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So I have all the credentials of a good family man. Married 25 years. I didn't want it to end but I had a serious spiritual study and practice which led to an awakening of conscience about the state of our modern world which caused a lot of friction. But we raised 2 great children together and I ran a business, maintained our mini farm and commercial buildings, built a house, chopped wood and ploughed the garden.
Now through hard work and fortune I have the material means to live very comfortably but I feel I have work to do in the world based on insights from my spiritual practice. I don't know the exact form it will take yet but I know we need to prepare to be able to survive a societal break down and be a seed for a new and better world based on inner work. The proverbial Phoenix rising from the ashes.
I have a house in Vilcabamba Ecuador where I live part of the year and have my residency. Plenty of food and water here, you can grow year round, cash is used for everything and no heat or A/C needed. So things are less dependent on the fragile, complex systems of the US or Europe. All that said I have my little house in Gila, NM where with solar and back up storage one could survive. The thing is spiritual work requires a little bit of free time, basic comforts, freedom from fear and community.
So I don't know. I do my inner work and wait and watch. The markets and the world economy are very fragile on many fronts. It would sure be nice to have a companion to share perceptions, insights and simple pleasure with. |
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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, Spanish |
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Occupation:
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mostly retired. some charity work |
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Education:
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Bachelors Degree |
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Annual Income:
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$50,001 to $75,000 |
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Ethnicity:
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Caucasian |
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Height:
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6 2" (188 cm)
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Body Type:
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Athletic |
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Eye Color:
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Green |
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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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Probably not |
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Willing To Relocate:
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Maybe
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Diet:
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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:
- Following world markets, meditating, yoga, daily hike while singing sacred Lakota prayer songs. ( I attend and lead sweat lodges where I am a singer). Preparing fresh food. Would be much less reclusive with a partner to explore, travel and dine out with.
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| Personality
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My Personality:
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Adventurous, Intelligent, Playful
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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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when I have a new insight, when in out in nature. singing
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The things that annoy me are:
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drivers who don't slow down while I'm walking a a dusty country road.
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Interests
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My interests, hobbies, and pastimes include...
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Board Games, Cooking, Gardening, History, Music (listening), Reading, Science, Travel
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The physical activities I'm interested in are:
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Biking, Billiards/Pool, Bowling, Camping, Hiking/Backpacking, Swimming, Tennis, Walking
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For fun I like to...
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Farmers market, Hiking/exploring, swim in the river, study alternative medicine, play with kids, practice my poor Spanish with folks around town
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My favorite movies:
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Meetings with Remarkable Men, My dinner with Andre
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My favorite music:
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Gurdjieff's devish and Asian songs and Lakota prayer songs
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My favorite books:
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Black Elk Speaks, The Reality of Being, In Search of the Miraculous
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Values
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The virtues I consider most important are...
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Humility
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The things I'm most grateful for in life are...
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Finding the Gurdjieff work, my parents and my children.
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My goals, and what I want out of life...
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see above
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My greatest accomplishments in life have been...
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learning how to be honest with myself and therefore having moments of humility.
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Five or ten years from now, I see myself...
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How about 5 months?
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My political inclination can be described as...
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Conservative
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Spirituality
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Spiritual Orientation:
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Other
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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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When I was 23 a friend gave me "the inner game of tennis" so when I found out that by an effort of will I could control my bad temper I was hooked. Bhagvadgita, Paul Brunton, Ramana Maharshi and then the movie "Meetings with Remarkable Men" which put me in contact with the Miami Gurdjieff group in 1979.
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I consider the purpose of my spirituality to be...
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Connecting to something greater than myself, Instilling morality and virtues, Belonging to a like-minded community, Helping me grow as a person, Other
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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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Turning my wordless attention to sensing the body. Everything is material just different states of energy, finer or coarser. What can be developed is my ability to open to the finer energy from above which is always present but needing me to raise my vibration to harmonize. This requires much understanding and years of practice.
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A spiritual experience I would like to share...
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For the last dozen years or so i have become a singer for Lakota ceremonies. I also pour my own sweat lodge in Ecuador.
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The spiritual books and authors that have had the greatest impact on me...
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Gurdjieff and his students Ouspensky and De Saltzman
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Who I'm Looking For
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I'm seeking a:
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Woman (40 to 70)
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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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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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No, Social Drinker, Non-alcoholic beverages only
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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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Doesn't Matter
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Personality:
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Doesn't Matter
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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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