Altars are the sacred sites on which we place both our gifts and our sacrifices. But the intention behind the act is the same — this I give to you, this precious part of me I give to you. Just because there is something in us to overcome, something in us that no longer serves, that needs to be put down does not mean that it is not precious. Every sacrifice is precious. And still, more than souvenirs in our lives what we seek is the crucial link with the eternal.

The coming transformation of humanity is going to be a death and rebirth on a community level, a world-wide level. But it begins with you. It begins with you being the hero of your own life, looking at the attachment that is keeping you from the more expansive life you know is possible, and then going forward, placing it on your altar, and letting it go.