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SamuraiZenU

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About Me

I'm a Renaissance Man; starting life over in a way. Learning something new every day and growing in the process. I'm finally becoming comfortable in my skin and learning to help others do the same. Least known fact about me....My father was a NASCAR driver in 1965-66 (Tucker).I'm 40 years old; separated for two years with two wonderful kids... Arthur:15 and Hope:9.Reading (classics, fantasy, spiritual, biographies, science) is a must on my to do list; people just don't read enough these days! I write (just published in Sun Magazine) and have a few unfinished stories calling me!I enjoy photography, drawing and painting (watercolors and acrylics) and handtinting black and white photos.
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A Warrior's Creed
I have no parents; I make the heavens and the earth my parents
I have no home; I make awareness my home
I have no life or death; I make the tides of breathing my life and death
I have no divine power; I make honesty my divine power
I have no means; I make understanding my means
I have no magic secrets; I make character my magic secrets
I have no body; I make my endurance my body
I have no eyes; I make the flash of lightning my eyes
I have no ears; I make sensibility my ears
I have no limbs; I make promptness my limbs
I have no strategy; I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy
I have no designs; I make 'seizing opportunity by the forelock' my design
I have no miracles; I make 'right action' my miracles
I have no principles; I make adaptability to all circumstances' my principles
I have no tactics; I make emptiness and fullness my tactics
I have no talent; I make ready wit my talent
I have no friends; I make my mind my friend
I have no enemy; I make carelessness my enemy
I have no armor; I make benevolence and righteousness my armor
I have no castle; I make immovable-mind my castle
I have no sword; I make absence of self my sword
-- Anonymous Samurai, fourteenth century
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My Interests

Cultivating bonsai, photography, Eastern philosophy, nature, the TRUTH (in all it's forms), poetry, the beat poets, meditation and PEOPLE!

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. --Buddha

I'd like to meet:

Siddhartha Gautama, Mark Twain, The Dalai Lama, Jimi Hendrix, Gandhi, Jack Kerouac, Walter Cronkite, Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, Sitting Bull, YOU!, Paul McCartney, Ben Stein, Thich Nhat Hahn, Tony Blair, Stephen King, John Belushi, Bill Gates, Peter Matthiesen, George Bush (but he wouldn't enjoy it much!), Hey, no one said they all had to be alive! OH, AND AS FAR AS MYSPACE GOES, IF YOU CAN: THINK FOR YOURSELF, FALL FOR NOTHING, STAND FOR SOMETHING, READ A NOVEL, NOT LOOK LIKE ALL YOUR FRIENDS, HAVE YOUR OWN OPINION, CREATE YOUR OWN DREAMS, REFUSE TO BE CENSORED, SEE THROUGH THE LIES, NOT BE A SHEEP, OH WELL YOU GET THE PICTURE! If you are at least willing to try the above then I definitely want to meet you!

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THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY WITH EVERY BOMB THEY DROP

THE SWORD OF ENLIGHTENMENT CUTTING THROUGH IGNORANCE

WHICH WOULD YOU RATHER EAT? SUPPORT ORGANIC FARMING!

There Is A Dragon In All Of Us, We Just Need To Stoke The Fire
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Music:

A range of interests as far as the sky is blue, but here goes... Classic rock, bluegrass, blues, metal, alternative, jazz, fusion, psychedelia, rap, soul, classical, world music..interestingly enough, I don't care for contemporary Country, before '80 it was ok, now it's mostly pop to me. Some Favorites......

Aretha Franklin, Leela James, Ben Harper, James Brown, Dr. John, Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Cab Calloway, Robert Johnson, Ledbelly, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, MacGregor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jerry Lee Lewis (we're related), Pat Travers, Robin Trower, Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac, Soundgarden, Kyuss, Fu Manchu, CKY, Fetchin Bones, Camper Van Beethoven, Dinosaur Jr., The Melvins, The Smithereens, Frank Black, Alice in Chains, Godsmack, Ted Nugent, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Clutch, Nirvana, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Bob Marley, Desmond Dekker, Eek-A-Mouse, Government Mule, Allison Krause, Johnny Cash (R.I.P. Man in Black), Eva Cassady, Ella Fitzgerald, Pink Floyd, The Who, The Kinks, THE BEATLES, The Animals, Youth of Britain, U2, REM, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marshall Tucker Band, Allman Brothers, Black Oak Arkansas, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stray Cats, Sade, Joss Stone, Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Hank Williams Sr., Bach, Mozart

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Movies:

The Last Samurai, Citizen Kane, Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, A Beautiful Life, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ong Bak, V for Vendetta, It's a Wonderful Life, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Beetlejuice, Mermaids, The Crow, Any Hitchcock film, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, The Matrix, The Blues Brothers, Animal House, The Chronicles of Narnia, Far and Away, Cool Hand Luke, Moonstruck, The Transporter, Bride and Predjudice (with Ashwariya Ray), All Cary Grant films (he was the quintessential gentleman), James Bond films, Any horror movie made before 1980, especially the classics from the 50's and 60's, Kundun, Little Buddha....( a Bernardo Bertolucci film) I Am Sam, Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, Charlie Chaplin films, The Girl With the Pearl Earring.... yeah, I know, quite a bewildering combination. Guilty pleasures...Burt Reynolds films and Spider Man.

Television:


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Books:

"Killing Mr. Watson" by Peter Matthiesen, Buddhist literature, Kerouac's "On the Road", Allen Ginsberg's poetry (read "Howl"!), Rumi's poetry, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", "The Tao of Physics", "Lord of the Rings", Anything by Thomas Wolfe ("Look Homeward Angel", etc.), "All's Quiet on The Western Front", Hawking's "Black Holes and Baby Universes", Anything by Hemingway, Stephen King's "Gunslinger" series, "Last of the Mohicans", Anything by Poe, Emerson or Thoreau. Worst guilty pleasure....comic books.
You Are a Visionary Soul
You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.
Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.
You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.
Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings.
You have great vision and can be very insightful.
In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.
Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.
You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer.
Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?

Heroes:


Animal Spirit Guides ~ Which One Calls To You?
The vision and hearing of Grandmother Owl is very powerful. Those with this medicine are can be gifted with the ability to see into the human psychic and become clairvoyant listeners. Owl often visits those who are teachers, therapists and counselors. As a guide, the owl teaches us to see and hear past shadows, beyond fear and darkness, though to the other side that promises light, happiness and knowledge.
Owl's Wisdom Includes:
Stealth
Secrecy
Silent and swift movement
Seeing behind masks
Keen sight
Messenger of secrets and omens
Shape-shifting
Link between the dark, unseen world and the world of light
Comfort with shadow self
Moon magick
Freedom
The owl, whose large eyes peering through the darkness can see any deception. He is always wary of those who he does not feel completely close to (which is not many). The owl is a loner. Call on him if you think people are keeping the truth from you. He will be able to open your eyes.
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Gaté, gaté, paragaté, parasamgaté. Bodhi! Svaha!
Which means... Gone, gone, gone over, gone fully over. Awakened! So be it!

My Blog

Living in the moment

     A couple of weeks ago Nancy and I went to visit the Jack Kerouac house in Orlando, FL.  It's on an unassuming street in a little area known as College Park, soon to be surroun...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:26:00 PST

SUICIDE'S IMPACT ON FRIENDS AND FAMILY

    I got the call one spring morning sixteen years ago.  My brother hadn't been seen for 24 hours and hadn't shown up for work.  My uncle wanted to know if I knew where Rober...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:56:00 PST

Christmas, Sheep and Commercialism

     Why do I feel like Charlie Brown sometimes at Christmas?  Why do I feel like the true spirit of the season is lost? I may be a Buddhist, but I grew up celebrating the Chr...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:57:00 PST

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Posted by SamuraiZenU on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:56:00 PST

Children of Sadness

Why do people choose to drag their children into their own personal hell when getting a divorce?  Someone please answer me, I'm going crazy here.  I've been separated for two years now and w...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:20:00 PST

Samuraizenu Revisited

Samuraizenu isn't just a screen name I use.  To me it's a philosophy.  As I stated before, the word Samurai, when translated literally means "one who serves" or "to serve".  I think eac...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:46:00 PST

Hummers

Hummers     Why does the advertising industry choose to consistently represent the worst in human nature.  Case in point, the most recent HUMMER ads.  One depicts a man i...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:18:00 PST

Poem

The ClimbPreparationsWe plan,We prepare,but those around usare not awareof our plannings.They have other plans and in the endwe should just be.Therein lies the joy and everythin...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:13:00 PST

SamuraiZenU

OK,      The whole SamuraiZenU thing.....  I learned from the movie "The Last Samurai", that Samurai means to serve.  I've spent my whole life serving in some way or anot...
Posted by SamuraiZenU on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 07:14:00 PST