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Recieved: 2003/02/20 02:31
Subject: Re: [k-list] In the end...
From: Dean Robbins
On 2003/02/20 02:31, Dean Robbins posted thus to the K-list:
Hi David,
I Just read this recent post of yours...
Anthony deMello, What a beautiful writer.
I love his works, such inspiration.
Thanks for bringing it to the list.... it was very refreshing
Thanks,
Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bozzi" <david.bozzi AT_NOSPAM softhome.net>
To: "One Man Alone" <one_odd_stranger AT_NOSPAM yahoo.com>;
<k-list AT_NOSPAM kundalini-gateway.org>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [k-list] In the end...
> What I'm about to say will sound a bit pompous, but it's
true. What is
> coming could be the most important minutes in your lives.
If you could
> grasp this, you'd hit upon the secret of awakening. You
would be happy
> forever. You would never be unhappy again. Nothing would
have the power
> to hurt you again. I mean that, nothing. It's like when
you throw black
> paint in the air, the air remains uncontaminated. You
never color the air
> black. No matter what happens to you, you remain
uncontaminated. You
> remain at peace. There are human beings who have attained
this, what I
> call being human. Not this nonsense of being a puppet,
jerked about this
> way and that way, letting events or other people tell you
how to feel. So
> you proceed to feel it and you call it being vulnerable.
Ha! I call it
> being a puppet. So you want to be a puppet? Press a button
and you're
> down; do you like that? But if you refuse to identify with
any of those
> labels, most of your worries cease.
>
> Later we'll talk about fear of disease and death, but
ordinarily you're
> worried about what's going to happen to your career. A
small-time
> businessman, fifty-five years old, is sipping beer at a
bar somewhere and
> he's saying, "Well, look at my classmates, they've really
made it." The
> idiot! What does he mean, "They made it"? They've got
their names in the
> newspaper. Do you call that making it? One is president of
the
> corporation; the other has become the Chief Justice;
somebody else has
> become this or that. Monkeys, all of them.
>
> Who determines what it means to be a success? This stupid
society! The
> main preoccupation of society is to keep society sick! And
the sooner you
> realize that, the better. Sick, every one of them. They
are loony,
> they're crazy. You became president of the lunatic asylum
and you're proud
> of it even though it means nothing. Being president of a
corporation has
> nothing to do with being a success in life. Having a lot
of money has
> nothing to do with being a success in life. You're a
success in life when
> you wake up! Then you don't have to apologize to anyone,
you don't have to
> explain anything to anyone, you don't give a damn what
anybody thinks about
> you or what anybody says about you. You have no worries;
you're
> happy. That's what I call being a success. Having a good
job or being
> famous or having a great reputation has absolutely nothing
to do with
> happiness or success. Nothing! It is totally irrelevant.
All he's really
> worried about is what his children will think about him,
what the neighbors
> will think about him, what his wife will think about him.
He should have
> become famous. Our society and culture drill that into our
heads day and
> night. People who made it! Made what?! Made asses of
> themselves. Because they drained all their energy getting
something that
> was worthless. They're frightened and confused, they are
puppets like the
> rest. Look at them strutting across the stage. Look how
upset they get if
> they have a stain on their shirt. Do you call that a
success? Look at how
> frightened they are at the prospect they might not be
reelected. Do you
> call that a success? They are controlled, so manipulated.
They are
> unhappy people, they are miserable people. They don't
enjoy life. They
> are constantly tense and anxious. Do you call that human?
And do you know
> why that happens? Only one reason: They identified with
some label. They
> identified the "I" with their money or their job or their
profession. That
> was their error.
>
> Did you hear about the lawyer who was presented with a
plumber's bill? He
> said to the plumber, "Hey, you're charging me two hundred
dollars an
> hour. I don't make that kind of money as a lawyer." The
plumber said, "I
> didn't make that kind of money when I was a lawyer
either!" You could be a
> plumber or a lawyer or a business man or a priest, but
that does not affect
> the essential "I." It doesn't affect you. If I change my
profession
> tomorrow, it's just like changing my clothes. I am
untouched. Are you
> your clothes? Are you your name? Are you your profession?
Stop
> identifying with them. They come and go.
>
> When you really understand this, no criticism can affect
you. No flattery
> or praise can affect you either. When someone says,
"You're a great guy,"
> what is he talking about? He's talking about "me," he's
not talking about
> "I." "I" is neither great nor small. "I" is neither
successful nor a
> failure. It is none of these labels. These things come and
go. These
> things depend on the criteria society establishes. These
things depend on
> your conditioning. These things depend on the mood of the
person who
> happens to be talking to you right now. It has nothing to
do with
> "I." "I" is none of these labels. "Me" is generally
selfish, foolish,
> childish -- a great big ass. So when you say, "You're an
ass," I've known
> it for years! The conditioned self -- what did you expect?
I've known it
> for years. Why do you identify with him? Silly! That isn't
"I," that's
> "me."
>
> Do you want to be happy? Uninterrupted happiness is
uncaused. True
> happiness is uncaused. You cannot make me happy. You are
not my
> happiness. You say to the awakened person, "Why are you
happy?" and the
> awakened person replies, "Why not?"
>
> Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural
state of little
> children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been
polluted and
> contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture. To
acquire happiness
> you don't have to do anything, because happiness cannot be
acquired. Does
> anybody know why? Because we have it already. How can you
acquire what
> you already have? Then why don't you experience it?
Because you've got to
> drop something. You've got to drop illusions. You don't
have to add
> anything in order to be happy; you've got to drop
something. Life is easy,
> life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your
ambitions, your
> greed, your cravings. Do you know where these things come
from? From
> having identified with all kinds of labels!
>
>
> Anthony de Mello, SJ
>
>
>
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>
>
>
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