Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
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“Wakefulness, hapiness – call it what you wish – is the state of nondelusion, where you see things not as you are but as they are, insofar as this is possible for human beings.”
16 Nov“Don’t supress desire, understand it. – Don’t just renounce the objects of your desire, understand them; see they in their true light.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Negative feelings, every negative feeling is useful for awareness, for understanding. They give you the opportunity to feel it, to watch it from the outside. In the beginning, the depression will still be there, but you will have to cut the connection with it. Gradually you will undestandind the depression. As you understand it, it will occur less frequently, and will disappear altoghether.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Pleasant experiences make life delightful, but they don’t lead to growth in themselves. What leads to growth is painful experiences. Suffering points up an area in you where you have not yet grown, where you need to grow and be transformed by change.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“You’re not a dancer at all. You are being danced. – You thought you were at the center, now you experience yourselfas satellite. You thought you were the dancer; you now experience yourself as the dance.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“The one who knows, does not say; the one who says, does not know.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“The selfish thing is to demand that someone else live their life as YOU see fit. That’s selfish. It is not selfish to live your life as you see fit. The selfishness lies in demanding that someone else live their life to suit your tastes, or your pride, or your profit, or your pleasure.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
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