<?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 09:54:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@presentminded/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I shall call this "The First Day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[How would you like to create a brand new life for yourself? Don’t be shy…step right up and get ready to look behind the curtain! I am going to reveal the something-from-nothing type of life-changing power]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/i-shall-call-this-the-first-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/i-shall-call-this-the-first-day</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:48:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPe9SVSqZBmHoF4EeJFuMoqcZzXRVp25T6zFQLWQth5o9bJjxs8MiBYNzAjm7ZgnMAKvkCvvodG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My book is now published!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello friends! My book is now live on Amazon :-) Check it out, read it, review it...even buy it if you want to! I really need reviews so if you leave a review and message me below I will send you the audiobook]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@presentminded/my-book-is-now-published</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@presentminded/my-book-is-now-published</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 01:40:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNufNTeYE8rZqt68LJAAfYtEvu3JCvATT3V2Nf7RGJKJDw4S4QNHJDnofGT5XzDLjQj3PL8w53c?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them. *Epictetus*]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our perception is our reality: This is one of the basic underlying concept of Yin and Yang in the Tao. Most people in the West assume that the two concepts are totally separated, in part because the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@presentminded/people-are-not-disturbed-by-things-but-by-the-views-they-take-of-them-epictetus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@presentminded/people-are-not-disturbed-by-things-but-by-the-views-they-take-of-them-epictetus</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 21:15:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNg69YrkwHP36r9uas69yNSbUq7rZgr4uLsNozHohxzCBUhnt9xSWGzeDxmxT3Zgmn5dAKJMcHk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feng Shui as a path to mindfulness]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the moment you wake up until you go to sleep- as well as through every single hour of sleep- you’re an energetic being, full of thoughts, awareness, life force electricity and magnetic fields swirling,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/selfhelp/@presentminded/49q79p-feng-shui-as-a-path-to-mindfulness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/selfhelp/@presentminded/49q79p-feng-shui-as-a-path-to-mindfulness</guid><category><![CDATA[selfhelp]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:30:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQX3EDfhAH4UXM464JmsL8D5a6tiogGVPYqZFHvVmz13fZKUk3HZkSbzYdBVQ8azcwdx1y6ZWoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want real power? Be grateful and comfortable with exactly what you have right now.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want you to think about this for a minute...Are you a slave to your desires or a master of them? Put another way, is what you have never enough or are you grateful and content with what you have right]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@presentminded/want-real-power-be-grateful-and-comfortable-with-exactly-what-you-have-right-now</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@presentminded/want-real-power-be-grateful-and-comfortable-with-exactly-what-you-have-right-now</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:04:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBgjKMw1f2PDnfZNHjqGidoHEs2KDt3Q8rc7VqejxNeRbAagKCDWXpiRQizFLT9XaGcTdT9QiN7RQfUhhes9nKRT7hNRc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accepting our life as it is eliminates drama]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tim Urban may not be a great artist but his art provokes great thoughts...as does his writing:-) There are two things that are guaranteed to inflict suffering on us (remember, suffering is self inflicted?)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/happiness/@presentminded/accepting-our-life-as-it-is-eliminates-drama</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/happiness/@presentminded/accepting-our-life-as-it-is-eliminates-drama</guid><category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 04:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLxdrwDq7VYCCZnHsrUqdkCa7SvUQDqVDWSQiJVbwYy43xWH8WZZunTa2QLUusxoADCQS4sdXAa9wazfNCXZEW5749JEzDEmfyd91T1G3mcQh2Zg7eeVrGsjWcN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditating with self-compassion to release our burdens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meditation is not about sitting very still and thinking about nothing... It is actually one of the very best ways to release trauma and painful events from our lives Buddhists teach that there are two]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/meditating-with-self-compassion-to-release-our-burdens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/meditating-with-self-compassion-to-release-our-burdens</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 04:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHxyVySZpuLfU8yQ6r3QxqS7YGenoRHRF6Dndy1NUQzzSusYG734d8BrUfPeWECe78YVf29MEm4Fczxd7sUShpyCoRmL36UDU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zen and motorcycle maintenance as a path to Quality]]></title><description><![CDATA[OK...for a long time, I thought that I could find enlightenment by working on mechanical things. 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It seems that the most important lessons I have ever learned first totally derail my life and through picking up the pieces]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/the-way-of-the-procrastinator</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/the-way-of-the-procrastinator</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 21:48:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/x7L2VSNEiyADFwWAtVGxZf4VcY8Jn5NxirL1hSXhL2oqpUJXrw57JSzTA3TdkAy7Fz2MrPA6mhHqCJ2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alex Jones banned by  Youtube, Facebook, Apple, Spotify and Pinterest...you could be next.]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is disturbing that your social media life can disappear without recourse. Deplatforming....Have you heard of that before? Neither had I until today, but apparently its a thing, and it just happened]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@presentminded/alex-jones-banned-by-youtube-facebook-apple-spotify-and-pinterest-you-could-be-next</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@presentminded/alex-jones-banned-by-youtube-facebook-apple-spotify-and-pinterest-you-could-be-next</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2018 21:05:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZQzkfwDsBiGW3FFpo8u13tinor2GT1yvnp6TFnnNpv32vCb5hrfGG9jJEpUkeFzLkWas2BbEAxVP2MpND79YqkEEZFBaXqi5jL5Enc3q7b7H7qc4GiAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haiku Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Music. Rhythm. Bass. Takes me to a wondrous place Life's heartbeat of grace. Thank you for stopping by on Haiku Tuesday! As always images are from Google and should have links/credits embedded in the image.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@presentminded/4g8s4h-haiku-tuesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@presentminded/4g8s4h-haiku-tuesday</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 13:06:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2YRZBi4FZVHeLuau3m8MumiUXfA7eZTW31v33oUtB9pXeiN9fvJLwaaa1xryXrZjSHMJQtDRvgF99tX59QMcbygsZtpeSzLsGgN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stoic Monday...Put your focus where it belongs: On what really matters to you that  you actually control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people have the impression that Stoics are folks that don't care about anything and pessimistically endure whatever life throws at them. Nothing could be further from the truth because one of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/stoic-monday-put-your-focus-where-it-belongs-on-what-really-matters-to-you-that-you-actually-control</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/stoic-monday-put-your-focus-where-it-belongs-on-what-really-matters-to-you-that-you-actually-control</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2Qhhdda6QnberVYCb4bT17JphmDXmSHy59H7HonBnZqfkTyd3UUsPMdrrj2HkPMueB8PRqnWVMY9i5wZGfBt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haiku Tuesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nature is lovely I revel in the beauty Of a single Rose. Namaste. As always images are from Google and should have links/credits embedded in the image. If you like my work, please upvote, resteem, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@presentminded/haiku-tuesday</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@presentminded/haiku-tuesday</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2018 19:13:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdvSSM3YPY82SEa7SJvsvpWtBM6Y7qtxHYyEQCZXiH7Grabirz5nVeEFwQPav1A2f5VbCxgtue9d6aZ1u8MVBc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life at the crossroads, when do we make a choice and how can we change?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When do we really make a specific choice of which action to take? 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I am not talking about the person]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/the-purpose-of-life-really-it-is-this-simple</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@presentminded/the-purpose-of-life-really-it-is-this-simple</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[presentminded]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 04:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/mXkfdQ5uNoUKsTFaPeKLNQbzUQALJ1vhc4aEfjofY3vhGenFm2SDXVXPvEfmnipVSNmuubbHyQNKsA1EYGusSkjNaYWFV7AsNiMDwSaGN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year I resolve to do...Nothing??]]></title><description><![CDATA[Resolving to do nothing can actually lead us to accomplishing more of what is really important to us! 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