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	<description>In stores now!  Integrating Buddhism and 12-Step recovery from all addictions. Meditations, reviews, tips and more at the12stepbuddhist.com</description>
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		<title>How to Make Water Bowl Offerings</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/how-to-make-water-bowl-offerings</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[water bowls]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the YouTube Playlist of how to make water bowl offerings. It is in 3 parts. Enjoy!

&#169;2010 the 12 Step Buddhist. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>Want Cheese With That Whine: The Voices of Self-loathing and Self-love</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/want-cheese-with-that-whine-the-voices-of-self-loathing-and-self-love</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/want-cheese-with-that-whine-the-voices-of-self-loathing-and-self-love#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[12-Steps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction and Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-talk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am the voice of self-love. 

I've heard everything self-loathing has to say. It's OK. Nothing new there. My job is to support the self - no matter how he's feeling. I'm here, and have always been here. In fact, I was Present before the seed met the egg. When his mother was stressed, didn't want to be pregnant, smoked cigarettes and got sick, I was here. I'm the real nurturer. In me, the self can always feel safe.]]></description>
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		<title>Drinking in My Dreams</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/drinking-in-my-dreams</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/drinking-in-my-dreams#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:35:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[But in 1995 I relapsed for real with almost 10 years of sobriety. But I couldn't wake up from that reality. It wasn't just a dream. It's quite shocking to dream that you've woken from a drunk dream but then discovered that it was not a dream at all.

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		<title>Episode 011 – Mirror Neurons and Recovery</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/episode-011-mirror-neurons-and-recovery</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/episode-011-mirror-neurons-and-recovery#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mirror neurons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Episode 011 features Don Goewey, author of Mystic Cool. We discuss neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to grow neurons) as it relates to stress, fear and addiction. Don gives an explanation of Mirror Neurons and their role in the social brain’s ability to learn from participating in support groups such as 12-Step programs. Don ends with some easy to use tips for healthy brain development using some tools he learned from his long time friend, psychologist Carl Rogers.]]></description>
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		<title>Disturb the Comfortable, Comfort the Disturbed</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/disturb-the-comfortable-comfort-the-disturbed</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/disturb-the-comfortable-comfort-the-disturbed#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=1032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Combine a smart ass 12-stepper with a holier-than-now Zen-tillectual and you've got a reason for Prozac whether you're the subject or the object. On one hand we're superior because we've overcome addiction and on the other because we've found The Way. Add the ability to quote some Freud and you get an insufferable jerk who really knows how to get under people's skins. ]]></description>
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		<title>Be-ism or Theism</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/be-ism-or-theism</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/be-ism-or-theism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>12stepbuddhist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I admittedly don't know how to use theism, or the belief in an outside force, to feel better. As much as I've tried to use externals to change my feelings it's never worked on any long term basis. Be it from drugs, women, grades, raises, applause, laughter - temporary relief always fades. And guess what doesn't? That pervasive dark feeling of dis-ease, shining black through like a reverse sunrise-blinding any glimmer of satisfaction that the crack of quick cash or a fat stash or batting eye lash could give me. Gone. And there I am left to feel, one more time, like the wrong side of a colon.]]></description>
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		<title>New Webcast Time: 6pm PST Alternate Wednesdays</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/webcast-430-pm-pst-today-november-4th</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/webcast-430-pm-pst-today-november-4th#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webcasts will be scheduled for 6pm Pacific Standard Time every other Wednesday. The next several dates are: Jan 20th, Feb 3rd, Feb. 17th, March 3rd.
Other sessions may happen spontaneously and will be announced on Twitter and Facebook. Group sessions may be scheduled as well. Send an email and we&#8217;ll set a time.
Free TV : Ustream

&#169;2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Episode 010 – Create the Fellowship You Crave</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/episode-010-create-the-fellowship-you-crave</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/episode-010-create-the-fellowship-you-crave#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=919</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Create a 12-Step Meditation meeting, finding a Dharma teacher, learning more about Buddhism, integrating with 12-Step recovery. ]]></description>
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		<title>Webcasts Beginning October 28th (not the 21st)</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/webcasts-beginning-october-21st</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Webcasts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://the12stepbuddhist.com/?p=915</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To log in to webcasts please click the Webcast tab. These free video webcasts will be scheduled for 4pm Pacific Standard Time on Wednesdays starting October 28th. I apologize for not being able to start them on the 21st but there were some technical issues with the Flash player. I&#8217;m going back to the ustream.tv [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review by Siona van Dijk of Gaia.com</title>
		<link>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/review-by-siona-van-dijk-of-gaia-com</link>
		<comments>http://the12stepbuddhist.com/review-by-siona-van-dijk-of-gaia-com#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren Littlejohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[the book is true genius--it manages to maintain a reverence and respect for the twelve steps, while allowing for an "atheistic" interpretation of the process.]]></description>
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