There are many things to do, many events to worry about, many experiences to work through, many tasks to fulfill, many demands to be concerned about and many needs to pay attention to. Just keeping these together demands enormous amount of our time and energy. Life seems like a series of scattered 'noises' which constantly distracts us. But, there is an inner restlessness that cries out just to be...simply quiet. Simply living life simply... We are simply pilgrims along life's quiet path...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Finding Self...
This book gives a great introduction to the wisdom and insights of this great writer.
Concealed within these pages (not in the printed words, not even in the tales, but in its spirit, its mood, its atmosphere) is a wisdom which cannot be conveyed in human speech.
Anthony de Mello, was a Jesuit priest, he became famous for his books on spirituality. He was born in 1931, in Goa, India and died in 1987 in the United States of America. A sample extract of his profound wisdom:
"It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!"
Some of his stories, or rather, parables.
"Sometimes there would be a rush of noisy visitors and the silence of the monastery would be shattered. This would upset the disciples; not the Master, who seemed just as content with the noise as with the silence. To his protesting disciples he said one day, "Silence is not the absence of sound, but the absence of self"."
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