Guest guest Posted August 2, 2000 Report Share Posted August 2, 2000 "Is there any way to know that what you are in touch with is Reality? Here is one sign: What you perceive does not fit into any formula whether given by another or created by yourself. It simply cannot be put into words. So what can teachers do? They can bring to your notice what is unreal, they cannot show you Reality: they can destroy your formulas, they cannot make you see what the formula is pointing to; they can indicate your error, they cannot put you in possesion of the Truth. They can, at the most, point in the direction of Reality, they cannot tell you what to see. You will have to walk out there all alone and discover for yourself. To walk alone---that means to walk away from every formula---the ones given to you by others, the ones learned from books, the ones that you yourself invented in light of your past experience. That is possibly the most terrifying thing a human being can do: move into the unknown, unprotected by any formula. To walk away from the world of human beings as the prophets and the mystics did is not to walk away from their company but from their formulas. Then, even though you are surrounded by people, you are truly and utterly alone. What an awesome solitude! That solitude, that aloneness is Silence. It is only this Silence that you will see. And the moment you see you will abandon every book and guide and guru." Page 96 "The Way to Love" Anthony de Mello Image Books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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