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Von den Kurven der Frauen, aber auch den Bergen und Flüssen meines Landes beziehe ich meine Inspiration. Interview mit Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) brasilianischer Architekt der Retortenstadt Brasilia, Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel, 11. März 2002

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Zitate von Anthony de Mello

Nicht-Erleuchtete erkennen nicht, dass sie selbst die Ursache all ihrer Sorgen sind.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Führer, Autor, Warum der Schäfer jedes Wetter liebt. Weisheitsgeschichten, PDF, Verlag Herder, Freiburg, 1988, 6. Auflage 13. Juli 2005

Die meisten Leute erzählen einem, dass sie aus dem Kindergarten heraus wollen. Glauben Sie ihnen nicht. Glauben
Sie ihnen wirklich nicht! Alles, was sie wollen, ist, ihr kaputtes Spielzeug wieder repariert bekommen:
"Ich möchte meine Frau wiederhaben.
Ich möchte meinen Arbeitsplatz wiederhaben.
Ich möchte mein Geld wiederhaben, mein Ansehen, meinen Erfolg!"

Nur das möchten sie: ihr Spielzeug zurück. Das ist alles. Sogar der beste Psychologe wird Ihnen sagen, dass die Leute eigentlich nicht geheilt werden wollen. Was sie wollen, ist Linderung und Trost, denn eine Heilung ist schmerzhaft. Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Führer,
Autor, Der springende Punkt. Wach werden und glücklich sein, Herder, Freiburg, 1991, 10. Juli 2002

Es braucht schon viel Mut und Selbstliebe, um 100% Verantwortung für sich zu übernehmen – das EGO arbeitet oftmals mit sehr raffinierten Tricks. Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Führer, Autor, Der springende Punkt. Wach werden und glücklich sein, Herder, Freiburg, 1991, 10. Juli 2002

Wach werden und aufstehen ist bekanntlich unangenehm, denn im Bett ist es warm und behaglich. Es ist wirklich lästig, aufge-
weckt zu werden. Deshalb wird ein wacher Geist auch nie darauf anlegen, die Leute aufzuwecken. Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, geistiger Lehrer, Autor, Der springende Punkt. Wach werden und glücklich sein, S. 9, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1991, 10. Juli 2002, 2. Auflage 8. März 2011, 2. Auflage 8. März 2011

Klarheit bedeutet, wach zu werden. Die meisten Leute schlafen, ohne es zu wissen. Sie wurden schlafend geboren,
sie leben schlafend, sie heiraten in den Schlaf, erziehen im Schlaf ihre Kinder und sterben im Schlaf, ohne jemals wach
geworden zu sein. Niemals verstehen sie den Reiz und die Schönheit dessen, was wir "menschliches" Leben nennen.
Bekanntlich sind sich alle Mystiker – ob christlich oder nichtchristlich – in diesem Punkt einig: dass alles gut, alles
in Ordnung ist. Obwohl gar nichts in Ordnung ist, ist alles gut. Ein wirklich seltsamer Widerspruch. Aber tragischer-
weise kommen die meisten Leute gar nicht dazu, zu erkennen, dass tatsächlich alles gut ist, denn sie schlafen. Sie haben einen Alptraum.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, geistiger Lehrer, Autor, Der springende Punkt. Wach werden und glücklich sein, S. 13, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1991, 10. Juli 2002, 2. Auflage 8. März 2011

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Geschichten von Anthony de Mello

Ein erfolgreicher Firmeninhaber reagierte entsetzt, als er sah, wie ein Fischer mitten am Tag neben seinem Boot lag und ein Pfeifchen rauchte.
"Warum sind Sie nicht unterwegs beim Fischen?"

fragte der Unternehmer den Fischer.

"Weil ich für heute genug Fische gefangen habe."

"Warum fangen Sie denn nicht noch mehr Fische?"

"Was soll ich mit denen machen?"

"Verdienen Sie mehr Geld. Dann könnten Sie einen Motor an Ihr Boot montieren lassen und in tiefere Gewäs-
ser hinausfahren und noch mehr Fische fangen. Sie würden Ihnen mehr Geld einbringen. Damit könnten Sie Nylonnetze kaufen. Verstehen Sie, je mehr Fische, desto mehr Geld. Bald hätten Sie genug, um zwei Boote
zu kaufen – sogar eine ganze Schiffsflotte. Dann könnten Sie genauso reich sein wie ich."

"Was soll ich dann tun?"

"Dann könnten Sie das Leben wirklich genießen."

"Was glauben Sie denn, was ich gerade mache?"

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Lehrer, Autor, Warum der Vogel singt. Weisheitsgeschichten, Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau, 1984, 3. Taschenbuchauflage 13. Juli 2005, 18. März 2019

Als es klar wurde, dass der Meister sterben würde, waren seine Schüler sehr traurig.
Der Meister lächelte:
Seht ihr denn nicht, dass erst der Tod dem Leben die Schönheit gibt?
Nein. Wir wollen nicht, dass du jemals stirbst.
'''Alles Lebendige muss sterben.
Nein. Wir wollen nicht, dass du jemals stirbst.
Schaut die Blumen an! Nur Plastikblumen sterben nie.'''

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Führer, Autor,
Eine Minute Weisheit, Herder, Freiburg, 1985, 2. Auflage 1998, 7. Auflage 1. Januar 2000

Aspirant: Gibt es die Weisheit der einen Minute?

Meister: Die gibt es sicher.

Aspirant: Aber eine Minute ist doch bestimmt zu kurz?

Meister: Sie ist neunundfünfzig Sekunden zu lang.

Aspiranten [Verdutzt verstummt]

Meister: Wieviel Zeit braucht man, um des Mondes ansichtig zu werden?

Aspirant: Wozu dann die vielen Jahre geistigen Strebens?

Meister: Es kann ein Leben lang dauern, bis die Augen geöffnet sind.
Es genügt ein Blitz, um zu sehen.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer Jesuitenprieser, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Lehrer, Autor,
Eine Minute Weisheit, Herder, Freiburg, 1985, 2. Auflage 1998, 7. Auflage 1. Januar 2000

Wo Angriffe verpuffen

Ein angrifflslustiger Skeptiker fordert den Meister heraus:
Nenne mir einen praktischen, brauchbaren Nutzen der Spiritualität.

Antwort des Meisters:

Damit kann ich dienen. Wenn dich jemand angreift, kannst du deinen Geist in eine Zone erheben, wo Beleidigungen nicht hinreichen.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Lehrer, Autor,
One Minute Nonsense, S. 80, Loyola Press, Canadian edition, November 1992

Aspirant: Was kann ich tun, um die Wirklichkeit zu sehen, so wie sie ist?

Meister: Ich habe eine gute und eine schlechte Botschaft für dich, mein Freund.

Aspirant: Wie lautet die schlechte Botschaft?

Meister: Es gibt nichts, was du tun kannst, um klar zu sehen – es ist eine Gabe.

Aspirant: Und wie lautet die gute Botschaft?

Meister: Es gibt nichts, was du tun kannst, um klar zu sehen – es ist ein Gabe.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer Jesuitenprieser, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Lehrer, Autor,One Minute Nonsense,
S. 152, Loyola Press, Canadian edition November 1992, Eine Minute Unsinn. Weisheitsgeschichten, PDF, Herder, Freiburg,
8. Auflage 1993, 4. Taschenbuchauflage 13. Juli 2005

Ein ehrgeiziger Jünger bekundete seinen Wunsch, anderen die Hawkins.Wahrheit zu lehren und befragte den Meister, was er darüber dachte.
Der Meister sagte:
"Warte."

Jedes Jahr wiederholte der Jünger dieselbe Bitte und jedes Mal gab der Meister ihm dieselbe Antwort:

"Warte."

Eines Tages fragte er den Meister:

"Wann werde ich bereit sein zu lehren?"

Der Meister antwortete:

"Sobald dein überbordender Eifer zu lehren von dir gewichen ist."

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, spiritueller Lehrer, Autor,
Eine Minute Unsinn. Weisheitsgeschichten, PDF, Herder, Freiburg, 8. Auflage 1993, 4. Taschenbuchauflage 13. Juli 2005

Auf der Suche nach dem Meer

Ein junger Fisch schwamm irgendwo im Meer. Als er einem anderen Fisch begegnete, fragte er ihn:
"Entschuldige bitte, du bist so viel älter und erfahrener als ich, vielleicht kannst du mir weiterhelfen. Sag mir
doch, wo ich die Sache finden kann, die man Meer nennt? Ich habe bisher überall vergeblich danach gesucht."
"Das Meer",

sagte der ältere Fisch,

"ist das, worin du jetzt gerade schwimmst."

"Das? Aber das ist doch nur Wasser. Ich suche doch das Meer!"

rief der junge Fisch enttäuscht und schwamm davon, um anderswo weiterzusuchen.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) indischer katholischer Jesuitenpriester, Psychotherapeut, geistiger Lehrer, Autor,
Gib deiner Seele Zeit, Herder, Freiburg, 1999, 6. Auflage Juli 2005

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Quotes by Anthony de Mello

The final barrier to the vision of God is your God concept. You miss God because you think you know. The highest knowledge of God is to know God as unknowable. All revelations, however divine, are never any more than a finger pointing at the moon. As we say in the East, 'When the sage points to the moon, all the idiot sees is the finger'.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, chapter "Incompetence", Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, One Minute Wisdom, transcript,
S. 97, Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for truth in which it alone finds liberation and delight the first reaction of human beings to truth is one of hostility and fear. So the Spiritual Teachers of huma-
nity, like Buddha and Jesus, created a device to cir-
cumvent the opposition of their listeners: the story. They knew that the most entrancing words a language holds are "Once upon a time ...," that it is common to oppose a truth but impossible to resist a story. […] [T]he story will worm its way into your heart and break down barriers to the divine.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Taking Flight. A Book of Story Meditations, "Warning", S. 11, Doubleday, New York, September 1988, Image, 3rd revised paperback edition 1. July 1990

Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys.
"Give me back my wife.
Give me back my job.
Give me back my money.
Give me back my reputation, my success."

This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That's all. Even the best psychologist will tell you that, that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, S. 5-6, Doubleday, New York, 1. June 1990, Image, paperback issue 1. June 1990, reprint edition 1. May 1992

Don't say, "I am depressed." If you want to say, "It is depressed," that's all right. If you want to say that depression is
there, that's fine; if you want to say gloominess is there, that's fine. But not: I am gloomy. You're defining yourself in
terms of the feeling. That's your illusion; that's your mistake. There is a depression there right now, but let it be, leave
it alone. It will pass. Everything passes, everything. Your depressions and your thrills have nothing to do with hap-
piness. Those are swings of the pendulum. If you seek kicks or thrills, get ready for depression. Do you want
your drug?
Get ready for the hangover. One end of the pendulum swings over to the other.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, Doubleday, New York, S. 80, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, reprint edition 1. May 1992

The Master maintained that what the whole world held to be true is false;
so the pioneer is always in a minority of one.
He said: "You think of Truth as if it were a formula you can pick up from a book.
If you wish to follow Truth you must learn to walk alone."

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversa-
tions with the Masters, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

I'd much rather hear you say, "I've come awake," than hear you say, "I'm sorry."
I'd much rather hear you say to me, "I've come awake since we last met; what I did to you won't happen again," than
to hear you say, "I'm so sorry for what I did to you."
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, S. 97, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

I don't say that adoration isn't important, but I do say that doubt is infinitely more important than adoration. Everywhere people are searching for objects to adore, but I don't find people awake enough in their attitudes and convictions. How happy we would be if terrorists would adore their ideology less and question more.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, Doubleday, New York, Image, S. 148, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life. But life has no meaning; it cannot have meaning because meaning is a formula; meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you per-
ceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. Every time you make sense out of reality, you
bump into something that destroys the sense you made. Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, chapter "Assorted Landmines", S. 148, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990,
reprint May 1992

People are so distressed when I tell them to forget their past. They're crazy! Just drop it! When you hear "Repent for
your past," realize it's a great religious distraction from waking up. Wake up! That's what repent means. Not "Weep
for your sins": Wake up! understand, stop all the crying. Understand! Wake up!
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversations
with the Masters, heading "The Illusion of Rewards", S. 43, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990,
reprint May 1992

Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from
the bad?"
Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the
evil people?"
Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad?"
These are images of what love is about.
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness. Conversa-
tions with the Masters, S. 61, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up.
They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence. You know – all
mystics – Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion – are un-
animous on one thing: that all is well, all is well.
Though everything is a mess, all is well.
Strange paradox, to be sure.
But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep. They are having a
nightmare. Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, cited in:
Steve Brown, Approaching God. How to Pray, S. 94, 1995, Ballantine Books, 1st paperback edition April 1996

People have to suffer enough in a relationship that they get disillusioned with all relationships.
Video lecture by Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, Anthony
deMello, Wake up to Life '86 Part 1, presented by Tabor Publishing and the Center for Spiritual Exchange, 1986,
Dailymotion film, 56:30 minutes duration, posted 25. October 2013

People have to suffer enough emotionally before they are ready to wake up. And what I was doing as a psychothe-
rapist was easing the suffering. People have to suffer enough in a relationship that they get disillusioned with all
relationships [...] before they wake up and say: "I'm sick of it. There must be another way of living than depending
on another human being."
[...] Sometimes what I was doing as a phychotherapist was a help and sometimes – I'm sorry to say – it wasn't
because it kept that sleep. [...]
May be they ought to touch rock bottom. [...] It's only when you say that you are sick of your sickness that you get
out of it. Most people go to a psychotherapist or a psychologist to get relief.
Video lecture by Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, Anthony deMello, Wake up to Life '86 Part 1, presented by Tabor Publishing and the Center for Spiritual Exchange, 1986, Dailymotion film, minute
0:36, 56:30 minutes duration, posted 25. October 2013

Identify your negative feelings.
Understand that negative feelings are in you.
Never identify the I with those negative feelings. Feelings come and go.
How about changing things, ourselves?

Video lecture by Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Wake Up
to Life! – Awareness – Four Steps to Wisdom, presented by Tabor Publishing, 1986

You know one sign that you are woken up? You are asking yourself: Am I crazy or are all of them?
Video lecture by Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Anthony deMello,
Wake up to Life '86 Part 1, presented by Tabor Publishing and the Center for Spiritual Exchange, 1986, Dailymotion film, minute
~4:00, 56:30 minutes duration, posted 25. October 2013

Spirituality means waking up. Video lecture by Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Anthony deMello, Wake up to Life '86 Part 1, presented by Tabor Publishing and the Center for Spiritual Exchange, 1986, Dailymotion film, 56:30 minutes duration, posted 25. October 2013

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Stories by Anthony de Mello

To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said,
"You may live with me, but don't become my follower."
"Whom, then, shall I follow?"
"No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth."

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, chapter "Discipleship", Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

"You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing
you can learn from me or anyone."
"What then is a Master for?"
"To make you see the uselessness of having one."
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, chapter "Blindness"Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

"You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master.
"You are like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell."
Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, S. 30, Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

Aspirant: Is there such a thing as One Minute Wisdom?

Master: There certainly is.

Aspirant But surely one minute is too brief?

Master: It is fifty-nine seconds too long.

Aspirants [Muted in puzzlement]

Master: How much time does it take to catch sight of the moon?

Aspirant Then why all these years of spiritual endeavour?

Master: Opening one's eyes may take a lifetime. Seeing is done in a flash.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

Beliefs about God

The Master had quoted Aristotle:
"In the quest of truth, it would seem better and indeed necessary to give up what is dearest to us."

And he substituted the word "God" for "truth."
Later 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."

The disciple went away sad, for he clung to his convictions.
He feared "ignorance" more than death.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Wisdom, transcript, S. 119, Image, 1985, Penguin Random House, reprint edition 1. February 1988

Greatest sin in the world

Preacher [Self-righteously]: What, in your judgment, is the greatest sin in the world?

Master: That of the person who sees other human beings as sinners.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Nonsense,
S. 139, Loyola Press, Canadian edition, November 1992

The futility of squabbling

Once upon a time there were two monks who had lived together for forty years and never had a squabble.
Not even once.
One day, one monk said to the other:
"Don't you think it's about time we had a squabble, even if it's just once?"
"Sure,"

replied the other monk.

"Let's get started right away. About what shall we squabble?"

"About this piece of bread perhaps?"

the first monk offered.

"OK, let's have a squabble over this bread. How are we going to go about this?"

asked the other again.

"This bread is mine, and mine alone,"

said the first monk.

"Oh yeah? Well you can keep it,"

said the second monk.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Awareness.
Conversations with the Masters, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

Seeing reality as a gift

Aspirant: What can I do to see Reality as it is?

Master: I have good news and bad news for you, my friend.

Aspirant: What's the bad news?

Master: There's nothing you can do to see – it is a gift.

Aspirant: 'And what's the good news?

Master: There's nothing you can do to see – it is a gift.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Nonsense,
S. 152, Loyola Press, Canadian edition November 1992

Chicken-eagle

A man found an eagle's egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen.
The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them.
All his life the eagle did what the barnyard chicks did, thinking he was a barnyard chicken.
He scratched the earth for worms and insects. He clucked and cackled.
And he would thrash his wings and fly a few feet into the air.
Years passed and the eagle grew very old. One day he saw a magnificent bird above him in the cloudless sky.
It glided in graceful majesty among the powerful wind currents, with scarcely a beat of its strong golden wings.
The old eagle looked up in awe.
"Who's that?"

he asked.

''"That's the eagle, the king of the birds,"

said his neighbor.

"He belongs to the sky. We belong to the earth – we're chickens."''

So the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that's what he thought he was.

Anthony de Mello, S.J. (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author,
Awareness. Conversations with the Masters, Doubleday, New York, Image, reprint paperback edition 1. June 1990, May 1992

Where offenses cannot reach

A skeptic [ready for an argument] says to the master:
Name one practical, down-to-earth effect of spirituality.

The master replies to the skeptic:

Here's one. When someone offends you, you can raise your spirits to heights where offenses cannot reach.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Nonsense,
S. 80, Loyola Press, Canadian edition November 1992

Is there a God?

Atheist: Tell me. Is there a God – really?

Master: If you want me to be perfectly honest with you, I will not answer.

Disciples [later] Why did you not answer him, Master?

Master Because the question is unanswerable.

Disciples So you are an atheist?

Master Certainly not. The atheist makes the mistake of denying that of which nothing may be said [...],
and the theist makes the mistake of affirming it.

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, One Minute Nonsense,
S. 21, Loyola Press, Canadian edition November 1992

There is a guy who comes to see a great Sufi master and he said to the master:
"Master, so great is my trust in God that I have not even tied my camel to the post outside. I have left it to the providence and the care of God."

And the Sufi master said:

"Go out and tie that camel to the post, you fool! God can not be bothered doing what you can do for yourself."

Removed video lecture by Anthony De Mello SJ (1031-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, Wake Up to Life! – How to pray better?, part 1 of 4, presented by Tabor Publishing, YouTube film, minute 1:55 out of 9:01 minutes duration, posted 15. June 2008

Reference: en.Wikiquote entry ► Anthony de Mello

See also: ► Is there a God?

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Literatur und Gedichte

Margaret Fishback Powers (*1944) kanadische Kinder- und Jugendbuchautorin, Spuren im Sand [1964], deutsche Übersetzung im Brunnen-Verlag Gießen, 1996

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Literature (engl.)

Anthony de Mello SJ (1931-1987) Indian Catholic Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, spiritual leader, author, The Song of the Bird, Image, 1982, reprint paperback issue 21. August 1984

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Externe Weblinks

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Übersetzter Beitrag von Samuella Karche Welche künstlerisch wertvollen Tätowierungen hast du gesehen?, 775 Aufrufe ·
48 Likes, 9. Dezember 2019
Beitrag Warum gleicht keine Schneeflocke der anderen?, 132 Aufrufe · 5 Likes, 28. Dezember 2019
Beitrag Welche außergewöhnlichen Bilder von Brücken kennst Du?, 149 Aufrufe · 10 Likes, 12. Januar 2020

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Weblinks mit bemerkenswerten und frappierenden Fotos – Quora

Beiträge verfasst von Elfriede Ammann, präsentiert auf der kalifornischen Frage-und-Antwort Webseite Quora DE

Beitrag Welche wissenschaftlichen Fotos sind schwer vorstellbar, aber tatsächlich echt?, 4.3k Aufrufe · 157 Likes,
18. September 2019
Beitrag Welche überwältigenden Fotografien sind echt und nicht mit Photoshop bearbeitet?, 4,8 Tsd Aufrufe · 177 Likes,
7. Oktober 2019
Beitrag Welche bemerkenswerten Fotos hast Du online gesehen? , 65 Aufrufe · 2 Likes, 11. Oktober 2019
Übersetzter Beitrag von Jenna Richman Welche mikroskopischen Großaufnahmen geben Dir Einblick in eine andere Realität?, 2.5k Aufrufe ·89 Likes, 25. Oktober 2019
Übersetzter Beitrag von Cody Pafford Welche Fotos beweisen "Das war ein Tag zum Mäusemelken!"?, 1.1k Aufrufe ·
25 Likes, 19. November 2019
Übersetzter Beitrag von Aizaz Baqir Welche Bilder (ohne Text) haben eine tiefe Bedeutung?, 1.6k Aufrufe · 53 Likes,
26. November 2019
Übersetztrer Beitrag von Memoona Ali Sprechen Bilder lauter als Worte?, 1,3 Tsd Aufrufe · 29 Likes, 29. Dezember 2019
Übersetzter Beitrag von UMET ALE Welche Bilder entsprechen nicht dem, was sie beim ersten Anblick zu sein scheinen?,
1.8k Aufrufe · 36 Likes, 31. Dezember 2019
Beitrag Warum gleicht keine Schneeflocke der anderen?, 149 Aufrufe · 5 Likes, 9. Januar 2020

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External web links (engl.)

Wikipedia entries Inspiration
Wikiquote entry Inspiration

Article Macro photos of snowflakes show impossibly perfect designs, presented by the publication Treehugger, Jaymi Heimbuch, 4. December 2013

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YouTube Lieder, Schlager, Songs, Musikstücke – Inspiration

Devotion

Hallelujah – Alexandra Burke, YouTube film, 3:32 minutes duration, posted 17. November 2011
Magical Healing Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, YouTube film, 3:48 minutes duration, posted 29. December 2021

Gospels

Klassik

Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759) deutscher Komponist, G.F. Händel, Messias: Halleluja, Messe Messias, 1741, Stück Hallelujah (deutsche Sprache), Extra-Chor des Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, YouTube Film, 4:05 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt
7. März 2011

Pop

Peter Cornelius, Gutemorgenlaunelied, Der Kaffee ist fertig, YouTube Film, 4:16 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 14. Mai 2010
Andre Rieu und Orchester, Annie's Song, YouTube Film
Richard Clayderman, Ave Maria – The Phantom Of The Opera – What a Wonderful World, YouTube film, 11:24 minutes duration, posted 16. December 2010

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Animierte YouTube Videolinks

Video Textanimation, Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) libanesisch-amerikanischer Maler, Philosoph, Dichter, Schriftsteller, Khalil Gibran "Von der Liebe" – gelesen von Jens Böttcher, YouTube Film, 3:13 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 20. February 2013
Animiertes Edutainment Video "Das haben wir schon immer so gemacht!", produziert von Stern, 1:48 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt von Stern auf Facebook 9. Juni 2016

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Audio links (engl.)

Audio with nature impressions 6 Hour Deep Meditation Music: Relaxing Music, Calming Music, Soothing Music, Healing Music ☯058, YouTube film, 5:59:53 duration, 22. July 2014

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Video links (engl.)

Video Do nothing for 2 minutes, relaxation by the sound of ocean waves, undated
Video You are the Light of the World!, presented by Lightmovie.com, undated

Inspirational video The Pursuit of Happiness, YouTube film, 1:59 minutes duration, posted 7. January 2008
Inspirational Video Life Is Like A Cup of Coffee, YouTube film, 3:31 minutes duration, posted 6. February 2009
Video inspiration on failure and success The Best Motivation Video, presented by KyaniHawaii.com, YouTube film,
1:17 minutes duration, posted 4. June 2009

If you've never failed you never lived.

Video film Danny and Annie Perasa – till death do us part, StoryCorps film, 5:52 minutes duration, posted 13. August 2010

The Brooklyn couple Perasa eloquently and gracefully recounts their twenty-seven-year romance – from their first date to Danny's final days with terminal cancer.

A reminder of the important things in life, YouTube film, 2:43 minutes duration, 6. December 2010

Excerpted from the book Be Happy: A Little Book To Help You Live A Happy Life by Monica Sheehan

Seven big picture views, Rajakaruna TKP, Tropical landscape in Sri Lanka. 360 panorama VR., presented by ocholeguas.com, September 2011
Interactive animation Vimeo video devoted to Van Gogh's art work "Starry Night", Starry Night, produced by Greek animator Petros Vrellis, 4:11 minutes duration, posted February 2012
Narrated video on a fictional short story by Jean Giono, French writer, The Man Who Planted Trees, YouTube film, 30:07 minutes duration, posted 9. April 2012
Video eductative documentation The Overview Effect, YouTube film, 19:10 minutes duration, posted by Crosspollinate
9. December 2012

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YouTube films (engl.) – Instrumental music

MIDIfiles-Musik von Philip St. Romain, komponiert im Apple Real Audio Soundtrack
Audrey Hepburn Moon River, YouTube film, 4:20 minutes duration, posted 10. June 2020
Henry Mancini, Theme from A Summer Place, Instrumental, YouTube film, 2:32 minutes duration, posted 4. September 2008

Number-one instrumental hit of Percy Faith in the United States, 1960; bestselling single of 1960

Robert Gass (*1948) US American leadership coach, organizational consultant, seminar leader, rock musician, CD Kyrie, YouTube audio clip, 9:59 minutes, full length 29 minutes, posted 24. December 2008
Richard Clayderman (*1953) French pianist, Richard Clayderman – Dreams, 1:04:49 duration, posted 25. June 2018
HAUSER & Petrit Çeku – Concierto de Aranjuez – Adagio, 6:27 minutes duration, posted 21. January 2019
Yanni Greatest Hits – Best Instrumental Music – Best Songs of Yanni, YouTube film, 1:38:19 duration, posted 4. Mai 2019
Kirato, Yanni , Enya , Vangelis Best of Instrumental Music – The Greatest Hits, YouTube film, 1:53:04 duration, posted 19. February 2021
Stunningly Beautiful Music about the Infinite Greatness and Power of the world, 15:27 minutes duration, posted
26. September 2020
Concierto de Aranjuez Joaquín Rodrigo II Adagio Pablo Sáinz Villegas, YouTube film, 12:38 minutes duration, posted 30. April 2021

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YouTube films (engl.) – Inspired songs, hits, music

Classics

Luciano Pavarotti, Schubert – Ave Maria, Ellen's Third Song, D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6, YouTube film, 6:16 minutes duration, posted 28. March 2007
Choir The Voice of Hope, Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Vivaldi), 2:47 minutes duration, posted
2. January 2008
Andrea Bocelli, ANDREA BOCELLI (HQ) AVE MARIA (SCHUBERT), YouTube film, 5:55 minutes duration, posted 11. July 2009
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gregorian latin) ♱ Glory be to God on high, YouTube film, 2:30 minutes duration, posted 2. August 2009
Andrea Bocelli and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Andrea Bocelli and David Foster Record with Mormon Tabernacle Choir, historic Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, YouTube film, 2:19 minutes duration, posted 22. September 2009
Charlotte Church, Ave Maria (Dormition Abbey 2000), YouTube film, 4:03 minutes duration, posted ~2019

Devotion

Turn! Turn! Turn! Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 MV, YouTube film, 3:38 minutes duration, posted 4. April 2008
Il Divo, Il Divo – Amazing Grace, YouTube film, 4:32 minutes duration, posted 24. October 2009
Noa, Ave Maria, YouTube film, 4:53 minutes duration, posted 22. December 2009
Virtual Choir by Eric Whitacre's, composer and conductor, Lux Aurumque, YouTube film, 6:20 minutes duration, posted by
21. March 2010
Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus [Must See!], YouTube film, 4:57 minutes duration, posted 17. November 2010
Susan Boyle and Barbra Streisand, Susan Boyle & Barbra Streisand....Memory (Cats)....Mix, YouTube film, 3:46 minutes duration, posted 18. February 2012
Maher Zain, Always There, YouTube film, 4:39 minutes duration, posted 1. October 2012
André Rieu – Panis Angelicus, YouTube film, 4:45 minutes duration, posted 25. April 2013

Gospels

Patty Labelle, Gospel choir, Changed, YouTube film, 5:59 minutes duration, posted 22. February 2008
Paul Baloche, Open The Eyes Of My Heart, YouTube film, 9:21 minutes duration, posted 16. February 2018

Inspired in part by Ephesians 1:18 (NT)
Pop

John Denver, Annie's Song, 3:11 minutes duration, 1974
John Denver: "Whatever meaning 'Annie's Song' had for me on a personal level, there was also a larger context. It could
just as easily have been about love for a brother. Or a father. Or a friend. It could just as easily have been a prayer."
LeAnn Rhimes, Some say love, YouTube film, posted 26. November 2006
John Denver and Placido Domingo, Placido Domingo & John Denver – Perhaps Love (Live 1988), YouTube film, 3:08 minutes duration, posted 7. July 2017
Nana Mouskouri and Harry Belafonte, Nana Mouskouri & Hary Belafonte – Try to remember – live, YouTube film,
4:01 minutes duration, posted 13. August 2009
Erik Satie, Erik Satie – Gymnopédie No.1, YouTube film, 3:36 minutes duration, posted 7. May 2012

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YouTube videos (engl.) – Life and nature

Nature bird video amazing starlings murmuration, gefilmt von Dylan Winter, Naturfilmer, Reisejournalist, YouTube film, 3:54 Mi-
nuten Dauer, eingestellt 13. November 2010
Documentary from conception to birth The Miracle of Life, mixing musics by Hans Zimmer, YouTube film, 12:15 minutes duration, posted 2015

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YouTube videos (engl.) – Animals

Video Otters in LOVE, YouTube film, 1:41 minutes duration, posted 19. March 2007
Video Crow and Kitten are Friends, YouTube film, 7:29 minutes duration, posted 2. July 2007
Video Husky Dog Talking – "I love you", YouTube film, 0:48 minutes duration, posted 7. February 2008
Video film Christian the Lion reunited with upbringers EXTRA, YouTube film, 2:33 minutes duration, posted 2. May 2008

Tony and John meet Christian the Lion again.

Video Hachiko: A Dog's Story [German: Hachiko – Eine wunderbare Freundschaft], imdb.com and YouTube film,
6:40 minutes duration, posted 2. January 2009

A true story on the dog breed Akita Inu
In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor of agriculture at the University of Tokyo took in Hachikō as a pet. During his owner's life Hachikō saw him out from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until a day in May 1925, when Professor Ueno had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage. Loyal dog Hachikō waited every day for the next nine years at Shibuya.

Video Sacred White Animals – Native American, YouTube film, 8:06 minutes duration, posted 21. April 2010

The Native American prophecy of the white buffalo states that when it is born, the day of the Creator is at hand. In 1994 the white buffalo was born. Since then other white animals have started to appear. Noteworthy is: These white animals are not albinos.

Video presentation by Jill Runnion, Energy Healing Wolf (revised), presented by the Earthfire Institute, YouTube film,
5:50 minutes duration, posted 20. May 2010

Amazing energy healing sessions between humans and a resident wolf with an inflamed spine due to a neurological disorder.

Video provided by Bob Dobalina, Seal meets girl. Seal falls in love with girl. The end., Vimeo film, 5:36 minutes duration, posted beginning January 2011
Video Dolphin and Dog – Let's be Friends, Song of the Seas by Vangelis, YouTube film, 6:18 minutes duration, posted
7. January 2011
Video Goose Named Maria, YouTube film, 2:51 minutes duration, posted 28. February 2011

Story of a goose who befriended a retired man in the park

Video Cat and Dolphins playing together, YouTube film, 1:50 minutes duration, posted 6. March 2011
Video Cat and owl playing, YouTube film, 3:25 minutes duration, posted 7. May 2011
Video The Bear, produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, YouTube film, 3:55 minutes duration, posted 29. März 2012

Beary maternal love beating a predator

Video Incredible leopard and baby baboon interaction, presented by the publication National Geographic, YouTube film, 3:10 minutes duration, posted 23. April 2014

An amazing piece of natural history footage. Lakadema, a 3 year old female Leopard cuddles a baby baboon orphan, licking and cuddling it, whose mother she has just killed.