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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Mistakes: Alchemy”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 04:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Mistakes" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Mistakes: Alchemy</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Many of my older clients are disturbed by what they see as lost opportunities, wrong choices,...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-mistakes-alchemy.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Mistakes" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Mistakes: Alchemy</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Many of my older clients are disturbed by what they see as lost opportunities, wrong choices,...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-mistakes-alchemy.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas on Wattpad.com!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've "published" the 39 chapters of <em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas</em> that I've created so far on Wattpad.com. Wattpad lets you read through the book like ... a book! As always, comments welcome. Here's what I have so far:

<a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/5697085-fifty-two-flower-mandalas">http://www.wattpad.com/story/5697085-fifty-two-flower-mandalas</a>

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David...<p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-on-wattpad-com.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[I've "published" the 39 chapters of <em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas</em> that I've created so far on Wattpad.com. Wattpad lets you read through the book like ... a book! As always, comments welcome. Here's what I have so far:

<a href="http://www.wattpad.com/story/5697085-fifty-two-flower-mandalas" target="_blank">http://www.wattpad.com/story/5697085-fifty-two-flower-mandalas</a>

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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Miracles: Yellow brick roads”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/?p=1131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Miracles" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Miracles: Yellow brick roads</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>I am a miracle worker by trade. Or more precisely, a facilitator of...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-miracles-yellow-brick-roads.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Miracles" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Miracles.png" />
<strong>Miracles: Yellow brick roads</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>I am a miracle worker by trade. Or more precisely, a facilitator of...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-miracles-yellow-brick-roads.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Love: Essentials” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Love" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Love.png" />
<strong>Love: Essentials</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>When I was 25, living in Manhattan and trying to jump start a career in writing and photography, I visited...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-love-essentials-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Love" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Love.png" />
<strong>Love: Essentials</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>When I was 25, living in Manhattan and trying to jump start a career in writing and photography, I visited...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/05/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-love-essentials-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Longing: Inclinations”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Longing" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Longing: Inclinations</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>A writer I knew some years ago collected her poems into a book she planned to call The Color of...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-longing-inclinations.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Longing" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Longing.png" />
<strong>Longing: Inclinations</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>A writer I knew some years ago collected her poems into a book she planned to call The Color of...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-longing-inclinations.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Listening: Self, others” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Listening" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Listening.png" />
<strong>Listening: Self, others</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Central to the near-death experience I had in Albany, NY, 20 years ago was multiple...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-listening-self-others-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Listening" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Listening.png" />
<strong>Listening: Self, others</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Central to the near-death experience I had in Albany, NY, 20 years ago was multiple...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-listening-self-others-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Limitation: Liberation” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Limitation" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Limitation: Liberation</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Most of us associate choice with freedom, and as a freedom-loving nation we have...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-limitation-liberation-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Limitation" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Limitation: Liberation</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>Most of us associate choice with freedom, and as a freedom-loving nation we have...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/04/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-limitation-liberation-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Justice: Metamorphosis” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Justice" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Justice: Metamorphosis</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>In the late 1950s, psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg observed that as we mature, we move...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-justice-metamorphosis-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Justice" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Justice: Metamorphosis</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>In the late 1950s, psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg observed that as we mature, we move...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-justice-metamorphosis-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Joy: Openings” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Joy" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Joy: Openings</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>What draws many of us to babies is how they seem to experience life with excitement and wonder. This is our...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-joy-openings-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Joy" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

<img src="http://www.phototransformations.com/media/blog/phototransformations/Joy.png" />
<strong>Joy: Openings</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>What draws many of us to babies is how they seem to experience life with excitement and wonder. This is our...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-joy-openings-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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		<title>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas: “Intuition: Cultivation” (first draft)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 04:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Intuition" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Intuition: Cultivation</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>In my dozen years of public schooling and 12 more of higher education in English, writing,...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-intuition-cultivation-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<strong>NOTE</strong>: <em>This is the first draft of the "Intuition" essay in my forthcoming book, </em>Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas<em>.
</em><em><strong>Responses and comments welcome, no matter how brief.</strong></em>

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<strong>Intuition: Cultivation</strong>
<em>Copyright 2013 David J. Bookbinder</em>
<p>In my dozen years of public schooling and 12 more of higher education in English, writing,...</p><p><a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/flowermandalas/2013/03/fifty-two-flower-mandalas-intuition-cultivation-first-draft.html">Read the full post here &raquo;</a></p><div class="feedflare">
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