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Ananda
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 Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 11:27:31 AM
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I was a neurotic for years. I was anxious and depressed and
selfish. Everyone kept telling me to change.
I resented them, and I agreed with them, and I wanted to
change, but simply couldn’t, no matter how hard I tried.
What hurt the most was that, like the others, my best friend
kept insisting that I change. So I felt powerless and trapped.
Then, one day, he said to me, “Don’t change. I love you just as
you are.”
Those words were music to my ears: “Don’t change. Don’t
change. Don’t change . . . I love you as you are.”
I relaxed. I came alive. And suddenly I changed!
Now I know that I couldn’t really change until I found someone
who would love me whether I changed or not.
Is this how you love me, God?
Anthony De Mello, SJ |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 11:53:44 AM
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Beautiful and sooo true Ananda.
_/\_
Thanks for posting this.
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Katrine
Norway
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Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 1:05:39 PM
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Thank you Ananda, that was a lovely De Mello song 
It also reminded me of how we always are after getting what we love.....and how in inner-silence-acceptance and relaxation we love what we get instead.
Namaste 
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Ananda
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Posted - Mar 04 2010 : 5:34:00 PM
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thank you for sharing your beautiful presence both of u, it's always a treat.
btw Katrine your post reminded me of something i heard in a Disney Cartoon movie i've watched earlier this evening "princess and the frog" which has a valuable lesson in it "what you want isn't always what you need."
namaste(f) |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2011 : 3:51:08 PM
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Topic might be old but it might touch someone out there who knows |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Mar 29 2011 : 03:01:56 AM
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accepting what is ..then changing...if change is needed...
are not we all " neurotic...anxious ...depressed and selfish..."?
it reminded me of this Nirvana track...Come as you are... |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2011 : 03:17:54 AM
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zenflesh
United Kingdom
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Posted - Mar 30 2011 : 02:43:01 AM
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| Thank you for posting this Ananda! |
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Ananda
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Posted - Apr 01 2011 : 02:41:53 AM
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Ananda
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Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 12:33:26 PM
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Song of the Bird - DON'T CHANGE
