“I have good news and bad news for you, my friend.”

—  Anthony de Mello

Source: One Minute Nonsense (1992), p. 152
Context: "What can I do to see Reality as it is?"
The master smiled and said, "I have good news and bad news for you, my friend."
"What's the bad news?"
"There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift."
"And what's the good news?"
"There's nothing you can do to see — it is a gift."

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