paradigm must be able to accommodate all human experience, knowledge and capacities”(MH, p. 65) “built both on <strong>in</strong>tellectual <strong>in</strong>tegration and direct experience” (MH, p. 35) and“make available to everyone all the forms the spiritual journey assumes” (MH, p 26).We will comment more on this <strong>in</strong> the future.Shortly before <strong>Wayne</strong>’s transition, Gorakh Hayashi asked him whether he had anyf<strong>in</strong>al teach<strong>in</strong>gs he wanted to share with the world.<strong>Wayne</strong> paused, reflected, and then wrote: “<strong>The</strong> Div<strong>in</strong>e is <strong>in</strong>f<strong>in</strong>ite sensitivity.”Once aga<strong>in</strong>, <strong>Wayne</strong> grounded even absolute Consciousness <strong>in</strong> the tender know<strong>in</strong>g<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Heart</strong>.For <strong>Wayne</strong>, the key to all <strong>of</strong> this is unit<strong>in</strong>g body and m<strong>in</strong>d, matter and Spirit,feel<strong>in</strong>g and <strong>in</strong>tellect through enter<strong>in</strong>g and liv<strong>in</strong>g the way <strong>of</strong> the mystic <strong>Heart</strong>. In thepenultimate words <strong>of</strong> his sem<strong>in</strong>al text, <strong>Wayne</strong> alludes aga<strong>in</strong> to this core teach<strong>in</strong>g,“Spirituality, f<strong>in</strong>ally, is awareness and sensitivity, and sensitivity is itself awareness-<strong>in</strong>action.It is this quality that we most require <strong>in</strong> our time and <strong>in</strong> the ages to come, but it isa quality ref<strong>in</strong>ed only <strong>in</strong> the mystic heart, <strong>in</strong> the steady cultivation <strong>of</strong> compassion andlove that risks all for the sake <strong>of</strong> others. It is these resources that we desperately need aswe build the civilization with a heart, a universal society capable <strong>of</strong> embrac<strong>in</strong>g all that is,putt<strong>in</strong>g it to service <strong>in</strong> the transformation <strong>of</strong> the world. May the mystics lead the way tothis rebirth <strong>of</strong> the human community that will harmonize itself with the cosmos andf<strong>in</strong>ally make peace with all be<strong>in</strong>gs” (MH, p.249-250).And lest we are daunted by this title <strong>of</strong> “mystic,” <strong>Wayne</strong> has earlier reassured us,“Every one is a mystic. We may or may not know it; we may not even like it. Butwhether we know it or not, whether we accept it or not, mystical experience is always26
there, <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>in</strong>g us on a journey <strong>of</strong> ultimate discovery” (MH, p. 3).May each <strong>of</strong> us become what we all already are.27
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