poetmann
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My Interests:
Meditation, God, Angels, Afterlife, Interfaith issues, Music, Books, Travel, Gardening, Politics, Art, Environment, Holistic living, Health, Depression, Sports, Cooking, Dreams, Astrology, Philosophy, News & Current Events, Relationships, History & Scholarship, Nature
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Henry David Thoreau Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost Bob Dylan Van Morrison Martin Luther King Mother Teresa Saint Francis John Lennon The Dalai Lama Rosa Parks Rachel Carson Nelson Mandela Joan Baez
Who Inspires Me:
Anyone who trys to make this a better world and those who overcome personal handicaps or tragedy and are able to fullfill their dreams.
My favorite spiritual activities:
Taking walks in the woods or mountains to meditate and enjoy nature. Listening to spiritually uplifting music by such favorites as Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, George Harrison, John Coltrane, Ravi Shankar, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Alice Coltrane. Reading poetry by William Blake, William Wordsworth, Rabindranath Tagore, and Rumi.Reading the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Grateful
What's your spiritual type?:
Active Spiritual Seeker - I'm spiritual but turned off by organized religion.
About Me
Religion? None. Still searching for one. Interested in all religions and faiths. I feel much closer to the sacred when I'm in the mountains or woods than I do in any church. I dislike dogmatic and extreme fundamentalist Christianity and prefer the writings of Christian mystics. I find much to admire in the writings of the "Concord Transcendentalists" Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Though not strictly a follower of any of them, I find myself drawn to certain beliefs and practices in Christianity,Hinduism,Buddhism,Taoism, and Native American spirituality.
Poetry and music have both enriched my spiritual journey. The works of William Wordsworth, William Blake, Rumi, Gerard Manley Hopkins,Rabindranath Tagore, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman have all brought me enlightenment and joy in my search for spiritual growth and maturity. The music of Bach, Beethoven,The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, and John Coltrane has also helped me in the same way as the words of the great poets.
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Gender: Male
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Posted: May 19, 2008 2:47 PM
"They light their own lamps and sing their own words in their temples. But the birds sing thy name in thine own morning... (more)
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