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		<title>HOW TO: Use NLP Modelling to Become a Professional Photographer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome stumblers!  Thanks for visiting.   
NEVER HEARD OF NLP?  READ THIS FIRST &#8211; WIKIPEDIA ENTRY ON NLP
This webpage about NLP Modelling to master a skill caught my interest.  It is the documentary of an English soccer player, and NLP master, who wanted to use his knowledge of NLP to become a professional rugby [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=125&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tic Tac&#8217;s and Domino&#8217;s, creating a story with pictures</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/tic-tacs-and-dominos-creating-a-story-with-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 19:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CLICK ON PICTURE TO VIEW LARGER SIZE!



 


The use of point of view, foreground, and background to distort size.



 


Same concept, but altering picture contents to tell a story.
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		<title>Joy</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome Stumblers, Thanks for visiting.   

This is one of my favorite pictures.  I&#8217;m quite surpised it has taken me this long to upload it.  I took this picture for a college photography class that I was taking.  This is actually around picture 5 in a series of 10, that involved the subject admiring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=80&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I come and I go, but where is that?</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/i-come-and-i-go-but-where-is-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>torotech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I travel a good bit, probably about 8-10 weeks per year.  So it is very often that I am either coming home, or I am going away from it.  Being alone much of the time, I often dwell on what it means to be isolated and a wonderer.
So, what exactly does this mean: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=62&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The 4 Hour Work Week&#8221; by Timothy Ferriss: Part I &#8211; opinions</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/notes-on-the-4-hour-work-week-or-4hww/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>torotech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m on my second/third reading of the book, the 4 hour work week by Tim Ferriss.  I have a few comments on the book but before I get to far I want to issue a quick disclaimer:

I&#8217;m not a Tim Ferriss wannabe fan-boy
I think this is an excellent book
Take all &#8220;self-help&#8221; kind of books [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=57&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Self Portraits</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/self-portraits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Portrait 1, leaning on wall

Portrait 2, sitting on fence

Portrait 3, by the stream

Portrait 4, in the field
The inspiration for my self portraits was Hippolyte Bayard,  and &#8220;imitation is the sincerest form of flattery&#8221;.   For those of you who don&#8217;t know, Hippolyte Bayard was one of the inventors of photography and likely the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=46&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Silly Girl</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/silly-girl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Silly Girl -
WHAT is so funny about having your hair draped across your face?
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		<title>My Dear Child</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/my-dear-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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My Dear Child,
You sleep so peacefully.  Sleep for you is the great forgetter.  When you awake, you&#8217;ll forget about the fights with your sister or the trouble you got into when you drew on the walls.  All your pain and frustrations will drift into the darkness.  Sometimes I worry that there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=41&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha along side the road</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/buddha-along-side-the-road/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddha Along Side the Road
hey Buddha
as i was going to work
i saw you sittin along the road
so i had to run you over
but the strangest thing happened
on my way back
you were still there
so i did it again
but the next morning
you were still there
so i smiled and drove on by
and then you were gone
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		<title>Spirituality Of Darkness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photography is a very spiritual and emotional form of expression. My best photographs have always been those that remind me of how I felt at the time I took the picture, for instance, if it was cold outside, does the picture make me feel my skin shivering. I like to use the camera, and post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=38&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Journal
how i love your pages
waiting to be filled up with adventures
and thoughts and wisdom and emotions
but alas i can not do it
for the pen is mightier then the sword
but i can not put the sword down
and i am left stuck here
admiring your empty pages
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		<title>&#8220;The Vision&#8221; &#8211; Tom Brown Jr.</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/the-vision-tom-brown-jr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>torotech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction
&#8220;The searcher in the modern world no longer has a clear and pure path to follow and finds in its stead only foggy, vague distortions of the original truths.  And so the searcher never fully understands where he or she is going; the successes are few and far between, and the results questionable.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=29&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Problem With Tibetan Buddhism Books</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/tibetan-buddhism-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading several Buddhism and meditation books recently.  I&#8217;ve noticed though, that I&#8217;ve been put off by book from/about Tibetan Buddhism.  Unfortunately, this comprises a large section of my local libraries section, including those by HH Dali Lama.  The books read very dogmatically, and mystically for that matter.  When I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=28&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Caring For Your Introvert</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/caring-for-your-introvert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 15:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauch?r
For some reason this article really struck a chord.  I think it has to do with my recent recurring bout of the&#8221;Recurring Existential Crisis Virus&#8221; or RECV.   Being an introvert, this crisis naturally happens quite often.  Fortunately, to a certain degree, I actually look forward to having an RECV and I&#8217;ve even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=27&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I never thought I would say this again, I joined a Church</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/i-never-thought-i-would-say-this-again-i-joined-a-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 10 years ago, I left the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses for good.  I was pretty well convinced that all churches were bad.  The only religion I had much faith in was Buddhism at the time, and that was more on a philosophical level.  So why the change in heart?  Well I wanted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=25&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Plan</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/the-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post, I decided to perform a rite of a vision quest.  Like everything, and true to my roots, I need to devise a plan for my vision quest.   Some things that I need to contemplate: when? where? how long? what should I bring? what should I do?
When, The Schedule:

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		<title>Up and down and up and down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These last couple of weeks I&#8217;ve really immersed myself in buddhist, meditative, and mindfulness studies.  In particular studies on the subconscious mind, the ego, and general buddhist studies.  This whole ego thing just has me in a tailspin.  I am very open minded and usually comprehend quickly, but its just like the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=22&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;It&#8217;s Up to You, The Practice of Self-Reflection on the Buddhist Path&#8221; &#8211; Dzigar Kongtrul</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/its-up-to-you-the-practice-of-self-reflection-on-the-buddhist-path-dzigar-kongtrul/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Separating Basic Nature From Heart
You may notice something very interesting when you slow down.  As you experience more space in you mind, there is more distance between you and your emotional reactions.  You may still react out of habit, but these reactions don&#8217;t really have their hooks in you.  You may react [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=21&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About Me Part 1: ToroTech and The Philosophy of ToroTech</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am everything and I am nothing.
An Athiest today, Agnostic tomorrow.
Humanist
Buddhist
Skeptic
Universalist
Free-Thinker
Existentialist
I am all of these titles
I am none of these titles
I live without boundaries.
I live without titles
I live without fear
Love
Love is all I need
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		<title>A List of Subjects to Study and/or Blog about</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/a-list-of-goals-dreams-and-aspirations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exploring

Road Tripping / Nomadic Travel / Vagabond Travel

Religous / Spiritual / Philosophical

Humanism
Existentialism
Universalism
Animism

Other

Spirit Quest / Vision Quest / Heroic Journey
Lucid dreaming
Sleep Journalling
Four hour work week

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		<title>Personal Victories List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily

10 minutes of Deep Breathing or Relaxation at Lunchtime
Stop useless Internet surfing
Spend time reading / enriching myself

Weekly

1 Hour personal activity with each daughter
Work out at least 3 times per week

Monthly

Completing a 30 Day Challenge
30 Day Challenge Ideas

Do 50 Pushups and 50 sit-ups


Eat Healthy
No Coffee


Take 1 Picture of something or someone every day


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		<title>Weekend Warrior Activities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearby

Renfrew Park Trail Run
Rocky Knob Loop Jog/Climb with possible overnight on AT
Chimney Rocks Hike
Caledonia Trail Run or Bike
Lower Long Pine Run or Bike
Upper Long Pine Run or Bike
Sunset Rocks hike

Far Away

Western MD Rail Trail Bike Ride
Pole Steeple (Pine Grove Furnace) Hike
Pine Grove Furnace ATV/Log Sled Mountain Bike Trail
Hashawha Env. Center Bike Trail
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		<title>Recommended Spiritual Reading List</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recommended Spiritual Reading List
(prepared by Ron Gardner)
Advaita Vedanta
Highly Recommended
Ashtavakra Gita—Hari Prasad Shastri (tr.)
Sat-Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Maharshi—Sri Ramanasramam
Sri Ramana Gita—Ramana Maharshi
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi—Ramana Maharshi (a truly great spiritual book)
(Note: Sat-Darshana Bhashya, Sri Ramana Gita, and Talks With Ramana Maharshi are available at www.arunachala.org.)
Recommended
Be As You Are (The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi)—David [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=16&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Lunchtime Enlightenment&#8221; – Pragito Dove</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple Reminders

Slow Down Every Process
Schedule regular time for relaxation
Use aromatherapy to help you relax
Create a stress-free place for yourself at home
Bring your awareness to your body
Release the tensions you are carrying
Try sauntering
Find the middle way
Don’t eat too much; don’t eat too little
Don’t sellp too much; don’t seel less than needed
Drop all extremes
Try lounging
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		<title>&#8220;The Beginner’s Guide to Insight Meditation&#8221; &#8211; Arinna Weisman and Jean Smith:</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wisdom
Just as real seeds need particular conditions in which to germinate and ripen… so does karma: The results of our actions depend on certain conditions for fruition, and we cannot foresee when these conditions will take place.  Sometimes the results are immediate.  For example, if we share our lunch with a friend, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=14&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Simplify Your Work Life&#8221; – Elaine St James</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 21 Get Organized
First I follow the cardinal rule of organization: I have a place for everything and keep everything in its place except when ‘m using it.  Second, I keep my desk clear of everything except a vase of flowers and the materials that relate to the project I am currently working on. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=13&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Books, Authors, Subjects to read about</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Specific Books

&#8220;The Vision&#8221; by Tom Brown Jr
&#8220;For the new intellectual&#8221; by Ayn Rand
National Geographic: The Photographs&#8221; by Leah Bendavid Val
The Fountainhead&#8221; by Ayn Rand
“Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand
&#8220;The Adventurist&#8221; by Robert Young Pelton
“Take Big Bites” by Linda Ellerbee
“Post-Atheism” by Matt Berry
“Demon Haunted World” By Carl Sagan
“Virus of the Mind” by Richard Brodie
“Getting Things Done” by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=12&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Call this Diary Entry Number 1</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/call-this-diary-entry-number-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I welcome myself back to wordpress and this project I started a long time ago.  I&#8217;ve had a lot on my mind lately and just need to get it all out.
So have how have I been doing?  I&#8217;ve been reading a lot of meditation and mindfulness books lately.  Practicing meditation mostly unsuccesfully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=10&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhism 30 Day Challenge</title>
		<link>http://torotech.wordpress.com/2006/06/15/buddhism-30-day-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this challenge is to immerse yourself in a psedo-buddhist lifestyle.  To learn more about buddhist philosophy, and to see how I could adopt common Buddhist practices into your life.  You don&#8217;t have to desire to become a monk or anything like that, but desire to achieve a higher level of inner-peace and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=9&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Five Mindfulness Trainings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 22:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are the Five Mindfulness Trainings from Thich Nath Hanh.  They are modern day adaptions of ancient Buddhist Principles used to achieve Nirvana.  I&#8217;ve made notes on the sections representing my thoughts.
The Five Mindfulness Trainings
(according to Thich Nath Hanh, www.plumvillage.org)
-First Training-
Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=torotech.wordpress.com&blog=99996&post=8&subd=torotech&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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