Originally published at Apollo Lemmon. Please leave any comments there.
What qualities do you look for in a friend?
Kindness, understanding, energy, joyfulness, depth, creativity and soulfulness are gems when they can be found in friends. I prefer friends who are active in our relationship but also unfazed if demands in our lives keep us out of touch for a time. I love to be challenged by friends who seek wisdom and knowledge and are evolving. But what most thrills me in a friendship is the ease of understanding, the mutual passion and spark of mystery that collide in the best moments with friends.
Pause for a moment, and write a haiku about what’s around you.
Dim lit sanctity,
cathode glow and headphone hum,
simple connectivity.
If you could design a religion, what would it look like?
As a foundation, I would set the religion in a framework that could include as much of our knowledge as possible, especially embracing developmentalism so that the religion could be a home for every station of life, from the prerational to the transrational. Mysticism would be central, as would an embrace of technology and health in all dimensions of our being. Evolution and involution would be fully embraced and give flavour to the lives of the religion’s participants throughout their development.
What qualities do you seek in a partner?
Kindness, an embrace of the Beautiful, the Good and the True, intelligence, joyfulness and presence are all very important to me in a partner. But the most important trait in a partner is engagement in evolution. To be in mutual growth and mutual challenging is vital for a romantic relationship to flourish over time, I believe. I wouldn’t want a partner who wouldn’t be able to join me on any step of the path before me and I wouldn’t want a partner who wouldn’t push me beyond every limit I have as she expanded her own boundaries.