Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“There’s nothing so clear-sighted as true love, nothing. It’s the most clear-sighted thing in the world.”
16 Nov“Whatever a relationship may be, it certainly entails two things: clarity of perception – and accuracy of response.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
P. 117 “You’re more likely to respond accurately when you perceive clearly.”
“That is how you bring about change in yourself. Not by condemnation, not by calling yourself names, but by understanding what’s going on.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“You become be contact with reality. That’s what brings happiness, a moment-by-moment contact with reality.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“When you cling, life is destroyed; when you hold on to anything, you cease to live.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don’t hold on to a few bars of the music. Don’t hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass.”
16 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“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 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“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”
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