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Hamsa 613

Conscious Contact With A Higher Power

About Me

Ex. musician/hippie who was at Woodstock, did lot's of acid, read Tim Leary and Ram Dass and traveled overland to India, & lived with Swami Muktananda (Siddha Yoga) at his Ashrams during the early`70s. Lived and partied at Sandstone Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains in the late `70s (the "Belushi Years"). Got into computers in the `80s. Now a computer tech./operations manager, homeowner, and proud dad of my brilliant 14 year old son - Joshua. Practice Judaism with a mystical focus (i.e. real Kabbalah study - NOT "Kabbalah Center"), do 12 Step work, and view the world political situation as Jon Stewart sees it (mostly). A moderate democrat who supports Israel and hates Islamo-facism, but doesn't think George Bush and his crowd have done a very good job (an understatement) containing terrorism. `Very concerned about the future of our environment and animal welfare too.

My Interests

Music, books, movies, nature, computers, politics, religions and spirituality, esp. Judaism - Zohar, Musar, Rabbi Nachman, Tanya, etc.

I'd like to meet:

People with similar interests who are capable of dissagreeing by presenting rational arguments for their position without hyperbole, emotionalism, or name calling. Jewish 12 Step Group members. Spiritual seekers who are into rational thinking and morality - not just getting "high" off Gurus, Yoga, or meditation (although there's nothing wrong with any of that). Write to me and I'll explain.

Music:

Classical (esp. Early Music, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical Periods). Blues (Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray, etc.), Classic Rock (Cream, Neal Young, Dead, Janis, Stones, Talking Heads, etc.), Jazz (Coltraine, Byrd, Gellispie, Miles Davis, etc.)Old School Soul (James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke, Jackie Wilson, Otis Redding; World Music (Indian, Celtic, Persian, Arabic, Klezmer)

Movies:

Directors - Scorscese, Jarmush, Woody Allen, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Cohen Bros., Ang Lee, Tim Burton, John Waters,etc. Actors - Robert DiNero, Jeffrey Rush, Jack Nicholson, Ian Holm, Donald Sutherland, James Wood, etc. Movies - Fight Club, Lord of the Rings, The Big Lebowski, Sideways, The Pianist, Blade Runner, Drugstore Cowboy, Sid and Nancy, The Doors, Blue Velvet, etc.

Television:

West Wing, Mystery Theater, Masterpiece Theater, South Park, Simpsons, Malcolm in the Middle, King of the Hill, Scrubs, Lost, The Office, Jon Stewart, Cobert Report, CNN

Books:

Cold Mountain, The Zohar (tr. Danile Matt), Power of Now (Tolle), Spiritual Solution to Every Problem (Dyer), Tormented Master - Rabbi Nachman,

Heroes:

Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Ghandhi, Dali Lama, John Kennedy, FDR, Churchill, Lincoln, Jefferson, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and Joshua.