CURRENT MISSION

Trying to live the human experience as deeply as possible, learn from the mystery of life, and hopefully contribute to our understanding of it.

ABOUT ME

I cannot form any final judgement because the phenomenon of life and the phenomenon of man are too vast. The older I have become, the less I have understood or had insight into or known about myself. I am astonished, disappointed, pleased with myself. I am distressed, depressed, rapturous. I am all these things at once, and cannot add up the sum. I am incapable of determining ultimate worth or worthlessness; I have no judgment about myself and my lfe. There is nothing I am quite sure about. I have no definite convictions- not about anything, really. I know only that I was born and exist, and it seems to me that I have been carried along. I exist on the foundation of something I do not know. In spite of all uncertainties I feel a solidity underlying all existence and a continuity in my mode of being. (Carl Jung)

PHILOSOPHY

I don't think I have a personal philosophy yet. Life and everything in it is one sublime mystery to me and for some reason I feel compelled to know it as consciously as possible.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Traveling at the moment so for now I'm just surfing.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I love listening to people's personal experiences and impressions of their own culture and society when I'm travelling and have found CS to be the best way to seek those people out. I also appreciate those I've met who have inspired me by their own travelling adventures.

Interests

Road trips, bonfires, skydiving, backpacking, surfing, hunting...books, film, or anything else that inspires me to live a fuller, deeper, more meaningful life; music that fits my mood, intense experiences of life- raw & uncut. The sublime. Simplicity. Wild nature...

• culture
• books
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• hunting
• surfing
• skydiving
• road trips
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: J.S. Bach and A. Corelli; Classic rock is the genre I listen to most, but I appreciate something from most genres.
Movies: Harold and Maude, Braveheart, The Power of Myth, Forrest Gump, The Razor's Edge, Dead Poet Society, Phenomenon, The Thin Red Line, A River Runs Through It, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Books: Myths to Live By, A River Runs Through It, Siddhartha, One Flew Over the CooCoos Nest, Ishmael, and Ecclesiastes. My favorite authors are Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, and Thoreau.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

-Hitchiking throughout the Western United States
-Backpacking for the summer in Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks.
-Surfing for a year in Santa Cruz
-Working as an Airborn infantry line medic in Afghanistan

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to better understand how we humans and our societies work. I'm interested in any give/take discussions that contribute to that end.

Countries I’ve Visited

Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Afghanistan, Turkey, United States

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