There's a picture of Stephen Cipes on the Summerhill Pyramid Winery website in full lotus position, hands raised, head thrown back, a smile on his lips.

He seems to be delivering a silent sermon: embrace life, live now.

"My theroy is you're born with yourself and you die with yourself," said Summerhill's owner. "And we need to know who we are. And meditation is my way of knowing who I am. We;re busy most of our lives with the human drama and at the end, none of it means anything, or very little."

"The basis of most human suffering is that we are caught up in our egos and by meditation you let go of the ego because you can't meditate when you're thinking..."

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Stephen Cipes and Ram Das