Open Always

"Tony de Mello used to tell the story of a spiritual seeker who had arrived at a deep and loving union with God. His disciples were intensely curious about what the experience was like, but the master was most reluctant to say anything about the matter. One day his own son tried to pry the secret from him, and in a rare moment of candor, the father shared his feelings.

"I felt like a fool," he said. "Why?" asked the son. "Because," the father replied, "it was like going to enormous trouble to enter a house by climbing a ladder and breaking the window, only to realize afterwards that the front door had been open the whole time"
(One Minute Wisdom, 177).

-- Anthony de Mello, (1931–1987), was an Indian Jesuit priest and one of the great spiritual masters of our time. Although de Mello was known primarily within the Catholic community for his writings and conferences, his influence transcended religious boundaries; by the end of his life, de Mello's unique spirituality was enabling people from almost every faith to approach God more easily.