Two by Anthony De Mello.
Mar. 31st, 2003 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sophiaserpentiaA disciple fell asleep and dreamed that he had entered Paradise. To his astonishment he found his Master and the other disciples sitting there, absorbed in meditation.
"Is this the reward of Paradise?" he cried. "Why, this is exactly the sort of thing we did on earth!"
He heard a Voice exclaim, "Fool! You think those meditators are in Paradise? It is just the opposite: Paradise is in the meditators."
The Master held that no words were bad if they were used in an appropriate context.
When he was told that one of his disciples was given to swearing, he remarked, "Profanity has been known to offer spiritual relief denied to prayer."
"Is this the reward of Paradise?" he cried. "Why, this is exactly the sort of thing we did on earth!"
He heard a Voice exclaim, "Fool! You think those meditators are in Paradise? It is just the opposite: Paradise is in the meditators."
The Master held that no words were bad if they were used in an appropriate context.
When he was told that one of his disciples was given to swearing, he remarked, "Profanity has been known to offer spiritual relief denied to prayer."
