Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: One Minute Wisdom https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/one-minute-wisdom/ Free Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:41:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-fsge-logo-32x32.png Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: One Minute Wisdom https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/one-minute-wisdom/ 32 32 Realism – A Funny Spiritual Story about Gambling by Anthony de Mello https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/anthony-de-mello-realism-funny-spiritual-story-about-gambling/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:41:49 +0000 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/?p=14254 A gambler once said to the Master, “I was caught cheating at cards yesterday, so my partners beat me up and threw me out of the window. What would you advise me to do?” The Master looked straight through the man and said, “If I were you, from now on I would play on the ground floor.” This startled the disciples. “Why didn't you tell him to stop gambling?” they demanded. “Because I knew he wouldn't,” was the Master's simple and sagacious explanation. This spiritual story is from the book One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello.

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]]> A gambler once said to the Master, “I was caught cheating at cards yesterday, so my partners beat me up and threw me out of the window. What would you advise me to do?”

The Master looked straight through the man and said, “If I were you, from now on I would play on the ground floor.”

This startled the disciples. “Why didn't you tell him to stop gambling?” they demanded.

“Because I knew he wouldn't,” was the Master's simple and sagacious explanation.

This spiritual story is from the book One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello.

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]]> Motion – A Funny Spiritual Story by Anthony de Mello https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/anthony-de-mello-motion-funny-spiritual-story/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 19:38:37 +0000 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/?p=14251 To the disciples who were always asking for words of wisdom the Master said, Wisdom is not expressed in words. It reveals itself in action. But when he saw them plunge headlong into activity, he laughed and said, That isn't action. That's motion. This spiritual story is from the book One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello.

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]]> To the disciples who were always asking for words of wisdom the Master said, Wisdom is not expressed in words. It reveals itself in action.

But when he saw them plunge headlong into activity, he laughed and said, That isn't action. That's motion.

This spiritual story is from the book One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello.

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