Day 3,620

Growth:

Interesting quote created in my brain while reading Awareness by Anthony de Mello this morning through connecting several dots and bread crumbs from throughout the past couple of years.

Much of our stress comes from the friction of our desired freedoms rubbing against the grain of the prisons we have created for ourselves. 

Mike Kreiling

Appreciation:

I usually read Awareness by Anthony de Mello once every three to six months. The book reads like a perfectly snug sweatshirt that is perfectly formed for my body after years of wear, only in this case I am the sweatshirt shaping around the book. Slowly but surely I find more and more understanding within its words. The more I take apart the concepts and test them the more they seem to play out true.

“What you need is to be free. What you need is to love. That’s it; that’s your nature. But what you’re really telling me is that you want to be desired.

You want to be applauded, to be attractive, to have all the little monkeys running after you. You’re wasting your life. Wake up! You don’t need this. You can be blissfully happy without it.

Your society is not going to be happy to hear this, because you become terrifying when you open your eyes and understand this. How do you control a person like this?

He doesn’t need you; he’s not threatened by your criticism; he doesn’t care what you think of him or what you say about him.

He’s cut all those strings; he’s not a puppet any longer. It’s terrifying. “So we’ve got to get rid of him. He tells the truth; he has become fearless; he has stopped being human.” 

Human! Behold! A human being at last! He broke out of his slavery, broke out of their prison.”

Anthony de Mello, Awareness

Presence:

Running in cool fall feeling weather! Stepping out of the car at work into a cool morning. Walking out from yoga into the perfectly chill air. Perfect weather day for sure!!!

Thanks!!!