Anthony de Mello

Anthony de Mello  Anthony de Mello was Jesuit priest and then he woke up. Born in India he finished his life  in US. For many years he was conducting seminars for people and wrote many books on the subject. I read his "The Prayer of the Frog" and quite liked it. He has definitely good sense of humour. My fiend Ela has sended me cd with his recorded conference/seminar, one of the few which has ever been recorded. His massage is very similar to "A Course in Miracles". He says: "there is only fear and love, fear is responsible for all the evil in the world and love for all the good", that is very much in line with Christ teaching in "A Course..." Fear is connected with our false identity as a body or individual story/mind. So, according to his words you don't need to gain anything to wake up to life, you just need to drop all the false beliefs. Then he stresses awareness, as in one story he talks about master who just gave one advice: "awareness", to the question what it means he answers:"awareness, awareness, awareness", than the seeker still asks - ok, but what does that mean? Master replies:"awareness means exactly that - awareness" Being aware of your voice, of your body, your breath, being aware that you have thoughts, being aware that you sit on a chair, being aware that you see trees, clouds, sky. Another nice thing he said was:"you don't need to fix anything, just watch it, just observe", there is point where understanding dawns on you. Here is his wikipedia link. Well, I didn't finish yet that tape so perhaps can write some more next time.     take Care       p.s. Today we have amazingly sunny and covered with  soft snow day in Pcim...