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Tag Archives: guru
I’m Live On My Cam!
Join the fun! YourMoralLeader: tell Guru Luke about the ways men are hitting on you Beth: It’s a phenomenon I’d heard about but never experienced. Men like sleeping with married women because they don’t have to commit. The chick’s already … Continue reading
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Tagged chick, guru, married women, phenomenon
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We Must Write What We Can Only Whisper
I imagine things from her perspective: I met him in yoga in early January. He came in late. He looked a mess. He wore sweats. He had a beard and a yarmulke and tzitzit hanging out. He was looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Fiction, Personal
Tagged drink tea, earthquake, guru, Jewish Literature, la cienega, la cienega blvd, orthodox jew, slippery places, slippery surface, tzitzit, Yarmulke
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‘I Can’t Talk To You Anymore’
I said that to a woman this year after we had been very close. I was that hurt after learning she had been with someone else when I had thought she was all mine. Guru Singh (formerly Gerry Pond) says: … Continue reading
Power In Personal Relationships
The one who loves the least in a relationship controls the relationship. Thus spake Guru Luke… Joe emails: If you keep up with that sort of video, soon you will be able to make money giving seminars like May 16th … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Personal
Tagged guru, personal relationships, relationship
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The Guru Spoke To Me!
After class, I was returning a cushion that usually sits on stage right behind the guru. I threw it from five feet away and it dangled, rocked back and forth, and finally fell in the perfect spot. The Guru looked … Continue reading
Guru Singh On Facebook
Here’s his website and here is his Facebook. I didn’t realize the Guru could even turn on a computer. A friend calls: "My friend used to go see Guru Singh," he says, "and he’s now facing ten counts of contempt … Continue reading
Posted in Guru Singh, Yoga
Tagged 80th birthday, contempt of court, Facebook, guru, luke ford
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I’m Checking Myself Out
Guru Singh wants us to look at ourselves in the mirror every day for three minutes. We’re supposed to check ourselves out without wanting anything to be different. I’m a busy man. I don’t have three minutes to look at … Continue reading
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Tagged busy man, guru, mirror, spiritual discipline, three minutes
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The Guru and the Earthquake
I did Kundalini Yoga last night from 6 – 10 pm. At 7:47 pm, I was in a jammed class (about 100 people) led by the Guru. As the earthquake rolled through, I turned to the woman next to me … Continue reading
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Tagged earthquake, eyebrows, guru, spiritual enlightenment, Yoga
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