Hollywood star Shirley Temple dies - facing dying

It's "interesting" that I watched Shirley Temple films in the last couple of days, little knowing that today I come across this news.... She definitely was a great actress from a very early age. I admired her work a lot. At the same time we are all faced with losing people in our lives - most often beloved ones and these are the "hard ones to digest". I can clearly remember the funeral of my step-father's father. He was a great man and I adored him as a child. I was 12 at the time and as he lived in a village his coffin was in the house he lived in. When the ceremony started he was taken from there to the cemetery - with everybody following the cart carrying his coffin. I didn't quite comprehend death at that age but the "mood" of the mourners swept over me as well. As some women were crying loudly, tears started rolling down my face. I can still clearly remember how astonished my mother was: she couldn't understand why I was doing that. (well she doesn't know much about human psychology) Although I was brought up as a religious person and everybody around me was so, they could not live up to their face in such time. This is what made me wonder.... If you believe in afterlife and that Jesus or God or whatever you call the Creator saves you, rewards you and you live happily in heaven, then why all this crying and sometimes hysteria? - I asked myself several times in my life. Do people believe or don't they? Then I realized that mourning has its place in our lives and we do have to express our feeling - if we don't want to get ill ourselves. From this aspect I do admire cultures where people are prepared for dying and the relatives as well. I'm sure people need to know that heaven actually does exist and it is not only a myth. What is your opinion on facing death? Did you like Shirley Temple?

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Albert Einstein And You

Do you wonder why I gave this title to the article?

Well, first of all I'd like to start with an Einstein quote. I love quotes and tend to collect them. So here we go:

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

I'm sure you already had at least one experience in your life when things just happened mysteriously. Everything was just in place and life seemed to just flow effortlessly. Well, believe me or not if you practice qigong (chikung, chikong) you can bring more and more of these "mysteries" into your life. What's more it is not a mystery at all. I already mentioned that we create our reality with our thoughts... Remember?

Now how is our thoughts connected to Qigong, let alone to mysteries - you might ask. Let me explain:

When you practice qigong the energy (Qi) cleans not only your energy channels called meridians in your body but also your feelings and thoughts. Let's put it in a simple way: If you are full of energy, you feel content and happy - right? You see the world in a positive light.

Now, when you are run down you tend to be more pessimistic and just everything seems to collapse around you. I'm sure you experienced such moments as well. People tend to say that you are out of luck...

Actually it is not luck or fate BUT your mind! Depending on the majority of your thoughts you create that reality in your life. This is good news as you can start implementing this right now - your mind will obey and follow suit so to speak.

Now back to qigong: the exercises feel you up with energy, thus your body heals itself, you feel good so you have positive thoughts. It's a cycle really. The only thing you have to do is to make the first step and see how your whole life can change for the better!

Remember? Einstein said we only use about 6% of our mind? The more conscious you become, the more you can achieve! Each of us are geniuses - time to let that genie come out and serve us.

I wrote down how I met qigong (chikung) and how I fell in love with it. You can read it here:

My Favourite "Hobby": Chi Kung

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The Pittsburgh Pirates Are Famous - What About You?

The Pittsburgh Pirates are well know not just for their play but some "funny" habits as well like stuffing hamburgers into their doughnuts.  17 awesome things are mentioned about the Pittsburgh Pirates in the last usatoday.com article. Surely they work hard for their fame - which raises two topics here:

1. Who is famous?

In my opinion you can be famous within your surrounding even by doing little things! People do "memorize" all our actions and everybody becomes famous for one thing or another, we just don't use this word, but the essence is the same...

So what do you want to be famous for? Think about it and then act accordingly - news spread with lightning speed.

2. What sport is the best?

Well, I'm sure everybody has a different answer to this question. But if we take health into consideration then they would not be even in the first 100 list... Why I am saying that? Remember their doughnuts? Working out alone does not guarantee a healthy lifestyle. What is more, we haven't talked about keeping our feelings and mind healthy as well. The latter two surely can be achieved by doing qigong or joga for example, but usually not  with competitive sports. So from this aspect maybe the sport types thought to be the best are not the best after all....

What is YOUR take on this? Feel free to share your opinion below!

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Calories And Protein In Common Plant Foods

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Nowadays everybody is interested in what calories our food has. Here is a great list - especially suitable for vegetarians and vegans - and those following the raw food diet, but meat eaters will find it handy, too.

If you are in the mood of cooking check out this fantastic recipe: Low Carb Dinner - I love it!

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Avocado Fried Egg

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this image!

My immediate reaction was: I have to do it! I love avocado and eggs and cheese of course so this is heaven to me :)

I hope you find it tasty as well. Have a great day :)

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Best 3 + 1 Tips To Start Your Qigong Practice Again

I'm sure most of you have dropped doing physical activities at some point in your lives. So you are quite familiar with that postponing strategy of " tomorrow I'll start it" and then again tomorrow, and a month has past and still nothing done.... Is that familiar? If so read on and find some simple tips that help you get back into the habit of working out.

 1. Talk to a friend and decide on a time when you do qigong together - it is much easier to stick to the plan this way!

 2. Write it down in your daily to do list and tick it when you have done it - works wonders I can tell you! no to do list yet? start one - today - it will save you a lot of time and get things done - guaranteed

3. Start with short exercises - do it for 10 minutes - easier to start with a 10 minutes block then with a complete hour of qigong exercises.

 Even if you start with 10 minutes you'll feel energized within two days - which helps you to go to the one hour training!

 Another "funny", extra tip: do the standing qigong posture while travelling to work. I do it all the time in the underground. I can balance really well and no one notices! I stand next to the first seat near the door, in case something happens I can easily grab the bar.

 Now, what are you waiting for? Start implementing :)- and let me know how you are doing!