JOY KAPUR (Bio-data) (A published poet, an artist at heart, restaurateur by profession and a life-long student of spirituality, mystical poetry and a seeker of the mysteries of the Unknown) Armed with eight dollars and a Masters in English Literature, J. Kapur came to America in 1967 with truly little more than a shirt on his back. While studying for his MBA at San Francisco’s Golden Gate University, Kapur worked in the evenings . After completing his MBA, his career began at Channel 2-KTVU, before opening  a string of 8 restaurants in Bay Area & he now owns Maharani Restaurant in San Francisco. He had short stints in real estate and as a stockbroker. He has been a lifelong student of metaphysics and his outlook on life is innately spiritual. He has written poetry books and  articles on food and spiritually oriented topics. His most notable works;  “The Divine Perfume of Love” an anthology of 108 love poems and mystical verses, was published in 2001 by IUniverse. Com. ‘Deck of Heart’ is another of his works, a collection of 54 poems on a deck of playing cards. ‘Be My Valentine’…a collection of 54 valentine-love poems and 54 of his paintings. ‘Love Poems from the Heart’, --they are poems of the heart from the heart. His recent books: This is no Secret Heart-the 4th Dimension Dodging the Depression He just finished writing the manuscript for his next book: Your Quantum Essence“ His passions: Mystical Sufi music and poetry (especially of Rumi, Shabistry, Omar Khhayam and Kabir), painting, astrology, palmistry, reading and writing. His notable quotes: “When human love becomes pure it transcends to divine love…love becomes religion and the beloved becomes god.” “True love is being utterly alone in the stream of truth or cosmic consciousness. It is being completely aware and living life to the fullest.” “What the world needs is shift from our hearts…a new consciousness responsive to the challenges of the new millennium, based on righteousness, integrity, forgiveness, love and compassion, the divine attributes of the new order.” “The most powerful and potent force lies in your heart. It is your heart-held intentions that give you indefatigable energy, stamina and will, the no nonsense way to reach your goals, whether it is to attract love, wealth, health or knowledge.” “If yoga is breath of life, heart is life itself.” “The light that allows the mind to function comes from the heart.” “Once you get anchored in the purity of the heart, meaningful coincidences and synchronistic events start showing up in your life.”