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		<title>By: before and after acne laser</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-47443</link>
		<dc:creator>before and after acne laser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>very nice put up, i actually love this website, keep on it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>very nice put up, i actually love this website, keep on it</p>
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		<title>By: Hipolito Braum</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-33166</link>
		<dc:creator>Hipolito Braum</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 09:31:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is this a no cost theme or one that is paid? Still trying to design my blog but yours looks nice.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this a no cost theme or one that is paid? Still trying to design my blog but yours looks nice.</p>
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		<title>By: Dixie Buse</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-28532</link>
		<dc:creator>Dixie Buse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>REALLY? That two year old kid from Indonesia who smokes 40 cigarettes is OUT OF HIS MIND. Someone needs to kick his folks around, or just launch them into the nearest large body of water. I saw the video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TOtoVEJSTU</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>REALLY? That two year old kid from Indonesia who smokes 40 cigarettes is OUT OF HIS MIND. Someone needs to kick his folks around, or just launch them into the nearest large body of water. I saw the video here <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TOtoVEJSTU" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TOtoVEJSTU</a></p>
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		<title>By: Susan in NJ</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12478</link>
		<dc:creator>Susan in NJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love your Chanukah piece, Sharon, and I hoped that you would repeat it, BUT like MEA, I was looking for an &quot;It&#039; done&quot; post.  Surfing as a break I can understand, but with dial up internet  . . . that must really be a time burner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love your Chanukah piece, Sharon, and I hoped that you would repeat it, BUT like MEA, I was looking for an &#8220;It&#8217; done&#8221; post.  Surfing as a break I can understand, but with dial up internet  . . . that must really be a time burner.</p>
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		<title>By: Steven Earl Salmony</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12477</link>
		<dc:creator>Steven Earl Salmony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Keep going, Sharon. Very best wishes for 2009.

Thanks for all you are doing to protect the environs from wanton, irreversible degradation and global biodiversity from massive extirpation; to preserve Earth&#039;s resources from relentless dissipation and the future of our children from reckless endangerment; to save &quot;the pale blue dot&quot; from the ravages of unbridled global overproduction, overconsumption and overpopulation activities of the human species in these early years of Century XXI.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Keep going, Sharon. Very best wishes for 2009.</p>
<p>Thanks for all you are doing to protect the environs from wanton, irreversible degradation and global biodiversity from massive extirpation; to preserve Earth&#8217;s resources from relentless dissipation and the future of our children from reckless endangerment; to save &#8220;the pale blue dot&#8221; from the ravages of unbridled global overproduction, overconsumption and overpopulation activities of the human species in these early years of Century XXI.</p>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12476</link>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I follow you on LiveJournal, and I would like to thank you for writing posts like this where you discuss some of the concepts of your religion- I know very little about Judaism and I find what you have said about it in occasional posts to be incredibly interesting. Thank you.

Now go finish your book :P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I follow you on LiveJournal, and I would like to thank you for writing posts like this where you discuss some of the concepts of your religion- I know very little about Judaism and I find what you have said about it in occasional posts to be incredibly interesting. Thank you.</p>
<p>Now go finish your book <img src='http://sharonastyk.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: RC</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12475</link>
		<dc:creator>RC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s OK with me if you give in to any desires you have to procrastinate, mind wander or just indulge in complete and utter sloth.  Or even: write your blog posts or read other people&#039;s posts {I see you around Blogsylvania}, fail to clean your quasi- humble abode, allow your brood to gaze upon the horrid TV, and even allow neglect to creep into your animal husbandry. As Kunstler would say, &quot;It&#039;s All Good&quot;. Perhaps you might also wish to succumb to a drool worthy long winter&#039;s nap?
Indulge. You deserve all of that and more. Writing books is all very nice, but really, there is hardly any money in it, and the good works aspect is the same, lest they be delivered sooner or later.
Happiness to you and lots of it and for a very long time. Drift and be merry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s OK with me if you give in to any desires you have to procrastinate, mind wander or just indulge in complete and utter sloth.  Or even: write your blog posts or read other people&#8217;s posts {I see you around Blogsylvania}, fail to clean your quasi- humble abode, allow your brood to gaze upon the horrid TV, and even allow neglect to creep into your animal husbandry. As Kunstler would say, &#8220;It&#8217;s All Good&#8221;. Perhaps you might also wish to succumb to a drool worthy long winter&#8217;s nap?<br />
Indulge. You deserve all of that and more. Writing books is all very nice, but really, there is hardly any money in it, and the good works aspect is the same, lest they be delivered sooner or later.<br />
Happiness to you and lots of it and for a very long time. Drift and be merry.</p>
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		<title>By: ray</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12474</link>
		<dc:creator>ray</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My yelling at you is actually a loud cheer for the gift you have given us today.  You have a way of saying things that no other has.  Stay on the wall with us and continue to fight at our side.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My yelling at you is actually a loud cheer for the gift you have given us today.  You have a way of saying things that no other has.  Stay on the wall with us and continue to fight at our side.</p>
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		<title>By: nika</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12473</link>
		<dc:creator>nika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In re: secular approach to the limits (#5) - zen buddhism (and all buddhism but not all sects are atheist like zen is) teaches that there is really no duality (and the illusion of duality is what we have to release attachment from to reach an enlightened state).

The universe - including we insignificant primates - are one.  When you understand this then the limits - those edges - are no longer edges but rather part of a continuum between our bodies and our minds and everything &quot;else&quot; and &quot;other&quot; beings.

From this understanding arises compassion (this I see has one of the truly amazing emergent qualities or consequences of sentience - spontaneous arising of compassion when a healthy mind achieves an understanding of non-duality).

With this profound compassion, barriers between men resolve into something else - a relationship that calls out for compassion and love and caring and effort for our fellow men.

Doing anything less means that one is not awake, not listening to the universe, on a dark path.

The good thing is that, as long as we live, there is always a chance to build and live with compassion and to treat our world with loving kindness.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In re: secular approach to the limits (#5) &#8211; zen buddhism (and all buddhism but not all sects are atheist like zen is) teaches that there is really no duality (and the illusion of duality is what we have to release attachment from to reach an enlightened state).</p>
<p>The universe &#8211; including we insignificant primates &#8211; are one.  When you understand this then the limits &#8211; those edges &#8211; are no longer edges but rather part of a continuum between our bodies and our minds and everything &#8220;else&#8221; and &#8220;other&#8221; beings.</p>
<p>From this understanding arises compassion (this I see has one of the truly amazing emergent qualities or consequences of sentience &#8211; spontaneous arising of compassion when a healthy mind achieves an understanding of non-duality).</p>
<p>With this profound compassion, barriers between men resolve into something else &#8211; a relationship that calls out for compassion and love and caring and effort for our fellow men.</p>
<p>Doing anything less means that one is not awake, not listening to the universe, on a dark path.</p>
<p>The good thing is that, as long as we live, there is always a chance to build and live with compassion and to treat our world with loving kindness.</p>
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		<title>By: Lisa Z</title>
		<link>http://sharonastyk.com/2008/12/24/holiday-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-12472</link>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boy Sharon, you have brought out the &quot;parent&quot; in all your readers, eh?

Thanks for the lovely post.  I appreciate your sharing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boy Sharon, you have brought out the &#8220;parent&#8221; in all your readers, eh?</p>
<p>Thanks for the lovely post.  I appreciate your sharing.</p>
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