1. 09/22/12, 07:04 pm

Says: "A militant vegetarian is a phrase I've never heard before and absolutely love it! These are not easy bullets to live by, they require an immense amount of summoning power from you. It seems like you've really embodied who you want to be: a kind, open, caring, citizen of the universe. I can feel your presence, attention, and open mind in class; with what you say and what you dont say. Listening is so important. That's one of my first priorities is full body, whole hearted listening. I see you truly listening in class and just wanted you to know I love it :) I also see it as a undercurrent in all of the above bullets, which is great. In vegetarianism, I see listening to nature and industry. Listening to Nature, who is being irrefutably destroyed by the meat industry. In stating that you're not a militant vegetarian you open yourself up to discussions of the topic, to dialogue (which are both one-half listening). This feeds right in to your next bullet, where you're opening yourself up to discussions of any topic not just something familiar to you. Interactions with anything are so much more satisfying when you're fully present and awake to your life. That gets the biggest thumbs up ever in my book. The last bullet is still about listening. You listen to what you're money is doing, you listen to economy and industry and act on what you hear. I think this is especially important in this day and age when no one listens to anything, let alone the quiet murmur of the machines we overdepend on."