My Influences
I have a diverse range of professional and personal influences including; religious and spiritual leaders, psychologists, sociologists, educators, social change and human rights activists, great writers and texts. As well as those I have received direct teachings and training. These lists are works in progress, I will add to them over time. I am sure I have forgotten many!
SOCIAL CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS
PSYCHOLOGISTS, SOCIOLOGISTS, EDUCATORS, PHILOSOPHERS, ARTISTS, WRITERS, ATHLETES
- Salvador Minuchen
- David Deida
- A.S. Neill
- Carl Jung
- Martin Brokenleg
- Karl Dennis
- John VanDenBerg
- Jeff Fleischer
- Carl Rogers
- Tom Jeffers
- Jon Wunrow
- William James
- Charles Horton Cooley
- Max Weber
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Marianne Williamson
- Abraham Maslow
- Henry David Thoreau
- Darald Hanusa
- Arthur Morgan III
- Ellen Santaniello
Religious and Spiritual Leaders, Teachers, Mystics and Pioneers
Sacred Texts
Excellent Books
Ishmael and The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
Living with The Himalayan Masters by Swami Rama
Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
The Way of The Superior Man by David Deida
The Wounded Healer by Henri Nouwen
The Fourth Way by P.D. Ouspensky
Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Living Presence by Kabir Edmund Helminski
Tibetan Book of The Dead by Padmasambhava
Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
Ordinary People as Monks and Mystics by Marsha Sinetar
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
The Greatest Miracle in The World and Return of the Ragpicker by Og Mandino
Hands of Light by Barbara Ann Brennan
Veronika Decides To Die by Paulo Coelho
The Way of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Milkman
The Practice of The Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity by Thomas P Reid
A Guide To The Bodhisattva Way of Life by Santideva
Joshua by Joseph Girzone
Reiki: Hawayo Takata's Story by Helen J Haberly
The Twelve and One Half Keys by Edward Hays