"To be a hero, you must first be a zero." Fr Joe Pereira seems meditation as the act of self-denial that is the call to discipleship and to recognise that our true identity is in Christ. To come to that reality, we need a pathway that shuts off all preoccupations, painful and pleasant, allowing us to come to the consciousness of Christ. Saying the mantra brings us to that poverty in which we transcend our ego.

