Today's discovery: Flower of Life.

My friend Sarah was telling me about this last night. A few days prior I had a long conversation with my new friend from Washington D.C. who hitchhiked with us from New Orleans to Austin on his way to New Mexico. He was explaining to me in very simplistic terms what the "golden ratio" was. I think it's best explained here: Golden Number

It's suposed to depict beauty and balance in structures and be the most visually appealing to human senses. I never fully understood when philosophers or mathematicians would decipher the whole world with mathematic formulas but this could be the start of a shallow understanding.

Flower of Life

"These are not words I'm making up, these are the actual words that were used in ancient times to describe this. I think they called it the Flower of Life because it looks like a flower and because it [represents] the laws and proportions for everything alive and even not alive; everything that's manifested."

-Drunvalo Melchizedek 

A Human Being is Part of the Whole

"A human being is part of the whole, called by us "universe," limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons close to us. 


Our task must be to free ourselves from our prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all humanity and the whole of nature in its beauty."

-Albert Einstein

Let me introduce myself.

My name is Samantha Vetrano. I am a 21 year old female studying government at The University of Texas in the city of Austin. I moved to Texas my sophomore year after attending one year at a state school an hour south of my hometown in New Jersey. My first goal after graduation this upcoming May is to be accepted into the Peace Corps and serve in either Africa or Latin America teaching english. I've been living a constant experiment since the start of my college career in order to determine if a life guided by personal passions and morals can be properly channeled into my ultimate pursuit of fulfillment and wisdom in a society that tends to demand conformity and squash optimism. My theory is that every experience you have can bring you closer to a larger understanding and in order to really live a life, you must free yourself from every thought that hinders you. It seems that if you understand basic principles of living, the unimportant things seems less relevant and have less impact on your experiences. Your reality is how you perceive the outside world and being able to see beauty and solutions instead of the walls and ugliness put you in the position to live a happy life and leave you optimistic enough to try and solve issues ailing others. Updates will come daily. This is my journey.

Independent Philosophy.

I'm trying to develop at philosophy on human life for the goal of bringing myself and as large of a sphere of people around me the most benefits and fulfillment as possible. The filter in which we interpret our world has a tremendous impact on the experience of our lives. I am attempting to follow a personal awareness of beauty in all and internal ethics in pursuit of positivity influencing my experiences, relationships and advance my own personal growth. Nothing taken too seriously. I want to show you the lens I use to filter.


Timeline/Goals for 2011:

• Last semester at The University of Texas.
• Ireland; Saint Patrick's Day
• College Graduation; May
• Backpack through Europe; June
• Live in Los Angeles; Summer
• Travel to New Zealand; September 
• Be accepted into the Peace Corps for 2012