Thought began to take over and obscured the simple yet profound joy of connectedness with being.

All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being.

Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed.

Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

Space has no "existence." "To exist" literally means "to stand out." You cannot understand space because it doesn't stand out. Although in itself it has no existence, it enables everything else to exist. Silence has no existence either, nor does the unmanifested.

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

You might say, 'What a dreadful day', without realizing that the cold, the wind, and the rain or whatever condition you react to are not dreadful. They are as they are. What is dreadful is your reaction, your inner resistance to it, and the emotion that is created by that resistance.