About
....Let the good times roll with my Caribbean Soul.
Love the tropics & aqua therapy....beach by day, beer by night and a cozy hammock for two at sunset under the palms. Into offshore fishing, scuba diving, boogie boarding, body surfing, long walks on the beach, have passport, will travel.
Favorite Beach / Favorite Island:
Siesta Key ...Kaanapali on Maui.....Trunk Bay on St. John.....The Caves & Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin islands....
Favorite Books / Movies / Music
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson all time favorite.
Mutiny on the Bounty Trilogy, Clive Cussler, and of course Jimmy Buffett Books. Favorite movies...Pirates Of The Caribbean, Fools Gold, and anything tropical, treasure, or islands. Favorite music includes Jimmy Buffett, Eric Stone, Mike Aiken, and all the Polynesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Rapa Nui Music I can Find.
It's been a combination roller coaster / typhoon ride in life. I'm a lucky man and could'nt be happier. "Life has come a long way since yesterday, do what you feel, gotta be true to yourself " Ziggy Marley.....Troubles, I forgot em....John
Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God
Description
<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other. The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
What happens when two heartbroken lovers with caribbean souls find themselves washed up on the shores of the same town, too far north of somewhere south? A helluva good time,a lot of laughs, a few tears, and a jambalaya cook-off challenge that led to a boatload of recipe sharing from the tropics, and the creation of...The BackYard Tiki Bar: Cocktails & Cooking Island Style. A cookbook full of easy culinary recipes, jokes, quotes, stories from the tropics, photos, and more.
Reviews
<p>From Facebook Users...<br /><br />Peggy Kinsler Herman September 1 at 2:14pm <br />The language of your book is so enchanting I feel like I am really on island time! I must learn to speak Islandese... and with all the positve messages scattered throughout, it is very uplifting.</p>
<p>Brandi Marie Shearer September 2 at 3:06pm <br />Just wanted to let you know your book is amazing, I'm not the greatest cook in the world ... but this book just makes everything so simple to follow. The food is absolutely amazing, and I love the story behind it all. I wish you the best of luck in life, I'm very blessed to know you TikiBar John! <br /><br />Diane Lucas D'Adamo September 30 at 9:35pm Report<br />Just wanted you to know i bought the book tonight i have been reading it and looking at the recipes and the stories. Cant wait to try them ALL!!! Great Job You TWO!!! <br /><br />Barbara Fry Mowery October 4 at 2:25pm Report<br />I have really enjoyed your Back Yard Tiki Book -- The recipes for food and drink are great, but the little quips, jokes and stories make it an absolute blast to read ! ! ! ! ! <br /><br />Anh Aldrich Thompson October 20 at 7:28pm <br />John my friend, my book came in today and I am so enjoying it. I'm having fun reading all the quotes & jokes that this is the most fun I've had reading a cookbook! I love it and can't wait to try out some of these recipes. Although I don't drink (I'm a mormon) I know I can usually substitute a few ingredients to make delicious drinks. Cheers John! <br /><br />Janet Tiahrt Werner December 31, 2010 at 7:33am Report<br />Thanks and Happy New year to you! I will send you some trop rock friends to check out. and I will be buying a couple cookbooks if you have any. Love the book! LOVEIT!</p>
