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		<title>Feel My Hand In Yours</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2010/03/22/feel-my-hand-in-yours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The soft sounds of the television find their way down the hallway.  My son is asleep, but I have yet to make it to his room to turn off the T.V. and cover him up.  I will tuck him in every night that I can, one day he will move out, and I don&#8217;t want [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The soft sounds of the television find their way down the hallway.  My son is asleep, but I have yet to make it to his room to turn off the T.V. and cover him up.  I will tuck him in every night that I can, one day he will move out, and I don&#8217;t want to regret missing a night.  The boxer is snoring loudly beside me, I am about to begin my meditations, tonight is Tonglen, and I am going to focus on some one who was a close friend last year.  She has strayed into some deep water, and I hope she corrects soon.</p>
<p>Before though, just a bit of stream of consciousness writing I think. <img src='http://www.hologramthoughts.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Take me in right away and finish this deed,<br />
take my hands and show me to the sun,<br />
show me the willows and the bends in the road.</p>
<p>Take me to the top of the hill and then<br />
throw me off, let the angels catch me if they will<br />
let them float me down beside you if they will.</p>
<p>Take me with you when you leave<br />
is there somewhere I am not allowed to go<br />
is there somewhere I am not allowed to see?</p>
<p>Please, feel my hand in yours,<br />
please hold me up,<br />
please make the shadows run away.</p>
<p>Please.</p>
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		<title>Sometimes</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2010/01/06/sometimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I want to scream to beg to plead Sometimes I want to smile to sigh to close my eyes and just be Sometimes I am alone in a room full of people invisible Sometimes my heart is torn swollen and bruised unable to beat Sometimes there is silence even as birds sing because I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sometimes I want to scream<br />
to beg<br />
to plead</p>
<p>Sometimes I want to smile<br />
to sigh<br />
to close my eyes and just be</p>
<p>Sometimes I am alone<br />
in a room full of people<br />
invisible</p>
<p>Sometimes my heart is torn<br />
swollen and bruised<br />
unable to beat</p>
<p>Sometimes there is silence<br />
even as birds sing<br />
because I am without you</p>
<p>Sometimes I am hopeful<br />
that you will see me<br />
that you will welcome me<br />
that you will allow</p>
<p>Sometimes I am scared.</p>
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		<title>I Am</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2009/12/25/i-am/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[holographic universe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am the lone tree, on the grassy hill, waiting for the birds to return. The stars and moon light up the darkness, but the robin is not in my branches. I am the snow-covered peaks, longing for the traveler&#8217;s approach.  I call out to the guides, but my summit is desolate. I am the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am the lone tree, on the grassy hill, waiting for the birds to return. The stars and moon light up the darkness, but the robin is not in my branches.</p>
<p>I am the snow-covered peaks, longing for the traveler&#8217;s approach.  I call out to the guides, but my summit is desolate.</p>
<p>I am the desert oasis, cool waters and shade I offer, but the caravan misses me, lost in the dunes.</p>
<p>I am the jewel, hidden in the loose stones underfoot, the sun would show my splendor, but I am unclaimed still.</p>
<p>I am the secret knowledge, yours for the having, are you seeking me still?</p>
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		<title>There Are Moments</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2009/11/07/there-are-moments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are moments In between breaths and blinks When the whole of creations sighs When all of us know the truth. There are moments In darkest of hours When nothing matters When you are in my arms. There are moments In the now-to-now of my life When I am at peace When I am in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are moments<br />
In between breaths and blinks<br />
When the whole of creations sighs<br />
When all of us know the truth.</p>
<p>There are moments<br />
In darkest of hours<br />
When nothing matters<br />
When you are in my arms.</p>
<p>There are moments<br />
In the now-to-now of my life<br />
When I am at peace<br />
When I am in your presence.</p>
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		<title>I Am Breath</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2009/04/21/i-am-breath/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chenrezig]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am breathing I am within I am sitting, softly upon the earth I am eyes closed I am breathing I am expansive and listening I am not alone I am together I am wind on my face call of the robin grass on my legs I am unseen clouds over unknown lands I am [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am breathing<br />
I am within<br />
I am sitting, softly upon the earth<br />
I am eyes closed<br />
I am breathing<br />
I am expansive and listening<br />
I am not alone<br />
I am together<br />
I am wind on my face<br />
   call of the robin<br />
   grass on my legs<br />
I am unseen clouds over unknown lands<br />
I am waters to the ends of thought<br />
   laughter and sadness<br />
   love and apathy<br />
I am universal<br />
I am without<br />
I am compassion<br />
I am breath</p>
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		<title>Sound Of Joy</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2009/02/20/sound-of-joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the morning sun you laughed, now let the sound of that joy keep you warm in the sunset hours. What is it like to forget the noonday sweat, not knowing who you are, not able to tell the story of who you were&#8230; I know the story and I will remind you, I will [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the morning sun you laughed,<br />
now let the sound of that joy keep you warm in the sunset hours.<br />
What is it like to forget the noonday sweat,<br />
not knowing who you are,<br />
not able to tell the story of who you were&#8230;</p>
<p>I know the story and I will remind you,<br />
I will correct you when you say the wrong city,<br />
or the wrong job,<br />
or the wrong name.</p>
<p>I will hold your hand and smile at you.<br />
I will not show you my fear,<br />
will not show you my sadness,<br />
I will kiss your cheek and remind you that you are loved.<br />
And honored.</p>
<p>I will give you back the dignity that your mind is stealing from you.<br />
I will remember that you held me when I was a child,<br />
that you taught me right from wrong,<br />
that you laughed with your family, and smiled when you looked at us.</p>
<p>This is not the end,<br />
this is what your mind will be forever.<br />
This is a part of your journey, and we hold none of this against you.<br />
Do not be ashamed, there is no shame that I see.<br />
You are not weaker for this, for we know you did not ask for this.<br />
You are more than this moment in time, you are the sum of your life,<br />
and you can be proud for it.</p>
<p>Your hugs are weaker now, your walk less sure,<br />
but my hand is here, beside you, guiding you now,<br />
as you have guided me in my life.</p>
<p>I love you.</p>
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		<title>The Dark Sea</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2008/11/09/the-dark-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[oneness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On my knees, in prayer position, I closed my eyes, and began to see&#8230; The crown of my head becomes sand, like a dry sand castle I crumble and my body falls away to reveal nothing. All that I am becomes one with all that there is. In an ocean of knowing I am become [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On my knees, in prayer position, I closed my eyes, and began to see&#8230;</p>
<p>The crown of my head becomes sand, like a dry sand castle I crumble<br />
and my body falls away to reveal<br />
nothing.</p>
<p>All that I am becomes one with all that there is.  In an ocean of knowing<br />
I am become (we become) all that is one.</p>
<p>My breath is the smell of mountain rains, sea-mist, prairie grass, and the earthy loam of the forest floor.<br />
My hands can touch the faces of every person at once, the stars can be held close — I am all of those and more.</p>
<p>The skin that covers my face is the petal of every flower across the universe, my hair every blade of grass, every twig on every plant, mixed with the stuff of nebula&#8230; and the skin falls away again to offer me a clear white light, flowing forth from the center of me.  The center (of me) splits and becomes two, becomes four, becomes more and more again, until all that there is shows this same wonderful clear white light.</p>
<p>I am all emotion, all devotion<br />
I am a stone on the beach of a racing river, I am the mountain and the sea, I am whole worlds, the galaxy, the universe, the cosmos,  and no where at once — time itself falls away to show me that I am nothing to call me.</p>
<p>Peaceful, I sleep in this knowledge (fully aware), I am everywhere, as all points (one point) are contained within what is known<br />
There is only the one place<br />
The one time<br />
The one thought by<br />
The one entity</p>
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		<title>The River of Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2008/10/05/the-river-of-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mindfulness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where the river starts &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;there is a calm pool, &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;a green valley, &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;and snow-capped mountains high above. Holy men sit there &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;thinking about &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;nothing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="entry-content">Where the river starts<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;there is a calm pool,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a green valley,<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and snow-capped mountains high above.<br />
</span><span class="entry-content">Holy men sit there<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;thinking about<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;nothing.</span></p>
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		<title>Twilight&#8217;s Dark Dream</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2008/05/30/twilights-dark-dream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2008/05/30/twilights-dark-dream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In twilight&#8217;s dark dream With angels watching us sleep Take hold day breaks]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In twilight&#8217;s dark dream<br />
With angels watching us sleep<br />
Take hold day breaks</p>
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		<title>For Love of Darkness</title>
		<link>http://www.hologramthoughts.com/2008/05/27/for-love-of-darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 16:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Williamson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Let drop the anchor pull in the sails damp the lantern this night is done for me Darkness, wicked lover of lonely souls, caresses me I sleep upon the waves of illusion and do dream Angels of the deep offer me direction and council distance grows without movement time slips on, yet the moon hangs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let drop the anchor<br />
pull in the sails<br />
damp the lantern<br />
this night is done for me</p>
<p>Darkness, wicked lover of lonely souls, caresses me<br />
I sleep upon the waves of illusion and do dream</p>
<p>Angels of the deep offer me direction and council<br />
distance grows without movement<br />
time slips on, yet the moon hangs still</p>
<p>Darkness calls to me, whispering in my ears<br />
She knows my thoughts, and honors them to the last</p>
<p>The Sun cannot rise<br />
no laughter on the waters now<br />
Sirens wail<br />
waters stale</p>
<p>Afloat on the ocean<br />
alone in my bed<br />
the last crow has left me<br />
Yet Darkness stays instead</p>
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