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	<description>This blog exists to explore issues related to living a Zen-inspired life of openness, empathy and clarity in the face of change and uncertainty.</description>
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		<title>Kind Speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You should know that kind speech arises from kind mind, and kind mind from the seed of compassionate mind. You should ponder the fact that kind speech is not just praising the merit of others; it has the power to &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1710&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Improve Your Communication</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 16:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles by Robert Althouse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common mythology in American culture continues to be the myth of the cowboy–the rugged individual who goes it alone. Cowboys don&#8217;t need to know what they are feeling or needing, because they spend all their time identifying and exposing &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1688&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Origin of all Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There are three principles in a man&#8217;s being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1699&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Consciousness</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.&#8221; &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1668&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to be Quiet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You need not do anything. Remain sitting at your table and listen. You need not even listen, just wait. You need not even wait, just learn to be quiet, still and solitary. And the world will freely offer itself to &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1665&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Ethic of Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<title>Making Room for Something New</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles by Robert Althouse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Everyday Zen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring is a time when something new arrives. New shoots emerge from the soil. New leaves appear miraculously all at once. When you think of something new, perhaps you imagine buying the latest iPhone or iPad. You might approach spirituality &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1633&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Between These Two, My Life Turns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When I look inside and see that I am nothing, that&#8217;s wisdom. When I look outside and see that I am everything, that&#8217;s love. Between these two, my life turns.&#8221; Nisargadatta Maharaj var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'Your &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1545&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>M Ward &#8211; Chinese Translation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<title>Poem by Antonio Machado</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt–marvelous error!– that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.&#8221; Antonio Machado var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var &#8230; <a href="http://www.zlmc.org/?p=1619&#038;option=com_wordpress&#038;Itemid=216">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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