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	<title>The Meditations &#187; Philosophy</title>
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	<description>Exploration and experimentation in living the Good Life</description>
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		<title>A Secret to Enjoying Any Situation Fearlessly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve learned an awesome philosophy from one of my mentors recently. If practiced daily, it can allow you to enjoy any activity or situation you come across in life without the burden of fear, or any negative feeling and emotion; embarrassment, regret, etc. It&#8217;s especially perfect for those situations that you have always wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Worry, Be Happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Worrying about other people seems to be a common theme I notice, among myself, men and women, young and old, that rules people&#8217;s thoughts and essentially their minds. Its everywhere; gossip magazines about the lifestyles of the rich and famous, the constant slandering of those who make mistakes, and the envy of those who triumph. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Gen-Y Should Practice Meditation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.&#8221; &#8211; Buddha For the past 6 months I have waken up every Friday morning at 6 AM to participate in a meditation club. I was lured to &#8220;Mind Your Business Club&#8221; by my friend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;He who laughs last doesn&#8217;t get it&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realize more and more the gift of Laughter. Laughing is healthy for you and obviously makes things more fun. Besides releasing endorphins and increading your heartrate, its great for relationships socially and in the workplace. According to Robert Provine, from the book A Whole New Mind, laughter has more to do with relationships than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life is like a Metaphor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 17:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metaphor is the understanding of one thing in terms of something else, and is a product of Right-brain thinking.  The book, A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink, stresses the importance of developing and using Right-brain thinking in the businesses world and life.  Left brain = literal and textual.  Right brain = metaphorical and contextual.  Knowledge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You Get What You Give&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up a 90s kid, I was heavily influenced by 90s music,  and I have to admit, I still enjoy those infamous 90s one-hit wonders.  Recently heard the New Radicals - You Get What You Give, which was basically my anthem during the 90s, and got slapped with perhaps the best advice I think anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;We cannot step twice into the same river&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently studying the Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the Hays Translation.  &#8220;We cannot step twice into the same river&#8221; &#8211; Heraclitus Marcus expands on this&#8230; &#8220;Time is a river, a violent current of events, glimpsed once and already carried passed us, and another follows and is gone.&#8221;  (4.43 in Hays)  Its amazing at how I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mirrors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;People mirror back to us the reality of who we are&#8221; I read this phrase from the book, The Third Jesus, by Deepak Chopra. Very similar to the golden rule, &#8220;Do not do unto others as you would expect they should do unto you&#8221;. So when you sit down face to face with reality, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are our Experiences</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I read an interesting post by Joseph Kelly on the phrase; &#8220;We are our Experiences&#8221;. Joseph&#8217;s post definitely made me search for the true meaning on that phrase. As Joseph recognized and stated, people often accept things the way they are, or make excuses for things that happen to them, by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year, New Habits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ronnie Nurss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Men&#8217;s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. ~Confucius, Analects A new year has just kicked off, so it seems appropriate to set some goals into place. Among the hundreds of goals flooding my mind this week, there was one that is most apparent; breaking down the bad habits and develop new [...]]]></description>
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