Can you use the rational mind to transcend itself?

The intellect is a beautiful servant but a terrible master. Intellect is the power tool of our separateness. The intuitive, compassionate heart is the doorway to our unity.

External silence can be the doorway to inner silence.

My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.

Heaven & Hell are both creations of desire.

The healing begins when we can start to feel more gratitude that our child came into our life than despair and outrage that our child died. The gratitude is what heals the despair.

So your first job is to work on yourself. The greatest thing you can do for another human being is to get your own house in order and find your true spiritual heart.