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Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self.
Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
Age: 55 †
Born: 1931
Born: September 4
Died: 1987
Died: June 2
Philosopher
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Psychologist
Theologian
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Bombay
Absence
Silence
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The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?
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You're so ashamed of your past drop it! You're so proud of your past drop it!
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If I haven't received any grace today, then I was not at home. This is because God is sending deliveries constantly.
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All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river.
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If the heart is unobstructed, the result is love.
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Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.
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Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
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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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No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy. There is no event on earth that has the power to disturb you or hurt you. No event, condition, situation, or person. Nobody told you this they told you the opposite. That's why you're in the mess you're in right now. That is why you're asleep. They never told you this. But it's self-evident.
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Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop. Turn on the light of awareness and the darkness will disappear. Happiness is not something you acquire love is not something you produce love is not something you have love is something that has you.
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Nothing has changed but my attitude, therefore, everything has changed.
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All conflict comes from attachment.
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In many ways we were drugged when we were young. We were brought up to need people. For what? For acceptance, approval, appreciation, applause.
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