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About Our Founder
JOHN CASTAGNINI This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it For about a decade, renowned speaker and author John Castagnini has been sharing his supreme insights and knowledge in the area of personal development. He has accomplished this through heart-opening workshops, seminars, and consults around the world. His books and other writings, his dynamic group presentations, and his music are all paths through which he helps people shed the role of victim and realize gratitude toward life and toward God for their circumstances. Multi-faceted and multi-talented, John is equally at home and equally adept with a musical keyboard or a computer keyboard, and with helping people one-on-one, or through group presentations, or through the printed word. Having consulted and assisted many different people, who were dealing with many different issues, John recognized one overwhelming concept: People stop feeling like victims of the challenging events and circumstances in their lives only when they are finally able to say “Thank God” for these happenings. As God would have it, John ended up consulting with many women who had experienced rape. One by one, he assisted them in becoming grateful, and he watched the tears of gratitude well in their eyes as each woman reached the point of saying, “Thank God I was raped.” John’s extraordinary insight and perception led him to understand deeply that the underlying concept of GRATITUDE for EVERYTHING that one experiences is the greatest wisdom one can have and the greatest skill one can learn. This was the genesis of the book, Thank God I Was Raped, from which, in turn, grew the concept for the “Thank God I…”™ book series. It was John’s realization that collecting the inspiring stories from these incredible women would be of immeasurable help twice over: not only to the women who reached an epiphany through telling their stories and getting to a place of gratitude, but also to the countless other people who would read these stories in the book. Anyone—regardless of what his or her life challenges are, be it rape, addiction, or some other turning point, can learn from these inspiring stories. And John’s professional background, along with his innate compassion, led him to realize the incredible value of a book such as those in the “Thank God I…”™ series. It is his mission to bring his message of gratitude and hope to as wide an audience as possible. As a result, the inspiring and heart-opening “Thank God I…”™ book series, focusing on a message of gratitude, was born. John has made it his mission to compile a book series comprising stories of some of the most challenging issues we face in experiencing gratitude. These books will heal and open hearts around the globe by sharing one simple message: “Our greatest lessons come in the form of our greatest challenges!” The “Thank God I…”™ book series, Online Community of Gratitude, and The Banking Gratitude Experience®, a system for discovering the magical and miraculous healing power of GRATITUDE, are their gifts to you! Biography: JOHN CASTAGNINI Creator of Thank God I…™ Stories of Inspiration for Every Situation. At age 17 John Castagnini went on a quest—a quest to study, understand and share. As a teenager—seemingly out of nowhere—young John would suddenly arrive at a state of tearful love and inspiration, and out would pour writings that emanated from his heart and soul. Understanding this state of love—this communication—these writings committed him to his life’s quest. He made the decision to devote his life to learning. Castagnini wanted answers to the following questions:
John Castagnini delved deeply into the minds of great people who had already contemplated these questions. It was important for him to study the works of Plato, Einstein, Kant, Newton, Mozart, Aristotle, Socrates, Jung, Marx, Christ, Buddha, Faraday, Milton, Maxwell, Spinoza, Locke and Freud—to name a few. In turn, he attracted great teachers who shared priceless wisdom. He found most of the deeper questions in life have answers: “If we are willing to do the work and sort past our myths, then we come to understand.” In college, Castagnini achieved a B.A. in Biology, went to Chiropractic school, then studied with monks from India, and finally trained with the world’s leading martial arts masters. From there, he studied with the world-renowned speaker, Dr. John Demartini. Castagnini held seminars with Demartini and others—such as Dr. Wayne Dyer. In the process of studying for thousands of hours, John Castagnini authored several books, and shared at seminars around the world. Along the way, Castagnini assisted in the development of several multi-million dollar companies, and became the creator of Inspired Authors, LLC, and the Thank God I…™ Community. Go to www.thankgodi.com to read more. John Castagnini has spoken at diverse venues—ranging from churches to resorts to financial institutions. In the process, he has authored several books, and created a music CD and a film. His work reaches and inspires countless people around the world. Castagnini says, “All of us have opportunity. Art—shared in whatever form—stems from this union of mind, body, and soul to understand and share divinity. It is a divinity we all have access to—and become more able to share—as we give ourselves permission to shine.” The following questions helped mold much of Castagnini’s work: 1) How do I create a greater understanding of my mind, spirit, the universe, and myself? 2) How can I become more clear and certain of my life’s purpose? 3) How can I develop my own world in this world? 4) How can I live within the deep experience of love and gratitude? 5) How can I achieve incredible levels of production and mastery in all areas of life? 6) How can I find and share my brilliance? 7) How can I become exactly who I would love to become? “Life’s most important answers are found in pursuing life’s most important questions.” JOHN CASTAGNINI John Castagnini’s Mission Ever since I was a small child, I was able to see through many of the contradictions about God that were being shoved down my throat in church and in school. I had questions—lots of them—and the “authorities” tried to shut me up, mindlessly reciting dogma for an answer. I soon realized that the only way to figure out the game of God, love, life and death was to study and best understand the laws of our universe for myself—every single day. It is in seeking to understand that we become understood. My mission is to explore and share the clearest possible understanding of the laws that govern our universe. My vision is to express these magical moments with mastery of the mind, healing of the heart, and soaring of the soul. These are some of the questions Castagnini sought to answer:
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