Peter Cudhea's Page

Hometown:

Newton, MA

Relationship Status:

Single

About Me:

A seeker geek. 50-years old. Twice married. Many interests. I live in the bottom half of a two-family just outside of Boston. My daughter, Emily, (age 11) and her mother (my former wife) live upstairs. I spend a lot of time at a family house in the woods north of Boston.

The other face in my photo is Dixie, who is 4 human years old and loves to jump up on all fours into the sky.

Website 1:

http://blogs.sun.com/honeycombinagarden

Favorite Books:

Wizard and Knight by Gene Wolfe; A Course in Miracles; Behaving as if the God in All Life Mattered by Machaelle Small Wright; Finite and Infinite Games by James P Carse; Rise Up Singing; Essentials by Jean Toomer; And There Was Light by Jacques Lusseyran

Favorite Movies:

Classics: Casablanca, Black Orpheus, Les Enfants du Paradis
Childrens: The Last Mimzy, Spirited Away
Most impact in my life: Mystic River, Crash, American Beauty

Favorite TV Shows:

I don't watch much. When I turn the set on, it is usually to watch a movie or to sit with my daughter. My daughter likes Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel.

What do you do to make a living?

I am a Systems Programmer and I work on the "Honeycomb Intelligent Storage Archive" project for Sun Microsystems.

What kind of hobbies do you have?

Beginning a Co-Creative Garden. I am thinking about raising bees. (For background on a co-creative approach to partnering with nature, see the Education page at the Perelandra Nature Research Center.)

Engaging with others to fulfill life (see Contegrity Program Designs).

Enjoying things with my daughter, Emily, currently 11.

In a world where you were pursuing your deepest, most heartfelt callings, what would you be doing?

I am always bridging things together. Right now I am called most by this idea of co-creative partnership with nature. I am exploring it in a very satisfying way right now in my own yard and garden. "This very moment is the perfect teacher."

If following my most heartfelt callings there would be an even deeper connection between the work I do to earn a living and this motivating principle. Time is short.

What is the most important thing you have learned in your life?

Trust the connection with Self. Trust the connection with Life. Trust the connection with others. Trust love, and engage from there.

Describe a belief that you previously held and then subsequently changed. What caused you to change your mind?

A belief that has been my real friend yet has run its course: "If I steer by what is most fulfilling for my self, broadly conceived, then everything around me will go in the direction of fulfillment; I can trust my unique view to (always) go in the direction of integration and fulfillment.)

Where it runs out of steam is that it is partially blind. I need to be willing to see what life and others are realling calling for, without editing the picture in any way. And the best way to see clearly is to engage. Waiting to see equals waiting without seeing.

Who do you admire most in the world (past and/or present) and why?

Jacques Lusseyran (see his book in my favorite books list). He used his disability (blindness) to develop a capacity to see clearly with the heart.

At this turbulent moment in history, what do you think is the most important thing a person can do to help humankind (and the rest of the planet) survive the many dangers that confront us?

The biggest challenge of our times is our own complacency. The answer to complacency is not urgency imposed from outside. The answer to complacency is to start where you are and grow from there. Listen to how you connect with Self and Others and Life.

What are your answers to the big questions: Who are we? Where are we from? Why are we here? Where are we headed?

We came from Love; we are headed to Love. This is a return. Yet also an awakening. Nothing is ever wasted.

Why did you decide to join this community?

Eventually it might just take off. When it does, I want to be there.