A Simple Life brings warmth, love and happiness into our lives. It releases us from stress and turmoil. It eases our journey through life and gives us peace and contentment. Simplicity leads to inner wisdom and liberates time. Simplicity is a journey; sometimes it is easy and smooth and sometimes difficult and turbulent. But it is always full of hope and light and companionship. QUOTES from A SIMPLE LIFE "Practicing simplicity means letting go of conflict and confrontation." "Change is a matter of decision." "Beliefs, for better or worse, have a profound effect on our health. ...Our thoughts and beliefs reflect life back to us. ...By changing our beliefs, we change our world. ...If we decide to change our lives and choose happiness, the universe cooperates with us and sends happy experiences our way." "Love is not some impossible-to-attain saintly emotion, but a practical way of living life. ... It may be asked what can love produce that is meaningful to man. In the individual case, man values his life so long as he finds meaning and purpose in it. Part of that meaning comes from expressing and receiving love." "The experience of truth leaves us with a residue of peace and harmony."
About the Author: Sal Dossani moved to the Bay Area in 1978, and has made San Francisco his home since 1994. He has had a varied career, from tutoring students in college to working for non-profits. For a few years he worked as a computer consultant helping small businesses grow. After that he ran a travel agency and grew it from a two-person office to a medium-sized company with twelve employees. During this period he travelled to many interesting places, one of which was Lhasa, Tibet. There he visited one of the only two metaphysical schools in the world at that time. After selling his travel business, Sal took a couple of years off and worked on making his life simpler. Since an early age he has had a profound interest in wanting to know what makes us, as human beings, tick. In his search he came across many teachers and guides and learned something from almost all of them. Eventually, he encountered Dr. David Hawkins, a teacher of great depth and wisdom. Following his teachings, Sal's life went through tremendous changes. He began to accept life just as it presented itself, and a deeper sense of peace emerged. A few years ago, during the course of the same week, a number of people suggested to him that he should write a book outlining his experiences and knowledge acquired over the years. At first there was a resistance to the idea. A feeling that life was already too complicated, led to not wanting to take on another task. A few months later, the idea of writing a book was again brought up by some other friends. This time, the advice was heeded as coming from a higher source; hence this book. Here Sal has attempted to share his experiences of the various paths, and the ideas and practices that he found to be most helpful. It is his hope that they will be of some help to you as well. In the end, all that can be said about the path is that love is the one thing that matters most in life.