There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he would say. 'Love knows when to break them.' Anthony de Mello More Quotes by Anthony de Mello More Quotes From Anthony de Mello The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being. Anthony de Mello butterfly selfish eggs Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence. Anthony de Mello learning life children When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today. Anthony de Mello spiritual wise yesterday May the peace of God disturb you always. Anthony de Mello may Behold God beholding you...and smiling. Anthony de Mello god If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong. Anthony de Mello overwhelming passion may This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed, believe it or not, merely by waking to the reality that is not words , that lies beyond the reach of words. If you are fortunate enough to be Awakened thus, you will know why the finest language is the one that is not spoken, the finest action is the one that is not done and the finest change is the one that is not willed. Anthony de Mello mean believe lying 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 by weariness, and it is always accompanied, of course, by the anxiety that you may lose the object of your attachment. Anthony de Mello anxiety attachment tragedy You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person. Anthony de Mello hopeful love-you ideas There is yet another illusion, that it is important to be respectable, to be loved and appreciated, to be important. Many say we have a natural urge to be loved and appreciated, to belong. That’s false. Drop this illusion and you will find happiness. We have a natural urge to be free, a natural urge to love, but not to be loved. Anthony de Mello finding-happiness appreciated important If you want to know what it means to be happy, look at a flower, a bird, a child; they are perfect images of the kingdom. For they live from moment to moment in the eternal now with no past and no future. Anthony de Mello flower mean children What, concretely, is Enlightenment ?" "Seeing Reality as it is," said the Master. "Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?" "Oh, no! Most people see it as they think it is." "What's the difference?" "The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around. Anthony de Mello sight reality thinking Religion is the finger pointing to God. People are too busy licking the finger to notice where it's pointing. Anthony de Mello licking busy people I'm going to write a book someday and the title will be I'm an Ass, You're an Ass. That's the most liberating, wonderful thing in the world, when you openly admit you're an ass. It's wonderful. When people tell me, You're wrong I say, What can you expect of an ass? Anthony de Mello writing book people What is my identity ?" "Nothing," said the Master. "You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous disciple. "Nothing that can be labeled." said the Master. Anthony de Mello void identity mean "I seek the meaning of existence," said the stranger. "You are of course assuming," said the Master, "that existence has a meaning." "Doesn't it?" "When you experience existence as it is - not as you think it is you will discover that your question has no meaning," said the Master. Anthony de Mello assuming spiritual thinking Say goodbye to golden yesterdays: or your heart will never learn to love the present. Anthony de Mello yesterday heart goodbye You only change what you understand. What you do not understand and are not aware of, you repress. You dont change. But when you understand it, it changes. Anthony de Mello change Concepts are always frozen. Reality flows. Anthony de Mello frozen flow reality If you search within your heart, you will find something there that will make it possible for you to understand: a spark of disenchantment and discontent, which if fanned into flame will become a raging forest fire that will burn up the whole of the illusory world you are living in, thereby unveiling to your wondering eyes the kingdom that you have always lived in unsuspectingly. Anthony de Mello eye fire heart
