Acknowledgements

No work of this nature can come from just one, or even a few people. Aaron and I would especially like to thank those people whose energy, time, material resources and love have made this sharing of his work possible.

There are too many such friends to mention you all, but special recognition and loving gratitude must go to Janice Keller for countless hours of transcribing and to Ian Jaffray for editing and layout. These transcripts grew out of the hard work, commitment, and pure and loving energy of the Wednesday meditation group. Thanks to them for many hours of opening their hearts and thoughts to Aaron and inspiring his sharing.

This book is offered with the deepest gratitude to Aaron and the spirit and grace his energy represents. With humility and gratitude, too, to that lineage of which he was/is a part-to Aaron's teachers, and the procession of teachers before them who knew the value of these heart teachings, who each added to them with their own realizations, and passed them on to us. I hope they will touch your lives as deeply as they have touched mine.

For the clarity of these teachings, I bow to Aaron. For whatever may be confused or distorted, I accept responsibility.

Forehead to the floor and heart bursting with love, my heartfelt gratitude and devotion to my guru, Neem Karoli Baba, without whose grace none of this work with Aaron could have happened.

Barbara Brodsky