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    <description>will feature more of the spiritual side of Aikido as it is what moves me deeply. Aikido and the exploration of life is a movement from the gross to the subtle. It is to become more sensitive and more alive to our shared experience. Let this blog move us in the direction of softer interaction, finer discrimination, and to a more powerful expression of our spirit. </description>
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      <title>Usain Bolt and Jesus Christ</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>What are the similarities? Is it that he is so far ahead the competition is forced to ignore him? Why, because not to loose heart? Why is he the only one? Maybe because as all can see from the stands, he is a class all to himself? Where will our young sprinters look for inspiration and guidance, if not to the class leader? &lt;br/&gt;Focused on our own race we cannot afford looking sideways as we sprint down the lane. Training is hard and the confidence is in ones own ability and potential, so maybe self imposed discipline is good for our development but we never loose sight of the world record do we? It is an undeniable mark to strive for, because a human being has proved it is possible to run that fast. Ignoring greatness does nothing for your humility. So I say, give credit where credit is due. Wake up!</description>
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      <title>Be Longing.. </title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>&lt;br/&gt;I'm living in a world that has yet to come into existence.&lt;br/&gt;The only way to make it real is to bring you into it.&lt;br/&gt;I can glorify it, rave about it, but without your help it won't come into being.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It's like... I want to light a fuse wire, set off an avalanche.</description>
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      <title>The Platform Sutra</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>At once, step up onto the platform.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Above, communication can begin.&lt;br/&gt;Below, vain discrimination never ends.</description>
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      <title>Falling Free</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <description>There is, there is not. Positive, negative. Views and convictions. All create proportional emotional experiences. As you view life so it appears to you and so it will respond to you, affirming your view.&lt;br/&gt;Your view projects itself outwards and like in a mirror, is reflected back in precise detail. And you say, &amp;quot;See, I was right!&amp;quot;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What does it matter which view is true if the personal doesn't exist? Anything you are holding up fall within the realm of existence and non-existence. Freedom is not about choosing the positive over the negative. Freedom signifies freedom from belief in separate self-hood. Freedom being all one. Freedom signifies no boundaries, no limits. Freedom means nothing to protect, nothing to justify. Freedom from self.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Basing yourself in a fundamental positive attitude towards life will most likely land you in heavenly realms and the opposite will probably drag you through hell. If we are to believe the eastern religions, heaven is not forever and neither is hell. So is there a middle way to freedom? Can you give up going to heaven? And renounce hell? Seeing that taking any kind of position will land you in its proportional effect. So therefore recognise your positions and be free from them.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Falling free you don't have to clutch air.</description>
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      <title>One Between Two (or true Advaita)</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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