Tony quotes

"You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell." ........................................... As soon as you look at the world through an ideology you are finished. No reality fits an ideology. Life is beyond that. That is why people are always searching for a meaning to life… Meaning is only found when you go beyond meaning. Life only makes sense when you perceive it as mystery and it makes no sense to the conceptualizing mind. ............................................ To a visitor who asked to become his disciple the Master said, "You may live with me, but don't become my follower." "Whom, then, shall I follow?" "No one. The day you follow someone you cease to follow Truth." ............................................. Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one's awareness of one's ignorance. .............................................. "You are only a disciple because your eyes are closed. The day you open them you will see there is nothing you can learn from me or anyone." "What then is a Master for?" "To make you see the uselessness of having one." .............................................. Once upon a time there were two monks who had lived together for 40 years and never had a squabble. Not even once. One day, one monk said to the other: "Don't you think it's about time we had a squabble, even if it's just once?" "Sure," replied the other monk. "Let's get started right away. About what shall we squabble?" "About this piece of bread perhaps?" the first monk offered. "Ok, let's have a squabble over this bread. How are we going to go about this?" Asked the other again. "This bread is mine, and mine alone," said the first monk. "Oh yeah? Well you can keep it," said the second monk. .

Awareness Parts 01 – 08

(Thanks for visiting awareness.tk, but please note, from April 2010 i’ll be living on a mountain in Africa (please see ‘the Taita Hills’ blog post),  so won’t be able to approve comments or respond to queries (at least with any consistancy or regularity).

All the best, Love, J)

part 1. on waking up


(images courtesy of Zen gardens in Japan)

part 2. will i be of help to you?


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

parts 3 and 4. on the proper kind of selfishness, and, on wanting happiness


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part 5. on psychology


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parts 6 and 7. renunciation, and, listen and unlearn


(images courtesy of Satoyama)

part 8a. the masquerade of charity (1 of 2)


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part 8b. the masquerade of charity (2 of 2)


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Awareness Parts 01-08 Awareness Parts 09-16 Awareness Parts 17-24 Awareness Parts 25-32

Awareness Parts 33-40 Awareness Parts 41-49 Awareness Parts 50-56

39 comments to Awareness Parts 01 – 08

  • Colin Hughes

    Like you I found Tony somewhere late 80′s and similarly thought Oh no!! A Jesuit but something kept me reading and still does.
    As I re-read his work new thoughts occur

    • Peter

      Hello

      I’ve been practising de Mello teaching for over ten years. I’m looking for His Sadhana audiobook. Do you have it in mp3 files maybe? If so, please let me know, I don’t have enough money to buy it. Thanx a lot.

  • I have been studying all of this for years, but never found anything as clear as Anthony De Mello. I only found him by accident last week by picking up a discarded book called Sadhana, the experience. Normally, I shun anything to do with the church. What a treasure this has become! Looked on youtube and went through first 25 parts of Awareness. Will complete tomorrow. Absolutely Amazing.

  • Without a doubt, Tony offers valuable tools for living, as well as awakening.

  • Peter

    I’ve been a fan of Tony for less than year, he is a hidden treasure!

  • JamesD

    Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

  • Geo George

    It is something really wonderful.

    His clarity and understanding of mysticism while being a part of the system, though he would not endorse it, he could comprehend and nuance the mysticism in a luicd and straight forward manner for others.

  • Avinash

    While many new age Teachers have emerged, who have been talking of the same thing, and in extremely efective ways, such as Eckhart Tolle, Anthony’s force is something else. Kudos to you who have made him available on the web.

  • Thank you so much for posting these! Anthony’s teachings are so helpful. :)

  • Dazza

    Does anyone know where I can get the whole series of awareness with these videos to purchase??????

  • Bernadette

    thank you Jack for making de Mello awailable to a lot of people I have been a de Mello fan for about 15 years and have read awareness lots of time I lost count, so I really enjoy listening to his voice

    • thanks Bernardette, and thanks all for your generous comments – it really is my pleasure, and i’m very happy others appreciate it.

      from mid January 2010 i’ll not be around to approve or respond to comments – gonna live on a mountain in Africa (see ‘the Taita Hills’ blog post) – so please don’t take it personally. if/when i come back on line i’ll amend this post accordingly.

      Love,

      jack

  • Hello,
    my name is Silverio Zanobetti and I’m a member of LUW – libera università del Web – free university on web, a no-profit association which, for the moment, take action thanks to the You Tube platform. We saw your lessions named ” awareness” and we thought it would be very interesting if you could take part in this project, including your lessions on our platform.For this matter you can visit the website : http://www.liberauniversitadelweb.it.
    For a better understanding please visit the section ” consigli agli insegnanti ” and “consigli agli studenti”, you’ll find some information in english.

    Thank you very much for your attention, and awaiting to hear from you,
    Best Regards.

  • Come to see our website. we are a free university of web. You could take part to this project with your videos. Read section called “consigli per studenti” e “consigli per insegnanti” ( you will find information in english)
    goodbye

  • Doug

    I was wondering if and where I could purchase the Awareness Parts 1-8 series?
    Thanks! I would love to have this on CD…
    -Doug

  • nik

    Thanks so much for all these wonderful videos, Jack.

    Please endeavour to keep the site up when you’re in the hills. All the best, my friend.:)

    nik

  • Mark

    de mello opened my eyes to reality, and at first it was very scary. Now I can see the beauty in everything. I have had a very loud wake up call.

  • I spent 5 days with deMello at LeMoyne College in 1986. He helped me plan a trip to India ashrams. It was a week that began to awaken me to who I was, and was a pivotal time in my life journey.

    • Nada

      Hi Dave, I have lots of de Mello’s books and can say with certainty that he changed my life. It would be great to find out something about him as a person, and I see that you had a great honour to meet him in person, would you mind telling me your experience of him.

      Kins Regards
      Nada

  • Chris

    thank u for this website, i hoped to find something like this, a collection of de mello’s videos.
    another great speaker about truth and life is this man here http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4982186/Jonathan_Adampants___Spirit

  • Suzanne

    I first heard of Anthony De Mello 20 years ago, just after his death – which he predicted apparently… How refreshing to have such an enlightened priest, that absorbed the teachings and cultures of so many other religions and sciences and knew the common denominator of all of them..AWARENESS

  • Akemi

    Very very interesting..
    Unfortunatly I’ve problems to understand them listening to them..Do you know where I can find these lessons written down instead of videos?
    Thank you so much guys!

  • Lene

    Thank you for making this website.

  • Mike - Columbus, Ohio

    Years ago I purchased a copy of Awareness. I started reading it and couldn’t seem to get anything from it. I just was not understanding many of Tony’s messages. About a year or so later, during a troubling time in my life, I picked the book up again. It was like I was reading a totally different book. It made perfect sense to me and the lessons I have learned helped me to “understand.” The pages are now tatered and yellow but I continue to go back to this magnificent work and to learn something each time it seems. What a gift he had. I recomend his work to others very often, but I sometimes think to myself, “will they get it?” “will they really understand what he has written, or will they be like me and go back again and again to squeeze these drops of wisdom from the pages. His work has changed my thinking and made me thrust for more. Thank you for putting this site online.

  • I went to half priced books and found a De Mello book simply called “Anthony De Mello.” In it there were profound teachings and stories that have really changed my way of living. Of course Awareness is king but this book goes even deeper once you’re ready for it.

  • Steve

    Tony Demello is an inspiration. What else matters? A truly living, loving human being! It’s as though his conciousness is one with life and his life’s mission is to spread it so that everyone can share the joy of life. You’re beautiful Tony and your power is stronger today Than when you were living on this earth!

  • Ben

    I love De Mellos books.. Awareness, one minute wisdom and Walking on water.

    Has anyone read Osho’s book also titled Awareness? It seems similar. I always try to read any book dealing with awareness or witnessing. I prefer De Mello though, he doesnt seem to attempt to be mystical or overly spiritual; his ordinariness is endearing.

    Thank you So Much for the audio of Awareness and the pdf too.. I found a number of typos or mis-edits in the book using the audio.

  • Julian Calvo

    Great job at putting together all of this limitless information. Spreading the word will surely help awaken more of us

  • Tony you left this world too soon with all your wisdom and glory. Hope to meet you someday on the other side.

  • Christa

    Thank you for the putting the videos out there for everyone to see.
    I read Awareness and The Way To Love….and I am very grateful to Anthony De Mello. For helping me to wake up.

  • Hey all, hope you enjoy this Anthony DeMello techno music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxqYg-uPz54

  • andrew nordeen

    I promise, i will notice the river after you are gone, dear friend. I never come and i never go. I am never born and i never die. I am present everywhere. Isnt it wonderfull I never leave?

  • Lois diCosola

    I went to Tony’s retreats–three before he passed.– He was amazing– I thank you J for this-
    Lois

  • Isabella

    Thanks J for your work….many hours of editing… lots of insight for many
    Great gift!!!!
    If somebody wants “more”, go to Adyashanti.org…the same in a diferent style. LIFE is just ONE
    enjoy!!

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