<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:46:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@alkhemst/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[God considered scientifically, morally and philosophically]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was the first of a series of lectures delivered before the Truth-Seekers' free debating society on May 28, 1863 by my 2nd great grandfather Dr Th. Berigny. I've been transcribing it with the help]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/god/@alkhemst/god-considered-scientifically-morally-and-philosophically</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/god/@alkhemst/god-considered-scientifically-morally-and-philosophically</guid><category><![CDATA[god]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:55:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cover eyes (to) see, block ears (to) hear]]></title><description><![CDATA[From Yapa: Before you hear our story, Before you hear your story, Or the writing of the language, Of the country of our ancestors, And the country of your ancestors, Or the name of a spirit or ancestor,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/original/@alkhemst/cover-eyes-to-see-block-ears-to-hear</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/original/@alkhemst/cover-eyes-to-see-block-ears-to-hear</guid><category><![CDATA[original]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 11:25:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Winner and rationalisations to win over clear contractions to reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[To this image I wrote this on social media: "Supporting people based on misplaced loyalty to some intangible ideals that hardly ever eventuate and then coming up with all kinds of rationalisations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nsa/@alkhemst/reality-winner-and-rationalisations-to-win-over-clear-contractions-to-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nsa/@alkhemst/reality-winner-and-rationalisations-to-win-over-clear-contractions-to-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[nsa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:15:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgsvc2XPNBNYpRgFqsQ3et2bVHbjHuEhZUGMgsY6bDsK4ipJVxbuM7pi3qEiRkhppgcZqVuVqv5jV2QswoKtNm5kTmmcmj597vWsHAFh5rGpdS9ZEiLkUUW3ygScNscabXK5uLjWjpw1huziX3n?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A philosophy that “exalts nation and often race above the individual”?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is this where both left and right politics agree, that exalting the “common good” is how societies improve? For example, these could be quotes from Hitler or Che Guevara (they are): “We do assert, however,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@alkhemst/a-philosophy-that-exalts-nation-and-often-race-above-the-individual</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@alkhemst/a-philosophy-that-exalts-nation-and-often-race-above-the-individual</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 11:31:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM19eBf5mzVXgDWL1u5R2QBPcehfT78PuS7H6ehDTgU13bQZsFSkqoEEXyNK5TcP8U3kF7GzZuCCpTMw2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual obfuscations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Definitions are fluid and once facism meant big business and big government working together for a centralised monopoly over anyone else not interested in coming to the party. Swap big business for big]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/political/@alkhemst/intellectual-obfuscations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/political/@alkhemst/intellectual-obfuscations</guid><category><![CDATA[political]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:58:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Settling our debts fairly]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's worth realising the importance of us all paying our debts. Societies and communities won't function if most people don't honour their promises to pay for services they are provided and use. It's worth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/debt/@alkhemst/settling-our-debts-fairly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/debt/@alkhemst/settling-our-debts-fairly</guid><category><![CDATA[debt]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:06:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[lawful position in Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to our knowing our lawful position in Australia it's worth looking at trust structures. Value is what is held in a trust, that is the point of why any trust exists. Experiencing our peaceful]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@alkhemst/lawful-position-in-australia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@alkhemst/lawful-position-in-australia</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:29:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brief outline of brainwaves interfacing with VR project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was part of a short project using EEG and VR. The idea was at least conceptually, that people could dynamically learn to train their brains, with a really high definition of feedback available - so all]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vr/@alkhemst/brief-outline-of-brainwaves-interfacing-with-vr-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vr/@alkhemst/brief-outline-of-brainwaves-interfacing-with-vr-project</guid><category><![CDATA[vr]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:05:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes humility important for great design?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What makes designers super.... updated and revised from a variety of sources. For me, humility is often overlooked. I know when I feel afraid of being judged or fear of failure, I often immediately take]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/design/@alkhemst/what-makes-humility-important-for-great-design</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/design/@alkhemst/what-makes-humility-important-for-great-design</guid><category><![CDATA[design]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 05:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNbFzApDTRsHUWAgvzgivhMEbnQajawwUMzsTFPErv8x3kZmFNbvJ6zaFjeM3XpXgHNhkbvutQ725eM34X31zV4REzmTt8z6FkoRSZpZNytVZY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do we want to learn if it makes us suffer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[For babies learning to walk, the suffering of falling isn't so great to not want to keep trying to walk. 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It's based on a model for growth that’s been adhered to since life]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@alkhemst/how-to-reach-the-highest-value-if-anything-value-growth-model</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@alkhemst/how-to-reach-the-highest-value-if-anything-value-growth-model</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 05:27:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWUU4zc6rVBWMwQtCcmNRSv5u6SoG1Jr2QofA6DH5MrmpHvTPnXPQVmZKMWqwVsj2g7MJ57Q2Kq5BYra95pPgtn96wjAo7bvZSQ7m2mwjj4kWd16bF7YC1dTZH4SmvZrx5LaUwwdRG9FzUbKgk9BCrJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, Laws of Giving & Adsactly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two years ago I was involved in a project that was about creating a way to enable a gift economy. This is an economy that runs on faith. Faith is like trust but it's more like being and doing things as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/adsactly/@alkhemst/laws-of-go-giving-and-adsactly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/adsactly/@alkhemst/laws-of-go-giving-and-adsactly</guid><category><![CDATA[adsactly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 03:15:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCHxjagwibdXCLMYNxrPY6YRrJip9MJrz6A7SMeMJQobZD9GzS5pt12XbMDYPsAiCLNZ34eoP8mkvFmpKCsVn83aCEXqPC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Native means born into servitude]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you take a pure break down of the words Ab-original and In-digenous, it looks like these words are very different in meaning in respect of property ownership than most people would like acknowledge.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/native-means-born-into-servitude</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/native-means-born-into-servitude</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:47:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVv5zy3dj3Zwuo25fyyKXwqpKgD4fWifRVM3my6BAdAVCve5sjsPXKh39ZWqRXiqv8nC72PbdKkHro6SGBGF3Y66xnWSAdd8WgRBR1F98vtvDZ15Exqhx5sEH9XuuUpK3P5Ce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Day Writing Challenge - a darker look at Australia Day and why not to avoid it]]></title><description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be Australian? I was born on this land and that ties me to it. By the Preamble to the Constitution, this makes me an heir to the people of the Commonwealth. "The Commonwealth"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/a-darker-look-at-australia-day-and-why-not-to-avoid-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/a-darker-look-at-australia-day-and-why-not-to-avoid-it</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:22:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjZQmTh175FywwpqVUd5yzskxXKfNJPv1Wa4UohwLZ9oJjQNWrLQWRvktCcKa9VsamsAjxncfsYBPBLpe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of emotions defined - what do you feel?]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many emotions and we have thousands of names for them. There are as many reasons about what they are and why they exist too. So I want to simplify it for everyone. I’m not saying that this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/emotions/@alkhemst/the-purpose-of-emotions-defined-what-do-you-feel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/emotions/@alkhemst/the-purpose-of-emotions-defined-what-do-you-feel</guid><category><![CDATA[emotions]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 14:55:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWUU4zc6rVBWMwQtCcmNRSv5u6SoG1Jr2QofA6DH5MuJSqiBYiJ5eGcyCrTQkVrDZbGGUwLRzXqDp64tVfAfGJVGM7jbhDZ5DQdDKRTizH95sSsCM5vSMuxr94P8KyXhzwzDHaWU9M48JgSwrwvNLYW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why people who think they rule over you are wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are people who believe they have a divine right to rule over you. Those people believe so because they're under an impression that this right is passed down to them. They also refer to what's in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/why-people-who-think-they-rule-you-are-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@alkhemst/why-people-who-think-they-rule-you-are-wrong</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[alkhemst]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:07:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVqAb1tf2ABEqqwGpT4RCv3iVAN8LY89X9VCtPCeHjr8dwmHvVJb6ppaTzGheND9oLq6SfjcnkrQkME787N3HbScQgL3P9FP1sJgXg7zJT6mfRbXwbvVDNsd6sYNWe1PDoofc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just go floppy - life lessons from surfing]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I was younger I used to go out in big surf, partly to face the fear, partly to impress my mates, and well a big part was riding those monster waves and the rush of it too. 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