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		<title>Insanity, Espresso and Teenage Wisdom</title>
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			<title>Francois says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hi Kimberly, I meditate when I want to be alone with myself. Rinpoche taught me that inside of me is all I need and he is right. It is not bragging, but he is absolutely right; out there it is so easy to get lost in trivial things. Inside I am with me and when I meditate I feel like giving some attention to that being inside of me and you what; he likes me doing that! He appreciates the attention and he smiles and glows at me. Thanks to Rinpoche I learned to look the other way, to look inwards. When I am not meditating, I feel always a sort of urge to do it. It is like wanting to eat something sweet,  wanting a nice cappuchino. I also regard it as a sort of maintanance, like brushing my teeth or having a bath. It is a sort of reset of my system. when I start to  meditate, it is a bit like: Hi guy, I'm back, how have you been, soooo good to know that you are always there and you know what, I enjoy sooo much spending some time with you. When I have meditated, I feel a bliss still present in me, like now while I am writing this down. Thanx Kimberly for asking me to write this down. regards Francois ]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Francois</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kimberly says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Very interesting and true!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 18:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Stephanie says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks for this post Kimberly. After reading it (and feeling amazed at the level of insight from such young people around LL) I decided to wait until the right moment and then ask teenagers who had little or no exposure to meditation to share their thoughts about meditation. So last week I went and sat down by the river with a little group of my students aged 14-17. When the moment was right I asked them what they thought about meditation - had they ever considered it? The responses I got were mainly along the lines of this. "I just can't sit still for long enough" "I can't stop thinking" "That would be too difficult for me" Only one teen (who'd been in therapy) said, "yes, my therapist sometimes gets me to sit quietly. I also noticed with my own 11 year old son, who has literally grown up around me doing meditation doesn't really want to do it. (I have never forced him to take part in meditation or practice as I feel with him this would create aversion) BUT, he is open to breathing from his tummy with me, quietly at night. He is also very open to calling for Guru Rinpoche in his heart when afraid. (He has done this before) What I felt from both my son and the teens was that many are actually put off by the label "meditation" and the associations that term has. I feel like we need a different way to access those minds....like with my son, the breathing aspect. Or the aspect of working directly with a difficult emotion through breathing/a candle/attentio n. Just some thoughts from my very small survey inspired by your post!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Stephanie</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 10:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jerome Stone says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Kimberly. It's always so wonderful to get a glimpse of perspective from the younger minds within the meditation community. I'm not sure whether your sleepy-mind would get along with my insomniac mind, but lately I've been doing some advanced practices in...not sleeping, and I've found that even though I'm "Oh my f'in' God am I exhausted" tired, the practice helps me to take advantage of the profound state of fatigue and exhaustion that I may be suffering. It's funny, in both cases it's "...sleep's strong grip..." that is challenging us, but in my case, it's that sleep won't let me in, it's gripping the door shut - bloody heck!! May you have all the sleep that you need, and may that heckuva-guy continue to make you wicked strong Italian espresso - multo bene!! Thanks for the great post. Take care, Jerome]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jerome Stone</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mahon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Actually, I think it's by thinking about it. When I think about meditation, I start looking forward to spending that precious time on the cushion letting it all go. I'm not thinking "I should be meditating", but I am thinking about how fantastic it is when I do meditation and how lucky I am to have discovered it. It's like this friend that will never leave me. I love it because it loves me! But basically me and meditation are cool. We don't have such a strict routine, but because we love each other, we know we'll always come back together sometime. Then, every time we see each other, it just gets better and better!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mahon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kimberly says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Silke! Helpful, I like what you say about sometimes it just being a decision, remembering not to take all of our thoughts so seriously and that we do have this wonderful open space in our minds.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 19:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Silke says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's a relief to know that it is not only happend to me. sometimes i ask me too if i am maybe insane - sometime there are so awfull thought and feelings. Therefore i always set my alarm a bit earlier so that i have some time to settle me, to come back to my confidence, to awake my connection to my inner love&trust and to my master who loves me and showed me my true nature, who gave me so many so helpfull teachings and practise advises, so that i am now able to train myself to come back again and again in (t)his love, loving kindness and trust.......... Sometimes it is just a descion, because of understanding what makes more sence, what feels just better and give me a better basis for the whole day and to accept that´s only appearances and not to take them to serios an remind be of this wonderfull open space and love in my mind. Today it was very helpfull just to feel the wind, the fresh air and the sun in my face, just to let flow away all sleepy and grumpy feelings.....]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Silke</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kimberly says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good idea! Any tips about how to fall in love (with meditation that is!)...?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Mahon says:</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thanks Kimberly, my bed also seems like my best friend - and sometimes it's like my worst enemy! I am not under eighteen, but I don't think it makes much difference, really! When I meditate, I actually feel like I'm doing something useful, and enjoyable. It brings the best out of me and I enjoy being myself more and more! It can often be hard to just do it though, and I struggle with it. So, instead, I try to "fall in love" with my meditation so that my resistance just falls away and I am irresistably drawn in...]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Mahon</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 11:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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