Rediscovering Life: Awaken to Reality

Simply brilliant - easy to read, as it is a transcript of a lecture Tony de Mello gave towards the end of his life, it reads as if you are just listening to him talk. The wisdom is profound. I agree this book is a great companion to his books Awareness & The Way to Love which are my other two fav's of his. This is a short but very sweet book! here are a few little extracts that particularly resonated for me: "It's very hard to define maturity, but I've come up with a fairly workable definition: Maturity is when you no longer blame anyone. You don't blame others, you don't blame yourself. You see what's wrong, and you set about remedying it. That's one pretty good sign of maturity." "Maybe someone did wrong. But look, could you understand them? Because that's what love is all about, see. Love is not blaming others. Love is not judging others. Love is not condemning others. Love is understanding. Can you understand where they came from? Can you understand how there's so little malice there, and so much ignorance? And so much goodwill, and so much helplessness, and so much programming, and so much confusion, and so much fear. Have you ever paused to understand this? Oh, then you'll understand what it means to love." when "you're upset, this isn't coming from the other person, it isn't coming from you; it's coming from your programming. Oh, I see. All of a sudden there's perspective. There's understanding."

This book is a transcript of a retreat or workshop that Mr de Mello presented shortly before his death. It is excellent and is the sort of presentation that one is likely to read many times over the course of one's life. It is, as another reviewer has said, a clear revelation of how we have been taught to be unhappy, by being conditioned to react in a negative and often distressing way to people and events in our daily life. Fundamentally this is all based upon craving and attachment and to resistance and aversion, perhaps best exemplified by our desire for approval or, at the very least, for the avoidance of disapproval. The book is a very effective accompaniment to two other superb books by the same author - 1) Awareness and 2) The Way To Love. It is a must-read!

This is one of those precious books invaluable to anyone who really wants to see life as it is. To make you aware of how indoctrinated you are. How brainwashed. And how to free yourself of all this brainwashing. How to come back in tune with life as it really is. Strong stuff!

It's an interesting format, like an interview transcript. But it works. Some great ideas and concepts about life. I just wish I'll have the courage to pause and reflect on it, instead of rushing on to the next book.

One of the most inspiring books I have ever read. It has life changing moments and practical ideas on how to apply them to everyday life. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to find spiritual fulfilment in this day and age.

Tony never fails to deliver the goods, I already had most of his books and this one was no exception. A truly brilliant man. To the one person who was "really disappointed" and said "it's all covered in the book awareness", all I can say is that he clearly missed the whole point of this book which is not covered at all in Awareness!!

The first of his books I’ve read and I loved it. Its simplicity, its directness and its humour. Sums up the spiritual journey in just a few words. Priceless.

mandatory read. beautifully written.

I surely enjoyed reading it. Hope you get enlightened from the message. Like how simply the message is put forth..

Anthony De Mello ,once again show how simple life is, in "Rediscovering Life" . The sence of humor he offer it's like the polen that the bee uses to give us the honey. All simple, but so truth ,so magnificient and sweet! I could only have 3 authors in my bookshelf, and Anthony de Mello it's absolutly one of them. Appart he is no longer "living" with us, he is one of the best "friends" someone should have a chance to read and have around in all of circumstances ! We really don't nead to know our friends in person , and this one it's sublime, and so rich and generous charing all this stories with meaning.

Love it

C'est la deuxième fois que je lis ce livre tellement il est plein de bon sens. Il apaise. 100% recommandé !

Assolutamente da leggere..