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Everyone knows at least a little something about meditation... For the past few years, I've collected several books on meditation as well as several tapes and CD's. Yesterday before I went to sleep I learned some useful information about getting into a relaxed state quickly. All you have to do is relax your tongue. Physiologist will nod their heads in agreement. Yes,relaxing your tongue is the quickest way to relax your body and mind;I bet you didn't know that, did you? When you lay down to go to sleep tonight and your brain is going a zillion miles thinking ..... just take a few deep breaths and relax your tongue. The next thing you'll remember is waking up refreshed in the morning!

As I sit here clicking away on the keyboard on the eve of 09/09/09 I feel as giddy as a child the night before Christmas. It is undeniable even to the skeptics,the number 9 has something special and enduring about it. It's my favorite number along with the number 3. Since I have no real data about the number 9 and just a hunch that it's significant, I did a little research and Googled "Interesting facts about the number 9" and found 44,000,000 sites with loads of information. In China, the number 9 is viewed as a "lucky" number. Most of the doors in Forbidden City have 9 rows of 9 nails. In the Bible, while nailed on the cross, Jesus Christ expires at the ninth hour. Then, he appears nine times to his disciples and apostles after his resurrection.There are nine openings of the man for Islam. There are nine stages that the souls of Aztecs should traverse to reach the eternal rest. It takes 9 months for a human fetus to develop in the womb. For the analytical