Hunting Ghosts
March 20, 2009
Hunting for ghosts has become the favorite pastime for all ages. Television shows also add fuel to this ghost hunting fire and rekindled many legends.
Students and young adults are first to hunt for locations that claim to be haunted. They even go to abandoned houses and office buildings looking for something paranormal. Hazing is common among them and at times, they dare their friends to spend a night camped in empty houses, dingy cottages and even forests.
The movie Blair Witch Project is a classic example of teenagers exploring unknown places searching for something out there, to get famous. They rarely think of the consequences and all they seek is the thrill. Urban legends spring up from time to time and they go out to prove they are real and not just a myth.
Many try out séance and call out to spirits. What they fail to understand that only the evil ones linger. The good souls pass to the higher level. The wicked and treacherous souls hang around because they are afraid to move on because they know what it will be like on the other side. They would have to face the hellish tortures for their bad deeds done in their lifetime.
These evil souls then capture the mind and body of the innocent souls and enjoy controlling them. They use the teenage minds and bodies to satisfy their unfulfilled desires and also seek revenge on those who had troubled them when they were alive. Ouija board is used by most people for a night of fun and adventure without knowing the right technique and devoid of a spirit guide.
Most of the curious people go to libraries to look for spells, recipes for magic portions, to find ways to put a curse on people, how to make voodoo dolls and capture ghosts. But what they don’t realise that even if they succeed in bringing a ghost to respond to them, how will they make it go back.
Haunting occurs most of the time when the spirits are called and then they are not sent back to where they came from. The spirits hang around and instead seek thrill troubling the ones who summoned them. Book of horrors, directory of spells and many such books are widely sorted after. Only a trained spiritualist or medium will know how to respect these souls and request them to go back.
Different cultures have their perspective about life after death, the soul and their migration to the other side. Ancient rituals are carried out and most of them are related with the departing of the soul from the body.
Respecting the dead and allowing them to remain in their plane is the best way to lead a peaceful and productive life.
©Nayna, 2007-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Caffeinated Cosmetics To Rejuvenate Skin Tone
March 14, 2009
We all need to be pepped up in the mornings and what makes it all happen? A steaming cup of freshly brewed coffee. Coffee invigorates and helps many of us to focus. Imagine if a cup of coffee can spice up our morning sluggishness then what can it to do our skin.
Caffeine is a heterocyclic compound found in the beans, leaves, and fruit of over 60 plant species. It is found in coffee, tea and chocolate. Addiction to caffeine is common but it also has many health benefits as well. It can be a strong diuretic, to flush out the toxins from the body.
Caffeine in cosmetics is gaining popularity because it has a rejuvenating effect on the skin.
Benefits Of Using Caffeinated Cosmetics And Soaps:
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Caffeine reduces the puffiness of the eyes.
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It firms and tightens the skin so it is ideal when added to under eye creams and lotions.
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It helps to reduce eye irritation and dark circles under the eyes.
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It flushes away the fluids in the skin, making it supple.
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It is a vasoconstrictor so when a cream containing caffeine is applied, the blood flow to that area is reduced. This helps in reducing redness to those skin that are badly sun burned.
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Caffeine enhances the appearance of dry or damaged skin by reducing flaking and restoring suppleness.
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Sun lotions pepped up with caffeine smell delicious and fresh, almost as good as aromatherapy products.
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It helps to cover the cellulites on skin.
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Caffeine adds its touch to the skin renewal system of the body.
Caffeine based soaps, shower gels and lip balm shampoos are gaining worldwide popularity. Studies and researches prove that caffeine in shampoos can slow down balding.
New and improved products come out every season and it is wise to read the listed ingredients, understand the formulations, find out the testimonials and then use them.
©Nayna, 2007-2009. All Rights Reserved.
Obesity Controlled With Brain Surgery
March 10, 2009
If you felt a pit in your stomach watching videos on how surgeons perform liposuction and gastric banding surgery on a patient dealing with overweight, then you are going to be amazed with a new breakthrough in science.
According to the news reports by ABC.com® a sixty-year old woman underwent brain surgery to deal with her obesity. It seems she had tried everything from dieting to bariatric surgery and decided to try brain surgery to rectify her eating disorder.
This particular surgery deals with deep brain stimulation where electric currents are passed to certain centers of the brain that control various activities. In this case, the area that dealt with hunger and its satisfaction. The needles are inserted where these zones are situated, wires are then placed underneath the scalp and a battery pack is located in the clavicle.
Obesity is a serious global problem and we definitely need to educate people on the do’s and don’ts of eating. Obesity should not be taken casually because this leads to heart disease, diabetes and reduces life expectancy by twenty years.
Being overweight is not a curse. It can be managed with proper counseling and diet. Most people who are obese usually eat because of their emotional instability. They are overstressed, lonely and depressed. They indulge in binge eating and that totally distorts their balance of eating. Feeding the body is the only way to control their emotional turmoil. But there is nothing that cannot be rectified, if caught at an early stage.
Controlling food portions is the best way to manage weight. Drinking water, consuming small meals and daily exercises is the only healthy and recommended way to lose weight. This process is not an overnight success but a sound and realistic approach to life. Surgeries to control morbid obesity may become popular. But not all of us can foot the bill. Besides, are these procedures worth all the pain and recovery days spent in hospitals?
Losing weight is not rocket science. It only needs determination and balancing what you put in your mouth.
©Nayna, 2007-2009. All Rights Reserved.
