If you see everything in the universe as a way to work on your own consciousness—even if it’s showing you where you’re unconscious or where you’re asleep—then everyone and everything in the universe becomes your teacher and a means of awakening. My own teachers have come in all kinds of packages. Some years ago I was invited by John and Toni Lilly to swim with their dolphins, Joe and Rosie. Everybody wanted to swim with dolphins, and I wanted to swim with dolphins too, although I wasn’t quite sure why. When I got to the holding tank, it was a cold, gray day. I thought maybe this was really not
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