CURRENT MISSION

My mission is to help everyone, myself included, wake up as we begin the Consciousness Revolution!

ABOUT ME

My wife, Raya, and I are always travelling and exploring new areas of this beautiful Kosmos.

I love to have fun, explore new places and things, meet new people, and help others do the same. I try to instill in others the wonder I have for the world -- we all have this wonder naturally, just sometimes it gets covered up -- so I like to try and shake the dust off people's inner magic.

If I'm standing up, I'm probably spinning, juggling, or dancing. If I'm sitting, I'm reading a book, watching a film, or coding!

I'm a vegetarian.

Interacting with other people is always fun -- each person is a new unexplored world! Just like a book, or a movie -- except they keep going instead of reaching an end.

PHILOSOPHY

Being present and aware is the key to all happiness in life. Go with the flow of your conscious-awareness and you'll find what you need in the moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting others who want to explore the Kosmos with us -- and when we're on the road, surfing some couches! Also just hanging out with CSers wherever we may find ourselves in this world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've hosted over 40 wonderful CouchSurfers! We've also had the lovely opportunity to surf some couches with a bunch of great people in our travels.

Interests

My interests are many, but here's just a few: programming, writing, psychology, linguistics, juggling, (fire) spinning, music, unicycling, dance, painting, yoga, *vegetarian* cuisine, hitchhiking, design, physics, meditation, math...the list goes on and on! I like staying in or going out, with just a few people, or at a huge party -- there's always different options and venues for having a good time!

I love to discover more about how the world works, especially consciousness. I believe that learning languages is the key to getting to this understanding -- by learning a language, you create a new paradigm with which your mind communicates its perceptions to others and to itself. Learning about anything increases your awareness, but languages in particular allow you to transcend the normal patterns and habits of thought so you can see the truth behind it all.

I'm often juggling or spinning, be it poi, clubs, or whatever I can get my hands on. I'm very visual and love to create a constantly changing work of art through the props I throw around.

Music is the other main part of my life -- I love anything with a groovy beat and a funky rhythm! Don't get me started on it (actually, please do!)... we'll never stop dancing! :)

• arts
• writing
• books
• design
• festivals
• dancing
• vegetarian
• yoga
• running
• meditation
• partying
• clubbing
• traveling
• juggling
• painting
• magic
• music
• surfing
• languages
• mathematics
• physics
• psychology
• tourism
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Some books I like (very small number):
Integral Psychology
No Boundary
The Way of Zen
Spectrum of Consciousness
Handbook to Higher Consciousness
The Power of Now
The Upanishads
The Fountainhead
Harry Potter and the _______
Cours de Linguistique Générale (Course in General Linguistics) -- Ferdinand de Saussure
Huis Clos
Waiting for Godot
1984
How the Mind Works -- Steven Pinker
Spring Moon
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wicked
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Anthem
Lord of the Flies
Antigone
Pygmalion
*Everything* by Amelie Nothomb
*Everything* by Terry Pratchett

Some Music:

Kaya Project
Clozee
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Solar Fields
Plantrae
Goa Gil
EvsY
The Muses Rapt
Pavel Svimba
Luomuhappo
Etnica
Lost Buddha
Electrypnose
Astral Projection
Hilight Tribe
Crazy Ducks
Aavepyörä
Praheya
Huopatossu Mononen
Haltya
Tekniset
DarkShire
HolyMen
And many many more

And now some more mainstream artists:

Tribalistas
Beirut
Sublime
The Beatles
Mozart

Some TV shows I enjoy:

Anything with Derren Brown
How I Met Your Mother
Seinfeld
Continuum
Dr. Who
Breaking Bad
The Big Bang Theory

I love a lot of movies...I'll write them up here when I get a nice list going.

There are more things for sure, I'll add some later.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Being at the North Pole when I was a child -- white as far as the eye can see: just flat, white void. The stillness and emptiness is so peaceful; I've never experienced anything like it since.

The most incredible social experience I've had was BOOM Festival! Never before have I ever been in a place with such incredibly positive energy, where everyone was just so full of love and light that you couldn't possibly be worried about anything! The manifestation and synchronicity there was off the charts -- you think, "Hey, I could use some water" and all of a sudden some people run onto the dancefloor with a humongous hose blasting all over us! I grew so much in every imaginable way there -- it's incredible how much power and love I felt and received there.

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Teach, Learn, Share

I love sharing and learning with others anything that comes up! As a writer and a linguist, the things that I could help teach the most would be languages -- but of course, you never stop learning a language so I'm positive you'll teach me too! That's what's so great about language -- everyone has a say.

I also know quite a lot about psychology and would love to share my knowledge of the field.

Cultural variety interests me a lot as well, so we can always exchange all the different experiences we've had in different places and groups all around the world.

Countries I’ve Visited

Algeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Australia, Austria, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Croatia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mayotte, Mongolia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Réunion, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bulgaria, Chile, France, Germany, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United States

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