<?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, 21 Apr 2026 07:41:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/daoism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The True Meaning of Cultivation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultivation is the heart of cultivation fantasy. But what does that word even mean? For most authors, cultivation is simply the means by which a character grows more powerful. This takes the form of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@cheah/the-true-meaning-of-cultivation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@cheah/the-true-meaning-of-cultivation</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 12:33:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF7YQUnePKTPheEz34VeEyALWWBVtxFgZbwKmhnQZtJgNsRGgRNCoont4mdAuMn8kMLdhuZrez1iUVhNFrWwLJtHuZLgVBSeujMfKYGTXEuFeKmPfe6QfHt7Fq24hHJXMW8nCzYYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Gongfu and Cultivation]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can’t have a cultivation story without a cultivation system. Most cultivation fiction use easy systems. Drink a potion, take a pill, practice techniques from a manual, breathe a certain way, then do]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@cheah/writing-gongfu-and-cultivation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@cheah/writing-gongfu-and-cultivation</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cheah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 13:43:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAWFxzgF7aevGf4giGo5DkzjMKY8LygLC937syuGCRFtLWzB7Z5Y9UexDYgu434MhoBRKhKCk3kq15FgW4178mdi53b4on4VneewA96hHnF2C9YZ2fY3kNCtMbpEfC6RL4UCmzF?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daoism & the School of Yin Yang]]></title><description><![CDATA[🎨 Get our Blasphemous Art Ebook 🎤 Leave us a voicemail here: 💖 Support us on Patreon: 📧 Subscribe to our Newsletter: 🎁 Join to get exclusive perks: 💕 You can also support us on PayPal: 📗 Download]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180559/@atheistrepublic/wdkfrljg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-180559/@atheistrepublic/wdkfrljg</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-180559]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[atheistrepublic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2021 11:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72LaDnPi7unoyebf82PrctVf3ygNzCmTovq2y2fTFPyEfStPSWyxKa42FbPt5MEFG1deszhQoMyhrn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be virtuous as water, for water does not compete.
Only when your heart ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be virtuous as water, for water does not compete. Only when your heart is that of heaven and earth. You can achieve the greater DAO.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@postnzt/9elj4sy6q3uqwi3z0o6u8e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@postnzt/9elj4sy6q3uqwi3z0o6u8e</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[postnzt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2021 08:32:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[After watching a documentary about the #SovietUnion under #Stalin . .

I decided ...]]></title><description><![CDATA[After watching a documentary about the #SovietUnion under #Stalin . . I decided to take some time to tune into more calming ideas, something that can help me stay balanced a see the big picture. Thank]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrisrice/1nkicy7szsp7eyk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-193084/@chrisrice/1nkicy7szsp7eyk</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-193084]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrisrice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:23:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNmXsu7gn1GVV5YosuEHka2TNwZAkQ2Gh4J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nature of Flow (2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Human Anatomy of Blood flowing through the Hierarchical Network of Arteries, Veins and Capillaries . As with all Hierarchies in Nature... The structure consists of the Few Big and the Many Small .]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fridayflow/@mattryanthegreat/the-nature-of-flow-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fridayflow/@mattryanthegreat/the-nature-of-flow-2</guid><category><![CDATA[fridayflow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7ytdg5KFbdRH6sBwbC8sLcZwGDfJnSSP2BhRJGdNjVTpGR6z34AaEZiAnhniKauPKHzdabUbqaVBhufqPr9naK2x8zEynW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collapse of Virtue]]></title><description><![CDATA["When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost, right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth, it is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taotuesday/@mattryanthegreat/collapse-of-virtue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taotuesday/@mattryanthegreat/collapse-of-virtue</guid><category><![CDATA[taotuesday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 10:42:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcX8E7jM7TDZrSdLjWnfXS5KCgxNRFPg9CTqiQdiZs8DqZtXnKAN6iuP3bsNovW9qvUp72hqL7ipV8WztiYNaZBxKsW7g?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essence of Permanence]]></title><description><![CDATA["He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." –Jim Elliot . The acceptance of Transience can grant permanence to one's Character . What else is it do you have? One's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@mattryanthegreat/essence-of-permanence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@mattryanthegreat/essence-of-permanence</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jul 2019 16:13:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81BcscscK65U3Htj5tU6B1gfnMnwKogywu8GnK8KeorTDqX575P3Gt1wHdcsk7Yfq1oN29WndeKhTDvDKkEEgnPdjpi2jg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe . People are creatures of Pattern and Story... . In Life, One finds themselves as Characters of a Narrative . Some are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/daoism/@mattryanthegreat/character</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/daoism/@mattryanthegreat/character</guid><category><![CDATA[daoism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:07:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcNLLzhViPshzes5GxUQ8xNWG36SonGtHg8hkFnmSkZH6Gg8DfzJLpRvFghnTJL5P7Phx5uhFUC1SSouzKeStovS21UMc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury in Simplicity]]></title><description><![CDATA["In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/taotuesday/@mattryanthegreat/luxury-in-simplicity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/taotuesday/@mattryanthegreat/luxury-in-simplicity</guid><category><![CDATA[taotuesday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:03:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt1gRRaEgMujMNoUQTCat7CZwgvN3QBDBr3e952Au9pjm9idw6SF8DhC7Npkf4N9xzMw6JeohXYCBqxMuxNi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union With God]]></title><description><![CDATA[“It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sundayservice/@mattryanthegreat/union-with-god</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sundayservice/@mattryanthegreat/union-with-god</guid><category><![CDATA[sundayservice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:34:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWYgnuCLGqBFV9ahiNmyeoZX3Ybxamasi1WW8VUPeBYMPEPqBX1jnFkTAuUE2nS6GFrb7paEKDTD3drMvfnNgpn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flow Familiarity]]></title><description><![CDATA[One can always see Dao at work... . One can see it at work in The Sky... . The Stars, The Waters . One can connect to Dao... Through the recognition of Pattern, Through the creation of Order . What can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fridayflow/@mattryanthegreat/flow-familiarity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fridayflow/@mattryanthegreat/flow-familiarity</guid><category><![CDATA[fridayflow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:36:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328zrjQ4dUuYVSvLfQV8YNCYQE6wpuYzexUAfZT9yUS5CwWhKmqteJ2MfgeL9hETY5pK1Ym352cc5wvDQuM6bA6xwFDH4E58gpVGyk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mindfulness, Ambition, Power]]></title><description><![CDATA["Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you"--Lao Tsu . In economics, it is known that human desires]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mindfulmonday/@mattryanthegreat/mindfulness-ambition-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mindfulmonday/@mattryanthegreat/mindfulness-ambition-power</guid><category><![CDATA[mindfulmonday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7y62zJv4RPq3RGMmi55bQ8zKBtRksSrZhkNJeBvxXuEUa53psJdMVgoLCDNvVgDRPLvdqFM9w489vp69AE8G5E7vMZH7i6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wise Man Speaks]]></title><description><![CDATA["Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate"--St. Thomas Aquinas . All flows within designs The Dao is the Great Designer .]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/daoism/@mattryanthegreat/the-wise-man-speaks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/daoism/@mattryanthegreat/the-wise-man-speaks</guid><category><![CDATA[daoism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mattryanthegreat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:14:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKaa3e4T1EBuBP18JezPvjFFo8gNuE9CiKHBn32UVtBGWTVA98Srtxu6c7CbtYuXSzS4KkQh25TFDxTG2JavoF8Q7MxoJeJSm3DEXbgeahRitzkgySCGqgLZSzyRhfXrFNWSsUzUSsUockzcE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Metaphysics of the Dao and the Linguistic Epistemology]]></title><description><![CDATA[I can pontificate that one of the most difficult aspects of trying to translate the nature of the Dao, would be first to translate classical Chinese into English. Words are deeper than their dictionaries]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/linguistics/@truthobservatory/the-metaphysics-of-the-dao-and-the-linguistic-epistemology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/linguistics/@truthobservatory/the-metaphysics-of-the-dao-and-the-linguistic-epistemology</guid><category><![CDATA[linguistics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthobservatory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 02:41:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos and Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do these things mean to you? Is it the left and right brain functioning, intuition and intellect? Are they literally darkness and light? Is it the struggle and reconciliation of the human and animal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/metaphysics/@phillyc/chaos-and-order</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/metaphysics/@phillyc/chaos-and-order</guid><category><![CDATA[metaphysics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[phillyc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 08:22:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBM2jscGd4Sszpv94XxHH2uqxMY9z21vaqHt2hbUKrpdVkbHduzywJnZ1s9b2oBCZ2tgnhJPPWfh9RB5rAHonECHuAPrLrdD17rUAE8kjQLuZUrAQfnWpe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yin & Yang]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Yin and Yang. This symbol dates back thousands of years in Chinese history. 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I am known as a daoist researcher and practitioner,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@keali/short-introduction-which-mentions-i-ching-lenin-and-travellings</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@keali/short-introduction-which-mentions-i-ching-lenin-and-travellings</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[keali]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:49:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNcFzis5UeNo3rC54Xq6HXQSKQ7xswkyMh7r7kNypRDp328U6wqVTWtTLoPXeMZTwX7oprXXEG26AfPMsofxuogstpDPNc3v1iU2piudW1XjWW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>