Friday, May 19, 2017

End of the world - the process is launched!

The process of destruction is already underway. And it is not launched by crazy scientists, nor global climate change. But it all because of the action, which I call "pressed the red button" a man of a very peaceful profession. Former students of the economics departments are very popular in the market specialty - marketer.

How many predictions in the foreseeable past has already been made about what exactly will ruin our civilization? Starting with various religious reasons and ending with a global nuclear war or escaping to freedom from secret laboratories a terrible virus. Everyone can recall several such "reasons" without much stress. Someone refers to these predictions indifferently, some do not, but everyone would not mind if this happened as late as possible. However, few people thought that in fact, the process of destruction is already underway.

That's so unexpected a killer of civilization may well become a marketer. I think many of you are surprised. How did it happen? Let's see.

Let's start with what we know about the representatives of this not very ancient profession. If an ordinary representative of modern civilization, enjoying its full benefits like supermarkets, fast food, television, etc. To ask that question, then in the answer, most likely, we will hear that this profession is connected with some processes in the market of goods and services, with advertising, studying opinions of buyers, etc. And it will be nearly to the truth.

So, what or who is the danger to our civilization?

The danger is precise that these people created a consumer society. And if the process does not stop, it will destroy our civilization. After all, for the sake of increasing consumption of goods and services is not the first necessity, we purposefully spend the irreplaceable resources of the planet and kill the ecology.

In fact, the guilty in all of this is not the representatives of big capital who make a profit from this, and not the governments of states who allow it.The real culprits are consumers, who have forgotten how to think, and marketers, who just think how to think.

To see the whole picture, let's spend a little time analyzing the scientific and technological progress, which is believed to have greatly improved in our life.

Striving to achieve maximum profits and not wanting to offer anything fundamentally new (for various reasons), manufacturers with the help of thinkers can find a completely win-win method, which became the cornerstone of the existing society of general consumption. The method is relatively simple. It consists in the fact that the manufacturer slightly (and inexpensively) modifies several non-main functions of the goods, giving this change for the latest improvements.

For example, men over the age of 30 remember very well those times when 2 blades on their shaving machine were considered just a revolutionary solution. But now, only 10 years later, marketers brought the number of blades to 5. The shaving machine itself was worth several times more expensive. But has anything changed in principle? Try to shave with a machine with two blades - the result will be the same.

The average of consumers is gradually disaccustoms to think and analyze. They listen to attractive advertising that just everywhere, and believe that all of this is an abundance so that people could choose from how to satisfy their needs. And just a small percent of people will remember that a few years ago they had no such needs. To invent a need, and then to think what to sell to us to satisfy us, is also the task of marketers.

It seems that no one forces you - you do not want - do not buy. But it just looks so simple at first glance. People who were born after the 1980s are already very difficult to objectively assess the situation - after all, visionary marketers are beginning to work with potential buyers since childhood. As soon as the child becomes able to associate the pictures from the TV or magazine with the goods on the shelf of the store - he/she is already an object of attention of the marketers of children's goods.

In order to understand how much the modern technologies of advertising and sales affect us, we can conduct a simple experiment.

Try to buy just 1 inexpensive product in a large supermarket. How many times have you caught yourself on that by going to the nearest supermarket for bread and milk for 10 minutes, and you go out with a full cart in an hour? This is also the result of the work of marketers.

By the way, there are various experts - and their "bloopers" are often very funny if you know how to notice them. For example, a deodorant that works 72 hours. Hygiene, of course, is necessary. But, think for yourself, if you not wash within 72 hours (3 days) and at the same time lead an active lifestyle (as shown in the advertisement), then the smell will come from places where the deodorant will never come to the head. And no daily gasket with the smell of chamomile will not save.

I would very like to draw the reader's attention to the fact that mindlessly getting involved in the modern consumer society, we contribute to the fact that for the sake of our short-term whims, humanity spends a huge amount of irreplaceable resources.

Certainly, the life of our generation and, most likely, our children of this planet is still quite enough. But if some of the funds, vigor, and energy spent on the development and production of the next series of cars "with a new modern design" are directed at the development of really new technologies, it is possible that our children could ride on cars that also oil It will not be necessary. Of course, ordinary consumers are unlikely to be able to change anything quickly.

But if more and more people will stop buying "the newest, innovative, fashionable and technological" on a regular basis, then manufacturers will start thinking seriously about finding other ways to generate profits.

And if this is not done, it may well be that the culprit of the death of civilization will not be the general who gave the order to launch the nuclear missile, but a peaceful marketer, who "duped" people that they simply squandered all natural resources for food and entertainment. Agree, a more stupid finale for humanity is difficult to imagine.

So maybe it's worth to thinking about this sometimes?

Friday, May 12, 2017

Feel It: Public Speaking

We all have fears in life or at least one thing that makes us feel uncomfortable. Fear is one of the strongest emotions for every human being like love or hate, it can distract our mind, causing us not to think or act logically in different circumstances. Fear, like the fear of speaking in public, can affect each individual differently. Some of us are able to control this fear and speak confidently and clearly in front of a large group of people. Others of us freeze, shake, have sweaty palms, feel how the heart begins to beat faster and faster, and you can barely open your mouth to say your words. Are those feelings familiar to you? Fear confuses your mind to make the situation more difficult than it really is. 

I was invited to read in front of a large group of people. My piece was published in the book called Language Made of the Tree. At that exciting event, I found out that my brain doesn't allow me to control myself in front of thousands of eyes. My fear made me feel cramped.

Fear was my enemy against my wishes. My wishes are: to stay open and to not be afraid. I surpassed my enemy, and I’ve got what I wanted. I challenged my fear and this is what I’m proud of. At the stage, I felt as I was fish out of the water, but from now and so on I will feel myself more confidently in front of people. It was first fearful experience of mine. I enjoyed that battle, and in the end, I felt as a winner.

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Be aware of the products you use everyday

Most likely you've heard a lot about these harmful ingredients in cosmetics and in several household stuff. Also, you may have seen a lot of advertising "shampoos without sulfates", "shampoos without SLS". Is that terrible or what? Do I need to collect all the jars with the sodium lauryl sulfate and take them out to the trash?

Have you ever thought about the ingredients in the cosmetics and cleaning supplies that you use every day? I'm sure that 98-100% of your shampoos, shower gels, toothpaste, liquid soap and face wash, as well as most of your household items contain SLS in large quantities. In order to find out, look at the composition of the jar on the reverse side. Most often you will find sodium lauryl sulfate or sodium laureth sulfate in the ingredients list.


In what products you can find SLS?
Soaps
Shampoos
Bubble-baths
Tooth paste
Washing-up liquid / dish soap
Laundry detergent
Childrens soaps / shampoos
Stain Remover
Carpet Cleaner
Fabric glue
Body wash
Shave cream
Mascara
Mouthwash
Skin cleanser
Moisture lotion / Moisturiser
Sun Cream

Is it dangerous?

Let me tell you a short story. I bought the Head & Holder shampoo and I used it for two mouths, and I started to feel and see the irritations on the head, the appearance of dandruff, and increased hair loss. I was so upset by this. And I thought what is going on why is that? I took the shampoo to look for ingredients, and I found out that there is a bunch of word and term that I have no clue what do these ingredients do to my hair and skin. So, I started the research on the facts how they affect on human body and in general about each components. My eyebrows rose so high that they are almost touched my starting point on my forehead. My eyes rolled ...No, I was nourish my hair with poisons. Immediately, I ran to my bathroom took the shampoo and trough it away so no body in my family couldn't use this shampoo again. Then, my dad asking me, where is the shampoo? I explained the facts, and from then my family look for every product ingredient.

Here are the facts about sodium lauryn:
 
1. It is a known skin irritant. When cosmetic companies need to test the healing properties of a lotion, they need toirritate the skin first. How did they use to do this? SLS of course. If you have dandruff, dermatitis, canker sores, or irritated skin, it could be due to SLS.

2. It pollutes our groundwater.  SLS is toxic to fish and other aquatic animals and has the potential for bioaccumulation (meaning it accumulates in the bodies of the fish.)  It also is undetected in many municipal water filters, getting into the tap water that you drink.

3. It helps other chemicals get into your body.  SLS is a penetration enhancer, meaning that its molecules are so small they’re able to cross the membranes of your body’s cells.  Once cells are compromised, they become more vulnerable to other toxic chemicals that may be with the SLS.

 So, is it dangerous? Judge for yourself. Now you are aware what and where is sodium lauryn sulfate. What would be your decision?

Write your comments, do you read the labels with the ingredients? Did you know before what was SLS and what are the side affects? Look up at you supply's ingredients that you use regularly or often and share in you found it!


Source:
https://smartklean.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/top-10-reasons-to-avoid-sodium-lauryl-sulfate/

Friday, April 21, 2017

Human emations: Fear

        “Every human has his or her own personal dream, and just like the society dream, it is often ruled by fear”(Ruiz, Miguel. The Four Agreements, page .14). Every person goes through a separate path of life, and each path is different. In our life paths, we are faced with a variety of emotions. Our emotions have an influence on our health and psychological condition. Health and psychological condition are closely linked with a condition of life. What is happening with your life affects physical and the mental status of you, and vice versa. The negative impact on life are the reasons of: irritation, psychological disorders, alcohol, drugs, beatings, and other negative thoughts, which can worsen health and physical conditions of a human. The positive impacts of life are reasons of: sport, learning of unknown, drink a lot of water, be in peace, and have positive thoughts. Emotions are powers that human can use to create the life that he or she wants. But, sometimes people use the power of emotions against themselves and other people. The strongest emotions for every human being, like love or hate, is fear. Fear was used as a tool by religion, in order to control us and to confuse our minds, causing us not to think or act logically.
          Fear is a weakness. Confusing your mind, making the situation more difficult than it really is, to make something big out of something really small. The fear makes you think so, or it’s trying to control you as a puppet - a movable model of a person or animal that is used in entertainment and is typically moved either by strings controlled from above or by a hand inside it.
         The difference between a coward and a brave man is very little. Here is the only difference: the coward listens to his fears, then it confuses his mind; the brave man puts them aside and moves forward. The brave man ignores the fear, because he knows that it is the negative emotion, and it won’t bring him a good mood. The brave man goes into the unknown, in spite of all fears, in order to achieve goals that are a sight for. Courage does not mean fearlessness.
          We are all people, everyone has personal or social fears. Fear consists of different meanings when it is used with other words, such as “Arachnophobia – The fear of spiders affects women four times more (48% women and 12% men); Ophidiophobia – The fear of snakes; Acrophobia – The fear of heights; Thanatophobia – The fear of death (FearOf.net.)” and so on. People put their fears into themselves by seeing something, feeling something, supposing or listen to someone. The biggest fear that people listen to was propagated by religion.“By making people afraid of hell, religion was able to control people emotionally”(The Unbounded Spirit). Man - is the most fearful animal. He fears many things – old age, disease, natural disasters, poverty – but most importantly, death. Indeed, man is a unique animal in that, and he can be aware of his own death. No animal can foresee its death, except man. The absolute fact is that man knows that he will eventually die in this life. That causes a tremendous amount of fear in him – fear of the unknown. Religion gave people an idea of hell in the afterlife, and by that, they prepared the puppet strings for their new listeners and believers. The solution of the idea of an afterlife was solved by creating a religion and a God that judges. These judges who will decide where our souls will go after life, according to how we lived our lives. People who follow the rules that created religion are under control because they are afraid. Humans never know what can happen to them after death, but why do we have to live in fear? Eventually, we all going to die, there is nothing to be afraid of. Think positively and curiously about death, when we will die, we will learn about afterlife existence.
      Our emotions have a straight influence to our life. How we think, talk, see the world impacts on our ways of life. Negative emotions are strong enough to change life into a nightmare, but we have a choice to ignore them. By using your power of emotions you can build the life you like. The emotion of fear was used as a tool by religion, in order to control and to confuse our minds. They change our life paths by causing us not to think or act logically because we have fears. People under control of fear can easily be manipulated. Fear confuses our minds, then we allow it control us. Stay in your control, turn on your logic. We make fears in our minds, we are the creators, so we are able to switch it into the positive emotion.

                                                                      Work Cited

"Fear of Hell and Desire for Heaven: The Two Reasons Why People Believe in Religion | The Unbounded Spirit." The Unbounded Spirit RSS. T.U.S., 19 May 2012.

Jacob. "FearOf.net." FearOfnet. <http://www.fearof.net/>.

Ruiz, Miguel. The Four Agreements: A Toltec Wisdom Book. San Rafael: Amber-Allen Pub., 1997. Print.

Thursday, April 13, 2017

A little of advice

It so happened that the problems control the person. They prevent us from establishing relationships, making the right decisions, after all, enjoy life "in full".

It is so, but at the same time, it is not so. There are problems in the positive quality, about which many can not even guess: it is they that in some way help to achieve success and set goals. But this happens only if you are able to properly deal with the problems of the information society. After all, very few people now understand and know how to deal with problems, because of a lack of information and knowledge, that's why most fail and can not achieve the success that they set for themselves.

Understand how to deal with problems; drawing from this only the benefits and the necessary experience. Recommend to read this post, and also to apply all the advice given in it in practice.

The first thing you need to start struggling with the problems of the information society is to understand and decide for yourself what has changed in your life. After, when you get rid of all problems and it will be easier for you to struggle with all the problems you have. Just as you become after this, what kind of opinions people will have from you, will your neighborhood change? Even a few minutes to think about this issue will be enough, that at least a little to motivate themselves to start actions. Then you need to understand what are your problems at the moment and write them out on a simple piece of paper. Try to write absolutely all problems, both large and small. When the list is ready, then you can start thinking and making up to deal with the problems.

Here are a few original ways that can help in the fight against every day, more specific, problems - health.

1. To give an effective response to an intrusive headache will help an ordinary pencil, sandwiched between teeth. This means prevents involuntary tight compression of the jaws, usually for stress and pain, thus avoiding its amplification and bringing some relief.





2. From pains in the feet, you can get rid of an arbitrary massage of the feet with a tennis ball. This method also helps to alleviate back pain. To do this, the tennis ball should be placed between the back and any solid surface (for example, a wall), tightly pressed and for a few minutes to make circular motions.




Electromagnetic Field

Computers, mobile phones, microwave ovens, power lines, electric trains, cars... Such instruments and devices that we use every day make our life much easier. However, they can also influence our health.

Aren't you paranoid about your health? The electromagnetic field is everywhere around us and around the Earth. We walk trough it, and they exist even if you don't feel or see them.

What is electromagnetic field?

EMF radiation connects all forms of radiation - X-Rays, ultraviolet rays, gamma radiation, radio waves, microwaves: these all have different frequency ranges, and scientists have studied the effects of all of them on living things.

"Wi-Fi radiation is 100,000 times less than that of a domestic microwave oven and the power levels for Wi-Fi are lower than that for cell phones...
There is more EMF exposure from the wiring in our homes and the electrical appliances we use than from our cell phones or Wi-Fi. No one can avoid electromagnetic radiation. It is everywhere. We are constantly exposed to it from light, commercial radio and television transmissions, police 2-way transmissions, walkie-talkies, etc.”
"Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism, and Science Exposed!" by Robert Todd Carroll (2011)




How electromagnetic field effect on our health?

A series of videos on YouTube appeared to show how four phones can simply cook the corn kernels, just by points the ringing phones at them. The media has been reporting for years on alleged links between cell-phone usage and brain tumors. And that is tenable, because if you just image what happen with your brain while you talk with some on the phone. It's like your brain slowly becomes a Pop-brain. And it all depend on the time spend near by EMF waves, and on frequency of the waves. Research showed several symptoms and side effects on our body from EMF waver.

The first symptoms of the electromagnetic field:
- Fatigue,
- Irritability,
- Sleep disorders,
- Impaired memory and attention.

The long-term effect of electromagnetic fields can cause:
migraine,
- Infertility (in men and in women),
- Problems with pregnancy - miscarriages,
- Lesions of the central nervous system in children,
- Brain cancer.

How to reduce the influence of electromagnetic fields?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/if-youre-not-paranoid-youre-crazy/407833/
One of the logic, funny, but in the same time not comfortable solutions on how can you protect yourself from EMF waves is to cover or roll up yourself in foil and you will look like cosmonaut. But, there would be no doubt that the waves will pass through you, it will just go around you.

Anyways, there are more options how to protect your health from the harmful effects of high frequency waves. Here are they are:

- Observe safe distances - do not stand near a working microwave oven, do not sleep at a wi-fi router, do not put your phone under you pillow while you sleep.
- Do not keep the mobile device close to you in the event that it is not in use.
- Reduce the time of talking on mobile phones. Or use headphones while talking.
- Turn off the wi-fi router when you not using the Internet.
- Do not hold the laptops on your lap.
- Correctly arrange furniture and electrical appliances in the apartment. Do not place the bed near the wall, if there is a refrigerator, computer or TV behind it.

References:

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

What About?

Hello, to you, my guest!
First of all, I want to say, Thank you for taking a little of your precious time to read my thoughts about the problems and solutions that are around us based on daily basis.
I've been thinking about the life problems, and I came to the point where I found that any problems are connected. Once I start think of a problem it always cause another problem and this net goes to infinity. I want to simplify the problems to a feasible or potential solution for everyone, despite on age or gender.

I will explore and share the possibilities how to make our life healthier and become more aware of what is happening. If there is a problem there is always plenty ways of solving it. The thing is that I need to seek the solution out of a box and stay logical with the positive perceptions. One of my teachers said,


"We cannot be creative without a problem that needs to be solved."
                                                                                                                                                                                                  —Mary Chase


I'm seeking for the truth, logic, . And I will be creative as possible to surprise you about the problems and solutions that you've not think of.

Understand, accept, learn a problem with solutions and move on with your life. When we try to understand the problem there is a possibility to find a new problem. We learn from problems and solutions so to not replicate the same circle.

You are always welcome to leave your thoughts and share your solution about a problem. We are all deep thinkers with a knack for problem-solving.