Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
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“Ideas actually fragment the vision, intuition or experience of reality as a whole. – Words cannot give you reality. They only point, they only indicate. You use them as pointers to get to reality. But once you get there, your concepts are useless.”
16 Nov“What is this thing called ‘culture?’ – Does it mean you’d like to do something because you were conditioned to do it? That you’d like to feel something because you were conditioned to feel it? Isn’t that being mechanical? – Now, if you want to wear your culture the way you wear your clothes, that’s fine.”
16 NovAnthony 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 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“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”
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