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	<title>heartsteps</title>
	<link>http://heartsteps.org</link>
	<description>A pilgrim&#039;s journey to the Great Better</description>
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		<title>Compassion is the key to Happiness</title>
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One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: What is the purpose of life?
I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. From the moment of birth, every human being wants happiness and does not want suffering. Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affects this.
Therefore, it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/compassion-is-the-key-to-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Favourite Prayer</title>
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For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
Dalai Lama
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		<link>http://heartsteps.org/favourite-prayer/</link>
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		<title>Honour Life</title>
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In the name of daybreak
and the eyelids of the morning
and the wayfaring moon
and the night when it departs,
I swear I will not dishonour
my soul with hatred,
but offer myself humbly
as a guardian of nature,
as a healer of misery,
as a messenger of wonder,
as an architect of peace.
In the name of the sun and its mirrors
and the day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/honour-life/</link>
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		<title>Peace and the Ego</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Peace does not come through the agreement of egos, for it is impossible for egos to agree. Peace comes when love and mutual respect are present. When love is present, your enemy becomes like a friend who is not afraid to disagree with you. You do not cast him out of your heart just because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/peace-and-the-ego/</link>
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		<title>Living Here Life Divine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
May every creature abound in well-being and peace.
May every living being, weak or strong, the long and the small
The short and the medium-sized, the mean and the great
May every living being, seen or unseen, those dwelling far off,
Those near by, those already born, those waiting to be born
May all attain inward peace.
Let no one deceive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/living-here-life-divine/</link>
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		<title>A Cushion for Your Head</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Just sit there right now
Don&#8217;t do a thing
Just rest.
For your separation from God,
From love,
Is the hardest work
In this
World.
Let me bring you trays of food
And something
That you like to
Drink.
You can use my soft words
As a cushion
For your
Head.
Hafiz
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		<link>http://heartsteps.org/a-cushion-for-your-head/</link>
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		<title>Prayer of Faith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Spiritual unity is always followed by actual or personal unity; that is, what we enter into conscious possession of in the spiritual life we will, ere long, gain actual possession of in the physical life. Believe that you have already received in the spirit what you desire to receive in the person, and you will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/prayer-of-faith/</link>
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		<title>Joy and Sorrow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Then a woman said, &#8220;Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.&#8221;
And he answered: &#8220;Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/joy-and-sorrow/</link>
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		<title>Addicted to Suffering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Don&#8217;t take anything personally because by taking things personally you set yourself up to suffer for nothing. Humans are addicted to suffering at different levels and to different degrees, and we support each other in maintaining these addictions. Humans agree to help each other suffer. If you have the need to be abused, you will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/addicted-to-suffering/</link>
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		<title>Hunger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
You hunger to be touched, but deny your hunger. Allow me to love you. Permit me to teach you loving ways to treat yourself. Every hair on your head is precious to me, every inch of your skin. You are not a beast of burden. I do not intend you to work yourself to exhaustion, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://heartsteps.org/hunger/</link>
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