| Carlo
is a self-described “sponge for ideas and information on
spiritual matters, nature, gadgets and people who think
about what they think about.” Born in 1952 to “extremely God-fearing parents”, he had twelve years of Catholic education, including four years at an all-boys high school. He frequently visits the deserts of Southern California, appreciating the heat and inspiration he finds there. In the past, he was challenged with extended manic depression, addiction, anger, poverty, homelessness and a sense of good old fashioned Catholic guilt. Through learning to go within for answers, he has risen above those challenges. “I understand that the purpose of my writings includes and goes beyond inspiring my readers. I am writing for my own enjoyment and my own spiritual evolution. I know that there is still much to be integrated in order to spiritually evolve more fully. While I have no emotional investment in any particular person ‘getting’ my philosophy, I do enjoy a spirited interplay of ideas having to do with spirituality, emotion and happiness.” Having found much inspiration in the spiritual ways of America’s original inhabitants, Carlo has participated in and led Sweat Lodge ceremonies and Vision Quests, influenced mostly by Lakota Tribe ways. He is currently working on his second book, “The Seventh Direction”. In the spiritual ways of many Native Americans, the added directions are above, below, and within. After being raised in America’s Midwest, then spending 11 years in Colorado, Carlo Ami currently resides in Southern California. |
