«It's a great thing to have suffered. Only then can you get sick of it. You can make use of suffering to end suffering. Most people simply go on suffering. That explains the conflict I sometimes have between the role of spiritual director and that of therapist. A therapist says, "Let's ease the suffering." The spiritual director says, "Let her suffer, she'll get sick of this way of relating to people and she'll finally decide to break out of this prison of emotional dependence on others." Shall I offer a palliative or remove a cancer? It's not easy to decide.
A person slams a book on the table in disgust. Let him keep slamming it on the table. Don't pick up the book for him and tell him it's all right. Spirituality is awareness, awareness, awareness, awareness, awareness, awareness.» (pág. 141)
Anthony De Mello, Awareness
... e ainda António Osório, Casa das Sementes; Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Claro Enigma; Carlos Vaz Marques, MPB.pt; Filipe Santos Costa, A Última Campanha; Flannery O'Connor, Um Bom Homem é Difícil de Encontrar; Irvin D. Yalom, A Cura de Schopenhauer; Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking; Philip Roth, Everyman; Ruy Castro, Rio de Janeiro - Carnaval no Fogo.
