Top Ten PC Games for the Holidays

The following article is a top ten list of the computer video games. The list was derived from gamers whom have come and have rated the computer video games. This top ten list is in no particular order.

Gears of War

Gears of War took all the award in 2006 for game of the year for Xbox 360 now it has come to the PC and still has all the flair of its Xbox 360 counterpart. The PC version has 5 new campaign missions, new multi player modes and more, go check it out!

Enemy Territory Quake Wars

If you like sci-fi multi player co-op type games then you will love Quake Wars. Quake Wars combines the fast-paced action of a shooter with the skill

of a strategy game to provide an amazing online gaming experience. To read the review of it please go to Enemy Territory Quake Wars Reviewed.

halo 2

halo 2 one of the best selling Xbox games has now come to the PC. The PC version has all the same elements has the Xbox counterpart plus a multi player map pack and a level editor. This particular title also needs Windows Vista to run.

f.e.a.r. First Encounter Assault Recon

f.e.a.r. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is an intense combat experience with rich atmosphere and a deeply intense paranormal storyline presented entirely in first person. This first person shooter combines creepy horror with gorgeous visual effects which elevates the game to a new intensity.

Need for Speed Prostreet

design and tweak your car to perfection, then lay it all on the line in high-speed events around the globe. Battle your newly designed car in four distinct racing styles- grip, drag, drift and the all-new speed challenge.

Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3

Probably two of the best real time strategy based PC games on the market. They also can give you a back story on world of Warcraft one of the best online multiple player real time strategy based game on the market.

Deus Ex game of the Year Edition

Deus Ex's game play features and story elements, as well as the expansiveness of the game's environments and the scope of its setting, add up to a satisfying and unusual experience. You have the ability to create stand alone missions, build new 3D maps or modify existing maps, and create new conversations between characters.

Civilization IV

With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. If you have any interest in strategy games, world history, or simply not sleeping at night then get Civilization IV a try.

Neverwinter Nights

Neverwinter Nights basically contains four different elements: the campaign, the toolset, the Dungeon Master client, and the multi player mode. Neverwinter Nights is one of those exceedingly rare games that has a

lot to offer virtually everyone, even if they aren't already into RPGs.

Elder Scrolls 3 morrowind game of the Year Edition

It's a beautiful, sprawling, and open-ended game that lets you play pretty much however you like as long as you're willing to fill in a few blanks using your imagination. The Elder Scrolls III game of the year edition includes: morrowind - The Elder Scrolls III along with full versions of Bloodmoon and Tribunal.

So which computer video games are the best? You decide, if you love first person shooters, Gears of War and halo 2 are a good choice. For real time strategy based games, Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 are good choices. Need for Speed Prostreet would be the pick if you are big into racing. Neverwinter Nights would be a good choice for a pure Role playing Game experience. There is no decisive winner, they are all great computer video games, if you have not played them then I suggest giving them a shot.

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Kriya, a Spiritual Yoga Experience

People seeking a deeper spiritual meaning in their lives have found Kriya yoga. Yogananda brought Kriya yoga to the West in the 1920's. He established the Self-Realization Fellowship as a total yoga experience that addressed the spiritual as well as the physical, all most other western yoga disciplines concentrate on.

A Kriya yogi, as described by Yogananda, mentally moves his life energy around the six spinal centers - the medullar, dorsal, lumbar, coccygeal, cervical, and sacral plexuses. These each relate to the twelve zodiac signs. This subtle energy revolution progresses his evolution, and it is said that this 30 seconds of Kriya is equivalent to a year of natural spiritual growth.

Kriya yoga is based on Kundalina yoga and includes similar asana and meditation methods. Kriya adds some spiritual and esoteric guidelines. It does have its detractors that point out Kriya does not maintain your power comes from within, but that you need a teacher, or guru, to release your spirituality. Although it sounds like an admirable goal, Kriya's attempt to eliminate obstacles begs the question, are the obstacles there for a reason? Is the guru the right person to decide how and when to remove them? It is very important to go into Kriya yoga with a strong sense of self. Never allow another to hijack your self-determination!

Advocates of Kriya yoga believe they can achieve self-realization faster by combining three other yoga methods:

1. Karma yoga is concentrated on the movement of the soul, both out in the world and the inner actions of the mind.

2. Bhakti yoga aims to achieve peace with all the elements of your life through the power of love. It is often stated as "oneness with all creation and cosmic consciousness."

3. Jnana yoga is concerned with intellectual discipline leading to wisdom gained from spiritual knowledge giving freedom of the mind.

Thus, Kriya joins the three into a single discipline. It highlights the relationship between breath and mind. Breath control is self control. Breath mastery is self mastery.

Preparation is the first step in Kriya yoga. The body is prepared with a hatha yoga exercise routine. For beginners or the less flexible, other alternative preparation routines are provided.

Mind preparation comes next. Here you focus your mind by studying general conduct, analyzing your overall health, cleanliness and purity. You may even study your relationship to certain metaphysical principles. These reflective studies help to prepare the mind for later techniques intended to refine and improve the nervous system.

Mantras are taught in Kriya meditation in order to tune the mind and body to a single frequency. Again, the detractors point out, one must be careful that YOU are the chooser of the destination and your mind isn't being controlled by another, even a trusted other.

Although one of a handful of more controversial yoga paths, Kriya yoga has helped many attain spiritual levels they couldn't quite reach with other methods. It may be right for you, but go into it with your eyes open and your protection activated.

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Yoga

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