Finding Some Quiet Time In

For Me, First, It's Finding Quiet In My Life - And I Do That Through Yoga And Meditation. It's Also Been A Matter Of Changing The Way I Eat, Because I Think What We Eat Can Inform Who We Are; Food Is A Chemical And A Drug To A Certain Extent.

Since I Come From A Family Of Mental Instability, And I Have Suffered Depression Myself, I Knew That Living In Shame Is Senseless And Painful, And That By Talking About It, I Have Come To Peace With It. The Stigma Behind People's Suffering Needs To End. We As A Community Need To Embrace These Disorders, Try To Understand Them (if Only Just To Talk About Them) So That We Can Cease Being Defined By Them.

Self-realization Fellowship Seemed Like Training. It Was The Training Ground For Finding A Sense Of Peace In Myself. Because That's My Job. It's No One Else's.

Once You Take Care Of Yourself, You Become The Example, And Then Everybody Around You Can Change.

The Prevalence Of Mental Illness Compels Me To Give It - And The People Suffering From It - A Voice.