I have been influenced by the language of great love. By philosophers and mystics centuries old: Rumi - 12th Century mystical Sufi poet, and Hazrat Inayat Khan. And by deep thinkers such as Jiddu Krishnamurti and U.G.Krishnamurti; and Paramahansa Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi' etc. 

Ammachi ~ 'The Hugging Saint' inspires my life and writings, along with Alan Clements 'Instinct for Freedom - Finding Liberation through Living'. These are to name some of those closest to my motivations!