A STORY as told by Fr. Anthony de Mello: A reading from the scriptures: This is what the Lord says: There was once a goose that laid…… Read more “The Golden Egg”
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The Zen Master and the Christian
A Christian once visited a Zen master and said, “Allow me to read you some sentences from the Sermon on the Mount.” “I shall listen to them…… Read more “The Zen Master and the Christian”
A simple story for 2011
A tale from Attar of Nishapur:
The lover knocked at the door of his beloved. “Who knocks?” said the beloved from within. “It is I,” said the lover. “Go away. This house will not hold you and me.”
The rejected lover went away into the desert. There he meditated for months on end, pondering the words of the beloved. Finally he returned and knocked at the door again.
“Who knocks?”
“It is you.”
The door was immediately opened.
“100 percent and 100 percent,” I said. “They cannot be separated.”
To be a Friend of the Divine!
Such a beautiful story from Fr Anthony de Mello… Malik, son of Dinar, was upset about the profligate behavior of a youth who lived next door. For…… Read more “To be a Friend of the Divine!”
Nathan Bettger | Oshkosh, WI 