Part 3 Quote 2
“Every dying person with whom I shared time helped me probably more than I helped them. Dying is a collaborative dance, an opportunity to do the work within, whether you are the one facing death or the one at the bedside.”
Part 3 Quote 1
“Have you ever noticed how many angry people there are at peace rallies? Social action arouses righteousness. Righteousness ultimately starves your heart. If you want to be free more than you want to be right, you let go of righteousness. For social action to be done with love, the spiritual work comes first. If you oppose something or someone in anger, all you proliferate in the world is more anger.”
Part 4 Quote 6
“The evolution of the soul is about decreasing separateness, shedding attachments that distract us from Oneness.”
Part 4 Quote 5
“The karmic sandpaper of existence, time and experience, grinds down separations, grinds down resistance to love, until we see through personalities to what is beneath, to the soul.”
Part 4 Quote 4
“The poet Rainer Maria Rilke describes a quality he calls ‘in-seeing,’ which is changing one’s point of view to inside another being…. That’s when your awareness merges into Awareness, then you are ‘inside’ everything, as well as outside, because there’s only one of it in the universe. This is the mystical root of awareness.”
Part 4 Quote 3
“The soul’s game is not about getting a new job, friends, lifestyle, making more money or getting a new car, finding a new partner or a new therapist. This life is about finding a way to be in the world that connects you to your soul.”
Part 4 Quote 1
“Aging gives you a new curriculum. It gives you some creative space, because to the culture, you’re becoming irrelevant—and as soon as you become irrelevant, you’re free. You’re free to be eccentric, to express yourself in ways you wouldn’t before. Aging gives you a chance to rethink your identity.”
Part 5 Quote 9
“I’ve never been into being a guru. As a teacher, I always use my life experiences as a lesson plan—often as an example of what not to do. We’re on a journey together, and I’m as honest as I can be about my trip.”