“Over coffee at the Tick Tock Diner in Manhattan with my friend Stephen G. Post, he once remarked ‘I am quite spiritual.’ I corrected him, saying ‘No, you are profoundly spiritual.’ This book, God and Love on Route 80, certainly confirms my observation. Read on and you will be richly rewarded by seeing the unseen in life.”
—Bill Caldwell
President: The Caldwell Group
“Few are so uniquely equipped to write about God and Love than Dr. Stephen G. Post, whose lifetime of leadership lies at the very intersection of humanity and divinity. In God and Love on Route 80, he traverses the physical, metaphysical and spiritual dimensions of life with personal narrative evidencing the Divine Mind that orchestrates all. On this road trip we find that Man and God are not on parallel paths, but on one and the same road. For Stephen, Route 80 is a metaphor for the Ground of Our Being traveled daily by all of us. On this road we find ourselves merging into oneness, guided by Divine Providence, and served with all manner of synchronicity.”
—Jo-Ann Triner
President: Soulful Work, LLC
“Stephen G. Post offers us a fabulous spiritual journey…real, power-filled, insightful, and compelling…living into our dreams and fulfilling them along the way. Combining the finest of psychology, wisdom traditions, and theologies, Post offers us a journey into non-dualism and Unitive Consciousness. As I read God and Love on Route 80 I kept hearing: “…God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him” (1 John 4:16). TAKE THE JOURNEY. This may be the most astonishing spiritual journey book in decades. It provides a stellar road map. Dare to begin again. If any journey can help reclaim your soul, this is the one.”
—Rev. Gregory L. Johnson,
President and CEO, International Center for Family Caregiving
Interfaith minister for Family Caregiving of the Marble Collegiate Church, NYC
Senior advisor for family caregiving, EmblemHealth
“Stephen G. Post has done it again in his most recent personal and uplifting book by providing a key to unlock the experience of tasting eternity or the presence of god in everything through unlimited love. You do not need to be a mystic or prophet or philosopher but dedicated to follow your dream of helping humanity in your own special way. It is a must-read for all those to need a rudder to live a meaningful life in the wilderness of the twenty-first century. God and Love on Route 80 is a journey worth taking.”
—Ashok Malhotra
Founder of the Ninash Foundation promoting literacy for the poor in India
Emeritus SUNY distinguished teaching professor
Author: Instant Nirvana: Americanization of Mysticism and Meditation and Yoga Philosophy: Health, Healing and the Stars of Connection
“Stephen G. Post was the first person to show me that it was possible to maintain a free spirit within the rigidity of academia and academic research. One would think that this realm would be full of freedom, but, in reality, this is not always the case. It can be rife with layer after layer of regulation upon regulation from an endless supply of authorities and regulators. This is hardly a place for a supposed ‘free spirit.’ But there we were, the two of us. I remember the day I first went to speak with Dr. Post about his newly formed graduate program. I was hooked immediately; his passion for what he did was infectious. His presentation and perspective were—although secondary to his passion—unique and commanding of undivided attention. I wanted some of that for myself. Over the years, through many office visits, I was to find a kindred artistic and creative spirit like myself, motivating me to pursue topics and experiences that would push personal, academic, and professional limits. Dr. Post validated for me that I could import elements of that creative self into my daily work, despite whatever apparent mundane environment I might be a party to at any given moment. This is also where I was to learn that listening is perhaps more important than speaking. Expressing emotion—love, caring, and empathy—is not only possible but necessary in our world, regardless of what profession you’re in. Make it an art. Explore everything, for that is the path that will lead you to who you are and help you to bring something special to your chosen vocation. When you bring a true piece of yourself to your work, you transform it into something spectacular. Take Route 80 because it will allow you to become more than your goals. As Dr. Post states: ‘Let destiny find you…. Look for the synchronicity.’ It’s certainly not going to cost you anything, but the payback to yourself and others—no value can be placed on that. Dr. Post is a teacher in the truest sense of the word, so read this book…you will learn how to become.”
—Stacy Carey, MA, MS
Director, Office of Human Subjects Research
Florida State University
“I come from a little town in Poland named Ciechocinek. Since my early youth I felt that a Higher Love (a.k.a. ‘God’) had a destiny for me that I knew about deep down inside my being, but I had to respond to it. When I spoke about it to my mom (when I was five years old), she took it as a child’s wild dream to travel to the US one day, to concertize there on its famous stages, to achieve great success and to meet some of the great minds of our time. But my mom and I learned years later that no one should ever underestimate a child’s dreams, no matter how crazy they may seem, as all of the above came true in my life. I first encountered Stephen by reading his book Why Good Things Happen to Good People, which I loved and felt inspired by because generally speaking what goes around comes around, and when we are kind we cannot be bitter at the same time. Later, I was happy to actually meet Stephen in Stony Brook, where he had moved from Ohio to join the medical school faculty. We instantly connected through shared love for music and truly fascinating conversations about life’s hidden purpose and synchronicities. We spoke at our friends’ events or at our occasional coffee meetings in the Tick Tock Diner in Manhattan, sitting under a giant clock, where he regularly meets with the artists, spiritual leaders, and philosophers from around the globe who seek his conversation. He leaves people uplifted by his attitude, his joyous energy and his Route 80-style wisdom. I was honored when he asked if I would like to perform a meditative piece at the United Nations for the Youth Essays on Peace, Tolerance and Human Rights conference on International Youth Day 2016, as organized by Stephen and his Institute for Research on Unlimited Love. I knew immediately that this would be deeply meaningful as an action of service with my violin’s music. The day of the conference, finalists and winners from all over the world read and discussed their ideas about spreading peace among all nations and religions as the only way to survive for our human kind. I met the renowned Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., with his wife Edwina, and many young inspiring writers and poets who demonstrated a new level of positive consciousness among young people. Synchronicity was alive as I decided intuitively to wear a blue dress that I had not worn in years, and later that day stood by the Chagall blue UN windows.”
—Joanna Kaczorowska
Violinist, founder and artistic director of New York Chamber Musicians, Joanna has performed with Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, members of the Emerson String Quartet, and many others. She is director of undergraduate chamber music at Stony Brook University.
“I have known Stephen G. Post since he was fifteen; I was his house mother at boarding school at St. Paul’s in New Hampshire. At that time, he was taking courses with my then-husband, Rev. Rod Welles, and talking about a dream, synchronicity, infinite Mind, and things Emersonian. Even then, he clearly marched to another drummer and had a mirthful wisdom beyond his years. It never surprised me that he went west on Route 80. I always learn something from his books, and I am reminded of how we are meant to live in faith. God and Love on Route 80 is the book he sometimes spoke about writing when the time was right. To open this, you have to be open to surprises.”
—Julia Norman
Stephen’s house mother at St. Paul’s
“A work of love and a gift. Stephen G. Post’s spiritual journey resonates with those of us who are still looking for meaning in a world that, at times, appears increasingly meaningless. His book conveys