Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women

A friend of mine has recommended for me to take the Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women seminar, and so far I have learned a lot from their introductory course Making Sense of Men™ . That one was my first experience and it was a free three-hour seminar for women only. During that seminar they gave me whole way of understanding men. It was also very exciting to learn how men respond to women and as women how we can gain their attention and affection.

Now I am very happy to participate with the Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women® seminar, to rediscover MEN – with compassion, understanding and the ability to get what I need from them with less effort and more satisfaction for both. This weekend workshop is going to leave me with a deep appreciation for the natural synergy possible between the sexes. I encourage you to Rock your world – transform your relationship to men forever.

I've been married for 2 and half years and I want my relationship to be successful, that is one the reasons why I decided to take this step and make myself understand my men and know how to communicate best with him. After all marriage is a partnership and is also the beginning of many of our lifetime projects. It is worth the shot!!!

**Staying on the Path**


Your circumstances do not determine
what your life will be;
they reveal what kind of images you
have chosen up until now.

To change yourself
look at what your fear
and what you hate.
Start There.

We are all at once teachers and learners
in every encounter of our lives.

What's over is over.
You did what you knew how to do.
It wasn't right or wrong or good or bad.
It just was. But all you've got is today.
You can't have it back.

You're always alone,
but you're only lonely if you don't like
the person you're alone with.

Your love is located within you.
It is yours to nurture and savor.
It is yours to give in any way you choose.
This is true for others as well.

It someone you love fails to return
the love the way you would like it returned,
that is the other person's choice.
It doesn't at all detract from your love.

Whatever is going on inside of you
is up to you. You own it all.
It's yours.

Get your nose out of everybody else's garden.
Get your own in order, and stop focusing on
everybody else's. Grow what you want to grow
in your garden.

All that you need
in order to have total happiness,
fulfillment, and love in your life
you already have right now,
whoever you are , wherever you are.

Everything I ever worried about
turned out exactly as it was going to
despite my worry moments
to the contrary.

You mustn't attempt to will anything.
You need only be willing.

There is a rhythm to the universe.
When we are able to get quiet enough,
we experience how we are a part of that
perfect rhythm.

Advance confidently in the direction
of your dreams to live the life that
you have imagined.
That's when you have success.

Each of us has a well infinite depth
within us, which contains more potential
for creativity than we can
ever imagine.

No one can depress you.
No one can make you anxious. No one
can hurt your feelings. No one can make
you anything other than what
you allow inside.

With everything
that has happened to you,
you can either feel sorry for yourself,
or treat what has happened as a gift.
Everything is either an opportunity to grow
or an obstacle to keep from growing.

You get to choose.

When you argue for your limitations,
all you get are your
limitations.

Live...Be you...Enjoy...Love


Dr. Wayne Dyer
Staying on the Path
Hay House Inc. Carson, CA 1995

Just For You

You may not realize it, but it's 100% true.
1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you. 4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean the world to someone.
7. You are special and unique.
8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
10. When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look.
11. Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

The Power of Intention

Recently I had read Dr. Wayne Dyer's new book, the Power of Intention. In it, he gave laws that defined the powers of intention as he saw it. In this Top7Business article, I'm going to give you my interpretation of these laws that Dr. Dyer outlined.
The first law of intention is to recognize the face of creativity. Creativity in business is really about innovation and creating something from nothing using the power of your mind. Creativity is in you, whether you believe me or not.
The face of kindness is next. Any great power that can bring energy and thought into physical form must come out of kindness. In business,this is manifested with the power of positive thinking and an intent to do good. The law of reciprocity can only reward kind intentions.
The face of love conquers all, even in business. Think of this power of intention as the face of kindness exponentiation with the emotion of love. When you intend for your clients, vendors, employees and investors to grow and couple that with a lack of judgement, hate, anger or resentment -- more of what you want or desire in the business relationship can manifest itself without impediment.
The face of beauty is truth, honesty and a knowing that what "is" -- is exactly as it should be. You can use this power by re-framing any negative thoughts you have towards others and replace them with an appreciate (a thankfulness attitude) towards them.
The face of expansion is next. This is the law and the power of spirit to help you expand your awareness of what is possible in your business life. Be open to the "knowings" that you have always had inside you that have quietly been guiding you. Listen to them. Whatever you think about expands and it is natural to expand. To deny this truth is to deny a part of your purpose here on Earth.
The face of unlimited abundance is one of my favorite laws that works in the power of intention or attraction. You were probably taught all of your life about limitations and about what is "not possible." Fortunately, this came from well-meaning people who believed in limitation and not abundance. This law does not require you to be intellectually perfect in order to receive the benefits. Believing in unlimited abundance has no downside, so why not take another look at your business life after you answer this question, "What if I could have it all?"
Lastly, the face of receptivity. The universal laws of intention are open to everyone and without any judgement. Consider the application of this principle is really about believing in yourself and your ability to be open to unlimited possibilities. Banish your doubts. Focus only on your positive intentions towards others and yourself to tap into this energy.
I'd also like to invite you to visit the Dr. Wayne Dyer fan discussion board. You can meet like-minded friends from around the planet and I'd encourage you to register for free today.
This Piece Was Submitted By Entrepreneur, Author, Business Builder and Email/Web/Internet Strategist, Christopher M. Knight.

Huascar Barradas: The Magical Flautist

Published: June 14, 2005
By José Orozco
Discuss Huascar Barradas believes that one makes one's destiny. Doors open and you walk through them.
“Things happen that make you think God put you here to be a musician,” said Barradas. “A lot of people go to your concerts, you do well and so on.”
Barradas has been playing the flute since the age of nine. Now 39, he estimates that he has spent 25% of his waking life playing the flute and another 25% working in music-related matters like arranging, teaching and promoting Huascar Barradas y Maracaibo, his Venezuelan music group.
This might seem exaggerated, but Barradas is dead serious. Consider that beginning at age 9 he would arrive at his native Maracaibo's José Luis Paz Music Conservatory at 2 p.m., practicing until evening. At 17, Barradas left Venezuela to study at the Brooklyn Conservatory. He came back briefly before taking off for Frankfurt's Superior Music School to study the flute some more. Since finishing his flute studies, Barradas has played professionally for orchestras and bands and released six albums.
“I practice for 4 or 5 hours everyday, not counting the band's rehearsals,” said Barradas. “I had a nine year span when I didn't fail to play the flute a single day.”
Such discipline inspires dread even in adults, let alone children. But as Barradas tells it, he fell so hard for the flute that even as a child he gladly devoted hours and hours to practicing. He remembers his first flute “that shined like the sun and from which I desperately tried to pull up a sound.” At 13, music was his “greatest entertainment.”
Although discipline and dedication seem like adult qualities, Barradas' experience demonstrates that they are built on the foundation of a child's love and enthusiasm. That explains why he works so hard and why he loves what he does.
A hybrid in every sense
Barradas considers himself a spiritual and artistic hybrid. It began with the flute as he immersed himself in the world of classical music at a young age. At 13, he began to play Venezuelan music with the State Youth Orchestra at the same time that he played classical music with the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, which he co-founded. He claims to have been very much at ease then about these diverse influences.
“Performing Beethoven and Rafael Rincón González was all the same for us, just good music,” said Barradas. “Two different worlds and at the same time so similar!”

Living and studying in New York, he absorbed American life to the bone as well as the diverse musical happenings, including the early stages of hip hop. In Frankfurt, he developed his “methodical” German side, no doubt the reason for his passionate emphasis on punctuality.
As an adult, Barradas continues to enjoy these diverse pleasures, but betrays a slight unease about this hybrid condition.
“I feel like a typical Maracucho,” said Barradas. “But on the other hand, there are things that make me feel as if I don't belong to this world because I think my life is much more complex.”
Society's clowns, marginal and rarely taken seriously, artists commonly feel this sense of alienation, but for a Venezuelan flutist the feeling must be stronger yet. The tension would tear Barradas apart, if it weren't for his extensive travelling. Although based out of Caracas, he gets away often, allowing him to make Venezuelan music and live his love for Europe at the same time.
“In Europe, there is a deep love for art and a wider vision of the human being,” said Barradas. “I think I am atypical and this way of being is reflected in the music I compose,” he added.
Candela, his next to last album, shows just what he means. Barradas' flute playing takes off in Esmollejatus Joropus, a fast joropo; Simon Diaz joins “El Goyo” Reyna for a flamenco version of the former's Tonada de Luna Llena; Candela also features Guaco playing with Barradas and his band.
“What I am gets reflected there. There's hip hop, electronica, jazz,” said Baradas.
He embraces the world music category, adding that Huascar Barradas y Maracaibo is firmly grounded in Venezuelan music.
”There's an openness to world music, but it continues to be Venezuelan music. It's the same woman, just that we dress her up with different clothes,” said Barradas.
The band's music has been called Venezuelan jazz, a label that Barradas appreciates. Jazz has an important place in his music, aptly so because jazz uniquely represents that hybrid point between the classical and the popular.
Indeed, Barradas enjoys a wide spectrum of music from Miles Davis to Vos Veis to Serenata Guayanesa. He disagrees with the idea that “popular music is inferior in comparison with academic music.” For Barradas, while it's critical to study classical music—”it's more complex and intellectual”-all music can make you feel joy and sadness.
That's how he describes his mission as an artist. “When I play, I always try to say something. Emotion is the magical part of the human being,” said Barradas.
Reaching for the skies
Barradas believes in the human spirit and art's spiritual values. As he closes his eyes in concert, he tries to transcend his place in order to meet his artistic duty to transmit emotion. Though flute playing might seem apolitical, it's really no more so than all art. If as Octavio Paz said, “every system. . . is the enemy of life,” art inherently affirms life in that it is the enemy of systems.
“Society is economic, not spiritual,” said Barradas. “Values center on having money, a house, a car. Yet music can teach children spiritual values.”
For many reasons, Barradas' considerable confidence needs no justification. He thinks of himself as a prophet in his own land and says “I want to be the world's best flutist.”
Barradas' successful band allows him to develop his career within the tradition of Venezuelan music, while spicing it up. Ultimately, he seeks “the Venezuela that believes in what I believe.” That's as tricky a challenge as you can imagine, but Barradas doesn't seem to care.
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