"In the past it was only a small minority who looked at themselves and their minds in a profoundly deep way. These were the mystics and masters of the past, those who felt a deep call to move beyond the egoic state of consciousness. They felt the suffering inherent in the state of consciousness that most human beings exist in, and for some reason, they were compelled to move beyond it with enough force and enough drive that they actually succeeded. Today this invitation, this same yearning, this same necessity is calling out to all of us. It's no longer something that's reserved for the mystics, for just a very few, because our collective survival depends on our consciousness awakening from this dream state of separation and isolation." Adyashanti - Falling into Grace - Insights into the end of suffering