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		<title>By: Colleen K. Peltomaa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Colleen K. Peltomaa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I stopped watching television a decade ago.  It did soothe my troubled soul.  Early this year I embarked on a personal transformation of physical and spiritual dimensions.  

I had always been keen on de-toxing the body and now I found a way to de-tox myself of negative spiritual or mental energies.  

Like the physical de-tox, there are good days and bad days as the evil toxins are leaving the body.  A lot gets stirred up and one has to hang in there for the ride knowing that they are going to be bright and clean when the toxins are out.

I have already experimented with several different methods of processes for a spiritual de-tox.  At this stage I am relying on R3X processes and a good facilitator.  I also used Mace Method and PEAT and EFT and Idenics -- all good.

I see a lot of parallels between my spiritual de-tox and my physical de-tox and weightlifting programs.  It&#039;s hard work with measurable gains.

When one can succeed in breaking through spiritual and physical barriers the concept of exponential gain (versus linear gain) comes into view.

In fact, because my mind is clearer I can see myself making a sea change, thus my attraction to your DIY Freedom concept.  Thank you for setting the pace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stopped watching television a decade ago.  It did soothe my troubled soul.  Early this year I embarked on a personal transformation of physical and spiritual dimensions.  </p>
<p>I had always been keen on de-toxing the body and now I found a way to de-tox myself of negative spiritual or mental energies.  </p>
<p>Like the physical de-tox, there are good days and bad days as the evil toxins are leaving the body.  A lot gets stirred up and one has to hang in there for the ride knowing that they are going to be bright and clean when the toxins are out.</p>
<p>I have already experimented with several different methods of processes for a spiritual de-tox.  At this stage I am relying on R3X processes and a good facilitator.  I also used Mace Method and PEAT and EFT and Idenics &#8212; all good.</p>
<p>I see a lot of parallels between my spiritual de-tox and my physical de-tox and weightlifting programs.  It&#8217;s hard work with measurable gains.</p>
<p>When one can succeed in breaking through spiritual and physical barriers the concept of exponential gain (versus linear gain) comes into view.</p>
<p>In fact, because my mind is clearer I can see myself making a sea change, thus my attraction to your DIY Freedom concept.  Thank you for setting the pace.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Janzen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Janzen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Matthew... Welcome! Great comment and for some reason I&#039;m not surprised you noticed this very subtle paradox and irony. :-)

I think I&#039;d say that with everything we take in... television, books, news, blogs, we need to take it with a grain of salt, because behind virtually everything their is some kind of driver and quite often a financial one.

For example people write for a lot of different reasons. I&#039;m writing because I think I have something to offer, but I&#039;m also writing to literally give myself more of the freedom I&#039;m writing about. This in turn requires that I sell printed books or monetize the content online, or both.

Is it similar to the business model of television? Sure. But is the writing effected, influenced, and shaped by the business model? Not to the extreme degree that television programming is forced to survive. 

Can a writer take it to the extreme of television? Absolutely... in fact in my humble opinion Timothy Ferriss&#039;s book, The 4-Hour Work Week, is the perfect example of a book written and sold specifically to sell books and make him loads of money. Is the book still worth reading? I think so, as long as you take along a salt lick.

Is my little project here like Tim&#039;s book and TV? I&#039;ll leave that to each of you to decide. I personally think it&#039;s a win-win and clever way to say what I want, offer what I think is helpful advice, and find a way to generate a small revenue stream all at the same time. 

But I still think avoiding television is a good idea, unless Star Trek is on and you mute the commercials... just kidding :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Matthew&#8230; Welcome! Great comment and for some reason I&#8217;m not surprised you noticed this very subtle paradox and irony. <img src='http://www.diyfreedom.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I think I&#8217;d say that with everything we take in&#8230; television, books, news, blogs, we need to take it with a grain of salt, because behind virtually everything their is some kind of driver and quite often a financial one.</p>
<p>For example people write for a lot of different reasons. I&#8217;m writing because I think I have something to offer, but I&#8217;m also writing to literally give myself more of the freedom I&#8217;m writing about. This in turn requires that I sell printed books or monetize the content online, or both.</p>
<p>Is it similar to the business model of television? Sure. But is the writing effected, influenced, and shaped by the business model? Not to the extreme degree that television programming is forced to survive. </p>
<p>Can a writer take it to the extreme of television? Absolutely&#8230; in fact in my humble opinion Timothy Ferriss&#8217;s book, The 4-Hour Work Week, is the perfect example of a book written and sold specifically to sell books and make him loads of money. Is the book still worth reading? I think so, as long as you take along a salt lick.</p>
<p>Is my little project here like Tim&#8217;s book and TV? I&#8217;ll leave that to each of you to decide. I personally think it&#8217;s a win-win and clever way to say what I want, offer what I think is helpful advice, and find a way to generate a small revenue stream all at the same time. </p>
<p>But I still think avoiding television is a good idea, unless Star Trek is on and you mute the commercials&#8230; just kidding <img src='http://www.diyfreedom.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Matthew</title>
		<link>http://www.diyfreedom.com/liberty/avoid-television/comment-page-1/#comment-8</link>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Michael, hope you don&#039;t mind me just poking around. I got curious when I saw the link in my gmail. I agree that a good way of understanding television is to look at the business model. I am more of an Internet person myself...but am concerned that fundamentally the same business model is at work. There is a very positive feedback mechanism when people write what attracts the type of person who spends money because ultimately it is this type of content which drives ad revenue.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Michael, hope you don&#8217;t mind me just poking around. I got curious when I saw the link in my gmail. I agree that a good way of understanding television is to look at the business model. I am more of an Internet person myself&#8230;but am concerned that fundamentally the same business model is at work. There is a very positive feedback mechanism when people write what attracts the type of person who spends money because ultimately it is this type of content which drives ad revenue.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Janzen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Janzen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks Evelyn. Excellent suggestion.</description>
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		<title>By: Evelyn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Evelyn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;d also suggest avoiding talk radio, and any experience which is designed to emotionally manipulate you without your permission.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d also suggest avoiding talk radio, and any experience which is designed to emotionally manipulate you without your permission.</p>
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