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		<title>The Gift of Insults</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There once lived a great warrior. Though quite old, he still was able to defeat any challenger. His reputation extended far and wide throughout the land and many students gathered to study under him.
One day an infamous young warrior arrived at the village. He was determined to be the first man to defeat the great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2008/01/28/the-gift-of-insults/</link>
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		<title>The Present Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese warrior was captured by his enemies and thrown into prison. That night he was unable to sleep because he feared that the next day he would be interrogated, tortured, and executed. Then the words of his Zen master came to him, "Tomorrow is not real. It is an illusion. The only reality is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2008/01/23/the-present-moment/</link>
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		<title>Announcing the Halcyon Photo Gallery!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've just added a photo gallery to the site, its still somewhat experimental and will probably change a lot over the next few weeks. The gallery is located at http://halcyon.net.nz/gallery. There is also a link above. I'll mainly use it to post some of my favorite photos taken in various locations. I've uploaded two collections [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/08/22/announcing-the-halcyon-photo-gallery/</link>
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		<title>Four Powerful Reasons to Meditate and How To Get Started</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just found a great article on PickTheBrain by Tejvan Pettinger about meditation. The article is a great introduction to the how and why of meditation. It starts by telling us that the promise of inner peace that attracts most people to meditation. In meditation we attempt to silence the mind, increasing concentration and creating inner [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/07/18/four-powerful-reasons-to-meditate-and-how-to-get-started-2/</link>
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		<title>The Moon Cannot Be Stolen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal. The Zen Master returned and found him. "You have come a long way to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/30/the-moon-cannot-be-stolen/</link>
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		<title>Moving Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two men were arguing about a flag flapping in the wind. "It's the wind that is really moving," stated the first one. "No, it is the flag that is moving," contended the second. A Zen master, who happened to be walking by, overheard the debate and interrupted them. "Neither the flag nor the wind is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/29/moving-mind/</link>
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		<title>Dreaming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The great Taoist master Chuang Tzu once dreamt that he was a butterfly fluttering here and there. In the dream he had no awareness of his individuality as a person. He was only a butterfly. Suddenly, he awoke and found himself laying there, a person once again. But then he thought to himself, "Was I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/28/dreaming/</link>
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		<title>A Useless Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A farmer got so old that he couldn't work the fields anymore. So he would spend the day just sitting on the porch. His son, still working the farm, would look up from time to time and see his father sitting there. "He's of no use any more," the son thought to himself, "he doesn't [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/27/a-useless-life/</link>
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		<title>Knowing Fish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One day Chuang Tzu and a friend were walking by a river.
"Look at the fish swimming about," said Chuang Tzu, "They are really enjoying themselves."
"You are not a fish," replied the friend, "So you can't truly know that they are enjoying themselves."
"You are not me," said Chuang Tzu. "So how do you know that I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/26/knowing-fish/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two monks were washing their bowls in the river when they noticed a scorpion that was drowning. One monk immediately scooped it up and set it upon the bank. In the process he was stung. He went back to washing his bowl and again the scorpion fell in. The monk saved the scorpion and was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://halcyon.net.nz/2007/04/25/the-nature-of-things/</link>
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