Michael Bernard Beckwith (born July 21, 1956) is aNew Thought minister, author, and founder and spiritual director of theAgape International Spiritual Center inBeverly Hills, California.
Beckwith is the founder and spiritual director of theAgape International Spiritual Center, atransdenominational community founded in 1986. Agape's local community outreach programs feed people experiencing homelessness, serve incarcerated individuals, partner with community service organizations active in children's schools and youth homes, support the arts, and advocate for the preservation of our planet's environmental resources.
He is also co-founder of theAssociation for Global New Thought and co-chair of theSeason for Nonviolence, along withArun Gandhi.[1][2]
Beckwith is the author of several books, includingSpiritual Liberation, which won the Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award in 2009,[3]Forty Day Mind Fast Soul Feast,A Manifesto of Peace, andTranscenDance Expanded, a book and collection of remixed lectures set toelectronic dance music byStephen Bray and John Potoker. In 2018, His seminal book,Life Visioning, was listed as one of "15 Books to Help Solve 15 Life Problems" on Oprah.com.[4]
His 2009 PBS Special,The Answer Is You,[5] was the impetus for his book of the same name.
Beckwith was also one of the featured teachers in the 2006 documentaryThe Secret and the bestselling book by the same name that followed the film.[6]
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