How Can My Feelings Effect My Reality?

              Sure it is a commonly used phrased and probably used to often but we get the gist of it! Whatever we think or believe about ourselves is who we will be and who we will become....but why? Why can't I believe I am inferior and indeed become superior? Why do I have to feel good in order to do good? How does it work? How can my feelings effect my reality?
          While some people may have actual evidence that the way they've felt in past situations did not
actually effect their reality, they may not have considered their core emotions and what was at the center of what they felt. The mind can be very deceptive even to ones own self, especially when what you want to believe isn't actually what you believe at all. The reality is that reality doesn't change without there being a cause. This cause always has its origin within the mind. The mind is a very complex and powerful entity that has the power to create wanted and unwanted results. How does the mind produce results? Through feelings. The way we feel about ourselves and particular circumstances is a product of our mind and this product (feelings) if not controlled will lead to a change in our reality. Lets take pain for instance. Pain is feeling, not a reality. It only becomes reality once our mind produces the feeling and we act upon the feeling and thus make the feeling a reality. Now lets apply this to concept to many other feelings we have, like insecurity, unworthiness, doubt, emptiness, prosperity, motivation, worthiness, capability, and acceptance. We have these feelings because of what we think in mind about ourselves, others, situations, and circumstances because feelings are products of the mind. In order to control what we feel we must first control what is being produced by the mind. Now that is a feat! This is what everyone would like to do, it is indeed a desirable and rare ability!
                      One reason why it is very difficult to control the mind is because we would have
to somehow rule out all other influencing factors that are processed by our mind everyday through our senses. We see and hear so much in just a few seconds and every bit of it is processed by our mind and stored! Imagine a computer that is always storing information and processing it and can never shut down. It would be rather difficult to control this computer or get it to do what we want it to do when we want it to do it. This is how our mind can be if we aren't careful. So what are methods we can use to control what our minds produce? After all, we don't want our minds to bombard us with unnecessary and negative feelings or we will go crazy! Well we must filter out what gets processed by the mind. These filters should be positive filter in order for our minds to produce positive feelings! A positive filter would be a positive belief or a set of positive memories or even images that affected us in positive ways. To create filters and have them work to our benefit is also difficult because at first our mind will reject any positive implements that we try to set in place. This is because our mind has so much negativity to process around us that we literally have to refrain from the media, refrain from news of troubling events, refrain from associating with negative people and thus save our brains the trouble of dealing with so much negativity. Then we get a chance to set our filters in place! Nothing like a clear mind and a clear conscience to start us out on the right path!

          It may seem rather hard to refrain from negativity in life, in fact it is hard! This is why a balance is needed. We can't do it all but we can do somethings to change our feelings and thus change our reality. Start using filters day by day, little by little. Take on one pesky negative thought at a time. Make goals and keep them. There is no such thing as instant success without practice to reach a desired goal. The ability to do this is up to you.
 

New Super Computer Has The Power Of 2 Million Laptops???

                                   As of last year 2011, what was once thought to be decades away has been debuted and whats left to ponder is what it means for our world. Since the early 1980's IBM has been developing a super computer...not just any super computer....one that has the power of two million laptops! The Sequoia puts the top 500 super computers in the world to shame and while it has made history it will dramatically change the future of not only our lives but our world as well...whether we like these changes or not.  Announced at The American Physical Society in Boston by IBM, the multi-billion dollar empire was contracted by the U.S. government to build such a computer. Amazing, huh?Lets take a look at some of the capabilities of a super computer that can make the technological advances of the past 40 years look like child's play and why some would have a problem with a super computer being able to make our world dramatically better or dramatically worse in the hands of the exceedingly wealthy and greedy.
             The basis of a super computer (.....and the Sequoia exceeds this...) is that it replaces regular binary bits "1" when on and "0" when off with quantum bits that have the ability to be "1", "0", or both simultaneously. However, although tremendously faster super computers was the expectation, the quantum bits were previously too unstable for use yet scientists have found a way to reduce their instability enough to put them on a chip...hence, the Sequoia, the only complete and solely quantum computer in the world. The speed of it is hard to imagine and it contains a whopping 1.6 million processors that work mind-bogglingly fast...in fact the word "fast" is an understatement. Well what can it do? The super computer developed in the 1970's  created all of the technological advancements we have today...like advancements in weather prediction, code breaking, encrypting and decrypting and so forth. This in turn has effected us by allowing more accurate models to be made. This is a crucial and key point. Models make up the entire world of technology and technology makes up our entire world. More accurate models effects business, money, capital, industries, politics and everything else you can think of. The Sequoia creates faster and amazingly accurate models, more accurate than any super computer ever created. This computer, belief or not, allows pharmaceutical industries to simulate the effect of drugs in the human body, giving them more control over whats getting put out in our world and what it can do to us. More power is not what the drug industries need but they now have it. This super computer also allows Wall Street to simulate the effects of events on the stock market, hence the appearance of man made catastrophes in the name of politics...because Wall Street is the vehicle for politics. The Sequoia can simulate human blood flow. This either means two things, crazy advancements in cloning...like cloning maybe...humans! Or it could mean creating artificial intelligence that isn't so artificial. All making sense yet? A super computer of this magnitude does not only have the power to change our world but it also the power to destroy it.

              The U.S government has allowed the use of the Sequoia to simulate nuclear testing for the U.S Department of Energy at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Yes, the super computers main use is for war. What did you think it was for? Making our lives better?
In conclusion, the love of money and insatiable greed has put the fate of our world into the hand of computers....excuse me...SUPER computers.
               

Racism is Taught. Stop Teaching It!

                     In reality, racism still exists and is NEVER going to end. Sounds a bit harsh but it is  indeed true simply because there will never stop being different types of races on our planet. As long as there's races there will be racism. However, has anyone ever taken the time to analyze the behaviour of children? Sure! We all have at some point, right? Children are always asking questions, exploring and trying to find out more and more about this world we live in, mostly because they're new here. This behavior implies what we already know is true; Kids don't know everything! That means to a child, unless he is taught to see people as different from himself, everyone is the same to him! Shocking, huh?
            Racism is not inherited. Its not a trait that gets passed down through our blood and through our genial lineage. Racism is taught. The only way that this ugly set of beliefs can be stopped is to stop the teaching of it to our future generations. This means our children.
          Would you agree that kids learn even when we don't want them to? Whatever you do you can almost trust that they are right behind you doing the same thing because they want to be like us. We're all that they know! This can be understandably frustrating, especially when you're doing and saying things you wouldn't want them to do or say. Yet the fact remains, children learn everything they are taught and we as adults never cease to be teachers, whether of good things or bad things. This is sadly how racism is carried on through generations in spite of years of trying to be corrected. One racial slur belted out in a fit of rage or softly whispered because you think no one is around to hear you is in fact being heard by the tiniest of ears. Comments and jokes that contain racially insensitive content is not "just a joke" or "just a comment". Its racism in its biggest form because of the fact that its taken so lightly. To think how many times a child encounters or over hears a racist remark or term expressed in everyday life is appalling considering that there are actually some people who literally tell their children not to associate or to be afraid of, and generally frown upon a certain race of people or all races that are not their own. Then there's the media, and though we cannot hide from it, we can counteract it by our own simple choice. We must choose to change ourselves first in order for racism to stop effecting future generations and though it is a change we all must make, each person must make their own personal commitment to stop teaching racism in our deeds, actions, habits, words, and beliefs because aren't these the real things that make us who we are?

Haiti Two Years Later: A Million Haitians Still Homeless

                    Two years ago January 12, a completely devastating earthquake hit the country of Haiti, a country that was already known to be one of the most poorest countries, and now the number of homeless and hungry has increased! Since the earthquake there has been over $4.6 billion pledged to the rebuilding of Haiti by donors across the globe yet experts reveal the shocking truth that it could very well be ten years before any "visual" recovery is made in the country. After two long years only a measly 43% of relief funds have been disbursed and still over 500,000 Haitians are without homes, not to mention the millions without food or decent amenities.

          So where did all the money go???? Watchdog groups claim that charities failed to govern and facilitate the funds properly, importing overpriced equipment and supplies /personnel, and shelling out millions for board members in high end renting. Another pitiful account for the funding is campaigns that cost millions! Telling people to help Haiti costed more than actually helping the country! Organizations, groups, charities, television appearances, newly formed social societies all in the name of the country's earthquake sucked the funding dry by the millions, leaving a still suffering Haiti to wonder does anyone care at all.

       American Red Cross, one of the largest organizations that fled to Haiti's rescue received a staggering $486 million in donations following the country's earthquake. They however announced that their main focus would be on building "permanent" homes and repairing the damaged ones instead of constructing temporary residences. So basically this means that they would rather take years to build permanent housing and risk the lives and safety of millions of women and children than to act now and build a home, permanent or temporary, to satisfy the quite obvious needs of the Haitian people. Poor excuse and reasoning in every one's book I'm sure. According to president and CEO of the American Red Cross, Gail McGovern, "Recovery is well underway". This statement is quickly contradicted pictures and first hand accounts of the suffering of people in Haiti two years later.

         So is there hope for Haiti? Oxfam, an organization created to solve infrastructure problems in Haiti states, "The second anniversary of the devastating earthquake must be a call to action!" (Cecilia Millan, Oxfam's country director in Haiti). While this sounds a tad bit promising, another organization offers a quite clear perspective on reality. "Quite honestly, donor funding is never going to be enough", says Tom Adams, U.S State Department's Haiti special coordinator to the Miami Herald. "In some areas we are really just starting".

Do Short-Lived Celebrity Marriages Give Holy Matrimony A Bad Look?

             We all know that no one is perfect and even the people that are idolized in our society for their appearance or special talents are sure as heck not perfect, having all of their most vulnerable moments strewn into the public eye day after day. How many embarrassing celebrity moments have we seen on television and the web....the public breakdowns....the legal drama... the list never ends! Still, with all of this being realized, we as human beings idolize each other all the more when fame is involved...no matter what we hear or see about each other. Take celebrities for example. We still listen to their music, flaunt their fashion line, sell-out their movies on the big screen and tune in to their reality shows faithfully. Could this be creating a responsibility on celebrities subconsciously? Being in the public eye means you definitely have a responsibility to the public in what you do and how you portray yourself. The slightest misunderstanding can cause a on-sleight of unwanted trends. Celebrity looks aren't the only thing beings copied or made apart of the life of the average population of their viewers. Even personalities, motives, and alarmingly so, many beliefs are adopted as well due to the words and actions of many of the rich and famous. Like marriage! Being married in the celebrity world surely doesn't mean "til death do us part". In fact, marriages in the public eye could begin and end as fast 24 hours! Could this atrocious fact slowly be giving marriage a bad look?

                              To many people around the globe, marriage is not a casual union, neither is it a mere shallow agreement. In some countries, religions, and cultures, marriage is a most sacred act and is done not out of selfish ambition or with the intent to end it in 72 days. These beliefs have held up and esteemed marriage in the eyes of people everywhere, so much so that as children we are taught that marriage is an honor, an achievement, and a lifelong commitment to look forward to with someone that you love. Many religions consecrate marriages in the presence of a minister, priest, or holy clergy signifying the holiness of the act, meaning that it is a commitment made in the acknowledgement of both God and man. For marriage in the public eye to be taken so casually could even be found as blasphemous  but because money and fame are two of the most valued things in our society, this idea is overlooked and swept under the carpet.

                             Lets slow down here! You may be thinking that celebrities aren't the only people on earth who get married with false intentions and impure motives and they certainly aren't the only people getting married and divorced within the same year. You are correct! However there is a major difference between what I do and what someone else does with the fame and fortune of Kim Kardashian. You have never met me in your life and you probably never knew me before you came across this blog. Kim Kardashian is a well known figure and even though you probably never met her, you'd bet your bottom dollar that you knew about her and so does the rest of the world for Pete's sake! When I go out to eat people don't take pictures of what I'm wearing and post them in everyday fashion magazines around the world for women to idolize and try to mimic. Do you see what I'm saying? What the average citizen does is non-existent to some extent compared to what a celebrity does and how it effects people. A simple outing for me does not change fashion history or cause a media frenzy. So for a celebrity to partake in a sacred union and break it in 72 days is like giving the okay to their fans and the general public to denounce marriage and all that it stands for....after all, marriages come and go! This the wrong idea to have about a life-long relationship and commitment! Marriage is a commitment and commitments are born out of convenience or someone having too much to drink and suddenly feeling loved. When its portrayed as such by people who are highly respected in some way, the morals and values of such a decision begins to die. People begin to form unwise similarities in society between dating and getting married. Dating is not the same a marriage. Dating someone for 72 days is different from marrying them for 72 days but our minds have become so numb to the fact that such short and unthought-out decisions are made in the eye of the media that we say, "Oh, well", instead of saying " This is horrible". Our reactions have become so passive to the promotion of what is wrong and the demotion of what is right. This is extremely dangerous because who is going to hold up our beliefs if we don't. No one. They disappear like "the gentlemen", or "the virgin". Such things don't hold value anymore and are forgotten, seen as ancient characteristics. The sad part is that ancient characteristics almost always belong to a once great civilization that now belongs to history.