Helping Friendly
  • Book Club
  • CORNER
  • Library
  • The Plan
  • Time Wharf
  • Mission Statement
  • SEJ Talks
  • Foundation
  • Book Stands
  • Calendar
  • Photos
  • Contact
Helping Friendly
  • Book Club/
  • CORNER/
  • Library/
  • The Plan/
  • Time Wharf/
  • Mission Statement/
  • SEJ Talks/
  • Foundation/
  • Book Stands/
  • Calendar/
  • Photos/
  • Contact/
August 14th, 2013
Helping Friendly

Illuminating Curiosity for the Purpose of Forward Motion.

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We’ve come a long way on the Quest so far…

Helping Friendly
  • Book Club/
  • CORNER/
  • Library/
  • The Plan/
  • Time Wharf/
  • Mission Statement/
  • SEJ Talks/
  • Foundation/
  • Book Stands/
  • Calendar/
  • Photos/
  • Contact/
August 14th, 2013

August 14th, 2013

‘Another Roadside Attraction’ by Tom Robbins

@ Boxwood Tap + Grill

September 12th, 2013

September 12th, 2013

"Another Roadside Attraction" by Tom Robbins Part II

@ Nile’s House

October 23rd, 2013

October 23rd, 2013

‘Sirens of Titan’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Ceylon et Cie

December 11, 2013

December 11, 2013

‘Siddhartha’ by Hermann Hesse -

@ Nile’s House

What’s your theme song?

February 12th, 2014

February 12th, 2014

‘Jitterbug Perfume’ by Tom Robbins

@ The Kennedy Room

What are you going to do MORE of for Lent?

March 5th, 2014

March 5th, 2014

‘Jitterbug Perfume’ by Tom Robbins

@ The Kennedy Room

Mystery question…

March 26th, 2014

March 26th, 2014

Satsang on ‘Immortality’

@ The Kennedy Room

“What keeps you up at night?”

May 7, 2014

May 7, 2014

‘Breakfast of Champions’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

@ The Kennedy Room

What is one piece of wisdom you learned from your grandparents?

June 11th, 2014

June 11th, 2014

‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho

@ The Kennedy Room -

What is your Personal Legend? And one thing you are grateful for?

July 23rd, 2014

July 23rd, 2014

‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’ by Joseph Campbell #HFB8

@ The Kennedy Room

What was your favorite fairy tale growing up and why?

October 21st, 2014

October 21st, 2014

"The Celestine Prophecy" by James Redfield

@ The Kennedy Room

What is the most influential coincidence you’ve ever experienced? Looking back, what seemingly “nonrandom event” turned out to have the greatest impact on your life?

November 2, 2014

November 2, 2014

‘The Teachings of Don Juan’ by Carlos Castaneda

@ The Kennedy Room

Have you ever had a religious experience? What was it like? What was the situation? What caused it? What impact did it have on you?

January 21, 2015

January 21, 2015

‘The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe’ by Glenn Clark

@ The Kennedy Room

What are you going to expand on this year?

March 11th, 2015

March 11th, 2015

‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ by Milan Kundera

@ The Kennedy Room

What is love?

April 29th, 2015

April 29th, 2015

"The Tao of Pooh" by Benjamin Hoff

@ The Kennedy Room

What is the Tao?

July 20th, 2015

July 20th, 2015

‘Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas’ by Tom Robbins

@ The Study at The Dram

Have you ever met an individual that totally altered your worldview? Who why how?


October 14th, 2015

October 14th, 2015

‘Waking Up’ by Sam Harris

@ The Kennedy Room

What’s the most awakening experience you’ve ever had?

December 2, 2015

December 2, 2015

‘The Doors of Perception’ by Aldous Huxley

@The Kennedy Room

What’s the most visionary experience you’ve ever had?

January 27th 2016

January 27th 2016

‘Influence: Psychology of Persuasion’ by Robert Cialdini #HFB17

@ The Kennedy Room

Who or what has the biggest influence on you other than your family?

March 9th, 2016

March 9th, 2016

‘The Book of Strangers’ by Ian Dallas

@ The Kennedy Room

What have you surrendered before and how did it turn out?

May 11th, 2016

May 11th, 2016

‘The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are’ by Alan Watts

@ The Kennedy Room

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given and who gave it to you?

June 29th, 2016

June 29th, 2016

‘Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience’ by James Carse

@ The Kennedy Room

What’s the closest you’ve ever come to seeing the universe in a grain of sand?

September 14th, 2016

September 14th, 2016

‘Ishmael: An Adventure for the Mind and Spirit’ by Daniel Quinn

@ The Kennedy Room

What is your most reliable source? Where do you find information that you allow to penetrate and stick to your identity?

November 15th, 2016

November 15th, 2016

‘Cat's Cradle’ by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

@ Sundown at Granada

What truth do you know that brings you the most happiness?

January 24th, 2017

January 24th, 2017

‘The Pilgrimage’ by Paulo Coelho

@ Sundown at Granada

What’s the most enlightening travel experience you’ve ever had?

March 28th, 2017

March 28th, 2017

‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

@ The Wild Detectives

What’s an overpowering mystery to you? Draw a picture of a sheep.

June 13th, 2017

June 13th, 2017

‘The Secret Destiny of America’ by Manly P. Hall

@ The Wild Detectives

Please draw your favorite Secret to Eternal Joy and Never Ending Splendor?

October 10th, 2017

October 10th, 2017

‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ by Peter Wohlleben

@ The Kennedy Room

What is your favorite tree from your childhood? What kind is it? Where is it located? How old were you when you met it? What does it look like? Will you please draw it?

Febraury 6, 2017

Febraury 6, 2017

‘The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom’ by don Miguel Ruiz

@ The Wild Detectives

When was the first time you ever learned something Holy? How old were you? Who taught you? What was it?

June 5th, 2018

June 5th, 2018

“The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge” by Jeremy Narby

@ The Wild Detectives

What is your earliest memory of a snake? Can you please draw a snake?

Helping Friendly Birthday Cake

Helping Friendly Birthday Cake

Helping Friendly Immortality Serum

Helping Friendly Immortality Serum

December 13th, 2014

December 13th, 2014

Helping Friendly Little Free Library Ribbon Cutting

@ Boxwood Tap + Grill

December 13th, 2014

December 13th, 2014

Opening of the Helping Friendly Little Free Library

November 22, 2014

November 22, 2014

SEJ Talks

@ The Mandarin Door

The Kennedy Room

The Kennedy Room

The Montaigne Club

The Montaigne Club

So it turns out Michel de Montaigne and Sir Francis Bacon were friends. Not random.

July 24th, 2015

July 24th, 2015

The Study at The Dram begins…

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Dram Poets Society

Dram Poets Society

Dram Poets Society

Dram Poets Society

September 15th, 2015

September 15th, 2015

Dram Poets Society

@The Study at The Dram

Red Red Rose Society

Red Red Rose Society

@ The Bottle Shop

Red Red Rose Society

Red Red Rose Society

@ The Bottle Shop

April 12, 2017

April 12, 2017

Live Oak Sessions: “Movies that Should Be Musicals: A League of Their Own”

@The Live Oak Bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

October 23, 2017

October 23, 2017

Live Oak Sessions: Movies that Should Be Musicals 2

“Practical Magic”

@ The Live Oak Bar at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas

March 4th, 2018

March 4th, 2018

Stone Soup Artist Sustainability Project Micro-Grant

@ The Bath House at White Rock Lake

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Helping Friendly Birthday Cake
Helping Friendly Immortality Serum
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The Kennedy Room
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Helping Friendly Dates and Cosmic Door Prize Questions

August 14th, 2013 - HFB 1: 'Another Roadside Attraction' by Tom Robbins @ Boxwood Tap + Grill and September 12th, 2013 @ Nile’s House

October 23rd, 2013- HFB 2: 'Sirens of Titan' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. @ Ceylon et Cie

November 20, 2013 - HFB 3: 'The Giver' by Lois Lowry @ Boxwood Tap + Grill

December 4, 2013 - Satsang on ‘The Overview Effect’ @ Boxwood Tap + Grill

December 11, 2013 - HFB 4: 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse @ Nile’s House - What’s your theme song?

January 29, 2014 - Satsang on ‘Lucid Dreaming’ @ The Kennedy Room -”What’s your most reoccurring dream?”

February 12, 2014 and March 5th 2014 -HFB 5: "Jitterbug Perfume" by Tom Robbins @ The Kennedy Room - What are you going to do MORE of for Lent?

March 26th, 2014 - Satsang on ‘Immortality’ @ The Kennedy Room - ‘What keeps you up at night?”

May 7, 2014 - HFB 6: 'Breakfast of Champions' by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. @ The Kennedy Room - What is one piece of wisdom you learned from your grandparents?

June 11th, 2014 - HFB 7: 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho @ The Kennedy Room - What is your Personal Legend?  And one thing you are grateful for?

July 23rd 2014 - HFB 8: 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' by Joseph Campbell @ The Kennedy Room - What was your favorite fairy tale growing up and why?

October 21st 2014 - HFB 9: 'The Celestine Prophecy' by James Redfield @ The Kennedy Room - What is the most influential coincidence you’ve ever experienced? Looking back, what seemingly “nonrandom event” turned out to have the greatest impact on your life?

November 2, 2014 - HFB 10:'The Teachings of Don Juan' by Carlos Castaneda @ The Kennedy Room - Have you ever had a religious experience? What was it like? What was the situation? What caused it?  What impact did it have on you?

November 22nd, 2014 - ‘SEJ Talks’ - @ The Mandarin Door

December 13th, 2014 - Helping Friendly Little Free Library Opening @ State and Thomas

January 21, 2015 - HFB 11: 'The Man Who Tapped the Secrets of the Universe' by Glenn Clark @ The Kennedy Room - What are you going to expand on this year?

March 11, 2015 - HFB 12: 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' by Milan Kundera @ The Kennedy Room - What is love?

April 29th 2015 - HFB 13 'The Tao of Pooh' by Benjamin Hoff @ The Kennedy Room - What is the Tao?

July 20th, 2015 - HFB 14: 'Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas' by Tom Robbins @ The Dram - Have you ever met an individual that totally altered your worldview? Who why how?

July 24th, 2015  - The Study at The Dram Begins

September 15, 2015  - The First Dram Poets Society

October 14th, 2015 - HFB 15: 'Waking Up' by Sam Harris @ The Kennedy Room - What’s the most awakening experience you’ve ever had?

December 2, 2015 - HFB 16: 'The Doors of Perception' by Aldous Huxley @ The Kennedy Room - What’s the most visionary experience you’ve ever had?

January 27th 2016 - HFB 17: 'Influence: Psychology of Persuasion' by Robert Cialdini @ The Kennedy Room - Who or what has the biggest influence on you other than your family?

March 9th, 2016 - HFB 18: 'The Book of Strangers' by Ian Dallas @ The Kennedy Room - What have you surrendered before and how did it turn out?

March 29th, 2016 - First Red Red Rose Society @ The Bottle Shop

May 11th, 2016 - HFB 19: 'The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are' by Alan Watts @ The Kennedy Room - What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given and who gave it to you?

June 29th, 2016 - HFB 20: 'Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience' by James Carse @ The Kennedy Room - What’s the closest you’ve ever come to seeing the universe in a grain of sand?

September 14th, 2016 - HFB 21: 'Ishmael: An Adventure for the Mind and Spirit' by Daniel Quinn @ The Kennedy Room - What is your most reliable source?  Where do you find information that you allow to penetrate and stick to your identity?

November 15th, 2016 - HFB 22: 'Cat's Cradle' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. @ Sundown at Granada - What truth do you know that brings you the most happiness?

January 24th, 2017 - HFB 23: 'The Pilgrimage' by Paulo Coelho @ Sundown at Granada - What’s the most enlightening travel experience you’ve ever had?

March 28th, 2017 - HFB 24: 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupery @ The Wild Detectives - What’s an overpowering mystery to you? Draw a picture of a sheep.

June 13th, 2017 - HFB 25: 'The Secret Destiny of America' by Manly P. Hall @ The Wild Detectives - Please draw your favorite Secret to Eternal Joy and Never Ending Splendor?

September 17, 2017 - Time Wharf Burial @ Time Wharf Burial Grounds

October 10th, 2017 - HFB 26: 'The Hidden Life of Trees' by Peter Wohlleben @ The Kennedy Room - What is your favorite tree from your childhood?  What kind is it? Where is it located? How old were you when you met it? What does it look like? Will you please draw it?

February 6, 2017 - HFB 27: 'The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom' by don Miguel Ruiz @ The Wild Detectives - When was the first time you ever learned something Holy? How old were you? Who taught you? What was it?

June 5th 2018 - HFB 28: 'The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge' by Jeremy Narby @ The Wild Detectives -

April 8th, 2024 - Time Wharf Unsealing - Dallas Eclipse Full Totality

June 11th, 2014 - HFB7: "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho @ The Kennedy Room - What is your Personal Legend?  And one thing you are grateful for?

June 11th, 2014 - HFB7: "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho @ The Kennedy Room - What is your Personal Legend?  And one thing you are grateful for?

  • Book Club/
  • CORNER/
  • Library/
  • The Plan/
  • Time Wharf/
  • Mission Statement/
  • SEJ Talks/
  • Foundation/
  • Book Stands/
  • Calendar/
  • Photos/
  • Contact/

Helping Friendly

Legend has it that a long time ago, in a land far away, there was a book that was written that contained within it All The Inherent Knowledge in the Universe. That book was called The Helping Friendly Book, and it possessed the ancient Secrets to Eternal Joy and Never Ending Splendor. Unfortunately, The Helping Friendly Book and all its secrets fell into the wrong hands long ago. Instead of the Knowledge being used to enlighten the people, it was used to brainwash and control them, and this ushered in the dark age of the Tyranny of the Dulled Mind, where some say we find ourselves today. In 2013, after hearing rumors of the legendary lost book, we decided to form a search party and call ourselves The Helping Friendly Book Club, and we’ve been searching for the Secrets to Eternal Joy and Never Ending Splendor ever since.

Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the tyranny of the dulled mind.

@hfbclub #SEJNES