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“Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed: after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed.’ But there’s a difference: I don’t identify with it anymore. Do you know what a big difference that is?”

11 Nov

Anthony de Mello in “Awareness” about identifying “I” with “me” on P. 59.

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Tags: "Awareness" book, "I" vs "Me", Change, Illusion, Self, Suffering, Waking Up

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“You can be happy in your anxiety. You can be happy in your depression. But you can’t have the wrong notion of happiness. Did you think happiness was excitement or thrills? That’s what causes depression. – How can I make it last? That’s not happiness, that’s addiction.” →

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