Archive for April, 2010
What, then, is enlightenment from a Shamanic point of view?
What, then, is enlightenment from a Shamanic point of view? Recently I received this email (Name of sender removed for privacy reasons). Dear Alex, ******* here. I bumped into your own Black Shaman blog by mere chance, and what a chance?!! To me, you seem to be a very, very honest and profound person. I [...]
Interesting, unexpected experience when helping client with mediation
Earlier this month I had to attend a local Court to assist a client with the mediation/arbitration of a dispute. Some of the reasons I get asked to help clients with this type of thing include: A good grasp of logical issues, coupled with sensitivity and understanding of deeper ‘touchy feely’ aspects. My personal presence [...]
New search engine makes narrowing results easy and intuitive
This last week I was sent details of a new search engine by the developers – SortFix. I am glad they did. I am impressed. SortFix is an intuitive and easy to use search engine with a graphical interface which makes it easy to remove results you don’t want from your results and narrow your [...]
Are you on Twitter yet? Or are you being left behind?
If you are not on Twitter, you are being left behind. Sure, Twitter may be a bit ‘geeky’ to some, however it is in essence very SOCIAL, on the pulse and will become increasingly popular. I have made some great friendships/connections on Twitter. Twitter has been a ‘gold mine’ of information. Twitter has created or [...]
Fancy being a Shaman? Perhaps not.
Today I came across a fantastic article by Galina Krasskova. A somewhat unusual article, Devotion is a Warrior’s Art touches on a number of important areas. One area I want to highlight today is this, and I quote: I worry when I encounter people who are drawn to the idea of being a God-servant or [...]
Food Matters. In fact, what you eat is critical.
New Answers to Old Problems – A conversation with the producers of Food Matters Sometimes I feel that it would be infinitely easier to pretend that our world’s healthcare problems do not exist. It would be bliss to trust that our food industry operates with the public’s best interests at heart and that the FDA [...]
Peace and safety in a dangerous world
War can be a terrible thing. I am sure I do not need to labor the point. Peace is preferred, but not at any cost. I like peace. It is indeed better to reach agreement via dialog than war or aggression. The thing is…not everyone likes peace. Violence is a well used tactic. Self interest [...]
Beneath Hill 60 – film
Beneath Hill 60 is a film about Australian tunnellers in World War 1 who created the world’s largest explosion under German lines in Belgium. The effect was so strong it was felt as far away as London and Dublin, Ireland! My wife and I went to see the movie last night at a local cinema. [...]
Looking for new job? Create a professional, sophisticated online presence
Looking for new job? Use MyResume WordPress theme to promote yourself -create professional, sophisticated online presence. The My Resume theme has just been released. Why be like everyone else using those dry looking paper resumes? Yawn. Even the fancy ones cannot compare with a well constructed web based resume or curriculum vitae (CV). Web based [...]
Is your computer overheating?
You wouldn’t drive your car if it was overheating would you? Computers can overheat easily and most people would have no idea that it was happening to them. Overheating of computers can lead to slow responses, data loss or even total failure. Overheating can occur for a variety of reasons so it is best to [...]
Writing and being understood.
Do we understand each other? It is all very well to write stuff, but another matter to be understood. Properly understood. I try to make sure that I write in a way which is understood properly by most people. I try to steer clear of ambiguity too. One of my shortcomings, which I am working [...]
Simple Suggestions To Achieve Superior Time Management
Simple Suggestions To Achieve Superior Time Management Improved time management need not be challenging and is often as easy as carrying out a few proven basic steps. What you won’t find here is rocket science, but techniques which you can apply and begin seeing results from immediately. You can begin by evaluating everything you currently [...]
Time Management Software – Get more done with this free resource.
Time Management Software – Get more done with this free resource: http://actionenforcer.joywizard.info/ The above is a domain name that I registered to host an excellent online time management software application which I have purchased, called Action Enforcer. My purchase included the rights to provide free access to the software for other people. I could have [...]
Some things a significant number of Christians don't know.
Recently on my Facebook personal profile I had cause to respond to someone’s post about a Noah/Flood cartoon… ….here are my comments. Not fully referenced, however you can find out more if you wish by using a search engine. Some things a significant number of Christians don’t know: 1) The Sumerian Deluge story pre dates [...]
