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		<title>meaty niblet of wisdom as FOPUD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Watching the world’s and our own pretentious buffoonery is an inexhaustible source of delectable entertainment.” A niblet of meaty wisdom by the wise Galenios (= my humble self) for the unenlightened rest of the world (= you all) I promised my family to start exuding wisdom as soon as I hit 60 years of age [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/05/meaty-niblet-of-wisdom-as-fopud/</link>
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		<title>we are all tribal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All human societies are tribal. In some of them it has become possible to choose which  tribe or even tribes you belong to. The need of belonging is a universal and fundamental need. &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/04/we-are-all-tribal/</link>
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		<title>Psychology Today re-discovers Epicurus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an anonymous article that is “adapted” from Neel Burton’s ‘The Art of Failure: The Anti Self-Help Guide’ Psychology Today re-discovers Epicurus. It is an excellent summary of the main points of the Epicurean philosophy. The author debunks a lot of the myths people believe when the say they are “Epicureans” but two widespread errors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/04/psychology-today-re-discovers-epicurus/</link>
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		<title>emotional well-being taught in schools? AGAIN?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jules Evans informs us that the London Philosophy Club has scheduled a special event on this topic Should we teach emotional well-being in schools? Emotional well-being (aka happiness / eudaimonia) was the only subject taught in the Epicurean garden schools. For 800 years: from 300 BE to 500 CE. The Christian Emperors changed the topic for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/03/emotional-well-being-taught-in-schools-again/</link>
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		<title>march morning haiku</title>
		<description><![CDATA[a white butterfly chased by my daughter in the dewy morning grass &#160;]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/03/march-morning-haiku/</link>
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		<title>What Joe Heller knew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have found this little poem on Joseph Heller by Kurt Vonnegut  in Robert I. Sutton’s excellent book “The No Asshole Rule”: Joe Heller True story, Word of Honor: Joseph Heller, an important and funny writer now dead, and I were at a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island. I said, &#8220;Joe, how [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/03/what-joe-heller-knew/</link>
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		<title>Who can be an Epicurean today and why not</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To my mind being “Epicurean” today may mean many thins to many people. We cannot simply pretend to ignore that the word “epicurean” is being used to describe at least three semantically different categories: 1. fond of or adapted to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; having luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/02/who-can-be-an-epicurean-today-and-why-not/</link>
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		<title>Message to the Friends of the Epicurean Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today like-minded friends gather together in Athens, Greece, to exchange their thoughts and experiences: the Second Panhellenic Symposium of Epicurean Philosophy takes place between February 11-12, 2012. The organizers asked me to send a message to the participants of the symposium. This is what I sent them: Dear Friends of the Epicurean Philosophy, I am happy that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/02/message-to-the-friends-of-the-epicurean-philosophy/</link>
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		<title>like my book? or like me, too?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you like my Epicurean happiness guidance “From Pain to Pleasure: The Proven Pathway to Happiness” you can click on the ‘like’ button on Amazon’s page. If you like my book AND its author you will buy it from my own eBook-store where you can get besides the paperback  edition also the eBook version for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/02/like-my-book-or-like-me-too/</link>
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		<title>You can dissolve all your fears when you realize how little you really need to lead a blissful life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Epicurus’s core teaching in a nutshell: “You can dissolve all your fears when you realize how little you really need to lead a blissful life.” To encapsulate a felling or a thought in as few words as possible: this endeavor engendered the literary genre of the Japanese haiku. It also produced the famous four-fold cure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://stress-freedom.net/2012/02/you-can-dissolve-all-your-fears-when-you-realize-how-little-you-really-need-to-lead-a-blissful-life/</link>
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