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		<title>Near Enemy</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/12/near-enemy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good tool, technique, practice, or philosophy, can help you out of suffering and into greater happiness and love. And when that tool, technique, practice, or philosophy is taken too far, it can become it&#8217;s own dogmatic trap that create unhappiness and suffering. That applies to the tools, techniques, and practices I teach as well.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A good tool, technique, practice, or philosophy, can help you out of suffering and into greater happiness and love. And when that tool, technique, practice, or philosophy is taken too far, it can become it&#8217;s own dogmatic trap that create unhappiness and suffering. That applies to the tools, techniques, and practices I teach as well.</p>
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		<title>How Does A Spiritual Warrior Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Lies?  You fight lies with Truth. How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Fear?  You fight fear with Love. How does a Spiritual Warrior fight injustice?  You fight injustice with Forgiveness. Winning the war going on in your own mind is easier as you develop your skills with Truth, Love, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Lies?  You fight lies with Truth.</p>
<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight Fear?  You fight fear with Love.</p>
<p>How does a Spiritual Warrior fight injustice?  You fight injustice with Forgiveness.</p>
<p>Winning the war going on in your own mind is easier as you develop your skills with Truth, Love, and Forgiveness.</p>
<p>These tools may not always work when dealing with the outside world, but they are the best tools for fighting  the fear, lies, and injustice in your own mind.</p>
<p>More practical steps for winning the war in your mind in the <strong><a href="http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/self_mastery.htm">Self Mastery course</a></strong> on my other site.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>The Secret For Mending A Broken Heart</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/12/secret-mending-broken-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confusion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is the Secret for Mending  a Broken Heart? A person&#8217;s heart never breaks. However beliefs do,,, and when they do,,, it can be emotionally painful.   When a partner cheats on us, or breaks up with us, our beliefs about who they are, what they mean to us, and beliefs about our future break. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>What is the Secret for Mending  a Broken Heart?</strong></p>
<p>A person&#8217;s heart never breaks. However beliefs do,,, and when they do,,, it can be emotionally painful.   When a partner cheats on us, or breaks up with us, our beliefs about who they are, what they mean to us, and beliefs about our future break. We call it heart break but it is really a disillusionment of beliefs.</p>
<p>From the perspective I see things from now,,, I am very grateful to the people in my life that broke my heart.   Those were the periods of my greatest awakenings from illusions.</p>
<p>More on this in the <strong><a href="http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/relationship-course.htm">Relationship Course at Pathway To Happiness.com </a></strong></p>
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		<title>Finding Peace</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/10/finding-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you become aware you see things with clarity.  When you have clarity you will see the world is chaotic, filled with, inequities, and uncertainty.    With clarity you are aware without a doubt that your future, and the future of the world around you is completely unknown. The temptation is to try to make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you become aware you see things with clarity.  When you have clarity you will see the world is chaotic, filled with, inequities, and uncertainty.    With clarity you are aware without a doubt that your future, and the future of the world around you is completely unknown.</p>
<p>The temptation is to try to make sense of the world, or put order to it, or control your world, so that you feel safe.   This is to chase the illusion of safety for a single human can not control all circumstances and changes of life.</p>
<p>The real challenge is to remain completely aware that the world and future is unknown to you, and to be accepting of this fact.  Acceptance of this fact will make your mind quiet and your heart peaceful.</p>
<p>To find, or in another sense create, a quiet mind and peaceful heart in the midst of a chaotic world with an unknown future is more challenging, and yet clarity reveals it is the only choice we have in the matter of how we will live our lives.</p>
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		<title>What is wrong with me?   A Different Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/09/what-is-wrong-with-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My perspective is basically this. You are fine. There is nothing wrong with who you are. You may not feel that way about your self and that&#8217;s usually due to lots of beliefs we have about our self. It&#8217;s these false beliefs that are the problem. They are stories about what is wrong with us. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My perspective is basically this. You are fine. There is nothing wrong with who you are. You may not feel that way about your self and that&#8217;s usually due to lots of beliefs we have about our self. It&#8217;s these false beliefs that are the problem. They are stories about what is wrong with us. But it is the beliefs that are false. When those clear up we will feel fine about our self again.</p>
<p>The key is having the awareness to perceive the difference between what you are, and what the beliefs in your mind &#8220;say&#8221; you are.</p>
<p>Practical steps to developing this awareness can be found in my <a href="http://pathwaytohappiness.com/self_mastery.htm">Self Mastery course. </a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Waking from the Dream of Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/04/waking-from-the-dream-of-your-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While heading off to sleep I was reviewing my day and concluded the following. I am perfectly crazy. I live in a perfectly crazy world. The perfectly crazy world perfectly reflects my inner craziness where ever I look and go. I am trying to become less crazy. I am not sure I can go so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>While heading off to sleep I was reviewing my day and concluded the following. I am perfectly crazy. I live in a perfectly crazy world. The perfectly crazy world perfectly reflects my inner craziness where ever I look and go. I am trying to become less crazy. I am not sure I can go so far as to use the word sane. But less crazy seems to fit. I have a very tenuous hold on the less crazy potential. It is just an idea or thought but it has something more to it that isn&#8217;t familiar and somewhat odd. It is hard to differentiate the perfectly crazy normal to this very subtle less crazy notion. Yet there is a difference. I am still crazy but I am going to sleep comfortable with this entire story.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; and somewhere there is a ripple in the matrix.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><br /></em></p>
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		<title>Difficulty Making a Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/02/difficulty-making-a-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we struggle making a choice.  We know we have to, but we don&#8217;t know the right thing to do.  Maybe they are difficult because each outcome results in someone getting hurt.  Or each choice is good so we want them all. Sometimes, when we can&#8217;t see clearly what to do, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes we struggle making a choice.  We know we have to, but we don&#8217;t know the right thing to do.  Maybe they are difficult because each outcome results in someone getting hurt.  Or each choice is good so we want them all.</p>
<p>Sometimes, when we can&#8217;t see clearly what to do, it&#8217;s because it&#8217;s not time to make a choice.  Sometimes, not all the time, it&#8217;s best to wait, and watch.  Observe more closely.  Take the time to look more closely at what you really want.  Take more time to develop clarity about the nuances of the situation and possibilities.</p>
<p>Sometimes by patiently waiting you can watch the other people around you react, fidget, and do their drama in the way they do it.  If you sit still, you can see there drama for what it is.  This gives you an extra shade of clarity to make a better choice.   When you develop clarity you don&#8217;t have to struggle to make a choice.  You don&#8217;t struggle at all.  You just see it.</p>
<p>Of course,,, you have to be able to be still long enough to get the clarity.   You could say that making wise choices is a developed skill.   Good luck with your practice.</p>
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		<title>Motivation to do the Work</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/02/motivation-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we do this inner work of casting out the false beliefs and agreements in our mind we become happier.  And as we become happier much of the motivation we had to do this work slips away. With less of the motivation, we do less of the work that got us there.  This makes us [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As we do this inner work of casting out the false beliefs and agreements in our mind we become happier.  And as we become happier much of the motivation we had to do this work slips away.</p>
<p>With less of the motivation, we do less of the work that got us there.  This makes us easier prey to fall back into old patterns.   Why does this happen is the question to ask.</p>
<p>It  is because in the beginning most of our motivation originated from pain.   As we progress, we have less pain so we do not have the painful suffering to motivate us.   Then how can we maintain our practice and stay on the pathway to greater happiness?</p>
<p>As we evolve, then so our motivation will have to evolve from pain to pleasure and love.</p>
<p>New home play assignment.   Go do something fun, that you enjoy, that is pleasurable to you.</p>
<p>Make love with your partner if that fits the assignment.  Create Fun, Laugh, be Silly, combine them.</p>
<p>Then build the desire to feel more of that.</p>
<p>Practice often.</p>
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		<title>Truth</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2011/02/truth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Four Agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Truth often shows up in the form of a Paradox.    ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Truth often shows up in the form of a Paradox.</p>
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		<title>Hope for Changing the Suffering of Humanity</title>
		<link>http://www.toltecspirit.com/2010/12/hope-for-changing-the-suffering-of-humanity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you consider that the suffering of humanity is because we are trapped in our limited fear based beliefs of self importance and ego it is the changing of these beliefs that is the solution to human suffering.  In the beginning the idea of changing beliefs seems like such a simple one. As you become [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you consider that the suffering of humanity is because we are trapped in our limited fear based beliefs of self importance and ego it is the changing of these beliefs that is the solution to human suffering.  In the beginning the idea of changing beliefs seems like such a simple one.</p>
<p>As you become more awakened towards an enlightened state of consciousness, it becomes increasingly apparent how challenging the process of changing beliefs actually is.  You can look at the challenge of people in humanity changing their collective beliefs and the problem is much bigger than you thought.  And at the same time, because you are more aware, you are more hopeful and positive about it than ever before.</p>
<p>This is one of those paradoxes where conflicting ideas are both true.  Yes it is a much more challenging than I ever considered and I am more optimistic about the possibility than I ever was.   The Truth often seem to make no sense this way to the limitations of linear logic and reason.</p>
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<p>As you</p>
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