The Way to Love

Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher: Image
ISBN: 038524939X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
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," de Mello insists, saying that it is only when we see others as they are that we can begin to really love. But not only must we seek to see others with clarity, we must examine ourselves without misconception. The task, however, is not easy. "The most painful act," de Mello says, "is the act of seeing. But in that act of seeing that love is born." Anthony De Mello was the director of the Sadhana Institute of Pastoral Counseling in Poona, India, and authored several books. The Way To Love is his last.

The Way to Love

Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher: Image
ISBN: 0307951901
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The Way to Love contains some of the most beloved stories from Anthony de Mello. Here, more than ever before in his bestselling writing, 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,” de Mello insists, saying that it is only when we see the other as he or she really is that we begin to love. The second act of love, he says, is seeing ourselves without illusion—without the coercive nature of our needs, desires, memories, prejudices, and projections. If these steps are taken, then love will steal upon a person or into a relationship. But the task is not easy. “The most painful act the human can perform,” de Mello says, “is the act of seeing. It is in that act of seeing that love is born.”

The Way of Love

Author: Scott Gunn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880284868
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158

Book Description
As followers of Jesus, we are called to draw ever closer to our Savior. One path to the Way of Love is through seven key actions: Turn. Learn. Pray. Worship. Bless. Go. Rest. Includes questions, journal prompts, a guide for a personal rule of life.

Awareness

Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0006275192
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
De Mello's spiritual classic remains at the top of the Fount bestsellers more than five years after its original publication.

Call to Love

Author: Anthony De Mello
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187886273
Category : Meditations
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description

Love is the Way

Author: Bishop Michael B. Curry
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1529337348
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
We were created by love, for love, to love and to be loved. And we are at our best when we live in God's love. And I believe deep down, it's what we all want. We don't want hatred. We don't want the abyss. We want Beloved Community. The way of love is how to live it. When Prince Harry married Meghan Markle in 2018, two billion people watched around the world. For one brief moment, love recreated the cosmos, the world came together. And the Bishop Michael Curry preached his revolutionary sermon on the power of love. In this book, Bishop Curry shares his deep faith that characterised that cultural moment: the way of love. It is the underappreciated, all-but-forgotten understanding of agape, the love that uplifts, liberates and changes the world. Though some might believe the world has to be the same, this way has the power to change things for the better. In his warm and accessible style Bishop Curry holds out the hope of love in troubling times.

The Way to Love

Author: Matt Boswell
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532640366
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
“Love people.” An oft-proclaimed rallying cry for Christians, but what does it look like, in practice, to love? We may believe that love is “the greatest” (1 Cor 13:13). Love may be our destination. But do we know how to get there? This book addresses essential questions about the Christian life. What is a true, compelling, and helpful Christian understanding of love? What is spiritual growth supposed to do to us or for us (or for others, through us)? How can we speak of grace and personal initiative in one theological vision? How do we go beyond a spirituality that is either too privatized and insular or too activist without the undergirding character needed to sustain such activism? How do we ensure love is not simply a principle we hold or a slogan we applaud but a powerful force that perpetually grows in us and ripples out to others in concrete, transformative ways? This book is a guide to love. Drawing on virtue ethics, psychology, theology, and spirituality, it offers a love-centered, hopeful vision of the Christian spiritual life. The story in which God invites us to live is about a journey of love, toward love. Is this your story?

The Way of Love

Author: Livio Melina
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681495678
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
In response to Benedict XVI's first encyclical, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies and Marriage and Family reflects, together with the Holy Father, on love. From the very beginning, the fundamental work of the Institute has been pursuing a deeper understanding of God's plan for marriage and family. In these twenty-five years various generations of students and professors, following the legacy of John Paul II, have been able to discover and communicate the beauty of the vocation for which all men have been created: the call to love. Twenty-six professors from the Institute's various sessions express what in their understanding are the main themes of the document, approaching the topics raised by the Holy Father with different theological and philosophical perspectives; by so doing they have highlighted the significance and fecundity of the lines of thought suggested by the Pope. This book is offered as a path towards a fuller understanding of the profundity and richness of the love with which God fills us and wants us to communicate in our turn.

Following the Way of Love

Author: Karen L. Jackson
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1462825915
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description
In her debuting anthology, Following the Way of Love, Karen L. Jackson shares a compelling story about the complexities of abuse in its many forms sexual, physical, emotional, and verbal. This powerfully written book gives voice to the devastation victims of abuse face daily. We see the ripped flesh of their wounded hearts, hear the haunting cries of their soul, and are made privy to their vulnerable life experiences. But the author doesnt leave us in the valley of despair; rather she focuses on the increasing liberty one acquires as he/she journeys toward healing. Hope resonates on each page. Karens story rich in imagery and Biblical wisdom carefully unfolds in the blending of poetry, short stories, narratives, and teachings. Readers of this book will assuredly find themselves cheering for the champion within Karen and giving Him praise for creating a vessel of beauty from the ashes of her life. Order Your Copy Today!

The Way Home to Love

Author: Maresha Donna Ducharme
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504382560
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 147

Book Description
The Way Home to Love interprets the sacred mysteries and esoteric principles of spiritual understanding. It also explores the themes of personal practice in consciousness and how one can find the keys to inner peace. If Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Muhammad, and the Divine Mother were to meet in conversation, what would each think of the others spiritual points of views? Maresha has been engaged in a decades long dialogue between the many comparative traditions and distills the essence of unity and understanding held within the heart of all spiritual traditions. Composed in a state of meditative awareness and clarity, Maresha explores the intersection of what is universally sacred and how to find within oneself this wellspring of love and peace. This book is designed to help the reader to successfully reveal the peace that dwells within ones own heart. This body of teaching transcends religion by extracting the essential spiritual truths that are the foundational guide to the power of personal transformation. The talks and spiritual teachings in this book were given at gatherings and retreats for spiritual students and seekers at Snow Dragon Sanctuary. Each one is an inspiration, reminding us how to live a conscious life. Each one helps us to remember the true nature of love and the guiding principles of spiritual living: how to be peaceful, beautiful, and more deeply connected to God and how to sustain and nurture our faith.