<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Thrivenotes &#187; prose</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.thrivenotes.com/category/prose/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com</link>
	<description>On Extropy, the Technium, and Keeping One&#039;s Feet on Solid Ground.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:40:48 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1967]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1995]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 humans left]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[5 humans remaining]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a.i.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awesome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crazy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harlan Ellison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[i have no mouth and i must scream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sci-fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[story]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=6102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison Limp, the body of Gorrister hung from the pink palette; unsupported—hanging high above us in the computer chamber; and it did not shiver in the chill, oily breeze that blew eternally through the main cavern. The body hung head down, attached to the underside [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Technology needs a soul injection.</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/technology-needs-a-soul-injection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/technology-needs-a-soul-injection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critique]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unsustainable growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wu-wei]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=5998</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OPENING STATEMENTS Technology needs a soul injection. Who&#8217;s gonna pay the price? Technology needs a soul installation. Who&#8217;s gonna pay with their life? If we&#8217;re gonna talk about planting chips into our brains, then first we&#8217;d really better talk about who&#8217;s using who&#8230; &#8217;cause to me it seems an awful lot like tech is using [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/technology-needs-a-soul-injection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hermetic Astronomy: A Sampling</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/hermetic-astronomy-a-sampling/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/hermetic-astronomy-a-sampling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alchemy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[astronomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hermetic Astronomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paracelsus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[text]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=5900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hermetic Astronomy ~ Paracelsus ~]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/hermetic-astronomy-a-sampling/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Last Answer</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afterlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asimov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eternity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last answer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science-fiction]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=5177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov — © 1980 Murray Templeton was forty-five years old, in the prime of life, and with all parts of his body in perfect working order except for certain key portions of his coronary arteries, but that was enough. The pain had come suddenly, had mounted to an unbearable peak, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>112</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Let&#8217;s help germinate this seed</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/lets-help-germinate-this-seed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/lets-help-germinate-this-seed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 19:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apotheosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civilization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=4632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An epic story about meeting god on a train. Written by Harry Stottle @ fullmoon.nu Talking to God I met god the other day. I know what you’re thinking. How the hell did you know it was god? Well, I’ll explain as we go along, but basically he convinced me by having all, and I [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/lets-help-germinate-this-seed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>156</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Wu-Wei @ 5%</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/five-percent-wu-wei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/five-percent-wu-wei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tao te ching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wu-wei]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=2959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Way that can be experienced is not true; The world that can be constructed is not real. The Way manifests all that happens and may happen; The world represents all that exists and may exist. To experience without abstraction is to sense the world; To experience with abstraction is to know the world. These [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/five-percent-wu-wei/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Last Question</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apotheosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asimov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multivac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sci-fi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tech]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=2224</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Last Question by Isaac Asimov — © 1956 The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way: Alexander [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-question/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>98</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Unwriting the Nonexistent</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/unwriting-the-nonexistant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/unwriting-the-nonexistant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[present]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=2741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all newness. It&#8217;s all new. Every letter of this sentence. Every breath inhaled &#8211; what of any of this has happened before? And is this significant? Yes. But only when lived as newness. When newness itself is lived it all gains meaning; it all has to be new, because nothing is allowed to be [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/unwriting-the-nonexistant/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>This Is About the Right Width</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/right-width/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/right-width/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul-power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=2209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a deeper level of introspection that is needed for to know oneself, is to know all others and to know oneself completely is to know all others completely too. This space inside is full of willpower and life and it directs your soul-power and influence your soul-power known by many other names, truth belongs [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/right-width/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>6-word stories</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/6-word-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/6-word-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seattle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[six word stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tokyo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=1986</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tokyo. Two seconds late. Train gone.&#8221; &#8220;Adana. Station closed; politicians drive cars.&#8221; &#8220;Seattle. No station. Commute from suburbs.&#8221;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/6-word-stories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Quiescent</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/quiescent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/quiescent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[word of the day]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=1967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUIESCENT: Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; inactive. Q uite a few of our quick-witted friends find themselves in a quandary&#8230; U sually Saturdays urge us to use our unusual gifts at a low undulation; I nitially thinking how ideal it is to rest. E venly matched in extravagant easiness is Sunday, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/quiescent/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Secret Passages, Waking Life</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/secret-passages-waking-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/secret-passages-waking-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dialogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[differentiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diversification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[integration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waking Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=1929</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my view one of the most freeing and individual human-centered takes on the development and potential of the mind was this dialogue from the movie Waking Life: The main character is what you might call &#8220;the mind&#8221;. It&#8217;s mastery, it&#8217;s capacity to represent. Throughout history, attempts have been made&#8230; to contain those experiences which [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/secret-passages-waking-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Don&#8217;t Escape So Fast</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-escape-so-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-escape-so-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cosmos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=1903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Universe got you down? First bring some grace to your mind. With this, ironically, grace to others is simultaneous. A nicely shaped concept, attainable but perhaps unsustainable. So slow maintenance soothes. Say to yourself: This is what I want — cosmic comfort. Tao friends unite, eat grapes, and be merry. Otherwise this wine will turn [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-escape-so-fast/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Don&#8217;t Neglect to Direct When You Act</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-neglect-to-direct/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-neglect-to-direct/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 04:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[videos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Happiness is a process that you continue to change, in fact, you never use the same process twice. All processes are defined by brain context, which is defined by environmental and metacognitive context. But is this all predefined by something beyond physical determinism? That would be, in a word, mind. Mind determines happiness in relation [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/dont-neglect-to-direct/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>3 Line Story</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/three-line-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/three-line-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 23:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I once tried to write a short story. It was a three-line dialog about a trip a long time ago that these two dudes went on. It went something like this: &#8220;19 miles to midnight.&#8221; &#8220;What?&#8221; &#8220;Ok, 18.8.&#8221; The only problem was it was too long. I needed a short story, and fast. Two lines [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/three-line-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Just Ghosts</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/just-ghosts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/just-ghosts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=29</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[JUST GHOSTS To define Reality, we must define Experience, yet we must also define: the Experiencer, Consciousness, Life, the Universe, etc. WHAT IS REAL? In one model of the Universe, 99.999% of all Matter is empty. (Think hydrogen.) A proton&#8217;s mass is mostly Energy. (Look quantum.) Normal Matter fills *only 5%* of the known space [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/just-ghosts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Wind Song</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-wind-song/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-wind-song/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Come hurricane and they ponder fear me a while. With a nice breeze they love and bless me some time. I comb the forest and I find resistance, howl in the canyon but none take heed. I&#8217;ve got sound but no voice to speak of my journey. Grinding against the sky I wonder why. Can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-wind-song/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Original &#8216;Destiny Hack&#8217; About Poem</title>
		<link>http://www.thrivenotes.com/destiny-hack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thrivenotes.com/destiny-hack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminadam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[home]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[destiny hack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welcome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thrivenotes.com/?p=4822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These words now exposed to your scrutiny balance on a knife&#8217;s fine edge. Precarious, they lean between communiqué scraped pragmatically clean and backward-fantastical-notional-schemes. But few words can in fact pass through the Filter of Lucidity twice to crack open classical infamy tracks. Amongst these terms tried-and-true rare is it indeed to find intact the lustrously [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.thrivenotes.com/destiny-hack/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

