Awareness
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"Wisdom from one of the greatest spiritual masters of our time."-James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage The heart of Anthony de Mello's bestselling spiritual message is awareness. Mixing Christian spirituality, Buddhist parables, Hindu breathing exercises, and psychological insight, de Mello's words of hope come together in Awareness in a grand synthesis. In short chapters for reading in quiet moments at home or at the office, he cajoles and challenges: We must leave this go-go-go world of illusion and become aware. And this only happens, he insists, by becoming alive to the needs and potential of others, whether at home or in the workplace. Here, then, is a masterful book of the spirit, challenging us to wake up in every aspect of our lives.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- On Waking Up
- Will I Be of Help to You in This Retreat?
- On the Proper Kind of Selfishness
- On Wanting Happiness
- Are We Talking About Psychology in This Spirituality Course?
- Neither Is Renunciation the Solution
- Listen and Unlearn
- The Masquerade of Charity
- What's on Your Mind?
- Good, Bad, or Lucky
- Our Illusion About Others
- Self-observation
- Awareness Without Evaluating Everything
- The Illusion of Rewards
- Finding Yourself
- Stripping Down to the "I"
- Negative Feelings Toward Others
- On Dependence
- How Happiness Happens
- Fear-The Root of Violence
- Awareness and Contact with Reality
- Good Religion-The Antithesis of Unawareness
- Labels
- Obstacles to Happiness
- Four Steps to Wisdom
- All's Right with the World
- Sleepwalking
- Change as Greed
- A Changed Person
- Arriving at Silence
- Losing the Rat Race
- Permanent Worth
- Desire, Not Preference
- Clinging to Illusion
- Hugging Memories
- Getting Concrete
- At a Loss for Words
- Cultural Conditioning
- Filtered Reality
- Detachment
- Addictive Love
- More Words
- Hidden Agendas
- Giving In
- Assorted Landmines
- The Death of Me
- Insight and Understanding
- Not Pushing It
- Getting Real
- Assorted Images
- Saying Nothing About Love
- Losing Control
- Listening to Life
- The End of Analysis
- Dead Ahead
- The Land of Love
- About the Author
