Sublime

As I pointed out to Gangaji, this is the same age that Teresa of Ávila was when she had what is referred to as her “second conversion,” in which she spontaneously realized that her heart had been closed to the truth of love that had been with her all along in the form of Christ and would be present forevermore.

At the deepest level, the one without whom none of this would have happened is Gurumayī. The spiritual awakening I had through her grace catalyzed a process of unfolding that allowed me to encounter the words of the Tantrik master Abhinava Gupta as palpably living energy, not mere fossils. Without Gurumayī’s unfailing love and grace, I would likely

Stephen Levine, revered for his pioneering work with conscious dying,