My name is Favor. I'm sixteen.
I have dark brown hair, violet eyes.
I'm five foot eight.
I was born in Reykjavik, Iceland.
I like to walk, snowboard,
ice skate, ride my bike, DANCE,
dream, and fly a saucer.

Right now I live in lower Manhattan,
which is fun, but soon I hope
to have a place in the country.
I am most myself when there is
lots of land and trees and streams
and animals and NO PEOPLE.

I am studying classical dance
with Viktor Cherinski, and
learning acting at TheatreLab.
My favorite thing right now
is Astrology. My teacher is my
friend Patra Chosnyid Skybamedpa,
who doesn't usually teach
Astrology, but Buddhism.

The reason I like Astrology so
much is that for the first time
I am getting some idea of what
makes people tick. Why is one
person mellow and another uptight
and angry? Why do some people
always have to be moving, and
others like to sit still in a
corner? Why is one person shy and
another a peopleholic? Why is one
honest and kind, and another
stabs you in the back? The answer
is in Astrology. But you have to
find the right teacher, because
Astrology, lke everything else,
has gotten corrupted with money
and selfishness.

I have some very good friends:
Patsy Speefer, Aerna Otatop,
Charlise Kinney, Ralf Ooboerg,
Mindy Braun, Toof Otatop,
Keight Coobler, Retlaw Tsoy,
Patra Chosnyid Skybamedpa,
Mondo Hrava, McGillicudy,
Sam Shama, Bobby Hsiang,
Rogier Gregoire, Tenney Walsh,
Alan Goldman and Marvin Johnson
(if I've left you out I
didn't mean to, tell me).

Most important are my three
spiritual Masters (I know you're
only supposed to have one, but
somehow I have got three): Guru
Rinpoche Padma Sambhava, The
Bunnysattva, and Meherwan Rinpoche.

I like to play music a lot. I am
not too good on the guitar yet,
but I am all right on keyboard.
My favorites are Erik Satie's
three Gynmonpedies, Bela Bartok's
Roumanian Folk Dances and
Christmas Carols, parts of the
Nutcracker Ballet and Serenade
for Strings by Tchaikovsky,
Celtic, Welsh and Scottish music
from old times, Klezmer music,
Loreena McKennit, and early
Incredible String Band songs
like 'Painting Box' and
'My Tree' and 'Maya.'

I like Balanchine's ballets 'Apollo'
and 'The Four Temperaments' and
Krystof Kieslowski's movies
'Double Life of Veronique' and
'Red.' I don't eat meat or fish
or eggs cause I like animals.
My favorite animal is the horse,
or it would be if I didn't have
this thing about rabbits. I like
cheeses from Europe, especially
Gouda and Brie (but not Port Salut
or Velveeta) and my favorite
importer is Cheeses of Nazareth
on Hudson Street. I buy coffee at
the Porto Rico Trading Company,
eat breakfast at Veselka, and
drink too many lattes at Reggio
and Gran Caffe degli Artisti.

One thing I know, and I am not
going to tell you how,
but I do KNOW this, is that,
even though things look bad now
for the world, a time is coming
soon when everything will be
VERY much better. We will live
in peace and harmony, sharing
our lives and our hearts,
supporting each other as we grow
toward the Light Bearer. So no
matter how bad or mad or sad
you feel, remember that great
happiness is coming SOON, and do
your best now to help open the
door to the infinite.

Be loving and giving, and,
much as you can, forget about
your silly desires (I have em too,
and mine are probably sillier
than yours). Live for others,
to make them happy, to uplift
the world. All creatures are our
brothers and sisters and parents
and children.

Beneath the layers of skin
and bone and muscle and fat,
we are infinite light and love.
And we are here on Earth now,
not to make money,
not to get famous,
not to get high,
not to collect gadgets or CDs
or even great clothes,
but to help bring about
the Great Awakening.
It is going to come soon...
through selfless love.