Sound and Peace: A Meditation on Choiceless Awareness

Remember, peace is not the opposite of sound. Every sound dissolves into peace. You are that peace, and sound comes to meet with you and dissolve into you. Look at any object, a tree, a flower, even the wall.

There is no choice in the looking, no judgment, just choiceless observation. Awareness is the act of listening, the act of looking. No effort is required, no concentration. In awareness, in meditation, concentration happens naturally.

It is given to you as a gift. But in concentration, in choosing, you miss meditation. In expanded, empty consciousness, thinking stops, breathing becomes quiet, and one simply exists as pure awareness. In that state there is great joy, beauty, and love.

Individual consciousness merges with Cosmic Consciousness, and one goes beyond time and thought. In that state, whether the eyes are open or closed does not matter. It comes like a breeze without invitation, because this state is your true nature—love, bliss, beauty, and awareness. There is no fear, no depression, no anxiety, no worry, no stress.

One becomes the witness of anxieties, worries, and stress. In that state, healing occurs. This is what is called discipline. Discipline means learning, and one who is learning is called a disciple.