Anything That Happens To You

 

Anything that happens to you, you have earned.
Therefore the wise student keeps silent.
When I say,
"Keep silent", I don't mean just not to talk, but causes the mind to be silent.
For you can be silent and you can be cursing under your breath, as you know. And you can be saying statements like,
"He's crazy.
He doesn't know what he's talking about".
Your mind is working.
Silence refers to the mind.

Robert Adams
from Silence of the Heart, one of the very best spiritual books I have ever read.