Awareness + The Way to Love

The Book

De Mello was a Jesuit priest who sounded more like a Zen master. Both books say the same thing: you're asleep, you don't know you're asleep, and the moment you see that, everything shifts. No comfort. No reassurance. Just clarity.

Short chapters. Each one a slap. He doesn't care about your feelings. He cares about your freedom. If you want someone to tell you everything is fine, read something else.

Key Takeaways

• People don't really want to be cured. They want relief
• If what you say about me says more about you than it does about me, what does that tell you about everything?
• True love is not attachment. Attachment is dependency
• You don't need to change. You need to see. The seeing is the change
• Happiness is your natural state. You don't achieve it. You stop blocking it