age: 28 (May 22, 1984)
MEMBER SINCE: May 2012
occupation: Furniture Making and Design student
most humbling moment: Been lots. None worked.
sign: Gemini
fantasy: Would take too long to write, but it's fucking awesome.
i lost my virginity: Like a boss.
stats: Tall and lean
gets me hot: Fun chicks with tats, genuine women, playful flirty girls, and open-minded Goddesses.
makes me happy: Being outside, working with my hands, being with people I love, finding out about people.
into: Yoga, Martial Arts, Drawing, Comedy, Women
makes me sad: Neglect of others and animals.
BLOGS
Death, not a cheery subject I know, but it's been around for me a lot recently.
An acquaintance of mine died recently in an accident while taking time out in the desert.
My mother went to Spain to teach English and yesterday had a serious asthma attack and is now in intensive care. It's not the first time I've seen in there.
Then the other day I found out a woman I met on a train to San Fran who worked in adult films died from a brain aneurysm. We were the same age.
It's brought back memories for me of times I thought I might die. Any way you look at it, we're all heading there.
So what am I going to do with my time (I don't know how much time), that is really meaningful? How can I make the world a little bit better, people a little more happy, or able to deal with the harsh parts of life?
The first time I saw my Mum go into a psychiatric ward was when I was 12, the same time my step-father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. I started to read books by the Dalai Lama to try and make sense of things, and found a meditation teacher at 18. I studied Psychology and Criminology at University. I was still left with a lot of questions, doubts, and fears.
So I studied more, experienced more of life, started to attend long meditation retreats, trying not to push the questions away, but allow them to ripen over time, ripen towards fruits.
And I suppose they did . . . but I'm still left with this question. What can I really do to help?
I don't think there are any easy answers, but today I have spare time, so I'm going to spend it with this question, and see what comes forward.
Hope you're all well,
Rich
An acquaintance of mine died recently in an accident while taking time out in the desert.
My mother went to Spain to teach English and yesterday had a serious asthma attack and is now in intensive care. It's not the first time I've seen in there.
Then the other day I found out a woman I met on a train to San Fran who worked in adult films died from a brain aneurysm. We were the same age.
It's brought back memories for me of times I thought I might die. Any way you look at it, we're all heading there.
So what am I going to do with my time (I don't know how much time), that is really meaningful? How can I make the world a little bit better, people a little more happy, or able to deal with the harsh parts of life?
The first time I saw my Mum go into a psychiatric ward was when I was 12, the same time my step-father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. I started to read books by the Dalai Lama to try and make sense of things, and found a meditation teacher at 18. I studied Psychology and Criminology at University. I was still left with a lot of questions, doubts, and fears.
So I studied more, experienced more of life, started to attend long meditation retreats, trying not to push the questions away, but allow them to ripen over time, ripen towards fruits.
And I suppose they did . . . but I'm still left with this question. What can I really do to help?
I don't think there are any easy answers, but today I have spare time, so I'm going to spend it with this question, and see what comes forward.
Hope you're all well,
Rich
MARCH 2013
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