Said a disappointed visitor, “Why has my stay here yielded no fruit?”
“Could it be because you lacked the courage to shake the tree?” said the Master benignly.
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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.”
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The following day the Master said, “It is, alas, easier to travel than to stop.”
The disciples demanded to know why.
“Because as long as you travel to a goal, you can hold on to a dream. When you stop, you face reality.”
“How shall we ever change if we have no goals or dreams?” asked the mystified disciples.
“Change that is real is change that is not willed. Face reality and unwilled change will happen.”
By— Anthony de Mello
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