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You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you understand it, it changes.
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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To a woman who complained about her destiny the Master said, It is you who make your destiny. But surely I am not responsible for being born a woman? Being born a woman isn't destiny. That is fate. Destiny is how you accept your womanhood and what you make of it.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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the tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment.
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