Spirituality, New Age Christian Spirituality, Christ Consciousness, Guadalupism, Guadalupanos, Progressive Catholicism, Alternative Catholic, Independent Sacramental Movement, Independent Catholic Movement, The Liberal Catholic Church, Church of Antioch, Autocephalous Churches, The Catholic Worker Movement, Liberation Theology, Gay Catholics, Gay Christians, Dignity, New Ways Ministry, Humanity's Team, School of the New Spirituality, Alexian Brothers (Cellites), Cursillo Movement, Cursillos, L'Arche, L'Arche International, Apostolates of the Divine Mercy, The Divine Mercy, The Works of Mercy, Charismatic Catholic, Catholic Charismatic Renewal, The Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Supernatural Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Fruit of the Holy Spirit, Dominicians, Dominician Spirituality, The Rosary, Prayer, Meditation, Centering Prayer, Christian Contemplative Tradition, Contemplative Prayer, Contemplative Outreach, Lectio Divina, Lay Dominicians, Third Order of St. Dominic, The Confraternity of the Holy Rosary, Metaphysics, Christian Universalism, Spiritual Living, Christ Consciousness, Quietism, Hesychasm, The Philokalia, Disciplina Arcani, Theosis, Theistic Evolution, Universal Reconciliation, Apocatastasis, Non-Trinitarianism, Marcionism, Animism, Early Christianity, New Testament Apocrypha, Christian Mysticism, Mystical Union, Esoteric Christianity, Christian Desert Fathers, Theosophy, Theosophical Society, Affirmative Prayer, Intercessory Prayer, Praying the Psalms, Liturgy of the Hours, Canonical Hours, The Divine Office, The Jesus Prayer (Prayer of the Heart), The Serman on the Mount, Purgatory, Prayers for the Souls in Purgatory, Mariology, Marian Spirituality, Marian Devotion, The Little Office of Our Lady, Marian Apparitions, Our Lady of La Vang, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Guadalupe-The Goddess, Our Lady of Tepeyac, Mary-Queen of Heaven, The Holy Family, The Child Jesus, El Santo Niño de Atocha, El Niño Divino, The Holy Infant of Prague, Angels, Saints, St. Raphael the Archangel, St. Michael the Arcangel
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Christian Witches, Energy Workers, Lightworkers, Angel Magick, Angel Healing, Puja, Yoga, Meditation, Creative Visualization, The Inner-Temple, The Astral Plane, Lucid Dreaming, Bibliomancy, Astrology
Curanderismo, Spiritual Healing, Faith Healing, Folk Healing, Traiteurism, Herbalism, Botanicals, Naturopathic Medicine, Lightworkers, Starseeds, Walk-in's, Indigo's, DNA Recoding, DNA Activation, Holistic Health, Alternative Medicine, Homeopathy, Natural Health, Mind-Body-Spirit, Mind-Body Intervention, Therapeutic Touch, Energy Healing, Natural Endorphin stimulation, Vitalism, Chakras, Vibrational Essences, Flower Essences, Bach Flower Practitioners, Bach Flower Remedies, Hydrotherapy, Sweat Lodge, Temazcal, Dream Quests, Creative Visualization, Guided Imagery, Optimism, Law of Attraction, Power of Positive Thinking, Human Potential Movement, Emotional Growth Movement, Personal Transformation, Body Detoxification, Colonics, Natural Foods, Mediterranean Diet, Health and Fitness, Nutrition, Tai-chi Chuan, Qigong, Addiction and Recovery, Tourette's Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Highly Sensitive Personality (HSP), Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD), Addictive Personality Disorder, Men's Health, Prostate Massage, Prostate Milking
Nursing, Public Health Nursing, Social Services, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Healthcare Professionals for Divine Mercy, Nurses for Divine Mercy, Missionaries of Charity, Christian Values, Amnesty International, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Pro-Family, Alternative Families, Social Justice, Poverty, Homelessness, Homeless Outreach, Prison Outreach, Street Outreach, Anti-abortion, Anti-porn, Temperance Movement, Social Activism, Palestinian Liberation, Free Palestine, Boycott Israel, The Trevor Project, Food For Life, Peace and Non-violence, Pacifism, Marianist Lay Communities, Communal Living, Rural Living, Organic Farming, Beekeeping, Life Balance, Simplicity, Minimalism, Vegetarians, Raw food, Fruitarianism, Animal Rights
Men's Issues, Men's Mysteries, Gay History, Saints Sergius and Bacchus, Sacred Band of Thebes, Gay Culture, Gay Men's Mysteries, Radical Faeries, Gay Consciousness, Sacred Sexuality, Male Sexuality, Gay Pride, Gay Activism, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Family Values, Gay Families, Gay Parenting, Gay Adoption, Gay Youth, Anti-Porn, Exposing the Gay Porn Industry, Male Exploitation, Male Rape, Male Survivors of Rape, Rape Victim Advocates, Male Prostitution, Human Trafficking, Children of the Night
Anthropology, Genealogy, Los Isleños, Isleños of Louisiana, Isleño Culture and Heritage, Canary Islander Heritage Society of Louisiana, Canary Islands, Canarian Spanish, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife, Spain, Amazigh (Berber) Culture and Heritage, English-Spanish Language Interchange, Spanish as a second language
World History, Early 20th. Century Southern Culture and History, Jazz Age, Victorian Era Memorial Portraiture, Vintage Post-mortem and Mourning Photography, Memento Mori, Mourning Jewelry
Philosophy, Psychology, Carl Jung, Jungian Psychology, Analytical Psychology, Archetypal Psychology, Depth Psychology, Personal Unconscious, Collective Unconscious, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Nikola Tesla, Stephen Hawking, Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Electromagnetic Radiation, Magnetic Fields, Disambiguation, Magnifying Transmitter and the Wardenclyffe Tower, Electromechanical Oscillator, Wireless Energy Transfer, Colorado Springs' Experiments, Theoretical Physics, Quantum Physics
Folk Art, Arts and Crafts, Herbcraft, Crocheting, Beading, Quilting, Candle making, Soap making, Gardening, Cactus Gardens, Pesco-vegetarian Caribbean and Spanish-Mediterranean Cooking, Cheese Making, Fernando Botero, Neo-figurative Art, Expressionist, "Large Person" Series, Pierre Renoir, Impressionist, "The Luncheon of the Boat Party"
Americana and Roots Music, Early Jazz and the Delta Blues, Nueva Canción, Southern Rock/Swamp Rock, Grunge, Andean Music (Música Ayacuchana), Ranchera-Mariachi-Norteño, New Age, Operatic Pop, Contemporary Christian, Classical - Symphony, Choral, Spanish Guitar,
Americana/Roots: Dr. John, Cat Stevens, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Iris Dement, Chris Knight, Charlie Mars, Ryan Adams, Marc Broussard, David Gray, Jackie Greene, Maria McKee, Nancy Griffith, Stoll Vaughan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tony Joe White, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Larry Jon Wilson, Jim Dickinson, Kelly Hogan, Travis Wammack, J. J. Cale, Bobbie Gentry, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Roy Head, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, Mama Cass Elliot, Kasey Chambers, Hayes Carll, Dolly Parton, The Neville Brothers, Gram Parsons, Over the Rhine, Bill Malonee, Vigilanties Of Love, Bottle Rockets, Uncle Tupelo, BR549, Mavis Staples, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Alison Krauss, June Carter Cash, Wilco, Jay Farrar, Grateful Dead, The Jayhawks, Jim Lauderdale, The Derailers, Loretta Lynn, Kelly Willis, Son Volt, Patty Griffin, Joe Ely, Buffalo, The Subdudes, Gurf Morlix, Jimmy LaFave, Neil Young, Bobby Bare, The Greencards, Kathleen Edwards, Adrienne Young, Peter Case, Joan Osborne, Sunny Sweeney, Old Crow Medicine Show, Alejandro Escovedo, Golden Smog, Freakwater, The Gourds, Lyle Lovett, Chris Castle, Ricky Skaggs, Eilen Jewell, Bill Kirchen, Blue Mountain, Rita Hosking, The Handsome Family, J.J. Cale, Uncle Earl, Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Dale Watson, Ruthie Foster, Tangletown, Southern Culture on the Skids, Hackensaw Boys, Mindy Smith, Robbie Fulks, John Fogerty, Jimmy Bowen, The Band of Heathens, William Elliott Whitmore, Drive By Truckers, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, Stoney LaRue, Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, Brandon Rhyder, Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Micky and the Motorcars, Bruce Robison, Hayes Carll, Ryan Bingham, Murder By Death, Van Dyke Parks, John Hiatt, Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Scott Liss, Hayden, Iron and Wine, Patrick Wolf, Alexi Murdoch, M. Ward, Joanna Newsom, Bright Eyes, CocoRosie, Maggie Simpson, Plunkett, Matt Costa, Canoe, Motel Motel, The Mountain Goats, The Decemberists, Beirut, Damien Jurado, Fleet Foxes, Devendra Banhart, Kelli Ali, Joanna Newsom, Greg Weeks, Hecuba, Akron/Family, Rio en Medio, Sean Hayes, The Dodos, The Holy Modal Rounders, The Incredible String Band, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Godz, The Fugs, James McMurtry, Elvis Costello, John Lennon, Dolly Parton, Melissa Etheridge
Nueva Canción: Mercedes Sosa, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Leon Gieco, Víctor Heredia, Carlos Portela, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, Gonzaguinha, Pedro Guerra, Taburiente, Taller Canario, Caco Senante, Manolo Almeida/Nueva Semilla, Rolando Alarcon, Aparcoa, Payo Grondona, Illapu, Inti-Illimani, Víctor Jara, Los Jaivas, Patricio Manns, Julio Numhauser, Sergio Ortega, Ángel Parra, Isabel Parra, Violeta Parra, Héctor Pavez, Quilapayún, Osvaldo "Gitano" Rodriguez, Horacio Salinas, Schwenke & Nilo, Jose Luis Sepulveda, Jose Séves, Tiempo Nuevo, Francisco Villa Castro, Grupo Raiz, Ana y Jaime, Pablus Gallinazo, Pueblo Nuevo, Jatari, Cutumay Camones, Banda Tepehuani, Yolocamba Ita, Los Torogoces de Morazan, Luis Lopez y el Grupo Anastacio Aquino, Alux Nahual, Canto General, Pancasán, Grupo Mancotal, Luis Enríque Mejía Godoy, Carlos Mejía Godoy, Duo Guardabarranco, Sembrador, Carlos Noguera, Haciendo Punto en Otro Son, Roy Brown, Aires Bucaneros, Moliendo Vidrio, Atabal, Andres Jimenez, Antonio Caban Vale (El Topo), Nicole Perez, Taone, Zoraida Santiago, Lourdes Pérez, Antillano, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Los Olimareños, Daniel Viglietti, Alí Primera, Soledad Bravo, Los Guaraguao, Silvio Rodríguez, Pablo Milanés, Carlos Puebla, Sara González, Noel Nicola, Vicente Feliú, Carlos Varela, Augusto Blanca, Tania Libertad, Tiempo Nuevo, Alejandro Filio, Fernando Delgadillo, Gabino Palomares, Amparo Ochoa, Mexicanto, On'ta, Los Folkloristas, La Peña Móvil, León Chávez Teixeiro, Julio Solórzano, Cade, Anthar y Margarita, Óscar Chávez, Grupo del Cóndor Pasa, Sanampay, Escalón, Inca-Taki, Guadalupe Pineda, Grupo Víctor Jara, Eugenia León, El "Negro" Ojeda, Guadalupe Trigo, Icnocuicatl, La Nopalera, Marcial Alejandro, Caito, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluís Llach, Sangre Machehual, Sabia, Flor de Caña, Sol y Canto
Operatic pop: Adam Lopez, Aled Jones, Alenka Gotar, Alessandro Safina, Alfio, Andrea Bocelli, Charlotte Church, Donald Braswell, Emma Shapplin, Faryl Smith, Filippa Giordano, Giorgia Fumanti, Hayley Westenra, Holly Stell, John McDermott, Jonathan Ansell, Josh Groban, Katherine Jenkins, Keedie, Kimera, Krassimir Avramov, Lesley Garrett, Malena Ernman, Mario Frangoulis, Natasha Marsh, Neal E. Boyd, Nikolay Baskov, Norimasa Fujisawa, Patrizio Buanne, Paul Potts, Romina Arena, Roy Tugbang, Rufus Wainwright, Russell Watson, Sarah Brightman, Sergio Franchi, Sissel, Tarja Turunen, Vitas. Vittorio Grigolo, Will Martin, Yolanda Soares, Yulia MacLean, All Angels, Amici Forever. Bella Sorella, The Canadian Tenors, Celtic Woman, East Village Opera Company, Eroika, G4, Only Men Aloud, Opera Babes, RyanDan, The Ten Tenors, Three Graces, Trans Siberian Orchestra Juan Diego Flórez, Il Divo, Lorena McKennit, Enya, Radmilla Cody, Sarah McLachlan, Elijah Bossenbroek, Perpetuum Jazzile, Mireille Mathieu
Misc: Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Creed, The White Stripes, Radiohead, Coldplay, Keane, Damien Rice, Ron Sexsmith, Greg Laswell, Jet, Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas, The Killers, Train, Maroon 5, Three Doors Down, Oasis, Blur, Snow Patrol, Travis, Erik Rubin, Anders Manga, Keram, Jason Mraz, Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole, Leona Lewis, Adelle, Duffy, Amy Winehouse, Estelle, Grace Jones, Annie Lennox, Queen, Mary J. Blige, Robbie Williams, Mika, Kate Bush, Alejandro Sanz, Alexander Acha, Gian Marco, Reik, Luis Fonzi, Álex Ubago, Noel Schajris, La Oreja De Van Gogh, Enrique Iglesias, Alizée, Ricardo Arjona, Aleks Syntek, Juanes, Ricky Martin, Celia Cruz, Zaír, Loredana Berté, Ligabue, Krishna Das, Temple Bhajan Band, Rasa, Vaiyasaki das
Christian: Jars of Clay, 12 Stones, Shawn McDonald, Jeremy Riddle, Strange Occurrence, Allen Asbury, Aaron - Jeoffrey, Tod Agnew, Among Thorns, Paul Baloche, By The Tree, Ricardo, Caedmon's Call, Andrew Carlton, Jason and deMarco, Casting Crowns, Ceili Rain, Gary Chapman, Steven Curtin Chapman, Paul Coleman, Clay Crosse, Al Denson, Michael English, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Mercy Me, Ed Nicholson, Not By Sight, David Phelps, Salvador, Chris Rice, Mark Schultz, Smalltown Poets, Michael W. Smith, Solomon's Wish, John David Webster, Shane and Shane, Caedmon's Call, Adam Cunningham, Jason Gay, Derrick Harris, The Kry, Matt Maher, Justin McRoberts, Mitch McVicker, Trevor Morgan, Monk and Neagle, Bebo Norman, Fernando Ortega, Scot Riggan, Chris Stephens, John Witcomb, Jeremy Camp, David Crowder, John Davis, Plumb, Switchfoot, The Waiting, Jake, Phil Joel, Freddie Colloca, Sarah Kelly, Passion, Remedy
Andean Music (Música Ayacuchana): Andean Fusion, Bolivia Manta, Huancara, Illapu, Inkuyo, Inti-Illimani, Itumiray, Kalamarca, Llajtaymanta, Los Incas, Los Kjarkas, Los Kusis de Bolivia, Música de Maestros, Neyza, Quilapayún, Rumillajta, Savia Andina, Sipan, Söar, Sukay, Tupay, Wayanay Inka, William Luna, Max Castro, Antologia, Mac Salvador, Los Apus, Porfilio Ayvar, Hnos. Gaitan Castro, Alborada, Ma Castro, Duo Ayacucho, Damaris, Duo Retama, Lucero del Alba, Pata Amarilla, Yawar
Movies
I am a fan of the Silver Screen, American and Spanish movie classics, Classic Hollywood horror and detective films, Walt Disney Classics, Cartoon Classics, Masterpiece Theatre, Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, Vincent Price, Shirley Temple (yes, shut up!) and Tarzan-Jungle Book movies.
Beautiful Thing, Latter Days, Sphinx, Cold Mountain, Little Ashes, Volver, El Espinazo del Diablo, El Laberinto del Fauno, Gosford Park, The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, A Passage to India, Enchanted April, Death at a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Diary, Moonstruck, Suspect, Sleepy Hollow, Red Dragon, Brother Were Art Thou, The Road to Wellville, The Secret Life of Bees, El Orfanato, The Changeling (1980), The Haunting (1963), The African Queen, All About Eve, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Auntie Mame (Lucille Ball), Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Ghandi, Entertaining Angels, Riding In Cars With Boys, The Prize Winner of Defiance,Ohio, All The King's Men, The Godfather Trilogy, Cold Mountain, The Illusionist, Fargo, An Interview with a Vampire, The Legends of the Fall, Master and Commander, Elizabeth, Maybe-Maybe Not, The Red Violin, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Joan of Arc, Dreamgirls, Bella, All About Eve, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind, Scarlet, Beulah Land, Gone With the Wind, The Laramie Project, V for Vendeta, Austrailia, The Prestige, The Legend of Billy Jean, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, For Keeps, Betsy's Wedding, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, Some Kind of Wonderful, Dirty Dancing, Flash Gordon, Saved, The Mists of Avalon, Author, Sector 9, Stonewall
Directors I like: Pedro Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro, Juan Antonio Bayona, Neil Simon, John Hughs, Tim Burton, Luis Buñuel
Television
I'm usually watching EWTN, Documentaries, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet and of course my telenovelas, lol.
Television classics: The Honeymooner's, I Love Lucy, The Twlight Zone, Dark Shadows, Flash Gordon, The Adventures of Tarzan, The Adventures of the Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Zoro, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Sinbad, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Wonder Woman, All in the Family, Alice, Good Times, The Walton's, Maude, Mary Tyler Moore, Sanford and Son, Laverne and Shirley, Dr. Who, The Facts of Life, The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Cagney and Lacey, McGyver, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Charlie's Angels, Wonder Woman, Partners in Crime, Kate and Allie, Fraiser, Touched by an Angel, The X-Files, China Beach, The Wonder Years, Malcom in the Middle, Quantum Leap, Northern Exposure, Mama's Family, Murder She Wrote, Matlock, Quincy, Barnaby Jones, Perry Mason, Iron Side, Hercules- The Legendary Journeys, Xena- Warrior Princess, StarTrek-TNG, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SGU, Entourage, The Wire, The Soprano's, OZ, Queer As Folk, Rome, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Queer as Folk, Eli Stone, House, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Heros, CSI, Law and Order, The 11th. Hour, Bones, In Plain Sight, The Cleaner, Supernatural, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, House, The Mentalist, Boston Legal, Criminal Minds, NCIS, 24, Damages, Brothers and Sisters, Pushing Dasies, Samantha Who, Cracker, Prime Suspect, Hercule Poirot, Inspector Morse, Miss Marple, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Absolutely Fabulous, Keeping Up Appearances, Adventures of Merlin, Raising the Bar, The Good Wife
Books
The Message Bible, The New Testament, The Gospel of Luke, The New Testament Apocrypha, The Gospel of Marcion, The Nican Mopohua, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, As A Man Thinketh, The Imitation of Christ (De imitatione Christi), The Bhagavad-gita (As It Is), The Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavad Purana), Jesus in the Lotus, The Embankment of Separation, The Diary of Sister Faustina Kowalska, The Alchemist, The Pagan Christ, Blue Like Jazz, Searching For God Knows What, Through Painted Deserts, The Ragamuffin Gospel, The Irresistible Revolution, The Screwtape Letters, Meeting's With Remarkable Men, Man's Search For Meaning, The Celestine Prophecy, The Tenth Insight, The Secret of Shambhala, A New Earth - Awaking Your Life's Purpose, Stillness Speaks, What's So Amazing About Grace, The Rubaiyat, Of Mules and Men, The Divine Horseman, Leaves of Grass, El Crimen del Padre Amaro, The Secret, A Confederacy of Dunces, Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, The Wind in the Willows, Man's Search for Meaning
Agatha Christie Collection, Nancy Drew Collection, The Hardy Boys Collection, Encyclopedia Brown Collection, "The Cat Who" series (Lilian Jackson Braun), Harry Potter, Winnie the Pooh series, The Velveteen Rabbit
Alice Bailey, Edgar Cayce, G.I. Gurdjieff, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner, Paulo Coelho, James Alison, Leon Denis, Camille Flammarion, Ernesto Bozzano, Chico Xavier, Allan Kardec, Divaldo Pereira Franco, Waldo Vieira, Johannes Greber, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Carlos Castaneda, Arthur Conan Doyle, Madame Blavatsky, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhakti Tirtha Swami, Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw, Bertrand Russell, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Agatha Christie, Louis L'Amour, C.S. Louis, T.S. Elliot, Oscar Wilde, Walt Whitman, Edward Bach, Andrew Weil, Gabriel García Márquez, Abraham-Hicks, A. H. Almaas, Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi, Gregg Braden, Carlos Castaneda, Andrew Cohen, Benjamin Creme, Da Free John, Ram Dass, Linda Goodman, Louise L. Hay, Kabir Helminski, Hisham Kabbani, Barry Long, Mary Manin Morrissey, Caroline Myss, Leonard Orr, Johann Quanier, Rajneesh, Carlos Seeker, Michael Sharp, David Spangler, Tiziano Terzani, Neale Donald Walsch, Ken Wilber, Shirley MacLaine, Marianne Williamson, Father Cedric Pisegna, Father Thomas Williams, Father Wade Menezes, Benedict Joseph Groeschel, Wayne Dyer, Fr. Daniel A. Helminiak, Donald Miller, Brennan Manning, James Alison, T.S. Elliot
Heroes
My hero was and forever will be my grandmother. She was my rock and the only person who truly loved me unconditionally and accepted me for who I was without expectation. She ascended on January 10, 2007 and I miss her very much, but I always feel her spirit very close, watching over and guiding me.
The following are not so much heroes to me as they are people I admire, respect and who have inspired me:
St. Joseph, St. Dymphna, St. Dominic, St. Martin de Porres, St. Rose of Lima, St. Juan Macias, Marcion of Sinope, J. I. Wedgwood, Mother Theresa, Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, Richard Rohr, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Gustavo Gutiérrez, Myrtle Fillmore, Mary Baker Eddy, Madame Helena Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, Dr. E.B. Weeks, Corrie ten Boom, Carlos Duarte Costa, St. Vincent de Paul, St. Catherine Of Siena, Fulton J. Sheen, Clarence Darrow, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harvey Milk, Harry Hay, Bishop Melvin E. Wheatley Jr., Fr. Mychal Judge, Meister Eckhart, Thomas Merton, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Brother Lawewnce, Sadhu Sundar Singh, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross), St. Mary Faustina Kowalska, George Fox, Simone Weil, Max Heindel, Richard Simmons, Tammy Faye Bakker, Kathryn Kuhlman, Bede Griffiths, Flower A. Newhouse, Vernon Howard, Anthony de Mello, Thomas Keating, Richard Foster, Paramahansa Yogananda, Therese Neumann, Thomas R. Kelly, Edith Stein, Aimee Semple McPherson, Walter C. Lanyon, Edgar Cayce, Charles Fort, Louis de Montfort, St. Maria Goretti, Peter Chanel, Jean Vanier, Pope John Paul II, Billy Graham, Jimmy and Roselyn Carter, Mother Leafy Anderson, Mother Catherine Seals, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Cardinal Fr. John Henry Newman, Tammy Faye Messner, Rev. Fr. Thomas Berry, Saint Teresa of Ávila, Victor Frankl, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez, Thomas à Kempis, Jean Pierre de Caussade, St. Augustine, Blessed Frederick Ozanam, St. Peter Claver, St. John of the Cross, Saint Albertus Magnus, Sister Maria Restituta, St. Magdalene of Nagasaki, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, George Fox, Fr. Thomas Keating, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Sir John Gielgud, Blessed André Bessette
Clubs: Chorus and Ensemble, Academic Games Team, Excalibur National Honor Society for Science, Student Ministry, Best Buddies, Key Club, Backgammon Club
1985 to 1990
Companies
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Lima, PE
R.N.
2007 - present
N.O. AIDS Taskforce
New Orleans, Louisiana US
R.N.
2003 - 2005
Covenant House
New Orleans, Louisiana US
R.N.
2001 - 2003
St. Joseph's Hospice
New Orleans, Louisiana US
Caregiver
1998-2001
NOLA Gay and Lesbian Youth Center
New Orleans, Louisiana US
Volunteer
1996-1998
Blurbs
About me:
Hi, I'm Miguel-José (aka "Acorn"). I am 36 years old and I live in Lima, Perú with my husband-soulmate, Maurizio (aka "Monk"). I am originally from New Orleans (Delacroix Island), Louisiana and of Isleño descent (Canarian Spainish). I'm a R.N. (Public Health) with the International Red Cross (ICRC) currently working throughout Central and South America.
I'm an amateur-hobbyist beekeeper and science nerd. I like being outdoors in nature, hiking, camping, exploring old roads, jungles and rainforests, thunderstorms, frogs and pelicans (my totem animals), the smell of fresh coffee, hot cinnamon rolls and snuggling under the covers in cold weather. I enjoy cooking, reading, crocheting, playing backgammon and listening to Nueva Canción, Early Jazz-Blues and Southern Rock.
I'm a proud gay Independent Catholic and "Energy Worker", a student-practitioner of Curanderismo, Naturopathic Medicine and Kundalini Yoga.
My SPIRITUALITY and PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with our Lord and Lady and the ONE - the Universe, is very important to me and is a big part of who I am.
I'm a recovering drug addict trying my best to stay clean - by the grace of God, taking it moment by moment - step by step - one foot in front of the other, living one day at a time.
I am 100% Cancer - Spiritual, Emotional and Loving, Intuitive and Imaginative, Shrewd, Cautious, Protective and Sympathetic, Changeable, Moody, Introverted, Over-emotional and Touchy, Extremly Sensitve and Easily Hurt, Easy to forgive but never forgets, Obsessive, Possessive, Clinging and unable to let go, Adaptable, Loyal, Attached to family and loved ones, Empathetic, Reliable, Sincere, Dedicated, Insecure, Needs constant support and encouragement, Caregiver, Always wants to feel needed and loved and needs to love and comfort others in return more than anything else.
"We are not human-beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
"We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe encompasses us. What does it matter what practicle system we adopt in our search for truth? Not by one avenue alone can we arrive at so tremendous a secret."
-Symmachus, 384 B.C.E.
"Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law."
-Boethius, 524 A.D.
"Life is a series of moments. The more I give myself permission to live in the moment and enjoy it without feeling guilty or judgement about anyone or anything, the better I feel about the quality of my life. Live the moment!" -Dr. Wayne Dyer
"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." -1 Corinithians 13
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Who I'd like to meet:
I'm only on MySpace. I don't do Facebook and Twitter - that's for a different generation and type of personality, so this is where you'll find me in most of my free time. Most of what's in my blog are bits of this and that, which I've found here and there, on the internet, in books, magazines or other outlets - they're things that are interesting to me and have decided to use my blog as a storage system to keep them all in one place, so feel free to re-post what you like and pass it on. I've included the original sources when I could. Unless stated by me, I don't claim to be the author of any of it. I'm just keeping the chi flowin'.
I'm pretty selective about my friends, so please don't take it personal if you send me a friend request and I deny it, it's just apples and oranges, that's all.
I'd like to meet people who are chill and open minded but also morally and ethically conscious, spiritual, unique, who have knowledge, depth and substance, a decent level of intelligence and who can speak on a variety of topics and issues. I have very little patience for ignorance, self-righteousness, egotism, stupidity and incompetence. USE YOUR BRAIN AND THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!
Never be content with someone else's definition of you. Instead, define yourself by your own beliefs, your own truths, your own understanding of who you are and how you came to be, and never be content until you are happy with the unique person you are!
And another thing... if you want to be my friend cool, let's be friends, but don't use me as just another number in your "friends" collection or to use me to send apps to. Unlike some people here, I like to be in contact and talk with my friends. I go through my friends list once a month and clear it out and if I haven't heard anything from you in atleast a month then you're just taking up valuable realestate on my space and you have to go becasue I don't need you - for me quality is much more important then quanity. If you want to be friends then you'll understand this, but if it pisses you off then you're not the kind of person I want to be friends with anyway so let's not waste either of our time. Cheers.
As a natural empath I am extremely sensitive to the vibrational energies of others and my surroundings. I try my very best to stay clear and as far away as possible from negative people and situations, so if you are one of those people, I wish you love and light but please respect my boundaries and my space.
Miguel good evening to you my friend. Hope your doing well. Planning a Garage sale for Saturday. Hope it does not rain though. How are you. I hope your enjoying your day. Peace. abel
luv Tigger-and I am a paranormal romance junkie. Smut romance at it's best. LOL Heaven forbid I read anything that might actually be insightful or educational. Reading Christine Feehan's-Street Game-another in her Ghostwalker series. Nighty night honey. BB
Hi Miguel yes I walk my dog as well but I started walking myself about 3 months ago its winter here though but still in the summer I go early about 6 am even now I go early as well. gives you energy. Plus I could use to loose a few pounds. Hope all is well love abel
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