When we observe the most obvious characteristics of contemporary civilisation, we are struck by its extreme extraversion, its desire to know and master the forces of nature, in order to satisfy its ever growing needs and demands. This is indeed the dominating trend of our age—but by no means the only one, as a closer study will reveal.
Archives for 2018
Spiritual lessons of the economic crisis, by Roberto Assagioli
From the Italian Psychosynthesis Magazine, issue 18, 2012.
Dear Readers, we present you with an article that we think could have been written today and not eighty years ago. It is about a different economic crisis to the current one but the principles that govern it are similar and shadows and lights are the same. It is up to you to draw the necessary considerations…
Opening Adress, by Roberto Assagioli
OPENING ADDRESS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOSYNTHESIS Val Morin, Quebec, August 1973
Dialogue with Assagioli, by Martha Crampton
Discussion between: DR. Roberto Assagioli (R.A.), DR. Graham C. Taylor (G.C.F.), Martha Lazura Crampton (ML)
May, 1966
Psychosynthesis and Psychoenergetics, by Kenneth Sørensen
Roberto Assagioli saw a need for “a science of the Self and of its energies.” This article explains how psycho-synthesis is the first step toward Assagioli’s goal of a new psychology, called Psychoenergetics.
Spiritual Development and Nervous Diseases, by Roberto Assagioli
Man’s spiritual development is a long and arduous adventure a journey through strange lands full of surprises, difficulties and even; dangers. In reality it is no less than the passing from the human to the spiritual kingdom.
Psychoenergetics and The Seven Rivers of Life, by Kenneth Sørensen
This is chapter three (revised) from my book Integral Meditation.
We were a group of people meditating together on the theme of spiritual paths. We were receiving all the familiar thought forms relevant to the subject, but nothing new seemed to emerge. Then in a flash, my awareness expanded spontaneously into a Solar Systemic Now.
The Seven Types and Seven Ways, by Kenneth Sørensen
This is chapter four (revised) from my book Integral Meditation
Meditation: reflective, receptive and creative meditation, by Roberto Assagioli
As in the case of many other words used in psychology (for example, “mind”, “personality”, “soul”), different meanings are ascribed to the word “meditation”. In its more restricted sense, it can be regarded as synonymous with disciplined thought or reflection on an idea. More broadly, it embraces other kinds of inner action, for which disciplined thought is a prerequisite. In psychosynthesis, meditation is considered and practiced in this wider connotation. We shall thus indicate with appropriate terminology, as the need arises, the types of meditation we wish to discuss.
Money and the spiritual life, by Roberto Assagioli
If we observe and examine ourselves with that complete and fearless sincerity which ought to characterize all true and earnest aspirants to the spiritual life, we soon discover that the thought of money arouses in all of us deep and intense reactions. It is a tumult of conflicting emotions, of passionate attitudes, which proves that money constitutes—adopting the convenient psychoanalytic terminology—a strong complex.
