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In order for humility to mature it must blossom into self-forgetfulness.
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
First: Think of some change that you wish to bring about in your life or in your personality. Are you attempting to force this change on your nature through effort and through the desire to become something that your ego has planned? That is the serpent fighting the dove.
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello (1990) Paperback
O'Reilly Mediaamazon.comGiven the background, the life experience, and the unawareness of this person, he cannot help behaving the way he does. It has been so well said that to understand all is to forgive all. If you really understood this person you would see him as crippled and not blameworthy, and your irritation would instantly cease. And the next thing you know you
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One of these great saints, Ramana Maharshi, used to ask, “Who am I?” We see now that this is a very
Michael A. Singer • The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
‘Who hears these sounds?’ till the reality is reached.
Ramana Maharshi • Be As You Are: The spiritual teachings and wisdom of Sri Ramana Maharshi (Arkana)
If you can understand this my dear friends, the understanding will melt the addiction. And you will be free and you will understand the loveliness of what prayer is. Then you will discover what reality is, what god is, because you will have dropped one of our biggest illusions: the illusion that we need to be appreciated, to be popular, to succeed,
... See moreTo develop our spirituality, we need to drop our pretense of already knowing who we are and be open to the vast unknown depths of self.
Eva Pierrakos • The Undefended Self: Living the Pathwork
The fact is that you’re surrounded by God and you don’t see God, because you “know” about God. The final barrier to the vision of God is your God concept. You miss God because you think you know. That’s the terrible thing about religion.