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“I have a profound responsibility to support your transformation, to make sure you are living the most honored, respected, whole life possible. Because if you aren’t I cannot. If you aren’t it is simply not possible for me to do so. Because we are interconnected. We are one.“ (Angel Kyodo Williams)

“Follow your heartbreak and your genius with your friends. Your genius will show you the unique way that you can most powerfully act on your deepest care, and your genius and your heartbreak will guide you to others with whom you can take action.” (257)

How do we find our cause?

“Andrew Harvey answers this question directly: ‘When my friends and pupils who want to help ask me what they should do, I always say the same thing: follow your heartbreak. Determine which one of all the causes in the world really breaks your heart. When you identify this, you have found the cause you will always have the energy and passion to work for.’” (255-256)

“Finding our way to health and to our hearts, finding our way beyond the fragmented common mind that is endlessly broadcast to us — that’s truly revolutionary.” (Terry Patten)

“Clear and resonant stories enable us to understand who and where we are and what we are doing, so we can respond effectively to our current challenges....By inhabiting a narrative, our beliefs, behaviors, and speech become coherent.”

“The real ecological crisis is not a merely practical and technical problem, but equally a crisis of collective will, a cultural crisis.” (Terry Patten)

“The real ecological crisis is not a merely practical and technical problem, but equally a crisis of collective will, a cultural crisis.” (Terry Patten)