The Proust Questionnaire

Got tagged with The Proust Questionnaire by Loden Jinpa. I'm now tagging: Brian, Lingchao, Kate, Sandra, Meenakshi,

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Serenity.

What is your greatest fear?
Ignorance.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Does Jean Luc Picard count?

Which living person do you most admire?
My mother.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Very irritable when in the flow.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Self-righteousness.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Books and red bull.

What is your favorite journey?
Life.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Faith without reason and evidence.

On what occasion do you lie?
When I'm lazy to tell the truth.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My eyes.

Which living person do you most despise?
Leaders who consciously enrich themselves at the expense of their constituents. Leaders who continue to dumb down the public to retain their power.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Fluffy.

What is your greatest regret?
None so far. Even my greatest regret turned out to be my greatest blessing.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
~myDakini.

Which talent would you most like to have?
Ability to speak eloquently in public .

What is your current state of mind?
Serene. 

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Enough wealth so that I won't have to worry about my folks in their old age.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Recognizing that my own psycho-social development is a never-ending process.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
I'd like to come back as a polymath.

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
I'd like to come back as a polymath.

What is your most treasured possession?
My MacBook Pro.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Hopelessness.

Where would you like to live?
Norway. Here's why.

What is your favorite occupation?
Best-selling writer.

What is your most marked characteristic?
Hyper-blogger.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honorable.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Caring.

What do you most value in your friends?
Honesty.

Who are your favorite writers?
Michael Crichton, Ken Wilber, Stephen King, J.K. Rowling

Who is your favorite hero/heroine of fiction?
Macgyver.

Who are your heroines/heroes in real life?
Mystics, masters, and sages.

What are your favorite names?
~C4Chaos

What is it that you most dislike?
Very, very, very cold and freezing weather.

How would you like to die?
In my sleep, or while meditating on emptiness.

What is your motto?
Kick ass and be still.