"Each person can shape their reality in the same way that an artist shapes their medium, namely, from the desire to do so. ..we first need to open our minds to the idea that transforming reality is the biggest part of our humanity and of its immune system--that it is a part of our need for self-actualization and health. In order to direct this creativity, conceptual and verbal techniques are necessary." (Chapter 1, Let It Be Light.) Nao represents the joined forces of Now and Tao. Through this merger, Nao adds a level of creative free will to our lives-namely, the recognition of reality's natural flexibility and our freewill access to it.