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I recently came across this article and wanted to share it with you. This happens to me all the time. Not just with streetlights but with other items. TV’s, watches, computers, PDA’s, cell phones… etc.
Have you ever noticed street lights mysteriously turning off as you walk or drive by and thought that you might be the cause? Maybe you are. Welcome to the world of SLIders.
Some people claim to have a psychic ability where an electromagnetic disturbance from their subconscious somehow causes nearby street lights to temporarily turn off. This phenomenon is called Street Light Interference (SLI) and people with this ability are called SLIders. So far, there have been no scientifically valid studies of the phenomenon but there are plenty of anecdotal reports of it occurring. In 1993, Hilary Evans of the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena documented the experiences of 77 SLIders and, since then, many people have posted details of their own experiences on SLI websites.
SLI affects both males and females of all ages and from all walks of life. In most cases the phenomenon is intermittent although it is more likely to occur when the SLIder is in a stressed or emotional state. SLI is usually generated by the subconscious mind and cannot be brought on by consciously trying to turn a street light off. SLIders are often people who have no particular interest in the paranormal and think they are alone in having this ability or are unwilling to tell others because they have been ridiculed in the past. They are often relieved to find that others share their ability.
A SLIder is usually within 20 metres of the street light when SLI occurs, sometimes directly underneath and sometimes further away. Additionally, SLI doesn't happen to all street lights, it seems that some are more susceptible than others. It is unknown why street lights are affected so much. SLIders do not report that they have any great affinity for street lights and it is thought that street lights are must be very susceptible to this sort of psychic interference. Some, but not all, SLIders have also reported having effects on electrical appliances, battery powered watches and household lights.
Of course, as with any unexplained phenomenon, there are many skeptics who refuse to entertain the idea that the phenomenon is real. Alternative explanations have been offered; the street lights are designed to cycle off and on or do so towards the end of their life or that light sensitive sensors on the street lights are triggered by approaching cars. These may explain some coincidental occurrences of street lights turning off but experts do not believe that this is common enough to explain all reports of SLI. Until the SLI phenomenon is scientifically studied it will remain unexplained and in the meantime SLI websites will continue to receive reports from SLIders.
What are your experiences and thoughts?
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Awhile back I came across this article on the BBC news website. Apparently there is a science to happiness. Rock on!
Is there a happiness formula?
By Mike Rudin
The Happiness Formula
Psychologists have now come up with a formula for happiness.
Pleasure engagement meaning = happiness.
We all know what brings us pleasure. But the trouble is all too often it is fleeting and it just does not last.
A new school of psychology, called positive psychology, suggests that we need two other vital ingredients if we want to achieve more lasting happiness.
First, they suggest we need to be really engaged and engrossed in what we do. In the jargon it is called "flow".
We have all experienced it. It is that feeling we get when we just do not even bother to look at the clock because we are so into what we are doing.
Second, positive psychologists suggest we need meaning in our lives.
We can get this from doing an interesting job, or working on a project we really believe in, or by doing something worthwhile.
While we adapt quickly to more money and material possessions, it seems we adapt less quickly, if at all, to meaningful things.
Problems with the formula
However, this simple formula hides a number of important issues. It turns out you can have too much engagement and it does not necessarily lead to more happiness.
For example, you can become engrossed in work and become a workaholic and less happy.
You can experience flow in gambling but it will not necessarily make you happy.
The formula is not exhaustive or comprehensive.
As psychologist Ilona Boniwell of Oxford Brookes University points out in her article, the formula fails to take account of contentment, something which is highlighted by our opinion poll carried out by GfK NOP.
The danger of relying on any formula is that it may actually make us unhappy, by putting yet more pressure on us to live the perfect life.
And what is more there is another problem that one form of happiness often conflicts with other sources of happiness, and may even make other people unhappy.
So some people argue we should not even contemplate trying to make ourselves happier.
A little extra happiness
Positive psychologists counter this by saying that their suggestions are not miracle cures, and they accept that you cannot turn a grump into a deliriously happy person.
They maintain it is possible to make someone a little happier, as much as 10-15%, if someone works at it.
In his article about positive psychology Professor Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania, who has been described as the father of positive psychology, explains some of the exercises you can do to make yourself happier.
Research is now trying to test how well these exercises work.
The exercises include disputation, which involves challenging negative thoughts and analyzing whether you need to be as negative, playing to your strengths and counting your blessings for the things that go well in your life.
Scientists clearly do not have all the answers. There is as yet no simple and comprehensive formula for happiness.
However, the new emphasis on human relationships, flow and meaning does offer an interesting insight into what really makes us happy, and challenges us to think whether it might be possible to live happier lives.
A few idea’s that have truly made a difference in my life as far as the happiness factor goes are:
1. Get rid of the negative thoughts.
2. Count your blessings.
3. Realizing that when you find yourself in a pickle, you got yourself there. If you trace it back you will figure out how it happened. Accepting self accountability is actually freeing. So is self forgiveness. Get rid of blame and guilt..
4. The world is not what others tell you it is. This world is what you think it is.
5. Think more in the NOW instead of the wishing the past was better and what things may happen in the future.
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If you are into "End of the World" scenarios, then you have to check out this site. It is called Exit Mundo. It breaks down into four categories, Space, Earth, Science and Religion.
It is simply amazing at how many ways there are to end the world. Personally, I believe most anything is possible, including divine intervention. It is what it is.
Maybe we are going to get hit with gamma rays or an asteroid. Maybe our atoms are going to become extinct all at once making everything and everyone disappear. Maybe we will nuke it out or have a pandemic.
Maybe nothing will happen for millions of years. Again, it is what it is. There is more than our life on this planet.. It is all interesting! When we do pass over, that too will be interesting.
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So what is reality? For me reality is what ever the heck I make it. Unfortunately I don't yet have all the skills to make it completely to my liking... But give me time. I do know that my day does tend to go in the direction of my mindset when I wake up. So I really try to think of exciting things to start my day. I work with folks with all kinds of disabilities. It is so interesting to see different responses from the same situation. Many different realities in play. MAKE YOUR REALITY.
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