The benefits of Mouna (Silence) are incalculable.
Pain, sorrow, ignorance are all illusory; they cannot live. Bliss, joy, knowledge are true; they cannot die.
Eating, drinking. sleeping, pro-creating. A little laughter, a lot of tears. Is this all there is to life? Don't die like a worm on the surface of the planet. WAKE UP and be all that you can be, you are so much more than that.
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path
An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!
Fear is only in duality. Fear is Mind. When you are your Self, there is no fear.