“And his descriptions of living in Enlightenment are, simply, the best I have read anywhere. Far as I’m concerned, the twinkly-eyed jazz composer and concert pianist has found the best way to communicate spiritual connection I’ve ever read. Move over, Bhagavad-Gita. (Fortunately there’s plenty of space on that blessed bookshelf.)

“Thus, Chappell’s Answers from Silence is in the tradition of Autobiography of a Yogi. Paramahansa Yogananda’s magnificent autobiography no longer stands quite alone on my bookcase shelf. Indirectly but substantially, Chappell has told us his life story – the parts that count: His petty jealousies and insecurities, the guilt and confusion and all the other milestones of his personal development. No holding back for him and, perhaps, consequently, less holding back for us.”

Rose Rosetree, author of “Aura Reading Through All Your Senses”