| About Me
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Hi. I am an active man who values integrity, service, and meaningful connection. I appreciate honesty, communication, and open mindedness in a relationship. Intimacy-emotional and physical-matters to me as does meeting our differences with respect. |
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Basics
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My Sign:
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Cancer |
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I speak:
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English |
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Occupation:
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Mental health therapist and mindfulness and spirituality coach |
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Education:
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Graduate Degree |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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6 1" (185 cm)
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Body Type:
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Average |
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Eye Color:
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Brown |
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Hair Color:
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Grey |
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Hair Length:
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Balding |
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Lifestyle
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I live with:
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Live alone |
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Have kids:
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No |
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Want (more) children:
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No |
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Willing To Relocate:
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No
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Diet:
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A Little of Everything |
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Smoking:
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No |
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Drinking:
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No |
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Exercise:
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exercise regularly |
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How I spend my free time:
- cooking, walking on the beach, dinners with family, meditating, writing, and volunteering, swimming, and working out
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Intelligent, Creative, Confident
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When out with friends, I'm usually:
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Trying to be a good listener
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What makes me laugh hardest:
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Elf,
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I'm happiest when:
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I am helping others grow and learn. I am doing creative writing. Visiting with family and friends. Walking on the beach. Living in harmony with my values. Meditating and prayer time.
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The things that annoy me are:
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my lack of patience, over thinking, and people who are always superficial.
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The best day of my life was when:
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I moved to live near the ocean, hiking in the High Sierras, cross country skiing
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If I could have dinner with any three people, they would be:
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The Buddha, because of his compassion and wisdom
Christ, because of his love
Abraham Lincoln, because of is courage
Mother Cabrini, her love and courage
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Board Games, Cooking, Gardening, Music (listening), Reading, Volunteering, Writing
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Biking, Camping, Gym/Weightlifting, Hiking/Backpacking, Swimming, Yoga (hatha)
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For fun I like to...
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Visit with family and friends, walk on the beach, watch uplifting movies, and volunteer teaching meditation
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My favorite music:
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nature sounds with flute and harp
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My favorite books:
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Dhammapada and Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Empathy, Open-Mindedness, Honesty
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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family, friends, my spirituality, walking at the beach
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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To continue to be of service to others; to keep growing and learning about spirituality and gaining wisdom; a partner to share a committed relationship where we love each other, respect differences, and help fulfill our dreams.
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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get my graduate degree, become licensed as a mental health therapist and certified as a mindful and spirituality coach
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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Counseling couples to enjoy a loving, caring relationship; writing poetry and a book on love and spirituality
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Middle of the road
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Spirituality
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Buddhist
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I consider my spirituality...
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Very important to me
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What brought me to my spiritual path and motivated my interest...
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I wanted to learn ways to lessen my anxiety and depression and trauma. I wanted to find a sense of genuine well-being and happiness not dependent on external things solely.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Connecting to something greater than myself, Finding happiness and peace within, Instilling morality and virtues
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After the body dies...
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The soul reincarnates until achieving Liberation
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I would define a spiritual experience as...
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A deep relaxation into my sense of beingness and connection with a deep awareness of my presence.
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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I have enjoyed many 1 week to 8 week retreats over the years. I recently did a 5 1/2 month retreat in solitude.
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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Alan Wallace, Dzigar Khontrul Rinpoche, Pema Chodron, Padmasambhava, Dhammapada
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Woman (60 to 70)
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Ethnicity:
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Asian, Caucasian, South Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern, Native American, Pacific Islander
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Height:
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5' 0" to 6' 0" (152cm to 183cm)
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Body Type:
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Average
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Hair Color:
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Any
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She should speak:
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English
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Education:
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Some College
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Annual Income:
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$50,001 to $75,000
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Smoking:
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No
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Drinking:
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Social Drinker
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Vegetarian:
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Doesn't Matter
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Has children:
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Yes (living away from her)
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Wants children:
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No
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Personality:
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Caring, Intuitive, Adventurous
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When out with friends, she would be...
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The talkative one
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Any
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She would consider her faith or spirituality...
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Very important
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