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		<title>Common Ground September Residential Retreat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Registration begins on July 2nd for our upcoming residential retreat at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, Thursday evening, September 2nd through Monday noon, September 6th. Please click here if you would like to register or would like more information about these wonderful opportunities to deepen one&#8217;s practice. Even if you are unable to attend, there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Sunday Children&#8217;s Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dennis Gilsdorf This summer in the Sunday Children’s Program we have been focusing on the concept of observing. It is an easy concept for children and such a cornerstone to everyone’s practice. By observing I don&#8217;t simply mean seeing with our eyes, but rather experiencing closing what is. For example, all this month we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Speech as a Path to Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 21:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Doug McGill To speak is only human, so we all have our problems with Right Speech. For some, the challenge is resisting the urge to gossip. Other people shade the truth all day long, dramatizing every memory in the retelling, or padding every anecdote of accomplishment. Some people use words to harm their enemies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urgent call for watering &amp; volunteers &amp; work day Saturday</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/center/urgent-call-for-watering-volunteers-work-day-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 22:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From our gardener, Laurie McLeod: The landscaped areas have been hydroseeded today (May 17) and we are in urgent need of sprinkers, hoses and people to sign up for watering! If you can help with either, please contact Laurie at lmacleod AT umn.edu. Also, please explain the type of sprinkler you have to loan -e.g., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garden volunteers needed for Saturday</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/center/garden-volunteers-needed-for-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello garden volunteers: Many thanks for the volunteers who put the shed foundation in place last weekend and weeded the boulevards.  It&#8217;s great to see things taking shape. This weekend we will be spreading mulch in the rain gardens and rock in the dry stream beds.  We plan on starting at 9:00 Sat AM through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selfless Service Opportunity Spring Meeting of the Beverly White Outreach Project</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/selfless-service-opportunity-spring-meeting-of-the-beverly-white-outreach-project/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/selfless-service-opportunity-spring-meeting-of-the-beverly-white-outreach-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beverly White Community Outreach Project is an all volunteer program offering a simple non-sectarian breath awareness practice or meditation in places where people are facing difficult life challenges. This project began about 15 years ago. Volunteers from all spiritual backgrounds are welcome. As volunteers, we are invited to be as skillful as possible in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Ground April Residential Retreat</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/retreat/common-ground-april-residential-retreat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:45:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Common Ground Friends, Registration begins on Feb. 26th for our upcoming residential retreat at Holy Spirit Retreat Center, Thursday evening, April 22nd through Sunday noon, April 25th. Please click here if you would like to register or would like more information about these wonderful opportunities to deepen one&#8217;s practice. Even if you are unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Ground looking for Part-time Office Manager</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/common-ground-looking-for-part-time-office-manager/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/announcement/common-ground-looking-for-part-time-office-manager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Common Ground is looking for a part-time office manager. Debbie Norgaard our current office manager will continue to be the Center&#8217;s Bookkeeper but is interested in devoting more time to her teaching and healing work. We are looking for someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills and a fluency and interest in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tech team puts dharma talks online (and generally amplifies)</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/center/tech-team-puts-dharma-talks-online-and-generally-amplies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/center/tech-team-puts-dharma-talks-online-and-generally-amplies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Russell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever missed dharma talks that you wanted to hear, they are available online at Common Ground&#8217;s website. That&#8217;s thanks to Common Ground&#8217;s growing volunteer contribution (and gradual technological evolution). Tom Gullett, Jimmy Schnobrich, Todd Stitt and Casey Nordendale have been making it easier for community members to access past lectures. In the past [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The big unplug: Take a week off from the Internet, TV, and media in general</title>
		<link>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/program/the-big-unplug-take-a-week-off-from-the-internet-tv-and-media-in-general/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.commongroundmeditation.org/program/the-big-unplug-take-a-week-off-from-the-internet-tv-and-media-in-general/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Fleck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us Sunday, January 24 &#38; 31 from noon-1 p.m at Common Ground for a Media Unplug! As much as the Internet has made our lives easier, let&#8217;s face it, there are moments we curse the day it was born. How many times a day do we really need to check e-mail, last night&#8217;s sports [...]]]></description>
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