In many ways a child has actually re-educated the parents upon arrival into their lives - when else do adults take the time to appreciate acorns or clouds?

There is no shame in ignorance before a higher power but there is shame in arrogance.

That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's about making a list of all the people you've harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That's a spiritual lifestyle. It's not a fluffy ethereal concept.

Truth shines light on darkness by questioning it.

The awakening process is not about 'finding who you are' but more about finding out about the ego, about who you are not.

Awakening means you’ve come home to yourself, that consciousness shifted back to its original nature.