Acknowledgments

No work of this size 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 Karen Weber for countless hours of typing, transcribing, and editing, to Ian Jaffray for equally countless hours of careful editing of a final version, and to David Brown for technical help. These transcripts grew out of the hard work, commitment, and pure and loving energy of the weekly study group-Lorna Brown, Cassie Cammann, Dottie Coyne, John Gutoskey, Donna Hall, Barb Linderman, Michele Matossian, Aiji Pipho and Karen Weber. Thanks also to John Orr and Mike Rothbart who have spent many hours opening their hearts and thoughts to Aaron and inspiring his sharing.

Finally, a thank you to my family-Hal, Peter, Davy and Mike-who have put up with an abundance of reheated leftovers and order-out pizza, and suffered the hours and weekends of losing me to a computer or meditation, to allow me more time to work.

Questions of Aaron's reality put aside, 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 unknown 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 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.

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.

I welcome your letters to me and to Aaron and try to answer every one. I cannot personally channel Aaron's answers to your questions, but we will respond in whatever ways we are able. Please feel free to write.

Barbara Brodsky