The obstructions to the present are of the four types: Attachment to sense objects, Cynical criticism, Dullness of understanding and Absurd conceit. The first is the cause of attachment to the objects that attracts the senses. The second makes people discover wrong meanings in the teachings of Guru (spiritual teacher). The third causes confusion, because the teachings by the Guru are not grasped at all. The last attraction makes one feel that one is a great scholar, pundit or ascetic, mistaking the body and the senses for the Atma.

- Sandeha Nivarini

Silence is ever with you.  All you have to do is to remove all things that disturb it!- Baba