"You can tell if you're getting closer to this by the peace that overwhelms you — the happiness that takes you over. It is not a happiness because there is a thing happening in your life that you feel. It is not a happiness of something that you own that you did not own before. It is not a peace because you're in the right environment and you feel peaceful. It is a peace and happiness that is always with you. You are that peace. You are that happiness. It is always there. It never leaves you.
"As long as you believe that you're a body, it is virtually impossible to have this peace and have this happiness. You cannot, for this body is part of the world conditioning. Therefore, you have to search for peace. You have to search for happiness. You believe that if you do this, you'll be happy. If you do this you will become peaceful. And when you do this and you do that, the happiness and peace, how long will it last? For a short while. Things change. Environments change. Conditions change. Your family changes. Everything changes. Therefore, again, it is virtually impossible to have real peace and real happiness as long as you believe you are a body. Consequently, we do not go searching for peace and happiness. This is a mistake. What we do, is become our real Self by not trying to become or real Self.
"All this begins with quieting the mind. By not allowing the mind to react to conditions and situations. ...
"You have to be very honest with yourself. Do I really want to become free? Am I really looking to awaken, to be liberated? What am I doing about it? Be honest with yourself. ...
"You have to learn to sit in the Silence, to quiet the mind. And it will come by itself. ... You simply have to sit, quiet the mind by observing it, inquire, 'To whom do the thoughts come?'"
Robert Adams
Silence Of The Heart
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