Interests: * family and friends,
* sitting/standing in the fire of spiritual work and relationship,
* Dharma,
* meditation,
* spirituality,
* peacemaking,
* socially engaged buddhism,
* engaged spirituality,
* social action,
* integral theory,
* community,
* linking and networking,
* system change,
* sailing and boats,
* outdoors,
* nature,
* environment,
* travel,
* books,
* music,
* ....
Heroes: * Chogyam Trungpa,
* MLK,
* Ghandi,
* Dorothy Day,
* Nelson Mandela,
* Ram Das,
* Bernie Glassman,
* H.H. Dalai Lama,
* H.H. 16th Karmapa
Teachers: * Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche,
* Roshi Bernie Glassman,
* Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche,
* Thrangu Rinpoche,
* Khenpo Tsultim Gyatso,
* Pema Chodron,
* Ken Wilber,
* Robert Maull,
* Denise Thornton,
* Kate Crisp,
* everyone,
* prison,
* the "streets,
* " life,
* mistakes and disappointments.
Books: * Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism,
* Myth of Freedom,
* Meditation in Action,
* Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior,
* Rulling Your World,
* Bearing Witness,
* Instructions to the Cook,
* All of Ken Wilber's books,
* Autobiography of a Yogi,
* Burning All Illusions,
* Liberating Intimacy,
* In Search of the Miraculous,
* Shantaram,
* Stranger in a Strange Land