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"...People come to consult me about their spiritual and emotional problems, and I often find myself asking, "What are the voices that these people's voices are responding to? What voices from the past?" And I keep finding people who are worried, depressed, full of prejudices.
Einstein said it was easier to split an atom than a prejudice. People are not themselves by any means; they are controlled. They become puppets; their behavior, feelings, and attitudes are mechanical. They don't have living feelings, or living behavior, and don't know it. They are responding to the voices of persons from the past and to experiences from the past. They've had some experiences that affected them, that control them, and consequently they aren't free, they aren't alive. That is the greatest obstacle to the spiritual life."
Anthony DeMello, Walking on Water, p.40
"...People come to consult me about their spiritual and emotional problems, and I often find myself asking, "What are the voices that these people's voices are responding to? What voices from the past?" And I keep finding people who are worried, depressed, full of prejudices.
Einstein said it was easier to split an atom than a prejudice. People are not themselves by any means; they are controlled. They become puppets; their behavior, feelings, and attitudes are mechanical. They don't have living feelings, or living behavior, and don't know it. They are responding to the voices of persons from the past and to experiences from the past. They've had some experiences that affected them, that control them, and consequently they aren't free, they aren't alive. That is the greatest obstacle to the spiritual life."
Anthony DeMello, Walking on Water, p.40
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