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I'm looking for someone to take a chance with and to have fun with, to share an intimate committed spiritual life with. After years of spiritual searching, I am now committed to a zen path and spend concentrated time on retreat but am also learning about practice in daily life in a big way. I have a fabulous circle of friends both in Europe and Canada and am a restless soul looking for someone to ground me and help me to stay in one place for awhile - that place is definitely negotiable. I feel deep gratitude for the blessings in my life. I have a great sense of humour, changeable self-esteem, but am generally positive in outlook. I can be quite high energy and intense at times but also calm and nurturing! |
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Basics
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My Sign:
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Libra |
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I speak:
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English |
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Occupation:
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Administrator |
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Education:
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Bachelors Degree |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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5 4" (163 cm)
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Body Type:
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Average |
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Eye Color:
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Blue |
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Hair Color:
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Light Brown |
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Hair Length:
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Short |
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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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Maybe
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Diet:
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Vegetarian |
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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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Exercise:
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exercise occasionally |
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How I spend my free time:
- I spend time with friends - I find that to be the most valuable and meaningful thing in my life - deeply connecting with others. I enjoy going to concerts, theatre, meditation groups, retreats.
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Funny, Caring, Outgoing
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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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Robin Williams, Ellen Degeneres and British comedians (i.e.Dawn French)
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I'm happiest when:
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I'm with like-minded people or when I'm transported by very talented artists/musicians or when I'm singing in a wonderful choir or when I'm serving a like-minded community doing any kind of task or when I feel needed.
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The things that annoy me are:
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people who are unaware and not thoughtful, injustices in the world, me sometimes, people who cut me off when they've had plenty of time to get into the lane.
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The best day of my life was when:
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So far, when I met my Zen teacher
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If I could have dinner with any three people, they would be:
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Dalai Lama - to experience his warmth, compassion and sense of humour; Stephen Frye - to laugh and be amazed; George Bush to see what he's REALLY like!
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Eating Out, Movies, Museums, Music (listening), Music (performing), Reading, Television, Theater, Writing
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Aerobics
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My favorite movies:
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What the Bleep do we know? Scared Sacred. The Incredibles. Million Dollar Baby. Walk on Water. To Kill a Mockingbird. Crash. Most old movies - Hitchcock, anything with Katherine Hepburn. Motorcycle Diaries, All about my mother.
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My favorite music:
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Anything by JS Bach! Baroque music in general; Marc A. Charpentier; wonderful choral music, vocal jazz, big band, Indigo Girls, any great songwriters, KD Lang, good celtic music.
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My favorite books:
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Ann patchett, DH Lawrence, Vikram Seth, Annie Proulx, Barbara Kingsolver
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Generosity, Patience, Honesty
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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My friends, my friends, my friends. My Buddhist practice. My health. My simple life. My teacher. My opportunities. A sense of humour. My ability to love.
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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I'm not so goal-oriented - but rather want to continue to practice being more in the moment - to make my life my practice - the good, bad & the ugly!. Awareness and enlightenment, I guess, if I had to choose! A loving, caring, fun, relaxed relationship would be nice - some security but also as much travel as possible.
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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Simplifying my life. Improving the relationship with my mother. Singing professionally for 10 years. Moving to England when I was 37. Putting my spiritual life first!
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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Here. Here.
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Liberal
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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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The central focus of my life
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What brought me to my spiritual path and motivated my interest...
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Depression and dissatisfaction motivated my interest about 12 years ago. Tried everything and then went to a weekend meditation retreat and thought I'd found it! The Buddha's teachings inspired me - he was talking about my mind 2500 years ago.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Finding happiness and peace within, Helping me cope with the struggles of life, Instilling morality and virtues, Belonging to a like-minded community
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After the body dies...
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I don't know, but I'm not worried about it
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I would define a spiritual experience as...
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A sense of groundedness, tranquility, and stability. A jumping off point. A calm place from where to respond not react.
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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not yet
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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Thich Nhat Hanh. Stephen Levine's A Gradual Awakening, Jack Kornfield's Path with Heart & After the Ecstacy the Laundry, anything of Pema Chodron's. Karen Armstrong. David Whyte's and Mary Oliver's poetry. Suzuki Roshi and Reb Anderson.
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Man (43 to 60)
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Ethnicity:
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Any
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Height:
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5' 6" to 6' 1" (168cm to 185cm)
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Body Type:
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Any
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Hair Color:
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Any
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He should speak:
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English
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Education:
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Doesn't Matter
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Annual Income:
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Doesn't Matter
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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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Doesn't Matter
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Wants children:
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No
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Personality:
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Caring, Intuitive, Funny
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When out with friends, he would be...
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Trying to be a good listener
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Buddhist, Spiritual, not religious
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He would consider his faith or spirituality...
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Very important
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