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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.
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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So love the thought of death, love it.
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The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.
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You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.
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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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I wish to become a teacher of the Truth.
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A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. Tell me, O Master, he said, why you have come into this world. To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.
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There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift.
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Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality, said the skeptic who was ready for an argument. Here's one, said the Master. When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.
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Said the master: Where does your question come from?
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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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A thought is a screen, not a mirror that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
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May the peace of God disturb you always.
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Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth.
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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!
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You're not living until it doesn't matter a tinker's damn to you whether you live or die. At that point you live. When you're ready to lose your life, you live it.
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There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say we have a natural urge to be loved and appreciated, to belong. That’s false. Drop this illusion and you will find happiness. We have a natural urge to be free, a natural urge to love, but not to be loved.
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These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness.
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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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Don't ask the world to change....you change first.
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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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