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		<title>An Integral Theory Of Consciousness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 23:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN INTEGRAL THEORY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Ken Wilber
Journal of Consciousness Studies, 4 (1), February 1997, pp. 71-92
Copyright, 1997, Imprint Academic
Abstract: An extensive data search among various types of developmental and evolutionary sequences yielded a `four quadrant&#8217; model of consciousness and its development (the four quadrants being intentional, behavioural, cultural, and social). Each of these dimensions was found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=233&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Afraid of a fair fight by Ed Koch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This is from Ed Koch&#8217;s blog at Jerusalem Post. No copyright infringement is intended. I&#8217;m reprinting it here because I think he has some damn good points.
When opponents want to bring down a political candidate - as many Democrats and Republicans would like to do with Hillary Clinton - they examine every word he/she utters, knowing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=229&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does Illness Mean Anything?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 01:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

I&#8217;ve recently started reading this book since my wife has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. (On our fifteenth year anniversary of all days!) The book was just kind of waiting for me on my bookshelf. Its been helping a lot.

 
In Grace and Grit: Spirituality and Healing in  		the Life of Treya Killam [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=227&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Book of Secrets (From The Dead Sea Scroll Collection)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 19:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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The Book of Secrets

1Q27, 4Q299-301
4Q301 F1
(&#8230;) I shall speak out freely, and I shall express my various sayings       among you (&#8230;) (.. those who would understand parables and riddles, and those who would       penetrate the origins of knowledge, along with those who hold [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=218&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Essene Creed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 19:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This is AN Essene Creed, not THE Essene Creed. Essenism is rather diverse &#38; incorporates many points of view. To my knowledge, there is no single creed that all Essene groups would agree to. &#8211; Jamil Syvak
An Essene 		Creed
We believe in One God: the Infinite, the 		Secret Fount, the Eternal Parent: Of Whom are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=217&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 17:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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AQAL
From Integral Wiki
All Quadrants All Levels &#8482;
In the Integral theory of Ken Wilber, AQAL stands for &#8220;All levels, all quadrants&#8221;, and equally connotes &#8220;all lines, all states, all types&#8221;. An account or theory is said the be AQAL, and thus integral (or inclusive or comprehensive), if it accounts for or makes reference to all four [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=213&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Essene Daily Communions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 15:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Essene Daily Communion For SATURDAY
The Sabbath (Ends at Sundown)
THE DEEPENING: Fasting is the first principle. Fast from negative thoughts, words and deeds. Fast from ego, pride and desire. Fast from all physical ills and Ye shall behold the strength and the wisdom of the spirit.
MORNING COMMUNION: The EARTHLY MOTHER and I are one. Blessed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=212&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer of Jesus in Aramaic</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 07:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Abwoon           d&#8217;bwashmaya
 O         Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos/ you create all that moves in light.


 Nethqadash           shmakh
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		<title>Al-Wird ash-Shadhiliyya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 06:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Practice: Al-Wird ash-Shadhiliyya


The wird is the daily practice using           prayer beads as counters.
As suggested by our guide, wird can be done twice daily, particularly after Fajr (dawn) and Maghrib (dusk) prayers.
The wird is a repetion of the following litanies:
Say (100x): ASTAGhFIR ALLÂH AL-‘ADhÎM
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		<title>Al-Wazifa al-Mashishiyya</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamil Syvak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al-Wazifa al-Mashishiyya
Al-Wazifatu l-Mashishiyyah
A`udhu bi-llahi sh-shaytan ir-rajimi
I seek refuge with Allah from the evil one, the rejected.
Bismi llah ir-rahman ir-rahim
In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
‘allahumma salli wa-sallam bi-jami`i sh-shu’uni                fi z-zuhuri wa-l-butini
O Allah, send blessings and peace in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=syvak.wordpress.com&blog=3167978&post=196&subd=syvak&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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