My sense of identity broke down and was replaced by something that is very hard to put into words. Awareness, Consciousness.

See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment

Some form of suffering often brings about a readiness. One can say it cracks open the shell of the egoic mind with which many people identify as "me." Life cracks open that shell, and once that crack is there, then we are reached more easily by spiritual teaching.

Stress is extremely harmful to the body. Even mainstream medicine is recognizing how many diseases stress causes.

Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents.

Once you realize that a certain kind of food makes you sick, would you carry on eating that food and keep on asserting that it's okay to be sick?