<?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[Circling House]]></title><description><![CDATA[Circling House 1]]></description><link>https://www.circlinghouse.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 03:01:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.circlinghouse.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Some thoughts on Buddhism]]></title><description><![CDATA[People often say Buddhism denies an afterlife — that it leaves no room for God. But that’s not quite true. When asked, the Buddha didn’t reject the idea of gods, nor the possibility of an afterlife beyond reincarnation. He simply pointed out that neither offers real liberation. He taught that what continues after death is not a self, but a process — consciousness, craving, and karma giving rise to new experience, like one flame lighting another. Continuity without identity. Movement without a...]]></description><link>https://www.circlinghouse.com/post/some-thoughts-on-buddhism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21b911aaa8d363bc43864a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:43:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/375da2_ce4c41ba10754dfa875a08a7d2361317~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Danny Burns</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The relationship to surrender]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been thinking about what it really means to allow something. Allowing only makes sense if you have agency. If you cannot say no, you are not allowing. You are simply enduring. Allowing only exists where refusal is possible.Allowing is also not a contract. A contract binds future behavior. Allowing is something different. It is present-tense consent. It exists only while it is being given and it can be withdrawn the moment your internal state changes.This brings it close to the idea of...]]></description><link>https://www.circlinghouse.com/post/the-relationship-to-surrender</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21b6b5e3c740ba3637008a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:36:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/375da2_80b91c6704344b77a1f7ebd3577f88cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Danny Burns</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is love?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Is Love? My Life Hack for Divine Connection. I consciously choose to fall in love on command — with people, songs, sunsets, strangers, objects, even a perfect cup of coffee. For me, love is not something that happens accidentally. It is something I allow. When I connect deeply with anything, it feels like a direct line to God, Source, or whatever name you prefer for the mystery behind existence. There is a rush, an expansion, a sense of touching something far bigger than myself. When I...]]></description><link>https://www.circlinghouse.com/post/what-is-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a21718b1f44c606b37432e2</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:38:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/375da2_ce29565d748c494db2a32f3727913d99~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Danny Burns</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold fish, God and connection]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like a goldfish — does a goldfish know it’s in a bowl? Does it see the water? Does it know the water? The town takes its name from the river, yet the river is so ever-present it disappears into the background. I think my sense of God is similar. If I were fully beyond time, beyond creation, before creation or after creation — what sense of God would remain? I think it’s only because I am human, because I experience separation from God, that I can perceive God at all. If I were completely one...]]></description><link>https://www.circlinghouse.com/post/gold-fish-god-and-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a216574800e2e1c2bb70f3a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:47:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/375da2_919d2fa70b964e2192e740863a97752e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Danny Burns</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>