CURRENT MISSION

1- Wear shorts and t-shirt, and Feel Free 2- Find a land to live on...3- Being self-sufficient?

ABOUT ME

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__-__Bonjour__-__Hello__-__Hola__-__Namaste__-__

Even if this looks too spiritual, I'm a normal person down to earth who, in an inner way, just thinks that:

I'm the Bird, the Cat, the Wolf, the Squirrel .. the Tree, the Flower, the Rock.. the Mountain, the River .. the mOOn, the Stars ..the Spirit, as just EveryOne of Us!

I like to be the 'advance man' acting as a human router for dispatching any kind of information to others..

.. 12th year here in Madrid" / Spain
... Tea, Travels, Sports and Ecology interests
.... Enjoying more day time activities (but won't refuse some more NiGhT LiFe, especially in Berlin / Germany, or in Ibiza, Spanish Balears Islands)
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PHILOSOPHY

...have you ever wondered what is your personal truth? (...) Don't forget to feel and especially to feel yourself better than what you (incorrectly) think you are, Leave that constant (mental) distractions that make you suffer, And you will create and see a better world around you! Openness: Open your eyes, open your mind: Observe yourself and the world that you want to see and Get the message, find the Key, your own one! Leave that drama of life away [I HAVE NEVER MET A MAN WHO HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH TROUBLE AS MYSELF], make some space inside of you and Feel connected :-) (+ or - from the "5 Gateways" Documentary)

"We do not inherit the earth from our parents,we borrow it from our children - Nous n'heritons pas de la terre de nos parents, nous l'empruntons a  nos enfants" Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When the man will have cut the last tree, polluted the last droplet, killed the last animal and fished the last fish, then he will realize that the money is not edible (indian proverb) - Lorsque l'homme aura coupe le dernier arbre, pollue la derniere goutte d'eau, tue le dernier animal et peche le dernier poisson, alors il se rendra compte que l'argent n'est pas comestible" (Indian proverb)

Still working on "Live your dreams, don't dream your Life - Vivez vos reves, ne revez pas votre vie"

"where you put your atention, you become this - Tu devient ce sur quoi tu portes ton attention" S.Germain

Be the change you want to see in the world. - Soit le changement que tu veux voir dans le monde" Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is a journey, not a destination = Happiness is not found at the end of the road, it is experienced along the way - Le bonheur n'est pas au bout du chemin, c'est le chemin (Tibetan proverb)

"All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose permits something not to be poisonous - Toutes les choses sont poison, et rien n'est sans poison ; seule la dose fait qu'une chose n'est pas un poison" Paracelsus

- A question to Dalai Lama: What does surprise you the most from humanity? And he responded:. the mankind! Because people lose their health to make money, later they lose their money to recover the health. And to think anxiously about the future they do not enjoy the present, reason why they live neither the present the future nor. And they live as if they did not have to never die and die as if never they had lived.

Don't forget that Life is short and it is a big farce !!!

Andre Comte-Sponville, philosophe a fait part de cette reflexion: "Je ne veux pas perdre ma vie a  la gagner", disions-nous dans ma jeunesse. Mais ne pas la gagner n'a jamais suffi a  la sauver..." il ajoute:
"Il ne suffit pas d'esperer le bonheur ; il faut le vouloir, le batir, l'entretenir. Il ne suffit pas d'esperer la justice ; il faut agir pour elle. Ne perds pas ta vie a rever."

Extrait du livre 'Le pouvoir du moment present' de Eckhart Tolle:
"Le pouvoir sur les autres, c'est de la faiblesse deguisee en force. Le veritable pouvoir est a l'interieur et il est deja votre."
"La mort vous depouille de tout ce qui n'est pas vous. Le secret de la vie, c'est de et de decouvrir que la mort n'existe pas.
"Ce chef indien disait ceci: Ils sont toujours en train de chercher quelque chose. Mais quoi? Les blancs desirent constament quelque choses. Ils sont sans cesse troubles et agites. Nous ne savons pas ce qu'ils veulent. Pour nous, ce sont des fous."

* L'amour ne vous fait pas peur? par ici...
** La mort ne vous fait pas peur? par ici...
*** "Thank you" dans beaucoup de langues / in many languages div>

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

: Moderator of "Madrid Family & Familia group"
:: Informing people about Madrid&Co..Just ask!
::: Participated in the Madrid Easter Camp 2008
:::: Keep making this Community known!

:::: Upcoming events arranged by CSers, here...
::: Francophones en recherche d'infos sur Madrid, ici...
:: Lisez la French CS Newsletter!
: Cheap Hostels in Madrid?
. Guia de pueblos de la comunidad de Madrid
. Guia imprescindible de Madrid

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

--> Met many CSers on the road
---> More virtually active in Groups
----> Hosted by GREAT PEOPLE: in Berlin by NETTERKUMPEL, in Delhi by Rishikesh, in Kathmandu by Krishna

Interests

MY BEST PART! .... HERE WE GO:

* Trekking&MountainS * Travelling * Alternative areas in People * Healthy Food and its POWER (Ginger, garlic, bees products, medicinal herbs..) * Reiki (Why not believing in Reiki if we believe that our radio gets music and our tv set gets images from the air ;-) * Yoga (Kundalini too) * SuRyA NaMaSkAr!! * Collages * Funny musical instruments * Asia's Little WorldS * Bicycling and funny things on wheels with MuSiC ~> La Criticona * Hitch hiking Before :-(
* Low-impact living, Auto Sufficient and Sustainable Rural Life ...how to live in harmony with nature by recycling, using alternative energy, responsibly managing waste and water residues, and implementing organic agriculture and farming [...] contemplation and self enrichment * Woof * Helpx * Wanderingwwoof * Workaway * ....

* Some Useful Links?:
howtopedia: platform for practical knowledge) permaculturecairns.com: Videos!) gen.ecovillage.org: Ecovillages) Guerrilla gardening: Plant seeds!) freecycle.org: giving -and getting- stuff for free) nunomad: Tips about working as Nomad) livinginthefuture: Ecolvillage Pionneers)...

--> FRENCH Links:
--------------> Inter-linked between them: BeCoMe A CoLiBrI (hummingbird)!: to build a new and respectful society Colibris: their movement for Earth & Humanism and their web portal ) Les Amanins : Agro-ecological place/project with garden, school, etc..) kokopelli.asso.fr: Seeds French Independent Association) terre-humanisme.org: Agroecology) AMAP: direct trade between farmers and consumers) Terre de lien and Oasis en tous lieux: for a biological agriculture developpment) ekopedia.org: Sustainable Solutions Shared) pierrerabhi.org: Our french Eco thinker Pierre Rabhi) who wrote: "«Nous sommes de plus en plus nombreux à nous interroger sur ce que sera l'avenir, même immédiat. Il faut reconnaître que les réponses sont de plus en plus difficiles car les fondements du système sur lequel nous avons bâti notre mode d'existence d'aujourd'hui sont de moins en moins fiables ou crédibles. Nous sommes bien dans une transition entre un monde qui décline et celui qu'il faudra nécessairement bâtir car nous sommes également nombreux à ne pas renoncer à la continuité de notre Histoire.>> ...... See his blog too!, some videos (in french): Réinventer le progrès, Y a-t-il une vie avant la mort ?, Un de ses messages, etccccc....
--------------> Other Ones: lesavoirfaire: 'Savoir faire') Appel pour une Insurrection des Consciences: For a real change) enseignements-genereux: Many articles) terrevivante: practical ecology) permaculture: Forum) graines-et-plantes: Seeeeeds exchange) la ferme de Sainte Marthe: Seeds suplier) Jecoloinfo: Green web zine) transitionfrance: agir pour l’avenir) Jardin dans Tous Ses Etats - Jardins partagés French community gardens) onpeutlefaire.com: Tecknikal infos) ecolodujour: Blog) zegreenweb: 'Green' magazine) Jean_Pain: french bioenergy system compost developer), Joseph Michel Montgolfier: french inventor of the cyclic water pump powered by hydropower) Échange d'hospitalité: sur sharewiki.org) Criirem : Independant electro-magnetic waves research center) fr.freecycle.org: giving (and getting) stuff for free) donnons: Just giving!) district-solidaire: Economie sociale et solidaire) terresacree.org: news of the environment. Living basis of information), solutionslocales: LE film, and its ideas) passerelleco: the eco-magazine) Arte: The TV channel to watch) courrier international ) Un truc par jour: recycle, save up) ecofrugalproject: 1 eco solution per week) semencespaysannes: seeds info) semencemag: seeds info II) Mouvement pour les droits et le respect des générations futures: dénoncer les conséquences négatives de l’agriculture intensive) objecteurs de croissance (See Serge Latouche): Less but Better!) SEL: Exchange everything!) Desobeissance Civile: Reject the rules) ecofrugalproject) Simplicite Volontaire: Please (urgently) reconsider your way of life ;-) tedxparis: x= Independently Organized TED Event) Asef: Association Sante Environnement de France (many PDFs to read!) AMESSI (Alternatives Médecines Évolutives Santé et Sciences Innovantes): Health Association (Interesting articles to read!) ...

--> SPANISH Links: ecohabitar.org: Magazine about bioconstruction & permaculture) ecoaldeas.org: Ecovillages) guiaverde.info Green guide), Bici por madrid: Going to work by bike?) ecowiki.ecologistasenaccion) tomalosbarrios: related to Spanish Revolution *15M *Indignados) horturba: ecogarden in city) huertosurbanosbarcelona: ecogarden in city II) trucosnaturales: Eco tips) agricultura-ecologica ) agroecologia ) urbanicultor )...

Save the Planet, plant trees everywhere, recycle, and think twice before using paper!

“The sun provides more energy to the earth in one hour than the entire world needs in one year”.

10 eco-steps to save our planet:
1- Buy less!
(do it yourself DIY, repair, re-use, ...)
2- Use as less as possible car and planes!
(share cars, prefer train, boats than planes, ..)
3- Eat less meat!
(that wastes so much cereals, water, lands, petrol,..)
4- Consume local products
(And produce little things @ home or near..)
5- Recycle!
("The best waste is the one we did not produce!")
6- Make compost!
(avoid giving it away to others, let your garden take advantage of it)
7- Save water and electricity!
(Prefer tap water than bottles, watch out your electricity consumers..)
8- Buy or use second hand's!
(Sometimes old things last better than newer ones :-)
9- Use biodegradable things!
(Avoid plastic bags, toxics...prefer natural bags, vinegar+sodium bicarbonate to clean, etc.. )
10- Just be eco-active!
(Be involved in eco-projects of any kind, inform yourself and inform others..)

(Greenpeace wrote:) We have to get out of this dead-end!
To succeed, we must act in three directions:
1- Consume less: it is the "energy sobriety"
2- Consume better: it is the "energy efficiency"
3- Develop renewable energy* and abandon the fossil fuels & fissile energies.
(*: Energy from biomass, sun, wind + Geothermal, hydro-electrical, sea water power.)

=> CoNcLuSiOn !?!?@?!?: Try to live more and more aside (especially energetically-independently!), more LOCAL than GLOBAL... but don't forget at the same time to make your politicians do the right change that we all need! However don't give them away your responsibility, be YOURSELF responsible! Don't forget too as a consumer YOU HAVE A ECONOMIC POWER: Don't give your $$$ to the companies/firms/.. who don't respect you (nature,animals and human kind), don't support them economically! Think, inform you (and your dearest) before giving others your money ..also be sober in your way of life, you don't need to consume so much (= waste of time and energy and money)..last thing, EAT WELL! ecological (= BIO and LOCAL) if possible, prefer white meat (instead of red which means more cancers, deforestation, global warning, pollution and obesity..Only that!), prefer fresh than already-made dishes (waste of water, energy and packaging + full of salt, colouring, fat), avoid at maximum chemicals because WE STILL DON'T KNOW THEM 'YET' EXACTLY: what are the real effects of the BPA (Bisphenol A), dioxins, PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls), Teflon devices, additives, pesticides,...and their inter-reaction between all of them in our diet? ;-)

Little amerindian legend about a hummingbird (Here is the cartoon of it in english):
« One day there was a huge forest fire.
All animals terrified and appalled watching helplessly disaster.
Only the little hummingbird was busy, going for a few drops of water in its beak to throw on the fire. After a while, the armadillo, annoyed by his actions derisory, says "Colibri! You're not crazy! You think that with these drops of water you'll extinguish the fire? ! "
The hummingbird replied then: "I know, but I'm doing my part ».

Poem from Pierre Rabhi:
DES SONGES HEUREUX POUR ENSEMENCER LES SIÈCLES

Il y eut aussi des êtres humains que le discernement éveilla au respect. Ils éduquèrent leur progéniture en lui disant :

“Sachez que la création ne nous appartient pas, mais que nous en sommes les enfants.
Gardez‐vous de toute arrogance, car les arbres et toutes les créatures sont également enfants de la création.
Vivez avec légèreté sans jamais outrager l’eau, le souffle ou la lumière. Et si vous prélevez de la vie pour votre vie, ayez‐en de la gratitude. Lorsque vous immolez un animal, sachez que c’est la vie qui se donne à la vie, et que rien ne soit dilapidé de ce don. Sachez établir la mesure de toute chose. Ne faites point de bruit inutile, ne tuez pas sans nécessité ou par divertissement.
Sachez que les arbres et le vent se délectent de la mélodie qu’ensemble ils enfantent, et que l’oiseau, porté par le souffle, est un messager du ciel autant que la terre.
Soyez très éveillés lorsque le ciel illumine vos sentiers, et, lorsque la nuit vous rassemble, ayez confiance en elle, car si vous n’avez ni haine ni ennemi, elle vous conduira sans dommage, sur ses
pirogues de silence, jusqu’aux rives de l’aurore.
Que le temps et l’âge ne vous accablent pas, car ils vous préparent à d’autres naissances, et dans vos jours amoindris, si votre vie fut juste, il naîtra de nouveaux songes heureux, pour ensemencer les
siècles.”

...By the way: Interests here in CS? Find out some new interesting groups

• animals
• cats
• fish
• documentaries
• acting
• coloring
• diy
• environment
• dining
• yoga
• dieting
• gardening
• flowers
• news
• tv
• traveling
• cars
• blogging
• music
• piano
• drums
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• camping
• sports
• rock climbing
• agriculture
• ecology
• languages
• tourism
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

~ If I have to keep 1 MoOOovie? Baraka

..Directors such as Wes Anderson, Jim Jarmusch, Darren Aronofsky, David Lynch....FRENCH: Jacques Tati (and great actor in all his movies), Bertrand Blier, Jacques Demy, Michel Gondry, Luc Besson, Jean Luc Godard (Swizz)..also from French New Wawe..

..Movies as Into the Wild, Touching the void, Velvet Goldmine (inspired from David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed's Life), Scott Pilgrim versus the world, Breakfast on Pluto, The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff), The Wall (Pink Floyd)....FRENCH: La Belle Verte (The Green Beautiful), L'An 01 ("The 01 Year", Super!!: "On arrête tout et on réfléchit".."On nous dit: Le bonheur c'est le progrès faites un pas en avant. Et c'est le progrès, mais ce n'est jamais le bonheur), Le Graphique de Boscop , L'apprenti(in my county)..

..More-IndependenT.. You Me and Everyone We Know) Napoleon Dynamite) Little Miss Sunshine) Clerks) Qatsi trilogy..)

DOCUmentaries : The Shock Doctrine: La strategie du choc) Inside job) We feed the world: le marché de la faim) The Future of Food ) Download here Surplus: Terrorized into Being Consumers) Ayurveda (from Pan Nalin) Earthlings) know thyself) Openhand: "5 Gateways") Zeitgeist: The first of 4 docs) Exit Through the Gift Shop: Banksy street art (Faites le mur !), Religulous: About religions!) Comprar, tirar, comprar: (the dirty) Planned obsolescence in products )
....FRENCH: Nos enfants nous accuseront (That should not be), Keny Arkana: Autre Monde Possible)
Pierre Carles, Agnès Varda, Les LIP l'imagination au pouvoir de Christian Rouaud, Famous Class worker Revolution in my town in 70's), solutions locales pour un désordre global: Aie! our poor world) le_monde_selon_monsanto (The world according to Monsanto) Pièces à conviction: Assiettes tous risques) Notre poison quotidien from Marie-Monique Robin, about the chemical products effects in our society) manger peut il nuire a la sante what our daily products contain (!) Le Scandale du Siècle: anti-cancer plan (and its 2nd part)...

..My favourite french actors are Patrick Dewaere and Jacques Tati

~ If I have to keep 1 MuUUusic? Dead Can Dance
(Others: Reggae and less, Jazz, Classic, World music, didgeridoo, throat singing, electronic (Minimalist, Drum&Bass, Acid Jazz, Hard house,..)...more recent ones as MGMT, Interpol,...and less recent ones such as Pink Floyd , PJ Harvey, Dinosaur Jr,Tangerine Dream, Cocteau Twins, Echo and The Bunnymen, Violent Femmes, Anthony and the Johnsons, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bjork, Spain, The Doors, The Smiths, Tinderstick...F r o m T h e 8 0 's To Later....
FRENCH now: TO BE COMPLETED! ..Noir Desir, Tarmac, Thiefaine, Tetes Raides, Gainsbourg, Saez, Dominique A, Bashung, (musical visionnary) Jean Michel Jarre...

Listen the very good french-speaking radio program La Planète Bleue on Couleur 3 (swizz radio)"

~ If I have to keep 1 SpoOOort? Cycling ...Just See the Incredible Danny MacAskill Here and HERE TOO !!!
(Others: trekking, snowboard, running, longboard,...Alternative: Reiki (2nd level), yoga, tai-chi, meditation...)

~ If I have to keep 1 bOOk? Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and why not others from the same area such as: 'The Tree of Yoga' from B. K. S. Iyengar, The Four Yogas Paths To God from Swami Vivekananda (edited by Dave DeLucas),
(Others: Solitude de la pitié, Jean Giono,...)

~~ Streets Arts in GeneraL (Bansky, Ludo), Painting (Hundertwasser, Klimt, Kandinsky, Rousseau,..), Mail Art...you like Rainbow Stickers? Ha Ha

..Just a extract from "Don't Fade Away" (Dead Can Dance): "..don't let them make you and break you
The world is filled with their broken empty dreams
Silence is their only virtue.."

~~~ Stupid? links:
Parodia Homeopatía (video)
List of places with fewer than ten residents (wikipedia)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

~ Sometimes dreaming the Future
~ Passed throuh an amazing cloud of giant grasshoppers in Sahara desert

*** I want to take one's hat off to that guy who is travelling by bike since 1962 : Heinz Stücke

Teach, Learn, Share

! Trekking in the Sierra of Madrid
! Improvised Tai-Chi or Reiki
! Teach Hatha Yoga or some French, Monsieur?
! Teach how to start playing a Didgeridoo?

!! I would like to know more German, Arabe, Bambara and Hindi..and also some accordion, sax, piano, drums and climbing lessons WeLcOmEd

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Mali, Mauritania, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Spain, United Kingdom

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