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In the epilogue of their recent book, Sacred Space—Right Relationship and Spirituality in Healthcare, authors Stephen G. Wright and Jean Sayer-Adams discuss the spiritual dimension of "right relationships" in healthcare and in our own lives. They observe:

"Bringing the heart and soul into caring relationships, be they at home or work, is achievable. It is not an impossible dream. Organizations, teams, and individuals can actively transform the context of care into a sacred space. We can do so by creating 'caring for the carers' approaches at all levels. We can do so by examining and adjusting the resources and systems that support caring relationships. We can do most powerfully by attending to our own spiritual path, being in the world in ways which nourish and support ourselves and others....

"And the end of all this journeying? It is to arrive at a great truth, that the sacred has never been far away. Mother Meera (1991) reminds us that everything is available to us; we just have to ask for it. What our heart has sought was not a distant goal to be pursued across the globe in ashrams or monasteries or the tops of mountains or deep in the ocean. It was, is, right here, right now—we just had to wake up to it, to nudge our consciousness into seeing the world and ourselves as the sacred space we have always been. In changing our consciousness, we can change our actions. This is the real, moving power available to transform that which is around us to be the same as that which is within us. Right relationship within and without, evolving to the point where there is no in or out, just here, now."

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