Radical Responsibility: The Key To Moving From Suffering To True Agency & Freedom
From addict, drug smuggler and prison inmate to social entrepreneur and revered meditation teacher — one man frees himself from emotional handcuffs
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Here’s a sobering story. In 1985, I was sentenced to 25 years without parole for drug trafficking. My life as I knew it was over. I was 35 years old, well-educated, with talent and potential, and I had completely torched my life — burned it to the ground. My nine-year-old son would now grow up without a father. As I considered what lay ahead, I made a crystal-clear, radical commitment — to eradicate all negativity from my life and somehow use my education and talents to accomplish something of value during my time in maximum security prison, something that might allow my son to hold his head up and be proud of his dad. I couldn’t change the fact that I was in prison, but I could choose how I spent my time there, and I was determined to lead a life of service from that point forward.
