Soul, to me, means “embodied essence,” when we experience ourselves and others in our full humanity - part animal, part divine. Healing comes through embodiment of the soul. The soul in matter is what I think the feminine side of God is all about... The feminine soul is what grounds us; it loves and accepts us in our totality.

Without an understanding of myth or religion, without an understanding of the relationship between destruction and creation, death and rebirth, the individual suffers the mysteries of life as meaningless mayhem alone.

At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound.

Instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves.

The longing for sweets is really a yearning for love or sweetness.

This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known.

Consciousness will not always solve the problem, but it may make the suffering meaningful.