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		<title>Do You Love the Olympics?</title>
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The Olympics are an unprecedented, auspicious, glorious and precious  Greece-vision. And what is this vision? This vision is nothing other  than world-happiness. Happiness is love bubbling forth into the newness  and fulness of true life, illumining life and fulfilling life.The Olympics tower above all man-made differences. They are  infinitely bigger than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling the World as One Family in Haiti Earthquake Aftermath</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, I feel drawn and compelled to acknowledge it here before I could think of writing about anything else.
The Worldwide Humanitarian Service arm of the International Sri Chinmoy Centres, Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles, has often compassionately responded to countries in need after disasters.
In the meantime, I find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2010/01/14/feeling-the-world-as-one-family-in-haiti-earthquake-aftermath/</link>
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		<title>Drop In and Decorate Cookie Party in Dartmouth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The public library where I work in Dartmouth, MA hosted our first  &#8221;Drop In and Decorate&#8221; cookie donation event recently. Local high school honor society students attended along with members of the community.
The concept is simple but the results are sweet. Bake sugar cookies in advance in a variety of shapes and sizes with cookie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2010/01/11/drop-in-and-decorate-cookie-party-in-dartmouth/</link>
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		<title>Tis the Season &#8211; East Meets West</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being the student of an Indian spiritual teacher offers the opportunity for a fascinating perspective when Christmas time arrives. My own Christian background finds me celebrating in traditional ways with a Christmas tree, exchanging of presents, sending Christmas cards to friends and family and a vegetarian version of a holiday dinner with all the trimmings. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/12/26/tis-the-season-east-meets-west/</link>
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		<title>2009 Parliament of the World&#8217;s Religions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first World&#8217;s Parliament of Religions was held in Chicago in 1893 in conjunction with the World Columbian Exposition &#8211; a precursor to later World&#8217;s Fairs. On the occasion of the 100 year anniversary, another Parliament was again held in Chicago in 1993.
I was lucky enough to attend that 1993 anniversary Parliament and was present [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/12/10/2009-parliament-of-world-religions/</link>
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		<title>The Wisdom of Therapy Dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the very moment that I heard of the concept, I was 100% mesmerized and enchanted. I have worked as a librarian for over 20 years but until recently I had yet to hear of the idea that children could read aloud to trained therapy dogs at the library. I was thrilled when my library [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/11/11/the-wisdom-of-therapy-dogs/</link>
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		<title>Another Reason to Love Rhode Island &#8211; Little Compton</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it Indian Summer when there is a beautiful day almost 70 degrees F just after some real cold nights with frost and flurries?
Whatever the qualification, one thing was certain &#8211; on a sunny warm Sunday in November it was imperative to spend time outdoors communing with nature.
So off to Chase Point in Little Compton [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/11/09/another-reason-to-love-rhode-island-little-compton/</link>
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		<title>Fall Photo Collage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Halloween!
This collage contains photos taken around the library where I work in Dartmouth, Massachusetts and at Bishop&#8217;s Orchard in Guilford, Connecticut.
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		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/11/01/fall-photo-collage/</link>
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		<title>Butterfly Significance and Sri Chinmoy&#8217;s Samadhi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A poignant moment during the New York observance of the 2nd anniversary of Sri Chinmoy&#8217;s Mahasamadhi (passing from the Earth plane) came in the form of a butterfly.
A group of the late spiritual leader&#8217;s students were standing in formation facing the samadhi shrine and a butterfly came up from behind them and lingered over their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/10/24/butterfly-significance-and-sri-chinmoys-samadhi/</link>
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		<title>World Leaders Congratulate Obama on Nobel Peace Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, October 9, 2009, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to President Barack Obama. He is the third sitting President in American history to receive the award, followed by Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. President Jimmy Carter also won the prize but not while he was in office serving as President.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee stated,
&#8220;Obama [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sharani.org/2009/10/09/world-leaders-congratulate-obama-on-nobel-peace-prize/</link>
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