TESTIMONIALS
“It should be challenging to be objective about oneself. In this website I am aware that I have made statements testifying to who I am and what I offer that can be perceived as merely dogmatic. Truth is, I was in the earlier days skeptical that people would find their way to me, which reflected my own self-doubt and, perhaps, distrust that all souls hunger for depth. That many people did and do is among my greatest experiences of grace. Some are still close friends. Whoever I am and whatever the impact of my life, it seems best here to let others speak of their perception and experience.” – Richard Moss
“Richard is a profoundly gifted teacher who uses both the intellect and emotional intelligence to bring people closer to themselves … more able to be free to be who they really are.”
Deborah Bacon Dilts
TESTIMONIALS
In 1980 I attended a ten day workshop in Victorville California called the Next Step facilitated by Richard Moss after reading Brugh Joy’s book Joy’s Way. A week into the workshop I had just finished three days of fasting and silence and was nursing a broken leg in a cast. I was sitting on the floor leaning against the wall watching Richard do energy work on one of the workshop participants at a massage table. My energies were very relaxed and clear. At this workshop we spent time with the terminally ill learning compassion, holding a sacred space and experiencing the powerful effects of loving and caring for others.
Such work promotes appreciation and amazement at God’s expression and Presence. Richard was a channel to the Sacred connection that heals and aligns with Grace’s expression. I was watching intent on seeing his aura and feeling into the energies ebb and flow. (Simple open minded witnessing). As I settled growing even more mindfully quiet and attentive I startled him and he flashed a look directly at me – eyes to eyes with a surprised expression. In that instant the solidness of everything in my world shifted. A horizontal line directly through my heart opened moving upwards and downwards where everything above and below rippled outward slowly resettling and resuming solidness. A timeless moment … one never forgotten … as real today as 45 years ago.
In the movie Dune there is a scene of an unlit cavern mostly filled with water and a single drop of water falls upon the perfectly still surface. It impacts the still dark water rebounding upwards creating a circular ripple radiating outward in concentric circles dissipating and returning to the stillness of before. A reverberating orchestral “plop” echoing in the silence. This is what took place right through the centre of my heart – my whole being felt the quake and tremble throughout my solidness. This felt sense is still with me today. There is no solidness – I felt it sway to and fro, up and down ripple after ripple radiating outwards and returning to Stillness. A Stillness beyond thought or pretence. Is this Stillness a core aspect of Being as are the tremble and quake upon it’s surface? Are we all just little quakes and jostles upon God’s Quiet and Still canvas of Creation … the Quiet Stillness … the “Is All – Am All and Be All”? (Big heart felt grin and smile). An Inclusive Unified Wholeness. A timeless place of complete utter Peace. The place from where the Voice said: “there is wisdom to all things.” An embracing coherence that unifies all Existence.
Richard Moss’ Mandala of BeingTM is a transformational model and a process that covers a fundamental and fertile area necessary for truly mastering one’s “inner game” that is not reached by other methods. It is perhaps the best and purest example of coaching at the level of beliefs and identity that I have experienced. The Mandala helps people to recognize and transcend “stories” and limiting beliefs and taps the transformational power of self-awareness for personal evolution. Richard is a masterful teacher, healer and developer. The Mandala of BeingTM is a tool that every coach and therapist should be using as a key part of their practice.
The years have flown by while still feeling like a child in a fantasy movie!
Love to Richard and the Lone Pine Community I so dearly treasure
Richard rescued me from NYC and held me in mystical embrace and served as a portal to infinite dimensions of JOY
I don’t think I’d be breathing today if not for our circles of love that broke through imaginary states of suffering with its sticky residue
Richard offered freedom and possibility and brought me into the infinite blissful body of sensation, filled with endless space and joy
I bow in gratitude to my true Family of Mystics
How do you select a life coach and possible mentor? For me, I asked that question over twenty years ago. I read the early books of Dr. Richard Moss and I listened to some of his talks. I did not understand everything I read or heard. That was a good thing. It really makes little sense to engage a person to teach you what you already know or believe. Such a coach or teacher would simply solidify a personality you already know quite well.
I attended a long retreat with Dr. Moss in 1998 at the time I was leading my company in the acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue. With that transaction, our business became a Fortune 200 Company with 55,000 employees. I came to realize in that seminar, however, that each person was inextricably connected to the whole enterprise. I left the gathering with a commitment to consider how each corporate decision would affect the well-being of my colleagues.
Since then, Richard has been my teacher through many life events. We talk, recall dreams, play, and generally share our beings. Perhaps I have come to understand what I read so many years ago. But alas, Richard has not remained at the same place. I know that he is always exploring the edge of what is possible to understand of Consciousness – or shall we call it Soul, Presence, Love. If grace and faith lead to you to ask Richard Moss to guide you on your journey, I am confident that you will be blessed more than you might even imagine.
Quite simply, partnering with Richard has transformed my life. I am going through several significant personal and professional transitions, including deciding whether to stay in a long term relationship and recently taking on the role of running a company. As part of this process I have been attempting to re-discover my “joie de vivre” and have more intent with key life decisions.
My conversations with Richard have touched on topics such as consciousness, presence, meditation, aliveness, my past/childhood, and deep discussions about what my subconscious is telling me in my dreams. Richard’s accumulated wisdom, through his life experiences and blend of Eastern and Western customs and religions, has given me the perspective, confidence, and equanimity to chart a course that is enabling me to understand and realize what will give me joy.
I am grateful that Richard is in my life as a guide, mentor, and now a friend. His insightful perspective and warm, loving, thoughtful, empathetic style, has changed the trajectory of my life.
I have worked extensively with several business coaches. Without question, Richard is the most broadly intelligent and helpful coach with whom I have ever had the good fortune to have worked or observe. Specifically, he has helped me hone (and correct) my own perceptions of the myriad business problems I have faced related to business expansion as well as employee and customer relationships. Perhaps most important of all, he has helped me identify and remove inner obstacles not only in business but in my personal life.
It has been an empowering experience being coached by Richard Moss for the past two years. I consider him to be a “guru”(great spiritual teacher) in the best sense of that word. He has repeatedly focused my attention on staying present in the body, which is an important avenue to living in Now. I am intent on expanding my awareness and being unconditional love and I believe that Richard has created openings for me in that regard. I can say that I have no attachments to people, yet I am gaining a deep compassion for everyone. I am amazed that I was able to connect with him. A true miracle!
Ed was a seminar leader with EST and the Landmark Forum, one who writes poetry and is a peaceful 82 year old nobody.
I am standing at the edge, there is no longer any choice, very soon I am going to speak myself. The way you speak and presence with me encourages me to believe in my ability to do it.
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