...During that period of time after my initial writings, the searching and digging, I began having some profound moments of clarity, and a budding sense of self-awareness that I had never experienced. I was beginning to understand that the less self-centered I became, the more self-aware I will be. Love care, and concern for my family, and the desperation to change were key in this newfound sense of being . I was finally losing the fear of letting go of self. The director of the program said something to me that really hit home. He proclaimed to me, “The most important question you have to answer is, ‘Why do you do what you do?’” This stuck with me. And it took me another five years to finally have that answer...
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"The more I seek to understand the world, the more I lose myself. Seeking to understand myself, then the whole world begins to make sense."
Think of the implications of this… The more I made it about me, the less of me I could actually see. This to me, is direct evidence of the interconnectedness of it all. A universal consciousness… The spirit among us. I’ve grown to a ‘place’ now where I realize, given this new understanding, that the more I do to help others, and be a part of this force, the more grounded I am.