Gratitude is a sweet nectar, true nourishment for the heart. At the completion of this project, I understand more deeply how writing is a truly solitary affair. The gratitude I feel in my heart goes toward the people who formed an essential part of my life during the writing of this manuscript, and who, each in their own way, supported me in this task.
I am grateful to Jean-Louis Abrassart, who encouraged me from the beginning and helped me through difficult moments. I acknowledge him for his commitment to the path, and for the strength of his convictions, which helped me to clarify my own.
To Véronique Groux de Mieri, my friend and translator for the original French edition, for her much appreciated collaboration and wicked sense of humor.
I acknowledge with gratitude and appreciation for their contribution, all the teachers of the intuition team in France since the beginning: Vanessa Mielczarek, Michèle Isorez, Gérard Belaud, Odile Besançon, Gilles Bouilliez, Magali Amir, Arnaud Sebal, Claire Guichard, Jill Mackechnie, Guy Ravanel, and Jean-Loup Champetier de Ribes.
For their collaboration with the illustrations and photos I thank Geneviève Dindart, François Chomicki, and Studio Eclipse, Annecy. With special thanks to Marie-Françoise, “super-secretary,” and to Vanessa Jones and Sally Rush for their scrupulous corrections of the manuscript. I am very grateful to Deva Visarjan and Alain Roux, two special people I have been privileged to teach with over the years, who have taught me what inspirational collaboration can be.
And to the beloved souls I have been journeying with more recently, into inner worlds—David, Gilly, Eva, Robin, Annetta, Michael, Claire, and Nemi—I thank you for your presence, your écoute, and your spirit. Eirik I thank, for sacred Love.