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Member Profile: ProblemHair
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"Sincere, curious"
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I am a:
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69-year-old Man (Single)
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Located in:
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Ann Arbor, MI (USA) |
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Seeking a:
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Woman (50 to 64) |
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For:
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Dating, Serious Relationship |
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Spirituality:
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Buddhist, Spiritual, not religious, Other |
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| About Me
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Down to earth, blingless, narcissism free (well, mostly). I like being outside, running, biking, walking, hiking. Other fun things: playing music, poetry readings, intelligent movies, cat's cradle, sliding across wood floors in my socks (I am easily amused).
I'm attracted to kindness, playfulness, humility, quirkiness, intelligence and hiking boots. I'm not really enticed by glamour but if you're smarter than I am - great.
I can't imagine a life without a contemplative practice and I've practiced meditation for a long time. I'm attracted to women who are drawn to their deeper nature (whatever form that takes). And who love a good Thai restaurant. Pretty much in that order. Unless I'm really hungry, in which case I would contemplate green curry.
I started practicing in the Korean Zen tradition and was dedicated to that for about 10 years. For the past 20 some years I've been a student in the Ridhwan school (aka Diamond Approach) and I practice in the Soto Zen tradition with the Ordinary Mind School founded by Joko Beck.
Random factoids: coffee snob, pescetarian (caffeinated obviously), Zen student (kind of like in the monk reserves), card carrying liberal (OK it's a VISA card), uninterested in football (watching), golf, large machines that go fast and shopping (rather be hiking or canoeing or playing bad tennis) and I'm unencumbered by consistency. I like winter (love autumn), small gatherings and times of silence and solitude. Bohemian tendencies but unwilling to relinquish my comfortable life. Certifiably the world's worst downhill skier. I'm really good at catching insects and escorting them out of my house (except for ants but I'm pretty sure they reincarnate really fast...) |
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Basics
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My Sign:
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Virgo |
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I speak:
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English |
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Occupation:
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Engineer in healthcare |
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Education:
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Graduate Degree |
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Annual Income:
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$75,001 to $100,000 |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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5 10" (178 cm)
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Body Type:
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Slender |
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Eye Color:
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Blue |
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Hair Color:
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Dark Blonde |
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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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Probably not |
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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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No |
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Exercise:
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exercise regularly |
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Playful, Intelligent, Introverted
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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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I'm happiest when:
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It doesn't have much to do with externalities, I'm happiest when the grace of happiness descends.
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The things that annoy me are:
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Ignorance....I probably don't want to get started on this.
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If I could have dinner with any three people, they would be:
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1) Sakyamuni - I have a few questions I'd like to ask him
2) Johnny Cash - I don't really like country music but he was genuine and very cool
3) Robin Holcomb - she's a wonderful songwriter
3b) One empty chair - I dunno, just seems symbolic of something...
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Movies, Music (listening), Music (performing), Reading, Theater, Travel, Writing
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Biking, Hiking/Backpacking, Running, Tennis, Walking, Yoga (hatha)
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For fun I like to...
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Hear music, play music, run, hang with friends, hike, walk, go on retreats (sure to be a barrel of laughs...).
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My favorite movies:
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Morpheus, Night of the Iguana
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My favorite music:
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There is good and bad music in any genre. I love music from the heart and from the muse. Leonard Cohen, Joan Armatrading, Sam Phillips, Robin Holcomb, Jules Shear. I like to seek out undiscovered gems.
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My favorite books:
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Alistair McLeod, John Tarrant, poetry by William Stafford, W.S. Merwin, Mary Oliver for starters.
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Kindness, Open-Mindedness, Loyalty
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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Stumbling into Dharma, being grounded, having intelligence and curiosity.
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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To open my heart, that's all and that's more than enough.
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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The waning of ambition. And, when I can push my own boundaries to see a little beyond my own ego/personality.
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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Above ground. Wiser, more able to love would be all I need.
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Very liberal
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Spirituality
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Buddhist, Spiritual, not religious, Other
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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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Curiosity and desire to become intimate with true nature.
I'm a student in the Ridhwan school - if I tried to 'splain it I'd fail miserably.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Connecting to something greater than myself
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After the body dies...
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Other
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I would define a spiritual experience as...
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I wouldn't.
Being concerned with spiritual experiences is missing the point IMHO.
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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Late afternoon winter sun -something about the oblique angle is stunningly beautiful.
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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A. H. Almaas, John Tarrant, Jacques Lusseyran "And There Was Light"
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Woman (50 to 64)
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Ethnicity:
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Any
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Height:
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4' 6" to 6' 6" (137cm to 198cm)
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Body Type:
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Slender, Athletic, 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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Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, Graduate Degree, PhD/Post Doctoral
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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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Doesn't Matter
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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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Probably not, No
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Personality:
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Caring, Playful, Intelligent
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When out with friends, she would be...
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Doesn't Matter
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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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