Machine and the Flute :

Machines perform efficiently, the plant kingdom lives efficiently, the animal kingdom acts efficiently; but man alone strives for greater achievements, through his cultivated efficiencies and hence we can systematically try to understand the art of efficiency. An art is possible only when the faculty can be cultured, improved upon and reemployed for expanding general happiness not only in the artist himself but also in the entire generation around him.


When did the flute worry about the audience or have to judge what tune to play next? Be a flute in His hands. Only when you are acting with ego can you get upset emotionally, exhausted physically, and confused intellectually.
Swami Chinmayananda