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How To Run A Successful Fundraiser
This is the first article of a multi-part series on this topic.Part One of this SPECIAL REPORT is about: Organizing Your GroupWould you agree that it's easier complete a job when you have a blueprint to follow? Yes?Also, the exact opposite maybe true which brings us to the old axiom:"Fail to plan, plan to fail"Usually most groups avoid planning because they view it as difficult or tedious or may be in a rush to get going. Don't let this happen!! What appears to be unpleasant far exceeds the dismal results you will have without a plan.Fortunately, the exact opposite is true when you have the necessary tools at your disposal.That is why this report was written. To give you an idea of how easy it is to plan your fundraiser and to stay focused on your goals.Shall we begin?*First of all, I cannot stress this point enough: You need to know why you want to fundraise. You do this by answering the following questions:1)Why do you need to raise money?Answer the above question and you will have the source of your group's motivation and the community's effort to help you acquire the funds you need.2)What will you do with the money you raise?Find out what you need. Survey those who are active participants within the your organization or group.Example: The PTA/PTO may want to ask teachers what is needed in the classrooms or administrators what is needed in the school as a whole. Then choose from the list of items that appear in the majority or allow the fundraising committee to decide amongst the available choices.3)How much will you need? This is where you create a goal.For instance, if your goal is to raise money to purchase computer equipment, research all the costs involved (hardware, software, installation, etc.).Also,don't forget the annual costs of maintenance and repair if you are purchasing equipment.4)Who will be your fundraising personnel responsible for:Choosing a fundraiserMaking sure order forms get to the sellersGetting information out to the public about your fundraiserCollecting ordersTallying ordersCounting MoneyDepositing MoneyHandling delivery5)How are you going to raise the money?Will you use the

ving consciousness, there is no more important subject in the world.

Regarding this, a yogi-adept of the twentieth century, Dr. I. K. Taimni, remarked in his book The Science of Yoga: “According to the yogic philosophy it is possible to rise completely above the illusions and miseries of life and to gain infinite knowledge, bliss, and power through enlightenment here and now while we are still living in the physical body. And if we do not attain this enlightenment while we are still alive we will have to come back again and again into this world until we have accomplished this appointed task. So it is not a question of choosing the path of yoga or rejecting it. It is a question of choosing it now or in some future life. It is a question of gaining enlightenment as soon as possible and avoiding the suffering in the future or postponing the effort and going through further suffering which is unnecessary and avoidable. This is the meaning of Yoga Sutra 2:16: ‘The misery which is not yet come can and is to be avoided.’ No vague promise of an uncertain postmortem happine

A Little Extra Padding And Online Dating
Forty million single people log on to online dating sites each and every month.Chances are some of those people are jerks or lie about their appearance. We have all heard stories of gross misrepresentation. What the hell does a little extra padding mean anyway?I went for coffee one time with a woman I met online. She described herself as beautiful and blonde with a “little extra padding” as a result of having a child.Beauty is very subjective but the fact she thought of herself as beautiful was fine by me. After all, a person has to be very ugly for a coffee to become unbearable.Blonde was OK by me as well, except she forgot to mention she bought it. Actually she wasn’t really blonde but more of a light shade of mud. A little extra padding is where it all came off the rails.Had I gone to a movie with this lady, she would have struggled to squat her behind in the chair. Quite honestly this lady had more than a little extra padding. She was obese times three.Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I’m perfect or in great shape. I am 5’ 9” and I weigh one hundred and eighty pounds. According to BMI calculations, I am on the high side of “normal weight” or the low side of “obese.”This lady was grossly overweight – not that there’s anything wrong with that. But the fact she lied about it, is what I found so offensive.One of the sexiest women I have ever met was overweight. She could easily stand to loose thirty or forty pounds but she oozed sexuality. She was all class, well put together and the total package.I have nothing against overweight people but I was expecting one thing and got something completely different. Because I felt as though she lied to me, I didn’t see blonde colored hair I saw mud color instead. I didn’t see beautiful, I saw ugly.She seemed like a nice person but I felt she really pulled a fast one on me.All of this could have been avoided if she had posted her picture. More importantly, I should have insisted on seeing her picture. I learned a very valuable lesson while having coffee that day. I now refuse to meet any woman unless I see her picture first. I’m not saying I’m all that but I think showing someone else your picture is a good start.Across all online dating websites, it has been consistently shown that men and women who post the

The following is an excerpt from the book "Om Yoga: Its Theory and Practice."

Om is the Supreme Brahman. (Svetasvatara Upanishad 1:7)
He who utters Om with the intention ‘I shall attain Brahman’ does verily attain Brahman. (Taittiriya Upanishad 1.8.1)
The Self is of the nature of the Syllable Om. (Mandukya Upanishad 1.8.12)
Meditate on Om as the Self. (Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.3)

Liberation-Freedom

Yoga is all about freedom. Only a fraction of the earth’s population is formally imprisoned, but the entire human race is imprisoned in the earth itself. None are free from the inevitability of sickness, age, and death, however free of them they may be at the moment. The human condition is subject to innumerable limitations. Who really controls his life fully, attains all his goals, and knows no setbacks of any kind? No one. Om Yoga is the way to freedom from suffering and limitation. Regarding Om, the Yoga Sutras (1) simply say: “Its repetition and meditation is the way(Yoga Sutras 1:28). Even a superficial perusal of the Upanishads reveals that the meditation practice known and recommended by the Vedic Rishis (2), and later Patanjali and Krishna, (3)A Divine Incarnation (avatar) born in India about three thousand years ago, Whose teachings to His disciple Arjuna on the eve of the Great India (Mahabharata) War comprise the Bhagavad Gita.) was based on Om, the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality.

It is my hope that you will test for yourself the spiritual alchemy of Om Yoga that is set forth here. If your practice is exactly as outlined and of sufficient duration, your experience will be the proof of its validity and its efficacy.

“This is the bridge to immortality. May you be successful in crossing over to the farther shore of darkness.” (Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.6)

Why Yoga?

Since the spirit is always free, and nothing can change it–nor does it ever need any changing–the question naturally arises: “Why bother with yoga at all? If our real self is ever perfect and free, what needs to be done? What can be done?”

It is true; the spirit is ever-free, but it has forgotten that and identifies with its experience of bondage and consequently (seemingly) suffers. Our situation is like someone who is asleep and dreaming that he is being tortured and beaten. In reality he is not being touched at all; yet he is experiencing pain and fear. He need not placate, overpower, or escape his torturers. He needs no more dream activity! He needs only to wake up. Yoga is the procedure of self-awakening.

In his commentary on the Yoga Sutras Shankara (The great reformer and re- establisher of Vedic Religion in India around 300 B.C.) has an “opponent” say: “How can there be a means to obtain liberation? Liberation is not a thing which can be obtained, for it is simply cessation of bondage.” And Shankara replies: “You are wrong. For ignorance [bondage] to cease, something has to be done, with effort, as in the breaking of a fetter. Though liberation is not a ‘thing,’ inasmuch as it is cessation of ignorance in the presence of right knowledge it is figuratively spoken of as something to be obtained.” And he concludes: “The purpose of Yoga is the knowledge of Reality."

What is Yoga?

“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that means “to join.” Yoga, then, is union and the way to union. What do we join through yoga?

First, we join our awareness to our own essential being: spirit that is consciousness. In yoga philosophy this is known as the atman or self. Next we join our finite consciousness to the Infinite Consciousness: God, the Supreme Self (Paramatman). In essence they are eternally one, and according to yogic philosophy all spirits originally dwelt in consciousness of that oneness. But in the descent into the material world for the purpose of evolving and extending its scope of consciousness, the individual spirit has lost its awareness of that eternal union, and therefore los the capacity to live in and manifest the union on a practical level. Through yoga the lost consciousness can be regained and actualized in the individual’s practical life sphere. So profound and so necessary is yoga to the evolving consciousness, there is no more important subject in the world.

Tips for Cyber Seduction: 100% Success Guaranteed
If you’ve never experienced success in the seduction department out in the real world, your luck just might change in the cyber arena.NEWBIES BE WARNEDBefore we move on to cyber seduction tips, it’s imperative that newbies be warned about expecting too much from their first attempt. While it’s quite possible for you to strike gold at the first try, it’s also possible for you to fail. Nevertheless, don’t beat yourself too much about it. It’s your first time, so cut yourself some slack. Practice makes perfect and as long as you follow our tips to the letter, you’re sure to get lucky sooner than you think!STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN REALITY AND FANTASYHave you ever fantasized about becoming the life of the party if only you were more lively, open, interesting, yada, yada? With cyber seduction, your fantasies have the opportunity to come true! The physical barriers between you and your cyber date allow you to eliminate inhibitions and insecurities that a live date would never permit you to forget.Remember, however, that what we’re advising you to do is just to let the real “you” out: the person of interest under the layers of shyness and drab clothing. We’re not, however, advising you to become someone you’re truly not. If you pretend to be someone else, whatever success your cyber seduction ploy gains is merely an illusion.DON’T BE AFRAID TO BECOME TOO FUNNY, TOO SEXY, OR TOO EVERYTHINGLet yourself shine! This may probably be the only opportunity you have to impress a date without risking live embarrassment. Crack that joke you’ve always known would make people laugh. Say those sexy words you’re sure would turn your date on. Don’t let this opportunity go to waste!TIMING IS STILL CRITICALEven if it’s still just a cyber date where no sun or moon rises and indicates the passage of time, you still have to be disciplined and patient enough to let nature takes it course between the two of you. Even if you think you’ve already met the one you wish to spend the rest of your life with, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the other person feels the same. Give both of yourselves time to know and fall for each other more.FRIENDSHIP IS SEDUCTIVESometimes, people go online looking for friendship or simply for someone to talk to. The lure of great companionship and meaningful conversation is too s

tras 1:28). Even a superficial perusal of the Upanishads reveals that the meditation practice known and recommended by the Vedic Rishis (2), and later Patanjali and Krishna, (3)A Divine Incarnation (avatar) born in India about three thousand years ago, Whose teachings to His disciple Arjuna on the eve of the Great India (Mahabharata) War comprise the Bhagavad Gita.) was based on Om, the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman, the Absolute Reality.

“This is the bridge to immortality. May you be successful in crossing over to the farther shore of darkness.” (Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.6)

Why Yoga?

What is Yoga?

“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that means “to join.” Yoga, then, is union and the way to union. What do we join through yoga?

Online Annuity Calculator - Do You Need One?
One popular perk that many insurance companies and insurance brokers are offering nowadays is an online annuity calculator. To find one of these all you have to do is type the words “online annuity calculator” into a popular search engine like Google or Yahoo and you will be presented with scores of insurance companies urging you to try out the latest calculating gadget on their web site.Of course you don't necessarily need an online calculator to figure this out. You can use your very own non-virtual calculator or a pencil and a piece of paper to figure it out as after all it only means crunching a few numbers. However if you decide to calculate your annuity payments this way be sure to have an eraser handy as well. This is because you will find yourself constantly changing the amounts that you are calculating depending on the terms of the insurance, what kind of insurance it is and whether it is an investment with a fixed or variable interest rate. An online annuity calculator makes this process much easier. Many of the easy to use online calculation programs offered by insurance company and insurance brokerage sites also allow you to save your results so you can vary your input without too much fuss or concern.The best online annuity calculator is usually to be found on sites that also allow you to compare one offer to another. On many of these sites you can compare over three hundred fixed annuities. Some sites also have calculators to help you compare the kind of income you could get from equity indexed annuities, variable rate annuities and CD-type annuities.The great thing about using an online annuity calculator is that it can help you determine exactly how this type of secure, tax delayed investment can help ease you into a comfortable future as a senior citizen.

needs to be done? What can be done?”

What is Yoga?

“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that means “to join.” Yoga, then, is union and the way to union. What do we join through yoga?

Listening to the Most Important People
We all hate listening to people, especially when they are right and we are wrong. For those of you who have kids of any age, you will know what a challenge it is trying to get the message across to them.My 17 month old son is at an age where he understands the word NO!, but chooses not to act upon it. This can create an understandable amount of frustration, and eventually it ends in tears!In business we need to do more to listen, specifically to our clients, and customers. When we choose to ignore our customers, they will leave and go elsewhere, while we sit at our desks waiting for the phone to ring.But listening to our cusomters is easier said than done, or is it?We need to automate the process. None of us can afford to spend hours on the phone listening to clients moan, or walking around the shop floor asking people what we can do better. This is simply not an efficient use of our time.But all hope is not lost. By using a very simple web application that anyone can install, you can create an efficient way to collect your customers' thoughts, feelings and suggestions. This application can also help you to give feedback to your customers on what has been done with their suggestion.Customer loyalty can be established by listening to your customers, acting on their suggestions, and implementing some changes. Then, by giving them feedback on their suggestion and showing them how they have helped you improve your product or service, you are making them feel like a part of your business.Not only do your customers feel like they are a better part of your business, but they also feel like they can approach you to talk about issues they may be facing. You begin to establish a level of communication and trust that your competition can only dream of.Sorry, I'm losing the plot here, the application I'm referring to is called Wordpress. It's a blogging engine. I know there is a lot of talk about blogs - web logs, for the less tech savvy - but my personal opinion is that they are all much ado about nothing.Using a blog engine to collect customer feedback is great. You can post a note, explaining what you want feedback on, then email all your customers and ask them to click onto your "Customer Interaction System" and ask them to make an anonymous comment.You leave it up for a week or two, then t

vely spoken of as something to be obtained.” And he concludes: “The purpose of Yoga is the knowledge of Reality."

What is Yoga?

“Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that means “to join.” Yoga, then, is union and the way to union. What do we join through yoga?

How To Get Rid Of A Double Chin - Discover The Best Way To Get Rid Of A Double Chin Now
Having a double chin can be an embarrassing problem that causes much distress to the sufferer. People who suffer from a double chin often feel embarrassed by the condition, and self esteem issues often follow. It’s no surprise therefore that more and more people are looking online to try and figure out how to get rid of a double chin.So what’s the answer? How exactly do you get rid of a double chin? Well, the first thing that you need to do when trying to figure out how to get rid of a double chin is to start a weight loss and fitness program. That might not be the answer that you are looking for, but having a double chin means that your body is carrying excess fat. By taking part in a weight loss and fitness program, and by burning more calories than you consume, then you will eventually lose your double chin. Having a double chin is simply a symptom of carrying excess weight. The good news however is that this means you can get rid of your double chin quickly, and without the need for expensive surgery,When trying to figure out how to get rid of a double chin, people get frustrated because often they seem to have a bigger double chin than someone else who is more over weight than them. Different people store excess fat in different places, so some people who are heavily over weight may not have a double chin at all, and may instead store their excess fat on different parts of their body.Stop asking how to get rid of a double chin and start taking action. By burning more calories than you consume, and by losing weight, you will quickly find that your double chin becomes a thing of the past. The best way to get rid of your double chin is to start a weight loss and fitness program now. Do it and you might just be impressed by the results.

ving consciousness, there is no more important subject in the world.

Yoga philosophy

Yoga must be approached initially as a philosophy–but a philosophy which by its very nature stimulates its investigators to engage in practical applications through which they will experience–and demonstrate–its truth and worth. That which begins as theory develops into practice which culminates in realization. Yoga is thus a philosophy, a discipline, and an experience. It is a revelation of consciousness. And since rational thought always precedes rational action, we should begin with the philosophical side of Yoga.

Then and now

In the second chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Krishna tells Arjuna: “There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.”(Bhagavad Gita 2:12) That is, we are eternal beings, without beginning and without end. Originally we were points of conscious light in the infinite Ocean of Conscious Light that is God. We were gods within God. And so we still are, for it is not possible to be outside of Infinity Itself. Yet we are also here in this ever-changing world–a place that completely overwhelms the truth of our immortal life within God. For countless life-cycles we have found ourselves embodied in material cases, little body-prisons within the greater prison of the cosmos. And that is where we are right now.

There is a law that governs the place and kind of our embodiment. That law is karma, the principle of exact and inevitable reaction to our own actions and mental states, resulting in a seemingly endless domino effect of continual birth and death. Yoga offers us the possibility of ending this chain of embodiments by awakening and transformation from time and mortality into eternity and immortality.

God and gods

We are gods within God, finite spirits within the Infinite Spirit. But what is “spirit”? Yoga tells us that spirit is consciousness, hence we are eternal consciousnesses, each of us individual and distinct. (“Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.…”) Yet we are more. For we do not have an existence independent of one another or independent of God. Rather, we take our being from God as the waves take their existence from the ocean, sharing it with all the other waves.

God is the eternal Root or Ground of our being, our greater Self. We are not God, but in some ineffable manner God is us–the Self of our self, the Spirit of our spirit. God is all, and we are the parts–each of us possessing an eternal and irrevocable distinction. That is why, as already quoted, Krishna told Arjuna: “There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.” It is incalculably important to realize this before we can have any viable understanding of or approach to ourselves, to our lives, to others, and even to God. The distinction between God, us, and one another is real and eternal; yet so is our unity.

In God there is unity; in us there is diversity. These two seemingly contradictory states coexist in perfection. Because of this we have the term advaita which does not mean “one,” but simply “not two.” Reality is neither One nor Two. It is a unity that possesses diversity. It is a mystery, but it can be realized by direct experience, and yoga is the means to that experience.

God and creation

God, the infinite Spirit, is pure consciousness, but–as we are experiencing even now–He has extended or emanated Himself as the cosmos: physical, astral, and causal. This seemingly dual nature of God as Light and Power, as Consciousness and Matter, has puzzled the minds of even the wise.

God, the Original Being, projects Himself as the ever-changing dance of creation, as the evolving light that is the cosmos. God projects the creation, evolves it, and withdraws it back into Himself in a perpetual cycle. Thus the creation can be thought of as God’s body–that God becomes incarnate in creation again and again. And as parts or reflections of God we do exactly the same through reincarnation

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Everyone wants to live disease-free. However, most people don't attack the root of the problem - they keep putting band-aids on the symptoms and therefore not getting better. In this article you will find some tips to address the root of your disease and help you actually get better, for real.

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