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SHORT WISDOM STORIES BY ANTHONY DE MELLO
AFFIRMATION
A woman in great distress over the death of her son came to the Master for comfort. He listened to her patiently while she poured out her tale of woe.
Then he said softly: "I can not wipe away your tears, my dear. I can only teach you how to make them holy".
MORSEL:
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. -- Richard Bach
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AGGRESSION
A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait".
Each year the disciple would return with the same request and each time the Master would give him the same reply: "Wait".
One day he said to the Master, "When will I be ready to teach"?
Said the Master, "When your excessive eagerness to teach has left you".
MORSEL:
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. -- Oliver Goldsmith
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ARRIVAL
"Is the path to Enlightenment difficult or easy?'
"It is neither".
"Why not"?
"Because it isn't there".
"Then how does one travel to the goal"?
"One doesn't. This is a journey without distance.
Stop traveling and you arrive".
MORSEL:
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
-- Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
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ART
"Of what use is a Master"? someone asked.
Said the disciple, "To teach you what you have always known, to show you what you are always looking at".
When this confused the visitor, the disciple exclaimed:
"An artist, by his paintings, taught me to see the sunset. The Master, by his teachings, taught me to see the reality of every moment".
MORSEL:
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
-- Margaret Fuller
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AT-ONE-MENT
When a man whose marriage was in trouble sought his advice, the Master said, "You must learn to listen to your wife".
The man took this advice to heart and returned after a month to say that he had learned to listen to every word his wife was saying.
Said the Master with a smile, "Now go home and listen to every word she isn't saying".
MORSEL:
A pair of good ears will drink dry a hundred tongues.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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ATTACHMENT
One disciple said:
"I have no idea of what tomorrow will bring, so I wish to prepare for it".
The master answered:
"You fear tomorrow - not realizing that yesterday is just as dangerous".
MORSEL:
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. -- Will Rogers
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to be continued....
:D
AFFIRMATION
A woman in great distress over the death of her son came to the Master for comfort. He listened to her patiently while she poured out her tale of woe.
Then he said softly: "I can not wipe away your tears, my dear. I can only teach you how to make them holy".
MORSEL:
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. -- Richard Bach
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AGGRESSION
A zealous disciple expressed a desire to teach others the Truth and asked the Master what he thought about this. The Master said, "Wait".
Each year the disciple would return with the same request and each time the Master would give him the same reply: "Wait".
One day he said to the Master, "When will I be ready to teach"?
Said the Master, "When your excessive eagerness to teach has left you".
MORSEL:
You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. -- Oliver Goldsmith
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ARRIVAL
"Is the path to Enlightenment difficult or easy?'
"It is neither".
"Why not"?
"Because it isn't there".
"Then how does one travel to the goal"?
"One doesn't. This is a journey without distance.
Stop traveling and you arrive".
MORSEL:
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired. In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
-- Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching
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ART
"Of what use is a Master"? someone asked.
Said the disciple, "To teach you what you have always known, to show you what you are always looking at".
When this confused the visitor, the disciple exclaimed:
"An artist, by his paintings, taught me to see the sunset. The Master, by his teachings, taught me to see the reality of every moment".
MORSEL:
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
-- Margaret Fuller
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AT-ONE-MENT
When a man whose marriage was in trouble sought his advice, the Master said, "You must learn to listen to your wife".
The man took this advice to heart and returned after a month to say that he had learned to listen to every word his wife was saying.
Said the Master with a smile, "Now go home and listen to every word she isn't saying".
MORSEL:
A pair of good ears will drink dry a hundred tongues.
-- Benjamin Franklin
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ATTACHMENT
One disciple said:
"I have no idea of what tomorrow will bring, so I wish to prepare for it".
The master answered:
"You fear tomorrow - not realizing that yesterday is just as dangerous".
MORSEL:
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. -- Will Rogers
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to be continued....
:D
