Coming Spring 2011... Planet Love... The new book by JohnRullo

John Rullo has done it again!  Planet Love has a fresh slant on a sometimes repetitious subject - extra-terrestrials.  His insight and charming story-telling give a new perspective on our alien neighbors...A spirited romp through time and space!

Was Anybody Listening?

The enlightened Spiritual masters, including Jesus, who have graced the planet with love & wisdom, attempted to awaken humanity with the very same message, that is, die to the self and know that we are all One. I guess nobody was listening, because how then do we have a world over-ridden with innumerable intolerant, shortsighted belief systems that encourage just the opposite, division & self-righteousness?

A Snake In the Grass

It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, so I decided to do some yard work.  As I was on my hands and knees, stretching my arms underneath the hedges to grab all the broken limbs, branches and debris left behind by a nasty winter, I came face to face with a two-foot long and unusually thick garden snake.  Startled, I fell back and was quite taken by surprise when the snake asked, “You’re not afraid of snakes, are you?”  Not quite sure of how to answer, I said, “No, at least not the garden variety!”  The snake hissed as if he were laughing at me and questioned, “Are your friends going to believe you when you tell them you had a conversation with a snake?”  “I suppose not,” I answered.  I imagine the snake could sense that I didn’t kill living things, so it didn’t make any attempt to slip away before I might have impaled it with the teeth of my rake… “So,” the snake inquired rather smugly, “Why wouldn’t your so-called friends believe you, when for thousands and thousands of years, generations upon generations of you humans clung to the belief that a woman exchanged words with a serpent?”  “I guess we all believe what we want to believe,” I answered.  “Yours’ is a peculiar species,” replied the snake, “You’d rather point to the snake in the grass than own up to your own shortcomings…and the saddest part is that you pretend to believe it!”  The snake made a quick and sudden flip, rustling the crisp dead leaves, startling me once again, and then slowly slithered away underneath the chain link fence, disappearing into the neighboring yard.  I hesitated for a moment, and then ran into the house, anxious to tell the news to my wife…”Honey,” I exclaimed excitedly, “You’re never going to believe what I just spoke to.”   She didn’t!

Snowed In...

All day Wednesday as the relentless snow kept piling higher and higher, waiting for the opportune time to venture outdoors to shovel, I spent a few hours at the computer.  A Christian Facebook friend had posted a comment concerning our God-fearing founding fathers coming to America upholding Biblical principles...our nation was founded on God etc.  At first I ignored the comment, but as the day progressed I noticed more and more posts coming from other folks and I was getting agitated...
What bothered me was how far too many Americans, especially right-wing Christians, have the audacity to believe that America deserves special treatment from God.  Someone actually commented that if America turns away from God, we may face what happened to Haiti??? As far as I know, God loves Haiti just as much as He does the USA...For that matter, with all the greed and corruption going on with our government, I would tend to think God may even favor the Haitian people more!!!! Hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis are natural disasters, not the wrath of an angry God!
Anyway, the afternon turned into a pissing match between me and a similar-minded gentleman and a host of folks who haven't been able to take "God" out of the box. 
I always thought the Jews were the Chosen ones, now it seems it's Americans!
Weren't our founding fathers the same ones who ravaged the Indians and took slaves??? Godly principles???
Religious indoctrination is a scary thing.  The concepts mankind has of the entity we somehow chose to label "God" is quite scary. 
I don't know, maybe I'm nuts, but when I think of "God," I think of Love, Creation, Eternity, Spirit and unconditional goodness.  I think of nature and the connection of all living things. 
Even though America is probably the best place in the world to live, it is the lesser of all the evils.  Until the people of the world realize that "God," if you will, has no favorites, peace on earth remains a fairy tale.
The many different concepts of God has created countless religions...and religion's only purpose it seems is to separate men...totally contrary to the message of Yehshua (Jesus).
I probably should have just went off-line and shoveled during the blizzard.

A Few Reviews

Blind Spots by Domenico kept my interest throughout the entire book. For those of us who grew up during the 1960's and 70's it brought back a lot of memories of those very meaningful years. A book like this I have never seen before. His journey into the "born again" experience with so much intimate detail of personal struggles and his final "escape" into a much larger view of life, God and Love was truly captivating and entertaining. Thank you John for having the humility and courage to share with the world your spiritual doubts, questions and reconciliations in such an intimate way. It brought me great comfort, laughter, and insight.

A moving collection of heartfelt memories with an honest grip of human nature, INSPIRING and capturing an authentic life lived with humility and humor.


John Domenico's writing style is comparable to any of the great writers or our time. His witiness, sense of humor and most importantly, his ability to communicate his thoughts and experiences for the common man to understand is absolutely remarkable. Blind Spots is a book that everybody not only should read but NEEDS to read. When we discover that true spirituality comes from above and is within us and not through some Sunday morning going to church, three piece suit preacher, there for the dollar, you will discover the very personal and profound relationship you truly have with your creator. John's ability to transform this radical idea into every day living and common sense will open your eyes to the true meaning of God, His gifts to us, and the disdain for all the false prophets that have infested this earth with lies and deceit to gain power and control of humankind. With all that being said, this book is hysterical and you won't stop laughing with his anecdotal approach to the realities of this life. Once you open this book and begin to read, you literally won't be able to put it down. I strongly recommend everyone to read this book. It should be required reading for all generations looking to find the true meaning of LOVE.

Don't pick up this book to start and read unless you have the time. Once started, you will not put it down! Everything everyone can relate to yet fears to speak out loud.

"Blind Spots" is one of the most open and honest books I've read in a long time. The title attracted me and something about the author's tone compelled me to keep reading. Statistics claim that 96% of the population believes in God and John Domenico attempts to examine and understand the belief systems that many of us have been indoctrinated with. Some of his stories about growing up in a Catholic Italian family are quite humorous and the ones about his struggles with faith, marriage and raising a family I could definitely relate to. I highly recommend this book to everyone and anyone who's ever questioned his or her faith...Domenico lovingly and wittingly shows us how religion is the greatest dividing force on the planet!

A wonderful journey down memory lane. Mr.Domenico's style is creative, lively and will certainly take you back in time to your own early years. A book many will relate to without a doubt! I have been singing its praises since I read it. A real page turner - hard to put down.

An excerpt from “Blind Spots”

A long time ago when I was around seventeen years old, when I started to realize missing church on Sunday wasn’t really a sin, I held onto the notion that I didn’t want to be categorized in any way, shape or form. I had this very idealistic mindset there should be no separation among men. The fact we are all born into this world without any say of our own made me see the truth in the expression “All men are created equal,” the earth is our home, and it should be nurtured and cared for by all who live upon it. I believed every human being had the same obligation to love their planet and our survival depended upon it. I was born into this world a free spirit and without a choice I was labeled American, Italian, Catholic, Democrat… At this rebellious time of life I preferred to be identified simply as a free being, designed to live in harmony with the rest of creation, “A Universal Child of God” who happened to live on Planet Earth. As time moved on, somehow in my quest for love and success, whatever that may be, and my search for truth, whatever that may be, my idealism took a backseat as life sucked me in to its crazy rat race. All these years later as I slowly coast into retirement, I went full circle.

There’s something about the teenage spirit that is truly amazing. For a few precious years we really believe we’ve got all the time in the world ahead of us. The span of time between birthdays, summers or Christmases seems eternal. I know when I was at that indestructible time of my life, if someone approached me and asked questions that had to do with life and death and where I thought I was going to spend eternity, I’d laugh and say he was some sort of a religious kook. It’s funny the kind of things I started thinking about when I realized there was more life behind me than there was ahead of me…