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When the eye is unobstructed, the result is sight. When the ear is unobstructed, the result is hearing. When the mind is unobstructed the result is truth. When the heart is unobstructed, the result is joy and love.

Anthony de Mello

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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
Priest
Psychologist
Theologian
Writer
Bombay
Heart
Ears
Mind
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Love
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Joy
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Unobstructed
Truth
Hearing

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A disciple was one day recalling how Buddha , Jesus , Mohammed were branded as rebels and heretics by their contemporaries. Said the Master, Nobody can be said to have attained the pinnacle of Truth until a thousand sincere people have denounced him for blasphemy .
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You can never be free as long as you have an ego to defend.
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As the Japanese Zen masters say, “Don't seek the truth just drop your opinions”. Drop your theories don't seek the truth.
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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation? Of course there is, said the Master. How would you describe it? Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.
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To fight evil with activity is like fighting darkness with one's hands. So what you need is light, not fit.
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What is the work of a Master? said a solemn-faced visitor. To teach people to laugh , said the Master gravely.
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.
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This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.
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Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?
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The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to as one listens to the wind in the trees and the sound of the river and the song of the bird. They will awaken something within the heart that is beyond all knowledge.
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A nice definition of an awakened person: a person who no longer marches to the drums of society, a person who dances to the tune of the music that springs up from within.
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