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	<title>Christopher Hansard</title>
	<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com</link>
	<description>Spirituality, Self-Knowledge and The Art of Living</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ we are not our thoughts]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/07/03/christopher-hansard-we-are-not-our-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[we are not our thoughts
yet we become bound by them
we are not our actions
yet we can be described by them
we are not our beliefs
yet we can be shaped by them
we are not our emotions
yet we can experience our emotions as
being all that there is
&#160;
we are and we are not
our thoughts
we are
responsible one for the other
and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">we are not our thoughts</p>
<p align="center">yet we become bound by them</p>
<p align="center">we are not our actions</p>
<p align="center">yet we can be described by them</p>
<p align="center">we are not our beliefs</p>
<p align="center">yet we can be shaped by them</p>
<p align="center">we are not our emotions</p>
<p align="center">yet we can experience our emotions as</p>
<p align="center">being all that there is</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">we are and we are not</p>
<p align="center">our thoughts</p>
<p align="center">we are</p>
<p align="center">responsible one for the other</p>
<p align="center">and yet we are not our thoughts</p>
<p align="center">we are responsible for what another thinks</p>
<p align="center">and its effect upon the world</p>
<p align="center">just as a raindrop contains all the water of the world</p>
<p align="center">so one thought holds the entire planet</p>
<p align="center">in balance</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ light and vision]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/07/02/christopher-hansard-light-and-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[vision
can be
without
light
vision
generates
its own
light
by its nature
light is made
and directed
light
is
consciousness
on every level
of materialism
and
is the beginning
middle and end
light and vision
are who we
are and shall
be
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">vision</p>
<p align="center">can be</p>
<p align="center">without</p>
<p align="center">light</p>
<p align="center">vision</p>
<p align="center">generates</p>
<p align="center">its own</p>
<p align="center">light</p>
<p align="center">by its nature</p>
<p align="center">light is made</p>
<p align="center">and directed</p>
<p align="center">light</p>
<p align="center">is</p>
<p align="center">consciousness</p>
<p align="center">on every level</p>
<p align="center">of materialism</p>
<p align="center">and</p>
<p align="center">is the beginning</p>
<p align="center">middle and end</p>
<p align="center">light and vision</p>
<p align="center">are who we</p>
<p align="center">are and shall</p>
<p align="center">be</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ persecution]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/07/01/christopher-hansard-persecution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[those who engage in
persecution
act out their own inner pain
 by their actions
they lose themselves
to anger and self-deception
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">those who engage in</p>
<p align="center">persecution</p>
<p align="center">act out their own inner pain</p>
<p align="center"> by their actions</p>
<p align="center">they lose themselves</p>
<p align="center">to anger and self-deception</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ when death draws near]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/30/christopher-hansard-when-death-draws-near/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/30/christopher-hansard-when-death-draws-near/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[when
death
draws
near
will you hold on to fear or love?
will there be confusion
or the stillness of the awakening heart
for in death
there is renewal if you hold your mind clear
and let the natural order
find its way
when death draws near
love reveals its breath
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">when</p>
<p align="center">death</p>
<p align="center">draws</p>
<p align="center">near</p>
<p align="center">will you hold on to fear or love?</p>
<p align="center">will there be confusion</p>
<p align="center">or the stillness of the awakening heart</p>
<p align="center">for in death</p>
<p align="center">there is renewal if you hold your mind clear</p>
<p align="center">and let the natural order</p>
<p align="center">find its way</p>
<p align="center">when death draws near</p>
<p align="center">love reveals its breath</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ walking]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/29/christopher-hansard-walking-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[if your life was a landscape through which you walked
how much of the scenery would you recall as it really was?
would you listen to the voice in each footstep
and the stories that they could tell ?
would you understand the journey
and accept
the dust
and
the sweat?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">if your life was a landscape through which you walked</p>
<p align="center">how much of the scenery would you recall as it really was?</p>
<p align="center">would you listen to the voice in each footstep</p>
<p align="center">and the stories that they could tell ?</p>
<p align="center">would you understand the journey</p>
<p align="center">and accept</p>
<p align="center">the dust</p>
<p align="center">and</p>
<p align="center">the sweat?</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ mortality]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/26/christopher-hansard-mortality-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/26/christopher-hansard-mortality-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[mortality is the
cold light
of life
as life
washes through us
it is not chill
but cool
for mortality
is the material expression
of a deeper wisdom
and a greater
Love
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">mortality is the</p>
<p align="center">cold light</p>
<p align="center">of life</p>
<p align="center">as life</p>
<p align="center">washes through us</p>
<p align="center">it is not chill</p>
<p align="center">but cool</p>
<p align="center">for mortality</p>
<p align="center">is the material expression</p>
<p align="center">of a deeper wisdom</p>
<p align="center">and a greater</p>
<p align="center">Love</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ release]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/25/christopher-hansard-release/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/25/christopher-hansard-release/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[release from that which binds you
starts with acceptance
and the
inner dialogue
that reveals
wisdom
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">release from that which binds you</p>
<p align="center">starts with acceptance</p>
<p align="center">and the</p>
<p align="center">inner dialogue</p>
<p align="center">that reveals</p>
<p align="center">wisdom</p>
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		<title>Chrstopher Hansard:[ sky]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/24/chrstopher-hansard-sky/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/24/chrstopher-hansard-sky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[lie on your back
and gaze into the
sky
blue expanse
reveals
the rythymn of the mind
which fades away
to
clarity
which fades
away into being
there are always blue skies
regardless of the clouds around you
gaze upward
and what is within you
appears on the ground
in front of your feet
you need to kneel down
and be humble
to see
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">lie on your back</p>
<p align="center">and gaze into the</p>
<p align="center">sky</p>
<p align="center">blue expanse</p>
<p align="center">reveals</p>
<p align="center">the rythymn of the mind</p>
<p align="center">which fades away</p>
<p align="center">to</p>
<p align="center">clarity</p>
<p align="center">which fades</p>
<p align="center">away into being</p>
<p align="center">there are always blue skies</p>
<p align="center">regardless of the clouds around you</p>
<p align="center">gaze upward</p>
<p align="center">and what is within you</p>
<p align="center">appears on the ground</p>
<p align="center">in front of your feet</p>
<p align="center">you need to kneel down</p>
<p align="center">and be humble</p>
<p align="center">to see</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ time]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/23/christopher-hansard-time-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/23/christopher-hansard-time-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[time
is not
to be found in straight lines
or regulated beliefs
it moves in cycles
and tatty chaos
it is the
flipside of gravity
as space is of light
&#160;
to be trapped by the belief of time
is to be trapped in habitual thinking
&#160;
yet time is a tool to be used
for the nature of creation,intention and liberation
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">time</p>
<p align="center">is not</p>
<p align="center">to be found in straight lines</p>
<p align="center">or regulated beliefs</p>
<p align="center">it moves in cycles</p>
<p align="center">and tatty chaos</p>
<p align="center">it is the</p>
<p align="center">flipside of gravity</p>
<p align="center">as space is of light</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">to be trapped by the belief of time</p>
<p align="center">is to be trapped in habitual thinking</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">yet time is a tool to be used</p>
<p align="center">for the nature of creation,intention and liberation</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ Renewal]</title>
		<link>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/22/christopher-hansard-renewal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christopherhansard.com/2009/06/22/christopher-hansard-renewal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Look to the times of renewal
to the beating of your drum
full of life&#8217;s chatter
look to times of famine
when your bowl is an empty mouth
look to the times of renewal
and embrace
the path
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">Look to the times of renewal</p>
<p align="center">to the beating of your drum</p>
<p align="center">full of life&#8217;s chatter</p>
<p align="center">look to times of famine</p>
<p align="center">when your bowl is an empty mouth</p>
<p align="center">look to the times of renewal</p>
<p align="center">and embrace</p>
<p align="center">the path</p>
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