COURSE

Fearlessness

Our lives have been built on false beliefs our culture programmed into us that has us seeing ourselves, the world, and each other in distorted ways. Just look at the fear everywhere, the suffering it causes, the inner and the outer conflict, the confusion. Yet one hears the great mystics speak of a reality of love and joy within us and surrounding us, there to make our lives meaningful and beautiful and rich, yet most people have no idea of this whatsoever. The reason? They’re brainwashed by false beliefs that go unquestioned. They're hypnotized. It’s like a stage magician has hypnotized us to see what is not there, and not see what is there. This course, drawn from the famous lectures given by Anthony De Mello at Fordham University, is the snap of the finger that awakens us from the hypnotic state.

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Meet your Teacher

Anthony De Mello Legacy

San Francisco, CA, USA

Anthony De Mello (1931-1987) was an Indian Jesuit priest, psychotherapist, and spiritual master. He was a seminal influence in the early stages of the modern spiritual movement. The power of the spirituality he illuminated has been acknowledged by Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, Adyashanti, Thomas Moore, Aubrey Marcus, Paulo Coelho, Rhonda Byrne, Dr. Paul O, and Tim Ferris. His books have sold worldwide in the millions and continue to sell robustly, and his influence as a spiritual teacher continues to have lasting impact.

11 Days

5.4k students

4.9 stars

7 min / day

Awakening

English

Lesson 1

Before You Set Sail: A Note About The Sound Quality

Please take note that the recordings that comprise this course were originally made in the 1970s and while they are certainly better than good enough, the audio quality in places may not meet 21st century studio standards. This is due, of course, to the technological limitations of recording 40 years ago. On occasion, you may encounter some background noise, volume variations, or other imperfections. Substantial effort went into enhancing and restoring these historic recordings to produce the transformational experience the course extends.

Lesson 2

Life Is A Banquet

Life is a banquet and the tragedy is that most people are starving to death. We spend years and years striving to earn our way to an invitation to the banquet, thinking we need to make ourselves worthy of it. The irony is there's nothing you can do to gain entrance to the banquet. Do you know why? Because you are there already, albeit unsuspectingly. It's a matter of waking up.

Lesson 3

I Discovered Something

Spiritual awakening is the rediscovery of life. Here is what that means. We were born happy. We lost it. We were born free. We lost it. We born with the gift of life.We lost it. We have to rediscover it.

Lesson 4

This Thing Called Life

You got a theory that says you got to be upset or you're not human. It has you actively engaged in making yourself miserable. If you weren't actively making yourself miserable, you'd be happy. Happiness is your natural state. The world is shot through with happiness. But you don’t experience it because of a theory.

Lesson 5

The Exhausting Task Of Attachments

Happiness cannot be defined. As a matter of fact, you have no idea of what happiness is until you've dropped attachment. Happiness could only be defined as the dropping of illusion, the dropping of attachment. When misery caused by attachment is dropped, happiness is attained.

Lesson 6

Awareness Is An Extraordinary Thing

I’ve not known of one person who would give time to being aware who wouldn't see the difference in just a matter of weeks. The quality of your living changes. You're much more energetic, much more alive. You're losing your tension about succeeding and much more creative in solving problems. You are yourself, relaxed. You’re not driving with your brakes on anymore.

Lesson 7

The Formless Wonder Of The Child

This is how it is: We have to fall from the state of innocence and be thrown out of paradise and develop this “me” based on concepts. But we can return to paradise again. We can be redeemed. How? By putting off the old man, the old woman, the old conditioned self and looking at the world through the eyes of the child.

Lesson 8

Dropping Attachments Doesn't Mean Dropping Out

You really begin to enjoy your life and your work when you're unattached because attachment brings anxiety. When you're anxious because you're holding on to something you could hardly be said to enjoy it. So, detachment is not a withdrawal from enjoyment. It's a withdrawal from stress and anxiety.

Lesson 9

Giving Is Receiving

A good is never so good as when you have no awareness that you're doing good. You are never so good as when you have no consciousness that you're good. As the great Sufis say, "A saint is a saint until she thinks she is a saint."

Lesson 10

Dancing To The Beat Of Your Own Drum

You know what it means to be with people and to have no tension. It means you don't give a darn whether they like you or not. It means you don’t give a darn what they think of you. And do you know what that means you will experience? Freedom.

Lesson 11

Come Home To Yourself

Come home to yourself. Home is found in the silence of your being, which cannot be induced or sought directly. What you must do is seek awareness, and silence will appear of its own accord. In this meditation that concludes the course, you are invited to let all anxieties cease and allow the ego to become quiet, so the peace of your essential self can arise.

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Recent Reviews

Mary

December 9, 2025

These are short recordings of concentrated perspectives and direct language on truth. Very good!

October 13, 2025

Thank you very much

Vanessa

October 8, 2025

A treasure of practical reminders of the immediate access to and eternal presence of peace and happiness

Judie

August 21, 2025

Caused me to look deeper and when I think I understand, look deeper yet

Elaine

August 19, 2025

Very insightful 🌹💯♾️🙏

Esme

August 1, 2025

What a joy to be able to hear the voice of an spiritual elder....

Ros

July 31, 2025

🙏

Denise

July 29, 2025

Excellent talk about life and perspectives of of people. Thank you 🙏

Aimee

July 13, 2025

Excellent!!

Mario

July 8, 2025

Tough Guy Christian Knows Things Calls out your bs kindly Challenges you with reality 💙 Anthony

Teresa

June 27, 2025

Thank you! I am grateful for your courses on insight timer. I have listened to this and the science of ending stress multiple times and get a little more each time. It takes practice and this helps me remember to do it and how to do it. It's all with in each of us. God is all around us. 🙏

Sandra

June 24, 2025

Thank you for reminding me to surrender to the outside world and live in the present! Life is wonderful in every way! Inside and outside. Heaven on earth! We are all one.

Zaida

June 19, 2025

Love the tone of voice and content within each session, it has helped me greatly move through fear. Thank you!!!

Jenny

June 16, 2025

Insightful and still processing and go back to it in the future. Really enjoyed!

John

June 3, 2025

Thank you 🙏

d•i•

May 29, 2025

Classic Tony!

May 27, 2025

Bold!!!

Essence

May 26, 2025

I have never heard of this man and I’m so grateful for the other gentleman who has has presented Anthony DeMelllo for us. I could listen to so much more. I hope that there is more to come thank you. Period for uploading this and sharing this man’s depth with us.

Mya

May 21, 2025

Loved this course so much! Hurt felt like I was getting lots of “real talk” from a trusted friend. 💗🙏

May 14, 2025

Loved this thank you 🙏❤️🙏

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