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		<title>Against The Myth Of The Good Civilized, by Rafael Resende Daher*</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my encounter with Nikkon, I asked him about the other things he thought about Europe: -&#8221;You lived in Europe&#8221;, I asked &#8220;What do you think of that? What is your opinion about Western civilization?&#8221;- -&#8221;Civilization!&#8221;, he exclaimed &#8220;Western civilization is an ersatz!&#8221;- He emphasized the word &#8220;ersatz&#8221;. This word is of germanic origin. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Belief in God</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a sense, to say that something is true is redundant. The words &#8220;is&#8221; and &#8220;true&#8221; essentially signify the same thing. Thus when we say that God is truth, we understand that we are predicating of God absolute being. We leave aside for the present the final, or, perhaps more properly, primary distinction between God [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let Chaos be</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cosmology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The ruler of the South Sea was called Light; the ruler of the North Sea, Darkness; and the ruler of the Middle Kingdom, Primal Chaos. From time to time, Light and Darkness met one another in the kingdom of Primal Chaos, who made them welcome. Light and Darkness wanted to repay his kindness and said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumi: Say I Am You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t revere God otherwise than wholly, because otherwise, I would revere an illusion. Here&#8217;s Rumi, &#8220;Say I Am You&#8221;:]]></description>
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		<title>The World Is Too Much With Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sermon at Benares</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forestpoetry.com/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On seeing their old teacher approach, the five bhikkus agreed among themselves not to salute him, nor to address him as a master, but by his name only. &#8220;For,&#8221; so they said, &#8220;he has broken his vow and has abandoned holiness. He is no bhikkhu, but Gotama, and Gotama has become a man who lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contingency and election</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All waters are brooded over by Nârâyana, but every kind of water is not fit for drink. Similarly, though it is true that the Almighty dwells in every place, yet every place is not fit to be visited by man. As one kind of water may be used for washing our feet, another may serve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: &#8220;Pure: Modernity, Philosophy, and the One&#8221; by Mark Anderson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Modernity is hubris; decadence is its Nemesis.&#8221; -Mark Anderson With his book &#8220;Pure: Modernity, Philosophy, and the One&#8221; philosophy professor Mark Anderson gives a concise and powerful diagnosis of the problem of modernity and points towards a possible remedy within the framework of Platonic philosophy.  In just over 100 pages he moves from identifying the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtue and Faith</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is more important, virtuous behavior or faith in God? This question can be asked when one comes across religious individuals who act in an un-virtuous manner. The question is answered by realizing that true faith in God is incompatible with un-virtuous behavior. Virtuous behavior is certainly possible for those who lack faith in God, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Father Thomas Keating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.forestpoetry.com/?p=795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This time we introduce you Father Thomas Keating, a catholic Trappist monk who has dedicated his life to the study of contemplation not only in  Christianity, but also in the world&#8217;s most important religious traditions. In this video, Father Thomas Keating discusses the experience of oneness and perpetuity of God through the dynamism of His [...]]]></description>
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