Michael Schreiber

As Yanomami leader, Davi Kopenawa, memorably puts it: There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.

without the grand shows and displays, the burning of incense and the lighting of forty million candles and all of the Gregorian chants or the rock and roll or whatever you choose, without any of it—in the silent temple of your heart, you make a simple choice: In this moment, I am going to discover what it means to teach only Love.

I could hear people around us whispering about the crazy drunk man and his dirty little urchin children, but who cared what they thought? None of them had ever had their hand licked by a cheetah.

FUNCTION, BEING, AND WILL The first nine intermezzos are organized around three interwoven dimensions of living systems: function, being, and will. Function is connected to doing, and in the context of this book, it has to do with evolving our ability to understand, discern, and exercise wise judgment—the ability to truly think for ourselves. This