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This Is How Happiness Happens

by Anthony De Mello Legacy

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Happiness is attained by coming home to yourself. How? Simply by observing yourself.  Does that sound a bit tedious? It's not.  Self-observation is such a delightful and extraordinary thing. After a while, you don’t have to make any effort, because, as illusions begin to crumble, you begin to know things that cannot be described. It’s called happiness.

HappinessSelf ObservationTransformationAwarenessEmotional AnalysisEmotional Non IdentificationSelf Judgment ReleaseTransformation Through UnderstandingAddiction AwarenessEmotional Reaction Awareness

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Self-observation is so delightful.

It's an extraordinary thing.

After a while,

You don't have to make an effort because as illusion begins to crumble and you begin to know this thing that cannot be described called happiness,

Everything changes.

You become addicted to awareness.

Awareness,

Awareness,

Awareness.

Watch yourself.

No one can show you how to do it because he would be giving you a technique.

He'd be programming you.

But watch yourself.

You had a reaction this morning when you were talking to someone.

Were you aware of it?

Were you not identifying with it?

You got angry with somebody.

You were aware that you were angry?

And were you not identifying with your anger?

And later when you had the time,

Did you study it?

Did you attempt to understand it?

Where did it come from?

What brought it on?

I don't know of any other means of transformation than awareness.

I don't know of any other.

You only change what you understand.

What you do not understand and are not aware of,

You repress.

You don't change.

But when you understand it,

It changes.

Meet your Teacher

Anthony De Mello LegacySan Francisco, CA, USA

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Recent Reviews

joe

November 14, 2023

thank you for sharing this with us namaste my friend

Claire

August 16, 2023

So true!

Blake

January 8, 2022

Well said; awareness is essential.

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