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  • 27 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, German; learning French, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • observing the beauty of life, keep changing
  • Musictherapist (BA)
  • From Baden-Baden
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

getting higher and higher

ABOUT ME

I try to keep it as simple as it can be, as this life is complex enough.
I found myself living a more and more alternative life than everybody else. Thinking of myself as the most normal person on earth, i feel like an alien.

Some facts:
I dont eat animal products
I try to eat raw food
I dont use soap, shampoo or toothpaste
I walk barefoot
I try not to go shopping
I hardly use money as i can avoid it
I dont watch TV
I travel for free
I dont take planes
I dont drink coffee or alcohol
I dont smoke
I dont stick to rules
I dont like this list and talking about myself
I do more than i dont
I like to play every instrument and toy i find
I like to express myself through music, movement and art
I love people

What brought me here was basically simple logic, thinking and a good portion of empathy. Taking my responsibility for results of my actions. And some great boards here on couchsurfing have changed my life! (Check out Alternative Ways of Living and Consuming)
I was thinking about the sense of life since i can think. I came upon quite some interesting ideas :D

I enjoy every day very much and i like to share my happiness. Lets dance together!

PHILOSOPHY

Yeah, maybe i write one or more books about this one day..
I would agree on sufism, buddhism, hinduism, yoga, the idea of the bible and quran, some theosophy and even spare esotherics.. its all based on the same experience you know, and i have my own..

While thinking and studying, I "remembered" a lot of mysticism, magick and the counsciousness along my way to understand how everything works. I am quite there, but still here, so i can talk to you.

Ah yeah basically i can turn it down to everybody creates his own reality. But all is one.

Did i mention the tantra?

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

This site and idea is part of my life. I try to do the very same. Connecting to other people, making strangers friends, share parts of our lifes, and helping the world become a better place. Spread the virus of kindness!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I think this is so natural, hosting good, like minded people. Normaly there is a friendship before, but thanks to this platform, it can be the otherway round!
Had a great time travelling 2 months in eastern Canada already, thanks to this wonderfull idea.
Actually i have stayed at more houses of the rides that took me hitchiking..
Also I hosted and made friends with some really nice people in Berlin, and i can say they became part of my path in life and i am very thankful for that.

Interests

listen to my music --->Arnology on myspace

This was my latest band project, improvising on Stage without rehearsal ---> Aether Exploration

Arts -> MUSIC, spirituality, science, humans, nature, life, consciousness and all the famous miracles that come along or are made possible by the wonder of LIFE!
Cooking and eating for example!
Fire juggling (contact, double staff, poi, hoola hoop, swords) juggling without fire (contact, 4 balls, clubs), acrobatics (partner, vertical tissue), capoeira, dancing (contact improvisation, funk styles)
i used to skateboard, now its broken
snowboarding, surfing (best thing on earth! yes!)
polyamory, open relationships
Can you be interested in love here? Well no, how does that sound.. fuck it, i love love!

  • animals
  • arts
  • books
  • design
  • dancing
  • capoeira
  • dining
  • cooking
  • coffee
  • raw food
  • yoga
  • drinking
  • clubbing
  • shopping
  • tv
  • traveling
  • juggling
  • music
  • surfing
  • snowboarding
  • skateboarding
  • buddhist
  • logic
  • science

Music, Movies, and Books

Any REAL good stuff (to me), disregarding genres.
Too much to list!
Theres always the right music for the situation..
Here you can see what i listen to:
http://www.last.fm/user/arnology
I love art and creative human expressions.
Its all about the eternal reflection, you know-
And yeah mostly i can just play myself what i want to hear, isn't that great :D
But i am also quite "anspruchsvoll" {=ambitious, sophisticated, discriminating [yes, i like german (and maths)]}, so thats why i still have to practice a lot.
For books, i have always read alot, because im so interested and it feels like i have no limitations absorbing information.
But when i read prosa it feels like i am wasting my time, although i like parables and space to interpret, multidimensional meanings and especially words.. ok i should read more!
I'm slowly shifting to the creating side, leaving behind my adolescence of consumership.
Still i like lots of music: Incubus, Björk, Essbjörn Svensson Trio, Rage Against the Machine, Jamiroquai, Seeed and Future Sounds of Jazz7,8,9 are my all time favorites.

So these are quite popular right, but i think it is mainly because it is just good music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Man..
ok, the last most amazing thing i saw, was two roman snails making tenderly love for an hour!

Teach, Learn, Share

i gave birth to an online platform for this.
ecobasa.org
Its a social network for alternative ways of living. Check it out, save the world!

In the process i learned a lot about corporate design, webdesign, programming, server administration, and project management.

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mental, conciousness, science, spirituality, energies, levels, skills, experience, exchange. Thats why we're here, right? The natural way of developing on the post evolutionary, cultural meta level.
As soon as we meet, things start to flow in the right way if they may. It's just like electricity, from - to +

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Finland, France, Mexico

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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