you actually are "DARE" (DAvidRefinedEnigma)

my dear friend, I just decided to rename you: you actually are "DARE" (DAvidRefinedEnigma) .. 

This fits you perfectly, cause you dare: 

1. all things;

2. ie.,. the impossible; 

3) to do s.th 

and - last but not least: you accept a dare (like ME*)! 

Therefore, aka?  .. chaka (remember chaka khan?!).. sp? dl ... hl... mean=?  

I don´t need to understand every Hippilou term - what counts is that I understand YOU. 

A big hug over the great divide, T.

Hmmm, well Hallmark was once famously the company that never fired or layed anyone off, ever. Then along came the Internet, and now they do that (and are struggling). There is such a thing as an e-Chapbook, but it is simply another name for a blog article.

Have you considered using Createspace to create free or $0.99 Kindle books on Amazon instead? They would probably have much greater impact, and you would get statistics on how well your mini-books are doing compared to other mini-books on Amazon. So you could measure your impact.

Have you considered writing chapbooks or e-chapbooks on economics or statistics themes instead? This is the Dilbert theory (the author of Dilbert espoused at point on career success). Lots of chapbook writers out there, lots of folk musicians out there, but very few good folk musicians who are also good economists, etc., So you should combine the two....

So can you do a chapbook or e-chapbook on economics themes? Statistics themes?

David and I are very different individuals with respect to our personalities, character traits, values, and behavior.  I will never be like David and he will never be like me.  However, despite our vast differences, I love David, as he is my brother, and I have no reason to doubt that he loves me.  When he wishes to talk to me, he calls and when I wish to talk to him, I call.  I have seen him when I am in New York City and he has visited me when he is in Washington, D.C.

I am not sure what "reconcile" and "heal" mean to you.  If they mean that I adopt David's views, values, and traits and start acting like him, that won't happen just as David will never adopt my views, values, and traits and act like me.

Glad things went well with your family.
Take care of yourself.
Hope that you get better HDL.
Either leave the galaxy or put your feet back on Earth's ground.
Orbiting is just redundant.

Thank you so much for this link! I had a wonderful time with you! I think you are so brave to live your life on your terms. I've always said that we all know the answers to our questions, it's just that they always inconvenience everyone around around us. Best wishes on your journey and please keep in touch,

You look to be a very silly and gregarious nan!!

Lovey, I'm very proud of you. You took a chance and did something you wanted to do. Keep on being your beautiful self. With love, dad

Thanks bully man bully

I barely touched the surface on who to thank.

I addressed this note to you two because I know you were the lead conspirators in my surprise. I have to tell you how unbelievably surprised I was. I'm still speechless as I'm having a hard time finding the words to write my feelings. What an effort that was made for me. I can't get over how you kept the secret so well.

I have to thank everyone involved in presence and in heart.

Hippie Lou and Ed's expressions of gratitude towards me affirmed why the clinic holds such an important place in my soul. It's a place of safety and healing.

I barely touched the surface on who to thank.

Thank you, thank you so so very much,

That will help me gather my thoughts.

Hippie, can I ask you for some important advice?

Of course my brother experience

I sort of have a unique opportunity. My job has the potential to change the world, and offer some aspect of financial security and future. And our friend in NC has offered I go work with him at the hostel he is at, which would mean giving up pretty much my entire life to take a chance at becoming a writer and a traveler with nothing but a pair of boots and a pen. And I'm at a crossroads.

Crossroads are my specialty experience. :-) Let's meet and talk at your earliest convenience experience!

I'd appreciate that Lou

I may be getting a copy of Walt Whitman later, downtown. Thursday I leave for Paris

Sure, just buzz me when you're downtown, happy to meet.

Will do Running to bookshop, then checking if playwright friend is at Karma for his opinion as well

Ok...I'm at the apt.

Do you mind if I postpone til my return from Paris, Lou? That will help me gather my thoughts. Also, there is a music box shop in Paris. Would you like one?

No problem whatsoever, i/e. I'm flattered and honored that you would think of me at such a momentous occasion. :-) Music box would be wonderful, but wouldn't want it to be an imposition. :-)

Well, it's a big decision. And I want to make sure that I make the right one. You're one of the sages, O/E. If I can remember where the shop is, I will try to find one that suits you.

That's wonderful experience :-) and thank you for your kind words. I live for moments like this and for people like you experience! :-)

Well we're all just trying to be good people Lou. If you look up good people in the dictionary, maybe there's a picture of us. But it might not be in an English dictionary...

Maybe it would be the Experience dictionary :-)

Of the Peripatetic Schuul Or the Peripatetic Skull, for that matter

Love it experience!

So yesterday I went out on a date with this nice Jewish guy that I met at the hospital he's a police officer he's super nice. So we went out to downtown Annapolis we sat down at a restraint and are some food talked stuff like that then we walked around he got ice cream and then I drove to his house parked my car at his house and then we went to the mall in his car and then we walked around we were even holding hands !!! And stuff like that so when we got back from the mall I went home and he went in his house and when I got home I text him and was like what are you looking for ? And he was like to be honest idk. What does that mean ????

My man, there’s no overdue in this world, at least not between buddies. I’m just happy to hear from you. This is going to sound very Holden Caulfield, but: You’re the least phony person I know. Old old friends have started using fake words in conversations. Any mention of KPIs among pals is far sadder than a man taking his time in replying to an email.

It came to you instinctively.

Madhukari is an ancient Indian tradition of collecting alms from householders by Sanyasins. Let me explain the origin of the word and why it is termed as Madhukari.

The Honeybee

What does a honeybee do? It collects honey and stores it in a Beehive.

Note that the honeybee does not extract the entire nectar from a flower. The honeybee is an intelligent specie, it knows that if today it extracts the entire nectar from a flower, tomorrow it won’t get any more. The honey bee hops from one flower to another and suck nectar and other essential ingredients. The honey bee processes these natural nectar and converts it into honey, which is then stored in the Bee hive.

The honey bee stores its food for a rainy day. Bees produce honey as food stores for the hive during long months of winter when flowers aren’t blooming and therefore little or no nectar is available to them.

What is Madhukari?

Madhukari is an Indian tradition which encourages a monk to live life like a Honey bee does.

The monk is encouraged to beg for his own food by visiting different families door to door. The monk must beg for his food and be dependent on the generosity of the householder. At the same time, the monk must not suck the entire nectar, he must not demand too much from any house. He should fulfil his need for food by taking as little alms as possible and by begging from one door to another.

This particular mode of bheeksha is called Madhukari, collecting food and only food like a bee which goes from flower to flower and putting it all together for future use. It is the duty of a householder to offer food to the needy and only after he has offered his “Madhukar”, he should feed himself and his family members. Alas, these principles have been long forgotten and people don’t respect it anymore.

What’s the Purpose behind Madhukari?

When a person enters “Parivrajaka”, the final stage of life, he is supposed to live the life of a “Madhukar”.

This is the stage when the man must free himself from all needs. He must free himself from material needs of property and money. He must free himself from emotional needs of relationships, family and belonging. He must free himself and wander about in search of eternal truth. He must fulfil his need of food by collecting it from a householder and showering him his blessings and wisdom.

Parivrajakacharya – Parivrajaka + Acharya – a wandering teacher, the ultimate journey of a man.

___________

Hippie Lou, this is very interesting. You have been practicing Madhukari not knowing that you were doing so. It came to you instinctively. Not a bumblebee but a honeybee, you are nourished by those you meet and touch with your stories... beautiful.

rekindling

Hi Hippie Lou,

What kismet that we bumped into each other three weeks ago! Thank you again for your original zine.

How have you been? Let me know when's a good time to get coffee at Jivamuktea Cafe.

Speak soon!

Warmly,

you can breathe.

i realized the problem
was not with me and my thinking
but with the architecture of the world

i was seeking free space
in the broadest sense
across all dimensions
where we could all flourish

i set off searching for that space
and if it could not be found
whether it could be created
in my mind's eye
and by my behavior

watching the trail of crumbs
i had left behind

organizing those crumbs
looking at the trail
the detours
the shifts

seeing what i moved towards
and what i moved away from
see who moved towards me
who moved away

to see what happened
and wonder why

to reveal by
revealed preference

energy flows
motivations
preferences
endowments
technology

and to use that information

to see if an alternative pocket
an alternative fold
could somehow be built

inside the skin of our world

you have constructed
a pocket for yourself

you can breathe

you can breathe

you can breathe

you can breathe.

i realized the problem
was not with me and my thinking
but with the architecture of the world

i was seeking free space
in the broadest sense
across all dimensions
where we could all flourish

i set off searching for that space
and if it could not be found
whether it could be created
in my mind's eye
and by my behavior

watching the trail of crumbs
i had left behind

organizing those crumbs
looking at the trail
the detours
the shifts

seeing what i moved towards
and what i moved away from
see who moved towards me
who moved away

to see what happened
and wonder why

to reveal by
revealed preference

energy flows
motivations
preferences
endowments
technology

and to use that information

to see if an alternative pocket
an alternative fold
could somehow be built

inside the skin of our world

you have constructed
a pocket for yourself

you can breathe

you can breathe

you can breathe

cooking up something good.

Hey Hippie-

Looks like you are cooking up something good, but you're gonna have to explain. Not sure what I'm looking at in the pictures. Is it a pen pal thing?

Hope you are doing well!!

✌🏼️,
M

Teyze says "hello" back to you. I told her about your performance today and she said "tell him to continue doing it. 👍👍👍

This is now only of historical interest but I wanted you to read my sentiment

You can call whenever. You were tremendously generous with your counsel and I know you wanted the same from me

So i noticed you blocked me from your Facebook?

Not sure who this is but no, I didn't block anyone...facebook locked me out of my account

Its me, from the cemetery, and i understand now, and i say...FUCK FACEBOOK😆...Thanks for gettin'back to me Lou👍😊

I'm taking love back to the streets, where it belongs. :-)

You know what time it is, brother. :-)

Yes i do👍😉✌PEACE&LOVE, Brother Lou😊

So i noticed you blocked me from your Facebook?

Not sure who this is but no, I didn't block anyone...facebook locked me out of my account

Its me, from the cemetery, and i understand now, and i say...FUCK FACEBOOK😆...Thanks for gettin'back to me Lou👍😊

I'm taking love back to the streets, where it belongs. :-)

You know what time it is, brother. :-)

Yes i do👍😉✌PEACE&LOVE, Brother Lou😊

dearest Mr. Hip -

        Summer greetings to you and yours. i
hope you are taking full advantage of this
magnificent season. Use it to project your
message of thought, love and hope across the
urban landscape which is truly your turf,
as they say.  (all those urban 'scapers, they).

just to let you know .... when you come to the shop for the first time ...you ask me if i have prince records ...any record from him....that was your first words...

Hey Hippie Louis :) are you free tomorrow for coffee? I'll be in nyc til next Tuesday and would love to see you

Writing With Ur Pen
Ur demeanor extremely calm
Ur aurora exudes peace
U are revealing "ask me anything" but cautious & withholding  ( is ur name lou )
What was ur prior occupation that made you feel souless/without purpose
I desire to manufacture the calmness my body felt when I was in ur company  (to those who are anxious
to those who are negotiating
-from divorcing spouses  to world leaders)
A dose of HL could lead to a peaceful outcome

Hippie! Great to see you. And to hear you! You're an inspirational speaker! Yes. U r superlative @ giving talks and also @ interviewing (for example, with Steve). I'd like to have coffee w/you in around 2-3 weeks. We have a lot to say. You're the best.

You are way to busy for a Hippie.

Lol!! Funniest thing I heard all day :-)

Hippie, oh you are too nice!
I'm glad she likes the camera;)
You are such a sweet person; and you have a great energy!
I had a cranky morning, so it's nice that you gave me good vibe!🏻
Thanks for that!
Have a wonderful day

I don't know anyone who works at a T-Mobile but wanted to reach out because ur look changed from conservative to more bohemian. Despite the contrast what exudes is a lightness & kind nature.

Thanks so much David/hippie lou! I enjoyed our conversation as well. I'm inspired and moved by your journey. Let's get together again in a few weeks and check in! Meanwhile- yoga! movement! dance! How bout it?!

Yesterday - 9:16pm
Yes! Yes! And more yes!!​

Finally got a chance to sit down and read an essay by Hippie Lou regarding coffee shops. We sat down last week and chatted - it had been too long since our last visit - we chatted about dreams, the present, future, perspectives, friends, family and coffee shops.

A coffee shop is a place where you can meet old friends, new friends, see new ideas, think, talk understand. Coffee shops are places where anyone can come in and it feels as a place of comfort to them. It is a special place.

"Here's to sacred places, to free spaces!"

It was great having lunch with you today. So much fun. You know, it occurs to me, whenever I think of genuine love, the possibility of prison always comes to mind. Funny eh?

So good to run into you yesterday!! I'm only at work until 11 today, so no worries if that doesn't work out, but I would love to catch up again soon!

You have certainly been there for me.
It's like you were already out the other side of the journey I was traveling, guiding me through it with retrospective wisdom.

you should find a philosophy residency. somewhere that sets you up to just think

Lou-Man!! You're the bomb-dig! Couldn't have spoken that truth w/o ya and if you weren't included I wouldn't have been able to chat w/ a cat named Simone and helped her out too. I think about your "stevie sara ain't takin no shit" all the time hahahahaha. Keep on keepin on, brother! x

Ken, introducing you to Phil. He may be swinging to NYC and was interested in street performance/busking. I know you're the best to talk to in that respect. Also, alerting Osmotic Experience (Hippie)

thanks man
thats much appreciate it
i still have no idea how you live man.
i don't know where you sleep and how you manage everyday to get by without working.
i think its admirable

if anyone can help Newton, is you, Hippie Lou. you have the mind and the heart :)

Well thank you for saying that...I hope to be worthy of your confidence. :)

I know you ARE :)

fyi...i'm now tied with the cup of oatmeal and narrowly edging out the coffee machine :)

slow and steady wins the race
you should jot down your thoughts on competition with oatmeal and a machine

for the next nyc time capsule?

maybe. i was thinking more for talking points so in the future when it comes up in conversations, you can really remember your thoughts on it. or when something related comes up and your blend it into the conversation then you'll be able to reference it then

Hottie
Unlike · Reply · 1 · February 9 at 10:29am

freddie mercury
Unlike · Reply · 1 · February 9 at 1:00pm

Great pic
Unlike · Reply · 1 · February 9 at 10:51pm

What's up handsome always profiling
Unlike · Reply · 1 · February 9 at 11:31pm

This is by far... my most favorite photo of you!!!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · February 10 at 6:46pm

You are ooooozing with the COOL factor in this photo...
Like · Reply · 1 · 18 hrs

hippie lou,
it's amazing to hear from you. i'm sorry for the delay in my reply... unfortunately, i gotta make this email quick - i've been/am in rehab right now and they're letting me use the computer to check all my F'ing bills..since i spent all my money on, well, bad things.
i'm truly hoping that yr well, and if not, that's ok, too : )  please feel free to let me know.. i'd love to know.. will reply when i can.
and just so you know, i think of you regularly.
with love and kindness,

I can testify that Lou is a treat to converse with and share coffee time. He is witty, thoughtful and smart. A conversation with Lou always steers my morning in the right direction.

[2/6/16, 4:36:01 PM]: Hi there :-)
[2/6/16, 4:36:27 PM]: this is REALLY !!' sic!!!
[2/6/16, 4:38:28 PM]: coincidence....as I thought about you this morning after a more or less sleep less night with heavy, and senseless verbal exchanges with my boyfriend on Skype ....
[2/6/16, 4:40:48 PM]: don't know what exactly made ne think of you and our talks at that moment....
How are you? ??? Are you still in NYC....putting a smile of ppl's faces eg., ....by playing music? ??

Good morning Hippie Lou!!!
Thank you for making me feel sooo safe in your company!!!  Im sorry that I fell asleep.... you are probably right about the jet lag factor... Lol!!!
Im sooo glad we had enough time to have a meaningful conversation for a while... Have an AMAZING day!!! I hope to see you again soon... at MM

I do accept that your gifts can turn pathologic in a sick culture.

I didn't do anything. It just happened.

The owner at our local coffee shop said "coffee's on me" this morning! :-)

OMG! How do you do it?

I didn't do anything. It just happened.

quite the moment...Dave, Wayne, and now Damian have left the building.  hope all is well with you and the family.  with kind regards, the good dr.
9:33 PM

Dearest Hippie - I have thought of you intermittently throughout these years. I cannot believe our paths have not crossed in all this time. Criminal! Indeed the end of an epoch is upon us; where do I now look for my north star? I must look within. I will find you when I am next in Manhattan, hippie. First skinny cap is on me.
11:14 PM

dearest , i had to set sail from the corporate world to even have a chance at finding my poetic voice. you, however, can walk in both worlds simultaneously.  your message is pure poetry. with the utmost respect and admiration, the good hippie
Today

hello hippie lou,

I wanted to share this fun + inspiring video with you, because I think that you certainly are a hero in my and many people's lives. I hope this video puts a smile on your face, too!

Something amusing, Lou: As of yesterday, my profile info still said you and I are engaged. I changed it and FB have me the option of "seeing less" of your posts. Hah. Breaking up is hard to do.

Dave - unbelievably, today our daughters ran into each other at Trader Joe's in Arlington VA.

I think Eden Bee is on to something. Haven't seen tree man in quite a while. But I did see Hippie Lou..he got his own website now.

JUNE 30, 2013 AT 6:38 PM

this is so so sweet of you to take the time out of your busy schedule to provide these detailed instructions.  and also the notice re our friend's doctor.  wishing you safe travels in Haiti and hope you won't mind if we stay in touch via email.

with love, hippie lou

Of course! just got your email to Bob - excellently worded! I agree whole-heartedly with everything you said - please keep me informed if there's anything/what I can do. I can't provide much in terms of monetary support at the moment (unfortunately, I did not win the lottery this past week) but I'm really great at researching things and whatnot.

much love

no problem, i completely understand.  i was hit by a couple of things early in the week that knocked me out for a couple of days.  i'd love to come tonight...i'll see what happens...right now i don't have subway fare but i might run into someone who will lend me their 30 day card...
thanks for thinking of me...i don't mind the last minute at all

Oh dear. Are you okay?
No pressure. I understand.

yeah sure i'm fine, fully recovered
thanks for asking
so i'm probably a long shot for tonight we never know. :)

Okay. I would meet you in Manhattan and lend you my metrocard and we could go together but I'm in jersey city heading into Brooklyn

no problem...wouldn't want you to go to the trouble
really appreciate your consideration :)
do you go there every saturday night?

Always have your back my kind friend. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. But anything I can do, I will.

you're so sweet.

It's his first at this place and may be getting a bi- monthly gig. I'll let you know though
Could be weekly

i always seem to figure things out with a little help from my friends. :)
sweetness
because if i have a little advance notice i can always try to set aside a few acorns

Well, you have a sweet, kind soul so goodness inevitably comes to you.

well i'm not sure its true but very nice of you to say
*it's*
your soul is sweet and kind and awesome as well :)

David and I are very different individuals with respect to our personalities, character traits, values, and behavior.  I will never be like David and he will never be like me.

I am not sure what "reconcile" and "heal" mean to you.  If they mean that I adopt David's views, values, and traits and start acting like him, that won't happen just as David will never adopt my views, values, and traits and act like me.

Friends with Hippie Lou it is not only coffee and walk - it is life enhancing experience - hash tag with modern urban Socrates !

Hey Hippie Lou,

First off - thanks for being my first email to my new business!!

I love this! Thank you so much for sharing such an inspirational story. I totally agree you take one step and you do something and sometimes you don't know why you are doing it, but then one day you look back and think man I'm glad I did that thing it is really paying off right about now!

I don't know why I ended up working at the place where we met - there was no rhyme or reason to it at the time, but the people (including you) I've met there alone have made the experience so worthwhile. I've learned so much in such a short time about running a business and watching others work on their startups has really inspired me for my own. I think to myself-  if all of these people around me can do it- so can I. That is what I have loved most about my time there.

Have a great weekend!

Best,


hi,

it's a real privilege to be first in your inbox!  i am humbled that you trust me and (perhaps) value my input.  it is always available to you, standing offer for coffee and a chat (see attached).

in fact, you have inspired me - seeing you start your own endeavor has awakened the desire in me to perhaps go in a similar direction. :)

wishing you all the best, hippie lou

OE I'm going to work!

In real you're some kind of Punkrocker, aren't you? And also philosoph, of course...

what is this man thinking?? "The next long fly ball is mine!" or "Anyone who jumps out of the ivory tower lands in my lap" or "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" or...

hippie lou, i saw the silly photo of you wearing your blue brain shirt! how long ago was that photo taken? :D

May 12, 2013

wow, got it! :)

Thank you for noticing and thank you for enjoying it!

i like your facial expression in that photo, it made me laugh! thank you for sharing it! :)

sure! i give the thanks to you too! :)

And thanks to the photographer, who captured the moment :-)

ahahah! that's awesome that she captured the moment! yes, thanks to her too! :)

quarters flying into the steel machine
swishing swashing
knuffle bunnies
do you eat sour patch kids while doing laundry
or do you just watch the clothes spin and imagine all the lives you've had before being hippie lou

Not sure what going on in New York City Dave but you know we can used the help and I'm not getting the help from you. Like to know why ?

Do you mean financial help?

That is correct. It not like you to not help

Very nice thing of you to say. :-) I try to be helpful in whatever way I can. When I was in the world of money, money was one of the things I could be helpful with. I'm not in that world at the moment, so it's not one of the things I can be helpful with. Still can and try to be helpful though. :-)

Ok thanks I didn't turn my back on you because you was sick or anything else. Want you to know I wanted to be there. What every reason you didn't want me there for you. I don't understand that but I respect that.

Yes I know that you didn't turn your back on me and that you tried to help me out. And I appreciate that. I didn't really know what was going on at the time and it took me a long time to figure it out.

Cool