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		<title>When You&#8217;re Feeling Small . . .</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2012/03/when-youre-feeling-small/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;. . . perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is a part of us . . . when I look up . . . I feel big because my atoms came from those stars. There is a level of connectivity. That is really what you want in life, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying To Steer The Roller Coaster</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2011/08/trying-to-steer-the-rollercoaster/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2011/08/trying-to-steer-the-rollercoaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate change. It scares me, it disorients me, and it often throws me into a state of intense panic. My life is a few short weeks away from a major change. I start my PsyD program on August 29th. I have no idea what my life is going to look like during the next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can we form queer spiritual community?</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/07/can-we-form-spiritual-community-without-borders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have pretty much always been a spiritual person. I spent most of my formative (8 &#8211; 18) years growing up in a ultra conservative Christian church. During those years my life, especially socially, was consumed by the church. While I have reconciled my spiritual upbringing and recognized it does not reflect my spiritual beliefs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Being A Lifetime Student</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2010/01/on-being-a-lifetime-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=1285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a student. I have been a student as long as I remember. And it is a pleasure to be a student. It is a pleasure to learn that I don&#8217;t know. It is a pleasure to learn that I already know. It is a pleasure to learn that I was mistaken. It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The Past Decade . . .</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/12/in-the-past-decade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=1288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[- lived (in order) in Pleasant Hill, CA, SE Portland, NE Portland, NW Portland, Twain Harte, CA, NE Portland, SE Portland, Twain Harte, CA, and Berkeley, CA - dated 18 people including four long-term (more than 1 year) relationships, and a triad (three person) primary relationship - fostered feral kittens - come out as gender [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Needed: Rites of Passage</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/11/needed-rites-of-passage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a class assignment I recently wrote and delivered a rite of passage for transgender, genderqueer and gender non-conforming individuals. Read more about the ceremony here.]]></description>
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		<title>I Want To Remember This . . .</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/02/i-want-to-remember-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Carol P. Christ&#8217;s Rebirth of the Goddess: To transform the way we think we must find alternatives to dualistic and hierarchial habits of thought. Philosopher and thealogian Mara Keller proposes three foundations on which a nondualistic or holistic philosophy can be built. The first is the intuition of the unity of being and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>[Quote]</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/02/quote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Often our minds, conditioned and indoctrinated as they have been, can prevent us from perceiving the truth; sometimes our bodies can tell us more.&#8221; &#8212; Hallie Iglehart Austen, The Heart of the Goddess]]></description>
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		<title>A Peek Into My (Scholarly) World</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/01/a-peek-into-my-scholarly-world/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2009/01/a-peek-into-my-scholarly-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=833</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Embodied Thinking Embodied thinking is an alternative to objective thought. When we think through the body, we reflect upon the standpoints embedded in our life experiences, histories, values, judgments, and interests. Not presuming to speak universally or dispassionately, we acknowledge that our perspectives are finite and limited. Rather than being &#8220;subjective&#8221; &#8220;narrowly personal,&#8221; &#8220;merely confessional,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Kali</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/08/about-kali/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/08/about-kali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It was right around the time that M and I split and after my health scare that I realized that it was absolutely time for me to get my Kali tattoo. Here is the background story on her significance. I was a devoted Christian from the age of 8 – 18. I belonged (this word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kali Tattoo &#8211; Session 2</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/08/kali-tattoo-session-2/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/08/kali-tattoo-session-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I had my second sitting AND got the pics from the amazing this.nik of my first sitting for the Kali tattoo. Ink done by my dear friend and extremely talented artist, Jesse at Adorn. I know I keep promising to write about the significance of this piece and I just want to say, be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blessings and Kali</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/07/blessings-and-kali/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/07/blessings-and-kali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=703</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got home from my first sitting for my new tattoo. I haven&#8217;t talked about it too openly and I do not have the energy do go in depth here and now, but let me just say that this peace is perhaps the most personal and most empowering piece I&#8217;ve ever received. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gleened from my Study of Sufism</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/02/gleened-from-my-study-of-sufism/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/02/gleened-from-my-study-of-sufism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You, the Ultimate Reality, are All in All. Atheism confesses the ineffability of Your Essence. Polytheism personifies Your manifold Attributes. Monotheism witnesses the unity of Your Being. In every God-Ideal an emanation of You shines forth. The heart receives of You as much as it can contain. When the heart is supple it is capable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious campaigns for the White House?</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/01/religious-campaigns-for-the-white-house/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2008/01/religious-campaigns-for-the-white-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of my thesis research I have come across a organization called The Interfaith Alliance which is currently taking part in a campaign called One Nation Many Faiths in partnership with First Freedom First and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. The following is a thought provoking email I wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Down, Two To Go</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2007/12/one-down-two-to-go/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2007/12/one-down-two-to-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now made it through my first term of thesis. I&#8217;m a bit stunned by how quickly this term flew by, not to mention the fact that I am now official over half way done with my master&#8217;s program! My second reader has signed off on my topic, I turned in my final projects for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cha, Cha, Cha, Changes</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2007/11/cha-cha-cha-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2007/11/cha-cha-cha-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend I had a &#8220;come to Jesus moment.&#8221; I quickly (or considering that it is week eight of a ten week term, not so quickly) realized that my current thesis topic was not working for me. I felt completely detached from the topic and was really frustrated by the feedback I was getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank GOD for Peanut Butter</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2007/04/thank-god-for-peanut-butter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nonsequiter.com/?p=594</guid>
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		<title>Stream of Conciousness</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2006/10/stream-of-conciousness/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2006/10/stream-of-conciousness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WARNING: This is a stream of consciousness to simply unload some fullness of the brain I am touched by the very thing that has caused the greatest pain in my life. Religion. Now that I am able to take an objective look through the eyes of the authors of the various texts I am currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Antsy . . .</title>
		<link>http://nonsequiter.com/2005/09/antsy/</link>
		<comments>http://nonsequiter.com/2005/09/antsy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nonsequiter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had a conversation with friends over dinner about my international travels when I was a teenager. Essentially, I was a pretty hardcore christian when I was a teenager and traveled with my Assemblies of God youth group on two mission trips. When I was sixteen I went to Calcutta, India; Egypt, and Isreal. [...]]]></description>
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