Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
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“We begin first with things, with an awareness of things; then we move on to an awareness of thoughts (that’s the me); and finally we get to an awareness of the thinker. Things, thoughts, thinker. What we’re really searching for is the thinker. Can the thinker know himself? Can I know what “I” is? Some of these mystics reply, “Can the knife cut itself? Can the tooth bite itself?…Can the “I” know itself?”
11 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“Who’s living in you? – It’s going to take a lot of awareness for you to understand that perhaps this thing you call “I” is simply a conglomoration of your past experiences, of your conditioning and programming. – When you are beginning to awaken, you experience a great deal of pain. It’s painful to see your illusions being shattered.”
11 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness” on waking up.
“The great master’s tell us that the most important question in the world is: “Who am I?” Or rather: “What is I?” What is this thing I call “I”? What is this thing I call self?
11 NovAnthony de Mello in “Awareness”
“I am delighted!’ You are certainly not delighted. Delight may be in you right now, but wait around, it will change; it won’t last; it never lasts; it keeps changing; it’s always changing. Clouds come and go: some of them are black and some are white, some of them are large, others small. If we want to follow the same analogy, you would be the sky, observing the clouds. You are a passive, detached observer. – Watch! Observe!”
1 Nov– Anthony de Mello in “Awareness”
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