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Awareness : a de Mello spirituality conference in his own words / Anthony De Mello ; edited by J. Francis Stroud.

By: De Mello, Anthony, 1931-1987.
Contributor(s): Stroud, J. Francis.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Fount Paperbooks, 1997Description: 184 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 0006275192 .Subject(s): Christian lifeDDC classification: 248.482
Contents:
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 towards 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 well with the world -- Sleepwalking -- Change as good -- 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store 248.482 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00076589
General lending MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending 248.482 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00168157
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

de Mello's spiritual classic remains at the top of the Fount bestsellers more than five years after it's original publication.

One of the most gifted spiritual guides of the 20th century, de Mello uses humour, compassion and insight to help his readers into a real understanding of the importance of 'awareness' in order to understand ourselves and the world around us.

Awareness is a comprehensive spiritual guide filled with wisdom as it tackles life's big questions - love, anger and fear, change, suffering, happiness and loss.

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 towards 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 well with the world -- Sleepwalking -- Change as good -- 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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Anthony de Mello SJ was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counselling in Poona, India. A member of the Jesuit community, he became renowned across the world for his retreats, workshops and seminars on prayer and the spiritual life. He died in 1987.