Joseph Garofalo

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.” Rumi

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About Me

an almost mid-century "Average Joe', who is constantly working on getting my-self out of the way to allow Our-Self to shine more often, Cultivating Wisdom and Express Comprehensive Compassion in all my encounters, moment by moment(alright at Least that's my passionate "Goal"), loving husband and father of 3 radiant girls/women --

Passionate Integral practioner, crazy enough to admit I've read all of Ken's Books, over the last 15 or so years,

One of the co-facilators of Atlanta Ken Wilber Meet-up (Plug --great group of people who have been meeting for a few years the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month--http://www.meetup.com/atlanta-integral/ -- all are welcomed and none will be chased...

(Hey we need less "Me" and more "We" -- let's Do IT!!)

Education--

Always learning (and perhaps more importantly "unlearning") from the never ending School of Life and Mystery--Formal Education includes learning to share and play nice to Graduate Degrees from NYU (Psychology) and Pace U (MBA)

Career -- Ex-corporate guy, now Integral Business Owner/Franchisor of Irish Pub -- helping others succeed, creating Win-Win-Win-Win situations every chance possible

Hobbies and Interests--

All things Integral -- Reading, meditating, conversations, basketball, yoga, breathing(hopefully for a few more years and incarnations), family (3 girls), travel, Throughbred horse racing, loving people and Life in all its myriad people, making connections -- people, ideas, etc , Creating greater and creater WE spaces, Being and Becoming

“Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation.” --Rumi

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
Ramakrishna

Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world -- Sri Ramana Marshi

One of the most important-and most neglected-elements in the beginning of the interior life is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value and the beauty in ordinary things, to come alive to the splendour that is all around us -- Thomas Merton