The modern mind, which is basically a mind out of control, untempered by spiritual work, ends up crushing the heart with its mundanity. And then feelings are mere phantasmagoria: trivial and illusory, with no foundation in any reality worth engaging. Our work aims to liberate the heart from this crippling burden so that it can blossom, upward and outward. It requires both mind control and heart healing. Then, and only then, can I become conscious, in the sense of soulful.