<?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>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:15:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@maries/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practice, practice, practice. Stay close always to Source. Have fun with form.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/practice/@maries/practice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/practice/@maries/practice</guid><category><![CDATA[practice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 07:20:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watching You Watching Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am observing the experiences as they occur. I observe that I forget momentarily that I am the observer and not the observed.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/self/@maries/watching-you-watching-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/self/@maries/watching-you-watching-me</guid><category><![CDATA[self]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2017 14:50:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early Morning Walk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Try going for an early morning walk in nature. Try recognizing yourself as the space in which all of the natural world around you recognizes itself. You are the consciousness which recognizes all of this.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spaciousness/@maries/early-morning-walk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spaciousness/@maries/early-morning-walk</guid><category><![CDATA[spaciousness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2017 06:04:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Is Stillness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Stillness is the place you find when you quiet the mind. You quiet the mind my observing yourself. It takes practice, but it gets easier with practice. Stillness is the place where all possibilities exist.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/where-is-stillness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/where-is-stillness</guid><category><![CDATA[stillness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Help for Allergy Sufferers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here is a little piece of information that I recently discovered, quite by chance, about treating my symptoms of hay fever. I have been living with seasonal allergies for more than 30 years, and they became]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/seasonal/@maries/help-for-allergy-sufferers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/seasonal/@maries/help-for-allergy-sufferers</guid><category><![CDATA[seasonal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:49:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greatest Gift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right now, the greatest gift some can give to humanity is to do all that they can to "hold the vibration." We received the message that it is time to wake up, we have struggled to become aware]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/the-greatest-gift</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/the-greatest-gift</guid><category><![CDATA[stillness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:24:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immediate Connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love to go in my garden. It feels like an extra injection of stillness. Just pulling a few weeds can do it. The plants, the ground, flowers, trees--their stillness seems to increase my own, reminding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/immediate-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/immediate-connection</guid><category><![CDATA[stillness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 13:24:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation to Abandon Stillness]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am tested today; a new kind of test. Something close to my heart could easily have me slip into over-thinking. I catch myself wondering how I can control the information that has bothered me today. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/temptation-to-abandon-stillness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stillness/@maries/temptation-to-abandon-stillness</guid><category><![CDATA[stillness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 16:13:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inside Out/Right side Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, we could consider things from the perspective that most of us have been living in an inside-out way for a long time. You know, kind of like when you put your shirt on inside out and then don't even]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spaciousness/@maries/inside-out-right-side-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spaciousness/@maries/inside-out-right-side-out</guid><category><![CDATA[spaciousness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 08:22:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know Yourself as That]]></title><description><![CDATA[Different days seem to require different perspectives. Ultimately, the discipline of staying in the present moment comes down to this: Know yourself as that. So, today I will remain in stillness, a.k.a.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/awaken/@maries/know-yourself-as-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/awaken/@maries/know-yourself-as-that</guid><category><![CDATA[awaken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[maries]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5yT1nfRaGXziuBc42qAb7crcxn2cRGkKAuaKgrGkYJGhF9FJGAgjtHstyk64bX9hTXWVSLcoZ9urZ8EBANa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducemyself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone-- I go by MarieS here on Steemit. I will add posts about how I go about staying in the present moment throughout my days. 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