James Conner:  

James is from Hampton, Virginia. James's schools include Clarksville High School. James later attended School of Hard Knocks, The University of Life. Music James likes includes James Mason, Serena Sheets Johnson, Touch My Soul. Movies James likes include The Uninvited, To Kill a Mockingbird, O Brother Where Are Thou. TV shows James likes include The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Honeymooners, Hogans heros. One of James's favorite quotes is:""Love as much as you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, at all the places you can, during all the times you can, as many people as you can, for as long as you can." "Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness are, by their own nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral, and subject to chance." WHATEVER, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings; believe and cling to that doctrine, and take it as your guide. [Buddha] Enlightenment for a wave is the moment the wave realizes that it is water. At that moment, all fear of death disappears. (Thich Nhat Hanh) "I am that. Thou art that. All this is that. That alone is."-Upanishads To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. - Theodore H. White To believe that the mythical is the historical is not only to be dishonest but also to destroy the meaning of the mythical and to ruin its real miracle. Indeed, the historicizing of the mythos removes its value and makes the mind idiotic; but, to understand the gnosis behind it is to become wise. He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye. [Buddha] “As long as there are insecure “chosen” fools—of whatever race or ethnicity—running aro...Expand for more