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	<description>The sword is the extension of the will</description>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by demian</title>
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		<dc:creator>demian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks :) My favorite anime is Utena, and my favorite book is Demian, by Herman Hesse, which is where the &quot;Break the world&#039;s shell&quot; speech is adapted from. I highly recommend it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  My favorite anime is Utena, and my favorite book is Demian, by Herman Hesse, which is where the &#8220;Break the world&#8217;s shell&#8221; speech is adapted from. I highly recommend it.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by Kazzy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kazzy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was a lovely entry, I stumbled onto you and I just have to say, I very much appreciate your Utena connotations as it is an anime that touched my heart and is filled with phrases and metaphors that I quote to this day.  Good luck to you in your endeavors!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was a lovely entry, I stumbled onto you and I just have to say, I very much appreciate your Utena connotations as it is an anime that touched my heart and is filled with phrases and metaphors that I quote to this day.  Good luck to you in your endeavors!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by demian</title>
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		<dc:creator>demian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kalloth: Thank you. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kalloth: Thank you. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by Kalloth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kalloth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Science is simply the study of everything that is measurable and repeatable, this is true by its own code of practice and defination, science makes no claim to anything which is not measurable or repeatable, science does not deny the existance of non repeatable or measurable phenonema is simply says that these phenonema fall outside of its remit. anything else which you have added to science comes from your own desire for psychological comfort.
Dont blame science for dragging you in, It didnt, you did
This post is not about science, it is about you

This paragraph is now about science,
When darwin proposed the theory of evolution he observed correctly the phenonema of survival of the fittest, he also observed correctly the fact that living beings change and adapt, he could not observe a measurable and repeatable phenonema which predicted or explained this process of change so he claimed without evidence it was random, if he was true to science he should have stated that he could not find that source of the change.
In this respect indivudal scientists do overstretch their self defined boundaries, and as a result they have the effect of trying to rationalise parts of realty which are not rational and blind others who believe them from the magical reality. but it is not science which does this it is the human ego

when you can seperate the claims of science from the claims of scientists, you will be no longer troubled by either and then you will only have to battle your own desires in the search for a clear view of an unrestricted paradigm
Kalloth</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Science is simply the study of everything that is measurable and repeatable, this is true by its own code of practice and defination, science makes no claim to anything which is not measurable or repeatable, science does not deny the existance of non repeatable or measurable phenonema is simply says that these phenonema fall outside of its remit. anything else which you have added to science comes from your own desire for psychological comfort.<br />
Dont blame science for dragging you in, It didnt, you did<br />
This post is not about science, it is about you</p>
<p>This paragraph is now about science,<br />
When darwin proposed the theory of evolution he observed correctly the phenonema of survival of the fittest, he also observed correctly the fact that living beings change and adapt, he could not observe a measurable and repeatable phenonema which predicted or explained this process of change so he claimed without evidence it was random, if he was true to science he should have stated that he could not find that source of the change.<br />
In this respect indivudal scientists do overstretch their self defined boundaries, and as a result they have the effect of trying to rationalise parts of realty which are not rational and blind others who believe them from the magical reality. but it is not science which does this it is the human ego</p>
<p>when you can seperate the claims of science from the claims of scientists, you will be no longer troubled by either and then you will only have to battle your own desires in the search for a clear view of an unrestricted paradigm<br />
Kalloth</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the Duelist? by demian</title>
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		<dc:creator>demian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Of course you&#039;re right. Because there are words that perfectly encapsulate everything we know, like the exact feeling you get when you realize you fall in love with someone and it&#039;s totally different from when you fell in love with the person before that, or the sudden realization that everything is connected.

Oh wait.

It&#039;s nothing mystical, Krev. It&#039;s just wordless.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Of course you&#8217;re right. Because there are words that perfectly encapsulate everything we know, like the exact feeling you get when you realize you fall in love with someone and it&#8217;s totally different from when you fell in love with the person before that, or the sudden realization that everything is connected.</p>
<p>Oh wait.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s nothing mystical, Krev. It&#8217;s just wordless.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What is the Duelist? by Krev Zabijak</title>
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		<dc:creator>Krev Zabijak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;re both nuts.
Life is life. Nothing else. If truth were known, parts or even most of the modern world would know it. And truths are known, but nothing that is spoken in this wordpress blog.
Odd, isn&#039;t it? You&#039;re the solely enlightened being who can&#039;t even say a word about what he knows?
Sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re both nuts.<br />
Life is life. Nothing else. If truth were known, parts or even most of the modern world would know it. And truths are known, but nothing that is spoken in this wordpress blog.<br />
Odd, isn&#8217;t it? You&#8217;re the solely enlightened being who can&#8217;t even say a word about what he knows?<br />
Sorry.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by demian</title>
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		<dc:creator>demian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 09:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kay:

Thanks.

It&#039;s sort of a reference to the Schroedinger Cat thought experiment. At the risk of totally oversimplifying, basically imagine a closed box with a cat in it and a cyanide capsule that will be released if a certain sensor is activated. There is a 50-50 chance that a particle will strike the sensor. If you don&#039;t open the box, you won&#039;t know which of these two eventualities have occurred. If you don&#039;t know, then both possibilities exist at the same time.

Therefore the cat is alive and dead at the same time.

Quantum physics is such a messed up science. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kay:</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s sort of a reference to the Schroedinger Cat thought experiment. At the risk of totally oversimplifying, basically imagine a closed box with a cat in it and a cyanide capsule that will be released if a certain sensor is activated. There is a 50-50 chance that a particle will strike the sensor. If you don&#8217;t open the box, you won&#8217;t know which of these two eventualities have occurred. If you don&#8217;t know, then both possibilities exist at the same time.</p>
<p>Therefore the cat is alive and dead at the same time.</p>
<p>Quantum physics is such a messed up science. <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by Kay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 02:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>very cool. i stumbled upon this blog...what&#039;s it all about?

Can you explain more on this: 

&quot;But I refuse to open the box to see if the cat is dead or alive. It doesn’t matter anymore. The cat is dead and alive at the same time. And by not looking, the cat is permitted to be both at once. Both at once, and it’s allowed because I allow myself not to be certain. Certainty is the tyranny of what is, what can be. And I refuse to submit myself to the tyranny any longer.&quot;

thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>very cool. i stumbled upon this blog&#8230;what&#8217;s it all about?</p>
<p>Can you explain more on this: </p>
<p>&#8220;But I refuse to open the box to see if the cat is dead or alive. It doesn’t matter anymore. The cat is dead and alive at the same time. And by not looking, the cat is permitted to be both at once. Both at once, and it’s allowed because I allow myself not to be certain. Certainty is the tyranny of what is, what can be. And I refuse to submit myself to the tyranny any longer.&#8221;</p>
<p>thanks</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by shh</title>
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		<dc:creator>shh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you are amazing</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you are amazing</p>
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		<title>Comment on Nothing is real; Everything is permitted by demian</title>
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		<dc:creator>demian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul,

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it :) Actually in a strange &#039;coincidence&#039; this blog post recently got included in an anthology of magical writings. I thought you might have gotten here through that.

 I&#039;m not sure what I can tell you about &#039;astral travel&#039; that isn&#039;t personal bias or opinion instead of objective truth, because by its nature astral travel is intensely personal. But here&#039;s my two bits anyway: Pick up some sort of regular energy practice like qigong or kundalini yoga, to get a better feel for your &#039;astral body&#039;. Read some Robert Bruce for some good ideas, though his stance as &#039;the Authority&#039; on astral projection might turn you off. But if you&#039;re able to learn from someone without adopting their dogmas, then go for it :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul,</p>
<p>Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  Actually in a strange &#8216;coincidence&#8217; this blog post recently got included in an anthology of magical writings. I thought you might have gotten here through that.</p>
<p> I&#8217;m not sure what I can tell you about &#8216;astral travel&#8217; that isn&#8217;t personal bias or opinion instead of objective truth, because by its nature astral travel is intensely personal. But here&#8217;s my two bits anyway: Pick up some sort of regular energy practice like qigong or kundalini yoga, to get a better feel for your &#8216;astral body&#8217;. Read some Robert Bruce for some good ideas, though his stance as &#8216;the Authority&#8217; on astral projection might turn you off. But if you&#8217;re able to learn from someone without adopting their dogmas, then go for it <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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