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		<title>Crystals &amp; The Cosmic Current</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Crystals maintain the balance of the electro-magnetic-field: the balance between the electrical energies surrounding the earth and the magnetic energies between the poles. This same spiraling electrical field and magnetic polarity exist within each atom and each sub-atomic particle, within each cell and organ, within each living and non-living thing and within the human aura.
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/energy-body/crystals-the-cosmic-current/</link>
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		<title>Prana&#8230;the &#8220;absolute energy&#8221; that fills the spaces between atoms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quantum physics shows that what we perceive as solid matter is actually 99.9999% empty space filled with energy.  (If one atom of the physical body were the size of an apple, the closest atom next to it would be 2000 miles away.)
This brings us to the concept of prana, the energy that fills the spaces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/energy-body/prana-the-absolute-energy-that-fills-the-spaces-between-atoms/</link>
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		<title>Crystal Power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever used the power of a crystal or gemstone? Actually, you are most likely using this power, maybe on a daily basis, and are unaware of it.
Do you wear a watch or have a wall clock at home? Do you wind it? Do you plug it in to electricity? Or is it powered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/energy-body/crystal-power/</link>
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		<title>Patience</title>
		<description><![CDATA["The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, 
or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience
and greed, but lack of faith. 
Patience, patience, patience, is what the sea teaches. 
Patience and faith.                 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/patience-2/</link>
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		<title>Hypnosis Reduces Pain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many research studies, as well as anecdotal evidence, points to the effectiveness of hypnosis and imagery for pain reduction and chronic pain management. The subconscious mind has the ability to change the perception of pain, thereby changing the experience.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain and Speeds up Recovery from Surgery 
Since 1992, we have used hypnosis routinely in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/hypnosis-reduces-pain/</link>
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		<title>Hypnotherapy Effective for Pregnancy and Childbirth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Journal of Family Practice (May, 2001) published Effects of Hypnosis on the Labor Processes and Birth Outcomes of Pregnant Adolescents  which states “Hypnotherapy has been found to be effective in providing pain relief, reducing the need for chemical anesthesia, and reducing anxiety, fear, and pain related to childbirth. Hypnosis has also been helpful in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/hypnotherapy-effective-for-pregnancy-and-childbirth/</link>
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		<title>Hypnosis Significantly Reduces Healing Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Healed 41% faster from fracture 
Healed significantly faster from surgery 
Two studies from Harvard Medical School show hypnosis significantly reduces the time it takes to heal.
Study One: Six weeks after an ankle fracture, those in the hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Study Two: Three groups of people studied [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/hypnosis-significantly-reduces-healing-time/</link>
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		<title>50% to 70% report Healing Faster with Hypnosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Benedict Carey in a Los Angeles Times article dated January 5, 2004, reports “50% to 70% of people who have tried it say hypnosis has helped them to feel better or heal faster.”
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/50-to-70-report-healing-faster-with-hypnosis/</link>
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		<title>Physiologic Effects of Imagery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a June 2003 Nursing magazine article, nurses are encouraged to use imagery with their patients, stating: “people with strong imaginations, those who can literally “worry themselves sick” are excellent candidates for using imagery to improve their health.” The article further states that “imagery has documented physiologic effects: It can lower blood pressure, decrease heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/physiologic-effects-of-imagery/</link>
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		<title>Hypnosis Helps Substance Abuse &amp; Addiction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The subconscious mind is a powerful goal-achieving machine. The mind matters. When one has the desire to let go of destructive habits and addictions, hypnotic suggestions to reinforce the motivation to achieve the goal are very effective. Subconscious programming is the basis for conscious action. Research studies show significant long term success rates.
Significantly More Methadone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/hypnosis-helps-substance-abuse-addiction/</link>
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		<title>Smoking Cessation with Hypnosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many studies show hypnosis to be an effective form of treatment for smoking cessation. Smoking is more than a physical addiction. It is a habit. It is behavior based on “triggers” which increase desire for the habitual action. Habits are a result of sub-conscious programming and repetitive thought patterns. As such, treatment on a subconscious [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/smoking-cessation-with-hypnosis/</link>
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		<title>Focused Breathing Lowers Blood Pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent studies continue to show the benefits of focused breathing and meditation for physical and spiritual health. In Dr. Herbert Benson’s 1975 book The Relaxation Response, he stated that breathing “may be used as a new approach to aid in the treatment and perhaps prevention of diseases such as hypertension.” One of the most recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/health-well-being/focused-breathing-lowers-blood-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Research on the Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Weight Loss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least 20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis was more effective than a control group: an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/modalities/research-on-the-effectiveness-of-hypnosis-for-weight-loss/</link>
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		<title>River of Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                                                                                                               In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.      ~Leonardo da Vinci
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/rivers/</link>
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		<title>Happy</title>
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/391/</link>
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		<title>Miracles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[                                                 

You can become blind by seeing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/miracles/</link>
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		<title>Being Yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you affirm your own rightness in the universe, then you co-operate with others easily and automatically as part of your own nature. You, being yourself, help others be themselves. Because you recognize your own uniqueness you will not need to dominate others, nor cringe before them.&#8221; 
Jane Roberts ~ The Nature of Personal Reality
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/being-yourself/</link>
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		<title>Prosperity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imagination.                 ~ Ruth Ross
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/prosperity/</link>
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		<title>Perseverance</title>
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In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins…not through strength but by perseverance. 
~ H. Jackson Brown
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		<link>http://www.themindmatters.com/quotes/perserverance/</link>
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		<title>Use Your Imagination</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a June 2003 Nursing magazine article, nurses are encouraged to use imagery with their patients, stating: “people with strong imaginations, those who can literally “worry themselves sick” are excellent candidates for using imagery to improve their health.”
The article further states that “imagery has documented physiologic effects: It can lower blood pressure, decrease heart rate, [...]]]></description>
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