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	<title>The Mindful Word</title>
	
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		<title>RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK: Following the creative cycle to find the right person</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[passion]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Many people seek a real and satisfying relationship, but few get to experience one. A common approach is to believe in “love at first sight.” I [...]
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		<title>THE GOD I AM: No longer held captive by the Bible</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[contemplations]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve questioned Christianity all my life, but the ship didn’t start sinking until a few years back when I wrote my first Statement of Passions [...]
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		<title>WHOSE LIVES ARE WE LIVING? Practicing helicopter parenting or facilitating life learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 03:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[home schooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life learning]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[These are times of confusion and polarization regarding what sort of parenting children need. And life learning parents seem to be an easy target of [...]
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		<title>LETTER FROM THE FUTURE: Legacy—not a love story with the Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 03:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ecology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oil drilling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voluntary simplicity]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Hey there Mr. Prime Minister, President, King, Despot, Corporate Mogul and globally cloned counterparts—congratulations from the new century! The year is 2101 to be exact, [...]
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		<title>CREATE EFFECTIVE CHANGE: Awakening to your inner purpose</title>
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		<comments>http://www.themindfulword.org/2013/create-effective-change-awakening-to-your-inner-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[contemplations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awakening]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eckhart tolle]]></category>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Some people predicted the end of the world on December 21, 2012, but amazingly we are still here! Others, with an interest in numerology, thought [...]
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		<title>THE LAW OF REVERSE EFFECT: The harder you try, the more difficult everything becomes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[habits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[law of reverse effect]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A natural law of reverse effect exists in the energetic universe. Understanding how reverse effect works in our psyche can help us understand our psychological [...]
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		<title>THE BIG MOVE: How to simplify your life when relocating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voluntary simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[san francisco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simple living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplify]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[After planning the big move for quite some time, Ann and I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Boulder, Colorado. Since we consciously [...]
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		<title>TIME TO TAKE ACTION: Seeing isn’t enough, we must act to change the world</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themindfulword/~3/H4nKj-kQLY4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themindfulword.org/2013/time-to-take-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janeolivier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[mindful action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beggars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[She has another baby, the thought rolled through my head. I commented to a friend walking with me who hadn’t noticed. And she did. A [...]
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		<title>Spring 2013 issue</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themindfulword/~3/Z-Puasat6uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themindfulword.org/2013/spring-earth-element/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>UB Hawthorn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[digital magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creative cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[effective change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable agriculture]]></category>

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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The solidity of earth grounds us and keeps us firmly focused. It is the earth stage of the creative cycle that is our action stage. It [...]
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		<title>INTERVIEW WITH JD MESSINGER: Practical solutions to shed a negative mindset and faulty programming</title>
		<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/themindfulword/~3/HiY8aau6pts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.themindfulword.org/2013/jd-messinger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica Roberts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[personal growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[11 Days in May]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[faulty programming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JD Messinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative mindset]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.themindfulword.org/?p=15548</guid>
		
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[In 2012, JD Messinger released his first novel, 11 Days in May: The Conversation That Will Change Your Life. Messinger broke his neck in 2000, [...]
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