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		<title>By: portailevolutif</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewcohen.com/2010/03/22/the-luckiest-people-who-have-ever-been-born/#comment-6091</link>
		<dc:creator>portailevolutif</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 10:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>By the way the article is interesting.  So why is that northern Europe is suffering that much? isn&#039;t it because human beings don&#039;t only need bread and cars but food for the  Soul ?  Post modernity  means starvation of the Soul. So  Andrew I respectfully disagree with you,  we certainly don&#039;t have `` an obligation to be happy&#039;&#039; , how can one have an obligation to be happy, happiness doesn&#039;t command itself... but one has an obligation to nourish one&#039;s  Soul and share the food for the Soul with others. That we have a survival obligation to do as a species.

Andrew, when you say `` be happy, it is an obligation !&#039;&#039; it is basically ``the&#039;&#039; typical double bind sentence.   Of course it doesn&#039;t work and doesn&#039;t nourish the Soul of people. Are people really happier after you said this ??
`` I , big brother, order you to be happy !!!! if you don&#039;t succeed, you will go to hell for eternity to punish you of your inability towards happiness&#039;&#039; And this poor girl who was so desperate that she said `` I have the right to be unhappy  !&quot; I feel for her, I understand her, she is right,her Soul is in need of food and  you just laugh at her in this blog. The right to be unhappy is the only small food for her Soul that she was finding, and she was clinging on it, desperately. 

Northern Europe has become dull place to live and the Soul hates dullness.  The Sol needs curiosity, interest,  joy of living, fights, love making, f.... and evolutionary tensions. The Should cannot suffocate like this forever without being fed, hence it is predictable that Northern Europe will  drastically change in the near future or get extinct.  They are in the middle of the post-modern crisis.

 Hey guys, the truth is that it is not enough to have plenty of food and rights, we need to feed our Soul as well.  We need to give value to this,  to value  Soul food in us and in others.  Spiritual leaders shall be exclusively showing where to find this food ( if they knwo where...)

 And f... to  the ``spiritually correct thinkers&#039;&#039;, time  for a true revolution to find food for our Souls.



Love, C.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By the way the article is interesting.  So why is that northern Europe is suffering that much? isn&#8217;t it because human beings don&#8217;t only need bread and cars but food for the  Soul ?  Post modernity  means starvation of the Soul. So  Andrew I respectfully disagree with you,  we certainly don&#8217;t have &#8220; an obligation to be happy&#8221; , how can one have an obligation to be happy, happiness doesn&#8217;t command itself&#8230; but one has an obligation to nourish one&#8217;s  Soul and share the food for the Soul with others. That we have a survival obligation to do as a species.</p>
<p>Andrew, when you say &#8220; be happy, it is an obligation !&#8221; it is basically &#8220;the&#8221; typical double bind sentence.   Of course it doesn&#8217;t work and doesn&#8217;t nourish the Soul of people. Are people really happier after you said this ??<br />
&#8220; I , big brother, order you to be happy !!!! if you don&#8217;t succeed, you will go to hell for eternity to punish you of your inability towards happiness&#8221; And this poor girl who was so desperate that she said &#8220; I have the right to be unhappy  !&#8221; I feel for her, I understand her, she is right,her Soul is in need of food and  you just laugh at her in this blog. The right to be unhappy is the only small food for her Soul that she was finding, and she was clinging on it, desperately. </p>
<p>Northern Europe has become dull place to live and the Soul hates dullness.  The Sol needs curiosity, interest,  joy of living, fights, love making, f&#8230;. and evolutionary tensions. The Should cannot suffocate like this forever without being fed, hence it is predictable that Northern Europe will  drastically change in the near future or get extinct.  They are in the middle of the post-modern crisis.</p>
<p> Hey guys, the truth is that it is not enough to have plenty of food and rights, we need to feed our Soul as well.  We need to give value to this,  to value  Soul food in us and in others.  Spiritual leaders shall be exclusively showing where to find this food ( if they knwo where&#8230;)</p>
<p> And f&#8230; to  the &#8220;spiritually correct thinkers&#8221;, time  for a true revolution to find food for our Souls.</p>
<p>Love, C.</p>
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		<title>By: portailevolutif</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewcohen.com/2010/03/22/the-luckiest-people-who-have-ever-been-born/#comment-6090</link>
		<dc:creator>portailevolutif</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 10:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>``If you think that is a waste of oxygen or digital media-space, there are no words anyone can give you that can help you, not even God. Take a breath and think about it, you’ll be doing yourself a favor.&#039;&#039;

Hey Ryan, don&#039;t be so condescending here. Peter has a point you know... I share from  time to time the same anger with spiritual teachers. Sometimes I share this feeling that `` the king is naked&#039;&#039; and that  it is time to get serious here. 

 So.... spiritual teachers make tons of money in the west, they have a very nice life with a few people adulating them, but  they  preach to others  being disinterested,  they put themselves on a pedestal preaching  against narcissism, and we give them money and credit, and at some point when  it is too much it will simply explode.   Are they able to take  criticism  of any type even the mildest one ? are they able to put themselves into question, scientifically and admit the karma they  have a still do produce ?can they work together, cherish the value and qualities of other teachers ? can they say with all their heart that another single person is greater than themselves, that another teacher is higher ?  Are they curious of life, curious of human qualities, curious of the wonders of this planet, or do they only preach, preach, preach with absolutely no real interest in really affecting and knowing the world  around them ?can one day, only once, a spiritual teacher admit publicly to have ``made a mistake&#039;&#039;, or  only scientists nowadays can make mistakes and can admit of them publicly ?Maybe only scientists do make mistakes and by definition spiritual teachers are always right ? humm... if they are not always right then  maybe it is time to seriously investigate  systematically in what ways they can be wrong. So Ryan, yes....,  I side with Peter&#039;s anger from time to time...  and if spiritual teachers continue with  always presenting themselves as if they were right,  and they knew better, at some point it will be not only Peter and me but a full revolution....

....until the time of truly modern and scientifically inclined Spiritual Leaders will come.  Hopefully very soon !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;If you think that is a waste of oxygen or digital media-space, there are no words anyone can give you that can help you, not even God. Take a breath and think about it, you’ll be doing yourself a favor.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hey Ryan, don&#8217;t be so condescending here. Peter has a point you know&#8230; I share from  time to time the same anger with spiritual teachers. Sometimes I share this feeling that &#8220; the king is naked&#8221; and that  it is time to get serious here. </p>
<p> So&#8230;. spiritual teachers make tons of money in the west, they have a very nice life with a few people adulating them, but  they  preach to others  being disinterested,  they put themselves on a pedestal preaching  against narcissism, and we give them money and credit, and at some point when  it is too much it will simply explode.   Are they able to take  criticism  of any type even the mildest one ? are they able to put themselves into question, scientifically and admit the karma they  have a still do produce ?can they work together, cherish the value and qualities of other teachers ? can they say with all their heart that another single person is greater than themselves, that another teacher is higher ?  Are they curious of life, curious of human qualities, curious of the wonders of this planet, or do they only preach, preach, preach with absolutely no real interest in really affecting and knowing the world  around them ?can one day, only once, a spiritual teacher admit publicly to have &#8220;made a mistake&#8221;, or  only scientists nowadays can make mistakes and can admit of them publicly ?Maybe only scientists do make mistakes and by definition spiritual teachers are always right ? humm&#8230; if they are not always right then  maybe it is time to seriously investigate  systematically in what ways they can be wrong. So Ryan, yes&#8230;.,  I side with Peter&#8217;s anger from time to time&#8230;  and if spiritual teachers continue with  always presenting themselves as if they were right,  and they knew better, at some point it will be not only Peter and me but a full revolution&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8230;.until the time of truly modern and scientifically inclined Spiritual Leaders will come.  Hopefully very soon !!!</p>
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		<title>By: Ryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 19:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter, I think you&#039;re clearly missing the point here. Andrew&#039;s speaking about the &quot;luckiest people in the history of the planet&quot; is meant to spur people onwards to higher moral obligations. If you think that is a waste of oxygen or digital media-space, there are no words anyone can give you that can help you, not even God. Take a breath and think about it, you&#039;ll be doing yourself a favor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter, I think you&#8217;re clearly missing the point here. Andrew&#8217;s speaking about the &#8220;luckiest people in the history of the planet&#8221; is meant to spur people onwards to higher moral obligations. If you think that is a waste of oxygen or digital media-space, there are no words anyone can give you that can help you, not even God. Take a breath and think about it, you&#8217;ll be doing yourself a favor.</p>
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		<title>By: peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let me see judgement, criticism, blame  the spiritual 1% are missing the point............God does not insist on recognition, dogma &amp; leaders-writers.....&amp; your idea about the luckiest &amp; the most unlucky is contaminated by your belief about &#039;the leading edge&#039; &amp; the saving of souls. Do we really need another lecture about what an &#039; enlightened&#039; teacher thinks we all should do, be, think?  Give it a rest help someone who is hungry, do something political &amp; practical to re distribute wealth.......give your $$$$$$ away, sit still, be silent until you hear the echo of your voice in your heart. You &amp; the other 1% of &#039;teachers&#039; have said it &amp; written it &amp; said it again &amp; again. Perhaps we really do need another book by Wilber, Dwyer, Chopra, NDW, ahhhhhhhhhh how many trees must die, how much jet fuel must be burned, how many people need to be judged ????? Stop, You&#039;ve said the same thing for years, you have enough $$$$$$$$ &amp; have the opportunity to just stop &amp; give it away, Who do you think you are? &amp; who do you think the rest of us are? The 1% reaching down to help all the rest have done as much harm as good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me see judgement, criticism, blame  the spiritual 1% are missing the point&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;God does not insist on recognition, dogma &amp; leaders-writers&#8230;..&amp; your idea about the luckiest &amp; the most unlucky is contaminated by your belief about &#8216;the leading edge&#8217; &amp; the saving of souls. Do we really need another lecture about what an &#8216; enlightened&#8217; teacher thinks we all should do, be, think?  Give it a rest help someone who is hungry, do something political &amp; practical to re distribute wealth&#8230;&#8230;.give your $$$$$$ away, sit still, be silent until you hear the echo of your voice in your heart. You &amp; the other 1% of &#8216;teachers&#8217; have said it &amp; written it &amp; said it again &amp; again. Perhaps we really do need another book by Wilber, Dwyer, Chopra, NDW, ahhhhhhhhhh how many trees must die, how much jet fuel must be burned, how many people need to be judged ????? Stop, You&#8217;ve said the same thing for years, you have enough $$$$$$$$ &amp; have the opportunity to just stop &amp; give it away, Who do you think you are? &amp; who do you think the rest of us are? The 1% reaching down to help all the rest have done as much harm as good.</p>
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		<title>By: S Banerjee</title>
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		<dc:creator>S Banerjee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The article is interesting. I am digressing from the point in the article but right after reading this article, I heard this beautiful prayer sung by Jagjit Singh. And I was thinking he has spread the name of God through his songs, his songs have brought happiness to millions, when he sings prayers/ bhajans -- he is praying to God -- still why did he have to suffer the ultimate pain of losing his only teenaged child.. how does one explain sad things happening to people spreading the name of God.. how does one continue to pray to Him when such a huge tragedy befalls one.. it leaves me very sad....I have only lost somebody who was middle aged and the memory of her suffering before her death still leaves me shaken and scared .. how does one move ahead....would love to hear...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The article is interesting. I am digressing from the point in the article but right after reading this article, I heard this beautiful prayer sung by Jagjit Singh. And I was thinking he has spread the name of God through his songs, his songs have brought happiness to millions, when he sings prayers/ bhajans &#8212; he is praying to God &#8212; still why did he have to suffer the ultimate pain of losing his only teenaged child.. how does one explain sad things happening to people spreading the name of God.. how does one continue to pray to Him when such a huge tragedy befalls one.. it leaves me very sad&#8230;.I have only lost somebody who was middle aged and the memory of her suffering before her death still leaves me shaken and scared .. how does one move ahead&#8230;.would love to hear&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Christian Aglen</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewcohen.com/2010/03/22/the-luckiest-people-who-have-ever-been-born/#comment-5688</link>
		<dc:creator>Christian Aglen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Andrew, why do you feel there is such an inner resistance to the kind of relationship to life that you are expressing? I know and have seen this resistance, but it is hard to pintpoint its source. Is it existential confusion (lack of, or underdeveloped moral and spirital compass)? Is it purely biological/neurological: is the mind simply not able to comprehend, surrender to this kind of conscious engagement? Or is it an entitiy in itself - the ego, that refuses to expand itself beyond its small perceived borders, or feels existentially threatened.

Why are we threatened by such a powerful, positive and creative impulse?

Feedback greatly appreciated!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Andrew, why do you feel there is such an inner resistance to the kind of relationship to life that you are expressing? I know and have seen this resistance, but it is hard to pintpoint its source. Is it existential confusion (lack of, or underdeveloped moral and spirital compass)? Is it purely biological/neurological: is the mind simply not able to comprehend, surrender to this kind of conscious engagement? Or is it an entitiy in itself &#8211; the ego, that refuses to expand itself beyond its small perceived borders, or feels existentially threatened.</p>
<p>Why are we threatened by such a powerful, positive and creative impulse?</p>
<p>Feedback greatly appreciated!</p>
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		<title>By: claudia</title>
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		<dc:creator>claudia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 04:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks..</p>
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