How important is spirituality in your life?
I grew up in the Catholic Church. And though I said, in my oft-cited (by me) memoir, Immaculate Misconceptions: Tales of Catholic School, “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic,” I don’t really believe that.
Oh, sure, I still twitch when I see a priest collar or a nun, but all of the other trappings have fallen away as much as I have. And no other religion or belief has taken hold; I know a lot of liberal Christians gravitate to Buddhism as a way of joining something with a name. That is, if you can join a philosophy that preaches no attachments.
I would classify myself as spiritual but not religious. But I don’t tap into any kind of spiritual thought on a regular basis. Occasionally, someone will say something, and I ramble through my explanation of why I think reincarnation makes sense (recycling!), but it’s not something that touches me on a daily basis. I guess that qualifies me for the Master of Secular Humanism degree.
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MUSOFYR 
Organized religion is built on social control unfortunately. I am sorry you had such a scarring experience. I am glad you have found middle ground these days! How is your book selling?
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Not a wildly successful runaway best seller, sorry to say!
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What was your process?
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Process for…?
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Writing the book and selling it?
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Oh, that process! It started with me constantly telling the same stories over and over again for years. At some point, I decided, I should assemble it into a monologue, performance, in the style of Spaulding Gray. I did so, then reworked it into memoir form, and self-published it on Amazon. I’d still like to do new videos of a performance (the ones on YouTube are not great), and even do some public performances of it.
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Yeah man keep grinding. You just gotta keep putting yourself out there.
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Here I am!
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