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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…

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I am a self-help junkie and have read a ridiculous amount of books about relationships. But if I had to pick one, this would be it. This little book reveals the secret to peace in your relationships… and it’s not what you think. Anthony de Mello teaches that love is found only in fearlessness and freedom. He provides a simple formula for releasing the angst caused by unhealthy attachments to our partners, so we can feel joyful and complete in their company or on our own. Anthony de Mello’s wisdom has been instrumental in my personal healing and provided the…

If you want to love, want to feel loved, want all things love, but it’s evading you… perhaps you feel depressed or unseen or you keep *trying* but there are no satisfying results or answers… you need to look no further than this very tiny little book. As a death educator, I have found the work in this book paramount to my own self-love, love for others, and love at the time of death—at which time we all could use a hefty serving of loving support. The Way to Love aims to unravel all that you have been programmed…

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