Music creates a bridge for people to move out of thinking and into presence.

To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present.

This is why very often you find educated people in the media who look at spiritual books but they are so identified with their thought process, they don't get it. They write reviews or articles and they miss the whole point. They can't see the essence. It's not their fault; it's not them personally. It's the human condition and its mind-identified state. And intelligence in itself doesn't help. You can have two or three Ph.D.s; it doesn't get you any closer to spiritual realization. In fact, you might be more distant.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action-just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.

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

What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself.

Whenever there is negativity in you, if you can be aware in that moment that there is something in you that takes pleasure in it or believes it has a useful purpose, you are becoming aware of the ego directly. The moment this happens your identity has shifted from ego to awareness. This means the ego is shrinking and awareness is growing.