Simran Gharial

“The feminine comes to us in nature. Go outside. Look at the amazing waves of green, of lilacs, of blue mountains. We are in the presence of the manifestation right here. And she's reaching for you.”
― Stephen Cope, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self

“The goal of human life," says Ramakrishna, "is to meet God face to face." But the magic is this: if we look deeply into the face of all created things, we will find God. Therefore, savor the world, the body. Open it, explore it, look into it. Worship it.”
― Stephen Cope, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self

“I now know that some people feel unhappiness the way others love: privately, intensely, and without recourse.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

“As W. H. Auden noted, “human beings are by nature actors who cannot become something until they have first pretended to be it.”
― Stephen Cope, The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling