We Each Have a Little Hitler in All of Us
Mother Teresa once said, when asked how she is able to take the dying poor from the streets of Calcutta and nurse and love them, “I realized a long time ago that I had a Hitler within me.” What a powerful statement. What a true statement. We each have a Hitler inside of us. It is the false-self that Thomas Keating refers to, the one that, as he says, “is developed in our own likeness rather than in the likeness of God.” This false self, or Ego, is what drives us all, to varying degrees. It is... Sign in to see full entry.