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I'm a Travellin' Man
Movin' through places, space and time
Created on 2005-09-21 21:15:40 (#8352012), last updated 2006-03-16
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Basic Info| Name: | Travellin' Man |
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| Location: | United States |
BioA lil bit about me. Well my user name is based upon the song by Mos Def but it also sums up who I am; where I am at right now in my life.
The original purpose of this journal was for me to document the changes I was going through and experiencing. Now I feel I have come to SOME answers. I now consider myself a Buddhist/Existentialist. I am comfortable with Zen Buddhism but honestly with my own form of Zen Dharma. I approach Buddhism as more of a philosophy than a religion and I mix and blend it with my own Existentialist beliefs.
Anything else? Just ask me or read the journal. Peace!!
Now it's quote time!!!!!
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive works that cannot be surpassed." -- George Bernard Shaw
"In fact, Osborne and I had only one thing in common - that both of us had been turned into 'outsiders' by our working-class backgrounds, and the suspicion that we would spend the rest of our lives in dreary obscurity" - Colin Wilson, the Outsider
"Be aware. If you meet the Buddha, kill him" - Master Lin Chi, Zen Monk
"When all is said and done, there's nothing left to say or do" - anonymous
"He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow" - Ecclesiastes 1:18
"28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end" - Frank the Bunny
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - the Buddha
"To Live is to suffer. To survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering" - DMX, Slippin'
"When you see a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet." - Ch'an Buddhist Proverb
"Look in the skies for God, what you see besides the smog/ Is broken dreams flyin' away on the wings of the obscene/ Thoughts that people put int he air.... It's a paradox called "Reality"/ - Talib Kweli on Respiration
"Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith". - Muhammad
"Everybody's just getting lost in the pop-ism of the culture... This culture was pure and it was an underground, unadulterated art form and everything it has despised it has become" - DJ Muggs, on the state of Hip-Hop
"People have been messing with me my whole life. I learned a long time ago there's no sense getting all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should. Plus I have a really large penis. That keeps me happy." - Tarik, from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
"Some people just need to be told what to do" - an old friend named Understanding, speaking on why some people become so religious
"BRING DA MUTHAFUCKIN' RUCKUS!!!" - RZA
"You need to spend time alone, to find balance, the middle ground. That's what I always do because I'm a Buddhist" - God, from the South Park episode "Probably"
"The end is important in all things." - The Hagakure, the book of the Samurai
(more coming soon)
The original purpose of this journal was for me to document the changes I was going through and experiencing. Now I feel I have come to SOME answers. I now consider myself a Buddhist/Existentialist. I am comfortable with Zen Buddhism but honestly with my own form of Zen Dharma. I approach Buddhism as more of a philosophy than a religion and I mix and blend it with my own Existentialist beliefs.
Anything else? Just ask me or read the journal. Peace!!
Now it's quote time!!!!!
"The goal of an artist is to create the definitive works that cannot be surpassed." -- George Bernard Shaw
"In fact, Osborne and I had only one thing in common - that both of us had been turned into 'outsiders' by our working-class backgrounds, and the suspicion that we would spend the rest of our lives in dreary obscurity" - Colin Wilson, the Outsider
"Be aware. If you meet the Buddha, kill him" - Master Lin Chi, Zen Monk
"When all is said and done, there's nothing left to say or do" - anonymous
"He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow" - Ecclesiastes 1:18
"28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, 12 seconds. That is when the world will end" - Frank the Bunny
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - the Buddha
"To Live is to suffer. To survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering" - DMX, Slippin'
"When you see a swordsman, draw your sword. Do not recite poetry to one who is not a poet." - Ch'an Buddhist Proverb
"Look in the skies for God, what you see besides the smog/ Is broken dreams flyin' away on the wings of the obscene/ Thoughts that people put int he air.... It's a paradox called "Reality"/ - Talib Kweli on Respiration
"Whoever amongst you sees an evil, he must change it with his hand; if he is unable to do so, then with his tongue; and if he is unable to do so, then with his heart; and that is the weakest form of Faith". - Muhammad
"Everybody's just getting lost in the pop-ism of the culture... This culture was pure and it was an underground, unadulterated art form and everything it has despised it has become" - DJ Muggs, on the state of Hip-Hop
"People have been messing with me my whole life. I learned a long time ago there's no sense getting all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should. Plus I have a really large penis. That keeps me happy." - Tarik, from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle
"Some people just need to be told what to do" - an old friend named Understanding, speaking on why some people become so religious
"BRING DA MUTHAFUCKIN' RUCKUS!!!" - RZA
"You need to spend time alone, to find balance, the middle ground. That's what I always do because I'm a Buddhist" - God, from the South Park episode "Probably"
"The end is important in all things." - The Hagakure, the book of the Samurai
(more coming soon)
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abstract thought, anger, basketball, blindside, buddha, buddhism, compassion, eastern philosophy, existentialism, fasting, good times, hip-hop, inspectah deck, interfaith dialogue, jay-z, lao tzu, linkin park, love, lyfe jennings, masta killa, meaning, meditation, mos def, multi-cultural fellowship, music, nas, paul oakenfold, philosophy, religion, rza, seeking the truth, self-help, soccer, spiritual meaning, spirituality, tao te ching, techno, thich nhat hanh, third eye blind, truth, truth seeker, urban culture, walking barefoot, wu-tang clan
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Schools:
Brooke High School - Wellsburg, WV (1993 - 1994)Steubenville High School - Steubenville, OH (1994 - 1995)
Weir High School - Weirton, WV (1995 - 1998)
West Liberty State College - West Liberty, WV (1998 - 2001)
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