Alan L. Pritz, Interview #210

Name: Alan L Pritz 

Where you live: Minneapolis, MN

What you do as a vocation or avocation? 

I’m an Interfaith Minister with a private practice specializing in personal and organizational meditation training and spiritual counseling-coaching.

Your two favorite books: 

Autobiography of a Yogi 

God Talks with Arjuna - the Bhagavad Gita - The Royal Science of God-Realization 

& The Second Coming of Christ; the Resurrection of the Christ Within You  (I listed 3 J)

Your two favorite songs: 

Door of My Heart, Lean on Me, Amazing Grace (3 again!)

Why you are interested in spirituality?

 I was drawn to matters of Spirit from early childhood. Ultimately, I have a driving desire to understand the true nature and purpose of things and found such verities fully realized in the peaks of spiritual attainment.

Your favorite quote: 

“Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now." --Swami Sri Yukteswar

Your favorite web sites: http://www.yogananda-srf.org/ and  www.Awake-In-Life.com,  

Your hero? Yogananda, Jesus, Lincoln

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn? Selfless Love

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

With places that vibrationally evoke Paramahansa Yogananda. I also enjoy pilgrimage to holy sites of all faith traditions in order to absorb those divine vibrations.

Patricia Cori, Interview #209

Your Name: 
Patricia Cori  

Where you live: 

I left the San Francisco Bay Area 30 years ago and immigrated to the Eternal City, Rome Italy, where I settled - but I spend a lot of the year traveling the world.

What you do as a vocation or avocation?

I wear many hats, I'm happy to say! I am an author with 13 best-selling books to my credit, a screenwriter, a public speaker and an environmentalist. My life work is dedicated to inspiring people to contemplate the greater multiverse, life beyond the material, and to taking our rightful place as guardians of this immense, beautiful planet.

Your two favorite books:  

How difficult to choose favorites from the wealth of books that have touched my life! The first that come to mind are Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and The Poetry of Robert Frost - but oh, the list is immense.

Your two favorite songs: Fragile by Sting; Claire de Lune - Debussy

Why you are interested in spirituality? 

As we exasperate the conditions created by the pursuit of materialism and wealth, we realize that seeking a greater connection to Source and that infinite love is the only thing that truly gives meaning to our earthly lives.

Favorite quote: “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Your favorite quote: ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

Your favorite web sites:  seashepherd.org; Facebook.com

Your hero? 

Captain Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Society. He is one of the most courageous and focused human beings on the planet and he is a true whale warrior.

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn?  

Seeing god in every being - even those who are bending towards the darkness.

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

So many:1) Egypt  2) Glastonbury, England 3) The Azores islands (Atlantis) 4) Palenque, Mexico

Web Sites for Patricia:  theemissary.net    sirianrevelations.net

Mark Susnow, Interview #208

Your Name: 
Mark Susnow

Where you live: 
San Anselmo, California

What you do as a vocation or avocation? 

You might say I’m a lover of life. Its complexities, its mystery and its adventure.  And you could say I’m a life coach, thought-leader, author, musician, and avid tennis player.

Your two favorite books: 

Throughout the years I’ve had many favorites. After I wrote Dancing on the River: Navigating Life’s Changes, four years ago, there has been one book that has touched me deeply and that is The Beggar King: The Secret of Happiness by Joel Ben Izzy; I was so moved that I googled the author to thank him for writing the book and sharing his story.

Your two favorite songs: 

That’s a challenge to keep it to two. Since I’m a musician I have been exposed to many songs and music from cultures all over the world. I have always liked the Fool on the Hill by the Beatles. We are the World touches me and I play that on the piano and sing it. Most recently, on our weekly radio show, Journey On, we were honored to have as our guest, an amazing Brazilian artist, Kaliyani. Her inspiration Nammu’s Invocation, touched my soul.

Why you are interested in spirituality? 

I have always been interested since I’ve been a little kid. My father died when I was six. From that point on I always wondered about the nature of God and why certain things happen in life. In the last chapter of Dancing on the River I write about Embracing the Great Mystery.

Your favorite quote: 

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."--Lao Tzu  

Here’s one I wrote. "When you discover and honor your true nature and core beliefs, your life will be more consistent with the self you want to awaken."

Your favorite web sites: 

Although I don’t visit it that often, when I do, I always feel better. The http://www.Goodnewsnetwork.org is one of my favorites. And of course I’m excited about my site, http://www.inspirepossibility.com

Your hero? Both Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela are up there.

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn?  

Among other things we’re here to share our joy with others. With that comes learning to be less judgmental and more accepting.

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

I’ve been a meditator for over 40 years so I usually, not all the time, feel that deep place inside. And yoga allows me to find that deeper peace. Being in nature soothes my soul and I experience that deeper place inside when I play music.

www.inspirepossibility.com

Judith Diana Winston, Interview #207

Name:  Judith Diana Winston

Where you live:
Santa Monica, CA

What you do as a vocation or avocation?  

I am a visionary writer and artist.  I use the term “visionary” because it is always my intention to use words and images that have the possibility of speaking to the “highest” in all of us and work toward of creating healing in ourselves and in our world.

Your two favorite books:    

So many! “The Alchemist” - by Paolo Coelho.  It’s a small book, a fable really,  about a simple young man who follows his heart, tuning into, “The Soul Of The World” and is magically lead, by unusual means and meetings, to attaining his dreams, which he doesn’t even know he has at the beginning of the book.  

A coffee table book called “The World of Michael Parkes.”  He is an American painter living in Spain who creates magical, mystical images - that seem to have the stuff of Myth in them and always transport me to a world where “The Magical” is commonplace. Both of these have inspired and moved me and my work in deep ways

Your two favorite songs:   

“Beautiful Boy” on the last John Lennon album before he was killed - about his son Sean, who was about 4 at the time.  Also, I love Leonard Cohen’s song, “Suzanne.”  It has all of these amazing evocative images.  It is almost more like a movie than a piece of music!

Why you are interested in spirituality?  

I want to comprehend this thing we call, Life, at it’s deepest possible level!  And, I want to cultivate Peace inside of myself!

Your favorite quote:  

“The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them.”  Arthur C. Clarke

Your favorite web sites:  

David William Gibbons - www.davidgibbons.org - (also called DGNetworks)  He is a British broadcaster who does remarkable in-depth interviews.  I had the great pleasure of doing an uninterrupted 2-hour “dialogue” with him when my newest book came out in the fall of 2012 and then in 2013 to be a participant on 3 panel discussions.  He has an uncanny ability of going right to the very depth of things and is incredibly prolific and humble.  He has interviewed almost everyone you’ve ever wondered about - and others you wonder why you’ve never heard about before.  On our first interview he asked questions that I’d never even thought about in relationship to my book - which thought would have been impossible since it took me almost 25 years!

Another of his sites is www.UniversalOne.TV

Also www.AbrahamHicks.com - I get quotes from them every day in my email - a definite compensation for all of the junk mail! :)

And, my own www.TheKeeperOfTheDiaryBook.com - which was deeply influenced by my 10 years of visiting, photographing and learning about some of the planet’s most enigmatic and mystical ancient stone sites - many of which can be seen on the site! 

Your hero?

I guess it’s a “hero with a thousand faces,” The Animal Kingdom - I learn from them every day - from the wisdom of their deep connection and immersion in “The All That Is!”  In particular, I learn from my own 2 Maine Coon felines, Kaia and Shima! Especially Shima - a very old soul, indeed!

A spiritual lesson you hope to learn?

Trust in the Process of Life.  They say we teach best what we need to learn most.  Trust and Choice are the 2 main themes of The Keeper Of The Diary!

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

All of the Sacred Sites I visited - in pristine “wild” nature - and practicing Yoga - which I’ve done for over 30 years!

www.TheKeeperOfTheDiaryBook.com