Log in
Faithful Doubter
once a frightened radical, now just confused
Account Created on 7 October 2008 (#16777035) Last updated on 28 January 2019 Gift
Rating position
Name:
bobby1933
Birthdate:
17 August 1933
Location:
Schools:
- Arlington Elementary School - Arlington, WA (1939 - 1940)
- Oak Harbor Elementary School - Oak Harbor, WA (1940 - 1941)
- Purdy Elementary School - Gig Harbor, WA (1941 - 1942)
- Mukilteo Elementary School - Mukilteo, WA (1942 - 1943)
- Ketchikan High School - Ketchikan, AK (1943 - 1951)
- University of Puget Sound - Tacoma, WA (1951 - 1953)
- Blackburn College - Carlinville, IL (1953 - 1955)
- Iliff School of Theology - Denver, CO (1955 - 1958)
- University of Washington - Seattle, WA (1965 - 1967)
Some things about me (subject to change without notice)
I am made of darkness and light;
i am a child of the universe;
i am a human being;
i am seeking;
i am Dianne's surviving spouse
i am an anarchist (primitive. femonist, spiritual );
i am almost "old old.
i am grandparent to two granddaughters, a grandson, and five step granddaughters; (and maybe soon
a step-great grandfather to two step-great grandsons
i am an egalitarian, (but want to be "first among equals e.g., i am an egotist)
i am a wannabe Taoist sage who tries to follow the eightfold path, live by the sermon on the
mount, and delight in Sufi poetry;
I am part of a 12-step program.
I volunteer to the Catholic Worker movement.
i am a retired sociology professor;
i am father to two daughters and a son;
i try not to be possessed by my possessions;
i am autistic
i want to be loving and kind.
i am still too angry, too proud, and way too self centered (but much less so than a year ago;
i am a naive skeptic and a faithful doubter,
i love the idea of loving nature; and
i might rediscover my Buddha nature.
I am made of darkness and light;
i am a child of the universe;
i am a human being;
i am seeking;
i am Dianne's surviving spouse
i am an anarchist (primitive. femonist, spiritual );
i am almost "old old.
i am grandparent to two granddaughters, a grandson, and five step granddaughters; (and maybe soon
a step-great grandfather to two step-great grandsons
i am an egalitarian, (but want to be "first among equals e.g., i am an egotist)
i am a wannabe Taoist sage who tries to follow the eightfold path, live by the sermon on the
mount, and delight in Sufi poetry;
I am part of a 12-step program.
I volunteer to the Catholic Worker movement.
i am a retired sociology professor;
i am father to two daughters and a son;
i try not to be possessed by my possessions;
i am autistic
i want to be loving and kind.
i am still too angry, too proud, and way too self centered (but much less so than a year ago;
i am a naive skeptic and a faithful doubter,
i love the idea of loving nature; and
i might rediscover my Buddha nature.
12 step programs, 12 steps, aboriginal societies, aboriginal spirituality, abu-said abil-kheir, advaita, agnostic spirituality, agnosticism, albert nolan, altruism, american indian spirituality, ammon hennacy, anarcha-feminism, anarchism, anarcho-communism, anarcho-primitivism, ashram, asperger's syndrome, autism, bawa muhaiyaddeen, books, buddhism, canyons, catholic worker movement, ch'an, ch'an buddhism, charter for compassion, christian anarchism, cloud of unknowing, comparative religion, contemplation, contemplative spirituality, cultural anthropology, cultural survival, dancing wu li masters, david a. cooper, desert fathers, dorothy day, eastern religions, eclectic spirituality, eightfold path, equality, event horizon, first peoples, first peoples spirituality, formless path, francis of assisi, gary zukav, generic spirituality, gospel of q, grandchildren, guided meditation, hermits, holistic spirituality, imitation of christ, indian detectives, indian reservation mystery novels, indian reservations, intentional communities, interspirituality, james d. doss, jesus seminar, john of the cross, julian of norwich, kabir, karen armstrong, ken wilber, lao tsu, lex hixon, liberation theology, mahayana buddhism, mardi oakley medawar, margaret coel, mary oliver, masnavi, meditation, meister eckhart, monks, movies, mystical theology, mysticism, native american detective fiction, native americans, nature mysticism, nirvana, north american indian spirituality, pathless path, perennial philosophy, perennial wisdom, peter maurin, philosophical taoism, pitirim sorokin, pseudo-dionysius, pure land, q, q source, quantum mechanics, rabia, radical theology, ramakrishna, ramana maharshi, rumi, ryokan, sangha, sermon on the mount, shamanism, silouan, simple living, simplicity, social justice, social theory, solitary, solitary life, solitude, soul, spiritual direction, spiritual practice, spirituality, sufism, susan seddon boulet, tao te ching., taoism, theresa of avila, thich nhat hanh, thomas merton, tony hillerman, twelve step programs, twelve steps, urban hermits, vatican ii, voluntary simplicity, wisdom, works of mercy, world peace, world religions, yunus emre, zen, zen buddhism, zen taoism
