ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
G RATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MADE to the following for permission to reprint material copyrighted or controlled by them. I made a thorough effort to locate all rights holders and to clear reprint permissions. Given the vast amount of knowledge floating freely on the Internet, this was difficult, at times. If I omitted any required acknowledgments or overlooked any rights, it was unintentional. Please contact me and I will rectify the error.
Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc. for We Are Travelers On A Cosmic Journey and Practicing Silence From the book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success 1994, Deepak Chopra. Reprinted by permission of Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc. P.O Box 6657, San Rafael, CA 94903. All rights reserved. For A New Dream From the book The Four Agreements 1997, Miguel Angel Ruiz, M.D. Reprinted by permission of Amber-Allen Publishing, Inc. P.O. Box 6657, San Rafael, CA 94903. All rights reserved.
Danna Faulds for I Am Ready , from ONE SOUL: MORE POEMS FROM THE HEART OF YOGA 2003 by Danna Faulds, published by Peaceable Kingdom Books, 53 Penny Lane, Greenville, Virginia 24440 yogapoems@aol.com. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Daniel Ladinsky for the following selections by Hafiz: The Sun Never Says, It Felt Love, What Is The Root?, The Sky Hunter, Now Is The Time, How Hafiz Became A Sufi, The God Who Only Knows Four Words , From the Penguin publication The Gift, Poems by Hafiz 1999 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his permission.
HJ Kramer Inc. for Release The Need To Save People taken from SOUL LOVE , 1997 by Sanaya Roman, published by HJ Kramer Inc., P.O Box 1082, Tiburon, California 94920. Reprinted by permission of publisher.
Konecky and Konecky , 72 Ayers Point Road, Old Saybrook, CT 06475 for The Sermon of Saint Francis to the Birds from THE LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS, THE LIFE OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI . Reprinted by permission of publisher.
Llewellyn Publications , St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0383 for Yoga, A Gift From The Sages , from YOGA, THE ULTIMATE SPIRITUAL PATH by Swami Rajarshi Muni, 2001. Used with permission of publisher.
Lotus Press for the following selections by Dr. David Frawley: Yoga, On The Other Hand, A Higher Level Of Healing, Consciousness Is Love, Consciousness: The World Within, Awareness And The Mind, All Life Is Yoga, A Meditation On The Deathless Self . Reproduced with permission from Ayurveda and the Mind , by Dr. David Frawley, Lotus Press, a division of Lotus Brands, Inc., PO Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181, USA, www.lotuspress.com . 1997 All Rights Reserved.
Margaret Koblasova for A Meditation On Breathing , Margaret Koblasova, Ananda Ayurveda, P.O. Box 980937 Park City, UT 84098 www.ayurvedic-living.com Be happy, be peaceful, be free. Used with permission of the author.
Monkfish Book Publishing Company for the following selections by Swami Kripalu: True Love Is For Fools, The Man Who Was Going To America, The Charity Loved By The Lord, The Old Master Whips The Young Prince, The Saint And The Scorpion, Lord Cast Your Sweet Gaze On Me, Wherever A Lamp Goes, The Saint Who Couldnt Practice What He Preached, The Angel Of Struggle, The Disciple Who Almost Drown, The Straw On The River Ganges, Rest At The Feet Of The Lord . Selections taken from, FROM THE HEART OF THE LOTUS, THE TEACHING STORIES OF SWAMI KRIPALU , spontaneously translated and spoken by Yogi Amrit Desai, and compiled and edited by John Mundahl. 2008 by John Mundahl, Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 27 Lamoree Road, Rhinebeck, New York 12572. Reprinted by permission of publisher.
New World Library for the following quotes by Eckhart Tolle: Beauty Arises In The Stillness Of Your Presence, Whenever You Watch Your Mind, Enlightenment, The Compulsive Thinker, Be The Buddha, The Beginning Of Freedom . From the book The Power of Now . 1997 by Eckhart Tolle. Reprinted with permission of New World Library, Novato, CA. www.newworldli-brary.com . For the following quotes by Shakti Gawain: Creating A New Way Of Life, Put Your Inner Female In The Guiding Position, A Wise Being Lives Inside Of You . From the book Reflections in the Light. 1988, 2003 by Shakti Gawain. Reprinted with permission of New World Library, Novato, CA. www.newworldlibrary.com
Oriah Mountain Dreamer for The Invitation , by Oriah from her book THE INVITATION 1999. Published by Harper-ONE, San Francisco. All rights reserved. Printed with permission of the author. www.oriah.org .
Parallax Press for the following selections by Thich Nhat Hanh , You May Have Heard That God Is In Us, A Beautiful Continuation, Our Notion Of Death. Reprinted from The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology (2008) by Thich Nhat Hanh with permission of Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, www.parallax.org . Our True Heritage, A Discourse On Love, The Good News , Metta Sutta (Suttanipata 1) Reprinted from A Joyful Path (1994) by Thich Nhat Hanh with permission of Parallax Press, Berkeley, California, www.parallax.org .
Penguin Group (USA) Inc for If The Buddha Dated and A Meditation On Kindness , from IF THE BUDDHA DATED by Charlotte Sophia Kasl, 1999 by Charlotte Sophia Kroll. Used by permission of Penguin, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. For Sir, What Do You And Your Monks Practice?, A Lotus For You, A Buddha To Be, A Practice For Touching Peace, I Am There For You . From LIVING BUDDHA, LIVING CHRIST by Thich Nhat Hanh, 1995 by Thich Nhat Hanh. Used by permission of Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Public Domain . The following selections are more than 100 years old and may be public domain. Since this does not ensure that a selection is public domain, I made every attempt to find copyright and permission information on these selections, but received no responses to my inquiries. If I have errored on any selection, please contact me and I will correct the mistake: Earth Teach Me, Oh Great Spirit Whose Voice I Hear in the Winds, The Prayer of St. Francis, Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Humility is Perpetual Quietness of Heart, The True Peace, A Sanskrit Salutation to the Dawn, The Day I Discovered the Meaning of Love .
Random House for I Am Spirit , from AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND 1993 by Deepak Chopra, published by Three Rivers Press, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., used by permission of Random House, Inc.
Selections by unknown authors. I took the following selections off the Internet. All were listed as Author Unknown. I made every attempt to find permission or copyright information on these selections but found none, nor did I get responses from any of my inquiries. If you have information regarding any of these selections, please contact me and I will gladly make the correction. Are Your Potatoes Heavy? Its Simple, The Dancer and the Starfish, Keepers, So Far Today, Heartprints, A Special Meal, Growing Good Corn, Last Respects, The Wise Woman and the Precious Stone, Wooden Bowls, A Hindu Prayer for Peace, A Zorastrian Prayer for Peace, A Bahai Prayer for Peace, A Buddhist Prayer for Peace, A Jain Prayer for Peace, A Muslim Prayer for Peace, A Native American Prayer for Peace.
Selections from the Bhagavad-Gita were taken from Arnolds Edition, printed in 1977 by The Self-Realization Fellowship, 3880 San Rafael Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90065.
Selections from the Buddhist Bible were taken from The Teaching of Buddha: The Buddhist Bible , printed by Kenkyu-sha Printing Company, Tokyo, Japan. 1934, with references to: American Buddhist Academy, 331 Riverside Drive, New York 25, New York. Tri-State Buddhist Church, 1947 Lawrence Street, Denver 2, Colorado. Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai, Mitutoyo Mfg. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Know The Sweet Joy Of Living In The Way, A Grieving Woman And The Mustard Seed, The Buddhas Discourse On Good Will, The Two Women .