The volunteer work that makes it possible to pass on this valuable knowledge free of charge. The deep, honest, emotional, and intellectual connections that developed with the other course participants in such a short time. The loving and supportive course leaders.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest --- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
Albert Einstein