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Yessica

jgaines

About Me

Strive to grow spiritually, make music with freakin talented people, discuss spiritual reality with folk at the Baha'i House of Worship near Chicago, create real bonds of love, learn about spiritual reality and then try to put it into practice...The most important "aspects" of my life: The Creator, Baha'u'llah, Love, and the Baha'i Faith...which consequentially means I love you...

My Interests

spiritual reality, social reality, making music, performing, expression, having conversations and interactions of merit, gender and race issues, nature, emotions, history, camping, the reality of love, road trips, making relationships of all kinds work, muscle testing and holistic healing, religion, indigenous wisdom/music, traveling, cultural understanding, quotes, learning how people work, learning how our bodies are metaphors...learning in general

I'd like to meet:

The Manifeststions of God,'Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, my twin and other three siblings who passed before they were born, my partner through all the worlds of God, Andrew (this spirit I had a dream about once), Istvan Dely, Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani, Khalil Gibran, Lesse Thoresen, Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, Migel Ruiz, Leonor Dely, Paulo Coelho, Ruhollah, Lila Downs (again), Pura Fe, Matisyahu, Ra Scion, Gift of Gab...

Music:

COMMON MARKET, Istvan Dely/Millero Congo and Leonor Dely, Lila Downs, Te Vaka and other traditional-ish music from the South Pacific Islands, Jose Gonzalez, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Blackalicious, Jack Johnson, Mia Townsend, Eva Cassidy, Deep Blue Oregon Trio, Ani Difranco, Corkey Seagal's Blues Chamber, Ekundayo, Aaron Rice, Emiliano Morondos, Aceyalone, North Mississippi Allstars, The Chemical Brothers, Son House, Dixie Chicks, KRS1, Ralph Stanley, Paul Simon, Stewart Davis, Ausioslave, Cat Stevens, Zap Mama, BB King, India Arie, John Denver, Eric Clapton, Jamiroqui, Fionna Apple, Ozomatli, Matisyahu, Sting, Lady Smith Black Mumbaso, Holly Near, Powwow songs, Ulali, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, The Word, Leo Kottke, Nate Badi, Gift of Gab, Pura Fe, Blue Scholars, Move Nation, Ra Scion...

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Dances with Wolves, Smoke Signals, The Green Mile, The Longest Yard, Serenity, Spanglish...

Television:

I try not to...

Books:

The Power of Now, The Four Agreements, The Hidden Words, Revelation of Baha'u'llah, The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The Healing Crisis, The Body Project, The Alchemist, The Celestine Prophecy, Red Wall Series, The Path of Love, Portals to Freedom...Books on my to read list: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrom (Joy Degrue-Leary) What Happy People Know The Purpose of Physical Reality The Power of Intention The Souls of Black Folks The 5 Love Languages The Mastery of Love Faith Physics and Psychology

Heroes:

My late Grandfather, Baha'u'llah, 'Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi, Istvan Dely, Lila Downs, Erica Toussaint, my siblings, Calvin Terrell, Ra Scion, Joyce Litoff, Julie Walker, Pura Fe...

My Blog

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Posted by Yessica on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:31:00 PST