Anthony de Mello Quotes on Reality
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A thought is a screen, not a mirror; that is why you live in a thought envelope, untouched by Reality.
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People who want a cure, provided they can have it without pain, are like those who favour progress, provided they can have it without change.
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Suffering is a sign that you're out of touch with the truth. Suffering is given to you that you might open your eyes to the truth, that you might understand that there's falsehood somewhere, just as physical pain is given to you so you will understand that there is disease or illness somewhere. Suffering points out that there is falsehood somewhere. Suffering occurs when you clash with reality. When your illusions clash with reality when your falsehoods clash with the truth, then you have suffering. Otherwise there is no suffering.
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Thought can organize the world so well that you are no longer able to see it.
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'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.'
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You know you are a Mystic when you wake up one day and ask, am I crazy or are they?