Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello

by Anthony de Mello

Book Overview

From the international bestselling author of Awareness, a pocket-sized guide that will bring you to new levels of spiritual awareness.

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,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038524939X
• ISBN13: 9780385249393
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Image
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 3.4" x 4.9"

Customer Reviews

The book has repeated pages and is skipping the first pages.

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One of the most accessible books on spirituality

an accurate picture of the roots of our suffering by one of the great spiritual guys. A remarkable little book!

Pocket-size perspective

A friend sent this book to me when I finished grad school, along with a note: "Upon discovering the complicated & ugly muck of the world, one of my first questions was 'what now?' This book helped." It's the meditations of a Jesuit priest, who is surprisingly concrete in his examples of things from life that pull us down or stress us out, and a new way to think of them. I read a chapter a night before bed, and it gave me a lot to think about, and a lot of perspective. Helped me realize what's important and what's not so. Helped me deal with things, some small, some bigger.

The Man Changed My Life

As other reviewers have alluded to, this book is deceivingly small. Do not let it's size dupe you for one moment! This composition is said to be Anthony de Mello's last authored words, filled with both profound wisdom and plenty of tidbits for personal contemplations for us booklovers. Anthony de Mello selects pieces from the Gospels in the Bible, weaving together a book all about living a life in love. It is truly extraordinary! Now I for my part do not belong to the Christian traditions, I practice Zen Buddhism in contrast. But these are just names. Religious life is simply life. Why spend our time only experiencing just one kind of religion, when we can take away some of the best from each one of them? Anthony de Mello, in my present day evaluation, represents the "best of" the Christian tradition for me to now benefit from. I imagine you will find the same. Have a pleasure reading this jewel over and over again.

It changed my life... better yet, still doing it!

To grasp the wisdom in this book, you have to be completely open-minded and read it all the way before forming an opinion. Easy to read, this book will challenge you and leave you wanting for more. De Mello sort of pushes to the extreme, wanting you to absorve the most out of it. He probably knew that most people, are not in position to reach that ultimate state of enlighment, considering that this requires letting go a whole set of superflous goals and desires, in todays society, its very improbable to most. Still he reveals how to take the first steps. Some progress is better than none...the rest will come on its own. The least this book will do, if you allow it to, it will purify your perception on life...how long does the effect lasts, that depends on you. This was Anthonys last before he died,and I believe he went in peace....

Discover the real meaning of LOVE

There are few books that really have changed the way I view people and life itself - The Way to Love is definitely one; which accounts for the fact that I've given over a dozen copies as gifts! Anthony de Mello digs into the very heart of the Scripture quoted at the beginning of each chapter - his unique view of life will expose all the falseness of our "western" way of thinking and perhaps make you question things you have always taken for granted. After reading and meditating perhaps you too will never be the same. Peace!

Simple concepts that challenge your beliefs about happiness.

This book provides simple, thought provoking concepts that open your eyes to the world around you. Each chapter challenges your goals, thoughts, and beliefs as to what you need to be happy. Read it. Spend time contemplating these concepts and experience the freedom from axiety and boredom in your life. It prompts a whole new level of thinking that rebuffs what society, religion, and family have taught you.