John O’Donohue talks about the Buddhist tradition of the kalyana-mitra, or “noble friend.” Your noble friend, he says, “will not accept pretension bu… - Caroline Myss

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John O’Donohue talks about the Buddhist tradition of the kalyana-mitra, or “noble friend.” Your noble friend, he says, “will not accept pretension but will gently and very firmly confront you with your own blindness. No one can see life totally. As there is a blind spot in the retina of the human eye, there is also in the soul a blind side where you are not able to see. Therefore you must depend on the one you love to see for you what you cannot see yourself.