Why Can t We Sleep

Life seems to be spiraling out of control these days; rarely is there enough time to get things done. Even when catch up for a moment, we have a knack of finding even more to do as if we re on uppers all the time.
Is this what you are experiencing, this constant activity? Have you noticed it, or wished it would settle down? If you did, you are rare.
Most people look at peacefulness with disdain, Give me a good war to watch on CNN, or some violent weather somewhere, anything that s exciting! You are on the left and love socialism; I am on the right and love capitalism; let s fight about it! Who wants boring peacefulness that s for retired hippies, or whatever. There is far too much to get done in this world, and time is not on our side.
Excitement is everything in our lives; the excitement of a vacation; seeing new things and being in new places. Sports, movies, politics, parties, the involvement with friends and family never a dull moment. The more excitement the better -- and the happier we are.
Peace is far too quiet. We would rather immerse ourselves in whirlwinds of activity than have nothing to do. Actually, it s a badge of honor to keep insanely busy, because when we are busy, we feel important.
But there is a down side to all this activity, and the down side is the subconscious fear that creeps in when the activity ends. You know it; it s the emptiness that looms ominously when you try to unwind your mind at night and go to sleep.
So we get hooked on pills and live with the side effects, or go sleepless and become walking zombies. What other choice do we have, because other choices involve a fundamental change in the way we live and relate to life, and changing the way we live would be far too drastic.
But changing the way we live doesn t have to be drastic, all that is required is that we approach life in a different manner, a new approach that involves discovering the very things that cause our sleeplessness; thoughts in our minds.
Most people believe that if they had no thoughts, they would be mindless; however, quite the opposite is true. Without the burden of non-stop thinking, we become extremely mindful. With the static of endless thoughts out of the way, we become sensitive to amazing things that were hidden previously, things that encourage our natural creativity.
Besides the creativity that develops in the absence of thought, there is another benefit; in the absence of thought, we sleep like a baby! So, how do we turn these thoughts off at night? If we try to turn them off, count sheep or something, they creep back in, and we quickly discover how ingrained thoughts are. They are next to impossible to control.
But it s not impossible; it only takes a little training. You can begin by watching your thoughts instead of trying to rid yourself of them, and as you watch them, it becomes readily apparent that thoughts are simply images that arise and pass, not reality at all. But if instead of watching them arise and pass we get caught up in them, then the thoughts multiply like rabbits! And sleep goes out the window.
It s impossible to watch your thoughts straightaway; it takes some practice. Begin with sitting quietly for a few minutes every evening before you retire. Picture yourself perched on a freeway overpass watching the cars and trucks go by underneath. (The cars and trucks are your thoughts). Don t jump into one the cars (or thoughts) and be carried away, no matter how alluring the car (thought) may be. Allow it to continue down the road and disappear out of sight. Then wait for the next car (thought) to come by. Let that one go, too. Don t try not to think, just be aware of each thought as it naturally comes up, and then let it go.
It sounds simple, but as you will see, it takes some practice. The Southwest Florida Insight Center website below offers additional instructions on the Mental Posture, and the Body Posture pages. In addition, many of my articles address meditation if you would like more information.
When the mind becomes quiet and absent of the noisiest thoughts, sleep comes naturally, especially to a body that is overtired from lack of restful sleep. In addition, meditation improves the body s immune system, so there will be health benefits as well. All in all, meditation is a very natural, non-invasive technique with no side effects, used in many hospitals and clinics. It s something to consider seriously.
E. Raymond Rock of Fort Myers, Florida is cofounder and principal teacher at the Southwest Florida Insight Center, www.SouthwestFloridaInsightCenter.com His twenty-eight years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents, including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk. His book, A Year to Enlightenment (Career Press/New Page Books) is now available at major bookstores and online retailers. Visit www.AYearToEnlightenment.com



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Erasing index.dat files

1st What are Index. Dat files? When you visit a Web site, which content (HTML files, images, Flash, Java scripts and other) is downloaded and stored on your computer. This is called the cache, or Temporary Internet Files. Each time an entry in the cache, it is also a pointer to the cache files on the index.dat file. Internet Explorer Index.dat files to keep the off-line data (cache) as an index at the end of the book.
a. History index.dat files This is actually a collection of index.dat files. These indices are history, every time you visit a website, this address will go down in history index.dat files. Every story index.dat file with a date. In the browser, that is what the history shows.
b. Cache file index.dat Internet Explorer cache and for two reasons. The primary reason for the quick access to Web pages. If the Web page you visit has not changed since the last time you visited, Internet Explorer will load the homepage of the hard disk (cache) instead of the Web. To find the cached homepage on the hard drive, it searches in the index.dat file and the browser displays the local side. The cache will also allow users to access home pages offline.
c. Cookies index.dat file Each time a site creates a cookie on your machine, meaning that they add an entry in the file index.dat cookies that employees of the homepage with the cookie file. The next time you visit the home page, IE, the cookie file with the index.dat file.
2. Why are index.dat files a privacy threat? Index.dat files contain the URL on every Web site you& 39;ve visited since the installation of the operating system. It also contains links to each picture and other Internet resources you have. Index.dat files are in plain text and everyone can open a file in Notepad. But that& 39;s not enough, index.dat file can not be removed manually. When it in Explorer and click the Delete button " " you receive an error message that it is used. In other words, on your hard drive, there are plain text files called index.dat, it contains links to any Web resource you& 39;ve ever visited, and you are not able to delete this file. Perhaps no further explanation is required, why these files are a threat to privacy?
3. Location Index.dat files These files are located in each user profile in three different locations. To can see it in Windows Explorer, make sure that enables them to hidden and system files.
a. The place of history index.dat files It is located in the following folders: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings History History.IE5 " The file is available in a number of subdirectories MSHist with the prefix (for example: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings History History.IE5 MSHist012004073120040801 ") you can find it by typing that address into the address box and replaced Explorer & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
b. The location of the cache file index.dat It is located in the following folders: " C: Documents and Settings Local Settings Temporary Internet Files Content.IE5 ". You can find it by typing that address into the address field Explorer and replaced & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
c. The situation in the cookie file index.dat This file is the easiest to find, and you will find " C: Documents and Settings " cookies. You can find it by typing that address into the address field Explorer and replaced & 39; & 39; with a valid username.
4. How can I index.dat files to delete? Deleting index.dat files is a complicated and time-consuming task. The files are locked by the system and can not be erased. In Windows 95/98/ME, you must MS-DOS skills. The idea is to create a boot disk, start the computer with the boot disk, and then remove the files from the MS-DOS prompt.
On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 you can unlock the Windows files by creating a new temporary user with administrator rights.
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Is it the Beginning of the End for Microsoft?

I personally do not switch from XP to Vista. Judging from what I heard and read, there is not much reason to do so. It is not that computer journalist said that Vista is terrible, this is just that it did not fulfil all the hype. Vista has been in the development of about 5 years old, who long to wait for what some have nicknamed " XP Service Pack 4 ". This tech community a way to say: " It is evolutionary rather than revolutionary & quot;.
Vistas inability to create a revolution has caused rumours that Microsoft has lost its way. The general view is that the structure of the company was that the reason for this disappointing level progress.
Around 95% of all computers working one or another version of Microsoft Windows. This was a huge monopoly that made Bill Gates the richest man in the world. So even if the Microsoft monopoly begins to decline, it still will take at least several years if not decades or more for him to be overtaken. At that time, you should think about what they can come up with at least another killer version Windows.
If anything that Microsoft is going to stop in their tracks, he competition, which has improved significantly in the last couple of years. Linux is a very strong alternative to Windows. It is not only free to use, but he also supported free software.
On other end of the scale, Apple began Leopard - all in their power operating system so far. Apple has a beautiful outlook interface, second to none. OS X functions very well with almost any mistake, unlike Windows XP, from time to time suffered from the plague of small niggles. This can only be a personal gripe, but certainly should be more thorough way to remove unwanted software. Appeal to msconfig can be effective work around, but it is hardly convenient and not too easy to turn off something important mistake.
Zach Hope is the author of Speed-Up-Windows-XP.com, a site that can teach anyone to accelerate for Windows revitalization of old computers. You can eliminate slowly loaded concerned today and transform your slow computer.



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