This companion to Anthony De Mello's bestselling work, Awareness, delves deeper into the themes of self-discovery and mindfulness. It offers readers additional insights and practical exercises to enhance their understanding of awareness and its transformative power. By exploring De Mello's teachings, the book encourages personal growth and a deeper connection to one's inner self, making it an essential guide for those seeking to enrich their spiritual journey.
Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
A series of meditations and practices, this manual guides seekers toward spiritual perfection, making it a cornerstone of Christian spirituality. Used by millions over the centuries, it offers profound insights and structured exercises that cater to both religious and lay individuals, emphasizing personal growth and reflection.
Drawing from his impactful lectures and personal parables, Anthony de Mello offers readers a pathway to deepen their spiritual connection in "Contact with God." This guide encourages introspection and reflection, making it a valuable resource for those seeking to embark on their own spiritual retreats. With his engaging style, de Mello aims to inspire and transform the reader's understanding of spirituality.
This classic reissue offers daily lessons designed to inspire and motivate readers throughout the year. Drawing from the bestselling author's previous works, it serves as a guide to personal growth and self-awareness, encouraging reflection and positivity. Each lesson aims to resonate with individuals seeking deeper understanding and connection in their lives.
Aiming to pave a path leading to God, the author blends Christian wisdom with Eastern methods of meditation, stories of monks, rabbis and soldiers, fairytales and legends. He deals with the themes of silence, peace, happiness, life, freedom and love, each accompanied by simple exercises.
"Said the river to the seeker: 'Does one really have to fret about enlightenment? No matter which way I turn, I'm homeward bound.'" --Anthony de Mello We are like bears pacing in a cage, Anthony de Mello says. Even if the cage is removed, we keep pacing in the same timid limits. We are afraid to get out. And we think that the only way out is by endless striving and thinking. But this profound healer and spiritual master shows us another way. The Heart of the Enlightened, the sequel to the highly successful Taking Flight, contains more than two hundred of de Mello's favorite stories. Whether Buddhist tales, Hindu fables, Islamic sayings, or Christian parables, the stories de Mello has chosen are sure to seep through to the heart. They touch on relationships, human nature, service, spirituality, and enlightenment. These are stories to be read slowly and savored. They are the key to liberating us from all that would pen us in.
This step-by-step exercise book integrates the Christian tradition of contemplation and the Eastern wisdom of meditation.
This is a collection of short story meditations - one of the hallmarks of de mellos's retreat giving - which become stepping stones towards a fuller spiritual life. A 20th century spiritual guide, de Mello brought humour, compassion and insight to the search for understanding the human condition.
"The Way To Love" contains the final flowering of Anthony de Mello's thought, and in it he grapples with the ultimate question of love. In thirty-one meditations, he implores his readers with his usual pithiness to break through illusion, the great obstacle to love. "Love springs from awareness, " de Mello insists, saying that it is only when we see others as they are that we can begin to really love. But not only must we seek to see others with clarity, we must examine ourselves without misconception. The task, however, is not easy. "The most painful act, " de Mello says, "is the act of seeing. But in that act of seeing that love is born." Anthony De Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling in Poona, India, and authored several books. "The Way To Love" is his last.
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.
