- It's true, I'm a hippie. Have been since a particularly good day in 1965.
- I like diversity and mixing of cultures.
- The natural and the free always seemed better.
- I like flowers and trees.
- I can spend long moments looking at a bug, a leaf, a flower and be perfectly content.
- Music always makes me feel like dancing, it just feels better when I move with what I hear.
- My 60s are not what most peoples 60s were. It saddens me for their loss.
- I love to share, have little sense of property. Money seems like a terrible burden, useful but not worth the bargain.
- I love to cook food that tastes different. Herbs and spices which bring a whole new experience to eating. My preferred foods are still rice, beans and crunchy greens. I love cooking, it's a gift I can give without buying into the consumerism.
- People like to play with a little hip-ness, a bright top here, some Birkenstocks, a quirky diversity in decorating or dressing. But, I was there down Folsom St, two blocks from the center of it all in 67 through 72. I know how hard it can be to live the principles that got sloganized as love, peace and happiness. I remember the failures, the misfits and the users that thought it was an easier way to hide from themselves. We had the power of our ideals then. Reality hasn't crushed them so much as trained us in a determination to persist.
- I have gone from loving everyone I see, to saying "its alright, you'll be alright". And who is to say that's bad?
An old shoebox where I throw my thoughts on life, music and people amidst the dust bunnies
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Yeah, and all that
Friday, March 6, 2009
The Terror Game
The greatest terror is that the future will be like the past. In this there is a fundamental error. You see, neither the past nor the future exist as real objects. Only the present exists in reality. If we are happy now, the image in our mind we call "past" only can make us unhappy, it can't make us happier. We are as happy with where we are as we ever will get from the experience.
This is our mind playing a game with itself. When we use the past to play this game we call it guilt. When we use the future to play the game we call it anxiety.
The healthy path is to stop playing these games and be happy now.
This is our mind playing a game with itself. When we use the past to play this game we call it guilt. When we use the future to play the game we call it anxiety.
The healthy path is to stop playing these games and be happy now.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Truth
"The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling."
— Robert M. Pirsig
— Robert M. Pirsig
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Palliative for Adrenal Fatigue
1
Speed. Moving rapidly through the environment can be either
terrifying or invigorating. You don’t need to drive a car which
accelerates from 0 to 100 mph in a few seconds to experience it. Just
join the cycle race in your area this year or hire a buggy and go dune
bashing. Learn to skate. Go biking. Go skydiving. Ride a roller coaster.
Go bungee-jumping. If you live near the coast learn how to
surfboard.You get the triple benefit of working that flab away, learning
a new skill, and feeling the adrenaline coursing through your veins.
4
Confront
your fears. Take stock of your fears and make a pact to conquer them
today.Do you fear flying- take that first flight to freedom, do you fear
heights- bungee jump your way to see the world as you never have
before, if you fear public speaking, join a toastmasters club in your
area.
5
Imagine. Imagine yourself in the most difficult of
situations, like being in a zombie apocalypse with machine guns,
chainsaws, and machetes. Imagine the thrill, the excitement, the
experience of going through something so difficult, yet so exciting. The
power of being strong also gives you adrenaline rush.
6
Music.
A key factor for feeling an adrenaline rush. Play fast music and dance
to it. This does actually give you adrenaline rush. You just got to
"feel" the music and the vibe to it. It also motivates you to do things
at a faster pace. It can also get you pumped up for an important event,
like a track competition.
Location:
Leipzig, Germany
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Self
“Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.”
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Fear
I fear not what man can do; for perfect love casteth out all fear. And I am filled with charity, which is everlasting love;
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Change
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
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