I am a lifelong student of what it means to be human. My studies have taught me a great deal more than most of us know about humanity as it pertains to both individuals and societies. I've an insatiable learning habit that has broight me upward of 30 years of higher education in Humanities, the Arts, Spiritual Knowledge and Social Sciences. Although I have done what I need to do to survive in a money driven market, I have always attempted to negotiate life with an altruistic viewpoint, choosing principles before personalities. This makeup of my personal qualities has led me to develop a rare outlook on life and even caused me to awaken into my full human potential as an enlightened being.

I have become ordained as an interfaith minister in order to help people in their lives, regardless of faith. I have become an independent social worker in order to help people directly without having my hands tied by the protocols of any one agency or hierarchy. I am keenly interested in our individual and collective spirituality more than any one philosophy or religion, because it is my belief that we are all spiritual beings and require noirishment of our spirit as much as we require food and water and shelter to thrive. Is my believe that many illnesses can be overcome if we learn to balance our wellness by providing for all of our needs together in a holistic approach. One of the reasons I have become a minister is to help fill a needed niche since so many of us specialize in filling services that are material or intellectual in nature.

I practice altruism as my foremost world view. In these troubling times, my view can be challenged on a daily basis, which enables me to continue to grow and have hope even in times of hopelessness. I come from a history great personal suffering and from this have always used hard times as an opportunity to better myself and strengthen my skills in helping others. I have learned so much in my life, that I feel a duty to give some of this away to other people who still suffer. Make no mistake about it, suffering is a part of life, and in order to find happiness we must learn some of the skills and viewpoints that allow us to move forward in life to maintain hope and goodwill. Is my belief that hell is to be found on earth in the form of hopelessness and resentment. I aim to give my services here on Simi to help my fellows both attain a brighter world view and grow toward the wonder of enlightenment.

In the story Plato's allegory of the cave, I am the man that was cut free and led out into the light. I have been blessed with the ability to discard some of my self-defeating human agreements that most of us struggle through, and I have come back into the cave to do whatever I can to free the rest of us! To this end, I work on a daily basis to attain and uphold the Bodhisattva vow (c.f. Mahayana philosophy) which I have taken as best that I understand such.

May all beings find fulfillment and happiness!
Much love,
Beacon