, “What you think you said may not be what I think I heard.” To read about something totally different visit this link warcraft gold and learn about buying world of warcraft gold for you character and take your game to the next level.

Essential Elements in Language Arts Lesson Plans - Writing and Speaking

September 23rd, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

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If you’re a speaker or a writer, what is the most important secret of success?

(1) Finance

(2) Strategic Planning

(3) Effective Time Management

(4) Speaking or Writing

First of all, let me start off by saying that I do own speech recognition software, but I rarely use it. The reason is because of what I just said above. There is a big difference. So okay, let me explain.

The biggest difference that is obvious is the speed. With speech recognition software you can speak at about 120 words a minute with normal speech. Some people can speak even faster. With typing, you’re talking about 60 wpm if you’re pretty good. I type at around 35 wpm, so I’m pretty slow. But what exactly does typing slow as opposed to speaking fast actually do to the quality of your article?

When you type slowly, you actually give your mind a chance to think about what it’s going to say simply because you can’t keep up with your thoughts when typing. So it forces your mind to slow down. This in turn forces you to think slower and when you do that, you think more clearly. How many times has something come out of your mouth and you wish you could take it back because your mouth actually works faster than your brain?

If you aspire to being a professional speaker, improving your speeches and presentations is the smartest investment you can make. And to do so requires lots of speaking opportunities.

Get them by speaking for free at service clubs like the Rotary, and at non-profit organizations, which generally love to learn, but have no money to spend.

Leverage these opportunities by getting testimonial letters you can quote, and by networking.

I’m not saying you can’t become good with software, but it’s not going to be an instant thing. It will take time and you need to be aware that there is a big difference between typing and speaking your articles

Resource Author Francisco Rodriguez Higueras
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A Computer and Internet Connection Is All You Need To Be a Writer

September 16th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Traditionally, writers needed years of training and experience in various print publications before they could even consider being called a copywriter.Lots of people these days however would argue that all you need to be a copywriter is a computer and some passion. There is even money to be made in online copywriting and sometimes relative fame.

Amateur content creation really took off when webmasters decided it would be a good idea to let the world know what they were thinking via their web logs (blogs). When people read these posts and liked them they would come back for more and better still, tell other people about them. It was soon realised by this new breed of digital copywriters that they could accumulate quite a following and even get a good level of respect from readers and businesses alike. Many companies quickly cottoned on the fact that people were influenced by what they were reading online and started striking up deals with bloggers in return for good PR and recommendations. And so it was that commercialism found its way into online copy creation and this cemented it as a cornerstone of the modern internet.

You can now find information about almost any topic under the sun, like office insurance for example, and many argue that good content is the main factor in boosting the power of websites and generating traffic. This is evident in the success of the online versions of classic news paper publications, who now transfer their content onto the web and gain very high levels of traffic and the advertising income that comes with it.

There is however, as will everything, a downside to this digital copy revolution. A great deal of what you find online these days has very little credibility and is written in such bad English it is barely readable. More worryingly, it is very difficult to sensor this copy and there is very little accountability on the internet. This means that people can write whatever they like, about business insurance news for example and not have to worry about ramifications, which is potentially very dangerous.

Copywriting In The Digital Domain

September 2nd, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Traditionally, writers needed years of training and experience in various print publications before they could even consider being called a copywriter.This isn’t really the case anymore however due to the Internet revolution, which gives even the most amateur of writer the chance to speak their mind. Many people even supplement their earnings with generating online copy and the best writers often have quite a following.

It all begin when webmasters starting jotting down their generally thoughts and feelings on their blogs. They started to get picked up by people all over the internet and some bloggers found they soon become very popular. It was soon realised by this new breed of digital copywriters that they could accumulate quite a following and even get a good level of respect from readers and businesses alike.Lots of bigger companies realised that they could use bloggers to generate traffic and good reputation for their sites so actively promoted more content production. And so it was that commercialism found its way into online copy creation and this cemented it as a cornerstone of the modern internet.

You can now find information about almost any topic under the sun, like office insurance for example, and many argue that good content is the main factor in boosting the power of websites and generating traffic. Traditional print publications have almost all set up an online portal for their copy and are reaping the rewards of not only gaining more readers but also being able to sell near unlimited advertising space.

This explosion of web content creation is not all candyfloss and ice creams however. There has been a huge increase in poorly written, incorrectly constructed and often misinformed content on the web. Further more, it is almost impossible to find out and prove who wrote what on the Internet, and even harder to get offensive material removed. This means that people can write whatever they like, about small business insurance news for example and not have to worry about ramifications, which is potentially very dangerous.

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