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Rich Okun

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Rich spent his life in various corporate positions and after many years and different careers; he now devotes his focus to creative passions. Having spent a lifetime studying many different ancient spiritual belief systems he was inspired to action when a new puppy, Maya, came to town. Rich lives in Connecticut with his wife, Maya, and four cats.

Rich defines himself by his spiritual interests and values. He has been artistically inclined all his life, and at 6 years old, was one of the youngest members of the Art Student’s league of New York (across from Carnegie Hall). However, he always used his art only for spiritual pursuits. Rich carved stone, painted, wrote poems and stories and many other creative passions – all for the give away, Hi
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“For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is

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Published on September 06, 2022 09:29
Average rating: 4.75 · 28 ratings · 18 reviews · 6 distinct works
The Sun, the Moon, the Star...

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Annie and Me

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Embrace Every Step---Life i...

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Earth, Wind, Fire and Maya

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 3 editions
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“it takes a village to build success in publishing a book - it takes friends that are willing to help - it takes hours upon hours of no's to get to a yes, it takes many twists and turns with seemingly no end to the detours, it takes courage to face the unknowns - it takes and it takes and it takes - But then, like a flower opening its blossom - it gives.........”
Rich Okun, The Sun, the Moon, the Stars and Maya: A Collection of Little Sayings About Enormous Things

“it takes a village to build success in publishing a book - it takes friends that are willing to help - it takes hours upon hours of no's to get to a yes, it takes many twists and turns with seemingly no end to the detours, it takes courage to face the unknowns - it takes and it takes and it takes - But then, like a flower opening its blossom - it gives.........”
Rich Okun, The Sun, the Moon, the Stars and Maya: A Collection of Little Sayings About Enormous Things

“If a child hasn't been given spiritual values within the family setting, they have no familiarity with the values that are necessary for the just and peaceful functioning in society.”
Eunice Baumann-Nelson Ph.D PENOBSCOT

“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”
José Saramago, Blindness

“There is something inherently deceptive about reality.”
Alexandar Tomov
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