I first discovered the words of Anthony de Mello when we first went to theological college but it was far from approved reading. The books were hidden away in the colleage Quiet Room, which was my favourite place in the whole campus(that’s not saying a lot; I hated the place as a whole). But de Mello’s books awakened a capacity in me for imaginative contemplation that I’d hitherto repressed.
Some short quotes from “One Minute Wisdom”
Aloneness
To a disciple who was always seeking answers from him the Master said, “You have within yourself the answer to every question you propose- if you only knew how to look for it”
And another day he said, “In the land of the spirit, you cannot walk by the light of someone else’s lamp. You want to borrow mine. I’d rather teach you to make your own.”
Blinkers
“If you make me your authority,” said the Master to the starry-eyed disciple,”you harm yourself because you refuse to see things for yourself.”
And after a pause he added gently,”You harm me too because you refuse to see me as I am.”
Awesome quotes! We really are powerful beings, thanks for the reminder…
Glad you like them.
I’d love to post a full meditation from Wellsprings but I do wonder if it’s copywrited. Have to have a look!
That was worth waiting for, thank you for posting it. May have to do a little googling on Mr De Mello!
Well, just for your delight: you have made the 1,000th comment. A milestone. I was close but then I deleted some spam that was clogging things up.
De Mello is actually father de Mello as he was a Jesuit priest!
In certain ways I suspect he was a big influence on my creation of Father Peter in The Bet!
Wow, the 1000th comment!! What’s the prize???
The fact that he was an influence in creating Father Peter gives me even more reason to google him!
What would you like the prize to be??
That could be a dangerous question to ask!!!!!
Really????
Call me Dangermouse then( or guineapig)
I have to admit it was only going to be a publunch or something when we come over- or vice versa. nothing like a holiday in the Seychelles or anything really exotic!