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This is what is ultimate in our human knowledge of God, to know that we do not know.
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
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Bombay
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Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They don't. It's you who give this power to them.
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You are so proud of your intelligence, said the master. You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.
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Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.
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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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When you get rid of your fear of failure, your tensions about succeeding... you can be yourself. Relaxed. You'll no longer be driving with your brakes on.
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Loneliness is not cured by human company. Loneliness is cured by contact with reality.
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What is my identity ? Nothing, said the Master. You mean that I am an emptiness and a void? said the incredulous disciple. Nothing that can be labeled. said the Master.
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The only way to change is by changing your understanding.
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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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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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That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners, said the Master.
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Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence.
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You do not have to change for God to love you.
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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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What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons a loving heart doesn't harden itself to any persons or things.
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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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If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.
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When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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