in the universe. Their common message is summarized as follows: Everyone is born with unique talents and passions, and when those innate gifts are used for the higher purpose of unity (i.e. to serve others), we tap into powerful attractor fields of consciousness that magnetically attract the people and circumstances required to fulfill our purpose in life.

Hawkins developed a passion for information concerning self-improvement and a desire to share the things he was learning with other people. He became a volunteer mentor in Amity, the prison drug rehab program, where he taught a weekly class concerning holistic health practices and human development. He also guided recovering addicts through his personal excellence program, which consisted of four elements: daily personal fitness training sessions, nutritional counseling, behavior modification, and meaningstories of the men he had helped might provide a source of inspiration for people who wanted to make similar changes in their own lives. He realized that writing a self-improvement book would provide a platform from which he could help a significant number of people. Hawkins’ quest for redemption crystallized as he dedicated the next eight years to writing his first book, titled Penitentiary Fitness: The Amazing Weight Loss Formula.

Hawkins also became involved in a delinquency prevention/intervention program called CROP (Convicts Reaching Out to People). The program is facilitated by inmates who deliver personal testimonies and specific talks to troubled youths and their parents. In CROP, Hawkins discovered a true sense of purpose: He felt obligated to use his story as a warning beacon for kids who