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	<description>Hate me for who I am not who you think I am.</description>
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		<title>The Doubting Buddha</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/11/the-doubting-buddha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doubt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skepticism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I sit here looking inward I am able to see the outside world &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I see through my insights Maybe I am right Maybe. The word imposes itself The doubt imposes itself &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I give it that power These chains cause me pain I am a fettered Buddha But I am the Buddha &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;I see light emanating [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I sit here looking inward<br />
I am able to see the outside world<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I see through my insights<br />
Maybe I am right</p>
<p>Maybe. The word imposes itself<br />
The doubt imposes itself<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I give it that power<br />
These chains cause me pain</p>
<p>I am a fettered Buddha<br />
But I am the Buddha<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I see light emanating from me<br />
I am more than reflection</p>
<p>People doubt me. I doubt myself<br />
The doubt is a mist surrounding me<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I make it evaporate<br />
The sun&#8217;s light pours out of me</p>
<p>They point to the moon<br />
I look past their pointing finger<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I look past the moon<br />
I see what makes it shine</p>
<p>I see what gives meaning<br />
I see what understands<br />
   &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I am the Buddha<br />
Doubt me and see for yourself</p>
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		<title>A Beer on the River</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/11/a-beer-on-the-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This beer is black I can never go back To simple times of naivete Wasting a whole day Floating nowhere A river speaks to me It seeks to be Comfort I cannot find From the thoughts in my mind On and on it goes This beer is black It has the knack To look back [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This beer is black<br />
I can never go back<br />
To simple times of naivete<br />
Wasting a whole day<br />
Floating nowhere</p>
<p>A river speaks to me<br />
It seeks to be<br />
Comfort I cannot find<br />
From the thoughts in my mind<br />
On and on it goes</p>
<p>This beer is black<br />
It has the knack<br />
To look back at me<br />
What does it see<br />
Yes the river knows</p>
<p>Breathing under water<br />
I writhe and totter<br />
Familiar feelings<br />
From the same dealings<br />
I don&#8217;t care</p>
<p>This beer is black<br />
Saving me from the rack<br />
It&#8217;s just my fate<br />
To come too late<br />
This is what I chose</p>
<p>Please believe me<br />
The river whispers softly<br />
Love&#8217;s around the bend<br />
For now transcend<br />
I&#8217;ll take you there</p>
<p>This beer is black<br />
I&#8217;ve lost track<br />
I need a little time<br />
To feel sublime<br />
Without a snare</p>
<p>Free fall flow<br />
With it I go<br />
Endlessly pushed<br />
In a current ambushed<br />
By echoes<br />
</p>
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		<title>Walking Down the Street</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/11/walking-down-the-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My vision and mind Clouding my awareness Perceptions made unkind By life&#8217;s unfairness I cannot see What is before me The cosmos are hidden By a protruding skyline The world pockmarked and ridden With humanities timeline I am filled with fear Stuck in a human sphere I walk my path To my destination and beyond [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My vision and mind<br />
Clouding my awareness<br />
Perceptions made unkind<br />
By life&#8217;s unfairness</p>
<p>I cannot see<br />
What is before me</p>
<p>The cosmos are hidden<br />
By a protruding skyline<br />
The world pockmarked and ridden<br />
With humanities timeline</p>
<p>I am filled with fear<br />
Stuck in a human sphere</p>
<p>I walk my path<br />
To my destination and beyond<br />
I know the wrath<br />
Of feelings I&#8217;ve spawned</p>
<p>Hemmed in by<br />
Buildings blocking the sky</p>
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		<title>Dasein</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/10/dasein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when I thought there were rules. The rules would dictate the right way to do something. The rules were well-planned and thought out. The rules were checked for consistency. The rules were fair. The rules were right. They could only be right and I, by practicing them, was right with them. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was a time when I thought there were rules. The rules would dictate the right way to do something. The rules were well-planned and thought out. The rules were checked for consistency. The rules were fair. The rules were right. They could only be right and I, by practicing them, was right with them.</p>
<p>I had never doubted these rules. They had never failed me.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Then things began to change.<br />
Inconsistencies existed.<br />
I was wrong. It felt strange.<br />
Doubtful thoughts I resisted.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Doubt would not be denied.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Abandon the past and its rules.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Delve into the epoche.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Perceive freely.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Wonder!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">I</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">am</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">what</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">thinks</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">and does</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am here</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Then here</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">here</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">here</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">here</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">Reborn, I see.</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">There is no right way to be.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am without form.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Agree?</p>
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		<title>Nondual Philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/07/nondual-philanthropy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Look at all these people. These people that are me. This me that is not. I love the not, the people, and me.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look at all these people.<br />
These people that are me.<br />
This me that is not.<br />
I love the not, the people, and me.</p>
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		<title>Shadows</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/07/shadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The beauty of the world is not lost on me A cloud passes before the sun My view of the horizon is darkened Life goes on around me Beauty shines on For now I only see its shadows]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The beauty of the world is not lost on me<br />
A cloud passes before the sun<br />
My view of the horizon is darkened<br />
Life goes on around me<br />
Beauty shines on<br />
For now<br />
I only see its shadows</p>
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		<title>Darkness</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/07/darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A shadow falls upon the world Flowers that once blossomed Now wither and die Brightness will come again But, how will the world survive till then?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A shadow falls upon the world<br />
Flowers that once blossomed<br />
Now wither and die<br />
Brightness will come again<br />
But, how will the world survive till then?</p>
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		<title>Castles in the Sky</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/05/castles-in-the-sky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 23:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The castle crumbles Once beautiful and strong Now, ugly and weak Beauty had been its weakness Strength, a hindrance to its beauty Both with and without It crumbles It is great, it is grand It has no foundation On which to stand]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The castle crumbles<br />
Once beautiful and strong<br />
Now, ugly and weak<br />
Beauty had been its weakness<br />
Strength, a hindrance to its beauty<br />
Both with and without<br />
It crumbles<br />
It is great, it is grand<br />
It has no foundation<br />
On which to stand</p>
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		<title>Blind to Falsehood</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/05/blind-to-falsehood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 23:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Only Truth Can cure this heart Where to look Where to start A madman is let loose among children No reason No understanding Tiny little cries Fall upon deaf ears Who cares Who cares Let him be Leave him alone The blind always find their way]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Only Truth<br />
Can cure this heart<br />
Where to look<br />
Where to start<br />
A madman is let loose among children<br />
No reason<br />
No understanding<br />
Tiny little cries<br />
Fall upon deaf ears<br />
Who cares<br />
Who cares<br />
Let him be<br />
Leave him alone<br />
The blind always find their way</p>
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		<title>Fleeting Joy</title>
		<link>http://rafadamar.com/2011/05/fleeting-joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 23:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ralph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A child dies of hunger A woman is beaten Lies are told Crimes committed He smiles at her She smiles at him They hold each other And kiss For one second The world smiles He embraces her He embraces love He embraces pain They are one in the same]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A child dies of hunger<br />
A woman is beaten<br />
Lies are told<br />
Crimes committed<br />
He smiles at her<br />
She smiles at him<br />
They hold each other<br />
And kiss<br />
For one second<br />
The world smiles<br />
He embraces her<br />
He embraces love<br />
He embraces pain<br />
They are one in the same</p>
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