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		<title>The Meditating Brain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in a time when scientific research is finding the same results that the meditative traditions have clearly explained, advocated and shared with humanity through the ages. Meditative awareness has three primary qualities. The first is calmness, the second openness, and the third harmony. — Tarthang Tulku How does calmness show up? Meditation has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Qualities of the Light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been fortunate through the years to train some great people at my Reiki dojo. This was evident again the other day, when the discussion was the subject of the previous post, The Mystery of Cosmic Light. As part of the presentation, I had prepared a list of qualities that reflect the light. Let [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2012/01/qualities-light/</link>
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		<title>The Mystery of Cosmic Light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Units of divine light, finer than electrons and other subatomic particles, are the bricks of which matter is composed. All things seen on the screen of the universe are differentiated currents of cosmic light&#8230; — Paramahansa Yogananda In the physical world objects are illuminated by outer light, not having a light source of their own. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2012/01/mystery-cosmic-light/</link>
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		<title>Year-end</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 is drawing to a close. It&#8217;s been quiet on this blog, but everything that this blog is about also appears on my Facebook and Twitter. In January of this year, I started curating the topic Mindful Spiritual Healing on scoop.it. Web curation is hot and a fantastic way to group together the best information [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/12/year-end/</link>
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		<title>The brain, being positive or negative, and intuition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neuroscience is discovering that the brain has a &#8216;negativity bias.&#8217; This is because processing danger signals is more important to survival than processing signals that are safe. This seems like a sensible adaption of the brain in early humans. We no longer live in constant danger to our survival. It seems some of our primal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/11/brain-positive-negative-intuition/</link>
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		<title>The Lotus Inside—Otagaki Rengetsu&#8217;s Poetry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Living deep in the mountains I’ve grown fond of the Solitary sound of the singing pines; On days the wind does not blow How lonely it is! — Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1895) I came across this poem and instantly recognized myself in it. When a poem can do that, it&#8217;s a very significant moment. So I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/11/lotus-inside%e2%80%94otagaki-rengetsus-poetry/</link>
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		<title>Journaling through the Chakras</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to work with the chakras. One that isn’t often mentioned is the use of personal writing. Chakras are a vast field of study and this isn’t meant to address these wheels of our subtle anatomy completely. First a few words about journaling. While this is a popular practice, many are intimidated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/10/journaling-chakras/</link>
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		<title>What is it to be Empowered?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In its simplest, most direct manifestation, to be empowered is already happening if you&#8217;re consciously involved in working on yourself. If this work is psychological, spiritual or better a combination, and it&#8217;s consistent and sincere, then empowerment is taking place. This truth is often missed. Perhaps your inner work&#8217;s momentum hasn&#8217;t quite gathered yet. Perhaps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/09/empowered/</link>
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		<title>Awareness: Journey into the Heart-Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awareness is a quality which utilizes more sources than the intellect or the brain&#8217;s information processing. The thinking mind cognizes and perceives but neither of these add up to awareness. Awareness includes presence; the presence of the one cognizing. It also considers experiences available from other sources. Signal processing isn&#8217;t the only experience available to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/09/awareness-journey-heart-mind/</link>
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		<title>Pledge to be Love on 9/11/11</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Love in a most wonderful way transforms and spiritualizes wherever it appears. — Paramahansa Yogananda]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/09/pledge-love-91111/</link>
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		<title>Flare Up Your Own Sun</title>
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		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/08/flare-sun/</link>
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		<title>Great Sun Buddha</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wisdom is a cornerstone attribute of life and quality living. The previous post laid down detailed groundwork on the nature of wisdom and its many permutations. &#8216;Perennial wisdom&#8217; and &#8216;wisdom traditions&#8217; have been mentioned many times here. These mean a systematic worldview that has been with humanity through the ages. It&#8217;s a worldview that holds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/08/great-sun-buddha/</link>
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		<title>Wisdom and Compassion as the Path in Reiki</title>
		<description><![CDATA[August 2nd marked the 4th year of this blog&#8217;s life. This post celebrates everything I am and why I started blogging. If you&#8217;re reading this via email or in a reader, do visit the post on the blog itself and experience it as it was meant to be. Your comments are very welcome as well! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/08/wisdom-compassion-path-reiki/</link>
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		<title>The Ins and Outs of Meditation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A basic meditation routine, or even better a more substantial one, is essential for successful living. No matter who you are or what your endeavor is, the way our world is currently, and the way we have to be in the world, this whole process of living is uniquely challenging, a special set of circumstances [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/07/ins-outs-meditation/</link>
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		<title>Why Do Humans Meditate?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we think of meditation, we most often think of it as originating in the Indian subcontinent. This is fairly accurate, although not the whole picture. The earliest known reference to meditation in the region is found on one of the seals in the ruins of civilizations which existed prior to 1500 BCE. Chinese forms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/07/humans-meditate/</link>
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		<title>The Life of Meditation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The average person, adult or child, isn&#8217;t exposed to meditation in our culture. Although the word is commonplace, there are now many scientific studies, and there&#8217;s a familiarity with it from media, meditation is still considered marginal, difficult, and too exotic to mean much. This is unfortunate, because meditation is natural to life and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/06/life-meditation/</link>
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		<title>Being the Silence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there such a thing as true silence? Incarnate in the world, probably not. In the most secluded, pristine corner of nature there are sounds, as pleasant as they may be. In deepest meditation, we may still hear our breath or bloodstream. Life pulses and makes sounds. Worse is all the noise of machines and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/06/being-silence/</link>
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		<title>Unhooking from Neural Circuits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The previous post was about practice. Spiritual practice. The practice of meditation. Let&#8217;s keep appreciating what practice is and how it changes and benefits us. &#8220;We readily accept the idea of spending years learning to walk, read and write, or acquire professional skills. We spend hours doing physical exercises in order to get our bodies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/06/unhooking-neural-circuits/</link>
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		<title>Zen Neuroplasticity and Quantum Dancing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’re bound to become a buddha if you practice. If water drips long enough Even rocks wear through. It’s not true thick skulls can’t be pierced; People just imagine their minds are hard. — Shih-Wu (1272-1352) Shih-Wu or Stone House was a Chinese Chan (Zen) poet and hermit. He also served as abbot of Fuyuan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/06/zen-neuroplasticity-quantum-dancing/</link>
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		<title>The Healing Way of the Urban Healer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the rich history of cross-cultural healing traditions, the healer was responsible mostly locally with his or her art. The world was simpler, less crowded, there was more isolation and globalization hadn&#8217;t emerged. The healer was the tribe&#8217;s health care system. He or she was also an integral part of the entire functioning of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reikihelp.com/blog/2011/05/healing-urban-healer/</link>
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