Blockbuster Job Finding Secret Can Propel You To Frontrunner!
Job finding is all about beating out the competition. Make no mistake about it. If you’re taking a traditional approach to the job market, then you have to be ready to move to the front of the pack!
It doesn’t happen by chance. It doesn’t happen because you have a superior resume. It doesn’t happen because of your excellent work history and track record. And it certainly doesn’t happen because of what you did for someone else.
Job finding success depends upon how good a salesperson you are.
Any professional salesperson will tell you that, in the final analysis, customers don’t buy products. They buy the salesperson. Nowhere is that more true than in marketing yourself to a prospective employer.
For example, a good salesperson doesn’t ask for the order the moment he or she lays eyes on a potential customer. A good sales presentation usually starts with informal information-gathering that establishes rapport and helps that salesperson get a feel for what the customer is like . . . their needs, expectations, and mindset.
Then, the salesperson can begin to guide the customer’s thinking about the benefits and features of the product with the goal of turning need into want.
When you are job finding in today’s sophisticated job marketplace, you are the salesperson for your product, i.e. YOU. Becoming a sales pro will guarantee your success. It’s also the reason why you must avoid traditional interviews.
In a traditional interview you are a passive participant . . . answering questions, trying to prove your job worthiness, jumping through hoops to show you’re right for the job.
YOU must be in control of your relationship with a prospective employer. That means an “interview” becomes a “dialogue” in which both sides exchange ideas and needs with the goal of arriving at a mutual interest. It’s only when there is a meeting of the minds that you are positioned for a job offer.
Essentially it’s a matter of becoming a sales pro. Like a customer, a prospective employer will buy because he/she likes you . . . because you’ve taken the time to develop rapport and chemistry. Don’t forget. An employer is not going to hire you on the spot. When you’re job finding, you will be weighed against other candidates. And, most likely, a decision-maker will have to sell you someone else.
Representing yourself in assertive, high-impact sales language is critical because you need to provide an employer with the ammunition he/she needs to take a hiring decision to the next level. It’s the ultimate secret to job finding success!
Paul Bowley manages EEI, the world-class pioneer in alternative job search techniques and innovative e-business strategies . . . since 1985. Check out THE WORLD’S FASTEST JOB SEARCH PLAN! And grab our stunning FREE REPORT! http://www.fastest-job-search.com
Hunting For A Job? This Secret Strategy Can Turn You Into A Winner!
When you’re hunting for a job, it takes a lot of work to finally get a good job offer. If you’ve made this mistake of relying exclusively on your resume to find you a job, you already know it’s a long and disappointing process.
But if you’ve chosen to use some exciting non-traditional job search strategies, you’ve probably been able to arrange a face-to-face meeting with a decision-maker. And you’ve probably done it in a matter of days. So, congratulations on your achievement so far.
Now, you have to pull out the all the stops to turn this special event into a job offer. And here’s a secret strategy that can turn hunting for a job into a big win for you.
If you want to establish yourself as a memorable, interested and motivated job search candidate, DON’T MEET A DECISION-MAKER IN HIS/HER OFFICE!
A non-interview face-to-face meeting is by far the best way to establish critical rapport and chemistry with the person who could be your next boss. It’s an alternative approach that makes a huge difference in your employment success.
Anything you can do to make yourself stand out in the crowd without being obnoxious is going to give you a leg up over the competition. A powerful way to achieve that is to suggest you meet a prospective boss outside the office.
When you do, you’re creating a neutral environment without any of the power symbols that help bolster a decision-maker’s control. It gives YOU some of that control as long as you take the initiative to set it up.
Here are some ways to pull off meeting outside the office. Invite a prospective employer for
1. A breakfast meeting . . . before the business day begins. Or on the weekend. Or anytime outside business hours.
2. Cocktails (or a beer) after work.
3. A weekend walk in the park
4. Getting together on Sunday after religious services.
5. An invitation to a sporting event.
6. A take-out lunch meeting at a favorite park bench.
7. A pleasant stroll through the aquarium or museum.
Don’t be afraid to suggest an outside meeting. Busy managers are often very open to getting away from the office for awhile. And they’re rarely averse to meeting outside business hours if you make the invitation interesting.
Such a meeting gives you huge advantages and puts you well on the road to establishing critical rapport and chemistry. Remember, when you’re hunting for a job, you will never get a job offer if the decision-maker doesn’t like you. Meeting outside the office is a terrific way to put yourself at the front of the pack.
Paul Bowley manages EEI, the world-class pioneer in alternative job search techniques and innovative e-business strategies . . . since 1985. Check out THE WORLD’S FASTEST JOB SEARCH PLAN! And grab our stunning FREE REPORT! http://www.fastest-job-search.com
UN Appeals For More Trees
The UN has launched a campaign to plant a billion new trees, which is being welcomed by environmentalists, but with a warning by some that in certain regions it could do more harm than good.
While the campaign claims that each tree uses up 26 pounds of co2 emissions and in return produces enough oxygen for a family of four, planting the right trees is important to help the world improve her ecological and environment balance.
In areas that historically have suffered from a lack of rain, and in areas where global warming could potentially produce deserts, new trees that use a lot of water could have a serious affect on their biodiversity.
Eucalyptus trees can consume two thousand litres of water a day, and planting new ones in Africa would be a catalyst to disaster, and local campaigners for planting trees are urged to consider their area needs and decide carefully before deciding on which type of tree to plant.
As well as individuals planting a tree, it is hoped that businesses will do the same and encourage employees to do the same, with government and civil servants also being asked to take active participation to reach the target of a billion trees by the end of this year.
The patron of the campaign is Prince Albert of Monaco. Prince Albert has been campaigning for the environment since becoming Monaco’s Sovereign two years ago, and one of his first acts was to sign the Kyoto Protocol. Previously, along with Australia and the USA, Monaco was one of a handful of countries not to ratify the treaty.
Prince Albert’s father, Prince Rainier, was Europe’s longest reigning Monarch until his death in April 2005. Known affectionately as the ‘builder prince’ he transformed Monaco into the world’s favourite tax haven and ensured the Monaco Grand Prix became one of the best known annual sporting events. The Principality Albert succeeded to was a country known throughout the world for money and glamour, and the Monte Carlo casino only added to its legendary status.
Albert has continued in his father’s footsteps with a plan to develop an island off Monte Carlo, and like his father with the reclaimed land in Fontvieille the map of Monaco will change again.
In keeping with his stance on the environment, it is thought that a successful bid to build the island will need to be seen to be environmentally friendly, with the possibility of lower rise buildings than some parts of Monaco have endured to create more living space.
Monte Carlo has long been associated with glamour, heightened throughout the world in 1956 when Prince Albert’s father married his mother, US actress Grace Kelly.
Speculation was rife earlier this year that Prince Albert would be announcing his own engagement to South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock.
‘Things have gone quiet recently on the Charlene front’, comment a Monaco travel guide, ‘Monaco is all about glitz and glamour and perhaps a surprise announcement will be made soon. But it’s possible that Albert is more interested in environmental affairs than affairs of the heart’.
Monaco has been making the news recently as Monte Carlo real estate prices have escalated, and are on a level with London and New York.
Even the cheapest studios are edging towards the million Euro level according to Monaco property specialists.
‘Increasing taxes elsewhere in Europe, especially in the UK, have seen inquiries increase significantly over the last twelve months,’ they say, ‘and it’s not the weather in Monte Carlo that’s drawing buyers, but the income tax free status of being a resident, and the security that goes with living in Monaco. There’s one policeman for every one hundred residents and has to be the safest country to live in Europe’.
For more information about Monaco including the Columbus Hotel Monaco visit http://www.yourmonaco.com/hotels.
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Shoes For Dancing
Dancing can be fascinating. It is more than just taking a series of rhythmical steps and movement in time to music. It is therapeutic too, a relaxing break from the busy lives people live. In fact, people from all walks of life may take it as hobby or as a sport. Whether you’re a novice or a professional dancer, it is important that your moves are done in a rhythmical way and of course, in a graceful manner. This is easier said than done. Dancing to the rhythm with an elegance of movement is more than just talent. This could also have something to do with the shoes you’re wearing.
There are a lot of dancing shoes to choose from in the market. That is why it is wise to compare each of them and closely examine their bottoms, toe boxes, etc. You must not also forget to assess the kind of floor you often dance on to make it a point that the shoe design makes foot movement easier. This way you’d know better whether your shoes fit with what you’re stepping on and with what you’re doing.
For floorings made of wood or cement, traction is very important. Thus, it is good to wear shoes with rubber soles since they support just enough friction between the floor and the soles. However, rubber soled shoe may cling to certain types of floors. Thus, it is better to purchase or custom-make shoes with soles made of suede. For floors found in gymnasiums, shock absorption is essential. That’s why it is best to don on shoes that hold excess stress from your joints. Wear shoes with heels that are padded with air.
Most dancers have sounded off that with the wrong kind of shoe, dancing can be miserable especially when aiming their feet forward. Now to make dancing flexible, it is ideal to wear sneakers with rubber-split soles. This will make aiming, twisting and bending effortless. However, this doesn’t make full-soled shoes any less. Full-soled shoes are still flexible considering that its temporal end is made of soft leather that twists with the foot but still provide support below the arch. If you love standing on your toes while dancing and you don’t want to destroy your shoes’ toe box prematurely, you needn’t have to stick to ballet shoes especially if you’re not doing ballet after all. There are dancing shoes made for this. Choose the design that uses a small fabric to protect the toe box. This way there is more protection, hence, a longer life for the shoes.
James Brown writes about http://www.onlineshoesdepot.com
If Failure Is A Dirty Word - It Pays To Know How To Clean It Up!
The flip side of the success coin is failure. In our culture, failure has almost become a taboo subject - and yet failure simply means lack of success. Learning from failure to gain the success you want isn’t magic - it’s called planning. In writing this is crucial, so let’s have a look at some pointers.
Planning is the key to success in many walks of life and in most careers and writing is no exception. If you are planning who to write for, have the correct target market, write the correct sort of material for that market and most importantly NEVER GIVE UP - then eventually (maybe the next story?) you WILL make the breakthrough!
Motivation of the self is not easy - I wouldn’t insult your intelligence by pretending it is. This is one reason I advocate going to a good writer’s group - the support you receive may well make all the difference between becoming a published writer and throwing in the towel in disgust!
Surveys have shown that over 70% of people questioned have put ‘writing a book’ in their all-time top ten of things to do in life. What they don’t show is how to go about doing it! Look at this way: Learning to drive a car is quite an achievement - being in charge of and responsible for over a ton of metal on the move is a serious business.
Yet millions of people can drive cars, despite the learning curve that it involves - so why can’t they write that longed-for book? The answer lies in one word: tuition. Someone actually teaches you to drive that car - how it goes, how it stops, how to make a left turn, when it’s safe to overtake - the list goes on and on. In fact, learning to drive is SO difficult that the real surprise is that so many people manage to do it at all!
So where do you find these tutors? Driving instructors fall out of the trees everywhere you look - but who is going to teach you how to write your book?
Above I mentioned writer’s groups. Belonging to a good one, where members aid each other and help is always at hand, is pure gold. But what about the times you can’t attend, or it’s not group night? There you sit; despondent and demotivated, realising that writing can be a very lonely job indeed. Maybe you turn to a ‘how-to’ book - maybe you look inside yourself for inspiration.
The point is that if your work is planned from start to finish you should never, ever dry up. So-called ‘writer’s block’ usually occurs during the writing of a book because you have hit a point where the plot is falling apart (due to lack of planning) and your back is against the wall with nowhere to go.
If, however, you plan your work in advance this won’t happen as all the bugs get ironed out of your story before you actually write it. You have probably heard the old mantra ‘fail to plan, plan to fail’? Well my mantra is ‘plan your finish and finish your plan’!
It really is that straightforward. Not easy - very few things that are worthwhile are easy - but achievable. Also, when you have an end in sight it’s so much easier writing your story - after all, you know just how close you are at any given time to that cliffhanger ending! So planning is the the key to overcoming failure - it unlocks the door to good practice in writing your story and lets you get on with the writing without having to worry about the plotting - because you did that already!
In summary, always treat failure - that rejected story for instance - as an opportunity to question your working methods. Did you indeed write the correct sort of story for your potential readers? Did you plan everything out about your story before you started writing? If you didn’t do either of these - put it right next time and the chances are far higher of that acceptance letter hitting your doormat!
Steve Dempster writes articles for the web and works of fiction. If you would like to get the know-how a novelist needs, visit his site at http://www.howtobeawriter.co.uk/page11.html
Is This Another Fish Story?
Sushi is so popular in Southern California the local bar is likely a sushi bar. However, the farther sushi is from the ocean, the less popular it is.
If you think sushi belongs in an aquarium, concentrate on the rice - not the raw fish - when you try it.
Without the rice it’s called sashimi. Don’t try sashimi unless you convince yourself it’s what Japanese eat to stay thin.
Basically, sushi is a combination of protein and carbohydrate. If your mother told you a meal had to include a vegetable, order cucumber roll.
If you want a taste of LA, order California roll. Not only is the crab cooked, it’s rolled with avocado.
A roll is cut in six pieces. Four rolls would be enough for dinner. Do not save room expecting a Tootsie Roll for dessert.
The harmless looking dab of green paste on the plate is wasabi. It’s not harmless - it’s horseradish. Wasabi can kick the ass of kick-ass chili.
The little, beige mound next to the wasabi is pickled ginger. The coolness of ginger is meant to balance the heat of wasabi. If putting cold water on a burn works for you, maybe this will too.
Little dishes of soy sauce accompany the sushi. Soy sauce is liquid salt.
Because sushi is an acquired taste, start with mild fish, like tuna and sea bass. Because my husband is an advanced sushi eater, he eats eel, sea urchin and fried shrimp heads. I’m not advanced. I look at the sushi chefs when John eats those things.
Sushi chefs are performers with sharp knives. They want you to eat what they make immediately. Some think it’s because they want you to eat sushi at its freshest.
I think it’s because they want you to forget how much sushi you’ve eaten and order more. I think sushi chefs are salesmen - who perform with sharp knives.
If you want to be a sushi waiter - not the kind with a tray - the kind who waits for all the sushi to be served before eating, you might have to remind the chef of an old Japanese proverb. “The customer is always right - except when using chopsticks”.
Rubbing two sticks together to make fire can be easier than using chopsticks. If you lose control of a piece of sushi, casually stuff the whole thing in your mouth - and that’s saying a mouthful!
Knight Pierce Hirst takes humorous looks at life. Take a minute to make yourself smile at http://knightwatch.typepad.com
The Allure Of The Antique Copper Tea Kettle
So youre crazy about antiques. You go especially ga-ga over antique copper tea kettles. But youre new to this whole collecting vintage and antique thing yourself. Or maybe you are just looking for the right antique copper tea kettle that would complete the whole look of your vintage style kitchen.
Whatever your reason, here are some tips to help you find what youre looking for when shopping for antique copper tea kettles.
Where to Search
Antique tea kettles are specialized items. As such, they are obviously sold in specialty antique shops. However, antiques can be pretty expensive. If you are shopping on a budget, there are other places to buy from, such as:
Flea Markets or Garage Sales
Whether you are shopping for antique copper tea kettles or other vintage thingamabobs, flea markets and garage sales are always popular. People always have some old thing or another that they want to get rid of and other people are always willing to buy. In your case, you are looking for an antique copper tea kettle, which isnt too common and isnt too rare either. You should find at least one in a garage sale your neighbor is holding or in the flea market.
Online Shops
An alternative place to search is the Internet. In fact, for some people, the Internet is the place to go. Websites such as eBay and other auction sites are great places to find bargain items. You can also directly online antique shops for a more comprehensive catalogue of antique items they have for sale.
Tips on Buying
When it comes to shopping for antique tea kettles, the first order of the day is to come early. This is true even if you are doing your shopping online. The good stuff always gets picked up first. And you will have lots of competition. They range from other antique collectors like you, eBayers, professional dealers, flea market junkies, etc. So if you want to make sure that you are getting exactly what you planned on buying, then dont be late.
Next, keep an eye out for potential. Do not believe your eyes right away. Let your mind work. So you see an ugly tea kettle which the owner hasnt even bothered polishing but upon closer look and questions asked, you find that the item is vintage circa, say, 1930s. Thats a great find!
Or if the antique copper tea kettle that you found turns out to be cracked, dont get discouraged right away. Think of the things you can do with it; you can turn it into a flowerpot, for instance, or use it as a centerpiece for your antique coffee table. It might just be the accent that you needed to create that perfect look.
T J Madigan has been established in online business since 1998 and is director of a number of successful online projects one of which is http://www.online-auction.com.au your best FREE online auction website.
California Mortgage Quote - Why is it Higher than Elsewhere
California mortgage quotes allow you to compare and contrast interest rates and evaluate the overall costs of securing a mortgage with various vendors. California attracts millions of real estate buyers every year. This huge demand for real estate adds to the overall cost of the property. This is why you need to shop diligently for a good California mortgage quote.
A quality mortgage quote will include the interest rate and also the overall costs involved in securing the mortgage. To make the process easier, you should be well versed with terms, such as the Annual Percentage Rate (APR), loan fees, discount, and origination points.
You might notice that a California mortgage quote is higher than anywhere else in the country. This is because California has higher priced properties and the real estate market in California is “hot”. Therefore, banks and private lenders have higher rates that are rarely affected by the fluctuations in real estate prices of other areas.
Before you think of mortgaging your property in California, consider the extra liability you have to carry in terms of earthquake and flood insurance. A California mortgage quote is largely affected by supply and demand in the real estate market.
The financers may or may not include discounts or origination points in their mortgage quotes, or they may only include discount points. A California mortgage quote may also depend on the way the points are quoted and your financer. Some financers may reveal all the points and some may only reveal a part of it. Either way, evaluate it carefully or you may be in for a big surprise (shock?) later on!
In addition, you should keep in mind that a California mortgage quote is dependent upon your credit history. Therefore, if you have bad credit, you may need to make corrections to ensure that your credit scores are favorable.
The Best California Mortgage Quote
To get the best California mortgage quote, you may need to go about it very carefully. Here are some things you could do to obtain a favorable mortgage quotes for California real estate:
The first is to arrange for a copy of your credit report. Your financer or the lender will want to know your credit worthiness vis-a-vis past wrongdoing, poor payment records, present debts and similar aspects that appear in your report.
Since your California mortgage quote will depend on your credit score, make your score look better by paying down debt, paying on time, closing unused credit cards, and cutting your spending.
One other way to get the best California mortgage quote is to show all your personal financial details to the lender. This will enable him to work out the best quote for you.
Be aware of the down payment you can afford to pay, the monthly burden you can afford to carry, and for how long you wish to carry the loan.
Get details about a fixed mortgage rate quote and an adjustable rate mortgage quote. Considering your position, check which will be suitable for you.
Make sure that you are aware of all the costs and fees involved so that you are not surprised later. The monthly payment is the bottom line. Find out what that is, and make sure that your California mortgage quote mentions it and your signed loan document states just exactly that.
Now that you know the variables that affect your California mortgage quotes, you can take the necessary steps to improve your credit rating and get a mortgage quote for the best possible price.
Jonathan Sapling writes extensively on California mortgage and related Home Equity subjects.
To read more about California Mortgage go to: http://www.california-mortgage-expert.com/california-mortgage-quote.html
Or visit his blog at: http://www.home-equity-news.org/
Does Chance Contribute to Success?
We are told that many discoveries happened by accident. In reality, there has been very little that was accidental about them.
For the most part, these so-called accidents have only been opportunities, carefully improved by genius.
It is doubtful that any great permanent success ever was the outcome of blind chance.
We hear a great deal about the wonderful things chance has wrought, but we seldom take the time to examine them.
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) was a great French painter in the French Baroque style. It was said of Poussin that, “Whatever was worth doing at all was worth doing well.” That rule governed his life. Late in life, a friend asked him by what means he had gained such a reputation among the painters of Italy. Poussin emphatically answered, “Because I have neglected nothing.”
Dr. Thomas Young (1773-1829), an English physicist, confirmed through tests that light waves cause interference. The brilliantly colored soap bubbles blown through a common tobacco-pipe suggested to Dr. Young his beautiful theory of “interferences.” It led to his discovery relating to the diffraction of light.
Young and early geniuses like him were ready to detect the significance of the most familiar and simple facts. His greatness consisted mainly of his wise interpretation of the facts he observed.
The difference between people consists, in a great measure, to the intelligence of their observation. A Russian proverb says of the nonobservant individual, “He goes through the forest and sees no firewood.”
“The wise man’s eyes are in his head,” says Solomon. “But the fool walketh in darkness.” The mind sees as well as the eye. Where unthinking gazers observe nothing, people of intelligent vision penetrate into the very fiber of the phenomena presented to them. They note differences. They make comparisons. Finally, they recognize their underlying idea.
We all know about Galileo Galilei (1564-1642). He was a brillant Italian physicist, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer.
Galileo’s achievements include the first systematic studies of uniformly accelerated motion. He made improvements to the telescope and a variety of astronomical observations. Galileo is often referred to as the “father of modern astronomy;” the “father of modern physics,” and the “father of science.” Quite a resume’.
Many before Galileo had seen a suspended weight swing before their eyes with a measured beat. Galileo, however, was the first to detect the value of this fact.
One of the vergers in the cathedral at Pisa, after replenishing with oil a lamp that hung from the roof, left it swinging back and forth; Galileo, only 18, noted it attentively. Imagine, at only 18, Galileo conceived the idea of applying the swinging of the lamp to the measurement of time. Obviously, genius has no age limit be it young or old.
Fifty years of study and labor, however, elapsed before Galileo completed the invention of his pendulum. One cannot over rate the importance of his discovery for the measurement of time and in astronomical calculations.
Galileo heard that Hans Lippershey, a Dutch spectacle-maker, had presented to Count Maurice of Nassau an instrument that showed distant objects much closer than in actuality. Galileo addressed himself to the cause of such a phenomenon, which led to the invention of the telescope and proved the beginning of the modern science of astronomy.
Modern times have had many great discoveries too. Joe Morton was traveling throughout SE Asia when he tasted a fruit made from the mangosteen tree. He said it was the best tasting fruit he had ever sampled. He soon learned that for centuries folk medicine had used the mangosteen fruit to treat many diseases in SE Asia.
Joe then wondered if the fruit had any commercial application. To his surprise and delight, there were no commercial uses of the fruit at the time. Joe saw a big opportunity knocking at his door! Thus, was born a modern day phenomenon known as XanGo, a functional health beverage. XanGo likely will reach one billion dollars in revenues faster than any previous company in US history will. Joe Morton’s discovery has resulted in a completely new category of product.
A negligent observer or a passive listener could not have made such a significant discovery. Millions of people in SE Asia had tasted the mangosteen fruit before Joe Morton. Only Joe Morton saw the potential to commercialize and make a business out of the fruit.
Captain (afterward Sir Samuel) Brown (1774-1851) was studying the construction of bridges. He wanted to construct a cheap one so that he could build one where he lived. As was walking one dewy autumn day in his garden, he saw a tiny spider’s net suspended across his path. The idea immediately occurred to him, that a bridge of iron ropes or chains might be constructed in like manner. It was then that he conceived of the idea for the invention of his suspension bridge.
James Watt turned his attention one day to the shell of a lobster; from that model, he invented an iron tube. When Watt laid down this tube, it showed him how to transport water in tubes that led to all kinds of discoveries.
It is the intelligent eye of the careful observer, which gives these apparently trivial phenomena their value. So trifling a matter as the sight of seaweed floating past his ship enabled Columbus to quell the mutiny, which arose amongst his sailors at not discovering land, and to assure them that the eagerly sought New World was not far off.
It is the close observation of little things that is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in life.
Human knowledge is but an accumulation of small facts, made by successive generations of people. These carefully prized little bits of knowledge and experience in time develop into a mighty pyramid.
Though many of these facts and observations seemed at first to have slight significance, they all had their eventual uses when fitted into their proper places.
In the case of the conic sections discovered by Apollonius Pergaeus, 20 centuries elapsed before they became the basis of astronomy; a science that enables the modern navigator to steer his way through unknown seas and traces in the heavens an unerring path to his appointed place of safety.
Does chance contribute to permanent success, only if you believe in fairy tales? It is the close observation of little things that make the difference between successes and failures.
Copyright 2007 by Robert L. Bergeth
Bob Bergeth consults and leads thousands of home-based entrepreneurs. His specialty is recruiting, training and leading. He has a Ph.D. and is President of International Mergers & Acquisitions. You may reach him at http://www.mymangosteen.com/dream/w101/.
Sex Life is Abominable
Sex is the driving mechanism of modern society. Godless life induces people into lustiness long after the high of youth has subsided, causing them to stay emotionally immature throughout their lives. Forgetting the eternal relationship with the supreme personality of godhead, lord Sri Krsna, they absorb media propaganda and remain perpetually indulgent in lust, having no knowledge of the necessity to resist the itch of this basal sexual urge.
Rampant sensual titillation however, increasingly dulls the spirit and causes deprivation of the real happiness. In adolescence, when the senses appear to have unlimited power to invoke delights, happiness through sense enjoyment seems not only to be a distinct possibility, but also the very purpose of life. Attempts for sexual enjoyment increasingly result in emptiness and frustration. Still, most people fail to recognize the limits and temporary nature of sexual enjoyment. Due to their misdirected education, they think that their lack of satisfaction with sex is only due to something wrong in their approach to it. They thereby end up on a psychologist’s couch or read several hundred books on ‘improved’ sex life. However, the harder they hanker for pleasure, the more certainly it eludes them. In this furious attempt to force their bodies into giving them the happiness, which they regard as a natural birthright, they methodically indulge into pornography, varieties of perversity, and ultimately violence.
There is really nothing special about sex. It is not wonderful, it is not noble, it is not romantic - it is just a bodily function, a response to raw gut feeling. If you think about it soberly, the whole prospect of sex seems rather silly. Still, everybody is doing it. The president of America is doing it, the bums on the street are doing it, the cats and dogs are doing it. Only a few great souls are attempting to conquer over it. Intelligently restraining from animal propensity and redirecting one’s energy towards God consciousnesses is the very purpose of the human form of life.
Actual civilization teaches its members to subjugate their sexual desires for higher, spiritual purposes. Modern civilization exploits people’s sexual cravings, makes a business out of it, and sends people to hellish planets by the millions life after life. Sex should be indulged in only for procreation. There is no fun in sex. It is painful and disgraceful process of so called enjoyment.
Aware of the challenges involved in providing this knowledge to the fallen conditioned souls, the Vaisnavas are begging the supreme lord to provide some intelligence to these people. If only people could understand this simple fact: We are all eternal servants of Krishna. Our sexual desire is simply a perverted reflection of our heart’s deepest desire to love Krishna. If we just knew this we could all be eternally happy. But in the darkness of the modern age it is very difficult to convince anyone that there is anything wrong with sex at all. The followers of Srila Prabhupada have a great responsibility to somehow or other deliver this ultimate knowledge to the people of the world.
Victor Epand is an expert consultant at http://www.4IndiaGifts.info/ . 4IndiaGifts.info offers religious gifts and puja supplies with delivery from India to anywhere in the world. Browse through our selection of handcrafted incense here: http://www.4IndiaGifts.info/category/natural-incense.html
