Hi Friends,
Just a reminder that I'll be leading a meditation workshop on Saturday, Nov. 21st, at the New York Public Library-96th Street Branch. Cost is only $49 and it's from 1-4pm.
For more info, please visit my website or e-mail my office at info@alangompers.com
Friday, November 20, 2009
NY Public Library Event - Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 2009
CONTACT:Lorena Rostig Tel: 901-233-0339
info@alangompers.com
SING-SING FELON SIGNS BOOK AT NY PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENT
Riverdale resident, Alan Gompers, affectionately known in the music industry as "Pop Doo Wop," celebrated his message of peace and freedom at The New York Public Library-96th Street Branch.
New York, NY-Nearly 24 years after being paroled for drug trafficking, former Wall Street-tycoon- turned-author, Alan Gompers' is sharing his life story through his memoir, "Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom."
On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Gompers signed books and introduced his cd "Maximum Freedom: A Guide to Meditation" at the New York City Public Library-96th Street Branch. During an inspiring presentation around his amazing memoir, he highlighted some of his experiences that included his rise to fame and fortune, his first bust by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission, his rise again through a real estate marketing venture in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania and ultimately his demise through drug trafficking that earned him a 15-to-life-sentence which began at the infamous and storied maximum security prison-"Sing Sing."
Paroled in 1986, Gompers has been touring the United States and Canada, sharing his amazing life and the incredible experiences he encountered on his fascinating journey. "Ultimately," Alan tells us, "it was the transforming power of meditation that enabled me to find the true happiness and freedom I had been searching for my whole life.
THUMBNAILS ABOUT GOMPERS
· Great nephew of American Federated of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations founder and first president Samuel Gompers.
· Accomplished musician, singer and producer.
· With Don K. Reed in 1986, promoted "Rock and Roll" concerts from the 1950's and became affectionately known as "Pop Doo Wop".
· Launched the company, Sportsvision, with the support and active endorsements of Yankees great Don Mattingly and Mets' All-Star Howard Johnson in 1987.
· His company, Children First For A Better World, offered educational support to school age children, from pre-school to the 12th grade, in order to help them attain a great life, rich in happiness and success.
· He continues to volunteer to speak to inmates in maximum security prisons and lead meditation workshops around the country.
· Is in the midst of a nationwide book tour which includes stops in Los Angeles, CA, Memphis, TN, and Kansas City, MO.
·Single and resides in Riverdale, NY
November 20, 2009
CONTACT:Lorena Rostig Tel: 901-233-0339
info@alangompers.com
SING-SING FELON SIGNS BOOK AT NY PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENT
Riverdale resident, Alan Gompers, affectionately known in the music industry as "Pop Doo Wop," celebrated his message of peace and freedom at The New York Public Library-96th Street Branch.
New York, NY-Nearly 24 years after being paroled for drug trafficking, former Wall Street-tycoon- turned-author, Alan Gompers' is sharing his life story through his memoir, "Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom."
On Saturday, November 14, 2009, Gompers signed books and introduced his cd "Maximum Freedom: A Guide to Meditation" at the New York City Public Library-96th Street Branch. During an inspiring presentation around his amazing memoir, he highlighted some of his experiences that included his rise to fame and fortune, his first bust by the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission, his rise again through a real estate marketing venture in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania and ultimately his demise through drug trafficking that earned him a 15-to-life-sentence which began at the infamous and storied maximum security prison-"Sing Sing."
Paroled in 1986, Gompers has been touring the United States and Canada, sharing his amazing life and the incredible experiences he encountered on his fascinating journey. "Ultimately," Alan tells us, "it was the transforming power of meditation that enabled me to find the true happiness and freedom I had been searching for my whole life.
THUMBNAILS ABOUT GOMPERS
· Great nephew of American Federated of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations founder and first president Samuel Gompers.
· Accomplished musician, singer and producer.
· With Don K. Reed in 1986, promoted "Rock and Roll" concerts from the 1950's and became affectionately known as "Pop Doo Wop".
· Launched the company, Sportsvision, with the support and active endorsements of Yankees great Don Mattingly and Mets' All-Star Howard Johnson in 1987.
· His company, Children First For A Better World, offered educational support to school age children, from pre-school to the 12th grade, in order to help them attain a great life, rich in happiness and success.
· He continues to volunteer to speak to inmates in maximum security prisons and lead meditation workshops around the country.
· Is in the midst of a nationwide book tour which includes stops in Los Angeles, CA, Memphis, TN, and Kansas City, MO.
·Single and resides in Riverdale, NY
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Workshop, November 21, 2009
Dear Friends,
The book signing at the New York Public Library last Saturday was a huge success. I can't tell you how much I enjoy meeting new people and sharing my story. One man bought 10 copies of my book...I later found out that he was passing them out to people at homeless shelters around the city.
This Saturday I'll be leading a workshop from 1-4pm, again at the New York Public Library--96th Street Branch. (Please click here for more information) The cost is only $49/per person. I hope you'll come and bring all of your friends.
A huge thank you to Todd Gwinn, Sr. Librarian at the 96th Street Branch and to Janet Gula for inviting me to give a workshop last Sunday at On the Mat in Mountaindale Yoga.
Stay in touch! I love hearing from you. My e-mail is alan@alangompers.com. If you have any questions, please call Lorena at 901-233-0339.
Blessings to all of you. May today find you in happy spirits with a warm heart filled with love and peace.
Love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
The book signing at the New York Public Library last Saturday was a huge success. I can't tell you how much I enjoy meeting new people and sharing my story. One man bought 10 copies of my book...I later found out that he was passing them out to people at homeless shelters around the city.
This Saturday I'll be leading a workshop from 1-4pm, again at the New York Public Library--96th Street Branch. (Please click here for more information) The cost is only $49/per person. I hope you'll come and bring all of your friends.
A huge thank you to Todd Gwinn, Sr. Librarian at the 96th Street Branch and to Janet Gula for inviting me to give a workshop last Sunday at On the Mat in Mountaindale Yoga.
Stay in touch! I love hearing from you. My e-mail is alan@alangompers.com. If you have any questions, please call Lorena at 901-233-0339.
Blessings to all of you. May today find you in happy spirits with a warm heart filled with love and peace.
Love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Map & The Flashlight
To all my dear friends,
The response to my last e-mail has been overwhelming. I was so excited to hear from so many people who have read my book and who shared their experience of meditation in their own lives. One person described meditation like this:
"Before, I felt like I was in a cave of darkness and despair. For me, your book and learning to meditate (from your cd) have become my "flashlight and map." It's been my way out of the dark and scary cave of fear and self-sabotage."
I just wanted to remind you that I'll be at The New York Public Library, 112 East 96th Street, in Manhattan, this Saturday, November 14th from 2-3:30PM. (Click here for flyer). See below for a list of two meditation workshops I'll be leading this month!
Thank you again for your support of my passion in sharing hope and light with the world.
If you live in the New York City area, I hope to see you on the 14th. Please bring all your friends for a great afternoon of fun at the library.
My love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Please join me at these upcoming meditation workshops:
November 15th at On The Mat in Mountaindale Yoga (click here for more information)
November 21st at The New York City Public Library, 96th Street Branch (Please click here for more information
The response to my last e-mail has been overwhelming. I was so excited to hear from so many people who have read my book and who shared their experience of meditation in their own lives. One person described meditation like this:
"Before, I felt like I was in a cave of darkness and despair. For me, your book and learning to meditate (from your cd) have become my "flashlight and map." It's been my way out of the dark and scary cave of fear and self-sabotage."
I just wanted to remind you that I'll be at The New York Public Library, 112 East 96th Street, in Manhattan, this Saturday, November 14th from 2-3:30PM. (Click here for flyer). See below for a list of two meditation workshops I'll be leading this month!
Thank you again for your support of my passion in sharing hope and light with the world.
If you live in the New York City area, I hope to see you on the 14th. Please bring all your friends for a great afternoon of fun at the library.
My love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Please join me at these upcoming meditation workshops:
November 15th at On The Mat in Mountaindale Yoga (click here for more information)
November 21st at The New York City Public Library, 96th Street Branch (Please click here for more information
Monday, November 9, 2009
Will I See You at the NYC Public Library?
To all my dear friends,
I wanted to touch hearts with everyone. I have been traveling around the country this past year, speaking, doing radio and media interviews and signing books for people from every walk of life. The response has been very beautiful and inspiring. It has made my tour far greater than anything I could have dreamed of.
I am back in New York and thrilled with the opportunity to present my CD, "Maximum Freedom, A Guide to Meditation."
I'd like to invite you to The New York Public Library, 112 East 96th Street, in Manhattan, on Saturday, November 14th from 2-3:30PM. I will be appearing for a very "special" and exciting speaking and book signing event that is free and open to the public. (Click here for flyer)
If you have already purchased my book or cd (from amazon.com or my website) and are using them in your daily practice, please e-mail me and let me know your thoughts. My e-mail address is alan@alangompers.com
If you live in the New York City area, I hope to see you on the 14th. If you live elsewhere, please know you are in the deepest part of my heart and I hope to be in your hometown again soon.
My love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Please join me at these upcoming workshops:
November 15th at On The Mat in Mountaindale Yoga (click here for more information)
November 21st at The New York City Public Library, 96th Street Branch (Please click here for more information
I wanted to touch hearts with everyone. I have been traveling around the country this past year, speaking, doing radio and media interviews and signing books for people from every walk of life. The response has been very beautiful and inspiring. It has made my tour far greater than anything I could have dreamed of.
I am back in New York and thrilled with the opportunity to present my CD, "Maximum Freedom, A Guide to Meditation."
I'd like to invite you to The New York Public Library, 112 East 96th Street, in Manhattan, on Saturday, November 14th from 2-3:30PM. I will be appearing for a very "special" and exciting speaking and book signing event that is free and open to the public. (Click here for flyer)
If you have already purchased my book or cd (from amazon.com or my website) and are using them in your daily practice, please e-mail me and let me know your thoughts. My e-mail address is alan@alangompers.com
If you live in the New York City area, I hope to see you on the 14th. If you live elsewhere, please know you are in the deepest part of my heart and I hope to be in your hometown again soon.
My love and blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Please join me at these upcoming workshops:
November 15th at On The Mat in Mountaindale Yoga (click here for more information)
November 21st at The New York City Public Library, 96th Street Branch (Please click here for more information
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
PASS AWARD
Dear Friends,
Last week I was on the radio in Fairfield, Iowa. You can listen to the interview by going to www.kruufm.com The show is archived under Archives>Writers Voice. I'll be returning to the studio on Friday, June 5th at 1:30pm. Please mark your calendars and be sure to tune in live.
In June, I'll be traveling to Iowa as I continue on my book tour. I'll be doing a program in Des Moines for the Iowa Chops AHL Hockey Team Front Office Staff and then I'm off to Fairfield where I'll sign books at two stores and give a meditation workshop on Sunday, June 7th at the Mainstay Inn. Fairfield is an amazing city and I encourage you to come and visit. I'll be there during Art Walk...the theme this year is "All Things Italian."
Also, I recently created my first cd called Maximum Freedom: A Guide to Meditation. The response has been incredible and people of all varying degrees of experience have found it useful in taking their personal meditation practice to deeper levels. Earlier this month I played a portion of this cd during a program that I gave at Hendrick Hudson High School and the feedback from the students (boys in 11th & 12 grade) was extraordinary! To order please visit www.amazon.com
Finally, it is with humility and excitement that I share with you some very good news. I was recently contacted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency that my book is a recipient of the 2008 PASS Award (Prevention for a Safer Society.)
This annual PASS Award is national media recognition awards program that honors the media for responsible coverage of the criminal and juvenile justice systems and child welfare.
Once again, thank you again for your love and support. I wish you great happines and joy.
Love & Blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Last week I was on the radio in Fairfield, Iowa. You can listen to the interview by going to www.kruufm.com The show is archived under Archives>Writers Voice. I'll be returning to the studio on Friday, June 5th at 1:30pm. Please mark your calendars and be sure to tune in live.
In June, I'll be traveling to Iowa as I continue on my book tour. I'll be doing a program in Des Moines for the Iowa Chops AHL Hockey Team Front Office Staff and then I'm off to Fairfield where I'll sign books at two stores and give a meditation workshop on Sunday, June 7th at the Mainstay Inn. Fairfield is an amazing city and I encourage you to come and visit. I'll be there during Art Walk...the theme this year is "All Things Italian."
Also, I recently created my first cd called Maximum Freedom: A Guide to Meditation. The response has been incredible and people of all varying degrees of experience have found it useful in taking their personal meditation practice to deeper levels. Earlier this month I played a portion of this cd during a program that I gave at Hendrick Hudson High School and the feedback from the students (boys in 11th & 12 grade) was extraordinary! To order please visit www.amazon.com
Finally, it is with humility and excitement that I share with you some very good news. I was recently contacted by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency that my book is a recipient of the 2008 PASS Award (Prevention for a Safer Society.)
This annual PASS Award is national media recognition awards program that honors the media for responsible coverage of the criminal and juvenile justice systems and child welfare.
Once again, thank you again for your love and support. I wish you great happines and joy.
Love & Blessings,
Alan Gompers
Author, Maximum Security: The True Meaning of Freedom
www.alangompers.com
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Invoking Change
WEEKLY CONTEMPLATION
This week during your daily meditation, contemplate the following:
"In order to experience that which never changes, we must invoke change."
Dear Friends,
Is this simply an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms? Or, is there something in this teaching that we are being asked to look at more deeply? At first glance, we may think we understand it, and then carry that understanding out into our lives with great conviction.
But later, after more contemplation, we realize that what appeared at first to be a contradiction was in fact a profound Truth?
We all search for that ultimate experience of fulfillment, satisfaction and contentment. Don't we all want happiness and love in our lives and don't we want it to be consistent and lasting? When we finally experience a moment of real love in our lives, don't we utter a sigh of gratitude and fervently wish it would never end?
Happiness, love, contentment-forever! What a concept. Yet, underlying our most profound hopes and dreams, we tacitly pray for a state of bliss, joy and love that will never end. Heaven, Nirvana, Shangri-La, immortality-the list goes on.
The question arises: Is it possible to even consider a state that never changes in a world that is forever changing?
The Great masters tell us that not only does this state exist but it is the only state there is, that all else is an illusion created by faulty perception and wrong understanding.
The fascinating part of this whole drama called life is that we will never know the real Truth until we begin to see through it all. And what is the prescription for discovering this Truth???? Change itself!
I have looked back on my life so much after a profound, life altering experience with meditation almost 30 years ago and have come to realize that all my frustration, broken dreams, unhappiness and fear was the result of trying to get something grounded and lasting in a world that was incapable of giving it to me. Everything I ever did in my life previously was with the intention of finally capturing something or someone that would end my search and finally give me the contentment and love that kept alluding me.
But it wasn't until I came across a passage in one of my Meditation teacher's books, where he simply stated that all frustration and fear is created by trying to find something lasting in world that is transient and forever changing. "While you hold in your hands all of your accomplishments," he said: "your money, your fame and fortune, your children and family, even your body and your very life, they are all dissolving right before your eyes, and in the end the world will betray you."
He then went on to say that there is a part of us that knows no fear, that is never lonely or afraid, that is eternally happy and full of love and never changes-this is your True Self and all that is real. "Why would we ever want to seek this great state," he said, "if we felt content and happy as we were?" Enter the magic ingredient-Change!
It is now my understanding that the universe is totally benevolent, compassionate and filled only with love, for I have come to realize that it is out of this futility, this continuous frustration of trying to find something lasting in a world that is incapable of giving it to me, that a longing deep inside me was created. I became a seeker of peace, real peace. A seeker of contentment, real contentment. A seeker of Freedom, real Freedom.
In the end, it is an invocation to change the way we have always lived our lives, carefully and very beautifully orchestrated by this incredible universe of ours that ultimately puts an end to our suffering and fear and reveals to us the only Truth there is: We are all already free. We are all eternal beings, longing to experience that truth for ourselves. There never was anything else.
Meditation is the key to unlocking that experience. Meditate, Great Ones.
Love and blessings,
Alan
This week during your daily meditation, contemplate the following:
"In order to experience that which never changes, we must invoke change."
Dear Friends,
Is this simply an oxymoron, a contradiction in terms? Or, is there something in this teaching that we are being asked to look at more deeply? At first glance, we may think we understand it, and then carry that understanding out into our lives with great conviction.
But later, after more contemplation, we realize that what appeared at first to be a contradiction was in fact a profound Truth?
We all search for that ultimate experience of fulfillment, satisfaction and contentment. Don't we all want happiness and love in our lives and don't we want it to be consistent and lasting? When we finally experience a moment of real love in our lives, don't we utter a sigh of gratitude and fervently wish it would never end?
Happiness, love, contentment-forever! What a concept. Yet, underlying our most profound hopes and dreams, we tacitly pray for a state of bliss, joy and love that will never end. Heaven, Nirvana, Shangri-La, immortality-the list goes on.
The question arises: Is it possible to even consider a state that never changes in a world that is forever changing?
The Great masters tell us that not only does this state exist but it is the only state there is, that all else is an illusion created by faulty perception and wrong understanding.
The fascinating part of this whole drama called life is that we will never know the real Truth until we begin to see through it all. And what is the prescription for discovering this Truth???? Change itself!
I have looked back on my life so much after a profound, life altering experience with meditation almost 30 years ago and have come to realize that all my frustration, broken dreams, unhappiness and fear was the result of trying to get something grounded and lasting in a world that was incapable of giving it to me. Everything I ever did in my life previously was with the intention of finally capturing something or someone that would end my search and finally give me the contentment and love that kept alluding me.
But it wasn't until I came across a passage in one of my Meditation teacher's books, where he simply stated that all frustration and fear is created by trying to find something lasting in world that is transient and forever changing. "While you hold in your hands all of your accomplishments," he said: "your money, your fame and fortune, your children and family, even your body and your very life, they are all dissolving right before your eyes, and in the end the world will betray you."
He then went on to say that there is a part of us that knows no fear, that is never lonely or afraid, that is eternally happy and full of love and never changes-this is your True Self and all that is real. "Why would we ever want to seek this great state," he said, "if we felt content and happy as we were?" Enter the magic ingredient-Change!
It is now my understanding that the universe is totally benevolent, compassionate and filled only with love, for I have come to realize that it is out of this futility, this continuous frustration of trying to find something lasting in a world that is incapable of giving it to me, that a longing deep inside me was created. I became a seeker of peace, real peace. A seeker of contentment, real contentment. A seeker of Freedom, real Freedom.
In the end, it is an invocation to change the way we have always lived our lives, carefully and very beautifully orchestrated by this incredible universe of ours that ultimately puts an end to our suffering and fear and reveals to us the only Truth there is: We are all already free. We are all eternal beings, longing to experience that truth for ourselves. There never was anything else.
Meditation is the key to unlocking that experience. Meditate, Great Ones.
Love and blessings,
Alan
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