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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oneness with work is &#8220;flow&#8221;. Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process &#8230; <a href="http://richardkmiller.com/294/oneness">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='microid-de8d2a4e2f09eb96fb75db053bb10d2b0dac5d80'><p><b>Oneness with work is &#8220;flow&#8221;.</b></p>
<blockquote><p>Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29">source</a>)
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<blockquote><p>The act of creating something, whether it be an article, a poem, a website, a computer program, or some other creative human expression, is one of my most cherished activities. &#8230; It usually takes a while for me to fully enter the highly creative flow state, but once I’m there I lose awareness of everything but the present moment and the ideas flowing through me. (<a href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/01/my-experience-of-creativity/">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p><b>Oneness with surroundings is a principle of Eastern thought.</b></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;practitioners of Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism have honed the discipline of overcoming the duality of self and object as a central feature of spiritual development. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_%28psychology%29">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>The idea of overcoming duality of self and object is a key theme of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert Pirsig (1974). &#8220;When you&#8217;re not dominated by feelings of separateness from what you&#8217;re working on, then you can be said to &#8216;care&#8217; about what you&#8217;re doing. That is what caring really is: &#8216;a feeling of identification with what one&#8217;s doing.&#8217; (ibid.)</p></blockquote>
<p><b>Oneness with people is a Christian virtue.</b></p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230;be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. (<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_cor/13/11#11">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>And the Lord called his people Zion, because they were of one heart and one mind&#8230; (<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moses/7/18#18">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
<p><b>Oneness with God comes through the Atonement of Jesus</b></p>
<blockquote><p>The word [Atonement] describes the setting “at one” of those who have been estranged, and denotes the reconciliation of man to God. (<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/bd/a/140">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>And now Father, I pray unto thee for them &#8230; that they may believe in me, that I may be in them as thou, Father, art in me, that we may be one. (<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_ne/19/23#23">source</a>)</p></blockquote>
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