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	<title>Thomma Lyn Grindstaff</title>
	
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		<title>Dharma Post #7: Opening the Heart – Letting Go of Grudges</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 01:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[♫ ♫ ♫ letting_go_of_grudges &#8212; a brief piano sketch composed by me, Thomma Lyn (will play in new tab) ♫ ♫ ♫ In the comments for my last lovingkindness post, Querulous Squirrel, blog buddy and flash fiction writer extraordinaire, brought up some excellent points. She talked about how sometimes, it&#8217;s easier to be kind to strangers than to people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon: TL’s Piano Music</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=2168</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 19:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creatively speaking, I&#8217;m riding high these days. Can you tell? My digital piano represents a dream I&#8217;ve had for a long time. Yes, I&#8217;ll keep writing fiction and other projects, but music has been a tremendous part of my life practically since I arrived on this earth, and its time has finally come to fly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Post #6: Meditation, Life, and Monkey Mind</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=2133</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For this post, I thought I&#8217;d share more about my day-to-day Dharma journey as it continues to unfold. Lately, there&#8217;s been a lot going on in my life. Good stuff, exciting stuff. For one thing, I am the proud parent of a new digital piano, which I plan to use to record and share my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Post #5: With Metta (Lovingkindness)</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=2089</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metta is a Pali word that&#8217;s often translated as “lovingkindness.” Lovingkindness would seem to be one of the simplest things in the world, and indeed, the best parts of all major religions and spiritual paths emphasize the importance of kindness. But people sometimes find it difficult to be kind. Photo by Barbara S. on Flickr.com. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interviewed on BlogTalkRadio!</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=2084</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, today has been a lot of fun: just had my first interview on BlogTalkRadio. I was interviewed by Coral Russell from Alchemy of Scrawl, and we had a great talk about books, publishing, and even music. If you&#8217;d like to give it a listen, just click play. Listen to internet radio with alchemyofscrawl on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Post #4: Hungry Ghost</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=2033</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I can&#8217;t get no satisfaction I can&#8217;t get no satisfaction &#8216;Cause I try and I try and I try and I try&#8230;&#8220; ~from “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones &#8220;Wheel of Life&#8221; photo by Dennis Jarvis on Flickr.com. What&#8217;s a Hungry Ghost? According to Buddhist tradition, the Hungry Ghost Realm is populated by beings whose existence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dharma Post #3: Right Speech (Skillful Speech)</title>
		<link>http://www.thommalyngrindstaff.com/blog/?p=1971</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right Speech is one of the three principles of ethical conduct as laid out by the Buddha in the Noble Eightfold Path to end suffering. Why is Right Speech important, and what qualities of speech make it “right?” First, I should point out that the concept of “right” in Buddhism has nothing to do with [...]]]></description>
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