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

You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of some state - enlightenment, or whatever they call it - they want to achieve.

Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

Become conscious of being conscious.

Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible.

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

The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.