Chekhov said: let's put God - and all these grand progressive ideas - to one side. Let's begin with man; let's be kind and attentive to the individual man - whether he's a bishop, a peasant, an industrial magnate, a convict in the Sakhalin Islands, or a waiter in a restaurant. Let's begin with respect, compassion, and love for the individual - or we'll never get anywhere.
A man said to me, "You talk to your dead guru?" And I said, "Yeah. " He said, "That's in your imagination. " And I said, "Yeah!" Because my guru is in my imagination anywhere. Anywhere.