Boston Paul AKA The Militant Hippi: Short History

Boston Paul

 

• Boston Paul left home when he was 16.
• Hitchhiked across Amerika when he was 17.
• Joined the Military when he was 18.
  • He ’served’ in the elite 82nd Airborne Division

  • The 82nd Airborne is based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

POST MILITARY

• Began doing Police Work & Armed Security in the City of Boston (1990 -1995).
• Joined the National Guard in 1990. Discharged in 1994.
• Attended the University of Massachusetts (Boston) 1990 – 1994.
  • Majored in English & Philosophy.
  • Minored in East Asian Studies & Creative Writing.
• Visited Taiwan for the first time during the Summer of 1993.
  • He was part of the Chinese Language Program at Donghai University.
• 1994 return to Taiwan for another Summer.
• Moved to Taiwan in January,1995 and never looked back.

Taiwan

• 1995: Moved to Taiwan
  • Opened Boston English School, July the same year
  • By 1999: opened 3 English schools in the cities of Taichung, Zhuo-lan, Xinshe
  • Through Boston English School, he began editing/translating English/Chinese.
• 1996 opened an Entertainment Company.
  • Was an Exotic Dancer until 2005.

English Editing:

His Clients include(d):

• Various Taiwanese Machine Company Magazines: Articles/Manuals
• Taiwanese High School/University Students: Essays/Reports
• Assistant Curator of the Botany Department @ the Taichung Science Museum/PhD Paper on the Begonia Parvula
• Horticulture/Botany Professor @Zhong-xin University
  • Eulophia graminea orchid for Plant Science Journal
  • Erycina pusilla orchid for PhD. Thesis

• 2000: Began focusing on Music.
• 2002: Started the Band ‘Native Space’
• 2004: Began writing for The Taichung Voice Magazine
• 2004: Opened The Refuge officially.
• 2005: Became a Father and had his World rocked
• 2006: Started the band ‘Militant Hippi’ after a book he is writing.
• 2006: Co-founded The Basic Aid Project in Taiwan with Geoff North.

Other Tidbits:

Through the Refuge Community, Boston Paul has (with the help of many others) initiated the following Organizations/Events:

• ~ LUVstock  (Annual)
• ~Winter Solstice Celebration (Annual)
• ~Spring Equinox Gathering (Annual)
• ~Basic Aid Charity Event (Annual)
• ~Basic Aid Charitable Organization (with Geoff North and others)
• ~B.P. has  not only been a performer at PeaceFest but has also been an Admin for the PeaceFest (Annual).

Let’s get Personal

Massachusetts is considered to be a Liberal State (Massachusetts was the first state to approve Gay Marriages for example which I applaud but also find odd because of the prevalent Catholic Presence).
The Republican Protestant is the minority in good Ol’ Taxachusetts where I grew up.

My family is very Protestant & very Republican in a very Catholic/Democrat Environment.

What a dynamic.

I was part of the ‘Born Again’ Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian Movement (see John 3:16) as a child.

Yes, 15 years of Religiousness and a Personal Relationship with Jesus.

Not only did I go to Church on Sundays (Sunday Service, Sunday School, sometimes early service and evening service); but I also attended Youth Group during the Middle of the Week; participated in Weekly & Daily Bible Studies; had Daily Devotions; went to Bible Camp in the Summer in New Hampshire; went to various Retreats; and even participated in a couple Billy Graham Crusades (where I was a ‘counselor’ at 14 years old). If I had to do it over, I am not sure I would. But the learning experiences have been invaluable.  Concerning Religion, I’m more cynical & skeptical than ever.

Thank Christ (pun intended) for showing me how f*cked up it all is.

Truth is not found in One Book.

Truth is a Quest that requires an open mind, and seizing opportunities to obtain knowledge from everything & anything.

Truth comes in many Guises and often unexpectedly.

Question what you believe for this does 2 things:

Re-affirms what you already Believe

or

Causes you to Change or Modify what you Believe…

1LUV

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