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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 26 May 2012 02:27:30 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>Notes from The Centre Blog</title><subtitle>Notes from The Centre Blog</subtitle><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/atom.xml"/><updated>2012-05-23T12:52:06Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Beginner’s Mind 3: Appreciation</title><category term="Beginner's Mind"/><category term="Suzuki"/><category term="Zen's Mind"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/23/beginners-mind-3-appreciation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/23/beginners-mind-3-appreciation.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-05-23T12:32:23Z</published><updated>2012-05-23T12:32:23Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Practice expresses appreciation for your life,even the problems, there is no preparation for something else. Wherever you go the railway track is always the same, a sauerkraut of emotions. When you become more intimate with the way things are they appear less personal.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>How We Love Each Other</title><category term="Allen Ginsberg"/><category term="Michael Stone"/><category term="intensive"/><category term="practice"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/16/how-we-love-each-other.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/16/how-we-love-each-other.html"/><author><name>C of G</name></author><published>2012-05-16T19:56:37Z</published><updated>2012-05-16T19:56:37Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The inhale never happens the same way twice. How can we continue to follow the breath, to follow the pulse of what it means to be alive? If the ground is groundless because our experience is always shifting, how can we walk on it?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Beginner’s Mind 2: Spare Time (hahahaha)</title><category term="Beginner's Mind"/><category term="Suzuki"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/15/beginners-mind-2-spare-time-hahahaha.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/15/beginners-mind-2-spare-time-hahahaha.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-05-16T02:44:21Z</published><updated>2012-05-16T02:44:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Tales of Suzuki, nowhere to go, spare time joke, two steps of forgiveness, five minutes longer practice, wabi sabi, it's easy to forget and cover the universe.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Beginner’s Mind 1: Taking Care of Each Other</title><category term="Beginner's Mind"/><category term="Suzuki"/><category term="Zen's Mind"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/11/beginners-mind-1-taking-care-of-each-other.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/11/beginners-mind-1-taking-care-of-each-other.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-05-11T14:32:20Z</published><updated>2012-05-11T14:32:20Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few. If you keep your original mind, the precepts will keep themselves. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners.  Compassion, dualism, gardening in Japan, Gary Snyder, depending on each moment. What doesn't look back at you?]]></summary></entry><entry><title>No Fear</title><category term="4"/><category term="Carina Lof"/><category term="noble"/><category term="truths"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/2/no-fear.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/2/no-fear.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-05-02T12:05:14Z</published><updated>2012-05-02T12:05:14Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The four (aka noble truths), what causes suffering? the limbic system, how we stop our feelings, the importance of chairs, craving and grasping, thought covers, uncle sangha.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Noble Eightfold Path by Pat Smith</title><category term="4"/><category term="Pat Smith"/><category term="eightfold path"/><category term="noble"/><category term="truths"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/1/the-noble-eightfold-path-by-pat-smith.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/5/1/the-noble-eightfold-path-by-pat-smith.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-05-01T23:53:00Z</published><updated>2012-05-01T23:53:00Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The Buddha's four are tasks to be performed. 8-fold path has 3 sections: wisdom (view, intention), ethics (speech, action, livelihood), meditation (effort, mindfulness, concentration).]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Consumption: Breaking the Rules by Patrick Groneman</title><category term="Buddhism"/><category term="GMO"/><category term="Patrick Groneman"/><category term="Teachings by Guests"/><category term="consumption"/><category term="karma"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/30/consumption-breaking-the-rules-by-patrick-groneman.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/30/consumption-breaking-the-rules-by-patrick-groneman.html"/><author><name>C of G</name></author><published>2012-04-30T14:36:25Z</published><updated>2012-04-30T14:36:25Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[This week, I “most-likely” ate some Genetically Modified Organisms (More info on why one might not want to eat GMOs in my first week’s post). This didn’t come from a lapse of mindfulness, or an impulsive craving, it came from an intentional decision to set down my rules for an evening.

It was my mother’s 56th birthday.  I woke up early, packed my bag full of apples, energy bars, and chickpea curry for lunch, and hopped a train out to Long Island.   The moralistic urge in me, which desires perfection in every way, told me that I could make it through the day without “giving in” to GMOs.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Pilgrimage by Angela Ross</title><category term="4"/><category term="angela ross"/><category term="noble"/><category term="truths"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/27/pilgrimage-by-angela-ross.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/27/pilgrimage-by-angela-ross.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-04-27T18:57:56Z</published><updated>2012-04-27T18:57:56Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[Going to India with Norman Feldman, what is pilgrimage?, four truths (embrace, let go, stop, act), saying what can't be said, nine moments, a little girl awakens me.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Joy and woe are woven fine… by Elaine Jackson</title><category term="4"/><category term="Elaine Jackson"/><category term="noble"/><category term="truths"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/11/joy-and-woe-are-woven-fine-by-elaine-jackson.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/11/joy-and-woe-are-woven-fine-by-elaine-jackson.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-04-11T19:14:36Z</published><updated>2012-04-11T19:14:36Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The four (formerly known as noble truths), pain vs suffering, Catholic Olympics, art and suffering, Dickens' Miss Havisham, yoga, utopias, Will Ferguson's Happiness, eternity in an hour.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Leaving Home</title><category term="4"/><category term="Mike Hoolboom"/><category term="noble"/><category term="truths"/><id>http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/4/leaving-home.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.centreofgravity.org/notes/2012/4/4/leaving-home.html"/><author><name>Mike Hoolboom</name></author><published>2012-04-04T12:25:42Z</published><updated>2012-04-04T12:25:42Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-CA"><![CDATA[The problem with perfect, sickness, old age, death. Mark Karbusicky. Letting go of the names. Not-knowing. Becoming the question. Revolution in Egypt: what makes you safe, the roots of a new school system: where have I learned what is most important for me?]]></summary></entry></feed>
