<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401</id><updated>2025-08-29T10:18:35.478-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dixonisms</title><subtitle type='html'>Dixonisms: Assorted Notions From a Dixon.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401.post-4105074782168476834</id><published>2012-05-30T17:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2025-08-29T09:28:41.046-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spasms of Consciousness</title><content type='html'>&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Awareness is both a supreme gift and an unbridled curse. Have you noticed? The illusion of time is specifically tied to awareness and memory. We punish ourselves, or occasionally please ourselves, with memories of that which is forever gone. We terrify ourselves, or drive ourselves on, with visions of a non-existent future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span face=&quot;Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Everything happens &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dixonisms.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;right now&lt;/a&gt;, always.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;http://www.dixonisms.com/&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/4105074782168476834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2012/05/spasms-of-consciousness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4105074782168476834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4105074782168476834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2012/05/spasms-of-consciousness.html' title='Spasms of Consciousness'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401.post-4946516699080325776</id><published>2011-05-19T08:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-19T08:59:08.803-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Personal Cultivation</title><content type='html'>Is it a mystery that what we practice each day becomes our fate? &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xaxeres.com/&quot;&gt;Xaxeres&lt;/a&gt; exists to help you expand in all directions using a balanced approach. Enjoy!&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;http://www.dixonisms.com/&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/4946516699080325776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2011/05/personal-cultivation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4946516699080325776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4946516699080325776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2011/05/personal-cultivation.html' title='Personal Cultivation'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401.post-4814610210538405278</id><published>2011-03-08T09:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-07-21T15:48:07.785-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Quest to be Interesting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;We either amuse ourselves or rely on other things to amuse us. This is a matter of autonomy. The majority of people lack the will to be autonomous, which is not the same thing as being alone or entirely self-sufficient.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Who or what is responsible for each of us? Others? No. I believe we are responsible for ourselves to the degree that we can control our actions, and responsible for our reactions to that which we cannot control. It is in this light that I developed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xaxeres.com/&quot; style=&quot;color: blue;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Xaxerean &quot;Principle&quot; Pattern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The pattern is simple, but not easy. Those who choose to practice it pick a pursuit for each day of the week. These pursuits are things that the user wishes to master, with a focus on the specific outcomes of pleasure, victory, health, wealth, power, skill, and wisdom. It is deceptively simple, but is the end result of many years of investigation into ancient and modern psychological and spiritual systems. Profit from it!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;This pattern will mean something different to each person, which is the idea. Most organizations insist that their practitioners engage in the same behaviors. This simplifies the process of control over the subservient population, but is not the path for those who seek freedom in spiritual or material development.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;http://www.dixonisms.com/&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/4814610210538405278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2011/03/quest-to-be-interesting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4814610210538405278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/4814610210538405278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2011/03/quest-to-be-interesting.html' title='The Quest to be Interesting'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401.post-3913785896318089000</id><published>2010-11-29T14:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T08:57:04.111-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blasphemy and Heresy</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Blasphemy&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt; is a communication by an outsider that is unacceptable to the members of a faith-based organization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy&quot;&gt;Heresy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt; is the same as &lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy&quot;&gt;Blasphemy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, but perpetrated by one who is inside the organization. These violations may be quite tame, but often result in the death of the initiating party at the hands of outraged believers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Fundamental reality is not faith-based. It merely exists, despite our beliefs or lack thereof.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sometimes it takes an extreme measure to rid the human race of specific fictional beliefs. I call these &quot;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;unthinkable abominations&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;. They are so named because a &quot;true believer&quot; cannot even conceive the idea.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once these concepts have been conjured up by a heretic or blasphemer, they become &quot;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;unspeakable abominations&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot; until they are actually communicated. Upon being uttered, or written down and read by an audience, they graduate to the status of potential &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/abomination&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;abominations&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. Someone might actually do something.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Once the abomination is successfully perpetrated upon the world, it becomes&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality&quot;&gt;REALITY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;. Fa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;ncy that - the unthinkable becomes the unspeakable, which becomes spoken and then becomes real. Reality always wins.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;http://www.dixonisms.com/&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/3913785896318089000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2010/11/blasphemy-and-heresy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/3913785896318089000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/3913785896318089000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2010/11/blasphemy-and-heresy.html' title='Blasphemy and Heresy'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7285655197259731401.post-6280522765317237478</id><published>2010-08-06T14:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-29T14:49:56.275-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Screech of Victory</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;My plans are manifesting well and this makes me quite cheerful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;*&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xaxeres.com/&quot;&gt;SCREECH&lt;/a&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;http://www.dixonisms.com/&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/feeds/6280522765317237478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2010/08/screech-of-victory.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/6280522765317237478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7285655197259731401/posts/default/6280522765317237478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dixonisms.blogspot.com/2010/08/screech-of-victory.html' title='The Screech of Victory'/><author><name>Dixon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02644087105835776941</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>