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Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
His Brain, Her Brain
Men and women really think differently!
An old joke circulates among neurologists, and it goes something like this: A patient must undergo brain-replacement surgery, and the patient's family asks how much a brain will cost. "Well, it's $5,000 for a male brain and $250 for a female brain," says the surgeon. Just as the men of the family start to snicker, the surgeon clarifies: "We mark down the price of the female brains because they've actually been used."
While surely more popular among female neuroscientists, the joke begs significant questions about gender and the brain. Do women and men share the same mental potential, and are our brains identically equipped?
We've been poking around under the cranial hood for centuries now, yet the brain remains by far the least understood organ in the body. However, research has revealed a few intriguing distinctions between the sexes.
For years it was assumed that gender differences in brain functionality were controlled by sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen. Now we understand that every one of the brain's four lobes differs between men and women in size, neurochemical makeup and function.
Superhighways and country roads
The female predisposition for empathy and social grace, for example, has been linked to a part of the brain called the isthmus. The isthmus is a narrow stretch of the corpus callosum, a band of tissue that connects the left and right sides of the brain, and in women it is pronouncedly thicker. Greater connectivity between the brain's two hemispheres may explain why women are typically better at linking emotion with language.
In general, the left hemisphere is in charge of functions of precision and logic; science, reading and writing, analysis, and fact management are all characteristic. The right hemisphere is in charge of nonlinear, imaginative thinking, as used in creativity, perception and humor. Even in scientific circles, these right-side aspects were long undervalued—for years, the right brain was known as the "minor" hemisphere.
You can see, then, why a strong link between sides is assumed to come with certain benefits. For instance, the left side can more easily assign the appropriate expression to a feeling that the right side has processed.
This doesn't mean men have any less right- or left-brain capacity—just less connectivity between the two. When the isthmus is thicker (say that 10 times fast), the brain stands to operate more holistically.
"Women have a superhighway going on there," the poet Robert Bly once told The New York Times, while men "have a country road."
CONTINUED: The male brain is not a lost cause
What's the matter?
Also, while men tend to have physically bigger brains—because brain size is related to body size—women's brains have a cortex that is 15 to 20 percent more developed. Commonly referred to as gray matter, the cortex is that top layer full of folds that's responsible for primary functions like speech, movement and perception.
It's actually not gray, but a girly pink color—coincidence?
Despite these evolutionary advantages, and the claims of wives and girlfriends everywhere, the male brain is not an entirely lost cause.
Men counter all of that gray matter with proportionally more white matter. This is where the brain's interconnections are made.
An elaborate system of nerve fibers provides conduits among everything the brain learns; the more connections made in your white matter, the smarter you get.
The components of knowledge—memories, sensations, skills—are all stored in different parts of the brain, and they're only put to good use when they're put in touch with one another.
Each is like a light bulb that can't shine any light until it becomes part of the circuit.
Men are sometimes advantaged with organization, attention to detail, spatial relations and problem solving due to an abundance of white-matter connectivity.
At a young age, males' ability to think systematically is evident at play with toys like Legos, which call on strengths like visualization and understanding of a geometric system.
Grown men often show similar acuity with navigation and engineering.
Life outside the brain
The differences between male and female brains shouldn't be overemphasized.
As most researchers will tell you, there are far greater neurological differences between individuals than there are between men and women at large.
The number of nerve fibers in the corpus callosum, for example, can vary from one person to the next by threefold. Back in the 1960s, surgeons even cut the corpus callosum clean through as a last-ditch effort to treat uncontrolled epilepsy.
They found that these patients could carry on most functions quite well.Still, we're inclined toward generalizations.
Women are sympathizers and men are systemizers.
Left-brained people are calculating and right-brainers are dreamers.
We like sweeping ideas like these because they promise to explain clashes, when true peace of mind—and peace among the sexes—is in managing a balance between two perfectly matched halves of a whole.
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An old joke circulates among neurologists, and it goes something like this: A patient must undergo brain-replacement surgery, and the patient's family asks how much a brain will cost. "Well, it's $5,000 for a male brain and $250 for a female brain," says the surgeon. Just as the men of the family start to snicker, the surgeon clarifies: "We mark down the price of the female brains because they've actually been used."
While surely more popular among female neuroscientists, the joke begs significant questions about gender and the brain. Do women and men share the same mental potential, and are our brains identically equipped?
We've been poking around under the cranial hood for centuries now, yet the brain remains by far the least understood organ in the body. However, research has revealed a few intriguing distinctions between the sexes.
For years it was assumed that gender differences in brain functionality were controlled by sex hormones like testosterone and estrogen. Now we understand that every one of the brain's four lobes differs between men and women in size, neurochemical makeup and function.
Superhighways and country roads
The female predisposition for empathy and social grace, for example, has been linked to a part of the brain called the isthmus. The isthmus is a narrow stretch of the corpus callosum, a band of tissue that connects the left and right sides of the brain, and in women it is pronouncedly thicker. Greater connectivity between the brain's two hemispheres may explain why women are typically better at linking emotion with language.
In general, the left hemisphere is in charge of functions of precision and logic; science, reading and writing, analysis, and fact management are all characteristic. The right hemisphere is in charge of nonlinear, imaginative thinking, as used in creativity, perception and humor. Even in scientific circles, these right-side aspects were long undervalued—for years, the right brain was known as the "minor" hemisphere.
You can see, then, why a strong link between sides is assumed to come with certain benefits. For instance, the left side can more easily assign the appropriate expression to a feeling that the right side has processed.
This doesn't mean men have any less right- or left-brain capacity—just less connectivity between the two. When the isthmus is thicker (say that 10 times fast), the brain stands to operate more holistically.
"Women have a superhighway going on there," the poet Robert Bly once told The New York Times, while men "have a country road."
CONTINUED: The male brain is not a lost cause
What's the matter?
Also, while men tend to have physically bigger brains—because brain size is related to body size—women's brains have a cortex that is 15 to 20 percent more developed. Commonly referred to as gray matter, the cortex is that top layer full of folds that's responsible for primary functions like speech, movement and perception.
It's actually not gray, but a girly pink color—coincidence?
Despite these evolutionary advantages, and the claims of wives and girlfriends everywhere, the male brain is not an entirely lost cause.
Men counter all of that gray matter with proportionally more white matter. This is where the brain's interconnections are made.
An elaborate system of nerve fibers provides conduits among everything the brain learns; the more connections made in your white matter, the smarter you get.
The components of knowledge—memories, sensations, skills—are all stored in different parts of the brain, and they're only put to good use when they're put in touch with one another.
Each is like a light bulb that can't shine any light until it becomes part of the circuit.
Men are sometimes advantaged with organization, attention to detail, spatial relations and problem solving due to an abundance of white-matter connectivity.
At a young age, males' ability to think systematically is evident at play with toys like Legos, which call on strengths like visualization and understanding of a geometric system.
Grown men often show similar acuity with navigation and engineering.
Life outside the brain
The differences between male and female brains shouldn't be overemphasized.
As most researchers will tell you, there are far greater neurological differences between individuals than there are between men and women at large.
The number of nerve fibers in the corpus callosum, for example, can vary from one person to the next by threefold. Back in the 1960s, surgeons even cut the corpus callosum clean through as a last-ditch effort to treat uncontrolled epilepsy.
They found that these patients could carry on most functions quite well.Still, we're inclined toward generalizations.
Women are sympathizers and men are systemizers.
Left-brained people are calculating and right-brainers are dreamers.
We like sweeping ideas like these because they promise to explain clashes, when true peace of mind—and peace among the sexes—is in managing a balance between two perfectly matched halves of a whole.
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Normal Lebanese
This is how a "Normal Lebanese" spends his day, so...
How much of a "Normal Lebanese" are you?
You get to work late and tired,Turn the computer on,and prepare the Nescafe.
Too lazy to make the office tour and greet your colleagues,You sit at your desk and frown at the faces of those who dare to greet you!Your computer screen seems of high intrest: Internet is your "treasure".
You SMS your friends to say "Bonjour" ... but you do it from the internet because it's cheaper.
You read the online copy of the newspaper to see the latest in politics: who cursed who, who met who...
OH! You realize you have a deadline and get to work..... Just a bit before you...
Start getting hungry so you search for a restaurants menus.Finding none on your desk, you search online for a restaurant close enough to your work place and that delivers "yummy" food.
E-mail received!You have just been tagged on Facebook... woohooooo! Time for comments, notifications and...
OMG! How can you share this with your friends when the (stupid) IT Manager blocked your msn?mmmm e-buddy it is!
Google, msn & Facebook; pubs & restaurants directories, AND...The evening's plans are ready...
You run back to the newspaper website to check the weather... mmmmm what should you put on tonight?WOW! The weather is nice this week-end; beach & fun in the sun is planned from now then!
Look at the clock!Well, it's time to go home now! You shut the computer down...
You write a "post-it" note,adhere it to the middle of your computer screen:"forward e-mail "Normal Lebanese" to everyone... tomorrow morning!"
Now, if you do the above on daily basis; then you definitely are a "Normal Lebanese"!
Now you have more time to focus on other things...
You didn't upload last evening's pictures' on Facebook; Did you?
How much of a "Normal Lebanese" are you?
You get to work late and tired,Turn the computer on,and prepare the Nescafe.
Too lazy to make the office tour and greet your colleagues,You sit at your desk and frown at the faces of those who dare to greet you!Your computer screen seems of high intrest: Internet is your "treasure".
You SMS your friends to say "Bonjour" ... but you do it from the internet because it's cheaper.
You read the online copy of the newspaper to see the latest in politics: who cursed who, who met who...
OH! You realize you have a deadline and get to work..... Just a bit before you...
Start getting hungry so you search for a restaurants menus.Finding none on your desk, you search online for a restaurant close enough to your work place and that delivers "yummy" food.
E-mail received!You have just been tagged on Facebook... woohooooo! Time for comments, notifications and...
OMG! How can you share this with your friends when the (stupid) IT Manager blocked your msn?mmmm e-buddy it is!
Google, msn & Facebook; pubs & restaurants directories, AND...The evening's plans are ready...
You run back to the newspaper website to check the weather... mmmmm what should you put on tonight?WOW! The weather is nice this week-end; beach & fun in the sun is planned from now then!
Look at the clock!Well, it's time to go home now! You shut the computer down...
You write a "post-it" note,adhere it to the middle of your computer screen:"forward e-mail "Normal Lebanese" to everyone... tomorrow morning!"
Now, if you do the above on daily basis; then you definitely are a "Normal Lebanese"!
Now you have more time to focus on other things...
You didn't upload last evening's pictures' on Facebook; Did you?
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Largest Kebbeh
We are proud to announce our latest record success for the Largest Kibbeh achieved on, 29th of August in Lebanon.
The attempt was part of the festival of Ihdeniyat in Ehden village (North of Lebanon), which was launched on the 5th of August. The challenge was to produce a minimum of 100kgs to successfully achieve a Guinness World Record.
Eager to break the record, 25 ladies worked hard to make this happen. The Kibbeh was put in a huge pan measuring 5m diameters and after almost 3 hours of baking the kibbeh, it weighed 233 kilos! To make the Kibbeh, 120 kilos of minced meat was used including 80 liters of olive oil, 80 kilos of “Bourghoul”, and 5 kilos of salt and 1 kilo of spice.
Talal Omar, an official GWR adjudicator, was there to assess the kibbeh and finally announced it as a record, which is the first of its kind and has never been achieved before!
The event received great media coverage and Talal was interviewed by different media outlets including: Al Mustaqbal TV, LBC, OTV, Reuters, Al Masriah, Waseet TV, Al Jazeerah and many other print media. The coverage was also announced on International media such as BBC NEWS, yahoo news and others.
The attempt was part of the festival of Ihdeniyat in Ehden village (North of Lebanon), which was launched on the 5th of August. The challenge was to produce a minimum of 100kgs to successfully achieve a Guinness World Record.
Eager to break the record, 25 ladies worked hard to make this happen. The Kibbeh was put in a huge pan measuring 5m diameters and after almost 3 hours of baking the kibbeh, it weighed 233 kilos! To make the Kibbeh, 120 kilos of minced meat was used including 80 liters of olive oil, 80 kilos of “Bourghoul”, and 5 kilos of salt and 1 kilo of spice.
Talal Omar, an official GWR adjudicator, was there to assess the kibbeh and finally announced it as a record, which is the first of its kind and has never been achieved before!
The event received great media coverage and Talal was interviewed by different media outlets including: Al Mustaqbal TV, LBC, OTV, Reuters, Al Masriah, Waseet TV, Al Jazeerah and many other print media. The coverage was also announced on International media such as BBC NEWS, yahoo news and others.
Carnival in Lebanon
Check out some images of the carnival that took place in Beirut Lebanon.
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Cucumber
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!
6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!
7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.
9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!
10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.
13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Colors Meaning
Red
Red is the warmest of all colors. Red is the color most chosen by extroverts and one of the top picks of males. On the negative side red can mean temper or anger. In China, red is the color of prosperity and joy. Brides wear red and front doors are often painted red. Red is Tuesday's color. Red roses symbolize passionate love. Ruby rings should be worn on the left hand. Red is the color of Mars. This planet is known as the God of War.
Red Energy
Red is associated with fiery heat and warmth. It can also mean danger (burning).
Red is the color of blood, and as such has strong symbolism as life and vitality. It brings focus to the essence of life and living with emphasis on survival. Red is also the color of passion and lust.
Green
Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green.
Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It often symbolizes money. It was believed green was healing for the eyes. Egyptians wore green eyeliner. Green eyeshades are still used. You should eat raw green foods for good health. Friday is the day of green. Green jade is a sacred stone of Asia.
Green Energy
Green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, desire to expand or increase. Balance and a sense of order are found in the color green. Change and transformation is necessary for growth, and so this ability to sustain changes is also a part of the energy of green.
Blue is the coolest color - the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. The ancient Egyptians used lapis lazuli to represent heaven. Blue symbolizes the Virgin Mary. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is often the chosen color by conservative people. Blue is the calming color. That makes it a wonderful color to use in the home, especially for babies. Blue is so soothing that is a good choice for pajamas. Dark blue is the color of truth and moderation. A blue iris means your friendship is very important to me. Wednesday's color is blue. Blue gemstones to wear to feel calm are blue sapphire and blue topaz. Lapis lazuli and azurite are said to heighten psychic power.
Turquoise is the symbol of youth, both the color and the gemstone. This color has a soothing affect. Turquoise is the color of communication. It contains the growth quality of green with the blue quality of communication. Turquoise has long been used in amulets to provide protection, health, confidence and strength.
Aqua is the color of high ideals.
Blue Energy
Blue gives a feeling of distance. Artists use it to to show perspective. This is a good way to understand the energy of the color blue - it allows us to look beyond and increase our perspective outward. It contains a cool vibration that is helpful to communication.
The vibration if blue can be used to open energy flow where it is blocked. Using blue to relax will encourage feelings of communication and peace.
Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation.
Purple has been used to symbolize magic and mystery, as well as royalty. Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Most children love the color purple. Purple is the color most favored by artists. Thursday's color is purple.
Violet is the color of purpose. Violet is associated with the Crown chakra (This links individual and universal).
Violet Energy
Violet is a combination of blue and red. Red is a focusing, dynamic and active energy while blue is cooling, calming and expansive. Violet brings a new dynamic to the expansion of blue and the activity of red. Red brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge. For this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.
Violet is an important energy for those who use blue and indigo skills in the psychic field. The red in violet offers a grounding effect.
Indigo
Indigo is the color of the deep midnight sky. It can have a negative effect when used during a depressed state, because it will deepen the mood. Indigo symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization. While blue is the color of communication with others, indigo turns the blue inward, to increase personal thought, profound insights, and instant understandings.
White is the color of purity. Brides wear white in many countries, because white symbolizes a virgin. White means kindness. In some cultures white is worn at funerals. White is Monday's color. White daisies are a symbol of loyal love.
White Energy
Strictly speaking, white is not a color, but the manifestation of the presence of all color - the complete energy of light. It stands for wholeness and completion. In many cultures it represents openness and truth. White has a cold quality. It can provide clarity as its energy is complete.
White has purification vibrations and can be used to clear blocks from your path.
It holds the potential to move toward every other color and this makes it a good choice for new beginnings, and development in any direction.
Put some white in your life when you want:
to clear clutter and obstacles away
to start a fresh beginning
to bring about mental clarity
purification of thoughts or actions
Red is the warmest of all colors. Red is the color most chosen by extroverts and one of the top picks of males. On the negative side red can mean temper or anger. In China, red is the color of prosperity and joy. Brides wear red and front doors are often painted red. Red is Tuesday's color. Red roses symbolize passionate love. Ruby rings should be worn on the left hand. Red is the color of Mars. This planet is known as the God of War.
Red Energy
Red is associated with fiery heat and warmth. It can also mean danger (burning).
Red is the color of blood, and as such has strong symbolism as life and vitality. It brings focus to the essence of life and living with emphasis on survival. Red is also the color of passion and lust.
Pink
Pink is the color of universal love. Pink is a quiet color. Lovers of beauty favor pink. A pink carnation means "I will never forget you".
Pink Energy
Pink is a combination of red and white. The quality of energy in pink is determined by how much red is present. White is the potential for fullness, while red helps you to achieve that potential. Pink combines these energies. Shades of deep pink, such as magenta, are effective in neutralizing disorder and violence. Some prisons use limited deep pink tones to diffuse aggressive behaviour.
Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance.
Pink is the color of universal love. Pink is a quiet color. Lovers of beauty favor pink. A pink carnation means "I will never forget you".
Pink Energy
Pink is a combination of red and white. The quality of energy in pink is determined by how much red is present. White is the potential for fullness, while red helps you to achieve that potential. Pink combines these energies. Shades of deep pink, such as magenta, are effective in neutralizing disorder and violence. Some prisons use limited deep pink tones to diffuse aggressive behaviour.
Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance.
Brown
People who prefer brown are often conventional and orderly. The negative meaning of brown can be a repressed personality or a lazy person. Brown is the color of the earth and is associated with the material side of life.
Brown Energy
Brown can mix into many surroundings. It is a mixture of red, blue and yellow and has many shades and tones - each producing a different effect. Brown can be a stabilizing color. The red in brown gives it practical energy while the yellow and blue add mental focus energies. Too much brown can make a dull effect. Brown gives a feeling of solidity, and allows one to stay in the background, unnoticed.
Some shades of brown create a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability.
People who prefer brown are often conventional and orderly. The negative meaning of brown can be a repressed personality or a lazy person. Brown is the color of the earth and is associated with the material side of life.
Brown Energy
Brown can mix into many surroundings. It is a mixture of red, blue and yellow and has many shades and tones - each producing a different effect. Brown can be a stabilizing color. The red in brown gives it practical energy while the yellow and blue add mental focus energies. Too much brown can make a dull effect. Brown gives a feeling of solidity, and allows one to stay in the background, unnoticed.
Some shades of brown create a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability.
Orange
Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the craving for food. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere. Lady luck's color is orange. I have been told that if a change of any kind is need in life, just burn an orange candle for 7 nights.
Orange Energy
Orange is a power color. It is one of the healing colors. It is said to increase the craving for food. It also stimulates enthusiasm and creativity. Orange means vitality with endurance. People who like orange are usually thoughtful and sincere. Lady luck's color is orange. I have been told that if a change of any kind is need in life, just burn an orange candle for 7 nights.
Orange Energy
While red is associated with fiery heat, orange is associated with the benign warmth of the sun. A dynamic color to be sure, orange offers a more thoughtful control than explosive red. Curiosity is a driving characteristic of orange, and with it comes exploration of new things.
Yellow
The shade of yellow determines the meaning. Pure, bright and sunny yellow is the easiest color to see. People who are blind to other colors can usually see yellow. Yellow is full of creative and intellectual energy. Always use yellow note pads.
Yellow symbolizes wisdom. Yellow means joy and happiness. People of high intellect favor yellow. Yellow daffodils are a symbol of unrequited love. Sunday's color is yellow-gold.
Yellow Energy
Like the energy of a bright sunny day, yellow brings clarity and awareness. The shade of yellow determines its effect: Yellow-green can mean deceit, and creates a disoriented feeling. Orange-yellow imparts a sense of establishment. Clean light yellow clears the mind, making it active and alert.
Yellow symbolizes wisdom. Yellow means joy and happiness. People of high intellect favor yellow. Yellow daffodils are a symbol of unrequited love. Sunday's color is yellow-gold.
Yellow Energy
Like the energy of a bright sunny day, yellow brings clarity and awareness. The shade of yellow determines its effect: Yellow-green can mean deceit, and creates a disoriented feeling. Orange-yellow imparts a sense of establishment. Clean light yellow clears the mind, making it active and alert.
Green
Green is the color of nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being. Green is the color of balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green.
Green is favored by well balanced people. Green symbolizes the master healer and the life force. It often symbolizes money. It was believed green was healing for the eyes. Egyptians wore green eyeliner. Green eyeshades are still used. You should eat raw green foods for good health. Friday is the day of green. Green jade is a sacred stone of Asia.
Green Energy
Green contains the powerful energies of nature, growth, desire to expand or increase. Balance and a sense of order are found in the color green. Change and transformation is necessary for growth, and so this ability to sustain changes is also a part of the energy of green.
Blue
Blue is the coolest color - the color of the sky, ocean, sleep, twilight. The ancient Egyptians used lapis lazuli to represent heaven. Blue symbolizes the Virgin Mary. A pure blue is the color of inspiration, sincerity and spirituality. Blue is often the chosen color by conservative people. Blue is the calming color. That makes it a wonderful color to use in the home, especially for babies. Blue is so soothing that is a good choice for pajamas. Dark blue is the color of truth and moderation. A blue iris means your friendship is very important to me. Wednesday's color is blue. Blue gemstones to wear to feel calm are blue sapphire and blue topaz. Lapis lazuli and azurite are said to heighten psychic power.
Turquoise is the symbol of youth, both the color and the gemstone. This color has a soothing affect. Turquoise is the color of communication. It contains the growth quality of green with the blue quality of communication. Turquoise has long been used in amulets to provide protection, health, confidence and strength.
Aqua is the color of high ideals.
Blue Energy
Blue gives a feeling of distance. Artists use it to to show perspective. This is a good way to understand the energy of the color blue - it allows us to look beyond and increase our perspective outward. It contains a cool vibration that is helpful to communication.
The vibration if blue can be used to open energy flow where it is blocked. Using blue to relax will encourage feelings of communication and peace.
Violet
Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation.
Purple has been used to symbolize magic and mystery, as well as royalty. Being the combination of red and blue, the warmest and coolest colors, purple is believed to be the ideal color. Most children love the color purple. Purple is the color most favored by artists. Thursday's color is purple.
Violet is the color of purpose. Violet is associated with the Crown chakra (This links individual and universal).
Violet Energy
Violet is a combination of blue and red. Red is a focusing, dynamic and active energy while blue is cooling, calming and expansive. Violet brings a new dynamic to the expansion of blue and the activity of red. Red brings practicality to the undirected expansiveness of the blue, and allows more creative energy to emerge. For this reason, violet is associated with imagination and inspiration.
Violet is an important energy for those who use blue and indigo skills in the psychic field. The red in violet offers a grounding effect.
Indigo
Indigo is the color of the deep midnight sky. It can have a negative effect when used during a depressed state, because it will deepen the mood. Indigo symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization. While blue is the color of communication with others, indigo turns the blue inward, to increase personal thought, profound insights, and instant understandings.
Indigo Energy
While blue can be fast, Indigo is almost instantaneous. Inventors use indigo skills for inspirations that seem to 'come out of the blue'.
Put some indigo in your life when you want:
to focus on personal issues
to develop intuition
to step outside of everyday life for a new and interesting way of viewing a problem
solitude and inner communication
Put some indigo in your life when you want:
to focus on personal issues
to develop intuition
to step outside of everyday life for a new and interesting way of viewing a problem
solitude and inner communication
White
White is the color of purity. Brides wear white in many countries, because white symbolizes a virgin. White means kindness. In some cultures white is worn at funerals. White is Monday's color. White daisies are a symbol of loyal love.
White Energy
Strictly speaking, white is not a color, but the manifestation of the presence of all color - the complete energy of light. It stands for wholeness and completion. In many cultures it represents openness and truth. White has a cold quality. It can provide clarity as its energy is complete.
White has purification vibrations and can be used to clear blocks from your path.
It holds the potential to move toward every other color and this makes it a good choice for new beginnings, and development in any direction.
Put some white in your life when you want:
to clear clutter and obstacles away
to start a fresh beginning
to bring about mental clarity
purification of thoughts or actions
Black
Black is the most misunderstood color. A black tie dinner is very formal and elegant. Women can wear that "must have little black dress" to the black tie dinner. Yet the bad guys wear black hats. Black symbolizes death in some cultures. Native Americans thought black was good because it was the color of soil, which gives life. Saturday's color is black.
Black Energy
Black is not a color, strictly speaking. It is the absence of all color. When people speak of opposites, it is usually in terms of black and white. Black, and its opposite white, represent polarities. Black absorbs all aspects of light. While white reveals, black conceals. It has come to mean hidden, fearful or bad experience. It is linked to the unknown or the unseen.
In times of fear and uncertainty black contains the energy of the threatening unknown. In a positive state, black is seen as a restful emptiness into which anything may emerge and disappear once again. It is also mysterious, providing a sense of potential and possibility.
Black is the most misunderstood color. A black tie dinner is very formal and elegant. Women can wear that "must have little black dress" to the black tie dinner. Yet the bad guys wear black hats. Black symbolizes death in some cultures. Native Americans thought black was good because it was the color of soil, which gives life. Saturday's color is black.
Black Energy
Black is not a color, strictly speaking. It is the absence of all color. When people speak of opposites, it is usually in terms of black and white. Black, and its opposite white, represent polarities. Black absorbs all aspects of light. While white reveals, black conceals. It has come to mean hidden, fearful or bad experience. It is linked to the unknown or the unseen.
In times of fear and uncertainty black contains the energy of the threatening unknown. In a positive state, black is seen as a restful emptiness into which anything may emerge and disappear once again. It is also mysterious, providing a sense of potential and possibility.
Gray
Gray is the color of sorrow. People who favor gray can be the lone wolf type or narrow-minded. Gray with more silver in it can be a very active color.
Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dependability. It connotes responsibility and conservative practicality.
Gray Energy
Gray is the true neutral color. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. Because of this, gray can be restful. It has a detached and isolated feeling. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed next to other more vibrant colors. It has a stabilizing effect, making vibrant colors stand out while muting their vibration.
Gray is the color of sorrow. People who favor gray can be the lone wolf type or narrow-minded. Gray with more silver in it can be a very active color.
Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dependability. It connotes responsibility and conservative practicality.
Gray Energy
Gray is the true neutral color. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. Because of this, gray can be restful. It has a detached and isolated feeling. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed next to other more vibrant colors. It has a stabilizing effect, making vibrant colors stand out while muting their vibration.
Now that you know the color meanings and color energies you can easily choose the flower color and send a beautiful bouquet to your friends and families to let them know how you feel.
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