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	<title>Blending Zen &#187; Motivation</title>
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		<title>Glorious Awakening of the Three Jewels</title>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/10/20/glorious-awakening-of-the-three-jewels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday October 19, 2008 was a very special day for me.  On this day Lopon Barbara of the Garchen Buddhist Institute in Prescott, AZ came to town for a day of Dharma.  Our little Sangha had more attendance on this day than it has in awhile, which is not surprising when the teacher comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quiet Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ScottyDoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Each day before breakfast the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, Thubten Chodron, gives a morning motivation for residents and guests. Below is a teaching given during March 2008.)
Quiet Place.
Have you ever had this experience? You walk outside, and all of a sudden the silence strikes you&#8211;it&#8217;s in such sharp contrast to the chatter that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treading Water</title>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/08/15/treading-water/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ScottyDoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like I&#8217;ve been swimming for a long time with no clear direction or destination.  The direction I was given from time I was born has turned out to be a different direction than I care to go.  I swam so long in that direction that now I&#8217;m out of breath and stopped swimming. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Will Seek Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/06/25/i-will-seek-wisdom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ScottyDoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After seeing the discussion generated from my &#8220;The Buck Stops Here&#8221; post, I thought I wold continue posting the rest of the excerpts from the book The Traveler&#8217;s Gift.  These excerpts are the 7 life decisions given to the main character in the book in letter form from various historical figures throughout time, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Buck Stops Here: Taking Personal Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://blendingzen.org/blog/2008/06/11/the-buck-stops-here/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ScottyDoo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been needing a kick in the pants lately, as I&#8217;ve found myself not taking responsibility for many of the emotions I feel and the situations I find myself in.
Photo by lar3
As it happens, Leo over at Zen Habits was wrote a post on the topic of personal responsibility today.  What perfect timing, eh? [...]]]></description>
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