"There's another level to everything [beyond our concrete reality]...more than meets the eye... It's as real in the experience we have [of it]... It's an awareness. It's looking at the world in a different way. And those things gather their own momentum over time, and they shape what I do and how I see the world and myself and the people I come in contact with. So it's the arc you're referring to. It has rises and falls. It has pitches to it. It's a dynamic thing, yes, always moving, and you try to catch the wave at the high spots..."