You don’t do anything to be free, you drop something. Then you’re free.
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Anthony de Mello
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Anthony de Mello
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Until his sudden death on June 2, 1987, Fr. Tony de Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling near Poona, India.
Katılım Nisan 2011
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“God is not attained by a process of addition to anything in the soul, but by a process of subtraction.” - Meister Eckhart
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How easy it is to love everyone when you don’t identify with what they imagine you are or they are.
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they are simply accepting or rejecting their image of you. They’ve fashioned an image of you, and they’re rejecting or accepting that.
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Nobody ever rejects you; they’re only rejecting what they think you are. But that cuts both ways. Nobody ever accepts you either.
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Pleasant experiences make life delightful. Painful experiences lead to growth.
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One understands one’s personal worth when one no longer identifies or defines one’s self in terms of these transient things.
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When we talk about self-worth, are we not talking, really, about how we are reflected in the mirrors of other people’s minds?
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You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self.
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You’re never so full of yourself as when you’re in pain. You’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed.
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Let the dictator in you come out, let the tyrant come out. I'm a dictator, you're a dictator. I want to run your life for you.
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"I have no right to make any demands on you" In saying that you drop your expectations.
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Do I do anything to change myself? You don’t have to do anything. The more you do, the worse it gets. All you have to do is understand.
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with your illusions that are constantly crashing against reality.
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you will see through everyone. Then you will love them. Otherwise you spend the whole time grappling with your wrong notions of them...
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Want to wake up? You want happiness? You want freedom? Here it is: Drop your false ideas.See through people. If you see through yourself...
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Can you imagine how liberating it is that you’ll never be disillusioned again, never be disappointed again? You’ll never feel let down again
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Expect the worst, you’re dealing with selfish people.They’re as bad as you are—bad, you understand? Exactly like you. No difference.
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The second is when I give myself the pleasure of pleasing others. That would be a more refined kind of selfishness.
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There are two types of selfishness. The first type is the one where I give myself the pleasure of pleasing myself. (self-centeredness)...
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