The Mystic Heart Quotes

“Mother Teresa was once asked by a journalist why she does what she does, that is, how she is able to take the dying poor from the streets of Calcutta, nurse and love them. Her response reflected her deep self-knowledge: “I realized a long time ago that I had a Hitler within me.”2 This realization became the basis of her self-transcendence and of her unique holiness.”
― Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

“If transformation is only a matter of consciousness, then there is always the risk that the change may never touch the deeply hidden intentions of the heart. If the will is not involved in the radical change the spiritual process initiates, then the resultant “enlightenment” is only partial. It leaves intact the will’s autonomous decisions, free of the influence of the knowledge acquired in the enlightenment experience.”
― Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions

“I don’t think transformation is total if either the will or consciousness is left out of the equation.”
― Wayne Teasdale, The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions