Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
Archive | November, 2014
“Life is a mystery, which means your thinking mind cannot make sense out of it. For that you’ve got to wake up and then you’ll suddenly realize that reality is not problematic, you are the problem.”
16 Nov“You don’t even need to be in love. Who told you you do? What you need is to be free. What you need is to love. That’s it; that’s your nature. But what you’re really telling me is that you want to be desired. You want to be applauded, to be attractive, to have all the little monkeys runnings after you.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there’s a falsehood somwhere, just as a physical pain is given to you so that you will understand that there is a disease or illness somewhere.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Japanese Zen master’s say, ‘Don’t seek the truth; just drop your opinions.’ – Truth isn’t somthing you search for. If you stopped being opinionated, you would know.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you. You are always a slave to what you’re not aware of.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“There’s only one evil in the world, fear. There’s only one good in the world, love. – Think of the last time you were angry and search for the fear behind it.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“There’s only one reason why you’re not experiening bliss at this present moment, and it’s because you’re thinking or focusing on what you don’t have. – Right now you have everything you need to be in bliss.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
I think I discovered a part of my life’s purpose tonight….
13 NovThere are but a few times in your life that such beautiful insight and guidance comes along. Tonight was one of those nights.
Growing up, when the question was asked, “What do you want to do when you grow up,” I’d reply, “Be an Olympian… and an amazing wife and badass mom.” Because – that was real; I really wanted to be a great mom and wife.
But what about professionally, and creatively? What, outside of the mom and wife, do I want to do? Well, tonight, after years of searching and subsequent months of stillness and patience, I think I know:
I want to build magical spaces for people.
That’s it. Ahh… a little clarity of self. Such a nice, and relieving feeling.
A few other things that have become clear:
1) I want to work with great people with incredible integrity
2) I want to feel good about my work, and that it builds a world and a personal body of work that I believe in.
3) I want more cohesion, professionally, amongst myself and other people who seek truth and understanding. I believe it is possible that you don’t have to play “the game” in life, but it starts by disillusioned, non-game-players getting together and creating a new and different game. Note: one way I’d like to do this is by giving a portion of any company I start to “people who’s body of work I believe, and who are fearless in their honesty and pursuit of their truth” (whatever that means). It also means doing business with these people, and it means doing business to connect these people.
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