In the absence of actual Enlightenment – permanent happiness – the most important thing is to have something meaningful that we can always return to. This is what we call practice. For me there must be two components to practice: a part we do alone, confronting solitude, wrestling with the self, and another part we do with others, companions, comrades, patients, students, clients, preferably with some hands-on time. These two aspects feed and regulate each other: without solo work we have little to give, and without partner work we lack the ability to forget self and help others.