This book changed my outlook on life.  No really.  I had a friend who told me to read it for a couple of years before I finally did.  I’m not sure I would have been ready to hear its message if I’d picked it up when she told me to – in fact, that’s a major point of the book.

Anthony de Mello was a Jesuit priest who practiced in India, advising the world to “wake up!”  His brand of spirituality is a combination of Catholic doctrine and eastern dogma.  “Awareness” is the transcription of his final workshops.  Its conversational tone presents everyday challenges and illustrations of the ways we can live lives of awareness.