CURRENT MISSION

To expand the mind and soul. I want to be a part of a culture of peace, sustainability and community. My mission is to reclaim what was stolen from us by corporations and greed. ture of peace, sustainability

ABOUT ME

I realize that the world has tons of major problems. What keeps me optimistic is the thought of what Buddha said when asked how he reached enlightenment..... "I woke up." If only people would wake up. To that end, I do everything in my power, such as it is, to spread the info and get people to see the source of their own imprisonment.

PHILOSOPHY

"If you are neutral in instances of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor." Desmond Tutu
"Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers" Alfred Tennyson
"I have this real moron thing I do. It's called thinking" George Carlin
"Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened."
Anatole France

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I really, really wish I was in the position to host right now, but I am not.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have no experience so far.

Interests

I have too many to list all of them. Some include playing sports, swimming, skiing, hang gliding, camping and campfires, riding bikes, canoeing, traveling, conversation, reading, volunteering, building things, organic gardening, cooking, animals, hiking, listening to and identifying birds, old buildings and architecture, history, music- blues, old rock and roll, jazz, slack key guitar, folk, flamenco, thai food

• animals
• birds
• culture
• architecture
• flamenco
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• blues
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• skiing
• sports
• hang gliding
• swimming
• history
• religion
• volunteering

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: "One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest", all Clint Eastwood's spagetti westerns, "Bridges of Madison County", "Slingblade", too many documentaries to mention.
Books: the Bagavad Gita, Autobiography of a Yogi, A Walk Across America, Blood on the tracks, Neither Wolf nor Dog, Dominion, The World's Religions

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw the Northern lights for the first time in Saskatchuwan (spelling?) up in Canada hanging out at a lodge with some native Americans.

Teach, Learn, Share

To the extent that I can help to heal our divided world and wounded environment, I work as much as possible to reduce the fear that drives so many of our bad decisions. I try to find what religions have in common and spread those universal Truths for better understanding.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Fiji, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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