Thursday Afternoon Quotes

“Stop your story in its track, 5 times for 2-5 seconds… just full stop of whatever mental/emotional story is going on. Let the energy be there without indulging in the story. When you truly cut your story for 2-5 seconds, 5 times, without escaping the energy of the feelings but instead staying open to it, the validity or ‘reality’ that the story appears to bear, will crumble all by itself.”

--Bentinho Massaro

“Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don’t believe them. Don’t believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. “Give me back my wife. Give me back my job. Give me back my money. Give me back my reputation, my success.” This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That’s all. Even the best psychologist will tell you that, that people don’t really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful. Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That’s the reason the wise guru will not attempt to wake people up. I hope I’m going to be wise here and make no attempt whatsoever to wake you up if you are asleep. It is really none of my business, even though I say to you at times, “Wake up!” My business is to do my thing, to dance my dance. If you profit from it fine; if you don’t, too bad! As the Arabs say, “The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens.”

--Anthony De Mello