Please stare at the spinning dancer below.  The dancer somehow appears to be spinning to the right and then without a moments notice, this lady begins to spin to the left. This is a simple optical illusion that's created by the use of the left and right hemisphere's of the brain.  If this is true, then I can change a negative thought into a positive one based upon my illusions. Have fun and read up more on this fascinating eye and brain strainer   :)  

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Namaste my dear friends and welcome once again to my new blog.  This one is about the use of tarot cards and the science involved in predicting the future.  I haven’t often told people about this, but I’ve been reading my own tarot cards for the past 20 years.
As long as I can remember, I’ve always been curious about the past, present and future circumstances of my life.  What secrets can I reveal about myself?  What sort of events may I expect?  I believe its not so wrong to want to know about your career, love and even financial circumstances.

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I may have used a couple of different decks along the way, but the one that I had enjoyed the most was the ever popular Rider Waite tarot deck.  I know that there maybe some of you who may not be familiar at all with the tarot cards. And guess what ?  There's nothing for you to worry about, because I did manage to find a great article, which I believe will shed some more light on the subject.
  

         Carl Jung                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

The once famous Swiss psychologist Carl Jung was very familiar with the symbolism depicted in the tarot cards. The nature of archetypes was not the only theory, but he had also hypothesized that there may be a scientific explanation to the art of fortune telling.  This scientific idea came from a science known as quantum mechanics.  Quantum mechanics explains the relationship theory of particles and their random interconnectivity, with their behaviors set on probabilities rather than on their known uncertainty. Carl Jung was the one who invented the word “synchronicity” and believed that this theory was behind the outcome of any fortune reading.   What exactly is synchronicity?  How is it possible for quantum physics to explain the secrets of the tarot cards?  
 
Synchronicity comes from the root word “Chronos”, which means time.  I guess the word “time” would refer to the timing of when a meaningful incident of coincidence would occur.  The other meaning is a random improbable event, which occurs by chance. Have you ever walked down the street and then suddenly bumped into an old friend, that you were thinking about at that very same moment ?

Quantum mechanics theorizes that objects in our reality are made up of tiny small particles, which seem to behave in improbable ways.  These particles behaved just like a particle when consciously observed and then miraculously turned into a wave when they were being unobserved.  This means that consciousness can affect the understanding of our surrounding universe and matter.  Please check out the double slit experiment video.  The old scientific cause and effect view (The apple falls from the tree) is very outdated and now science has postulated the Interconnectivity of all things in our reality. Matter is made up of particles on a subatomic level.  The chair that you’re sitting on right now could also be a random act of probabilities. How will you know that the chair will still exist after you’ve gone to sleep?  A tree falls in the forest and there’s no one there to hear it. Does it make a sound?

Who is to say that nothing happens for a reason?  The conscious mind displays a random selection of shuffled cards. Those secrets that were so far hidden are now revealed by the energy of the individual. I believe that the unconscious mind will now unlock that synchronicity before us and those questions about life will now find their unique answer.

In conclusion, I believe that the tarot cards have the ability to show us our subconscious thoughts and beliefs.  The thoughts about my life could be reliant upon the subconscious mind.  In other words, do we ignore the matter (a particle, that behaves like a wave) and allow other probable events to take the shape of our lives?  I believe that we are the architects of our own life, and that tarot cards are more than capable of playing an important role, in that conscious awareness.  I would like to leave you this wonderful quote.  “When you can change the way that you look at things, the things you look at change”.  Dr Wayne Dyer.  Keep smiling everyone.    

P.S.  “Know ThySelf”.  Plato.               
Wishing you all Love, peace and joy.   

Namaste, I’m sorry that I've been away for so long, but I was very busy making more videos for the website.  I hope that you’ll take the time to check out the latest ones on the video tab.


Now, what exactly is an OBE or astral projection?   Hmm, let’s see, I think the first thing that we should do is take a look on how we define the term “Out of Body Experience”.                                      
     
       I was in college when I first heard the term astral projection.   I will never forget that day when my drama teacher was explaining about a strange occurrence that took place in his life. My teacher began reminiscing about the days when he was acting in a play and how suddenly, out of nowhere, he found himself observing himself from above the stage.   I was always interested in that paranormal stuff, so you can only imagine how excited I was in hearing about this event.  I turned to a fellow classmate after class and asked her if she had ever had an OBE. My friend kindly smiled back at me and shared that she was more than capable of doing this astral projecting thing. In fact, she assured me that she could do it anytime that she wanted to. There I was, standing there perplexed.  How could this be possible for someone to train his or her own mind into having an OBE?  Every fiber in my being wanted me to learn how to do this OBE thing.   My friend immediately began to explain to me about a simple meditation technique that she had used in order to induce the out of body experience.  Remember now; just be careful about what you wish for, because you just might get it.

    The following technique worked for me via my classmates instructions.  The first thing I had to do was to find a comfortable area in my bedroom and stare at an object. I was to fixate all of my attention on this one particular object for at least 10-15 minutes.  The second part of the instructions was to breathe in and out slowly. I was to continue to concentrate on my breath until the mind felt completely relaxed.   I figured I had nothing to lose, so I followed along with the routine each day. This simple little exercise was frustrating at times.  Time had crept along for me slowly and it wasn’t until the following week that an amazing thing had happened. There I was looking at the shelves of my student desk upside down.  I knew it was my desk, because I could recall all the items that were always on there. I immediately got out of bed and looked at the side of the desk.  Now, what had truly astonished me about this event was that the desk was clearly all the way on the other side of the room.  There was no way that I could have observed those shelves while I was lying in bed.  I knew at that point, that I had finally achieved a form of out of body experience.


     I know I won’t be able to prove to you that these events took place.  I’ve had hundreds of astral projections since that time and the best way for me to describe it is that you are in a sort of trance like state of being. In other words, you feel as if you are half-awake and half-asleep.  Strangely enough, I felt totally aware of the conscious self throughout the experiences. It’s a type of awareness that I often thought was separate from my own personality.  If you’ve ever had an out of body experience, then this information will make complete sense to you. I truly believe that we all travel to different dimensions while in the dream state. What is to say that reality couldn’t be a form of a dream and that our dreams just another form of reality.  Why would we as humans even attempt to do the impossible, if all the things imagined was to remain within our dreams?  According to quantum physics and my own experiences, I now know that consciousness is everything and everything is consciousness.  If you beg to differ, feel free to drop me a line.  If you've ever had an OBE, then those best entries will be featured on my website.  

Namaste my fellow soul travelers.                          

Namaste and greetings, I’m sorry to have kept you waiting, but I had to seek medical attention for a pulled spleen  : )  Now, how exactly can you freeze live action with a digital camera?  Well, actually it's quite simple.  All you need is just a few basic adjustments that you would make within your camera’s settings.  Once again, there are some inexpensive point and shoot cameras where you can make these adjustments yourself.  I do suggest that you read your camera’s manual or check out the specs before you run out and buy a new one.  

The first thing you would look for is a scene adjustment setting called sports or there may be a symbol of a running figure on the dial.   This simple scene mode will automatically place your camera into a faster shutter speed.   Now if your camera is capable of further adjustments you can set your shutter speed manually. The letters to look for could be "S" or the letters "Tv", which stand for shutter priority.  If you’re unsure, simply refer to your camera’s manual.    The settings of 1/250’s and 1/500's are ideal for the everyday stop motion photographs of people.

The shutter priority is a wonderful feature because it will also adjust your aperture settings automatically. This is very important not to overlook, if you want to achieve just that right balance in your photo’s exposure.   

Below in figure 1 you’ll see a photo I took with a inexpensive point and shoot 
camera.  As you can see I rendered the shutter speed at a much slower rate, at about 1/50 of a second in
order to have created a sort of motion blur effect with the running water.