Once, working with my teacher, over 30 years ago now, my mind must have been particularly agitated because he eventually snarled at me: "If you ever manage to quieten that crappy mind of yours then the shit will really hit the fan!" This statement taught me that true inner quiet – a quiet that comes from letting the noise fall away rather than imposing silence – opens you into the world of energy, which is more rich, active, difficult and dangerous than anything we could invent and impose ourselves.