Grief
Anthony De Mello says : “We never feel grief when we lose something that we have allowed to be free, that we have never attempted to possess. Grief is a sign that I made happiness depend on this thing or…
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The tragedy of an attachment
Anthony De Mello says : “The tragedy of an attachment is that if its object is not attained it causes unhappiness. But if it is attained, it does not cause happiness – it merely causes a flash of pleasure followed…
Where does your question come from?
Anthony De Mello says : “Said the monk: “All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars – where do they come from?” Said the master: “Where does your question come from?””
Cure is painful
Anthony De Mello says : “Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don’t believe them. Don’t believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. “Give me back my wife.…
Loneliness and aloneness
Anthony De Mello says : “Loneliness is when you’re missing people, aloneness is when you’re enjoying yourself.”
Another form of desire
Anthony De Mello says : “If I were enlightened and you listened to me because I was enlightened, then you’re in big trouble. Are you ready to be brainwashed by someone who’s enlightened? You can be brainwashed by anybody, you…
You are surrounded by prison walls
Anthony De Mello says : “First, realize that you are surrounded by prison walls, that your mind has gone to sleep. It does not even occur to most people to see this, so they live and die as prison inmates.…
I really don’t need you for my happiness
Anthony De Mello says : “Eternal life is now. We’re surrounded by it, like the fish in the ocean, but we have no notion about it at all. We’re too distracted with this attachment. Temporarily, the world rearranges itself to…
Don’t seek the truth
Anthony De Mello says : “As the Japanese Zen masters say: “Don’t seek the truth; just drop your opinions.” Drop your theories; don’t seek the truth. Truth isn’t something you search for. If you stop being opinionated, you would know.”
The Self
Annamalai Swami says : “To keep the mind in the Self one must have no desires for anything other than the Self. This is a very difficult state to attain. The desire to seek pleasures in the outside world always…