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	<title>Just So&#187; Hui Neng</title>
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		<title>Another look at Saturn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about Saturn lately; probably because I&#8217;ve got Saturn transiting through the 12th house. And now it&#8217;s working its way towards Venus, which is easily arguably my chart ruler. Saturn represents structure, boundaries and limitations. Psychologically speaking it represents the ego, not as some central point of I, but as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/another-look-at-saturn/</link>
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		<title>Taming the bull</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, this taming, seems to be about getting some distance on the mind; the kind of distance where thoughts are seen to be external, which is I guess glimpsing the bull. Perhaps distance should be called spaciousness. Thoughts arise within a much wider space than the thoughts themselves. And because of that distance there is a measure of control, which seems to be no control at all, because when there is control it is really thoughts controlling
thoughts. Call this wider space presence.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/taming-the-bull/</link>
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		<title>Back to basics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If we don't realise our nature, we are bound in karma]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/back-to-basics/</link>
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		<title>Hypnosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To awaken from the sleep of identification with thought, even the concept of self, that's being awake.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/hypnosis/</link>
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		<title>Karma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[sentient beings sow karma in the mind and reap karma in the mind]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/karma/</link>
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		<title>The Kingdom of Heaven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By dwelling our mind on evil things, hell arises. By dwelling our mind on good acts, paradise appears.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/the-kingdom-of-heaven/</link>
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		<title>Meditation Timers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some additional meditation timers]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/meditation-timers/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/respect/</link>
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		<title>Lessons from the Sopranos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The result of not letting stuff go]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/lessons-from-the-sopranos/</link>
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		<title>Dust</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight while meditating I was reminded of Xin Shao. Our body is a Bodhi-Tree, And our mind a mirror bright. Carefully we wipe them hour by hour, And let no dust alight. And Hui Neng&#8217;s response was so brilliant. There is no Bodhi-tree, Nor stand of a mirror bright, Since all is void, Where can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mikaelaldridge.com/zen/dust/</link>
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