I want to make it clear that I neither like nor dislike osteopathy. What should really make you shiver is how the watchdogs of the dominant religion, science, lash out against any practice that doesn't conform.
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The Middle Ages were a mystical period, possessing greatness and perfect magnificence, like all times, in their imperfection.
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In the Odyssey, the sorceress Circe warned Ulysses/Odysseus that while crossing a stretch of sea, he would hear the irresistible song of the sirens, but following it would lead him disastrously onto the rocks.
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Between the ages of ten and sixteen, we lived as if in a limbo. To my family, I was costly in economic terms, and not only that, but nothing compared to what a young person of the same age costs today. Ours was a free youth.
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This is the mantra every teacher, instructor, and even master should repeat endlessly to themselves. Clarity on this fundamental point prevents unnecessary misunderstandings and expectations.
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As humans, we have the great privilege of performing an alchemical transmutation within ourselves, allowing us to escape the mechanical nature of existence and enter the magical space of awareness.
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One of the many facets of self-harm is the idolatry of artificial intelligence. It should be a tool that supports humankind, not replaces it. Instead, humans are forgetting their own conscience, increasingly bowing to the rational-scientific religion of the moment and worshipping the new God.
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The authentic Being is not enslaved by its own ego, passions, or dreams that become desires, yet neither does it seek to suppress them entirely. Authenticity, not to be confused with instinct, moves the being not against its will, but beyond it.
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It is important to look back to the past and recognize the great pearls whose deeds have upheld the value of all humanity. Some men, even in modern times, have combined strength and endurance with the ability to exalt the spirit, allowing their choices and actions to speak for them.
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During the weekend, Emanuela and I will be guests at the Merano Yoga Festival with the following sessions
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In the current utilitarian context, where everything has become a commodity, it is believed that doing “Good”, or simply “Good”, requires some kind of return.
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Easter, but also spring itself and particularly the equinox, represents the awakening of the vital force after winter sleep.
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When the mind is free from unnecessary thoughts, it neither resists nor manipulates reality and, not identifying with a separate “self,” action becomes spontaneous, expressing beauty and truth beyond the very purpose of the action itself.
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The magnificence of Zen philosophy lies precisely in the emphasis it places on interiority. According to it, as with Taoism, every being should know and therefore follow their own nature.
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Nirasha is a Vedic term that literally means “without hope.” The attitude toward hope is one of the many subtle lines that distinguish a conscious being from, on the one hand, the common understanding, and on the other from the blockheads who inform themselves (study Vedic texts) without ever managing to understand a thing.
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Anyone sincerely looking to transform their life and find a new way of being may find value in the following exercise.
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Energy and time are wasted in the search for meanings and motivations. This search does not concern events that truly happened, but mental fantasies or, at best, a personal interpretation.
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In twilight seasons like the present one, human beings, instead of elevating themselves, tend to bring others down.
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Every now and then, I listen from the sidelines to “spiritual” conversations that seem like a New Age version of Baci Perugina (the Italian chocolate equivalent of fortune cookies). Totally lost in a world of information with no idea what real self-work means.
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For some time now, once I’ve closed the book I’m reading and just before falling asleep, I’ve gotten into the habit of mentally reviewing the most beautiful and significant moments of the day.
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