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
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Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be... Do you want a sign that you’re asleep? Here it is: you’re suffering. Suffering is a sign that... Understand your darkness and it will vanish; then you will know what light is. Understand your nightmare for... “Why is everyone here so happy except me?” “Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere,”... If you look carefully you will see that there is one thing and only one thing that causes... This is what Wisdom means: To be changed without the slightest effort on your part, to be transformed,... Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing... The butterfly in a caterpillar: the eagle in an egg; the saint in a selfish human being.
Understand the obstructions you are putting in the way of love, freedom, and happiness and they will drop.... These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without... There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread,... As the great Confucius said, “The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change.” Flow. But... Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.
If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect... As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an...
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