“A struggle ensued between our teacher's insistence on absolute integrity and our unwillingness to shed our attachment to ego and self-satisfaction and follow him into the unknown. As month after month went by, with little change in our fundamental position, the struggle became a crisis and eventually the crisis became a stalemate. Our relationships with our teacher and many of our spiritual friends were pushed nearly to the breaking point. Unable to convince us that it was time to change and unwilling to accept our unrepentant compromise, Andrew went so far as to demand that we leave the property where our retreat center, homes, and offices all are located, throwing us out with little more than the shirts on our backs. The very future of the magazine itself was threatened. With hardly anything left to lose and the most important relationship of our lives on the line, the ego's defiant stance was finally crushed, and we were brought to our knees, literally and figuratively. Our spiritual teacher's incessant and unwavering call for transformation at long last reached open and willing hearts.”
— Carter Phipps, from the editorial to the Fall-Winter 2001 issueRead the complete editorial by senior editor Carter Phipps in What Is Enlightenment?