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	<title>The American Monk</title>
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		<title>Getting in the Zone</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/learn-to-meditate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/learn-to-meditate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guided Meditation Exercices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Hope you all have had a splendid start to your February. I want to pose a question to you (reply by commenting below), how many of you meditate daily? I know it can be hard to find the time in the hustle of our everyday lives, but a good goal for a beginner [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Hope you all have had a splendid start to your February.  I want to pose a question to you (reply by commenting below), <strong>how many of you meditate daily?</strong>  </p>
<p>I know it can be hard to find the time in the hustle of our everyday lives, but a good  goal for a beginner is to meditate for five minutes at the very beginning and end of each day.  It's a great way to <strong>set tone and proper intention</strong>.</p>
<p>I've heard from quite a few of you that you've enjoyed my guided meditations in the past, so I thought it was worth <strong>making a slight change today and doing a meditation</strong>.  </p>
<p>Let me know what you think.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/learn-to-meditate/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>When to Trust Your Emotions</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/emotional-freedom/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/emotional-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emotional Freedom Technique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attitude]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2981</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Today I'm going to do another little question and answer session since I liked how the last one worked out so much. I'll begin by talking about emotions and when they should and shouldn't have an influence in your decision making. Then I'll go into the wave of goodness technique. For those of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Today I'm going to do another <strong>little question and answer session</strong> since I liked how the last one worked out so much.   I'll begin by talking about emotions and when they should and shouldn't have an influence in your decision making.</p>
<p>Then I'll go into the wave of goodness technique.  For those of you who don't know what the technique is all about no need to worry, it's all included in the video below.</p>
<p>I'm also curious to see your comments below on <strong>how you reacted when I dropped the pencil.<br />
</strong></p>
<p>Without further ado...</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/emotional-freedom/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>The Power of the Right&#160;Rhythm</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/eft-tapping/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/eft-tapping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Programming Techniques]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tapping]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Happy Saturday everyone and sorry for the late blog post this week. No need to worry though - they will go on as usual debuting every Friday. I've been really happy to see more comments below these videos so I thought today to do another sort of question and answer session. If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Happy Saturday everyone and sorry for the late blog post this week.  No need to worry though - they will go on as usual <strong>debuting every Friday</strong>.</p>
<p>I've been really happy to see more comments below these videos so I thought today to do another sort of question and answer session.  If you want your question answered in one of the videos coming up <strong>just leave a comment below</strong> and I'll get around to the ones I feel haven't been addressed much before.</p>
<p>So today it's<strong> tapping, rhythm, and healing</strong>.</p>
<p>As I've said before everything in life has its own sort of rhythm.  You can find out more about the idea of rhythm by using the EFT tapping technique I talk about <a href="http://www.theamericanmonk.com/products">in my Mindbox program</a> and on many of these video blogs (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLypN4CF3os">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnhSnHfYJfI">here</a>, to name a few).</p>
<p>But before clicking the link learn some more and <strong>watch the video below</strong>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/eft-tapping/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>The Basics of Infinity</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/power-of-the-mind/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/power-of-the-mind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dear Burt Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infinity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rhythm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Today I'm going to do a little Q&#038;A session. The more feedback I get via questions below the more often I'll do these kind of sessions and the better they'll be. So after watching the video below be sure to comment. Infinity in a lot of ways seems more like an idea than [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Today I'm going to do a little Q&#038;A session.  The more feedback I get via questions below the more often I'll do these kind of sessions and the better they'll be.  So after watching the video below<strong> be sure to comment</strong>.</p>
<p>Infinity in a lot of ways seems more like an idea than a real thing.  It's impossible to wrap your mind around.</p>
<p>Join me below as I go into my latest take on infinity, rhythms, and other things I've been asked in the comments on this blog.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/power-of-the-mind/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Daydreaming for Creativity</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-dreaming/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-dreaming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dear Burt Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daydreaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imagination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Around the internet and in academia I've seen a lot of discussion about the role of the human subconscious in dreaming. After all, dreaming is a peculiar thing. Scientists say that we dream every night whether we remember it or not, but as to why we must dream the jury is still out. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Around the internet and in academia I've seen a lot of discussion about the role of the<strong> human subconscious in dreaming</strong>.  </p>
<p>After all, dreaming is a peculiar thing.  Scientists say that we dream every night whether we remember it or not, but as to why we must dream <strong>the jury is still out</strong>.</p>
<p>Some say that dreaming is a mechanism of sorting through and linking conscious and subconscious experiences.  Just like lucid dreaming can be used to play a semi-conscious role in your dream state, you can accomplish the same thing by taking control of your daydreams.   </p>
<p>Suddenly your daydreaming <strong>goes from recreational to creational</strong>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-dreaming/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>The Power of an Idea</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-mind-power/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-mind-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dear Burt Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2954</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Ideas. It's funny to think that nearly everything around you (that's man made of course) began as an idea. Your life and the objects you use every day are the product of centuries of hard work and innovation. The pen sitting on your desk was once just an idea in someone's head and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Ideas.  It's funny to think that nearly everything around you (that's man made of course) <strong>began as an idea</strong>.  Your life and the objects you use every day are the product of centuries of hard work and innovation.</p>
<p>The pen sitting on your desk was once just an idea in someone's head and lead on parchment.  The computer you're typing on is the result of<strong> ideas upon ideas</strong>.  Collaboration between scientists, designers, and entrepreneurs for years and years.</p>
<p>What do you think?  <strong>Let me know with a comment below!</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-mind-power/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
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		<title>Finding Calm in the Holiday&#160;Hustle</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/holiday-meditation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/holiday-meditation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dear Burt Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state of mind]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, As we make our way into the heart of the holiday season I thought it might be good to go through a guided meditation. Though the holidays can be a stressful time of year it's also important to reflect on what's important and what has happened in your life this past year. Relax [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>As we make our way into the heart of the holiday season I thought it might be good to go through <strong>a guided meditation</strong>.  </p>
<p>Though the holidays can be a stressful time of year it's also important to reflect on what's important and what has happened in your life this past year.</p>
<p><strong>Relax</strong> and tune in below.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/holiday-meditation/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
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		<title>The Right Question If You&#8217;re Feeling Unmotivated</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/lack-of-motivation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/lack-of-motivation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harness The Power of Your Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2937</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, Lots of people tell me they just aren't feeling motivated. "How can I become more motivated?" they ask me. I tell them that first they have to start focusing on the right things, and searching for motivation isn't really the root of the problem. To illustrate my point today I'll tell you a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>Lots of people tell me they just aren't feeling motivated.  </p>
<p>"How can I become more motivated?" they ask me.  </p>
<p>I tell them that first they have to start focusing on the right things, and <strong>searching for motivation isn't really the root of the problem</strong>.</p>
<p>To illustrate my point today I'll tell you a <strong>story about a guru</strong>.  The story helps explain why the root cause lies more in your idea of desire than your motivation.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/lack-of-motivation/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
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		<title>Keeping Your Problems In Perspective</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harness The Power of Your Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, One of the fundamental ways the human brain works is by comparison. The highs in life never seem as high unless you have the lows for comparison. Today I'll get into how you how to take advantage of this fact and pair it with a useful mental technique for combating problems. Imagine something [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>One of the fundamental ways the human brain works is<strong> by comparison</strong>.  The highs in life never seem as high unless you have the lows for comparison.  Today I'll get into how you how to take advantage of this fact and pair it with a useful mental technique for combating problems.  </p>
<p>Imagine something that is making a negative impact on your life.  Then click below and enjoy.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/subconscious-power/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
<p><em>P.S.  Let me know what you think by leaving a comment below!<br />
</em></p>
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		<title>Are You Subconsciously Limiting Yourself?</title>
		<link>http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/the-power-of-your-subconscious-mind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Burt Goldman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Harness The Power of Your Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subconscious]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/?p=2924</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear friends, The human mind works on both a conscious and subconscious level. Understanding the interplay between the two is an important part of living a more enlightened life and coming to understand your underlying intentions. Join me below as I delve into the power of the subconscious mind and its implications in your everyday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear friends,</p>
<p>The human mind works on both a <strong>conscious</strong> and <strong>subconscious</strong> level.  Understanding the interplay between the two is an important part of living a more enlightened life and coming to understand your underlying intentions.  Join me below as I delve into the power of the subconscious mind and its implications in your everyday life.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.theamericanmonk.com/the-power-of-your-subconscious-mind/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>To enlightenment,</p>
<p><strong>Burt</strong></p>
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