<?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>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:02:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/understanding/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Health and Understanding: For Better or For Worse?]]></title><description><![CDATA[These days it feels like everyone is involved in some aspect of mental health and understanding themselves better. The whole "woke" thing notwithstanding, it seems like such a radical swing from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/mental-health-and-understanding-for-better-or-for-worse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-106316/@denmarkguy/mental-health-and-understanding-for-better-or-for-worse</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-106316]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[denmarkguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHJ6f5P7HArQE3XTCa6iT59YkDHudnQQGx4xGrFvcn5WjWeG9Rf91rwyzRqEQLQetrp3uvLqySpnpLwVyrvt2eVGZrdcheFoapq9m8LJgSqsUUneic78?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Charles Dickens:  The Mystery of Edwin Drood #12/166]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is she stupid in everything?”“No. In nothing.”After a pause, in which the whimsically wicked face has not been unobservant of him, Rosa says:“And this most sensible of creatures likes the idea of being]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rosa/@prose/literature-charles-dickens-the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-12-166</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rosa/@prose/literature-charles-dickens-the-mystery-of-edwin-drood-12-166</guid><category><![CDATA[rosa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[prose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:40:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenge #04799-M050: It's a Start]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've killed so many. Teufel, Kobolds, Vampires, ... so many. Even a dragon. Yet, you... you let me live. But more important, you saved my family. I was taught to hate you, fear you.... never even tried]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04799-m050-its-a-start</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04799-m050-its-a-start</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[internutter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:58:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC8WP3HaQevdteGbfyXnwua127mRAyjPodiSEhB63zyfCS9qLpYMJosYb2FwpEzezmFxW8whVvWrrFnjkhruPLzvjQfQMnfCixo557WJN3G3QJG4pFgmtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Nothing Is Clear: Understanding Our Response to Uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the things that is going to be always there and be consistent in our life regardless of what situation we are facing or whatever it is there are always going to be situations when we are going to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@sayu907/when-nothing-is-clear-understanding-our-response-to-uncertainty-bvp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-111030/@sayu907/when-nothing-is-clear-understanding-our-response-to-uncertainty-bvp</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-111030]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sayu907]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:02:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEUnZUfFTTZ3Epr4YeK6P1c3prLTXF37hFcBitKuaTeiMDAhGWqaSUgrLYDedt5Xj1ggSaUjWHhsj6H1to1hPwduPGnaA1x2q8rYP31MGP6Va7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HBD On Pause For Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am sure many of you have already noticed that today in author rewards those who are set on the 50/50 split there is no HBD payment. 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I actually]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/hbd-on-pause-for-now-aah</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/hbd-on-pause-for-now-aah</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 21:31:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btUrtM3MvjLkDjrBfJUVEKPpihXLJKGq1UA8VF3ANjhCBvz86p4Ub1cUudEPPY3cU3GAX8FZbSKjXLAUo5Utq44G9tedJuicqgA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Literature] Johann Gottlieb Fichte:  Facts of Consciousness #5/65]]></title><description><![CDATA[That understanding can very well join something like freedom to a substance as its background, which substance, if closely examined, is however always of a material nature; but finds it very hard, nay,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@baseballs/literature-johann-gottlieb-fichte-facts-of-consciousness-5-65</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@baseballs/literature-johann-gottlieb-fichte-facts-of-consciousness-5-65</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[baseballs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 05:59:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding The Power Of The Spoken Word]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings hivers! Welcome to my blog. It's a beautiful Monday, and I'm glad to share my thoughts with you on what I title Understanding the Power of the Spoken Word. Oh yes! This is what I want to deliberate]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142376/@joyben/understanding-the-power-of-the</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142376/@joyben/understanding-the-power-of-the</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142376]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joyben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:37:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVPgRCnRzbu6rj6tCWHWVCA9ZaKB4ZpaGEXKQmFNxudLmjYLNLxeMyqBGmdGpAsCcgpYdex9s9Xrzzxjm6jKerb2RYKGSXCbJBPzvrvTvLm7fuZfZga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do we understand the bible? || MCGI topic review ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Greetings! One thing about the word of God is that it cannot be understood by human understanding or wisdom and this is because the word of God is spiritually motivated and inspired. Furthermore, it's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-182074/@samolaj/how-do-we-understand-the-bible-mcgi-topic-review--6vr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-182074/@samolaj/how-do-we-understand-the-bible-mcgi-topic-review--6vr</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-182074]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samolaj]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:11:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eGofRuJStSiFDfByrL4MrfLFfpVZYDhazoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Tune and Out of Sync - why stay in a nightmare?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm banging my head along to next-door's music, trying to make sense of last night's long, haphazard string of nightmares. 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I was reading, a great cover for sneakily peeking into the lives of others. 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I’m Grace Ann and you can call me @annie07🌷 You are free to read my real-life story. Please read with your heart. 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