Today's Thought (Ayman Sawaf -- Urth TV)

Ayman Sawaf Multi-Conscious Media Visionary

Ayman is an international visionary entrepreneur, CEO and best-selling author. He is one of the original creators of the disciplines now known as Emotional Literacy (EL). He is also an early pioneer in emotional intelligence (EQ), co-creator of the four cornerstone model and its application in business - as illustrated in his book with Dr. Robert Cooper, Executive EQ.  He has spent the last 16 years building the evolutionary foundation for entirely new systems and industries that will monetize the ability of these perspectives to optimize human capital; by providing new maps to evolve our relationships with our selves, our family and the work place. Ayman's his new book, "Sacred Commerce: The Rise of the Global Citizen." "It is with Great Joy that we invite you to celebrate with us the launch of our book  "Sacred Commerce: The Rise of the Global Citizen." "Sacred Commerce is a groundbreaking book exploring both the past and future of commerce. The merchant priests of ancient Egypt who practiced it, and the skill of emotional alchemy they mastered in their pursuit of beauty, goodness and truth. "This book completes Ayman's work on the map of Emotional Intelligence as explored in his international best seller, "Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations", co-authored with Dr. Robert Cooper. "We will be celebrating the launch of this book in San Francisco on March 29th, where Ayman will guide us through the magical journey of the merchant priesthood: "From Emotional Literacy to Emotional Alchemy: A blueprint for a new humanity." "For all our friends around the world who are unable to attend in person, you can "party-cipate" with us online at www.SacredCommerce.com, download a free chapter, buy a book and share your thoughts and collaborate with us on the next edition as we re-publish the book as a "wiki-living book" yearly to keep the flame alive and current.  A few days after the event we will have a videocast of Ayman's talk at SacredCommerce.com With lots of love, Rowan Gabrielle & Ayman Sawaf Ayman has successfully founded and personally funded many companies; given a variety of international speeches; executive produced award-winning movies and a variety of television shows with major Hollywood studios. He has created and/or published dozens of books with major publishers; composed and released nine musical albums and developed a market-defining non-profit dedicated to emotional literacy (www.feel.org).   His current work includes a new book titled: "Sacred Commerce: Stories from the Merchant Priesthood", the story of how business and spirituality have walked hand in hand in our history and can do so today. Sacred Commerce is the party-cipation of the community in the exchange of information, products and services that contribute to the revealing of the divine (beauty, goodness and truth) in all. In parallel, Ayman is illustrating the concept of Sacred Commerce through Urth.TV, a social, media and business network and the WholeLife Centers. After 25 years of expos and conferences, WholeLife is taking the expo experience online with the launch Urth.TV, a social network for people who value greater consciousness, healthy living and a sustainable planet... and 7 days a week through WholeLife Centers across the country. Past WholeLife Speakers Our Expos have been the podium for some of today's most prolific speakers and authors who have made a difference in the lives of millions of people. Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Dr. Phil McGraw, Thich Nhat Hahn, Shakti Gawain, Suze Orman, Barbara Brennan, Dr. Robert Atkins, Gary Null, Loretta LaRoche, Dan Millman, Marianne Williamson, Dr. Andrew Weil, Patch Adams, Don Miguel Ruiz, Gary Zukav, Dr. Barry Sears, Sting, Candice Pert, Dr. Rudolph Ballantine, Earl Mindell, John Holland, Carol Bowman, John Robbins, Barbara De Angelis, Wallace Black Hawk, Matthew Fox, Debbie Ford, Terence Mckenna, Alice Walker, Kevin Ryerson, Doreen Virtue, Dr. John Gray, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Jill Butterfly Hill, Jean Houston, Julia Cameron, Gabriel Cousens, David Deida, Gary Null, Stuart Wilde, Sri Swami Satchidananda, Lyanla Vanzant, James Van Praagh, Karen Kingston, Byron Katie, John Bradshaw and countless others have brought forward the many paths and choices to personal growth that have defined the last few decades. Stay tuned for a profound conversation with a light-hearted visionary, which walks softly and leaves an unforgettable impression!

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1. Ayman, you've had your finger on the pulse of main stream media and corporate structure for years, and now, that sustainability is a theme of common interest, it seems the movement's effort has met critical mass. Based on your observation, how long has Sacred Commerce been gaining momentum up to this point?  

2. Do you feel more acclimated to sustainability, because of your historic interest and because you had the benefit of watching this idea grow and change into a novel application?   

3. While at the same time, there is nothing new under the sun. Consequently are there indigenous people on the planet operating small scale commerce in mini-market places right now, indigenous peoples who have been using sacred commerce prehistorically, historically, and even today, and if so would share examples of such cultures?   

4. Sacred Commerce is an opportunity to bring integrity to work and to commitments with local communities and abroad.  Is trust  a vital component, to be desired and experienced by many as an intrinsic, before Sacred Commerce can really become a mainstay?  

5. Viable economics as a model in transition is feasible, but what kinds of benefits can those businesses in transition experience immediately, even before the infrastructure morphs over?  

6. In some parts of the world institutional violence prevails, and this violence is fueled by supply, demand, greed, and fear. With so many elements to address, how does sustainability began meeting basic needs, and addressing institutional violence?  

7. I like your sidebar about the brilliant economist, Dr Mohamed Yunus, for conceiving and implementing micro-lending. Why did he not win the Nobel Prize for his cutting edge economic model, but instead win the Nobel Peace Prize, that is to say what does peace have to do with sustainability?  

8. In the book you specify a correlation between sacred commerce and ancient sacred rite. What does this correlation mean and how do we benefit from coupling commerce  with sacred principle?

9. Sacred commerce uses money as an exchange,  but there are other commodities of value that we share, based on the philosophy. Can you cite examples for alternative commodities of exchange other than money and suggest how we learn a new value system in the process?   

10. Your book suggests that as we evolve and as our system of commerce matures, we may move away from using mere tokens of exchange to actualize or tender, if you will, a legitimate transaction, but instead exchange more of what holds real value.  My question is this: If moneysor currency are mere tokens, then what true comodity does money represent and what does sustainability have to say about that paradigm? Here is another question using a similar analogy yesterday I heard on the news, a man downplaying people paying for windmill sourced energy, explaining that although someone pays a fee, it is purely theoretical and only represents what is implied. Yes, pay for windmill sourced energy, but are you actually using it to run your computer....what did he mean?

11. Based on sustainability principle banks can loan to both rich and poor, and in this way, which makes sacred commerce an equal opportunity experience, understanding that we not invest in things but in people and human potential, which we all posess. Can you offer a suggestion to help us understand how this happens in real life and how everyone benefits?

12. Sustainability is more than an economic model or school of thought, but instead it is a way of life whose philosophy prompts the individual to look within and honor life's experiences as the tools we use to rediscover we really are from both a mundane and divine perspective. What kinds of workshops are out there, which serve as great continuing education, deepening our appreciation for these fresh, contemporary ideas and applications?

13. We humans have a tendency to objectify our shortcomings, by blaming the very institutions we use in order to connect and things done, but in reality, as we contemplate the need for positive change, for instance, through sacred commerce,  we should look within first and then use sustainability as a theme to nurture and guide our inner growth. Is it appropriate that we view sustainability as a way to fix things or is it appropriate that we utilize sustainability to bring harmony and joy through means, which encourage and foster more of the same (for us all)?

14. Ayman-Rowan, can you take a moment to reflect, remember, and share with us a couple of splendid, unforgettable moments, which manifest while you wrote Sacred Commerce?

15. Do you feel you are manifesting your higher purpose role at this time in your life? How do you know this to be true?

16. How are you marketing this fresh new book? Do you care to share some other exciting developments from other projects, while we're chatting?

17. How and where do we purchase the book, When in a retail store or on-line, how do we purchase your new book, Sacred Commerce?

18. Visionary question: Ayman-Rowan can you share with the audience some word of advice and encourage you've found helpful along the way in finding your path, becoming your path, and benefiting the world?