IMPOVERISHMENT When a disciple came from a faraway country, the Master asked, "What are you seeking?" "Enlightenment." "You have your own treasure house. Why...
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Feb 14, 2004 9:02 am
RELIGION The governor on his travels stepped in to pay homage to the Master. "Affairs of state leave me no time for lengthy dissertations," he said. "Could you...
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Feb 13, 2004 8:07 am
WORDS The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-tzu's dictum: "Those who know do not say; Those who say do not know." When the Master entered, they...
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Feb 12, 2004 8:05 am
ESCAPE The Master became a legend in his lifetime. It was said that God once sought his advice: "I want to play a game of hide-and-seek with humankind. I've...
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Feb 11, 2004 8:06 am
AFFIRMATION A woman in great distress over the death of her son came to the Master for comfort. He listened to her patiently while she poured out her tale of...
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Feb 10, 2004 8:45 am
OPENNESS An anxious couple complained to the Master that their son had abandoned the religious traditions of the family and proclaimed himself a freethinker. ...
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Feb 9, 2004 5:32 pm
RICHES "How would spirituality help a man of the world like me?" said the businessman. "It will help you have more," said the Master. "How?" "By teaching you...
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Feb 8, 2004 6:05 pm
BONDAGE To a fearful religious visitor the Master said, "Why are you so anxious?" "Lest I fail to attain Salvation." "And what is Salvation?" "Moksha....
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Feb 7, 2004 3:20 pm
PERSPECTIVE The Master was in a mellow mood and the disciples were inquisitive. Did he ever feel depressed? they asked. He did. Wasn't it also true that he was...
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Feb 6, 2004 7:32 pm
SOVEREIGNTY The disciples sought Enlightenment, but did not know what it was or how it was attainable. Said the Master, "It cannot be attained. You cannot get...
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Feb 5, 2004 4:04 pm
FRIENDLINESS "What shall I do to love my neighbor?" "Stop hating yourself." The disciple pondered those words long and seriously and came back to say, "But I...
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Feb 4, 2004 3:32 pm
EVOLUTION The following day the Master said, "It is, alas, easier to travel than to stop." The disciples demanded to know why. "Because as long as you travel...
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Feb 3, 2004 6:04 pm
CHARISM The disciple was a Jew. "What good work shall I do to be acceptable to God?" "How should I know?" said the Master. "Your Bible says that Abraham ...
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Feb 3, 2004 12:10 am
ILLUSION "How shall I attain Eternal Life?" "Eternal Life is now. Come into the present." "But I am in the present now, am I not?" "No." "Why not?" "Because...
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Feb 1, 2004 7:46 pm
MIRACLES A man traversed land and sea to check for himself the Master's extraordinary fame. "What miracles has your Master worked?" he said to a disciple. ...
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Jan 30, 2004 5:50 pm
HOMECOMING "There are three stages in one's spiritual development," said the Master. "The carnal, the spiritual and the divine." "What is the carnal stage?"...
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Jan 29, 2004 7:46 pm
PRESENCE (1) "Where shall I look for Enlightenment?" "Here." "When will it happen?" "It is happening right now." "Then why don't I experience it?" "Because you...
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Jan 28, 2004 9:13 pm
ARRIVAL "Is the path to Enlightenment difficult or easy?" "It is neither." "Why not?" "Because it isn't there." "Then how does one travel to the goal?" "One...
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Jan 25, 2004 8:08 am
CELEBRATION "What would spirituality give me?" said an alcoholic to the Master. "Nonalcoholic intoxication," was the answer. Anthony de Mello, S.J. MORSEL: ...
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Jan 24, 2004 11:21 am
APPEARANCES The Master always frowned on anything that seemed sensational. "The divine," he claimed, "is only found in the ordinary." To a disciple who was...
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Jan 23, 2004 8:15 am
BEING "What must I do to attain holiness?" said a traveler. "Follow your heart," said the Master. That seemed to please the traveler. Before he left, however,...
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Jan 22, 2004 8:02 am
SERVICE The master was known to favor action over withdrawal. But he always insisted on "Enlightened" action. The disciples wanted to know what "Enlightened"...
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Jan 21, 2004 8:21 am
EMPTINESS 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...
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Jan 20, 2004 1:22 pm
COMPREHENSION "Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description." "Then how does one speak of God?" "Through Silence." "Why, then,...
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Jan 19, 2004 8:46 am
IDENTIFICATION "I wish to see God." "You are looking at him right now," said the Master. "Then why do I not see him?" "Why does the eye not see itself?" said...
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Jan 18, 2004 11:50 am
MEANING Said a traveler to one of the disciples, "I have traveled a great distance to listen to the Master, but I find his words quite ordinary." "Don't listen...
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Jan 17, 2004 8:20 am
EXPOSURE One day the Master asked, "What, in your opinion, is the most important of all religious questions?" He got many answers: "Does God exist?" "Who is...
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Jan 16, 2004 8:58 am
NON-INSTRUCTION "What does your Master teach?" asked a visitor. "Nothing," said the disciple. "Then why does he give discourses?" "He only points the way -- he...
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Jan 15, 2004 10:21 am
ORIGINS It was the disciple's birthday. "What do you want for a birthday gift?" said the Master. "Something that would bring me Enlightenment," she said. The...
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Jan 14, 2004 8:27 am
HEALING To a distressed person who came to him for help the Master said, "Do you really want a cure" "If I did not, would I bother to come to you?" "Oh yes...
