By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Humanity today faces a new era and a new world order, and the questions that a thinking person must immediately ask themselves are: Which path should I follow in the future, and what can I do to ensure that it will be a period […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Introductory remarks In our time there is a growing interest in meditation. Thinking people are asking questions about how to meditate, and groups are being formed to study and practice meditation. This growing interest means that more and more people are realizing that an […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. It is a very encouraging sign in the present confused world, so full of difficult, contradictory and alarming possibilities, that the concept of “good will” is being discussed, acknowledged and championed. But it is never easy to look at the familiar with new eyes. […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Receptiveness to the soul’s intuitive impressions Receptive meditation is a very valuable part of mental training, but it is at the same time the most difficult form of meditation, because mistakes can easily be made in its execution. There are real dangers attached to […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. The meaning and place of prayer today The word prayer is understood very differently by many today. The most prevalent is that prayer is an inner act that can be expressed in countless ways, such as meditation, contemplation, invocation and heartfelt desires, and it […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Pictures (performances) Visualization can be defined as a conscious and special use of images. In reality, it is a psychological reality that man lives in a world of images . The so-called objective world is by no means as we see it. Philosophers have […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. The nature and technique of invocation The etymological meaning of invocation is to “call down,” “to call into.” It is basically a demand, an appeal to something higher, a plea for help or intervention. The same can be said in general of prayer, but […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Types of radiation At this time, humanity is confronted with the problem of how to use the energies evoked or received through meditation, prayer and invocation. The need to use these energies has two reasons: To avoid accumulation and overstimulation in the interior. Because […]

By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. Meditation and elements of action A natural and proper effect of meditation is action, both inwardly and outwardly. Internal action by emanation has been mentioned, and now we come to external action. Even if one does not think much about it, and whether it […]

In this article, Roberto Assagioli gives a very deep and wise presentation of meditation and the art of meditating correctly. By Roberto Assagioli and others. Excerpt from the book Creative Meditation. “Personal” meditation and “service meditation” The widespread interest in meditation throughout the world shows that a significant expansion of human consciousness is taking place. […]