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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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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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You possess everything you need right now to be happy and fulfilled.  Happiness naturally awakens in you through a simple process of awareness. You see life differently because you are different.  You see things you have never seen before. Beautiful things. You're much more energetic, much more alive. When you finally awake, you don't try to make good things happen; they just happen. You understand suddenly that everything that happens to you is good, and that all is well, even at times when things are a mess. Anthony De Mello

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image; Reprint edition (May 1, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 184 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385249373
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385249379
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
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ANTHONY DE MELLO was a Jesuit priest born in Bombay, India in 1931. He is widely known for his ground-breaking and enduring work that integrates western and eastern spirituality. De Mello is the author of the bestselling masterpiece, Awareness, along with 11 other books that have been translated into 21 languages and have sold more than 2 million worldwide.

De Mello’s most recent book, Stop Fixing Yourself / Wake Up! All is Well centers on his core assertion that you and I are OK exactly as we are. We are not a problem to be solved, nor is there anything we need to fix in ourselves. It is enough for us to simply be watchful and awake. By simply being aware, all that seems false and neurotic in us will drop, and our eyes will open to the reality of joy surrounding us.

His body of work continues to have impact beyond his untimely death in 1987, influencing acclaimed spiritual teachers such as Rhonda Byrne, Eckhart Tolle, Neil Strauss, Adyashanti, Thomas Moore, and Paulo Coelho.

 

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Customers find the book eye-opening, helpful, and brutally honest. They also describe the complexity level as easy to comprehend, light, and to the point. Opinions are mixed on the writing style, with some finding it fun and different, while others say it's poorly written, disjointed, and poorly organized.

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Customers find the book eye-opening, with every sentence full of purpose and meaning. They say it's the best collection of the author's teachings, with good advice that has helped them through terrible times. Readers also say it is easy to comprehend and doesn't contain tips or tricks.

"...This book provides wisdom which, if considered and applied, Will resurrect in you the remembrance of what living as a human is meant to be...." Read more

"...writing is so honest and true that every word and every sentence is full of purpose and meaning...." Read more

"...may feel extreme, or maybe difficult to accept, but it’s all very interesting and worth a read." Read more

"...The material, stories, within this book have had a profound effect on my life...." Read more

74 customers mention "Complexity level"58 positive16 negative

Customers find the book easy to comprehend, masterful of using words, and light. They also say the usage did not affect their ability to read and enjoy the book.

"...It speaks directly to your heart, bypassing your mind. It speaks with living words, not just pointing a direction but taking you down that road,..." Read more

"...De Mello is, after reading this book, mine. Perfectly hilarious and light, but forceful and to the point, without getting bogged down in words...." Read more

"...are able to get into the prose, the book becomes conversational, easy to read & eye opening...." Read more

"...This book doesn't have tips or tricks in it. No special methods. What it does have is De Mello's gift for turning our minds back facing inward...." Read more

9 customers mention "Intellectual level"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the book intellectually challenging, mentioning it opens great inner conversations. They also say it's a classic and contemporary book that definitely communicates to them.

"...Once you are able to get into the prose, the book becomes conversational, easy to read & eye opening...." Read more

"...He is classic and contemporary and definitely communicates to me." Read more

"...Had a great time reading it and opens great inner conversations. Fully recommend." Read more

"...Great work!Worth reading it.Life sharing experiences to learn from.I liked the catholic, Indian references" Read more

33 customers mention "Writing style"19 positive14 negative

Customers are mixed about the writing style. Some find the book fun to read with a perfect balance of humor and instruction. Others say it's poorly written, disjointed, and randomized. They also mention that the content loses their attention about an hour or two in. They say the book is poorly organized, repetitive, and outdated.

"...It's wonderful and stimulating book. Because I've given away copies, I finally decided to buy another one (in very good condition)...." Read more

"This isn't an easy read. Its complicated and written in an odd format that is convo/ stream of consciousness...." Read more

"...De Mello is, after reading this book, mine. Perfectly hilarious and light, but forceful and to the point, without getting bogged down in words...." Read more

"...The writing style is very confrontational but the examples given in this book to deliver the idea isn’t as strong or even convincing at all...." Read more

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I read several books a week. This one of the best books I’ve ever read. It’s tight in your face with truths about your existence.Please do not read this book if your sure you know it all, are sure your religion is the only path to heaven and / or believe the news is factual. No, this book doesn’t condemn religion nor the media. It will rock you in ways you’ve never even dreamt of. It may just get you to see when you open your eyes and become the Eagle that you’ve always been.Or you can be the Eagle raised with chickens that knows he’s a chicken and dies a chicken.This book will help you you understand waking up, the risks and benefits in being awake. And it is so worth the journey. 👍🏻
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Steve Mattus
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is surgical!
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2024
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I am the kind of reader who evaluates the quality and impact of a book on my heart and soul in life by the number of highlights. I am an avid highlighter. This book is one of the more highlighted books I have ever read (and I read a lot).

It’s one thing to sit and read and resonate with the words on a page. It’s another thing to have those words move through your heart with surgical precision to help you unpack what is preventing you from truly living. This book provides wisdom which, if considered and applied, Will resurrect in you the remembrance of what living as a human is meant to be. For me it has Of how truly simple life can be… How happy life can be… Simply with awareness.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This Book Saved Me.....
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I thank God for this book. It changed my life. At 21 years of age I was so lost in the world and confused. It brought everything together into an integrated whole, a "oneness". It told me things I already knew to be true but had forgotten. It challenged me, and yet at the same time encouraged and helped me. I feel very deeply thankful for Anthony de Mello and his writings. I feel very connected to him, like he is here helping me in life. His writing is so honest and true that every word and every sentence is full of purpose and meaning. It speaks about even silence has great purpose and meaning. I remember reading it for the first time and not being able to put the book down. I had an inner smile and a hunger for this kind of refreshing insight into life. It speaks directly to your heart, bypassing your mind. It speaks with living words, not just pointing a direction but taking you down that road, almost carrying you. I must have read it 3 times to begin with and then only pulling it out when I needed some encouragement and to remember how to live. I reached a point where as it said at the end of the book that you will come to a point where you don't need it anymore, and I felt I didn't. I have lost my way many times since, but I can keep coming back because it planted and nourished a seed of awareness within me. I started listening to Allan Watts and Eckhart Tolle after words. I appreciate all of their teachings, but there is something about this book that is like my first true love in life, that it will always be special to me, innocent. I have matured much since my first true love but I will always remember and be thankful for that experience. I am currently ordering this book for a friend who I think will find a treasure trove in "Awareness" here.

Whatever you are doing in life, do it well. If you are sweeping the street, be the best street sweeper in the world. If you are walking down the hall of your house walk it as the best hall walker in the world, when you breath, breath as the best breather in the world. Stay connected to your source.

(recent Julia Roberts movie) - "Smile with your mouth, smile with your whole body, even smile with your liver."

Love your self first. Then when Love given to you by the Universe overflows your cup, let it flow out to others and it will be unconditional as you are not in "need" of anything at all. It's when we give all that we have to others first that we become depleted and unfulfilled, and thus have to be conditional with our giving as we try to allocate our limited energies and Love to give to those around us, as we are in a state of "need" ourselves. Love yourself and let yourself become filled with Love first, only then can the Love that flows from you be with out selfish need, unconditional and true.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A great perspective on attachments, happiness, and self.
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2024
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This book invited me to reconsider my perception of my problems, fears, and struggles in life. Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in a programmatic way of processing yourself or the world, and I found that this book reminded me to keep a fresh perspective on all things, and to look for the goodness (or, allow goodness in life without seeking it). Some of the suggestions or concepts may feel extreme, or maybe difficult to accept, but it’s all very interesting and worth a read.
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Steve
4.0 out of 5 stars One To Make You Think…
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2024
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I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to others.
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Nikolas Kolenich
5.0 out of 5 stars This book can unlock a new perspective
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023
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A book about love. It's difficult to rate a book like this, I've read and listened to the audiobook more than 10 times. The material, stories, within this book have had a profound effect on my life. The seminars/ lectures that are transcribed in this book have opened my eyes and mind to a whole new way of thinking and perceiving the reality around me. I'm grateful for the person whom the universe brought into my life who introduced me to this book and Anthony deMello, he's truly an impactful figure in my life. I highly recommend reading this book at least once, but if you have the option, please listen to the audiobook as it is actually Anthony speaking. For anyone strapped for cash, simply search for the author in YouTube and watch his lectures, you can find forgiveness in your heart for yourself and everyone around you, a powerful skill to learn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book. Can change the way you think.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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I give this to friends and family to help them through the rough times in the world. Some friends love it and others cannot make it through the book. If you keep an open mind you will never be the same.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It was good.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2024
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David Oshman
5.0 out of 5 stars A classic!
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5.0 out of 5 stars deep insights, yet amazing!
Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2023
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This is a book you’ll continue to come back to and read. It’s not a book you read once, or maybe it is, but it’s life changing.
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Daniel
5.0 out of 5 stars Es ahora mi libro favorito
Reviewed in Mexico on December 2, 2022
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Excelente libro, se convirtió en mi favorito.
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Jenny
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2024
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I quite enjoy Anthonys thought and like the way ye makes you question your true essence or his views of things, and I appreciate that he wrote his book to help people awake from their lovely sleep.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book!
Reviewed in India on January 25, 2024
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K. Pantoulas
5.0 out of 5 stars If you are at the first steps of awareness, this book is for you
Reviewed in Germany on June 20, 2023
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I bought this book in 2021 and I was not ready for it. I started reading it because it was a recommendation, but I had no connection with the words written AT ALL...Until I had a glimpse of awareness by myself.

2 years later, I picked up the book again and everything he was saying made total sense.

His words can be a bit cynical or frustrating at times, but this is with reason. Learning to become more aware, is a process that will uncover ideas I was uncomfortable reading or listening to. But that is the path. What is bothering me, has a hold over me and by being aware of the hold, I let it go. That is part of awareness.

And through De Mello's teachings I learned to uncover them in different areas of life. My relationship with myself (I and me), with others and with nature. There are many teachings I picked up and explored daily and now have given me a clearer view of my approach to life.
For example the idea of viewing desires as preferences. Preferences can be disconnected from one's identity (I) and do not cause the suffering a desire causes. But then you work on becoming more aware of what creates a sense of desire and how it affects your mindset.

There are great lessons in this book and his later book Wellsprings, has beautiful practices.
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