Anthony De Mello
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by Unknown author · first published 1999
100% recommend
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Short, often funny spiritual teachings on awareness and freeing yourself from attachment. It offers a light, accessible entry into Eastern-style meditation and self-reflection.
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Anthony de Mello - Call to Love
on “Ask HN: Which non-technology book has influenced you the most and why?” ↗…trip but if you want to live there, you need to pay the price. The price might be 10 years of daily meditation. For a frequently funny and light-hearted approach to this subject I recommend the work of Anthony de Mello. He used the word "Awareness" to label this space an "Wake Up" for the process of getting there.
on “Mindfulness and meditation can worsen depression and anxiety” ↗Im in the same boat as you. 32, never have to work again, living in an apartment just off the beach in a holiday resort in the eu. I can only recommend checking out Michael Singer and Anthony De Mello for spiritual guide. Im personally keeping my possessions to what can fit in two suit cases so that I can master what i have which is mostly portable music studio gear , a synthesizer, drum machine, qy700…
on “Ask HN: 27, accidentally became wealthy, lost drive. What should I do?” ↗Awareness by Anthony De Mello I've been a follower of Eastern Philosophy for 20+ years and have also read most major religious and philosophical works, but during my reading of this book I experienced Satori, Englightenment, Awakening,…
on “Ask HN: What book changed your life?” ↗…PTO, the work week, meetings and so much more and offers opinionated alternatives. Basecamp is clearly thinking independently from first principles here, and I really admire that. - The Way to Love, Anthony de Mello - meditations on freeing yourself from attachment and your own programming. This book pairs really well with Free Will (I read them around the same time) because both offer unique perspectives on why…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗Awareness by Anthony De Mello I haven't been the same, in the best way possible, ever since reading it. Anthony was well-read and traveled and his background as an Indian, Jesuit Priest and practicing psychologist put him at the…
on “Ask HN: Books for Reevaluation of Life” ↗…a good question. But really, you may as well say "Sleep! Wake up tomorrow!", "Then what?". I don't know if there is 'an answer', but you could consider the Buddhist style views (I liked Awareness by Anthony De Mello, Buddhism Plain and Simple by Steve Hagen and The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. You might say they're a bit new agey or self helpey, but you're contemplating death so it's not like you've got a lot to…
on “If most of us won't escape wage slavery, how is humanity still a good idea?” ↗