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Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
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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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Has it ever occurred to you that you can only love when you are alone?
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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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the greatest learning of the ages lies in accepting life exactly as it comes to us.
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Because everyone is the same distance from the sun. Does it really lessen the distance if you live on top of a skyscraper?
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Love springs from awareness.
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Can one be fully human without experiencing tragedy? The only tragedy there is in the world is ignorance all evil comes from that.
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Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
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The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
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You do not have to change for God to love you.
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We're crazy, We're living on crazy ideas about love, about relationships, about happiness, about joy, about everything.
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Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.
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You will seek for God in vain till you understand that God can't be seen as a thing he needs a special way of looking - similar to that of little children whose sight is undistorted by prefabricated doctrines and beliefs.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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The only way someone can be of help to you is in challenging your ideas.
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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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.
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I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass?
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The feigning sleeper can delude others he cannot delude himself. The false mystic, unfortunately, can delude both others and himself.
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Extend your arms in welcome to the future. The best is yet to come!
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