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		<title>Starter Buddha</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the New York Times: Starter Buddha By SUSAN CONLEY Published: December 30th, 2010. Autumn in Beijing, where we had gone to live, and my husband and I were surrounded by Chinese “antiques” at the biggest flea market in town — detritus of a country embracing free-market enterprise. There were rows of vintage Mao wristwatches, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=597&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily reminders to reduce stress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Namo I remember and retake my bodhisattva vow and bow before all the buddhas and noble sangha These things I know are true: I am not the cause of everyone&#8217;s problems but I am often the cause of my own suffering through thoughtless action Today I aspire to break the cycle of negative cause and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=594&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Home</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/moving-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 10:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lived in the same apartment now for the last four years plus. At first it was convenient for work, and the neighborhood was novel enough to keep me interested in it. Those days have long since passed- the concrete and lack of nature ion this part of Tokyo really oppress me now and I feel that I want to have at least some green in my immediate environemnt. What if I was to die today or tomorrow? What kind of memory would I have?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=583&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consistency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A wise man once said to me that balance was actually an illusion, as the world around us is actually in a constant cycle of change. That craving after a state of balance is in fact ignoring the here and now of our existence. That balance is in fact, a myth.
Yet, I do still strive after it, a way to do all the tasks that I love to do, perform them fairly and well, without  neglecting any.  I realize that in actual fact, its an impossibility.
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		<title>Skin care and the sun: be careful out there</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/skin-care-and-the-sun-be-careful-out-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago, I had a small 5mm long Basal cell carcinoma removed from my right temple. At that time, it left a small scar that was present just above my right eye. On Monday, I had the procedure repeated as the carcinoma had recurred, this time requiring a 5cm long scar to fix it. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=573&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling with awareness</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/struggling-with-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember a year ago on my return to Japan, coming back from Europe to an country just starting to come to terms with an economy in recession. Getting on a train some days meant a precarious balance of coins in a pocket, at times coming home only to argue on the way with some [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=570&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking perfection and the natural beauty of being flawed</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/seeking-perfection-and-the-natural-beauty-of-being-flawed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of us can recount a time either recently or in the past where we were trying to be perfect at something? Was it to impress a new friend, or the boss, or just the mastery of some skill that we wished we were better at. Whatever the reason or cause, we struggled with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=557&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nature as healer</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/nature-as-healer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get off one train stop early and walk about 5-6 km to work in the mornings.Its a way for me to slow down myself and touch base with the natural elements that are always around me, yet often forgotten. For this is modern day, high speed Japan, where every little convenience is though [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=556&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
		<link>http://channelzen.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/reflections-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been exactly one year to the day that I returned back to Japan after my sojourn in Jersey, and the birthplace of Channel Zen. A lot has happened within that year, much which is already fading steadily into the past. Change is reflected in the steadily falling leaves as nature prepares again for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=553&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Deriving joy from the ordinary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you first wake up in the morning, do you joyfully wiggle your toes to ready yourself for the day? Do you give thanks in your own way for the chance to be alive and to make a difference, however small? When you make your way to the shower, where are you? Awake or still [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=channelzen.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4456888&#038;post=552&#038;subd=channelzen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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