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u/jediknight · 2 pointsr/atheism

You assume it is hard. It is not if you run into the proper arguments.

I used to be a Catholic until I've read The Kingdom of God Is Within You by Leo Tolstoy. This book is not against religion but FOR it. However, it presented Christianity in a light that made it so beautiful that my old view on my faith seamed like a distorted ugly monster.

For a more recent work with some eastern flavor, read The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello. It's palm sized and packs such a great punch.

The first one was banned by the Russian Orthodox Church. The books of the second author were banned for a while by Vatican (by the current pope to me more precise, back when he was a cardinal) The ban was lifted but the damage was already done (accidental publicity).

Both books are somehow PRO Christianity. If you read them you will discover a beauty in your own faith way beyond what you can imagine right now. And then, you will try to evolve your understanding... and in this evolution, you will probably reach atheism at some point.

u/auggieadams · 2 pointsr/Divorce

You might want to try meditation/mindfulness. Read the book Mindsight, it will teach you how and why this will help.

Think of your mind as the hub of a wheel. Imagine the spokes moving out in all directions, connecting to our sensations (our five senses & the external world), our internal body (heart, lungs, etc), mental activities (feelings, thoughts, memories), and interconnectedness (with other people and our surroundings). The rim.

At the center (the hub), we are at peace. Everyone has a hub. But often times we get stuck on the outer parts of the wheel (in your case, feelings, thoughts, memories & maybe interconnectedness) and we can't find peace. Meditation can teach you to recognize when you are on focusing on the rim instead of being at the hub. Being your thoughts instead of seeing them for what they are.

I'd also recommend "The Way to Love: The Last Meditations of Anthony de Mello". It's a very short book with solid advice. You've attached your happiness to your STBX. Any time we attach to something for our happiness, we can't be happy because we become anxious of losing it. In your case, you have lost it. I'm in the same boat, so no judgement. We have to learn that we don't need them (or anyone or anything else) to be happy. It takes time, and mindfulness can help with this as well.

Maybe these can help you.

u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/everymanshouldknow

The most life-changing and influential book I have ever read is The Way to Love by Anthony de Mello.

Each chapter is short but powerful. De Mello gives simple advice that really makes you rethink the most fundamental parts of life, relationships, and the way you see yourself.

u/scomberscombrus · 1 pointr/awakened

Gently? Not sure, but try The Way to Love by Anthony de Mello, a Jesuit priest. Read the Amazon preview.

u/anecdotal-evidence · 1 pointr/polyamory

Well, okay, but you asked people to describe how it feels. I am saying that it feels very much like when you get the warm-fuzzies looking at a sunset or cuddling a puppy or whatever. It's no coincidence many poets compare love to nature.

Anthony De Mello was a Catholic priest, but don't let that put you off reading his works, as he was essentially banned by the Church. This book describes what I was talking about - attachments vs preferences and how love is not something that can be "found," but something that is always with us:
http://www.amazon.com/Way-Love-Meditations-Anthony-Classics/dp/038524939X

I've been researching love for years - all different angles. One of my favorite topics!

You may also be interested in this book as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_General_Theory_of_Love
... more of a scientific/rational approach. Discusses the concept of limbic resonance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbic_resonance

You might also just want to start here -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

> I am talking about the love people feel for each other, not some ethereal love for the universe.

It's not a love for the universe. It's love as energy, something within us. When we feel love for another person, what we are experiencing is a reflection of the love that is already within us.