Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because they can't stand the suffering anymore.

Everything is honoured, but nothing matters.

Let's say you have to catch a plane, and you are packing your suitcase and moving fast. Most people would call that stress. Most people live stressed like that all the time.

Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness.

By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords." (p. 28)

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

When Doing becomes infused with the timeless quality of being, that is success