Surrounded by Prison Walls
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I like Anthony De Mello’s response to how do you get someone to change…
First, realize that you are surrounded by prison walls, that your mind has gone to sleep. It does not even occur to most people to see this, so they live and die as prison inmates. Most people end up being conformists; they adapt to prison life.
A few become reformers; they fight for better living conditions in the prison, better lighting, better ventilation. Hardly anyone becomes a rebel, a revolutionary who breaks down the prison walls. You can only be a revolutionary when you see the prison walls in the first place.
To change myself, I have to be able to see the prison walls…and stop fighting for better living conditions IN prison. Maybe it’s time to stop beating up on the other inmates, and work on knocking down the walls.
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