Our rational minds can never understand what has happened, but our hearts.. if we can keep them open to God, will find their own intuitive way. - Ram Dass

It's very hard to grow because it's difficult to let go of the models of ourselves in which we've invested so heavily.

I don't know,' I replied. 'But looking at you, it's like I see inside a burning house. The house is being destroyed, just as your body is being consumed. But you and I are still here. The body will go, and you'll still be there. It seems to me, the way you and I are connected isn't really defined by this disintegrating body. You sound just like you've always sounded. I feel like I've always felt. Your body is decaying before us, but the way you and I love each other, I just believe that love transcends death.

The Ego is an exquisite instrument. Enjoy it, use it — just don't get lost in it.