Anael169
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My Tagline:
Seek Holy Union, Reconcile
My Interests:
Prayer, Meditation, God, Angels, Afterlife, Interfaith issues, Charity, History, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Gardening, Crafts, Art, Environment, Holistic living, Yoga, Health, Depression, Recovery, Family, Marriage, Parenting, Pets, Dreams, Unconditional love, forgiveness, giving. Pizza, Sponge Bob, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Elvis, Latinas, helping those in need, music, and Godwinks, especially for people named Beckaroo!!!
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
The Art of Happiness, Dalai Lama, What the Bleep, spiritual topics, The Beatles, The Peaceful Warrior, Spirited Away, The Blues Brothers, Wayne Deyer, Charles Whitfield, SQuire Rushnell, Billie Stevens & Handsome Devil, and SpongeBob Square Pants, Rancid, and Andres Segovia.
Who Inspires Me:
My sons, my students, my principal, The Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Abraham Lincoln, Wayne Deyer, Albert Einstein, and Shakti Gawain.
My organizations and affiliations:
None.
My favorite spiritual activities:
Going out to the mountains or sea, meditating, journaling, doing kind acts for others, giving love anonymously, making a fool of myself.
Who I'm praying for:
My brother Tim, and all my family, really, my staff at my school, especially Amelia, and all the other teachers and all who work there at all. All of my students, and all the students at the school. All the starving children of the world. All victims, and survivors of child abuse of any type, and for my own soul; that I may learn to have gratitude, and understanding, of all the things that God has brought me here to learn. I am also praying for Melissa, Becky, Suzy, Anne, Tiffany, and all B'net friend
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Grateful
What's your spiritual type?:
Questioning Believer - I have doubts about the particulars but not the Big Stuff.
About Me
I swore I'd never do three things; teach high school, teach Special Education, and teach music. I do all three.
Many of the children I work with have a history of child abuse, which we share in common. I have found it allows me to have understanding for them that many others simply cannot. I grew up being told I was worthless, and I beleived it, and still do at times, but I am beginning to not beleive it more and more. Until I realized that I was bringing much of the pain of my life onto myself, I got absolutely nowhere (5 years of therapy and counting, folks. No one said it was easy!). Ultimately I learned that we do in fact get what we give.
I have heard that we are all being "looked out for" by Guardian Angels, but in my case it seems that they have taken a special interest in my life for reasons that are not at this point clear. This is detailed in the story published in the book When God Winks at You by SQuire Rushnell. I was on my way to commit suicide when a very profound incident occurred that stopped me. Now I know there is a God (I just don't feel comfortable thinking that I can name it).
I ascribe to many of the beleifs of Buddhists in regard to how we should treat each other, and I really like Wayne Deyer, and the film "What the Bleep Do We Know?" touches on many of the things I feel are true because it is spirituality and science mixed together. I do like what Jesus taught, which I see simply as, "Love One Another". His story also means more to me now that I have learned the value of unconditional love, forgiveness, sacrafice, and empathy.
This life thing is all temporary, and will rust and be eaten by moths. I love nothing more than committing random acts of anonymous, and sometimes not so anonymous, kindness. Making the person at the McDonald's drive thru smile at 6am is my favorite thing of all! It's like watching a beautiful sunrise through dark cloudy skies.
One of the biggest goals I have in my life right now is to meet my spiriit guide and speak to him or her or it, personally. I beleive that the world needs more love, tolerance, and understanding, and this line from a song I'm writing says a lot about the kinds of things I beleive I intuit from Spirit.
We live in a world/With 6 billion people/But the biggest question/We most want to know/Is if there's anyone out there listening to me?/Is anyone out there or are we alone?
I beleive we are not alone. We have each other. Until we all realize that, we, as a planet, or a species, or whatever, are going to get nowhere.
My Basics
Gender: Male
Occupation: Teacher
Relationship Status: Married
Faiths:
Rather not specify
Faith Description: I think that we all know what is right. I felt like garbage when I was a meanie. When I act in love towards others I feel my soul expand. When I was a negative creep people stayed away. You get what you give, and that's all I can say. We draw everything on to us by what we put out, and even by what we think about. Give love and treat someone with kindness for "no reason" and see what happens. I dare ya!
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Hi - November 20, 2008 - 10:44 AM
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