Wednesday, May 6, 2020

autobiographical timelline and my cultural influences



autobiographical timeline
with emphasis on transition from learning to earning stages
(last update - August, 2021)

   1984 – born
~ 1989 – began involuntary, good-intentioned public school and sports that were fun
~ 1996 – began going to “work out” at gym with Madhav and abnormally coping with sexual desires (with porn, non-girl(friend), etc.)
~1999 – began writing rap lyrics toward recording rap tracks including underlying sexual niche formation/motivations
   2002 – decision to go to college and study theatre/film career toward a film director, but soon changed to sociology/philosophy for higher knowledge/understanding.  In college, dependent (i.e. not doing work-study), freedom to party, have girlfriends, and not need to worry about “making a living” to survive. this enabled me to extract both good and bad, very basically. ended up failed&jailed, and...
   2006 – … to a mental hospital where i was given social security opportunity to go back to school to have a (successful) career like a doctor, engineer, etc.
   2008 – after graduating with a BA, decided to go back to undergraduate-level college to learn the more physical and objective sciences, both for philosophical and practical purposes
   2010 – weaned off psychiatric meds and oriented my studies to health sciences/field
~2011 – began isolatedly studying for MCAT, and frusterated with US military/government priority and my future with unsimilar, globally uncooperative people...
   2013 – … left for india indefinitely and continued my health science studies, creative audio (hip hop/rap related) work, and Coursera MOOC studies. returned to US and took MCAT, and later applied to UCD medical internship program, which importantly allowed me to consider how best to continue my life to make a living – continue dependent-freedom medical related schooling, or decide for further schooling with a working mentality. choosing the latter...
   2014 – … worked as auto mechanic apprentice and health care outreach intern simultaneously while still continuing independent (MOOC) studies and artistic audio work. i understand that the apprentice, learn-while-working approach was correct for me, and so i organized a physical therapist apprentice “hunt”, and realized it was not mutually fitting, or at least i did not have the required motivation/dedication to continue pursuing this career path.
   2015 – again with the coming of spring, restarted as auto mechanic and hospital intern while still continuing inspired artistic work and independent studies, and now considering/focusing on the long-term sustainability of my working/living, also began my “living consideration report”. began moving toward similar people in their “greeness” (or environmental-friendliness) – from business people, to deeply conscious beings, to plant planters, to compost teachers, to gardeners, to harvesters, to communal people, probably to social scientists, etc), and...
2016 – … got a temporary job to earn some money to healthily migrate from “the city” to “the country” and live with these full-time, more cooperative and Nnature-oriented, “green” people in missouri with the white rose catholic worker community. within just days, had long-term insight to live this way, but in a more (culturally) appropriate india. again, got a temporary job to migrate to india, but i rushed into it, and so the visa problems (with dr. savant's guidance) suggested to return to US to more properly migrate in a more timely and patient way than the previous time.
2017 – again, efforts were put into earning money and preparing to migrate to india to a healthier village setting to then dharmically contribute and prepare for potential marriage and family...
2018 - … but I may be aware at a middle, “sociology” level (compared to a narrower, “psychological” level), but dr. savant and god is aware at an even broader, wholistic level, and after various attempts to assimilate in my chosen way of life, dr. savant resonatingly told me to “go back to US, earn money, for land, and then return”… also, in kerala, similar to the insight had at WRCW in 2016, my own consciousness (a.k.a. “god”) knew that I still had to “pay dues” before settling.  Returning to US, I dharmikally put efforts in various areas toward the same path (including generally, “burning off karmas”, working at community gardens, studying/community-organizing/reporting, trying to get the best job, getting a temporary job…)…
2019 – again, efforts were toward finding a good, supportive group and living situation to also earn some money… but with dr. savant’s guidance, quickly changed my focus to not look too far ahead, but try to even find a like-minded community in US itself (like twin oaks).  I soon realized the importance to find combination (like gokul dham hare krishna ecovillage) of both main criteria: cooperative, environmentally sustainable, & Nature-oriented (like an “ecovillage”), but also a morally wealth group (like temple goers).  Also, realized I should spend more than just days or weeks, but months in such a way of life, and found opportunity at living energy farm in virginia, which effectively reinforced my journey in that way of life. So again, efforts were put into earning money and preparing to migrate like in 2017.
2020 – found work with much difficulty, earned or got about enough money for move, but then the COVID-19 pandemic came / global stay-in-place directives, and tried to make best use of that time… until moved to india, staying with hare krishnas and w.w.o.o.f. hosts, better prioritizing myself toward looking for an entry-level position in environmental protection career, and eventually settling in a place I could do few hours/day of volunteer, physical temple-community gardening
2021 - to Bangalore looking to start my career (also with release of “Bright Green Lies,”) but finding nothing, returned to US continuing the search of source-oriented environmental protection work...


my main cultural influences

-family/friends
-suburban man-made environment, Economy dependent on fossil fuel and other environmentally unsustainable energies
-competitive sports and academics
-internationally powerful usa military and economy
-powerful education system
-medias like video games, television, music, movies, etc.
-indian diaspora and hinduism/chinmayamission/tirupati venkateshwara, shirdi sai baba
-african diaspora and hip hop/rap forms
-this wwweb
-common/external, grosser Science
-mexican diaspora and labor/work significance/energies
-environmentalists/naturalists

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