<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[John Ince]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Ince]]></description><link>https://www.johnince.net/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.johnince.net/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Monastic sexuality]]></title><description><![CDATA[The analysis in the previous post gave me a fresh perspective on the monks’ aversion to the feeling mind: it arose from their own...]]></description><link>https://www.johnince.net/post/monastic-sexuality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd123a1d4f4380018bfcf41</guid><category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Sexuality]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:29:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b54ddd_fc6e2a088cd14c2195d404944aed2d41~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_404,h_340,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Ince</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meditation and Papanca]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every newbie meditator learns that after a few moments of deliberate focus on your breath, thoughts rush in and fill your consciousness....]]></description><link>https://www.johnince.net/post/meditation-and-papanca</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd0036f17a28400172b6f07</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2021 00:54:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b54ddd_117061037ac145a5b53751e3b0fedfe6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_350,h_461,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Ince</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Iyengar to Kanduboda]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came to meditation via yoga. I started practicing the hatha variety in my last year of law school way back before anyone knew what...]]></description><link>https://www.johnince.net/post/from-iyengar-to-kanduboda</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fcffc9d04dcd70017a2e095</guid><category><![CDATA[Meditation]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 22:34:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b54ddd_b33270c171174b60ae3f5f2f1f43ca6c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Ince</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neo-nomad: Big Bend, Texas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overview The warmest wilderness area in February and March in the continental US outside the Everglades. 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]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though Darwin launched the theory of evolution and applied it to human emotional life 150 years ago, most of the research on evolved...]]></description><link>https://www.johnince.net/post/milestones-in-the-study-of-emotional-evolution</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fb5842845c8220017da9138</guid><category><![CDATA[Primalism]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:29:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b54ddd_e5d4aa77bdd243ab886cf2e9f3928b05~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_353,h_504,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>John Ince</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Micro novelty joyshift]]></title><description><![CDATA[Introducing novelty into your life on a daily basis can be a major challenge. 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