The contemporary myth of freedom would have us free to choose over everything, going beyond nature itself. To have children when you can't have them naturally, to have no reins and cultural boundaries, to be able to love everyone universally, to choose what gender to be, to stay young, to live forever.
Read MoreThe only real revolution is the inner one. It is not a goal to be reached but a myth towards which to walk. The inner revolution is in the making, it is a removal piece by piece of the illusory veils (maya in Sanskrit) that conceal reality.
Read MoreWe are finalizing the program of the Bliss Beat Festival and that gave me the idea for this post. We have teachers who propose and would like to use labels that identify a specific style such as: "Iyengar Yoga", "Anusara Yoga", "Rocket Yoga" etc.
Read MoreThere is only one thing that can differentiate an animal from a human being and that is not intelligence. There is only one thing that can differentiate an artificial intelligence from a human being. Of course, it's not intelligence.
Read MoreWhat happens around me, the various problems to solve and the challenges to think about are always an excellent source to be able to practice but also, as in this case, to explain in practical terms what otherwise remain abstract philosophical thoughts detached from reality.
Read MoreNever before have we talked about "knowing oneself", living the "present moment", being free without wearing masks, etc.
Read MoreAs a school, we have recently received an email that contains many constructive ideas regarding teaching. This public response of mine is personal and is intended to be a contribution, albeit minimal, to the possibility of understanding.
Read MoreHe who does not have or has never had imagination, feelings, ability for enthusiasm, heroism, for the living and great illusions, strong and varied passions, he who does not know the immense system of beauty, who does not read or hear, or has never read or heard poets is he really living?
Read MoreTo stay informed about the world of Yoga in Italy, I have the subscription to several newsletters just like many of you. One of them, which I received a short time ago, particularly struck me.
Read MoreTo stay informed about the world of Yoga in Italy, I have the subscription to several newsletters just like many of you. One of them, which I received a short time ago, particularly struck me.
Read MoreA few days ago, Emanuela and I did our personal "lateral" retreat. Alone we waited for the sunset, lit a fire, took psychotropic substances within our own ritual made of sounds and communion with the elements.
Read MoreThe intent is clear: to create a mass of beings, undistinguished by race, culture, religion and gender, alone and scared, to whom they can propose and sell the same products with minimum effort and maximum results.
Read MoreThe world around you is constantly craving your attention.
They tell you that there are wonderful things out there, but the only way to see Beauty is to have eyes that can see it.
Modern philosophy (by modern we mean just a few centuries old) that stems from the separation of body and mind, identifying in the latter the human identity, is simple garbage.
Read MoreI don't write to convince anyone of my ideas or even to make them known. I suppose that writing will never be a source of livelihood for me.
Read MoreIn yogic/meditation/new age circles, we often talk about knowing ourselves without having in mind what it really means and how it is possible.
Read MoreWe normally think in terms of hours, days, months, and years. The planet we are on that does not only host us but it also created us, the Earth, does so in terms of billions of years.
Read MoreI happen to feel like a huge "c***" when I don't perceive the evidence and I behave and think just like someone I don't like. These days I felt like this and being aware of this evidence was a sort of satori.
Read MoreAmong the most dramatic losses the "evolved" man is experiencing, there is the utter loss of the sense of the sacred. The roots of this loss are distant, first Christianity supplanting pagan spiritualism, convincing the flocks that by behaving "well" on this earth they would earn eternal life.
Read MoreThe bombardment to which we are subjected daily pushes us towards nihilistic individualism.
They call freedom what, in reality, is to be free from any commitment, "feel" what you really want, not having ties, finding yourself.
