In today’s episode of “Healing from Within”, your host Sheryl Glick (http:// www.sherylglick.com) author of Life is No Coincidence is most pleased to welcome Rizwan Virk (http://www.zenentrepreneur.com), author of Zen Entrepreneurship (http://www.zenentrepreneur.com)…Walking the Path of the Career Warrior. In this wonderfully creative story- part autobiographical and part mystical, we follow a young MIT businessman as he develops the ideas and skills necessary to grow a multi-million dollar business, and in the process, discovers that real success is completely intertwined with the spiritual realm. Rizwan Virk, an MIT graduate, launched a company from his Boston apartment called “Brainstorm Technologies” which became the first of his many internationally acclaimed enterprise software, video games, and online advertising companies. Most recently, he has become a leading advisor in Silicon Valley with successes as the smash hit iPhone app, “Tap Fish”, which was downloaded more than 30 million times. He has been quoted and chronicled in the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, The Boston Globe, etc. He was the executive producer for the international film, THRIVE- What on Earth will it take. This has been seen by more than 10 million people globally!

Riz believes, as does Sheryl , that there is no separation between one’s business life, one’s personal life, and the spiritual realm-that each feeds the other and in fact, your success depends on reconciling these three facets of your life. In becoming aware of the energetic influences in the form of thought processes that manifest results in the physical world, we become aware of the Law of Attraction and begin to realize we are not just physical beings, but energetic beings as well and must feed the needs of both. In the story, Riz has a friend, James, who suggests that meditation could help him grow personally, reduce stress, and help in making important career decisions. Riz gets introduced to James’ friend, Ramaswami, a successful business man, in the hopes of securing enough capital to establish his new company. Ramaswami tells Riz, before anyone is ready to make the proper assessment of the people, place, or product that they wish to provide the public with, they must become aware of their own energetic patterns. Ramaswami is not merely a businessman, but a spiritual teacher, and believes and instructs Riz that bad management is the number one reason why businesses fail in this country. The founders don’t know themselves well enough, causing them to do stupid things…now, since most entrepreneurs aren’t stupid people, then why do they do stupid things? They simply do not realize engaging a business isn’t really only about the business, but is about karmic patterns, your energetic patterns in the hidden worlds, and your hidden beliefs about this world. Beginning a process for achieving your success and your fulfillment include 1. Meditate. 2. Pay attention to yourself and the feelings you have inside. 3. Recognize meditation can be a MIRROR to clear your mind so you can see the clues that are all around you, and more importantly, INSIDE YOU. 4. Keeping a journal is also a way to find and record clues.

As Riz began to meditate and to become aware of dreams, following his own instincts or intuition, he began to understand that he could count on the clues of this inner world to direct him to the proper timing, people, and places where he would eventually be able to create and manifest both success in his business and a happy, healthy environment. Of course, this realization did not come over night, but his friends and teachers all inclined towards this spiritual inner awakening, started to develop a sense of confidence and acceptance of the information being offered from this higher spiritual dimension. Riz mentions in the book, which reminds Sheryl of her book, Life is No Coincidence… there are no coincidences and the future is always calling you.