tomgrasso

The Sin of Pure Pleasure (The Parable of the Cold Shower)

Today I have sinned, again.  I struggle mightily with the actions I find myself now ashamed of.  I have taken the word of God and ignored it doing what I wanted in the process.  I […]

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The Solution/The Problem

The Solution is nothing more than the experience of the Problem.  It’s not better, or worse, but One in the same. When you discover that YOU are not only the Problem but the Solution you […]

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The Parable of the Moving Ball

So when someone says to me “you are wrong, the ball is moving” while unfriending me on Facebook because of what I see (or how I describe what I see), I can simply say “yeah, I saw that once too and this is what I saw once I stepped onto the train.”

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Why Nudity (and sex) Suits me Fine

“Yes, Father Mack, I am a pervert.” My mind answers the priest’s question even as my mouth stays silent.  There is no sense for a 13 year old to enrage a rather large, Irish priest […]

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Have You Practiced Your Smayate Pose today?

First, I have to blame Diane Ferraro and Tanya Lee Markul at elephant journal for this post.  If you hate it, well, it’s all their fault.  If you love it, well that’s their fault too. […]

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Can Inflexible, Old Muscle Heads be Yoga Teachers?

My question to whomever will answer is “can inflexible, old muscle heads be yoga teachers?”

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When am I no longer an “aspiring” writer?

The feedback I am getting has been tremendous. Emails, Tweets, posts, messages, texts and whispers in my ear all tell me “you should be a writer!” The only problem is that I have absolutely NO idea how to go about being a writer. Or at least feed my family while doing it.

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I’m in a rut!!! (or God is NOT a noun)

It appears, to me anyway, that we human beings are stuck in a many ruts.  Not physical ruts, or insurmountable ruts, just ruts that are different things to different people.  Yet, a rut may come […]

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