Maggie Amaya

Hometown

Somewhere, TX

Homepage

http://fmqa-blaue.blume.tripod.com

Birthday

May 20

Languages

English is first language, Learning Hebrew, some Spanish, learning French

About Me

I am a little kooky, a little off-centre, eclectic, a VegePagan/VegErisian. I love to study a lot of different subjects! Also, I love to get people to stop and think! My boyfriend and his silly cat and my three Chihuahuas are what keep me centred and off-centre, if that makes any sense.
And I am hopelessly addicted to my BlackBerry Curve.
Though I greatly enjoy meeting new people and making friends, if I don't already know you and you want to link to me, please send me an intro. And please be aware that, because I'm doing all my web browsing on my BlackBerry for now, I have a little trouble with care2's personal message service; I can receive messages, but sending and replying is a bit tricky (it might not go through, or it might get sent multiple times; it's a browser issue).
Peace, love, and blessed be!

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Lifestyle

Pets

They're not my pets, they are my 3 canine children!

Activist Aspirations

Enthusiastic

Political Leaning

Depends

Religions

Integrational Polytheist, Hellenic polytheist, Shinto, I study everything!, Erisian/Disordian, Judaism, Eclectic Kitchen Witch

Eating Habits

Cautious due to food allergies, Coffee - Now!, Dark chocolate fancier, aspiring vegan - I'm trying!, no tomatoes!!!, LOTS OF TEA, Drink Loads Of Water

Wild Fact About Me

I coined the term VegePagan (see http://fmqa-blaue.blume.tripod.com/mayvblog
/index.blog/1931857/vegepagan/)
I seem to have the oddest food allergies and intolerances: tomatoes, milk, avocados, plus I am trying to keep vegan and kosher. So I read every food label religiously.
Other than that, you'd have to actually know me to discover what's so wild and unique about me!
But I will say this: There's not another like me and you'll never forget me!

My Philosophy

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man persists in trying to make the world adapt to him. Therefore, all progress is a result of the unreasonable man. - George Bernard Shaw
I find it more comforting to believe that this isn't simply a test. -Gregory House, MD
Look within your own soul before judging another. Remember, no one is perfect! We are each beautiful in our own wonderful way. -Me
If you believe in a Supreme Creator, and that we were created in that being's image, and that each soul is part of that Divine Being, wouldn't insulting/hating another person be the same as insulting/hating G-d? That's something to think about, isn't it? -Me
If organized religion is the opium of the masses, then disorganized religion is the marijuana of the lunatic fringe. -Kerry Thornley in the introduction to the 5th edition of Principia Discordia
We must become the change we wish to see in this world. -Mahatma Gandhi

What Gives Me Hope

Vegans; finding beauty in nature; people willing to make a difference, no matter how small; my silly little dogs! my crazy boyfriend, who amazes me every day!

If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by

Mayor? Heck, I'd be empress of the whole world! I would do oh, so many things! I'd probably start with: promote the vegan lifestyle; counseling/therapy for anyone inclined to violence; increase awareness of mental illnesses; discourage the over-prescribing of allopathic and psychotropic drugs and encourage the use of natural healing, like homeopathy, herbalism, reflexology, Reiki, TCM, etc.
And I would definitely encourage understanding and tolerance among all the different cultures of the world. I'd start to do that by getting everyone to learn something about a culture/religion/lifestyle that is seemingly completely different from their own so each would see that we're really not that different.

What/who changed my life and why

I am in a constant state of flux, but I am always me.

When I was a freshman in high school, my World History teacher opened my eyes and mind to the possibilities around me. She helped me set out on my spiritual path.

Pagans and Christians, by Gus diZerega, is a wonderful book that I think more people should read. Books like this could go a long way to promoting tolerance and understanding.

When I kicked my no-good boyfriend out of my life for good, I finally liberated myself to be me, to be free, to be myself again.

And starting my own site has provided me a new outlet for my creativity.

What Bugs Me

The breeder mentality, flamers and trolls, anti-vegans, anyone who feels they know everything, People who try to force their beliefs on, chewing with your mouth open!, hypocrisy, The destruction of rural areas, Litter Bugs!!, intolerance, indifference, ig

Passions

magick, reincarnation, Tolerance, animals and their rights, writing, spirituality, mythology, other cultures, nature, Life - it's a blast, earth, environment, Energy Healing And Love

Inspirations

My Blasphemous Irreverent Boyfriend!!, Heretics!, my friends at care2!, life itself, love, goddesses, The Great Spirit, the beauty of nature, People waking and seeing their own light, healers

What Scares Me

An afterlife ruled by Pat Robertson, Ignorant evil people, Losing the ones I love, APATHETIC PEOPLE!!!, War - Cruelty - Greed - Indifference, Shootings in Our Schools, religious fanatics, Religious Extremism, moral direction of our society

Favorites

Role Models

Hadassah/Esther (from the Tanakh, The Book of Esther), John Lennon, The Ascended Masters, The Goddess and God, The Buddha, H. H. The Dalai Lama, Mahatma Gandhi

Quotation

"Can you really ask what reason Pythagoras had for abstaining from flesh? For my part I rather wonder both by what accident and in what state of soul or mind the first man did so, touched his mouth to gore and brought his lips to the flesh of a dead creature, he who set forth tables of dead, stale bodies and ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds? ... It is certainly not lions and wolves that we eat out of self-defense; on the contrary, we ignore these and slaughter harmless, tame creatures without stings or teeth to harm us, creatures that, I swear, Nature appears to have produced for the sake of their beauty and grace. But nothing abashed us, not the flower-like like tinting of the flesh, not the persuasiveness of the harmonious voice, not the cleanliness of their habits or the unusual intelligence that may be found in the poor wretches. No, for the sake of a little flesh we deprive them of sun, of light, of the duration of life to which they are entitled by birth and being." Plutarch
"If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains." - Cicero
It is my firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs -Malaclypse the younger, KSC
Peace, love, and blessed be!
-me
I don't think there's a God like the God everybody's taught about. As a concept, I think it exists in terms of nature and the greater forces of things. I believe in nature instead of God. -Matthew Sweet
Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don't eat has been proved to be indispensable for life. But I go marching on. -George Bernard Shaw
Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends. -George Bernard Shaw
Lest in thy self-defence it be, ever mind the rule of three. -from the Wiccan Rede
We must be the change we wish to see in this world. -Mahatma Gandhi
Those who take power unjustly defend it with injustice. - Moana Jackson
Inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. -Joseph Addison
And last, but certainly not least, from an interview:
The Onion: Is there a G-d?
George Carlin: No. No, there's no G-d, but there might be some sort of an organizing intelligence, and I think to understand it is way beyond our ability. It's certainly not a judgmental entity. It's certainly not paternalistic and all these qualities that have been attributed to G-d. It's probably a dispassionate . . . That's why I say, "Suppose He doesn't give a shit? Suppose there is a G-d but He just doesn't give a shit?" That's the kind of thing that might be at work.

Interests

Reincarnation, Writing, making a difference in the world, fitness, photography, philosophy, Travel/Adventure, psychology, Spirituality/Philosophy, recycling, reading, music, movies, Mythology / Folklore, meditation, massage, humor, Holistic Health, history

Books

Oscar Wilde stories, Edgar Allan Poe, Natural Cures series by Kevin Trudeau, The Complete Guide to Natural Healing, The Phantom of the Opera, Scott Cunningham, Pagans and Christians (Gus diZerega), anything that makes me stop and think!, Anthropology/Archaeo

Music

creedence clearwater revival, Johnny Cash, all kinds, Emerson Drive, Britpop, world music, u2, soft rock, pop, opera, oldies, new age, Green Day, enya, country, classical, Classic Rock, alternative, celtic

Movies

classic silent films, Bridget Jones, Anything with Stockard Channing in it!, Under the Tuscan Sun, Practical Magic, Love Actually, The Phantom of the Opera, Center Stage, Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde (both), The Princess Bride, Brazil

TV Shows

NCIS, Black Adder, House M.D, house, Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein, FullMetal Alchemist, InuYasha, Futurama, I Love Lucy, Digging for the Truth, Friends, anime, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Star Trek, Sex and the City, Will and Grace, Family Guy, charmed

Favorite Foods

anything I make, Dark chocolate, miso soup, Rice Dreams ice cream, Coffee ! Coffee ! Coffee !, udon noodles, japanese, italian, indian, chinese, chocolate, veggies, vegan food w/o tomatoes!!!, bread, broccoli, french fries, fruit, potatoes

Favorite Places

japan, Santorini, colorado, england, canada, ireland, the mountains, the ocean, paris, New Zealand, New York City

Can't Live Without

food clothing shelter, The Moon, my sweet José!, COFFEE!, clean water and air!, my BlackBerry, friends and family, my crazy dogs!, faith, laughter, freedom, love, hope

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