Topic: DeMello

[tommy2]

Thanx. Yawl !  t

[Jahn]

Happy Birthday to You!
Fine old Tom.

[Shamaya]

Happy Happy Belated Birthday.
I hope you had a great day =)

[nichi]

The Fatal Flaw


There was once a scientist who discovered the art of reproducing himself so perfectly that it was impossible to tell the reproduction from the original. One day he learned that the Angel of Death was searching for him, so he produced a dozen copies of himself. The Angel was at a loss to know which of the thirteen specimens before him was the scientist, so he left them all alone and returned to heaven.

But not for long, for being an expert in human nature, the Angel came up with a clever device. He said, "Sir, you must be a genius to have succeeded in making such perfect reproduction of yourself. However, I have discovered a flaw in your work, just one tiny, little flaw."

The scientist immediately jumped out and shouted, "Impossible. Where is the flaw?"

"Right here," said the Angel as he picked up the scientist from among the reproductions and carried him off.



Anthony de Mello, S.J.

[nichi]

The Master always left you to grow at your own pace. He was never known to "push."  He explained this with the following parable:

"A man once saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon, too slowly for his taste, so he began to blow on it gently. The warmth of his breath speeded up the process all right.  But what emerged was not a butterfly but a creature with mangled wings.

"In growth," the Master concluded, "you cannot speed the process up. All you can do is abort it."



Anthony de Mello, SJ

[daphne]

Insightful man, Anthony De Mello - always something enjoyable to read!

[erik]

Yet how different ways of implementing that wisodm can there be!
It sounds so clear, but just try to operationalise it with regard to some particular case!

[Nichi]

The Master and a disciple came upon a blind man sitting on the sidewalk, begging.

Said the Master, "Give the man an alms."

The disciple dropped a coin in the beggar's hat.

Said the Master, "You should have touched your hat as a mark of respect."

"Why?" asked the disciple.

"One always should when one gives an alms."

"But the man was blind."

"You never know," said the Master. "He may have been a fraud."



Anthony de Mello, S.J.

[Nichi]

In keeping with his doctrine that nothing be taken too seriously, not even
his own teachings, the Master loved to tell this story on himself:

"My very first disciple was so weak that the exercises killed him. My second disciple drove himself crazy from his earnest practice of the exercises I gave him. My third disciple dulled his intellect through too much contemplation. But the fourth managed to keep his sanity."

"Why was that?" someone would invariably ask.

"Possibly because he was the only one who refused to do the exercises."
The Master's words would be drowned in howls of laughter.


Anthony de Mello, SJ
 

[Nichi]

The Master always left you to grow at your own pace. He was never known to "push."  He explained this with the following parable:

"A man once saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon, too slowly for his taste, so he began to blow on it gently. The warmth of his breath speeded up the process all right.  But what emerged was not a butterfly but a creature with mangled wings.

"In growth," the Master concluded, "you cannot speed the process up. All you can do is abort it."



Anthony de Mello, SJ

[daphne]

I like this one! 

The Master and a disciple came upon a blind man sitting on the sidewalk, begging.

Said the Master, "Give the man an alms."

The disciple dropped a coin in the beggar's hat.

Said the Master, "You should have touched your hat as a mark of respect."

"Why?" asked the disciple.

"One always should when one gives an alms."

"But the man was blind."

"You never know," said the Master. "He may have been a fraud."



Anthony de Mello, S.J.

[daphne]

In keeping with his doctrine that nothing be taken too seriously, not even
his own teachings, the Master loved to tell this story on himself:

"My very first disciple was so weak that the exercises killed him. My second disciple drove himself crazy from his earnest practice of the exercises I gave him. My third disciple dulled his intellect through too much contemplation. But the fourth managed to keep his sanity."

"Why was that?" someone would invariably ask.

"Possibly because he was the only one who refused to do the exercises."
The Master's words would be drowned in howls of laughter.


Anthony de Mello, SJ

As for this one, it is unequaled!      (do we have similar tastes in stories, V?)   

[Nichi]

As for this one, it is unequaled!      (do we have similar tastes in stories, V?)   

I think we do, D! 
Isn't he the clever devil, heheh?

[Michael]

good stuff,

now this one:

"In growth," the Master concluded, "you cannot speed the process up. All you can do is abort it."

You should know that there is another option - what I call, 'clearing away all the little droppings'.

[Nichi]