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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.
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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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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What is love? The total absence of fear, said the Master What is it we fear? Love, said the Master.
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