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    Holy crap I saw your profile pic of Ingmar Bergman - it's so cool! Bergman's amazing - wild strawberries is the greatest movie ever made imo

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    Hi Man, sorry i didn't get back as not been on here for yonks. I'm good, lifes improving so i'm trying to embrace it and go with the flow you know. It is a great song isn't it, did it work on the electric?
    I have been a bit lazy with learning new stuff, my technique has really improved so
    im looking to try and take it up a level and maybe get lessons.
    Hows life and the guitar going with you mate?

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    I see you're cinemaddict and I can recommend to you the most popular comedies directed by Gaidai.
    Operation Y and other Shurik's adventures http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjG-LTi0BuI&wide=1
    A she-prisoner of the Caucasus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDY1qHxKYs&wide=1
    Ivan Vassilyevich changes occupation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuYu9VvvD4w&wide=1
    The Diamond arm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjlNAWZ4dVQ&wide=1

    Moonshiners (short film and there doesn't speak) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ModwjshMrQ8

    This comedies are very popular here. Everyone loves them. But interesting to know for me..Can Americans understand Russian humor?

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    Hello! I'm not a movie buff like you. I see you know the Soviet cinema as I do, maybe better. Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Bondarchuk and Gaidai are the greatest directors. Yes I like Eisenstein, but I have seen only Ivan the Terrible, Alexander Nevsky and The Battleship Potemkin. Of movies directed by Bondarchuk I like about the World War II: They fought for their country and Destiny of a man. My favorite Tarkovsky's movie is The mirror. Very few young people (only cinemaddicts) watch movies of Tarkovsky and especially Eisenstein, and even Bondarchuk.
    Leonid Gaidai is most popular Soviet comedy director in Russia. Everyone (young and older generation) watched his movies several times on the territory of the former USSR. His comedies are never bored... and they are often shown on TV.
    Sorry for my english!

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    On and off, I recently lost my job so I'm taking a couple weeks off before I look for anything new. I actually wanted to try a meditation retreat while I'm unemployed you know, spend some serious time delving into something. Away from distractions at home. Another thing I noticed the other day is that smoking a little pot and meditating takes things to a different level, the imagination just explodes and I don't know where some of these ideas came from, it's like they were already around and I gained a little access to them. It was a little weird. But anyway, if anything else goes down on your quest let me know cause I like hearing about it :) peace be with you keith.

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    I am doing excellent man! Any day with God is great, and an inspirational learning experience :) Are you feeling ok? :)

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    I was initiated into Transcendental Meditation about 4 years ago, but there was no TM center in my area, and I really needed guidance, so I found a local Kriya Yoga community, and got involved in it and eventuality stopped TM and was initiated in Kriya Yoga. I did that for about 3 years, but then I applied and was accepted to Maharishi University of Management, and they "require" you to do TM exclusively, but I've been kinda of doing both. TM is mantra based, but the primary technique for Kriya is a pranayama breathing exercise, which is sort of similar to kundalini yoga. It sounds convoluted but they actually work well together. But I still feel Kriya is my path. I've heard of Krishnamurti, but I never studied him. Have you ever read Being Still by Jean Yves Leloup? It's about Orthodox Christian meditation and metaphysics, it's really cool. The Orthodox tradition seems to be much more grounded in mysticism.

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    Cool, I would say I'm a Christian above all else too, but I practice Yoga meditation. Dvorak is my favorite, but I also really like Brahms, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass, Prokofiev. I like the romantic composers who know how to use discord, I like that brooding sound.

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    Hey, are you involved in any specific spiritual/meditation traditions? I also saw Shostakovich and Dvorak on your music likes, I love them both. I hated classical music for so long, but now dvorak's 13th and 14th string quartets is what I listen to the most.

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    Hey, thanks for posting in my "Is this weird" thread.

    Do you seriously look like Link?!

    That's more awesome than my looking like Al.

    I tell ya, some guys get all the luck, LOL!

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    Happy new year to you! Hope you have a great year with new opportunities and challenges :)

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    I'll let you know when I've looked back through it properly... I find Kierkegaard really difficult to talk about.... Also, the fact that my parents chose my name probably because of the bible story sends chills down my spine, just makes his writing that bit more unsettling.

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    Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I think the Hegelian dialectic is heavily laden into Kierkegaard. He is one of the most difficult philosophers to follow that I've read; intentional on his part I feel hehehe. I think Kierkegaard would be an interesting case for psychologists. You remember more than I do. I remember he said at one point: the most terrifying thing for a German audience would have been to watch Mephisto frozen mid-leap crashing through the broken window of Faust's study...that made me think a bit about his idea of time... There is an obscure ancient Greek philosopher beginning with the letter P(I think) that I had never heard of Kierkegaard mentions a few times in "philosophical crumbs".. I wish I could remember his bliddy name, he seems central to Kierkegaard's understanding of time, a sort of constant regathering of the self.

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    Yeah it is because of the translations from the Hebrew are more poetic. When I read the Hebrew bible they explain things more wonderfully and poetically than the Greek. The Israelites had a way of explaining things very well, beautifully and extensive. That's why I like to read the ESV and Jewish Tanakh bibles :)

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    I've been working a lot recently, i get quite frustrated sometimes but other days a strange enthusiasm drags me in a forward direction. So basically i'm feeling alright..
    I've never read Mr. Tolle, although i've listened to him a few times but i like jk and his crypticness. Who else would you recommend reading..? I am an inconsistent practitioner of meditation, although what you said about being more centered during the practice is what i'm looking for - http://vimeo.com/54992660 - this dude sums it up quite well for me in conjunction with cinema. Immersion within the practice or the idea is pivotal.
    I want to add that your ''my spiritual journey'' thread is really insightful, and that you are a wise young man. Keep in touch. :)
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