<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322</id><updated>2011-11-27T17:08:20.785-07:00</updated><category term='state of being'/><category term='personal finances'/><category term='mood'/><category term='be taller'/><category term='shorty'/><category term='grow 3 inches in six weeks'/><category term='sickness'/><category term='kids and money'/><category term='average height'/><category term='money skills'/><category term='increase your height'/><category term='growtaller4idiots'/><category term='relationships'/><category term='manhood'/><category term='philosophy'/><category term='taller'/><category term='natural male enhancement'/><category term='grow taller than you are now'/><category term='raising kids'/><category term='mental control'/><category term='self confidence'/><category term='electricity'/><category term='self help'/><category term='decision making'/><category term='personal development'/><category term='get taller'/><category term='inner peace'/><category term='energy'/><category term='children and money matters'/><category term='are you short'/><category term='belief'/><category term='kid allowance'/><category term='over 6 feet tall'/><category term='personal growth'/><category term='self-esteem'/><category term='Ex'/><category term='procrastination'/><category term='penis enlargement'/><category term='health'/><category term='breakups'/><category term='healthy'/><title type='text'>The Universal Me</title><subtitle type='html'>Musings about all that surrounds us.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-3340272120745629124</id><published>2010-04-26T21:19:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T21:50:18.396-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mental control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='belief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sickness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='state of being'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='healthy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='inner peace'/><title type='text'>Why Do We Accept Disease?</title><summary type='text'>Some time ago, I decided not to accept illness any longer. After surviving cancer and a mini-stroke, terrible allergies, sinus infections, high blood pressure, I simply got tired of being sick.It occurred to me one day that we grow so accustomed to being sick, that we accept it as just another part of life. A cold here, the flu there. Yet the truth is that sickness can be reduced to a non-factor </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/3340272120745629124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-do-we-accept-disease.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/3340272120745629124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/3340272120745629124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2010/04/why-do-we-accept-disease.html' title='Why Do We Accept Disease?'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-8115393996745461197</id><published>2010-02-12T18:40:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-07T17:36:47.278-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shorty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='increase your height'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='taller'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='are you short'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grow taller than you are now'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='over 6 feet tall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='get taller'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='grow 3 inches in six weeks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='average height'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='growtaller4idiots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be taller'/><title type='text'>Sometimes, I forget about the SHORT people....</title><summary type='text'>Being over 6 feet tall, it's hard for me to relate to the feelings of short men and women. I started thinking about this because an acquaintance of mine told me a story I found pretty hard to believe, but being the open-minded guy I am, I checked it out. My friend told me he had actually grown almost 2 inches in a little more than month using techniques he found in an informational product he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/8115393996745461197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/sometime-i-forget-about-little-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/8115393996745461197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/8115393996745461197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2010/02/sometime-i-forget-about-little-people.html' title='Sometimes, I forget about the SHORT people....'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-1677562134546866077</id><published>2009-12-11T15:02:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-11T15:47:09.053-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Right To Be Rich</title><summary type='text'>Maybe it's the approaching holidays, maybe it's the cold, or maybe it's just the natural product of an universe that manifests itself through the creative vehicle of inspiration. Whatever it is, for some days now I've had this recurring thought in my head. This "voice" that prompts me to blog about one of my favorite books, The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles.Many people who have read </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/1677562134546866077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/right-to-be-rich.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/1677562134546866077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/1677562134546866077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/right-to-be-rich.html' title='The Right To Be Rich'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-791937455539587734</id><published>2009-12-01T13:45:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-01T13:45:10.097-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>79MV9TST92Q6</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/791937455539587734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/79mv9tst92q6.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/791937455539587734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/791937455539587734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/12/79mv9tst92q6.html' title=''/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-2440514254537584007</id><published>2009-11-19T13:45:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-19T15:10:56.406-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self confidence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children and money matters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids and money'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kid allowance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='money skills'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raising kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal finances'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal development'/><title type='text'>Let's Talk About Giving Kids an Allowance</title><summary type='text'>I spend a fair amount of time looking for the unusually brilliant. Some of what I find I just comes to me in an email or while I surf the web. And this downloadable book called Allowance Secrets is a great example.Now, to be fair, this isn't your usual free report you can download from may sites, and which leaves much of the good stuff out until you pay for it. This is an honest-to-goodness, 200-</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/2440514254537584007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/lets-talk-about-giving-kids-allowance.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2440514254537584007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2440514254537584007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/lets-talk-about-giving-kids-allowance.html' title='Let&apos;s Talk About Giving Kids an Allowance'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-5224210479168151830</id><published>2009-11-09T22:12:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T23:04:17.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Unusual Exercise in Manifestation</title><summary type='text'>So, let's say you have really given it a try, this manifestation thing. You have bought, almost completely, into this law of attraction business (the so-called 'Secret'). You visualize, you affirm, you meditate, you attend seminars, hang out in law-of-attraction groups, etc, etc. But, that one thing (or two) you really want, the one or two things that really would change your LIFE still elude you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/5224210479168151830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/unusual-exercise-in-manifestation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5224210479168151830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5224210479168151830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/unusual-exercise-in-manifestation.html' title='Unusual Exercise in Manifestation'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-5494391275662264674</id><published>2009-11-08T16:17:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T16:41:08.484-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Success in 6 Minutes A Day</title><summary type='text'>Almost daily now, I'm running into a new program or course that shows people how to tap the power of the subconscious mind to improve their lives. While this is not a cure-all for your less-than-perfect life, subconscious reprogramming is essential if you are to improve your lot in life.Before you can get to a better you, you have to radically change the way you think, the way you look at the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/5494391275662264674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/success-in-6-minutes-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5494391275662264674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5494391275662264674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/11/success-in-6-minutes-day.html' title='Success in 6 Minutes A Day'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-7560779087684568333</id><published>2009-10-25T17:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T17:32:15.098-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cell Phone Cash Machine</title><summary type='text'>Cell Phone Cash Machine: "Are you aware that there are over 4.3 Billion cell phone users worldwide, and if you know the right techniques you can plug into this untapped market easily and glean money from it."</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.squidoo.com/CellPhoneCashMachine' title='Cell Phone Cash Machine'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/7560779087684568333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/10/cell-phone-cash-machine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7560779087684568333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7560779087684568333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/10/cell-phone-cash-machine.html' title='Cell Phone Cash Machine'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-5133845362288526536</id><published>2009-10-14T10:54:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T12:21:33.800-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-esteem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self confidence'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal development'/><title type='text'>Self Esteem: The Art Of Being Confident</title><summary type='text'>There are hundreds of confidence-building products on the internet today, but a lot of these products often use the same old techniques that have been mentioned for decades. What if you have read it all, tried it all, and still failed in your confidence building efforts? Well, this can be quite disheartening. IMHO, this issue of self-esteem is one of the most fundamental, and important, issues </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/5133845362288526536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/10/self-esteem-art-of-being-confident.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5133845362288526536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/5133845362288526536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/10/self-esteem-art-of-being-confident.html' title='Self Esteem: The Art Of Being Confident'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-2489498070968209197</id><published>2009-09-09T11:25:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T11:57:21.490-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-esteem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='penis enlargement'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='natural male enhancement'/><title type='text'>Self Esteem &amp; Your Manhood</title><summary type='text'>Visit MyBigPenis.net Now For Penis Enlargement Information</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/2489498070968209197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/self-esteem-your-manhood.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2489498070968209197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2489498070968209197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/09/self-esteem-your-manhood.html' title='Self Esteem &amp; Your Manhood'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-7506161123054664319</id><published>2009-07-08T13:19:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T13:27:50.556-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decision making'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><title type='text'>Get Off The Fence Already</title><summary type='text'>The decision you’ve made to seek a better life is HUGE, enormous, gigantic… just use whatever superlative you find appropriate to describe the importance of that decision. Hmmm… Am I being a smartass about this? Not at all. The fact is that millions of people around the world complain and gripe about their lives. The say they want something better. Some of them even manage to sound convincing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/7506161123054664319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/07/get-off-fence-already.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7506161123054664319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7506161123054664319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/07/get-off-fence-already.html' title='Get Off The Fence Already'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-2619242535110061339</id><published>2009-06-26T18:30:00.007-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T20:02:09.099-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='electricity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='energy'/><title type='text'>Energy, Green or Otherwise</title><summary type='text'>In my recent ezine@rticles.com piece, I wrote about my amazement at our dependence on relatively few sources for producing electricity.It may seem like a departure for me to write about the subject of electricity. Given that this blog is about the universal nature of all that surrounds us (and that which interests me), I figured I’d devote some time and effort to such an important subject. After </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/2619242535110061339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/energy-green-or-otherwise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2619242535110061339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/2619242535110061339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/energy-green-or-otherwise.html' title='Energy, Green or Otherwise'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-3312630666623453608</id><published>2009-06-25T15:49:00.008-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-25T17:39:40.460-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><title type='text'>The Winds of Change</title><summary type='text'>I'm sitting by the pool on a seemingly rainy day, watching the kids play in the water. The winds have picked up, and suddenly a quasi-poetic thought about all the change taking place in the world enters my mind. Clearly, I'm taking myself too seriously. I know that a low pressure system is making its way to Arizona, and that's the reason why the day looks gloomy compared to the usually sunny, hot</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/3312630666623453608/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/winds-of-change.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/3312630666623453608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/3312630666623453608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/winds-of-change.html' title='The Winds of Change'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-8172961574332680705</id><published>2009-06-23T14:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T14:44:36.855-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank God for Stupitidy...I mean... differing viewpoints</title><summary type='text'>Leave it to Canadian scientists to offer a silly conclusion to a psychological experiment. They found that positive thinking may actually be harmful to some people with low self-esteem. Now, I don't know if these researchers were psychologists or what, but whatever they are, they missed the boat (to put it mildly).As it's being reported, the researchers wrote that "From at least as far back as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/8172961574332680705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-god-for-stupitidyi-mean-differing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/8172961574332680705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/8172961574332680705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/thank-god-for-stupitidyi-mean-differing.html' title='Thank God for Stupitidy...I mean... differing viewpoints'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-83475090456777748</id><published>2009-06-17T11:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T16:08:45.908-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decision making'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><title type='text'>The Simplest Question</title><summary type='text'>Complications. We LOVE them! I'm wrong, you say?Consider for a moment just how hectic our lives are. Take note of the plethora of emotions we experience on any given day. Did you know that we have upwards of 50,000 thoughts per day? Most of that 'thinking' takes place outside our awareness. Your subconscious mind, much like a tape player on an endless loop, is always emitting thought waves. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/83475090456777748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/simplest-question.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/83475090456777748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/83475090456777748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/simplest-question.html' title='The Simplest Question'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-6698787147127020839</id><published>2009-06-12T17:26:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T18:43:01.025-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><title type='text'>Do You Get My Point?</title><summary type='text'>Just five years ago, I saw Dr. Wayne Dyer on a TV show where he was delivering a message of love, spirituality, and other personal-growth nuggets. I watched for about 10 minutes before I decided that this guy was just too "wimpy" for me to pay attention to. Boy, have I done a one-eighty!------------------------------------------------------------------------------CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/6698787147127020839/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-get-my-point.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/6698787147127020839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/6698787147127020839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-get-my-point.html' title='Do You Get My Point?'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-7694444688282196193</id><published>2009-06-08T13:12:00.011-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T17:54:41.533-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decision making'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='personal growth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><title type='text'>True Decisions are Absolute When Making a New 'YOU'</title><summary type='text'>This thing about making a decision is so absolute, and so important, that if you qualify it then you really have not made a decision. What do I mean? Well, let’s say you “have made a decision” to lose weight, so today you will pig out and get started on your weight loss regimen tomorrow. Are you being honest with yourself? Do you really mean it? I submit you are not. Yet we all have been through </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/7694444688282196193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/true-decisions-are-absolute-when-making.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7694444688282196193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/7694444688282196193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/true-decisions-are-absolute-when-making.html' title='True Decisions are Absolute When Making a New &apos;YOU&apos;'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-6924687205541837218</id><published>2009-06-01T09:38:00.019-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T10:05:52.682-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='breakups'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationships'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ex'/><title type='text'>The Counter-intuitive nature of making up</title><summary type='text'>Recently, I saw a report on TV about the impact the current economic crisis is having on marriages and families. The focus of the report was the attempts being made by men and women who had recently ended their relationships to get back together with their ex.Hey, Ive been there. I've tried the "I will change" approach, with a dash of "you're the only one who makes me happy" routine. Of course I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/6924687205541837218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/counter-intuitive-nature-of-making-up.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/6924687205541837218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/6924687205541837218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/06/counter-intuitive-nature-of-making-up.html' title='The Counter-intuitive nature of making up'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_R6U0CjrYtEM/SiXkM3aUThI/AAAAAAAAAA0/6GaXeP_5cXk/s72-c/Broken+Heart.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408276802116836322.post-4751300834955315307</id><published>2009-05-29T14:37:00.021-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T17:27:38.263-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='procrastination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='philosophy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><title type='text'>I finally got around to it</title><summary type='text'>Years of posting to newsgroups and forums (albeit intermittently). Opining on everything from Politics to LAN administration, and of course, personal development, aka self-help. A mind used to intuitive "thinking", yet denied respect for the sake of social graces or appearances. A high-achiever who lost his way, more or less. A child who, for a while, was in touch with his true source (a source </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/feeds/4751300834955315307/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-finally-got-around-to-it.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/4751300834955315307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7408276802116836322/posts/default/4751300834955315307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theuniversalme.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-finally-got-around-to-it.html' title='I finally got around to it'/><author><name>Jose L Pineda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10936437156718434737</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
