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><channel><title>The Irreverent Buddhist &#187; Prose</title> <atom:link href="http://freedomforall.net/category/prose/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://freedomforall.net</link> <description>Don&#039;t rely on anything to save you. Don&#039;t believe politicians will help you. Don&#039;t believe the newspapers tell the whole truth.</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:09:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>What does it mean to walk the path of the Buddha?</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/what-does-it-mean-to-walk-the-path-of-the-buddha/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/what-does-it-mean-to-walk-the-path-of-the-buddha/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Equanimity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=1114</guid> <description><![CDATA[Not as easy a question to answer as to ask, in every country Buddhism has visited, it has mutated or taken on local customs in some way. However in coming to the west it has also been subject to rational empiricism, which is the stance the Buddha taught to take. As a western Buddhist I [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/what-does-it-mean-to-walk-the-path-of-the-buddha/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pulp Fiction</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/pulp-fiction/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/pulp-fiction/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=1080</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the final scene of Pulp Fiction. Jules: There&#8217;s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. &#8220;The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/pulp-fiction/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Jessica Looks Down The Rabbit Hole: The Amish Facebook</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/jessica-looks-down-the-rabbit-hole-the-amish-facebook/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/jessica-looks-down-the-rabbit-hole-the-amish-facebook/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:07:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Computers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=805</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jess Best wrote in her blog, &#8220;Jessica Best&#8217;s Blog&#8221; (here) and (here) how during travels with the Amish she discovered their own form of long established social networking. It&#8217;s not exactly facebook, but it works for the Amish and Jess writes rather well, so it&#8217;s a good read. Listen to this post]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/jessica-looks-down-the-rabbit-hole-the-amish-facebook/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>And Now For Something Completely Different</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/and-now-for-something-completely-different/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/and-now-for-something-completely-different/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:59:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Childhood Sexual Abuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[CSA]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=797</guid> <description><![CDATA[The world around us smells of decay An empire beholden to men of hair grey The streets are filled with many lost souls Who can&#8217;t find their way in this city of gold Lost souls since some day long ago When they wondered and laughed and Did not know all the things and stuff That [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/and-now-for-something-completely-different/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Shoe Thrown At Bush Is Worth Two On Your Feet !</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/a-shoe-thrown-at-bush-is-worth-two-on-your-feet/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/a-shoe-thrown-at-bush-is-worth-two-on-your-feet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:42:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bush]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Criminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dog]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Insult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Murderer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shoe]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=627</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the BBC: In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, Iraqi television journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi stood up and shouted &#8220;this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,&#8221; before hurling a shoe at Mr Bush which narrowly missed him. Showing the soles of shoes to someone is a sign of contempt [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/a-shoe-thrown-at-bush-is-worth-two-on-your-feet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What Is Mad? What Is Sane? And, Most Importantly, Who Is The Judge?</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/what-is-mad-what-is-sane-and-most-importantly-who-is-the-judge/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/what-is-mad-what-is-sane-and-most-importantly-who-is-the-judge/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:46:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/what-is-mad-what-is-sane-and-most-importantly-who-is-the-judge/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Someone asked me if I was &#8220;mental&#8221;. Actually I&#8217;m not &#8220;mental&#8221; strictly speaking though I am a Crazy Wisdom Guru of the Karma-Kagyu and Nyingma Lineages of Tibbetain Buddhism. For those whose minds inhabit traditional patterns of sanity my thinking can seem &#8220;mental&#8221;, i&#8217;ll admit. I was taking the &#8220;p&#8221; out of science and Lorreal: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/what-is-mad-what-is-sane-and-most-importantly-who-is-the-judge/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>God Bless America &#8211; And According To Their TV He is Doing So, Driving Round In A Four By Four (SUV), Viewing Real Estate In Which To Invest His Instant Get Rich Quick Profits.</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/god-bless-america-and-according-to-their-tv-he-is-doing-so-driving-round-in-a-four-by-four-suv-viewing-real-estate-in-which-to-invest-his-instant-get-rich-quick-profits/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/god-bless-america-and-according-to-their-tv-he-is-doing-so-driving-round-in-a-four-by-four-suv-viewing-real-estate-in-which-to-invest-his-instant-get-rich-quick-profits/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:28:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/2007/04/18/god-bless-america-and-according-to-their-tv-he-is-doing-so-driving-round-in-a-four-by-four-suv-viewing-real-estate-in-which-to-invest-his-instant-get-rich-quick-profits/</guid> <description><![CDATA[I really loved California - at least that little bit I saw.  Not their TV though. According to American TV God is blessing America, driving round in a four by four (SUV), viewing real estate in which to invest His instant get rich quick profits. This is not a paid for website. Listen to this post Listen to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/god-bless-america-and-according-to-their-tv-he-is-doing-so-driving-round-in-a-four-by-four-suv-viewing-real-estate-in-which-to-invest-his-instant-get-rich-quick-profits/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Freud Said.</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/freud-said/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/freud-said/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:14:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Childhood Sexual Abuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Medical History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/2007/02/15/freud-said/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mortido and Libido, Freud said, ruled our lives. These ad-hoc structures are but points on a scale, limits within which one finds all aspects of self. Habits of perception and being dictate patterns that assume control. Parts of a whole, a system of control. A little commitee. Listen to this post Listen to this post]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/freud-said/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Finding My Feet In France: Or Why Britain Stinks.</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/finding-my-feet-in-france-or-why-britain-stinks/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/finding-my-feet-in-france-or-why-britain-stinks/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:35:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=383</guid> <description><![CDATA[Crossing the River Seine, heading from, the left bank to the right, I am stopped by a tourist asking me to take a photograph of himself and his family. &#8220;I&#8217;m English&#8221;, I say, &#8220;so now I am going to say &#8217;say cheese&#8217;&#8221;, before taking the snap, which puts a smile on their faces &#8211; even [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/finding-my-feet-in-france-or-why-britain-stinks/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Now: Where Am I?</title><link>http://freedomforall.net/now-where-am-i/</link> <comments>http://freedomforall.net/now-where-am-i/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:16:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prose]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://freedomforall.net/?p=380</guid> <description><![CDATA[There is now. There is a collection of past experiences. There is a collection of habits. There are feelings, perceptions, stories, body, movement and change. Where am I? Listen to this post Listen to this post]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://freedomforall.net/now-where-am-i/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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