Anthony de Mello on God
1931–1987 India
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The master never let a statement about God go unchallenged. All God statements were poetic or symbolic expressions of the Unknowable; people, however, foolishly took them as literal descriptions of the divine.
One Minute Nonsense (1992)
"Help us to find God."
"No one can help you there."
"Why not?"
"For the same reason that no one can help the fish to find the ocean."
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
The Master would insist that the final barrier to our attaining God was the word and concept "God."
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
A disciple said to him, "I am ready, in the quest for God, to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?"
The Master calmly replied, "One's beliefs about God."
One Minute Wisdom (1989)