Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony de Mello (English) Paperbac

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Using humor, compassion, and insight, the beloved and best-selling Anthony de Mello teaches us to welcome the challenge of knowing ourselves and living the "aware" life.

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Anthony de Mello urges us to leave behing the go-go attitude of modern civilization for a life of awareness and deep feeling.

Back Cover

Wake Up! 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.

Author Biography

Anthony de Mello, SJ, is the author of many spiritual bestsellers, including "Sadhana," "Awareness," and "The Way to Love. "A native and lifelong resident of India, de Mello taught throughout the world, and his books have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. He died in 1987.

Excerpt from Book

ON WAKING UP Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence. You know, all mystics--Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion--are unanimous on one thing: that all is well, all is well. Though everything is a mess, all is well. Strange paradox, to be sure. But, tragically, most people never get to see that all is well because they are asleep. They are having a nightmare. Last year on Spanish television I heard a story about this gentleman who knocks on his son's door. "Jaime," he says, "wake up!" Jaime answers, "I don't want to get up, Papa." The father shouts, "Get up, you have to go to school." Jaime says, "I don't want to go to school. "Why not?" asks the father. "Three reasons," says Jaime. "First, because it's so dull; second, the kids tease me; and third, I hate school." And the father says, "Well, I am going to give you three reasons why you must go to school. First, because it's your duty; second, because you are forty-five years old, and third, because you are the headmaster." Wake up, wake up! You've grown up. You're too big to be asleep. Wake up! Stop playing with your toys. Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is to mend their broken toys. "Give me back my wife. Give me back my job. Give me back my money. Give me back my reputation, my success." This is what they want; they want their toys replaced. That's all. Even the best psychologists will tell you that, that people don't really want to be cured. What they want is relief; a cure is painful. Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It's irritating to be woken up. That's the reason the wise guru will not attempt to wake people up. I hope I'm going to be wise here and make no attempt whatsoever to wake you up if you are asleep. It is really none of my business, even though I say to you at times, "Wake up!" My business is to do my thing, to dance my dance. If you profit from it, fine; if you don't, too bad! As the Arabs say, "The nature of rain is the same, but it makes thorns grow in the marshes and flowers in the gardens."

Details ISBN0385249373 Author Anthony de Mello Short Title AWARENESS Pages 192 Language English ISBN-10 0385249373 ISBN-13 9780385249379 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 248.482 Year 1990 Publication Date 1990-01-31 Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1931 Death 1987 Publisher Doubleday Religion Residence US Subtitle Conversations with the Masters DOI 10.1604/9780385249379 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 1990-06-01 AU Release Date 1990-06-01 NZ Release Date 1990-06-01 US Release Date 1990-06-01 We've got this

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