My hotel room. W. takes his seat on the Chair of Judgement. It’s time to list my short-comings! It’s time to examine where I’ve gone wrong! To bury down to the root-cause!
‘Would you call yourself a moral man?', W. asks me. 'Would you call yourself a man of honour?', he asks. 'Do other people look up to you? Are others moved by you, inspired by you?' A pause. And then: 'Do you think you've touched other people's lives – in a good way? Do you see yourself as a man of thought, a man of profundity, a man who will leave a legacy?’
These are the questions that constantly circle in W.’s head, as he knows they do not circle in mine.
‘How do you think you’ll be judged?’, W. asks me. ‘As a serious man? As a man attuned to what matters most?’ And then, ‘Will you be remembered as a great soul? As a spiritual leader?’ A pause. And then: ‘How do you understand your failure? Who do you measure yourself against? What standards have you failed to meet?’
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