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		<title>More Balance&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is intended to be a continuation of sorts, of a previous post; &#8220;Balance&#8221;.  and&#8230; perhaps it is. In the previous post, I explored my perceptions of the universe from a strictly humanistic side, from what can be observed &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/more-balance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=65&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Yin/Yang of Ignorance and Understanding</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a simple thing really&#8230; For years I have been frustrated with my own ignorance, but as unenlightened as I am, it has always been relatively easy to notice others who understood even less than myself.  It seemed so &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/the-yinyang-of-ignorance-and-understanding/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=63&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morambler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oftentimes the true significance of my pursuits are obscure even to me.  But it is clearer than ever that the calling that comes so strongly from my pursuit of Eastern Philosophy is the attraction of Balance.  Balance that is only &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/balance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=58&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be Like Water</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be like water. Water conforms itself to whatever vessel or circumstance surrounds it, without being disturbed in any way. Water is yielding and pliable, yet it brings down mountains. Nothing can withstand it. Water can travel anywhere, even ride the &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/be-like-water/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=52&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tao is beyond words, beyond understanding. Words can be used to speak of it, but they cannot contain it. The Tao came before words and names, before Heaven and Earth, before the &#8220;Ten Thousand Things&#8221;. Tao is the Ultimate &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/the-way/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=44&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does True Enlightenment Preclude the Existence of God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morambler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enlightenment has often been likened to the rising of the Sun. It begins with a minuscule increase in the available, ambient light, so discrete as to be almost imperceptible, and continues until the radiant orb is at it&#8217;s zenith. During &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/does-true-enlightenment-preclude-the-existence-of-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=36&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>morambler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;.You, who are inclined to escape from the states of mundane existence, hold fast to the jewel of the spirit of awakening.&#8221;  Shantideva Mindfulness is perhaps the single most difficult task we face. To keep ourselves always aware and focused &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/mindfulness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=26&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Forgetting the Moon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a long time, I wrestled with what I perceived to be, a dilemma: How can someone who professes to be a Christian be so deeply involved in Eastern philosophy and thought?  Am I not being untrue to my belief?  And how can &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/forgetting-the-moon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=23&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began this blog with a strong feeling of purpose, knowing that I wanted to share what I have learned with the world, whether anyone read it or not.  The joy was in the writing. Then after a couple of posts I &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/nothing-special/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=20&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imperturbability</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imperturbability What is it, and how do you get it? One of the thoughts that has been slowly formulating in the back of my conciousness, and brought to awareness in recent years, is simply this: We ALL have our own beliefs, dogma’s, and &#8230; <a href="http://shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/imperturbability/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=shadowsofenlightenment.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3858895&amp;post=18&amp;subd=shadowsofenlightenment&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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