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	<title>Christopher Hansard &#187; Time and Place</title>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ Fibres]</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/12/22/christopher-hansard-fibres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ever present is prescience in form and perception the prescience becomes presence but does not dwell in the moment but is the fibres of the moment with which you need to pluck and unravel to discover the illusion of the moment for in moment&#8217;s time is made.. the great cosmetic of form that seeks [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">The ever present</p>
<p align="center">is prescience</p>
<p align="center">in form</p>
<p align="center">and perception</p>
<p align="center">the prescience</p>
<p align="center">becomes</p>
<p align="center"> presence</p>
<p align="center">but</p>
<p align="center">does not dwell in the moment</p>
<p align="center">but is the fibres of the moment</p>
<p align="center">with which you need to pluck and unravel</p>
<p align="center">to discover the illusion of the moment</p>
<p align="center">for in moment&#8217;s</p>
<p align="center"> time is made..</p>
<p align="center">the great cosmetic of form</p>
<p align="center">that seeks to remove the wrinkles</p>
<p align="center">in which all meaning is found</p>
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		<title>There is a Promise</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/05/11/there-is-a-promise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a Promise that is hidden in all things it waits to be discovered offering words of love and hope of illumination and shows you the continuity of all things.. &#160; that there is one eternal season and that the stages of humanity are the spring, summer, autumn and winter the day and night [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="center">There is a Promise</p>
<p align="center">that is hidden</p>
<p align="center">in all things</p>
<p align="center">it waits to</p>
<p align="center">be discovered</p>
<p align="center">offering words</p>
<p align="center">of love</p>
<p align="center">and hope</p>
<p align="center">of illumination</p>
<p align="center">and shows</p>
<p align="center">you</p>
<p align="center">the continuity</p>
<p align="center">of all things..</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">that there is</p>
<p align="center">one eternal season</p>
<p align="center">and that the stages</p>
<p align="center">of humanity</p>
<p align="center">are the spring,</p>
<p align="center">summer,</p>
<p align="center">autumn and winter</p>
<p align="center">the day and night</p>
<p align="center">the first kiss of life</p>
<p align="center">the first kiss of death</p>
<p align="center">all contained in</p>
<p align="center">the query, question</p>
<p align="center">and surprise that makes you wonder</p>
<p align="center">what the promise itself may be..</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">we are all like incense on the wind</p>
<p align="center">we live as both fragrance, ash</p>
<p align="center">fire, dust, intent ,</p>
<p align="center">and</p>
<p align="center">for a time we burn</p>
<p align="center">and are gone</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">there is a promise</p>
<p align="center">it waits in the hearts</p>
<p align="center">of everyone</p>
<p align="center">a true romance</p>
<p align="center">of a soul&#8217;s meander through</p>
<p align="center">the psyche</p>
<p align="center">and the pyche&#8217;s leap</p>
<p align="center">to consciousness</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">we should take the time</p>
<p align="center">to bow to the humble</p>
<p align="center">and the small</p>
<p align="center">for in such things and people</p>
<p align="center">the promise speaks</p>
<p align="center">the most</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">if you search for god</p>
<p align="center">or happiness</p>
<p align="center">wealth or a brand new car</p>
<p align="center">a golden lover or bright new dream</p>
<p align="center">pause and stop</p>
<p align="center">to know that</p>
<p align="center">there is a promise</p>
<p align="center">dwelling in between</p>
<p align="center">the rush and rapture</p>
<p align="center">of what you call your life</p>
<p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
<p align="center">There is a promise</p>
<p align="center">it waits for you</p>
<p align="center">every day and impression</p>
<p align="center">each passing year,</p>
<p align="center">in tears and laughter</p>
<p align="center">the promise waits</p>
<p align="center">a quiet voice, it speaks</p>
<p align="center">waiting for you to hear</p>
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		<title>Change Takes Time</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/04/09/change-takes-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought to yourself or heard someone say, &#8221; I thought I dealt with this! I thought it was over and done with! why did it take so long to deal with it..why Now? I have wasted all the years, why couldn&#8217;t I have dealt with this years ago?&#8217; Because change takes time, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever thought to yourself or heard someone say,</p>
<p>&#8221; I thought I dealt with this!</p>
<p>I thought it was over and done with!</p>
<p>why did it take so long to deal with it..why Now?</p>
<p>I have wasted all the years, why couldn&#8217;t I have dealt with this years ago?&#8217;</p>
<p>Because change takes time, like true love, it takes the understanding of time</p>
<p>and the acceptance that change only comes when you are ready..</p>
<p>and often we may think we are ready, but deep within we are not</p>
<p>Change takes time, and time can only be a helper if you see time as agent of change</p>
<p>Time goes in cycles , not in a straight line..</p>
<p>Change goes in cycles, not in a straight line..</p>
<p>There are no straight lines within the growing psyche,</p>
<p>in the inner expression of spiritual change there always is to be found a cycle</p>
<p>of change and time, like two different coloured flowers on one slender plant</p>
<p>Time needs change to give meaning to humanity</p>
<p>and Change needs Time to grow and mature</p>
<p>We are all children of time and change</p>
<p>They are two of  twelve great mysteries that give humanity the impulse of evolution.</p>
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		<title>ChristopherHansard:[Credit Crunch and Economic Change for You]</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/03/19/christopherhansardcredit-crunch-and-economic-change-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is in a panic because of the credit crunch and the fears of economic change and how that will affects millions of people just like you. Things are getting tough, yet when they do, it is important to stop and consider what you and your life are made of. How much fear have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world is in a panic because of the credit crunch and the fears of economic change and how that will affects millions of people just like you. Things are getting tough, yet when they do, it is important to stop and consider what you and your life are made of. How much fear have you bought into? Has your life been based on credit?</p>
<p>The credit crunch is not just financial, but it is emotional and spiritual too. There is not the emotional and spiritual basis to support these forces which are going into free-fall.</p>
<p>Each of us needs to address our own balance sheet and know what our currency is made of as we spend it in this life. The emotions we have and the life we seek are the currency and the value that we ascribe to what we want and need.</p>
<p>All money and credit is invisible, based upon a belief and both really do not exist.</p>
<p>When the belief and the trust in the belief runs out so does the credit.</p>
<p>In the everyday world this has dramatic consequences upon people&#8217;s lives.</p>
<p>However, if you are under the influence of the credit crunch and the emerging economic changes, and everyone will be, regardless of their wealth, stop and consider what money and having money means to you and whether you equate it with Life and well-being.</p>
<p>Pray to the divine within not to just assist you with money but in understanding that no one can own money, it passes on through us, it was one of the first creations of humanity and because of that it has gathered an independent primal force that powers its influence.</p>
<p>Be at peace with the pieces you have, put them together and they will show you how to make more. But be content first with where you are now.</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[ Karma, Rebirth and Reincarnation]</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/03/13/christopher-hansard-karma-rebirth-and-reincarnation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People often wonder&#8230; what is Karma? Karma is any intentional process, a thought, action, word or gesture or combination of all that is done with intent and focus. This the primary impulse of Karma. It does not matter whether the intent is positive or negative.  Because such activity creates many patterns that replicate themselves beyond [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People often wonder&#8230; what is Karma?</p>
<p>Karma is any intentional process, a thought, action, word or gesture or combination of all that is done with intent and focus. This the primary impulse of Karma. It does not matter whether the intent is positive or negative.  Because such activity creates many patterns that replicate themselves beyond measurement, we all are linked in a karmic fish net, that trawls the bottom of our unconscious karmic ocean.</p>
<p>If we wish to change patterns in our life, we need to understand what prompts our thoughts, actions, words and gestures, and what are the drives behind our intentions and focus. We can change karmic patterns by changing the nature of our intentions to the world, our inner world, outer world and to all people and other living creatures.</p>
<p>People often wonder &#8230;what  is Rebirth, thinking it the same as Reincarnation.</p>
<p>Rebirth is the process of suddenly been born as soon as you are dead without any understanding or control over the emotional, psychological and spiritual aspects of dying. If you lived a confused life and died with confusion, fear or any other overwhelming emotion that caused you to feel trapped,then it can be that you will be born immediately, as there are endless wombs waiting to be filled with life.</p>
<p>Rebirth is sudden and without understanding, it is a rush an endless flow and pattern. But you can rise out of that pattern by learning how to become conscious and more aware of your inner state so it does not sabotage your mental state as you die. This leads us to Reincarnation.</p>
<p>People often wonder&#8230; what Reincarnation is&#8230;</p>
<p>Reincarnation is the conscious application of mental , emotional and spiritual insight to yourself as you die, thus clearing away all the inner fears and projections that emanate around you as you die. You create a choice within you as to how you shall be, you enter into a dimension of choices. And when you know it is right, you have an element of choice over how, when and to whom you will be born.</p>
<p>In the death process if you enter into the state of clarity, you can redeem yourself, heal all your regrets, learn as to the whys and hows of your karmic legacy and inheritance and transform yourself.</p>
<p>Death is the great equalizer but in that you have choice and intention and focus.   Whatever you have done, you can heal in the process of death, and stay in the dimensions between the former life and the possibility of a new one, to enhance your inner evolution and well being.</p>
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		<title>AChristopher Hansard:[Bliss and Boredom]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bliss and Boredom, silence and noise, calm and rush, silence and noise, clamour and quietude, dark and light, to have and not to have, these are the questions that are asked deep within our everyday selves and we are not normally conscious of the asking. Until, one, some or all of them come rushing out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bliss and Boredom, silence and noise,</p>
<p>calm and rush, silence and noise, clamour and quietude, dark and light,</p>
<p>to have and not to have,</p>
<p>these are the questions that are asked deep within our everyday selves and we are not normally conscious of the asking. Until, one, some or all of them come rushing out in a surprise guerilla assault of our fragile sense of self. These fuel most people&#8217;s search for meaning, comfort and stability.</p>
<p>But they are heat waves that come from the energy our everyday mind when it tries to make sense of our lives, selves and the world.</p>
<p>To move beyond becoming influenced by the rise and fall of all of these, we need to understand that we can let go of trying to make sense of it, and allow the natural sense to make sense of us.</p>
<p>Yes, we need to let go of the searching when fueled by all of these things that I have listed and allow the natural sense within us to show us that there is no search.</p>
<p>Because  you are the  journey and the destination and you have already arrived, it is just, that at some point in your journey through Life, you forgot. Its like meeting someone from years ago, and you can&#8217;t quite place their face or name, but you know that you know them from somewhere.</p>
<p>The natural sense within can show you that beneath the thrum of all of these experiences that I mentioned earlier is a great simplicity, and it is constant and yet as you experience it, it is renewed and so are you.</p>
<p>There will be no more bliss or boredom, but contentment and a knowing of the great laugh that resounds in the universe, and you will taste joy in everything and everyone.</p>
<p>Beyond Bliss, beyond boredom, you will find yourself and like a long lost lover rush to embrace yourself in the experience of the ever constant divine.</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[Are You Happy?]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you happy? Can you ask yourself and find an answer? There is no quick answer, only a slow one that evolves as you experience your evolution through the challenges of life . Happiness comes and goes, but its sweetness is a reminder, that beneath the delights of happiness exists a greater joy and contentment [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you happy?</p>
<p>Can you ask yourself and find an answer?</p>
<p>There is no quick answer, only a slow one that evolves as you experience your evolution through the challenges of life .</p>
<p>Happiness comes and goes, but its sweetness is a reminder, that beneath the delights of happiness exists a greater joy and contentment that shows  us all, the &#8216;being&#8217; , within the human..</p>
<p>Happiness improves our health and conscious, but the media has hijacked it, turning it into something &#8216;aspirational&#8217; like a fashion item or latest gizmo, happiness is for us to see beyond ourselves and to be thankful for the life we can make from the life we have.</p>
<p>Happiness is also a choice, both a belief, as an act of faith and a psychological state that shifts our consciousness.</p>
<p>How do we find happiness?</p>
<p>We need to look within for that is where its foundation lies,</p>
<p>and without, not in things, but in our relationships to people,</p>
<p>the natural world and the place we stand in,</p>
<p>as we express who we think we are.</p>
<p>Happiness is trust, a trust in the goodness of life, people and ones Self.</p>
<p>If you can not trust in these, then happiness takes time to emerge into your daily activities and thinking.</p>
<p>Happiness is waiting for you to claim it as your own.</p>
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		<title>Christopher Hansard:[Gentleness; when we listen to the interdependence within ourselves]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gentleness is the expression of interdependence and of the person who is unafraid of the connection with the varied experiences of Life. In a world where people are born unequal, gentleness has a greater impact than the biggest fanfare. Gentleness is the opportunity of communication and is the first step in true intimacy, of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gentleness is the expression of interdependence</p>
<p>and of the person who is unafraid of the connection</p>
<p>with the varied experiences of Life.<span id="more-52"></span></p>
<p>In a world where people are born unequal,</p>
<p>gentleness has a greater impact than the biggest fanfare.</p>
<p>Gentleness  is the opportunity of communication</p>
<p>and is the first step in true intimacy,</p>
<p>of the self, of your inner consciousness and with another.</p>
<p>Gentleness comes about when we listen to the interdependence within ourselves.</p>
<p>When we take the vow of the sacred marriage</p>
<p>between the dark and the light that rumbles through our everyday mind.</p>
<p>When we give up dogma, prejudice and set ideas,</p>
<p>burn away habits back to their original inspiration,</p>
<p>gentleness waits to be experienced.</p>
<p>Gentleness will come when invited.</p>
<p>It is not cautious but has spiritual courtesy.</p>
<p>If you want to experience gentleness</p>
<p>do not be afraid of the love that is revealed</p>
<p>to you in the experience of gentleness.</p>
<p>When the world goes mad and rowdy,</p>
<p>when people became overblown and pollute the world with their lack of care,</p>
<p>when hope seems to evaporate,</p>
<p>gentleness will still be with you.</p>
<p>Gentleness overcomes all things.</p>
<p>It creates renewal and rejuvenation of the heart.</p>
<p>To become gentle and to accept it with you</p>
<p>awakens the impulse within you to embrace  all things with out fear.</p>
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		<title>Silence Is  In Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.christopherhansard.com/2008/02/21/silence-is-in-everything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is a noisy place. Noise is part of life, from the sounds of births to a jet plane at high speed, from the laughter of children to the hammering of gun fire, noise is everywhere, and so is silence. Silence is in everything. When you feel stressed out, worn out, overwhelmed , or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world is a noisy place.</p>
<p>Noise is part of life, from the sounds of births to a jet plane at high speed, from the laughter of children to the hammering of gun fire, noise is everywhere, and so is silence.</p>
<p>Silence is in  everything. When you feel stressed out, worn out, overwhelmed , or in a panic, angry, distressed or reflective, stop and listen to the noise, whatever it maybe.<span id="more-43"></span></p>
<p>Stop, and listen to the sound without any prejudice and as you listen regard the noise as a friend, listen through the noise, as as you do this, the noise evaporates . Silence appears, luminous, limpid and welcoming.</p>
<p>Let your Self dwell in the Silence. Dwell and rejuvenate your being, mind and body.</p>
<p>When you are ready to leave this inner silent place and return to the everyday world,</p>
<p>understand the noise is just a thorny hedgerow  around the inner silence, and it really is not lasting or a barrier to you becoming calm.</p>
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		<title>Time and Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hansard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In every activity that we undertake, in every tragedy we experience and triumph that lifts us up, in the smallest thing and the greatest, there is a time and place. We are here on Earth to learn that all things develop at their own time and will manifest in the right place. That is the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In every activity that we undertake, in every tragedy we experience and triumph that lifts us up, in the smallest thing and the greatest, there is a time and place. We are here on Earth to learn that all things develop at their own time and will manifest in the right place. That is the quiet pattern that lives in the fabric of all things.</p>
<p>However, when we get caught up in the myth of rush and anxiety, we try to force time and create artificial places for things to happen. Ultimately, every thing  that has and is and will be, is taking place and happening right now, within you.<span id="more-41"></span></p>
<p>But the challenge is knowing that the inner world has different laws and rules of time and manifestation.</p>
<p>The outer world runs differently, quickly and is less constant. To bring the two together is through knowing that whatever you are feeling, experiencing, and wherever you are or your circumstance, that is where you are meant to be, for that time and for that place.</p>
<p>This is hard sometimes to understand or accept, but acceptance is the key to linking the inner and the outer so that they coexist as the same time and place, manifesting as a union of energy and consciousness. You are the same time and place.</p>
<p>Life&#8217;s challenges are expressions of time and place, as our emotions and intellect, our memories and our habits. Try to study how you relate to time and its passing in your life. Try to study how you react to places and their influence upon you, also see how your own sense of place, of where you are in your life daily, is influenced by how you feel, react and interpret the world through your thoughts, emotions and senses.</p>
<p>Know your time. Be the place you are now. If you need to break free of both, then doing this will enable you to move forward. Time moves within us, much greater than our minds can interpret. So does your inner sense of place, it is always in search of making itself actual in the daily experience of your world.</p>
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