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 Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 10:02am On Jul 01, 2016 |
The map is not reality! We also create an emotional attachment to our map. It’s our personal version of what is real and we have a vested interest in verifying its accuracy. We want it to be real because it’s familiar, and that makes us feel safe and secure. This is why we are willing to distort, or even ignore, almost anything that might undermine our map. Despite our best efforts though, sometimes our map of reality comes unraveled. Usually this involves emotionally charged events that don’t fit the map, and can’t be ignored. It’s like basing your map on a flat world, and then discovering you were wrong. Now your world doesn’t make sense anymore and your map falls apart. 1 Like |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 10:00am On Jul 01, 2016 |
customize the facts to fit our map If we have created a map where opportunity is everywhere, that’s what we will see. When our map is based on opportunity, we won’t view challenges as obstacles because that wouldn’t harmonize with our map. So we interpret the facts in a way that allows them to fit in with, and support, our internal map of reality. Here’s the catch. For most people the way the map creates their reality on a day to day basis is completely outside of their conscious awareness. And because the process takes place on a subconscious level, they don’t see how they are creating their own reality. Instead of feeling like something they created, it seems like it’s coming from an external source. 2 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 9:59am On Jul 01, 2016 |
To the mind, your map is reality! The way in which your map is constructed will determine many aspects of your life. It will be a major determining factor in your success or failure, your happiness or unhappiness, and your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with your entire life experience. Remember when people believed that the world was flat? That belief completely changed the way they viewed and interacted with their world. It didn’t matter that the world was really round. They believed it was flat and that belief had a powerful influence on their version of the real world. It changed the way they interpreted the facts. |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 9:57am On Jul 01, 2016 |
Your Internal Map of Reality From the moment you entered this life, your subconscious mind has been busy collecting and processing information. Combined with your experiences, this information is used to create your beliefs about who you are as a person, and how you fit into the world around you. Because these beliefs are based on your evaluation, and emotional conclusions of your personal experiences, they are accepted by your subconscious as being absolutely true. Your subconscious mind then uses these personal “truths” to construct your personal version of the real world. In other words, your beliefs become the foundation of your internal map of reality. 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 9:56am On Jul 01, 2016 |
By now, most of us realize that our perception of reality is heavily influenced by our beliefs, but the full extent of this influence is often underestimated. Each of us has a variety of methods for altering our reality so it conforms to what we believe to be real. Each of us is a reality alteration expert. In part one of this series we talked about how our beliefs provide a structured process through which we evaluate everything in our lives. Now it’s time to take that concept a step further and look at the influence of your beliefs on… |
| Christianity Etc › Re: I Wonder If There Is A God by theEYe21(f): 9:55am On Jul 01, 2016 |
Understanding that the mind is only creative can help us grasp the power of beliefs. George Orwell once said that “myths which are believed in tend to become true.” This is especially true on an individual basis. 3 Likes |
| Christianity Etc › Re: What Are The Reasons Behind Seeing Bibles In The Hotels And No Quran. by theEYe21(f): 9:26am On Jul 01, 2016 |
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| European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Poland Vs Portugal : Euro 2016 Q-finals (3 - 5) pens On 30th June 2016 by theEYe21(f): 10:14pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Thumbs up for fabianski  |
| Travel › Re: 7 Yoruba Words You’ll Need To Survive In Lagos by theEYe21(f): 9:15pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Iranu abasha  |
| Travel › Re: 7 Yoruba Words You’ll Need To Survive In Lagos by theEYe21(f): 9:12pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Ele o |
| Family › Re: Annoying Attitudes Some Women Display by theEYe21(f): 3:38pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Bisjosh: 1 Like |
| Family › Re: Annoying Attitudes Some Women Display by theEYe21(f): 3:35pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Flashh: 2 Likes |
| Family › Re: Funbact A Or Skinneal? Which Is Beta? by theEYe21(f): 3:24pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Both |
| Family › Re: Photo: 29 Year Old Nigerian Man Marries 69 Year Old European Grandma by theEYe21(f): 3:08pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
He's a disgrace to himself! All because of paper  |
| Family › Re: I Started To Have SEX With My Daughter Out Of Frustration by theEYe21(f): 3:04pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
He's a disgrace to fatherhood |
| Family › Re: I Started To Have SEX With My Daughter Out Of Frustration by theEYe21(f): 3:02pm On Jun 30, 2016 |
Shameless man *spits* |
| Family › Re: Is Marriage Compulsory? by theEYe21(f): 9:30pm On Jun 29, 2016 |
Some people are married and lonely and unhappy thorpido: |
| Christianity Etc › Re: It Take The Following Things To Walk With God And To Be A Good Christian. by theEYe21(f): 9:29pm On Jun 29, 2016 |
You really don't get it do you? LIBERTY1980: |
| Family › Re: Is Marriage Compulsory? by theEYe21(f): 1:02pm On Jun 29, 2016 |
Rather your partner thorpido: |
| Family › Re: Is Marriage Compulsory? by theEYe21(f): 9:34am On Jun 29, 2016 |
Come and stop us. Rubbish! There's something called freedom Olufemiolaolu: |
| Family › Re: Is Marriage Compulsory? by theEYe21(f): 9:32am On Jun 29, 2016 |
Must you marry to have a companion? You can have a long lasting relationship and be happy with your spouse without marriage thorpido: |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 7:36am On Jun 29, 2016 |
This thread is about top 13 lucrative Buisnesses, feel free to add yours  olatunjithomas: |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:29pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
13. Human Trafficking Human trafficking could be the ultimate organized crime. Essentially, people are tricked or stolen away from their homes and turned into slaves. Girls and women become prostitutes, children are trafficked for adoptions purposes, still others are forced into bondage as laborers. Human trafficking is worth a relatively paltry $32 billion today, but it’s the fastest growing organized crime in the world. At least 27 million people around the world were slaves in 2008, according to American Public Radio. That number will only go up. In Europe and North America, sex trafficking alone generated as much as $9 billion in 2004. When you consider the low overhead involved, human trafficking could be one of the most profitable businesses around. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:27pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
12. Entertainment Combating boredom has always been good business. Whether it’s paying $20 for a 3-D Shrek movie or being one of 11 million people to buy a copy of Halo 3, consumers always seem to have entertainment money on hand. The US is the biggest entertainment market in the world, raking in an estimated $726 billion this year (PWC projection). The lowly TV, it turns out, still has a lot of cash-cow power. TV ads are estimated to make more than $200 million of that. Hollywood movie studios will make most of their profits from come from TV licensing. Computer and video game software, meanwhile, made $11.7 billion in 2008. The number of games sold worldwide continues to grow. On the international stage, Asia is catching up, with a projected $425 billion entertainment market this year. China is leading the pack; some say the Chinese film industry will be bigger than the US’s by 2050. Even if we’re all watching movies on our iPads in a few years, entertainment in its many forms will continue to be one of the most lucrative markets around. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:23pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
11. Pharmaceuticals The global pharmaceutical market is estimated to be worth more than $700 billion. They’re also one of the world’s most profitable industries (with profit as a percentage of revenue). Yet patent expirations threaten the pharma industry’s profit engine. The US, which boasts some of the world’s most profitable pharma companies, has a big patent cliff coming in 2012. Pharma companies are scrambling to find new drugs, redefine old ones, and sell to new markets to retain their bite of the profit pie. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:20pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
10 Pornography How big is porn? Well, how big do you want it to be, baby? Porn sales statistics are notoriously hard to get your hands on. Everyone seems to have a size estimate, but nobody has an accurate measuring stick to see how big the industry really is. One 2006 estimate has the global porn industry at $97 billion in revenues. Although piracy is eating into the profits of more traditional outlets like paid online subscriptions and DVDs, underpaid porn stars and nearly infinite distribution channels ensure that the industry remains strong. Everyone from Verizon (smartphone porn) to Marriott (pay-per-porn) profits off the stuff. According to one estimate, 28,000 Internet users are watching porn every second. Adult-oriented video games, magazines, anime and manga also diversify porn’s income channels. Even though the economies of porn market leaders Great Britain, South Korea, and the US have have slumped, peoples’ sex drive hasn’t. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:17pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
9. Alcohol The combined market cap of the world’s five biggest alcohol companies is $227 billion. Nearly 200 billion liters of alcohol were sold in 2004; that number has since gone up, thanks in large part to developing countries in Eastern Europe and Asia. Still, “the leading alcohol marketing companies are nearly all headquartered in developed nations, rank among the world’s largest transnational corporations, and rely on large marketing budgets to dominate the market and extract oligopoly profits,” according to the World Health Organization. They profit heavily off those addicted to their products. In the US, for example, the “top top 5% of drinkers consume about 42% of the alcohol sold,” according to Corporations and Health. Add in minors, who consume about 17.5% of total alcohol sold, and binge drinkers, and you have an ongoing lucrative proposition. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:15pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
8. Banking The recent global liquidity crisis brought down the pre-tax profits of the world’s top 1,000 banks to a measly $115 billion. Still, those same banks hold $800 trillion in assets. If those asset numbers go much higher, they’re going to be the first industry to introduce us to the concept of quadrillion. Investment banking fees alone made banks $66 billion in 2009. Nearly half of those revenues came from US banks, followed by Europe. That said, the world’s most profitable bank today is the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, which made $16 billion in profits in 2008. |
| Nairaland General › Re: The World's Most Lucrative Business Markets by theEYe21(op): 11:12pm On Jun 28, 2016 |
7. Gambling Last year, gross legal gaming revenues in the US were about $33 billion. Nevada alone was responsible for more than $10 billion of that. If you add other global gambling centers, such as Macau (which brought in $1.7 billion this February alone), Monte Carlo, Estonia, other legal global casinos bring that amount up substantially. Virtual venues also rake in returns. The American Gaming Association says that “Internet gambling revenue for offshore companies was estimated to be $5.9 billion in 2008 from players in the United States and $21.0 billion from players worldwide.” Take away the taxes, and gambling becomes a sea of profit. In the US alone, illegal sports wagers are worth as much as $380 billion annually, according to one National Gambling Impact Study Commission estimate. (About 92% of those earnings go to organized crime groups.) How big is illegal gambling? Perhaps Roger Dunstan sums it up best in this government report: “We are ignorant about the full extent of it.” Suffice to say, it is very lucrative. |
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