The schedule is a meeting with an enlightened being, an opportunity for a shift from the conditioned mind into life to occur. For such a man or woman the guidance given is a natural expression of his or her life. In its limitless generosity, life has brought Dr. Shankar not to preach or practise truth, but to explain that truth can neither be known nor practised. On the other hand, it is the illusory which can be understood, and this is the world, man and the mind, as proclaimed by the sages.