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		<title>Supporting mindfulness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is involved in attention, judgment, planning, impulse control, execution and empathy. Is this related to what buddhists call mindfulness? I think it is. Alcohol and drugs harm this part of the brain, which is why perhaps you often find injunctions to not drink or take drugs. On the other hand, from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Respect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[...When we treat our attainment as void there really is no disrespect is there, which I'm sure was Hui Neng's basis for the discussion, so he didn't experience disrespect what he saw instead was the next step for his disciple, the curbing of arrogance...]]></description>
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		<title>The Third Eye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Open your eye and all is light]]></description>
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