Anthony de Mello. Awareness (№ 405020)

Wakefulness, happiness — call it whatever you like — is a release from illusion; in this state a person, as far as it is possible for a person in general, perceives the world not as the person himself is, but as the world is. Get rid of illusions, see the world, see reality. Whenever you feel unhappy, you add a touch to the already existing world. It is this touch that makes you unhappy. I repeat: you added something - you added a negative emotion. From the world around you emanate stimuli, from you - reactions. If you analyze what you add to reality, you will always find at least some kind of illusion, some kind of demand or claim, addiction or expectation.