An inspirational course on the spiritual life focuses on the theme of awareness, discussing the issues of change, suffering, and loss, and explaining how to cope with one's emotions "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. Foreword
3(2)
On Waking Up
5(1)
Will I Be of Help to You in This Retreat?
6(3)
On the Proper Kind of Selfishness
9(1)
On Wanting Happiness
10(2)
Are We Talking About Psychology in This Spirituality Course?
12(3)
Neither Is Renunciation the Solution
15(1)
Listen and Unlearn
16(3)
The Masquerade of Charity
19(7)
What's on Your Mind?
26(4)
Good, Bad, or Lucky
30(1)
Our Illusion About Others
31(4)
Self-observation
35(2)
Awareness Without Evaluating Everything
37(5)
The Illusion of Rewards
42(1)
Finding Yourself
43(3)
Stripping Down to the ``I''
46(4)
Negative Feelings Toward Others
50(3)
On Dependence
53(3)
How Happiness Happens
56(6)
Fear-The Root of Violence
62(1)
Awareness and Contact with Reality
63(1)
Good Religion-The Antithesis of Unawareness
64(9)
Labels
73(1)
Obstacles to Happiness
74(4)
Four Steps to Wisdom
78(6)
All's Right with the World
84(2)
Sleepwalking
86(4)
Change as Greed
90(5)
A Changed Person
95(4)
Arriving, at Silence
99(4)
Losing the Rat Race
103(3)
Permanent Worth
106(2)
Desire, Not Preference
108(3)
Clinging to Illusion
111(3)
Hugging Memories
114(5)
Getting Concrete
119(7)
At a Loss for Words
126(3)
Cultural Conditioning
129(4)
Filtered Reality
133(4)
Detachment
137(3)
Addictive Love
140(2)
More Words
142(2)
Hidden Agendas
144(3)
Giving In
147(1)
Assorted Landmines
148(2)
The Death of Me
150(2)
Insight and Understanding
152(4)
Not Pushing It
156(1)
Getting Real
157(2)
Assorted Images
159(2)
Saying Nothing About Love
161(1)
Losing Control
162(2)
Listening to Life
164(2)
The End of Analysis
166(3)
Dead Ahead
169(3)
The Land of Love
172
