ILLUSIONS!

Focus your eyes on the red dot. Soon the blue circle around it will disappear! Try it!

A SEQUEL TO THE OLD MAN POEM

A SCIENTIST’S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE

Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people.

A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the “soul” is really a product of brain chemistry. NDEs, he would have been the first to explain, might feel real to the people having them, but in truth they are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress.

Then came the day when Dr. Alexander’s own brain was attacked by an extremely rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion—and in essence makes us human— shut down completely. For seven days Alexander lay in a hospital bed in a deep coma. Then, as his doctors weighed the possibility of stopping treatment, Alexander’s eyes popped open. He had come back.

Alexander’s recovery is by all accounts a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself.

This story sounds like the wild and wonderful imaginings of a skilled fantasy writer. But it is not fantasy. Before Alexander underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. That difficulty with belief created an empty space that no professional triumph could erase. Today he is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition.

This story would be remarkable no matter who it happened to. That it happened to Dr. Alexander makes it revolutionary. No scientist or person of faith will be able to ignore it. Reading it will change your life.

Dr. Eben Alexander III has been an academic neurosurgeon for the last 25 years, including 15 years at the Brigham & Women's and the Children's Hospitals and Harvard Medical School in Boston. Over his academic career he authored or co-authored over 150 chapters and papers in peer reviewed journals, and made over 200 presentations at conferences and medical centers around the world. He thought he had a very good idea of how the brain generates consciousness, mind and spirit.
In the predawn hours of November 10, 2008, he was driven into coma by a rare and mysterious bacterial meningitis-encephalitis of unknown cause. He spent a week in coma on a ventilator, his prospects for survival diminishing rapidly. On the seventh day, to the surprise of everyone, he started to awaken. Memories of his life had been completely deleted inside of coma, yet he awoke with memories of a fantastic odyssey deep into another realm - more real than this earthly one! His older son advised him to write down everything he could remember about his journey, before he read anything about near-death experiences, physics or cosmology. Six weeks later, he completed his initial recording of his remarkable journey, totaling over 20,000 words in length. Then he started reading, and was astonished by the insights his journey brought to the world's literature on near-death experiences, and to all phenomena of extended consciousness. His experience clearly revealed that we are conscious in spite of our brain - that, in fact, consciousness is at the root of all existence.
His story offers a crucial key to the understanding of reality and human consciousness. It will have a major effect on how we view spirituality, soul and the non-material realm. In analyzing his experience, including the scientific possibilities and grand implications, he envisions a more complete reconciliation of modern science and spirituality as a natural product. 
He has been blessed with a complete recovery, and has written a book about this most powerful, life-changing story. Simon & Schuster will publish his book, entitled "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife" on October 23, 2012. 
For more information, including video links and reading list, visit http://www.lifebeyonddeath.net

" I WAS ONCE LIKE YOU; SOMEDAY YOU WILL BE ONE LIKE ME!"

When an old man died in the geriatric ward of a nursing home in an Australian country town, it was believed that he had nothing left of any value.
Later, when the nurses were going through his meager possessions, They found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Melbourne. The old man's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas editions of magazines around the country and appearing in mags for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on his simple, but eloquent, poem.

And this old man, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this 'anonymous' poem winging across the Internet.

Cranky Old Man

What do you see nurses? . . .. . .What do you see?
What are you thinking .. . when you're looking at me?
A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise,
Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .. with faraway eyes?
Who dribbles his food .. . ... . . and makes no reply.
When you say in a loud voice . .'I do wish you'd try!'
Who seems not to notice . . .the things that you do.
And forever is losing . . . . . .. . . A sock or shoe?
Who, resisting or not . . . ... lets you do as you will,
With bathing and feeding . . . .The long day to fill?
Is that what you're thinking?. .Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse .you're not looking at me.
I'll tell you who I am . . . . .. As I sit here so still,
As I do at your bidding, .. . . . as I eat at your will.
I'm a small child of Ten . .with a father and mother,
Brothers and sisters .. . . .. . who love one another
A young boy of Sixteen . . . .. with wings on his feet
Dreaming that soon now . . .. . . a lover he'll meet.
A groom soon at Twenty . . . ..my heart gives a leap.
Remembering, the vows .. .. .that I promised to keep.
At Twenty-Five, now . . . . .I have young of my own.
Who need me to guide . . . And a secure happy home.
A man of Thirty . .. . . . . My young now grown fast,
Bound to each other . . .. With ties that should last.
At Forty, my young sons .. .have grown and are gone,
But my woman is beside me . . to see I don't mourn.
At Fifty, once more, .. ...Babies play 'round my knee,
Again, we know children . . . . My loved one and me.
Dark days are upon me . . . . My wife is now dead.
I look at the future ... . . . . I shudder with dread.
For my young are all rearing .. . . young of their own.
And I think of the years . . . And the love that I've known.
I'm now an old man . . . . . . .. and nature is cruel.
It's jest to make old age . . . . . . . look like a fool.
The body, it crumbles .. .. . grace and vigour, depart.
There is now a stone . . . where I once had a heart.
But inside this old carcass . A young man still dwells,
And now and again . . . . . my battered heart swells
I remember the joys . . . . .. . I remember the pain.
And I'm loving and living . . . . . . . life over again.
I think of the years, all too few . . .. gone too fast.
And accept the stark fact . . . that nothing can last.
So open your eyes, people .. . . . .. . . open and see.
Not a cranky old man .
Look closer . . . . see .. .. . .. .... . ME!!

Remember this poem when you next meet an older person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within. We will all, one day, be there, too!

PLEASE SHARE THIS POEM!
The best and most beautiful things of this world can't be seen or touched. They must be felt by the heart!

Hey am back after a long hiatus from trade. The market now seems interesting and it wont be long
when market will enter into a massive correction. I am not into being a prophet of doom here, but
all indications especially what's happening in the EU, and the contagion that goes with it...will send the market
crashing down!

We gotta prepare ourselves and protect our investments by being extra cautious now. Ill be getting out soon
from long positions and getting ready for shorts. If i can move my positions to the other side when the
market goes down, my leverage positions will bring me huge returns.

Good Luck fellow traders!

TRADING AWAY!

Away i go till sanity comes back to the market. Right now, as an option trader, my strategy doest work even in my paper trade.The market index is climbing but the volume is thinning.It only shows that investors and traders are shying away. SO DO I! AM GONE FISHING!

IN MY OWN PACE

Wow i didnt know i had been away from my blog for sometime!
I have changed my blog title to IN MY OWN PACE...thus get used to my now u see me now u dont
status. But ill do the best i can to update whenever i could.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK EVERYONE! Happy Trading tho market is beyond the indicators.
Buy the dips! Sell the news!

SHARE OF THE DAY

Starting today am gonna share something everyday in this blog...anything that may inspire, change, or nudge us to do something different for the better. So, here's my first for my trading buddies:


1. Beliefs of Successful Traders

1. The markets provide a constant stream of opportunities.
2. If I miss an opportunity, another will come along.
3. If my position is stopped out, the hypothesis that got me into the trade was incorrect.
4. I take one trade at a time, and stay in the moment with it.
5. I strive for excellence, not perfection.
6. I maximize profits by losing small.
7. I am not my trade.
8. I take complete responsibility for my thoughts, feelings and actions in the markets.

2. Beliefs of Unsuccessful Traders

1. I must be trading something all the time
2. If I lose on a trade, I feel angry, frustrated, sad or sick.   If I win on a trade, I am a happy camper.
3. If I don’t get on board with the hot tip of the day, I will miss out.
4. The markets are out to get me.
5. I am unwilling to take the stop-out, so I am turning this trade into an investment.
6. If I just keep studying and looking and reading, I will find the magical formula/indicator/guru to lead me to riches.
7. Everything has to be perfect for me to get into a trade
8. If I win, I was skillful.  If I lose, I was unlucky.

3.  Cut your losses short and let your winners run.

It is only through daily assessment of beliefs with radical honesty that a trader grows, develops and thrives. Diligent examination of beliefs and the courage to change them is an ongoing challenge that must be conquered if the trader is to move to higher levels of success. 

Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it….. Buddha

Thanks and Good Trading!

WILL TOMORROW BE A DIFFERENT MONDAY?

As i listen to today's news, it seems Europe is on the brink of disintegration. Rallies in Spain, Portugal, Italy and other cities, against austerity measures and banks' bailouts are starting to gain momentum. Today's election in Greece will decide which way EU will go  and Greece in particular.


The repercussion of such development will send shockwaves around the world.  The financial tsunami will be catastrophically enormous. There will be massive bankruns, capital flights and  defaults. 


I think we just have to let it fall where the pieces should be; rather than governments resort to bailouts and palliative measures which in the long run ...will achieve nothing. No QEs, no bailouts, no printing of more money -in short, let the banks fail; let governments default. 


This break up of the EU will metamorphose in a new economic and political order; more humane, reasonable, and propeople. Banks should not be allowed to grow too big beyond their banking duties.


I hope ill wake up to a new beginning tho how difficult and painful it may be.

THE VANISHING SPECIE

I am not talking 'bout plants/animals going extinct..but a breed of people who, due to recent global market developments,  seems to be vanishing. I am referring of course to traders who buy and hold stocks - INVESTORS in simple word!


I believe i had become one. We are what is known as DAYTRADERS, as distinct from SWINGTRADERS. Daytraders are traders who buy stocks and never hold them for a day or two. They get in and get out same day, usually relying only on technical indicators. 


The culprit of this trending phenomenon is the global economic/finacial chaos especially in Europe. This situation gives rise to the high volatility of the market all over the world considering the interconnectiveness of the economies. Most governments in the world are saddled with enormous debts beyond their capacity to repay. Financial institutions as well have high exposures to bonds and derivative mortgages. Bailouts have become necessary inorder to survive and at whatever costs even if they become unsustainable due to high interest rates. 

As  a consequence, markets all over the world are experiencing unprecedented volatility. This what gives rise to this new breed of traders!


WELCOME DAYTRADERS!

MY PERSONAL LEARNING LAST WEEK

I wouldnt elaborate much on this reflection; suffice to say, a lot happened last week that needs a conclusion.


"Those who trust will be able to accept whatever God allows. They will have peace in their hearts through all trials and tribulation. 

They will know how to survive when their material possessions are taken away.

God will not abandon those who trust. God will comfort and console those children who have complete trust in Him."

BEAR MARKET TERRITORY

Friday, June 1, 2012 had been significant for many reasons:
1. S&P 500 confirmed it has moved into the bear market territory after touching the 200 moving average for the first time this year.
2. Friday's market breakdown erased all the gains it had built since the start of the year with DOW down 274 points!


This market condition should probably persist as EU is teteering on the brink of economic collapse and break-up. More and more countries are needing bail out funds esp Spain and Italy. China's economic data are showing an accelerated decline owing to slowdown in its exports. The US as well is not performing well as shown by its Friday's jobless data. All of these factors contributed to the enormous decline in the stock market last Friday.


Let's see how the market reacts today, June 4, 2012. Hope it was just a correction.