The postings of this group are from the material of Anthony de Mello's books. The title of the group is a combination of the names of two of his popular books. And some other stuff...

The Master in these tales is not a single person. He is a Hindu guru, a Zen roshi, a Taoist sage, a Jewish rabbi, a Christian monk, a Sufi mystic. He is Lao Tzu and Socrates, Buddha and Jesus, Zarathustra and Moahammed. His teaching is found in the seventh century B.C. and the twentieth century A.D. His wisdom belongs to East and West allike. Do his historical antecedents really matter? History, after all, is the record of appearances, not Reality; of doctrines, not of Silence. Don't change: Desire to change is the enemy of love. Don't change yourselves: Love yourselves as you are. Don't change others: Love all others as they are. Don't change the world: It is in God's hands and he knows. And if you do that change will occur Marvellously in its own way and in its own time Yield to the current of life unencumbered by baggage. - Anthony De Mello