Arts of Power: Statecraft and Diplomacy is a book about the diplomat’s weapon and the knack of managing a state’s relationship with other states- issues as old as recorded time. In this comprehensive treatise, the author outlines the basic tenets the art of statecraft and the skills of diplomatic rhetoric. Using his experience as a […]
Music and Trance States of Mind
Trance Generating Loop In all popular music such as Rock, Dance, and Pop, there is a phenomenon that produces the state of trance in another and it is called a “trance generating loop.” Essentially, a “trance generating loop” is trapped attention or consciousness flowing in a circular motion. In other words, the “trance generating loop” […]
Important Components of a Professional CV
A professional CV or curriculum vitae can be termed to be very similar to that of a resume. However, it is a more comprehensive and a detailed document showing your achievements and history in a detailed manner. It can also go on for multiple pages. There are certain important points that you must essentially keep […]
Doing a Reverse Cell Phone Lookup is No Longer a Nightmare
If you have ever been harassed by pranksters who were using fixed lines, you can find them easily. However, cracking down pranksters calling from cell phone numbers is not an easy task. Why it is so difficult? Let me explain. You receive several calls from unknown cell phone numbers but when you pick up the […]
Interview with Barbara Sinor, Author of "Gifts from the Child Within"
Today, we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Barbara Sinor who is here to talk about her book “Gifts From the Child Within: Self-discovery and Self-recovery Through Re-Creation Therapy, 2nd Edition,” Loving Healing Press (2008), ISBN 9781932690460. Dr. Sinor has maintained a private counseling practice for over twenty-five years. She counsels individuals exploring the […]
Love and Technology – 7 Ways to Find More Time For Romance
Work and technology sucking up your lives? Calendar so full you don’t even have time to think? 200 emails in your inbox a day? Sometimes technology seems to be taking away all our personal time. Here are 7 ways to use technology to put some romance time back into your life. 1. Calendar some time […]
The Gods of Atlantis – The Fallen Angels, Their Names, Their Crimes, and Their Punishment
Giants have etched their way into the collective subconscious of isolated cultures through time. The Bible is again consistent with world mythology and the Giants of Genesis had turned the continent of Atlantis into a war zone and an abomination. For it was on Eden that two hundred Fallen Angels descended and set themselves up […]
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29: A Glorification of Love
In reading poems such as Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29, the perception that poetry has the ability to provoke emotions is undeniable. Sonnet 29 is a poem about the speaker’s staged descent and ascent from compounded feelings of dejection and self-pity to the highest feeling of exhilaration. This transformation is evident in the speaker’s expression of disconsolation, […]
The Charisma Man Syndrome – Why Westerners are Treated Like Alpha Males in China
It’s one of the world’s better-kept secrets. I can personally confirm that the phenomenon I am about to describe is almost unknown among North Americans. So if you are reading this in Asia, don’t tell anybody back home… Guys, if you go anywhere in Asia except for Hong Kong, you might as well have a […]
Hegel’s Dialectic And Geist From Christian Hermeneutics
Hegel is a continental philosopher who is famous for having brought about his version of dialectics and the philosophy of the Geist. Now what is Hegelian dialectic? Hegel’s dialectic stems from three propositions and they are: at first there is the thesis, then the anti-thesis and finally the synthesis. Hegel is famous for having propounded […]