Anthony de Mello: Master

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“"What is love?"
"The total absence of fear," said the Master.
"What is it we fear?"
"Love," said the Master.”

Anthony de Mello

Fearlessness
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“"Why is everyone here so happy except me?"
"Because they have learned to see goodness and beauty everywhere," said the Master.
"Why don't I see goodness and beauty everywhere?"
"Because you cannot see outside of you what you fail to see inside."”

Anthony de Mello

Projection
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“The master never let a statement about God go unchallenged. All God statements were poetic or symbolic expressions of the Unknowable; people, however, foolishly took them as literal descriptions of the divine.”

Anthony de Mello

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 95

“The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God."”

Anthony de Mello

Incompetence
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“When God means you to be a healer he sends you patients; when he makes you a teacher he sends you pupils; when he destines you to be a Master he sends you stories.”

Anthony de Mello

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 112

“The Master was exceedingly gracious to university dons who visited him, but he would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations. To his disciples, who marveled at this, he said, "Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?"”

Anthony de Mello

Restriction
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“The Master is not concerned with what we believe — only with what we see.”

Anthony de Mello

Non-Instruction
One Minute Wisdom (1989)

“Said the self-righteous preacher, "What, in your judgment, is the greatest sin in the world?"
"That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners," said the Master.”

Anthony de Mello

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 139

“"What is the work of a Master?" said a solemn-faced visitor.
"To teach people to laugh," said the Master gravely.”

Anthony de Mello

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 85

“What is my identity?"
"Nothing," said the Master.
"You mean that I am an emptiness and a void?" said the incredulous disciple.
"Nothing that can be labeled.”

Anthony de Mello

said the Master.
Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 109