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		<title>One Sorry Horse, a.k.a., Balinguynguy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trackback to May 29, 2008. To read about it, go to this link: http://xn3cts.com/one-sorry-horse/]]></description>
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		<title>Notes on a Nude Sketching</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a poem drawn by poet/writer Richard Gappi: &#62; *Talababa sa Isang Nude Sketching &#62; Ipinapako ako ngayon sa krus ng aking pagkatao. &#62; Mantel sa pisngi ng aking pwet at sinag-araw-alas-tres ng hapon na nakabalabal sa hubad kong anino. &#62; Nagsasa-Veronica ako sa puting tela. &#62; Guhit ito na pinihit ng totoo kung saan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Arc of Your Mallet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 23:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Arc Of Your Mallet by Rumi Don&#8217;t go anywhere without me. Let nothing happen in the sky apart from me, or on the ground, in this world or that world, without my being in its happening. Vision, see nothing I don&#8217;t see. Language, say nothing. The way the night knows itself with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Deliberately Ignoring Something Because of the Hype</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I loved the Matrix and Moulin Rouge, despite their being hyped. On the other hand, I did watch Lord of the Rings 1 &#38; 2, but stayed away from 3. Tried reading book 1, but just managed a few paragraphs, and then stopped&#8230; (Well, perhaps someday&#8230;) Did &#8220;The Unbearable Lightness of Being&#8221; have that much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Does It Matter! (On the Da Vinci Code, Foucault&#8217;s Pendulum &amp; Other Matters)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read &#8220;The Da Vinci Code&#8221; in 2005, after deliberately ignoring it for quite some time because of the hype. And then saw the movie later. Well, the wealth of information (esp. regarding symbols) is generally sound. But it doesn&#8217;t hold a candle to the erudition of Umberto Eco&#8217;s &#8220;Foucalt&#8217;s Pendulum.&#8221; (I have yet to understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Because I Cannot Sleep by Rumi</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poem by Rumi: Because I Cannot Sleep Because I cannot sleep I make music at night. I am troubled by the one whose face has the color of spring flowers. I have neither sleep nor patience, neither a good reputation nor disgrace. A thousand robes of wisdom are gone. All my good manners have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vipassana for Nietzscheans?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;He remembered his sadness well, but he could no longer remember what had made him so sad. It was that way with everything: even sadness passed, even pain and despair, as well as the joys. Everything passed, faded, lost its depth, its value, and finally there came a time when one could no longer remember [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excerpt from &#8220;It&#8217;s Here Now: Are You?&#8221; by Bhagavan Das</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &#8220;It&#8217;s Here Now: Are You?&#8221; by Bhagavan Das, pp.82-83: The spiritual path gives you a choice to use your power for either good or evil. Many are tempted to use it for evil &#8212; that&#8217;s human nature. We must overcome this temptation. This is why the spiritual life is called the razor&#8217;s edge. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tantric Sex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tantric Sex Tantrayana&#8230; Vajrayana&#8230; And all we ever notice is the sex! (Just look at how our Christian conditioning has warped our minds&#8230;) What&#8217;s so special about tantric sex? Nothing much. It&#8217;s just that it becomes a sacred/holy activity. A prayer. A rite/ritual (not in its pejorative sense). So, it&#8217;s pretty much how all sexual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drunk, Stoned, And In Love (with An Orange)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Ian Lomongo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drugs and alcohol can open up a spiritual experience. But, as Bhagavan Das pointed out, it&#8217;s a dark (tamasic) path and the danger is in being eaten up or swallowed by the substance, instead of the other way around. I haven&#8217;t taken hallucinogens. (I&#8217;d like to, someday, with reformed drug addict Rudy as a &#8220;guide.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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