observing:
polar opposites
life
my daughter
other people
myself
travelling
public speaking
watching the sunrise
the sunset if i miss it.
philosofewy:
making stuff up as i go along
communicating:
i have a lot to say
SCULLING
biking
sparring
yoga
anything physical
writing
photographyart
all animals; when all the animals are gone, i'm leaving.
i dream hard & with my eyes wide open. i look for passion everywhere, especially in people. when i feel passion it fuels me. i am a kind person who knows the joy of selflessness. i give as well as i take & i relish taking. i enjoy using my imagination to come up with unasked questions & leveragable ideas. i love to laugh & L0ve to sing. WITH people. to people. i am athletic. i prefer function before form, but hopefully form will be there following. & God bless form. i enjoy being active; i love to try new things, foods, places, ideas, sports, hobbies.
let's meet at starbucks & plot a coup.
aol im - "thetoastre"
yhoo im - "jtobiasl"
i'd say someone who won't lie to me, but i don't want to die alone.
i just want to meet friends. old ones. new ones. real ones. suess ones. =)
as a percentage, one could argue that I know 0 of the 6.5 billion people on the earth. my goal is to know a lot more of them. i'm looking for people, who want to live so that when it's time to move on, they look back on their life with joy, not regret.
someone like socrates who understands that if your actions do not reflect your beliefs, you believe nothing. you are conflicted.
what you believe must be true or you become deluded.
we suffer delusion because we are used to being lied to.
as the truth illuminates, it reveals our reasons for clinging to life, exposing our agendas. most people fear being exposed, to them the truth is dangerous. so they reject it, as being exposed forces one to change. personal change is either feared, hated, or embraced. few embrace it.
socrates believed the unexamined life is not worth living. agreed.
the truth is divine, enabling us to examine our own lives, it exposes our motives so that we may alter them & change them for the better, or for the worse. but the choice is ours. growth is to seek the positive benefit in change. if it isn't growing, it is dying. gRoW0Rd13.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, I said, you are gods?
Psalms 82:6-7 6 I said, "You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High. 7 However, you will die like men & fall like any other ruler."
the truth has always been free. it seeks those who are bound. it is the lies that bind us. but when you embrace the truth, the truth will set you free. the truth is seeking us right now. it desperately wants us to be free. God is the truth.
enjoy: "100 Wonders of the World"
"A Journey from Modern Science to the Mind of God"
emotion + communication, taken aurallynow playing:
tangerine dream - "loved by the sun"
last song: Jim Croche - Time in a bottle
up next - London Symphony Orchestra: Fanfare for the Common Man
philosophy
given talent, but regardless of genre, or time period, the measure of "good" in a song is a reflection of the passion within it. passion amplifies emotions.
sometimes however, the emotions, however passionately conveyed, or purely expressed, simply conflicts with the listener. the song is bad when this happens. & so most of all, bad songs suck.songs
the propeller heads: take california
sysqo: thong song
pantera
pink floyd: wish you were here
queen: break free|we will rock u|who wants to live forever
kravitz: believe
etta james: at last
simon & garfunkle: if you'll be my bodygaurd
toni braxton: unbreak my heart|lovesong for a vampire
stoner witch (album)
hendrix: little wing|voodoo child
marylin manson: beautiful people
bob dylan: you belong to me
jimmy durante: as time goes by
pavarotti: nessun dorma
blind melon: change
josh grobin: starry night
eminem: one shot
eagles: hotel california
acoustic didjeridoo
& tribal drums
the perfect jewel (album)
enya
opinion
our emotions are innately powerful & we all have them. if someone can control your emotions, they can control you. powerful/passionate music is like an adrenaline drip joystick plugged into your heart & while there is a disconnection AVAILABLE between a person's emotions & their actions, the ability to control action contrary to emotion varies between persons & can require discipline many people don't have & don't care to cultivate. According to the bible, Satan is musically gifted. take heed.
preface
my current passionate curiosities are focused on religion, mycology, the panjandrum of our societal elite (the architects of chaos) & the historicity thereof, & nutritive health & human performance.
what's interesting on tv:
i watch every episode of the john stewart, who is one of our finest contemporary jestors, on the daily show.
freedom tv (dish "fstv") - laudable. much needed reality check programming.
the history channel
the discovery channel
& ewtn
while you sleep, i read nonfiction.
"this man from lebanon: a study of kahlil gibran" - barbara young, "jesus, son of man" - kahlil gibran
"christianity & yoga: a meeting of mystic paths" - justin o'brien
"soma shamans" - hawk & venus
"frontal lobes supercharge" - t.d. lingo & neil slade
"the man who tasted shapes" - richard cytowic
"the hidden messages in water" - masaru emoto
"children's past lives" - carol bowman
"the biology of transcendance" - joseph chilton pearce
"the franklin coverup" (2005 revised) - john decamp
"unshackled: a survivor's story of mind control" - kathleen
sullivan
"living dharma - teachings of 12 buddhist masters" - jack kornfield
"the warrior within: the philosophies of bruce lee" - john little
"how to think like leonardo da vinci" - michael gelb
"the sacred mushroom & the cross" - john allegro
"mushrooms & mankind" - james arthur
"joan of arc" - mark twain "suns of God" & "the Christ conspiracy" - acharya s. "polyamory - many loves" - janet kira lessen
"the einstein factor" - wenger & poe
"discover your genius" - michael gelb
(among the "magic eye" cult products):
"beyond 3d: improving your vision with magic eye"
"boris vallejo's 3d magic"
"disney's magic eye"
"the visions of nostradamus"
currently i'm reading,
www.thewonderoftheworld.com
"You have in your book deployed abundant evidence indicating that it is likely to be a very long time before such naturalistic [atheistic] explanations [for the origin of life and reproduction] are developed, if indeed there ever could be. . .I intend to reread The Wonder of the World at leisure. I was hugely impressed and substantially challenged by it."
—antony flew, the world’s best-known atheist and a critic of theism for more than 50 years
fiction
"jonathan livingston seagull"
"the da vinci code"
"angels & demons"when i visit the library next i will read about: constantine, mother theresa, the miracles of the saints, socrates,
Jesus Christ, the apostles, the saints, esp. mother theresa, john nash, gandhi, g.k. chesterton, bruce lee, alex jones & crew