..Knowledge, Freedom, Happiness, Peace, Serenity, History, the Future, People, Writing, Literature, Bhuddism, Religion, Native American Tradition, Democracy, Aikido, Philosophy, Sailing, Surfing, the Ocean, Snorkling, Space (not limited to "Myspace" or the place between ones ears, the Mind, Existence to also include post existence (the dirt, dust, ashes and the worms) just to name a few.
I'd like to meet:
..Irrelevant in the grand scheme of things but if it's necessary I believe there to be a few people I'd like to meet. God, any god for that matter will have to be at the top of my list. Seeing that we are in a politically insane society I would also like to include a Goddess also. Would not like to offend anyone of a certain demographic or profile would we. There is the matter of catching up with; Shakespeare, Milton, Voltaire, Jiddu Krishnamurti, U.G. Krishnamurti, Marylyn Monroe, Elvis, Caesar, Aristotle, Socrates, Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Salvador Dali, Morihei Ueshiba.
Of the Living I would enjoy meeting; Kevin Spacey, Denise Miller, Robert Redford, Enya, Steven Tyler, Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Thich Nhat Hanh, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama.
I would not like to exclude anyone else that feels the interest in meeting me. So if you have not been pre-selecting to dwell amongst the top rungs of our society and culture please do not exclude yourself from this list. I believe you and I are just as important as anyone else, do not let material wealth and status persuade you into the illusion of importance. The ethos of our current society is severely corrupt and ill fated with varying degrees of potential and a distant glimmer of hope.
Music:
..Name it! Enya to Concrete blonde, Ozzy to Beethoven, 50's to present. Of course not everything is personally worth listening to. If i find music that sparks my interests i will listen to and enjoy it. I like to keep my mind open to many forms of music and not limit myself to a particular genre. However Violent Gang bangn' shoot your parents heavy slaughter metal with out a note of rhythm or insightful tone I consider questionable.
Movies:
..On the same note as music.
Television:
..I Try not to subscribe to the current propaganda of the day. Fox news "the Unfair and Unbalanced news channel?" Probably not unless I need a good laugh or want to be provoked into a fever of prejudicial rage. Reality TV? Only if i thought it held a glimpse of reality. I personally Despise commercials and subliminal messaging and make good use of the mute/power button although I don't have cable, so the task is far easier. As for the rest I keep a skeptical and open mind open to presented information that claims true. Unfortunately most of what we are exposed to arives from manufactured expert opinion and economic interest. As for the rest, might as well pop in a DVD or read a book.
Books:
.."Ethics" (Baruch Spinoza); "Baruch Spinoza" (Thomas Cook); "Mere Chrisitanity" (C.S. Lewis); "The Story of Philosophy" (Will Durant); "Dianetics" (L. Ron Hubbard); "Into the Wild" (Jon Krakauer); "Hegemony and Survival" (Noam Chomsky); "Infidel" (Ayaan Hirsi Ali); "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" (Dan Millman);"The Fountainhead" (Ayn Rand); "What's So Great About Christianity" (Dinesh D'Souza); "On Fear" by J. Krishnamurti; "Godless" by (Ann Coulter); Answering the Objections of Atheists, Agnostics, & Skeptics (Ron Rhodes); God Are You There (Kay Arthur); The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins); The End of Faith (Sam Harris); The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel); Challenging the Verdict (Earl Doherty); Malleus Maleficarum - (Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger); The Purpose Driven Life (Rick Warren); More than a Carpenter (Josh McDowell); Letter To a Christian Nation (Sam Harris); Be Ye Transformed - (Chuck & Nancy Missler) [An instrumental precursor to severe psychosis]; God - a biography (Jack Miles);A Witches Bible(Janet and Stewart Farrar); Green Witchcraft (Ann Moura);Who Wrote the bible (Richard Elliott Friedman);Qur'an - (Muslim God Allah);The Holy Bible/Various Translations - (Christian God);Roman Ritual (Weller);The Torah (Jewish God);Roman Ritual + The Sacraments and Processions (Philip T. Weller); Mein Kampf - (Adolph Hitler); The Miricle of Mindfulness/The heart of bddha's teaching - (Thich Nhat Hanh);
Manufacturing Consent - (Noam Chomsky);
A Peoples History of the U.S. - (Howard Zinn);
Candide and other stories - (Voltaire);
Inferno/Pergatory/Paradiso - (Dante);
Complete works of Shakespeare - (William Shakespeare);
Paradise Lost & Pardise regained - (Milton);
Freedom From the Known - (J. Krishnamurti);
The Iliad - (Homer);Siddhartha (Herman Hess)
The art of Peace - (Morihei Ueshiba);
The Catcher in the Rye - (J.D. Salinger);
Uncle Tom's Cabin - (H.B. Stowe);
The Slave Community - (John W. Blassingame);
The Spirit of Aikido - (Ueshiba). NOT FOR SALE
Heroes:
..Current Heroes are my son, my wife, and the rest of my family. A promising Civilization and Global Understanding run a close second.
