Maran Banta

I came to the planet to tell stories and to listen from my heart to the stories of others. There is healing in sharing our stories.

I am a Coach at FoggWorts Academy, the School for NetWork Marketing Magic.

You really need to ask me more about that ;-)

The path that brought me to this fabulous place in my life included a 30 month apprenticeship  where I have worked and studied with my good friend and mentor John Milton Fogg.

My apprenticeship included an intensive focus on listening and shipbuilding.

Learning to listen has been exhilerating!
Making my receiving mind a blank canvas, stepping away from any sense of agree or disagree.

People show up as pretty amazing and exciting when they are listened to in that way.
Miracles are the natural consequence.

Education - once I realized that my History Major was going to qualify me to be a great waitress and trivia champion I decided to study what I really love, and it was on to Art School.

Started with being a Fiction Major at Columbia College in Chicago.

Totally fun.

Went on to study Photography at the School of Fine Art - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Income Tax Practitioner since 1971 Specializing in Home Based Business Returns - of course!

Portrait and Fine Art Photography has paid the rent for the past 20 years.

My spiritual practice has always played a major role in my life.

Raised in a mainline church, that practice simply stopped working for me in my early twenties.

That started a wintery period and I knew that I had to look for what truth was to me.

Prayer and study are a daily part of my life and have been on a consistent basis since June 10, 1984. That is the day I received Gojukai, or took Buddhist vows.

I grew up taking so many things for granted.
I thought I knew how to breathe until I was in my mid-twenties and actually learned how.
So simple, so basic, allow the lungs to fill and expand fully and then allow all of the breath to expell.
Breathing properly makes such a huge difference!
So does the water we drink.
I know that when I am breathing consciously, slowly, deeply and drinking enough good, clean water I feel better, less stressed, mentally sharper, so I like to encourage others to adopt these simple habits.

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Comments

[moonchildiva]

Maran, how I loved that phrase "wintery period" - you sound full of wisdom to me, and your life is totally interesting!

[Mary K]

MARAN -- You are magnificent because you ARE, indeed, a "sun-kissed" Diva --

AND it's really not 'ADD'...it's 'AOD' (attention over-drive) :-)

Who you are is Magnificent!

love,

~~Mary K

[Patricia Vernor]

Great,so refreshing

[Mary K]

Ahhhhhhhh...my adored 'StoryCatcher' --

I speak boldly for myself and the entire Universe when I say...

ROCK ON, Beautiful Maran...ROCK ON!!!!!

There IS MORE than Much Love for you here!! :-)

--Mary K

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"You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies."
~~Peter Pan

[Bruno Matle]

G'day Maran:

Seasons Greetings and abundant magnificence to you, ambassador or hope and change :) I have never met you, just got here from a magical link in an email ? Box.
I have to say you sound totally on your path and very empowered, Its great to have been able to "meet" you , even though only through this medium, I still get a very powerful feeling of growth , focus, and clarity from you. I am very glad to you to have followed your dreams and goals to become the amazing *You* that you are.
Seasons Greetings
Have a Great Day
Bruno
Live Free, Be Life

[Hosain]

I thought you have a great collection of photos, which really is interesting to see, Maran Banta