Tony quotes

These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness, and worship without awareness. ............................................ "You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell." .............................................. 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… Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. .............................................. 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." ............................................. Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. .............................................. "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." .............................................. Once upon a time there were two monks who had lived together for 40 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. ......................................... Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable. ...................................... Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them. ....................................... There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them. ............................................ It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear! ...................................... Problems only exist in the human mind. ......................................

Awareness Parts 01 – 08

part 1. on waking up


(images courtesy of Zen gardens in Japan)

part 2. will i be of help to you?


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

parts 3 and 4. on the proper kind of selfishness, and, on wanting happiness


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

part 5. on psychology


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

parts 6 and 7. renunciation, and, listen and unlearn


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

part 8a. the masquerade of charity (1 of 2)


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

part 8b. the masquerade of charity (2 of 2)


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

Awareness Parts 01-08 Awareness Parts 09-16 Awareness Parts 17-24 Awareness Parts 25-32

Awareness Parts 33-40 Awareness Parts 41-49 Awareness Parts 50-56

86 comments to Awareness Parts 01 – 08

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  • Helden
    August 15th, 2011 at 14:51 · Reply

    Jack, I did transfer the mp3s successfully, and am listening to them with enjoyment! Thanks for promoting Tony & his teachings from a leaf floating downstream…

  • Margus Waffa
    August 21st, 2011 at 11:31 · Reply

    Thank you for the humble water container :)

  • mrLami
    August 26th, 2011 at 18:10 · Reply

    is there a way to get all the MP3′s in one download

  • Mike Widney
    October 31st, 2011 at 12:09 · Reply

    Anyone know why the above clips of Tony are flagged as spam on Facebook ?

    • jack
      November 5th, 2011 at 12:36 · Reply

      hey Mike, thanks for your comment. i don’t understand why they can’t be posted on facebook. i’ve had the same question posted at youtube but… it doesn’t make sense to me: maybe these ideas are seen as subversive in a world of glitz and glam?

      all the best,

      jack

  • peter
    November 7th, 2011 at 06:00 · Reply

    Anthony was great for his teaching, God bless you jack for posting this so that people should know haw things are.and how they should be.

  • Quotes
    December 21st, 2011 at 19:28 · Reply

    thank you for sharing this videos

  • Donny
    December 23rd, 2011 at 22:17 · Reply

    Well I think it is better not to bring these videos too much on sites like facebook. Better to leave it secure in a place like this were people who want to look for it can look. And the rest.. well. Maybe it’s not designed for sitea like that. Better that way, I think.

    • jack
      December 23rd, 2011 at 23:25 · Reply

      Hi Donny, thanks for your comment. Not sure i really agree, i don’t believe in censorship, though having said that, facebook was about the furthest thing from my mind when i was putting images to Tony’s words :D
      but ultimately i do beleive people should at least have the opportunity to listen or post what they want, not have to suffer the diktats of a corporation.

      regards,

      jack

  • carlos
    January 8th, 2012 at 11:52 · Reply

    Just found the site. Found Anthony Demello two weeks ago. Thank you.

  • snoo
    January 11th, 2012 at 16:48 · Reply

    thank you, thank you, thank you. of the millions of sites on the internet, this is the most important. My the creator give you what you desire – hopefully its awareness. not a better gift in this world.

  • bob sauerbrey
    March 1st, 2012 at 01:18 · Reply

    Thank you for this grand site. Tony de Mello’s vision is one we all need in this twittering world–particularly the hierarchy of the church/religion that he loved and that has condemned him for asking its members to become responsible for their own lives. Thank you, Tony. Thank you, Jack.

  • Christiani
    March 6th, 2012 at 14:46 · Reply

    Thank you
    Finally the second enlightened Jesuit since loyola

  • Christiani s.j.
    March 8th, 2012 at 08:46 · Reply

    I guess u censor Jesuit comments from Jesuits you
    Don’t understand
    Thanks for the site anyhow

    • jack
      March 8th, 2012 at 11:49 · Reply

      Hey Christiani, thanks for your comment but no, i’ve never censored anything (though it is fair to say on occasions i can be slow at approving comments because of my access to the internet). please feel free to challenge and question anything and everything here. i am always happy to engage in debate and hopefully learn and grow in the process.

      all the best,

      jack

  • Seosamh
    March 12th, 2012 at 17:58 · Reply

    Jack, thank you for this site. I downloaded the mp3s and got Tony in my ears a lot. I have discovered love <3

  • quratulainn adv
    April 10th, 2012 at 16:49 · Reply

    i am from PAKISTAN ,and student of GENDER AND WOMEN STUDIES,i never heard suc beautifull ideas before,ats of sir,very effecting voice,lovely and kind way of teaching.thank you
    thanks alot

  • Michelle
    April 27th, 2012 at 18:24 · Reply

    Is this a christian or humanistic theory please.

    • jack
      April 30th, 2012 at 16:21 · Reply

      Hi Michelle, Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest so technically he was Christian but he expresses the universality of God and uses words of wisdom from wherever he finds them: Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic… So i don’t quite know how to answer you. Tony would say, ‘Christian’, ‘Humanist’, whatever, they’re all labels, and if we’re not careful they get in the way of us seeing clearly…

      best,

      jack

  • snoo
    May 3rd, 2012 at 04:41 · Reply

    Hello Jack, I really appreciate you maintaining this site. dont ever bring it down. I will link your site to one of my his videos i have on youtube.

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