<?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, 19 May 2026 19:36:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/ascetics/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hedonists and ascetics]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my childhood, such Vilma lived in the house next door. I used to see her passing by with her elderly parents. I felt sorry for her, because her parents dressed her very badly. During the Soviet era,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/memories/@lili255/hedonists-and-ascetics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/memories/@lili255/hedonists-and-ascetics</guid><category><![CDATA[memories]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lili255]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:09:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmQNzTu3uCofF9c2PK15MgvxDZbfU1b2qMtphu4tFJCUcD/20221108_215748_edit_797261505351784.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[asceticism or middle way?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The statue of Saint Benedict at the monastery of Camaldoli, Arezzo, Italy, 06/08/2019 Most of the statues or portraits of catholic monks describes their head as bald. Did every western monk have the genetic]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@peterchung/asceticism-or-middle-way</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spirituality/@peterchung/asceticism-or-middle-way</guid><category><![CDATA[spirituality]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[peterchung]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2021 11:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/DQmbGXxLoBdEodfwSRXHKFYUzKVL1Tf4S7mdH1QkC6uhDCx/20190608_145001.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy anti-valentines day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today is the holiday that forced ascetics, incels, and some religious groups hate most. A holiday that symbolizing an attachment we will never have, or a sinful depravity that is more fitting as a pagan]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/valentines/@firstamendment/happy-anti-valentines-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/valentines/@firstamendment/happy-anti-valentines-day</guid><category><![CDATA[valentines]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[firstamendment]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 23:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMWALKhnTZ9WWSTP7BL9u3nUJPaxBSwoMReEr3qVuTwVqpdLdjtTYPPScJJVxxnWr7fRjR2AYv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>