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Summary of Anthony De Mello book - Awareness. It was initially created by Malcolm and then I've added few more points to it. So it's neither his work, nor mine. But it's fun :-) Go on, be doubtful and disagree please.

• The S (far right side) = the overview, big picture, the summary of what the author is saying: Wake up!
• The I (far left side) = the author's analysis of the problem, and the current position of people in relation to the big picture: They're Asleep!
• The E (center) = the role the 'I' has in getting across from the problem to the solution, or from sleeping to waking.
• The S (far right again) = is the result, end conclusion, the goal of traveling the 'E' to get to the other side: Enlightenment, Peace, Love etc....

I Analysis of Situation	E Bridge Across - What we can do to change	S What are the results? (game-plan, goal or strategy)
everyone is sleeping, ignorant we are all asses, idiots, fools, monkeys we are sick, self-serving we all live a mechanical, unaware life we resist waking up, resist change - it's painful we love our ideas/projections of people - not people our relationships are all utilitarian our reality is distorted by our own feelings, ideas we identify with our ego, our materialism, our wants we have blocks to awareness like: we focus on what we lack, what we don't have we are driven for fame, power, money we fear loss of the known we are dependent on others, ideas, opinions, things or people we are unwilling to listen to ourselves we have aversion to pain, to the truth we run away when confronted with truth we think our desires, motives, society is real we create false bridges or attempts to cross over (false ways to pursue happiness, truth, reality etc) we are socially conditioned, brainwashed our standards are social norms & conditioning reality is what social conditioning we believe we suffer renouncing things and that makes us stuck to them fighting with the darkness accepting only confirming opinions refusing to see, to understand in order to suppress the pain of change in a rush all the time to minimize the chance to stop, see and understand enjoying organized business to distract and entertain us we have problems in our wery own minds demanding others to live their lives according to our taste we demand approval, appreciation, attention, success, power, support, valuation terrified by criticism dependent on others to be happy or sad we are with inner self conflict all the time	choose awareness: we change when we begin to understand, become aware observer & listen to self with detachment, without motive, without care, want, need, manipulation observer to understand who we're being & doing understand we may have false beliefs understand we have self-serving elements in everything we do (think, say, act) be ready to learn stop caring about success, failure, hapiness, money, fame, honor, status drop our judgements, opinions, illusions, pretensions, focusing on wants, problems, desire, concepts, ideology, negative feelings, solid attitude embrace a reality we may not have understood before be ready to be challenged unlearn our social conditioning stop fixing others, stop trying to change others allow tension, suffering, anxiety to pass through us die to self, lose self read scripture suffer enough learn to enjoy life without single word of appreciation, without the option to res the head on someone elses shoulder for support stop emotional dependecies and relations surrender to love, allow love to have us no violence cope with inner conflict, hatred first stop making people good return love for hate include excluded admit that we are wrong don't do anything - understand don't avoid people who create bad feelings in us don't posses things be free and let other be free as well don't try hard - relax stop searching and doing things just to make us feel that we are better then the others see the wonder of everyday identify with our true self tell our best friends that we don't need them, set them free stop travelling - arrive stop adoration - be doubtful have golden heart be free enjoy work, play, laughter, the company of people, pleasure of senses and mind	enlightenment, understanding awareness (brings change & transformation) happiness (result of awareness) love (we become fearless) God (we find God) truth steadiness (harmony-unaffected by people, ideas, opinions, no-one can hurt or harm us anymore - no-one has power to disturb or control us anymore) new reality (we are in touch with true reality) we feel beauty of human existence the world is fine freedom joy we are true humans we are still asses, idiots, fools while we still feel bad or depressed, but it's the part of the reality and harmony of the world