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Eric

not all who wander are lost

About Me

I'm working on becoming KINDER, not cooler. a work in progress. I'm a temporarily retired: Polarity Therapist, Nuad Bo Rarn=Thai massage, Reflexologist, PEER Counselor, Shiatsu Practitioner, blah blah blah ~~~"I am convinced that the universe is under the control of a Loving purpose. And that in the struggle for righteousness man has Cosmic Companionship. Behind the harsh appearance of the world there is a Benign Power." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.~~~'Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu' ( May all the beings in all the worlds be peaceful and happy)

My Interests

Laughter, Dreaming, Chanting - Kirtan - Bhakti Yoga, Cycling-Biking-Bikes, Critical Mass, Photography-just the creative taking photos end of it, Food-eating and cooking, Vegetarianism, Smiling at strangers, Questioning, Loose Leaf Tea-i gave up coffee, Connecting, Thrift Stores, Exploring, Sharing, Experiencing, Tibetan and Indian incense; Traveling, Road trips, Astral travel, Volunteering, Not Using the Clock-I'm often tardy, Karma Yoga, Free Tibet

I'd like to meet:

fellow seekers...of truth, of beauty, of growth, of healing. Seekers of Love. we exist, we are not alone, keep looking - we will find each other again.

Music:

Music plays all the time at my house, day and night---Devotional Mantra Chanting = KIRTAN, Black Keys, Neko Case, Bjork, Krishna Das, Strokes, Rapture, Bhagavan Das, Frank the Baptist, Pixies, Jeff Buckley, Detroit Cobras, Moby, Doors, Johnny Cash, Wah, DJ Tiesto, Ladytron, David Garza, White Stripes, Sinead O'Connor, Lamb, Sigur Ros, Beastie Boys, Interpol, Frank Sinatra, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, the Dickies, Mother Love Bone, Vast, Delerium, FM 94.9 San Diego-"Big Sonic Chill", Ravi Shankar, Jai Uttal, Death Cab 4 Cutie

Movies:

Love films-too many to list-I will watch anything once-- Kundun, What the Bleep Do We Know!?, Baraka, Moulin Rouge, Powder, Green Mile, Blade Runner, Dancer in the Dark, Shawshank Redemption, Gangs of NY, Breakfast Club, 80's rat pack movies, Pay it Forward, Snatch, Matrix, Lord of the Rings, Reservoir Dogs, Old School, Anything with Will Farrell or Chris Farley, Anything by Scorsese or Coppola or David Lynch, Good Will Hunting, Zoolander, By Hook or By Crook, Requiem for a Dream, Fight Club, Pi, Kids, Fierce Grace by Mickey Lemle, The Passion of The Christ, Zardoz, Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, Whale Rider, Born into Brothels, the Qatsi trilogy, MurderBall, Short Cut to Nirvana by Benazzo and Day, Into the Wild, Snow Cake, Peaceful Warrior, An Inconvenient Truth, The 11th Hour

Television:



AWARENESS IS EVERYTHING.
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Books:

Holy Cow-Sarah MacDonald, Siddhartha-Hermann Hesse, Celestine Prophecy-James Redfield, Way of the Peaceful Warrior-Dan Millman, Be Here Now-Ram Dass, Its Here Now-Bhagavan Das, The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho, Power of Now-Tolle, Bhagavad Gita, Good Life Good Death-Gehlek Rimpoche, anything by Pema ChodronAnything by: Deepak Chopra, Ram Dass, Gary Zukav, Thoreau, Emerson, Jon Kabat Zinn, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, Robert Thurman, Wayne Dyer, Don Miguel Ruiz, MLK, Robert Bly, KrishnaMurti, Dr. Suess

Heroes:

Mahatma Gandhi, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Ram Dass, Nelson Mendela, Bhagavan Das, Martin Luther King, Jesus Christ, Joan of Arc, Mother Teresa, Neem Karoli Baba, Thich Nhat Hanh, Pema Chodron, Eckhart Tolle, AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Helen Keller, John Lee and Dan Jones, Sri Swami Satchidananda, Oriah Mountain Dreamer

My Blog

Regina Spektor shares "how it works"

this is Regina performing - Live & Solo - "on the radio".  other versions of the same song exist, check them out :) This is how it works It feels a little worse Than when we drove our hearse ...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:58:00 PST

these Bhakti Yogis are everywhere

its wild this song is from 1991, no judgements but i wouldnt have thought of Boy George as a Bhakti Yogi (devotional, heart centered Yoga), and alas here he is Rocking Out.  the song has grown on...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:30:00 PST

tools for being human

TEN INDISPENSABLE TOOLS FOR BEING HUMAN- YOU WILL RECEIVE A BODY, YOU MAY LIKE OR DISLIKE IT, BUT IT IS YOURS TO KEEP FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD. THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS. GROWTH IS A PROCESS...
Posted by Eric on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:20:00 PST

in Kathmandu, Nepal

just arrived thursday May 17, early early morning.  had a long and harrowing 3 day trip from Dharamsala India to here.  Wasn't ready to leave McLeod Ganj and the Tibetan people, simply put -...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 18 May 2007 02:59:00 PST

Santa - India style

So Christmas Eve morning I'm told, by the people whom I'm staying with, to be ready to leave in an hour to take a road trip out of town. OK, sounds good enough. We drive North out of Mumbai for about ...
Posted by Eric on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:28:00 PST

new Ram Dass website

New Ram Dass Website We are proud to announce the release of the new Ram Dass web portal and interactive satsang, www.RamDass.com. This new web site will be a platform f...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 08:01:00 PST

Happy Birthday GANDHI

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869  January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha  resistance through ma...
Posted by Eric on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:57:00 PST

"Global Warning" - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio

Watch Global Warningnarrated by Leonardo DiCaprio (Go to youtube.com/watch?v=C3pujlkSTqo for the code.)...
Posted by Eric on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:17:00 PST

i wish you enough

a lil sumptin nice for you..   ~~~~ Recently, I overheard a Mother and daughter in their last moments together at an airport. They had announced her departure and standing near the gate, they hug...
Posted by Eric on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:18:00 PST

Daily OM - Opportunities to Grow

Opportunities to Grow Life Lessons While we may not recognize it at the time, every challenge we face is ultimately an opportunity to bring more love and higher consciousness into our lives. The obs...
Posted by Eric on Sun, 28 May 2006 05:45:00 PST