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Authors: Anthony De Mello
ISBN-13: 9780385196147, ISBN-10: 0385196148
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group
Date Published: September 1984
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Anthony De Mello

Book Synopsis

One of the world's foremost spiritual guides responds to the modern hunger for self-awareness and holistic living with a series of spiritual exercises blending psychology, spiritual therapy, and practices drawn from both Eastern and Western traditions of meditation.

	Introduction	7
	Awareness	11
Exercise 1.	The Riches of Silence	13
Exercise 2.	Body Sensations	15
Exercise 3.	Body Sensations. Thought Control	20
Exercise 4.	Thought Control	23
Exercise 5.	Breathing Sensations	26
	Awareness and Contemplation	28
Exercise 6.	God in My Breath	36
Exercise 7.	Breath Communication with God	37
Exercise 8.	Stillness	39
Exercise 9.	Body Prayer	42
Exercise 10.	The Touch of God	45
Exercise 11.	Sounds	47
Exercise 12.	Concentration	50
Exercise 13.	Finding God in All Things	52
Exercise 14.	Awareness of the Other	53
	Personal Benefits from Awareness	56
	Group Benefits of Awareness	57
	Contemplation Easier in a Group	59
	The Special Value of Body Awareness	60
	Fantasy	63
Exercise 15.	There and Here	65
Exercise 16.	A Place for Prayer	68
Exercise 17.	The Return to Galilee	69
Exercise 18.	The Joyful Mysteries of Your Life	71
Exercise 19.	The Sorrowful Mysteries	73
Exercise 20.	Release from Resentment	75
Exercise 21.	The Empty Chair	78
Exercise 22.	Ignatian Contemplation	79
Exercise 23.	Symbolic Fantasies	85
Exercise 24.	Healing of Hurtful Memories	89
Exercise 25.	The Value of Life	89
Exercise 26.	Seeing Life in Perspective	94
Exercise 27.	Saying Good-bye to Your Body	96
Exercise 28.	Your Funeral	97
Exercise 29.	Fantasy on the Corpse	98
Exercise 30.	Consciousness of the Past	99
Exercise 31.	Awareness of the Future	102
Exercise 32.	Awareness of Persons	103
	Devotion	105
Exercise 33.	The "Benedictine" Method	107
Exercise 34.	Vocal Prayer	111
Exercise 35.	The Jesus Prayer	114
Exercise 36.	The Thousand Names of God	117
Exercise 37.	See Him Looking at You	119
Exercise 38.	The Heart of Christ	120
Exercise 39.	The Name as Presence	122
Exercise 40.	The Prayer of Intercession	123
Exercise 41.	Petition	128
Exercise 42.	Jesus the Saviour	130
Exercise 43.	Gospel Sentences	132
Exercise 44.	Holy Desires	133
Exercise 45.	God-centeredness	135
Exercise 46.	Living Flame of Love	136
Exercise 47.	The Prayer of Praise	137

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