This feature is coordinated by The Post-Standard, Syracuse.com and InterFaith Works of CNY. To serve another with compassion is to feel the boundaries of the self start to soften. In serving others, we touch a deeper truth - that what we call the self is less a solid thing and more a fluid boundary. This loss of self thus reveals the unity, the oneness of us all. He teaches occasional classes related to aging and adult growth and development at Upstate Oasis in Syracuse.