Father Anthony de Mello was author of many books. Excerpt above was taken from here.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that we find cure painful and prefer temporary relief instead? Can you share an experience of committing to unpleasant cure over comfortable temporary relief? What helps you be aware of this distinction?
I think the author's assertion that other mystics/religions believe all is well is a bit misleading. As we see in the bible:
"But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes mainfest is light. Therefore He says: 'Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.' " (Ephesians 5:13)
Stay woke :)
Only salvation can be said to cure ~ A Course in Miracles.
So true. Even when people get unwell , they only look for a relief rather than a cure.
Relief is immediate but the Cure may be time consuming and may be painful too.
We are only looking for shortcuts rather than the mental or physical discipline required for the cure.
Its almost like saying “ O God , I would love to go heaven buutt can you make someone else die for me”
cure is better than relief.
Relief gives momentary pleasure and infact the truth is we all are really running after it only. cure is permanent, but takes time and is painful. humans have lost the wisdom of identifying the relief and cure, but once a person does so, i m sure, they go into cure zone.