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Member Profile: hanyahu
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"curious and tender, alive and awakening"
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I am a:
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80-year-old Woman (Single)
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Located in:
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san francisco, CA (USA) |
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Seeking a:
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Man (69 to 82) |
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For:
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Friendship, Dating, Serious Relationship, Marriage |
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Spirituality:
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Buddhist, Jewish, Spiritual, not religious |
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| About Me
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Life has been different this past year with Covid. I have spent more time alone, exploring my inner and outer worlds. i am very fortunate to have two huge playgrounds - Truckee with its mountains, and San Francisco with its beaches and parks (i live two blocks from GG park and the beach).
I am also fortunate that i can be with my spiritual communities, meditate and do inquiry together online, and that i can also work online.
So, as life changes and as I change with it, I reflect on my resilience and ability to flow, change and appreciate what is here now. I am wanting to be as present as I can for my life, moment to moment.
I am an adventurous, life loving, curious, kindhearted woman who is passionate about the Truth and excited about finding a partner who wants to walk (or jog) a path of inquiry and love and connection together with me. I don't know what that could look like now, but I have a deep trust in how things unfold for us. i am blessed with a wonderful job, a body that is able to walk, ride my bike and ski some. I am also blessed with a mind and heart that can connect with people far and near.
Now i am not traveling but still have the travel bug in me. Having lived in Europe on and off for many years, i speak and understand some foreign languages and yearn to travel again.
Is it you who is openhearted and adventurous, who loves the outdoors as much as a warm cozy fire, who loves to question and explore, would like to travel, and who could appreciate and love an independent, strong, tenderhearted, sometimes unpredictable, open to life's possibilities, generous, active, intelligent woman? (wow...where did all that come from?)
If so, I am eager to return the love and affection and curiosity, eager to share intimate moments, and eager to grow together. |
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Basics
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My Sign:
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Gemini |
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I speak:
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English, French, German, Italian |
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Occupation:
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physician |
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Education:
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PhD/Post Doctoral |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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5 2" (157 cm)
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Body Type:
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Athletic |
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Eye Color:
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Blue |
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Hair Color:
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Grey |
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Hair Length:
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Shoulder |
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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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Yes, living away from me |
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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, Health Food Nut |
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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 regularly |
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How I spend my free time:
- I like to spend a part of each day meditating and doing inquiry alone, another part connecting with my spiritual communities - doing inquiry or sitting together, another part being active outdoors (hike, bike, ski), and another part working seeing patients online, and doing projects, such as the upkeep of my homes. And trying to remember to be as present as I can, no matter what I am "doing," remembering that I am not the doer
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Caring, Intuitive, Adventurous
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What makes me laugh hardest:
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i am not a TV person
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I'm happiest when:
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It seems the I am almost always happy. And yet, in this time of the virus there is also a deep grief - grief for the suffering in the world and the loss of life as i knew it - and at the same time there is gratitude for the stopping of life as i knew it - the driving, hurrying, and busyness. I am grateful to have safe places to be where I can be active, both alone and in connection with others.
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The things that annoy me are:
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not much
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The best day of my life was when:
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There was no one best day. As i search my memory I am struck by the joy in my heart as one image after another presents itself...
Recently I was on a two month retreat at Spirit Rock and one early morning walked up into the hills and saw the sun rising in the east and a full moon in the west, fog in the valley below, and my heart burst with joy. What a lucky life.....
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If I could have dinner with any three people, they would be:
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It would certainly be you, to be with as i am with myself - so relaxed and present and alive together. And we would be as one, our attention on a fun, alive, present human being. And with us would be my father and mother (i will count them as one, for they were that in many ways) as they were when they were young, and i would honor them now as i didn't know how to do then. I would respect and hear their wisdom and be more open than I was when they were alive i would be kinder and more gentle with them than i ever was and tell them how grateful I am for all that they gave me. The third person would be someone such as the Dalai Lama or Thich Naht Hanh, whose kind presence and kindness and awakeness would remind me of my own true nature.
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Gardening, Movies, Music (listening), Photography, Theater, Travel
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Aerobics, Biking, Camping, Hiking/Backpacking, Running, Skiing, Swimming, Tennis, Walking
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For fun I like to...
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all of my life is fun as i shelter in place and now am considering being more in contact with others.
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My favorite music:
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i love the blues as well as classical and also rock and roll. i used to love attending concerts and each year i put hardly strictly bluegrass on my calendar and now - much more quiet and introspective and enjoying the music of the birds and the wind.
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My favorite books:
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i love books that teach as well as poetry (rumi) or good novels. i subscribe and read the sun when it comes. a new book of poetry that i am loving is "first free women" poetry of earl buddhist nuns.
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Compassion, Generosity, Open-Mindedness
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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i am grateful for my health, (of sound mind and body) that allows me to be active, to travel, and to be without pain. and then there is my family - many wonderful, loving, beings who support me and each other in so many ways. and i am grateful for having an occupation that i love.
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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to be more present and intimately connected with myself, my family and my friends. to continue to grow and learn. to be able to say at the end of my life "there is nothing that i regret" - i have lived life to its fullest and have taken advantage of all the gifts that have been bestowed upon me.
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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optional
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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i don't really know - i am open to seeing what life offers me. i would like to share the preciousness of this life with another and be present day to day. with luck we would be able to travel and dance, hike and spend time with family.
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Some other viewpoint
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Spirituality
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Buddhist, Jewish, Spiritual, not religious
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I consider my spirituality...
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Pretty important to me
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What brought me to my spiritual path and motivated my interest...
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even as a young child i was interested in spirituality and looked in different places but didn't find what sounded "true" to me until adulthood. then i got lucky and some wonderful teachers presented themselves and i said "yes." In truth, the greatest gift has been Vipassana - just sitting and watching this mind/body/heart, and then doing inquiry with others around that which is arising.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Other
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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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being fully present to who and what i am and the nature of reality. which puts it all in perspective, which embraces my humanness and holds it all with loving awareness.
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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my first "awakening." when i was about eight - i was standing and looking at the sunset behind the red maple tree in our yard. suddenly everything became still and time seemed to stop. the beauty of the moment brought tears to my eyes. my heart felt as if it would burst and the mind opened so that there was no "me and it," just profound silence and beauty. and at the same time there was grief - a knowing that nothing is permanent.
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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written truth - and different authors at different times in my life. rumi or hafiz or david white with his poetry, byron katie or osho or jack kornfield or adyashanti or gurdjieff or hameed (a.h. almaas) or poonjaji or... the truth is spoken or sung differently and yet, it is the same truth....
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Man (69 to 82)
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Ethnicity:
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Any
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Height:
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5' 0" to 6' 4" (152cm to 193cm)
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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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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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No
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Personality:
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Doesn't Matter
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When out with friends, he would be...
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Doesn't Matter
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Any
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He would consider his faith or spirituality...
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Doesn't Matter
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