Sunday, June 27, 2010

Dawn McIntyre, Interview #97

Name: Dawn McIntyre

Where you live: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

What you do as a vocation or avocation? Best-selling Author and Spiritual Mentor

Your two favorite books: The Alchemist and A Return to Love

Your two favorite songs: Love Can Move Mountains and My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion

Why you are interested in spirituality? It has been the only path to growth as a soul and as a person that has worked for me.

Your favorite quote:
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”  --Marianne Williamson

Your favorite web siteshttp://www.12listen.com/

Your hero? Myself

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? To be in a state of peace and grace at all times.

A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?": Italy, Florence and The Amalfi Coast in particular.

Dawn's websites are: http://www.boldlybeautiful.com/ and http://www.thenew10.com/

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Michael Largo, Interview #96


Name: Michael Largo

Where you live: Dominican Republic/U.S.

What you do as a vocation or avocation? Writer

Your two favorite books: Origin of Species; Brief History of Time

Your two favorite songs: Blinded by the Light; Miserere mei, Deus

Why you are interested in spirituality? In how it affects laws and government.

Your favorite quote: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.”

Your favorite web sites:
http://www.michaellargo.com/

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

Your hero? People who are open minded and kind

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? To understand what happened before the Big Bang

A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" In silence

Michael is the author of God's Lunatics and other books which you can see at his site:
http://www.michaellargo.com/ 

Friday, June 11, 2010

Trebbe Johnson, Interview #95



Name: Trebbe Johnson

Where you live: Thompson, (rural northeastern) PA)

What you do as a vocation or avocation?
Founder and Director of Radical Joy for Hard Times, a non-profit organization devoted to finding and making beauty in wounded places. Author of The World is a Waiting Lover and other works that explore the connections between myth, nature, and spirit.

Your two favorite books: The Myth of Sisyphus and The Divine Comedy.

Your two favorite songs: 'She Loves You' and the 'Ode to Joy' from Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Why you are interested in spirituality? How dull life would be if there were no immense Mystery enticing us to be a part of it, while never allowing us to understand it!

Your favorite quote: 'There is some kiss we want with our whole lives....' (Rumi)

Your favorite web sites: radicaljoyforhardtimes.org and Google.

Your hero? Nelson Mandela

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? How to be a more fluent translator between the Earth and her people.

A place in the world where you feel spiritually 'connected? When I'm open to the invitations of the world, I feel beauty and connectedness in all kinds of surprising places.

Trebbe's Web Sites: radicaljoyforhardtimes.org