In our time we are seeing before us in ten thousand ways the starvation and deprivation of the human heart. By heart I mean that part of us that feels deeply, that experiences connection beyond the confines of time, space, and linear thinking. That part of us that is moved — before thought — by beauty. That companion that aches in the loneliness of separation so often felt in our daily lives. That sweetness that longs for, and understands completely, wordless stillness and silence. That aliveness that spontaneously responds in the universal language we call love.
— Saki Santorelli, Heal Thy Self