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Key figures from your imaginary tribe (the modern version of angels and saints) are with you: their perspective, their habits, their ways of looking at things are in your mind, just as if they were really by your side whispering in your ear. And so we can confront the difficult stretches of existence not simply on the basis of our own small resourc
... See moreAlain De Botton • The School of Life: An Emotional Education
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Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
PEOPLE who know nothing of God and whose lives are centered on themselves, imagine that they can only find themselves by asserting their own desires and ambitions and appetites in a struggle with the rest of the world. They try to become real by imposing themselves on other people, by appropriating for themselves some share of the limited supply of
... See moreThomas Merton • New Seeds of Contemplation
Your attachments: You will inevitably look for what fosters or threatens them and turn a blind eye to the rest. You won’t be interested in the rest any more than the avaricious businessperson is interested in anything that does not involve the making of money. Your beliefs: Just take a look at a fanatic who only notices what confirms his or her bel
... See moreAnthony de Mello • A Year with Anthony De Mello: Waking Up Week by Week
HOW TO GIVE?
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
What are these false beliefs that block you from happiness?
Anthony SJ de Mello • The Way to Love: Meditations for Life
The important thing is to drop the labels. 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. Something similar happens here. If you drop your labels, you would know. What do I mean by labels?
... See moreJ. Francis Stroud • Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
