i just came across this list i want to share. it’s from the watkins, mind body spirit site. i like lists.
The lists of lists of people, just keep going and going. However, the Watkins Review believes that an important list has been long overdue, and we are delighted to share with you our list of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. Lists of influential people contribute to the discourse and issues that each person represents, and the Watkins Review hopes that our list will nurture the debates surrounding contemporary spirituality.
There are several factors that were taken into account when compiling the list. Listed below are the main three:
1) The person has to be alive
2) The person has to have made a unique and spiritual contribution on a global scale
3) The person is frequently googled, appears in Nielsen Data, and highlighted in throughout the blogosphere
It’s interesting to think about the amount of times that a person is googled; in a sense, being googled is a form of digital voting, and illustrates just how often someone is being sought out.
| 1. Dalai Lama | 34. Marianne Williamson | 67. Caroline Myss |
| 2. Eckhart Tolle | 35. Lisa Williams | 68. Michael Newton |
| 3. Thich Nhat Hanh | 36. Francis Chan | 69. Daisaku Ikeda |
| 4. Deepak Chopra | 37. Don Miguel Ruiz | 70. Vadim Zeland |
| 5. Paulo Coelho | 38. Masaru Emoto | 71. John Bradshaw |
| 6. Elizabeth Gilbert | 39. Gregg Braden | 72. Richard Bandler |
| 7. Iyanla Vanzant | 40. Andrew Weil | 73. Jean Houston |
| 8. Ken Wilber | 41. Erich von Däniken | 74. Starhawk |
| 9. James Redfield | 42. Adyashanti | 75. Daniel J. Siegel |
| 10. Rhonda Byrne | 43. Krishna Das | 76. James Lovelock |
| 11. Alice Walker | 44. Sonia Choquette | 77. Judy Hall |
| 12. Nelson Mandela | 45. Joseph Ratzinger | 78. Gary Snyder |
| 13. Dr Wayne W Dyer | 46. Louise Hay | 79. Patrick Holford |
| 14. Doreen Virtue | 47. Amma | 80. Oberto Airaudi |
| 15. Michio Kaku | 48. Vladimir Megre | 81. Dr Azmayesh |
| 16. Oprah Winfrey | 49. Ervin Laszlo | 82. Mother Meera |
| 17. Alejandro Jodorowsky | 50. Elaine Pagels | 83. Rabbi Michael Lerner |
| 18. Mantak Chia | 51. Jeff Foster | 84. Lynne McTaggart |
| 19. Desmond Tutu | 52. Seyyed Hossein Nasr | 85. Michael Beckwith |
| 20. Alex Grey | 53. Neale Donald Walsch | 86. Satya Narayan Goenka |
| 21. Peter Russell | 54. Drunvalo Melchizedek | 87. Satish Kumar |
| 22. Byron Katie | 55. Pema Chödrön | 88. Paramahamsa Nithyananda |
| 23. Ram Dass | 56. Diana Cooper | 89. Rowan Williams |
| 24. Esther Hicks | 57. Bruce Lipton | 90. Prem Rawat |
| 25. Bernie Siegel | 58. Dan Millman | 91. Mooji |
| 26. Richard Bach | 59. Karen Armstrong | 92. Stanislav Grof |
| 27. Brian Weiss | 60. Graham Hancock | 93. Grant Morrison |
| 28. Andrew Cohen | 61. David R. Hawkins | 94. Jon Kabat-Zinn |
| 29. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | 62. Jack Canfield | 95. Dolores Cannon |
| 30. Robin Sharma | 63. Clarissa Pinkola Estés | 96. Gangaji |
| 31. Steve Taylor | 64. Sogyal Rinpoche | 97. Shakti Gawain |
| 32. Z’ev ben Shimon Halevi | 65. Swami Ramdev | 98. Claudio Naranjo |
| 33. Andrew Harvey | 66. Philip Berg | 99. Mastin Kipp |
| 100. Marion Woodman |
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”
~ John E. Southard
This is fascinating! 🙂
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yes – good stuff!
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