Real People, Real Lives, Real Spirituality: August 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Graham Farmelo, Interview #150

Name: Graham Farmelo

Where you live: London, UK

What you do as a vocation or avocation? Vocation – writer, avocation – physicist, but wish it were the reverse

Your two favorite books: Middlemarch by George Eliot, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Your two favorite songs: ‘Bewitched, bothered and bewildered’ by Rodgers & Hart, ‘I am the Walrus’ by Lennon & McCartney

Why you are interested in spirituality? Because it exemplifies how something can arise from nothing

Your favorite quote: ‘Only our surfaces are important; deep down, we’re all the same’ – Oscar Wilde

Your favorite web sites: www.bbc.co.uk

Your hero? The author of the plays of Shakespeare, even if it wasn’t Shakespeare

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? I can never articulate things I don’t know

A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" Everywhere – no single point in space or instant in time is privileged: a fundamental lesson of physics

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Diana Charabin, Interview #149

Name: Diana Charabin

Where you live: Canada, California, and everywhere else West Coast.

What you do as a vocation or avocation? I have created an inspiring company called Tiny Devotions ww.tinydevotions.com that spreads the awareness about mala beads and setting intentions.

Your two favorite books: Shantaram and The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari

Your two favorite songs: Anything by Bon Ivor or Angus and Julia Stone

Why you are interested in spirituality? This goes along with my favourite quote.... "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience but rather spiritual beings having a human experience." Our spirit IS why we are here.

Your favorite quote: see above

Your favorite web sites: www.ted.com www.crazysexylife.com - www.whitehottruth.com -
www.essenceofliving.com.au -

Your hero? Anyone authentic living their truth.

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? How to be in the flow no matter where you are.

A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" Gold Coast, Australia.

See Diana's work at www.tinydevotions.com

Thursday, August 4, 2011

P. V. Vaidyanathan, Interview #148

Name: Dr. P. V. Vaidyanathan

Where you live: Mumbai, India

What you do as a vocation or avocation? I am a practicing Pediatrician

Your two favorite books:

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

Quantum Healing by Deepak Chopra

Your two favorite songs:

None

Why you are interested in spirituality?

To be able to understand life and its apparent contradictions and complexities

Your favorite quote:

"Give to others, not because you have, but because you know what it is not to have"

Your favorite web sites:
www.speakingtree.in

www.rediff.com

Your hero?

Swami Vivekananda, India

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn?

How to be in relationship with others with only love, nothing else

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

Anywhere and everywhere

Featured on this blog:

214. Steve Austin, USA
213. Martha Spong, USA
212. Tim Birchard, USA
211. Vironika Tugaleva
210. Alan L Pritz, USA
209. Patricia Cori, USA
208. Mark Susnow, USA
207. Judith Diana Winston, USA
206. Edward Vilga, USA
205. John C. Robinson, USA
204. J. Mark Powell, USA
203. Phil Moore, Australia
202. Amos Smith, USA
201. Matt Matthews, USA
200. Lorraine Ash, USA
199. Bonita Lim, China
198. Karl Grass, USA
197. Elizabeth Hagan, USA
196. Dave Harrity, USA
195. Tia Salingre-Williams, USA
194. B'lkaar Singh, UK
193. Mary Lindberg, USA
192. John Fea, USA
191. Kris "Mrs. B." Bradley, USA
190. MeiMei Fox, USA
189. Susan Kushner Resnick, USA
188. Allison Pearlman, USA
187. Danielle Lauren, Australia
186. MaryAnn McKibben Dana, USA
185. Geoff Bell-Devaney, USA
184. Hitesh Abhani, India
183. Adel Arrabito Torres, USA
182. Laurie Brock, USA
181. Robert V. Taylor, USA
180. David McGlynn, USA
179. Chana Keefer, USA
178. Kaya Oakes, USA
177. Melanie Rigney, USA
176. Leslie Leyland Fields, USA
175. Katherine Willis Pershey, USA
174. Jamie Moffett, USA
173. Charles Cannon, USA
172. James Heinritz, Singapore
171. Shauna Niequist, USA
170. Ken Goldstein, USA & France
169. Cyndi Streid, USA
168. Lisa Shasky, USA
167. Shanthi Kiran, India
166. Jon Rojas, USA
165. Kristina Robb-Dover, USA
164. Brad Karelius, USA
163. Chris Stemp, USA
162. Lori Marie Triba, USA
161. Raf Adams, China and Belgium
160. Arnaud Saint-Paul, France
159. Anna Zoe, USA
158. Erin Dunigan, Mexico
157. Anya Cordell, USA
156. Phil Torcivia, USA
155. Cash Peters, USA
154. Elizabeth Myer Boulton, USA
153. Daniel Walker, New Zealand
152. Karen Skalitzky, USA
151. Amy Julia Becker, USA
150. Graham Farmelo, UK
149. Diana Charabin, Canada & USA
148. P. V. Vaidyanathan, India
147. Bob Bennett, USA
146. Sharmen Lane, USA
145. Peter Michael Anthony, USA
144. Brent N. Hunter, USA
143. Verity A. Jones, USA
142. Jason Byassee, USA
141. Nicole Neroulias, USA
140. Marcia Z. Nelson, USA
139. Kristina Neuhauser, UK, Hungary, & India
138. Michael Wenham, UK
137. Janet Oberholtzer, USA
136. Elissa Elliott, USA
135. Robert Hunt, USA
134. Dean Anthony Gratton, UK
133. Greg Smith, USA
132. Jon M. Sweeney, USA
131. Ray Hollenbach, USA
130. Amy Ellis Nutt, USA
129. Elizabeth Cunningham, USA
128. Carlo Alcos, Canada
127. Janelle Hertzler, USA
126. Christine Garvin, USA
125. Meredith Gould, USA
124. John Horgan, USA
123. Jennifer Grant, USA
122. Kelsey Timmerman, USA
121. Conor Grennan, USA
120. Eric Nelson, USA
119. Tyler Core, USA
118. Elizabeth Drescher, USA
117. Cynthia B. Astle, USA
116. Brendan Myers, Canada
115. Mary Beth Phillips, USA
114. Joan Luise Hill, USA
113. Katie Mahon, USA
112. Judith Fein, USA
111. Tracy Lee Nash, USA
110. David Sokal, USA
109. Salomeh Dastyari, Australia
108. Brenda Shoshanna, USA
107. Enu-a Okoro, USA
106. Cathy Rosewell Jones, USA
105. Jessica Maxwell, USA
104. Graeme Taylor, Australia
103. Beth Nonte Russell, USA
102. Massimo Pigliucci, USA
101. Mark Greiner, USA
100. Paul Rademacher, USA
99. Christopher Smith, USA
98. Dan Guerrera, USA
97. Dawn McIntyre, Canada
96. Michael Largo, Dominican Republic & USA
95. Trebbe Johnson, USA
94. D. Michael Lindsay, USA
93. Dawn Baumann Brunke, USA
92. Sherre Zwelling Hirsch, USA
91. David Ensign, USA
90. Benyamin Cohen, USA
89. Rebecca, USA
88. Jan Phillips, USA
87. Stephen P. Edwards, USA
86. Eva Ravenwood, USA
85. Valerie Elverton Dixon, USA
84. Jayanti Tamm, USA
83. Christopher Pinckley, USA
82. Alice Grist, UK
81. madis senner, USA
80. Solomohn Nallshi Ennis, USA
79. Laurie Larsen, USA
78. Linda Eve Diamond, USA
77. Jean Russell, USA
76. Becky Garrison, USA
75. Sharon M. Jones, USA
74. Chintamani Yogi, Nepal
73. Leo Kim, USA
72. Steffan Postaer, USA
71. Diana Spechler, USA
70. Mary Kenagy Mitchell, USA
69. Eileen Malone, USA
68. Shirley Paulson, USA
67. David E. Nelson, USA
66. Ashley Jonathan Clements, Australia
65. Rodney Curtis, USA
64. David Crumm, USA
63. Betsy Robinson, USA
62. Ward M. Powers, USA
61. Usiku, USA
60. Allan J. Hamilton, USA
59. Jan Hice, USA
58. Karen Wright, USA
57. E. Benjamin Skinner, USA
56. Oliver Haindl, Switzerland
55. Petra Delli Paoli, USA
54. Jian Ping, USA
53. Vicki Buerkett, USA
52. Jason Moore, USA
51. Len Wilson, USA
50. Randy Komisar, USA
49. MIchael Shermer, USA
48.Joanne Gallant-Chilton, Nova Scotia
47. Alexander Zelitchenko, Cyprus
46. Mark Townsend, UK
45. Dan Morehead, USA
43. Gretchen Rubin, USA
42. Lisa, USA
41. David B. Parker, USA
40. Oriah, Canada
39. Paige Blair, USA
38. Pat Loughery, USA
37. Stephen McKinney-Whitaker, USA
36. Meher Sarkari, UK
35. Christopher Naze, USA
34. Sven Nieder, Germany
33.Mehmet Basci, Switzerland
32. Dale Brown, USA
31. Imoh Colins Edozie, Nigeria
30. Dava Money, USA
29. Trish Ryan, USA
28. Mary DeMuth, USA
27. Judith Ann Henrich, USA
26. Arloa Sutter, USA
24. Julie Clawson, USA
23. Richard Bartley, USA
22. Chad Parker, USA
21. Wendy Ellyatt, UK
20. Michael Farman, USA & UK
19. Bruce Reyes-Chow, USA
18. Anna Lappe, USA
17. Austin Repath, Canada
16. Michael Weiss, Austria
15. Rich Ufford-Chase, USA
14. Sarah Anderson, USA
13. Tyler Braun, USA
12. Eimear O'Neill, Canada
11. Ute Graefin von Hardenberg Carson, USA
10. Colin Lee, Australia
9. Simon Cohen, UK
8. Mohit K. Misra, India
7. Lucia, USA
6.Kymberly Harris, USA
5. Keith Grogg, USA
4. Kathleen, USA
3. Nan, USA
2. Diane Williams, USA
1. Ruth Huizenga Everhart, USA

Monday, August 22, 2011

Graham Farmelo, Interview #150

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Diana Charabin, Interview #149

Name: Diana Charabin

What you do as a vocation or avocation? I have created an inspiring company called Tiny Devotions ww.tinydevotions.com that spreads the awareness about mala beads and setting intentions.

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? How to be in the flow no matter where you are.

A place in the world where you feel spiritually "connected?" Gold Coast, Australia.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

P. V. Vaidyanathan, Interview #148

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