The Way to Love

By Anthony de Mello

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help

The Way to Love, published in 1992, collects the last meditations of Anthony de Mello, the Indian Jesuit priest and psychotherapist who died in 1987. In short reflections, de Mello argues that love requires dropping attachments, illusions and the dependence on other people's approval. He urges readers to see reality as it is and to become aware of the beliefs and conditioning that keep them from happiness and freedom.

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