Tom Becker:
CLASS OF 1988
Roosevelt High SchoolClass of 1988
Hyde park, NY
Tom's Story
Tom is from Staatsburg, New York. Tom's schools include Roosevelt High School. Tom later attended Moorpark College (Nursing) . Tom works(ed) at Simi Valley Hospital, Amgen, Cancer International Research Group.
Music Tom likes includes Fans of John Coltrane, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Sarah Brightman. Books Tom likes include The Earthsea Trilogy, Lord Of The Rings, Musashi. Movies Tom likes include The Buddha, Batman Begins, Schindler's List. TV shows Tom likes include Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Amazing Race, Lost.
One of Tom's favorite quotes is:""Do not believe something simply because you have heard it.Do not believe in traditions only because they have been handed down for many generations.Do not believe in something just because it is spoken and rumored by many.Do not believe in something merely because it is found written in your religious books.Do not believe in something simply because it sounds rational.Do not believe in something only because you like the idea and it agrees with your philosophy.Do not believe in something just because it appeals to common sense.Do not believe in something merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.But when you practice and carefully observe, 'This thing is good, blameless, praised by the wise, an...Expand for more
d leads to benefit and happiness,' only then accept it and live up to it."~Siddhattha Gotama (Kalama Sutta)Attadipa Viharatha "Be your own light within this world"~Siddhattha Gotama (Buddha)"Never allow your knowledge to stand in the way of truth"~Ajahn Brahm"All experiences arise within our mind.With our mind we make the world.Speak or act with an impure mindAnd suffering will follow you Like the wheel that follows the ox that pulls the cart.All experiences arise within our mind.With our mind we make the world.Speak or act with a pure mindAnd happiness will follow youLike a never-departing shadow."~Siddhattha Gotama (Dhammapada)"May I be an instrument of peace Where there is hatred, may I sow love:Where there is wrong, may I forgive;Where there is doubt, may I establish faith;Where there is despair, may I inspire hope;Where there is darkness, may I be a light;Where there is sadness, may I bring joy.Grant that I may never seek So much to be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love with all my heart. For it is by forgetting the self that one finds;That in forgiving, one is forgiven;That in giving to others, we receive;And in dying that we awaken to eternal life."~My Buddhist adaptation of the St. Francis prayer".
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