Therefore, often the best healing of life and body is serious, positive attention to the needs of your soul.

Here is someone who needs to learn better how to let others have some power and influence over her without her feeling too dependent.

If you’re devoted to the soul and to your job as a caretaker of soul, you should not be tempted to stray from that role. It takes all of you to do that job, and you won’t want anything to interfere with it. When I was a monk, I lived a life of celibacy, and I have always believed that such a life was possible for me, even in my early twenties, because of the intensity of the community life I experienced daily. It’s similar in therapy. The deep and intimate joy of soul work does not leave room for any personal sexual or romantic needs. The work of intense care for souls keeps my heart busy and full.

Therefore, I don’t merely advocate therapy for the world but also therapy in the world.

We need a revolution in how society thinks of itself, a means of becoming more mature and thoughtful about social interaction.