n.
1.the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
2.preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values
3.the quality or state of being inward or internal
4.preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)
Idiom of the Day
music to one's ears
something that one likes to hear
When I heard that I could go to the sales convention it was music to my ears.