Never identify with that feeling. It has nothing to do with the ‘I.’ Don’t define your essential self in terms of that feeling. 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 happiness. 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 from Awareness - amazon/Awareness-The-Perils-Opportunities-Reality/dp/0385249373/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371617216&sr=8-1&keywords=Anthony+de+Mello
Posted on: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:47:19 +0000