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Overview

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  • Fluent in Dutch, English; learning French, German
  • 44, Male
  • Member since 2006
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to drink the cup of life till it's full of emptiness:)

Interests

it's a bit fuzzy right now

  • drinking

Music, Movies, and Books

books:
The scriptures which came from the Mind and Life conferences, dialogue between science, buddhism and philosophy: Fransisco Valera, Paul ricard, Daniel Goleman, Tenzin Gyatso, Richard Davidson, Alan Wallace... and what they wrote besides that.. those i read, and those i am eager to read:) especially the one on 'destructive emotions' i found interesting.

'Social intelligence' by Daniel Goleman
'The long sutra's of Buddha Sakyamuni.'
'Buddhism for every day' and 'Dzogchen' by H.H. the dalai lama'
'The small history of life.'
'almost like a whale', by Steve Jones (a rewrite of 'the origin of species', mixed with modern developments of biology)

movies: Pi; Existenz; Eutopia; Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (by Pasolini); 24; Witse(very fine flemish police serie); A clockwork Orange; Braindead; Lord of the Rings, all David lynch movies; 'Runaway' and 'the day i will never forget' (by Kim Longinotto); The cup; Milarepa; Travelers and magicians; Summer, winter, spring and summer; the Bow; Dolls and off course the wonderfully poetic movie: Amélie Poulain.

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