Marina Payne - "To Learn and Grow- and live by my beliefs"

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"To Learn and Grow- and live by my beliefs"

Winston, OR, USA
female, age 33
open relationship
Speaks: English
Joined Sep 4, 1999

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When one does what Buddhas do, one is a Buddha.
When one does what Bodhisattvas do, one is a Bodhisattva.
When one does what Arhats do, one is an Arhat.
When one does what ghosts do, one is a ghost.
These are all natural phenomena.
There are no shortcuts in cultivation.
(Venerable Master Hsuan Hua)

When we speak of Nature it is wrong to forget that we are ourselves a part of Nature. We ought to view ourselves with the same curiosity and openness with which we study a tree, the sky or a thought, because we too are linked to the entire universe.
(Henri Matisse)

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Joined	Sep 4, 1999	Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Here for	Meeting Friends, Job Search, Professional Connections, Support a Cause, Other
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	(AGR) A Green Road, About Safety Online, Acoustic Coffee House, Activists Against Factory Farming, Advertising & Marketing, Against Civilization, Animal Fanatics, Animal Fiction Novels, Animal Lovers, Animal Rights vs. Animal Welfare, Aquarium Enthusiasts, Argentine Tango- a passion to explore for anyone who imagines dancing, Ask the Vet Techs, Astrology of everyday life more » Attempting to Learn Japanese....., Back to the Earth, Bellydance, Biology Lovers, Bird Conservation, Bohemian Lounge, Breast Cancer Awareness, Buddhism, C O P I N G (WARNING-MUST BE OF LEGAL AGE-ADULT SITUATIONS HERE), CONSCIENCE INTERPLANETARY, Care 2 cookbook., Care2 Feedback and Suggestions, Cat Lovers, Celtic History and Spirituality, Children of the Dance, Children of the Night..Vampyres & Otherkin, Compassionate Companies, Compassionate Texans, Complete Guide to Backyard Gardening, Creative Cafe, Cultural Recipes, Curious Questions & Odd bits of news or trivia, Dancers, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Electing Pro-Wildlife Leaders, Divination, DreamWeaver Guild, Earth's Children, Eating Your Way Around the World, Eco Meat Eaters, Eco Travel - Responsible Travel, Energy-efficient Housing, Entheogens And Religion, Environment Inc., Environmental Defense Fund, Exploring Heathenism and Asatru, Exploring the Wonders of the World, Expression Through Images, Expression thru Art, Farm Life, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Forum, Finding My Path, Forest Across America Project, Free Health Care for All = MOW4U: Health Care!, GLBT Rights, Gay Rights and Marriage Equality, Genealogy - Family History, Gingers Lover, Gothic - Dark, Enchanted and Beautiful..., Greek Cooking, Green Festivals, Green Gift Ideas!, Green Science, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Living Network, Hedgehog Central, Hellenic polytheism and religion, Here Be Pirates, How To Harmonize Networking Chores via Optimization., Hybrid Vehicle Supporters, I need company..., Indigo children, Insects / Arachnids, Ishmael B-Leavers, Islands_Countries, Isle of Man - Ellan Vannin, Jane Goodall Institute: Race for the Primates, Judaism, Krishna and Radha, Laurell K. Hamilton files, Looking for lost care2 friends, Maitreya Prayers, Mankinds Search For God, Medication Prices Unfair, Merton, Campbell, Dali Lama,Thich Nhat Hahn, religious contemplatives., Minding The Pennies, Modern Shamanism: Formulating your personal magic., Multi-Faith for the Environment, Mythical creatures, Native American Flute, Native Earthworks Preservation, Natural Horsemanship, Naturalists, Nature Lovers, Nature's Herbal Healing, Needless Pain, Nightlife Wildlife, Non-Confrontational Pagans, Oceana, Oceans & Seas, Marine Biology & Oceanology, Oikos, Organic Foods, Our Mother Earth, Pagans, Pagans_Save_The_World, Panic Disorder Group, Permaculture: Nature's Way, Pet-Friendly Gardening, Pets in Need, Pirates of the ...Collectable Card Game, Poetry-Spoken Word/Slam Poetry, Political Pagans, Political Voice for Animals, Poly Buddhists, Post a Resume - Post a Job, Protect Arctic Refuge, Protect Yellowstone, Protest Songs!, Puma - Great Cat of Power, Race for the Big Cats, Race for the Rainforest, Rape Victims Men & Women..." Sensitive Material", Responsible Business Owners, Resurgence - An Interfaith/Environmental Conference, STOP DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & CHILD ABUSE SUPPORT & ADVOCACY, Save The North American Prairie Lands and the Redwood Forests, Secret Species, Secrets of a Loving Relationship, Sex & Spirit � Spiritualised Sexuality, Shadow's Embrace, Society for Creative Anachronism - SCA, Stop Canned Hunts, Stopping Violence against women, Suicide Awareness, Support of Friends, Surviving PTSD, Sustainable Marketing, Sustainable Seafood Choices, Sustainable Travel International, Tai chi & The Tao, Tantra, Shiva and Dionysus, spiritual philosophy and sexuality., The Animal of Your Heart, The Beading Group, The Broom Closet, The Cave of Awendragons, The Creative Green Caf�, The Day We Basked in the Sun, The Days of the Drive-In, The Dolphin Humans/Children, The Greatest Members of Care2, The Night We Followed the Moon, The Organic Gardening and Cooking Guide, The Sidhe & All Things Fae, The Strength Within - Survivors of Abuse, The Therianthropy Den, ThePetitionSite Center, Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet, Traveling The Traditional Red Road, Understanding Buddha, Understanding Hinduism, Understanding Islam, Understanding Jainism, United States Armigers, Vedic Thought, Voluntary Human Extinction, Wheat Free Living, Where have you traveled?, Wild Life Painters, Wolf Lovers, World of Teas, Writers, Poets, and Thinkers Circle, ZEN- One With True Nature, Zoo-keepers, antispeciesism, anything goes, apGaia Warriors Guild, eco-beauty-and-wellness, gggggg, photography & activism, the apGaia Tribe, the group formerly known as the apGaia tribe healers guild

Hometown	El Paso TX
Homepage	http://permaworld.org/members/eoswildcat/
Birthday	July 21, 1980
Languages	English
About Me	Who I am: I believe very strongly in the tenants of Deep Ecology 1) The well-being and flourishing of human and nonhuman life on Earth have value in themselves (synonyms: inherent worth; intrinsic value; inherent value). These values are independent of the usefulness of the nonhuman world for human purposes. 2) Richness and diversity of life forms contribute to the realization of these values and are also values in themselves. 3) Humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital needs. 4) Present human interference with the nonhuman world is excessive, and the situation is rapidly worsening. 5) The flourishing of human life and cultures is compatible with a substantial decrease of the human population. The flourishing of nonhuman life requires such a decrease. 6) Policies must therefore be changed. The changes in policies affect basic economic, technological structures. The resulting state of affairs will be deeply different from the present. 7) The ideological change is mainly that of appreciating life quality (dwelling in situations of inherent worth) rather than adhering to an increasingly higher standard of living. There will be a profound awareness of the difference between big and great. 8) Those who subscribe to the foregoing points have an obligation directly or indirectly to participate in the attempt to implement the necessary changes. -Arne Naess and George Sessions � I have been interested and involved with environmental living since I could remember. I volunteered for several years at the zoo in my hometown in Texas.I now work from home in an environmentally conscious home business program and am Administration for the company now as well. It is worth checking out. Very Eco and People friendly. I have been active in a Pagan student union group, and a university support group called Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Friends.and I am also a member of The Lavender Green Caucus which is made up of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer Green Party members. I am discreetly out of almost all my closets, preferring not to hide if a topic is mentioned, but not always breaching it myself. I have lived with chronic pain since middle school. I love animals, and plants, and would love to grow plants again. I especially love cats, and am allergic but have several. I consider myself an artist, and use many different media to create, as my recourses and interests dictate. My preferred media include: charcoal, pen and ink, clay, and dance. The books I prefer to read include fantasy, some biography, history, some science fiction, and books on nature and the arts, but I will read just about everything. I have a daily spiritual practice,and prefer a solitary one, with occasional gatherings with others for workings. If you are interested in learning more about my path, feel free to ask. I am much less tolerant of sharing my space with those who do not feel as I do in regards to the earth and the protection of the web of life. I suppose one could say that I have a clear picture of how I wish to live and it is becoming less compromising as I am finally able to start. Quote: I was born a thousand years ago, born in the culture of bows and arrows ... born in an age when people loved the things of nature and spoke to it as though it had a soul. -- Chief Dan George I am active in the society for creative anachronism. I try to be very environmentally aware, but am not vegetarian or vegan, but rather wish to respect all that lives on this planet and promote environmentally sustainable meat eating habits.
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Lifestyle
Pets	Cat
Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Political Leaning	Moderate
Religions	Wiccan/Pagan/Druid, taoism, earth religions, buddhist, Shinto
Eating Habits	Keep it Healthy
Wild Fact About Me	I am a FelineSpirit - outside I am human, but inside, my soul, my nature, my true self is feline.
My Philosophy	Live Authentically. Live in harmony with the Web that encompasses All.
What Gives Me Hope	The Divine around and within, Knowing that there are others who see the Truth of what the Divine is.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	create harsher punishment against any form of animal abuse, and rape and molestation. I would also balance the scales so people who do not recive food benifits can still eat healthy food, and enough of it.
What/who changed my life and why	the time I got to see Jane Goodall speak at the local university. That evening I remembered why I wanted to study zoology, and make a difference for the natural world, while still being feminine.
What Bugs Me	inconsistency, apathy, hypocrisy, indifference, People who can't be their self, The destruction of rural areas, cruelty
Passions	Sacred reading, Bardic study, herbal lore, Divination, alchemy, Protective Arts, Ceremonial Magicks, Sacred Geometry, cosmology, Animals/Wildlife, Healing Arts, meditation, music, spirituality, traveling, reading, writing, mythology, nature, trees, photography, environment, ar
Inspirations	art and expression, Mother Nature, The Great Spirit
What Scares Me	Disrespect for others, religious fanatics, ignorance
Favorites
Role Models	RuPaul, Dalai Lama, Jesse Wolf Hardin, Loba, Jane Goodall, Keith Wilson, Alice Walker, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart, Leonardo Da Vinci, Frida Kahlo
Quotation	Shallow ecology in anthropocentric, or human-centered. It views humans as above or outside of nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or 'use', value to nature. Deep ecology does not separate humans - or anything else - from the natural environment. It does see the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Deep ecology recognizes the intrinsic value of all living beings and views human beings as just one particular strand in the web of life.-Fritjof Capra
Interests	Agriculture, Air Purification, pets, Wildlife, Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Aromatherapy, Art/Design, Ayurveda, Biodiversity, Biology, Biorhythms, Books - Author, Botany, Crafts, Crystals, Ecology, Entertainment, Environmen
Books	Magick books, metaphysical books, Kindred Spirits, Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Music	Opera, Jazz, Swing, Country, Blues, Zydico, Goth, Pop
Movies	Clerks, Constantine, Step Up, The Crow, Blade Triolgy, The Matrix Trilogy, Dances with Wolves, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars, Citizen Kane, Rudy, Lion King, A Chorus Line, The Vikings, The Matrix, The Birdcage, Dead Poet's Society, Victor/Victoria, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Dial
TV Shows	Will and Grace, Father of the Pride, Meerkat Manor, Get Smart, David the Gnome, Sagwa, Stargate SG-1, Dukes of Hazzard, Queer as Folk, Frasier, Andromeda, Witchblade, Dark Angel, Flipper, Planet's Funniest Animals, Beastmaster
Favorite Foods	Pork ribs, Black Licorice, Vietnamise spring rolls, octopus, rice, celery, peanutbutter cookies, bao, alfredo sauce, soup, caldo, salsa
Favorite Places	Norway: Bergen, Greece - Delphi, Wilderness...away from people in nature., Portland OR, El Paso TX, Ruidoso NM
Can't Live Without	Means to travel, a sacred area in my home, animal companions, a creative studio
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Jul 21, 2009 5:50 PM
Teresa d. (1519)	Happy Birthday!! You have a present at The Greatest Members of Care2 group.
Jul 24, 2008 6:08 AM
Ivy S. (2169)	I'm so sorry I missed your birthday. Hope it had been a special one, as special as you my friend. But I believe it's always "better late than never" - what do you say? Be happy always! hugs - Ivy
Dec 29, 2007 7:15 AM
Ivy S. (2169)	As the New Year dawns may U achieve what you aspire for and may your dreams come true. Wishing you a fulfilling... May this New Year be the dawn of greater prosperity, success good health and happiness for U. Thanks for the friendship we shared in the past year and hope it will continue beyond 2008. Be happy always! May joy, peace, love & good health reign forever in your heart. Love from - ivy
Aug 15, 2007 2:27 AM
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Jul 29, 2007 8:52 AM
Ivy S. (2169)	My dear friend, I'm so sorry I missed out wishing you on your birthday since I had problems with my computer.Here's hoping that your special day had been as special as you are and also hope that it was the most memorable one ever. Cheers! Love & hugs - Ivy
Jul 21, 2007 3:32 AM
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Dec 14, 2006 10:55 AM
Ivy S. (2169)	Merry Christmas! May you have a bright and prosperous New Year Marina & may all your wishes and your dreams be fulfilled in 2007. Thanks for being a friend. Cheers!! Love & hugs - Ivy
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