It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.

Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end.

We are destined not to go back to the level of animals that we've come from but to return to being by going beyond thinking.

Where ever you are, be there totally.

I had been anxious and depressed for years and suddenly I was deeply at peace.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings and would remain shallow, identified with the external form of things. Suffering drives you deeper. The paradox is that suffering is caused by identification with form and erodes identification with form. A lot of it is caused by the ego, although eventually suffering destroys the ego-but not until you suffer consciously.

The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.