Anthony de Mello Quotes about Rain

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As the Arabs say, The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.

As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.

Anthony de Mello

Rain, Flower, Garden

Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.6, Image

Let’s suppose that rain washes out a picnic. Who is feeling negative? The rain? Or you? What’s causing the negative feeling? The rain or your reaction? When you bump your knee against a table, the table’s fine. It’s busy being what it was made to be – a table. The pain is in your knee, not in the table. The mystics keep trying to tell us that reality is all right. Reality is not problematic. Problems exist only in the human mind. We might add: in the stupid, sleeping human mind.

Anthony de Mello

Pain, Stupid, Rain

Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.80, Image

Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That's the reason the wise guru will not attempt to wake people up. I hope I'm going to be wise here and make no attempt whatsoever to wake you up if you are asleep. It is really none of my business, even though I say to you at times, "Wake up!" My business is to do my thing, to dance my dance. If you profit from it fine; if you don't, too bad! As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens."

Anthony de Mello

Wise, Nice, Rain

Anthony De Mello (2011). “Awareness: Conversations with the Masters”, p.6, Image

Anthony de Mello Quotes about Rain

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