The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended as pointers, were now being taken as descriptions. He loved to quote the Eastern saying "When the sage points to the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.

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De Mello authored numerous spiritual books and conducted courses based upon his work.

The few talks which he allowed to be filmed such as "A Rediscovery of Life" and "A Way to God for Today" have inspired many viewers and audiences since being released; and have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of TV watchers throughout the United States Canada and Central America; in colleges universities Newman centers and communities. He traveled to many countries to study and later to teach most notably Spain and the United States. An internationally acclaimed spiritual guide writer and public speaker de Mello hosted many spiritual conferences.