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.
Archives for October 2018
Money and the spiritual life
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.
Meditation for psychosynthesis: Growth in the world
This is a short outline for meditation on supporting the “entity of Psychosynthesis”
May the Spirit of Peace Spread Everywhere
Let us try to understand who the Spirit of Peace is and the Spiritual meaning of Peace.
Where Peace is concerned, there exist some particular mistakes and misunderstandings. There is a true and an untrue Peace.
Global education – A vision for a psychosynthesis approach to education
Man is becoming the tool of the system. We are being trained to conform to the growing requirements of proliferating social structures and institutions, even though those institutions are rapidly losing their capacity to serve our needs. Traditional education emphasizes competition, scholarship, and the performance of tasks; the quest for higher ideals and values, for the meaning of being human, is considered a superfluous luxury, only incidentally related to the formal educational process.
Roberto Assagioli and Psychosynthesis (Essay by Dane Rudhyar)
In this article, the world-famous astrologer, Dane Rudhyar gives a short astrological interpretation of the horoscope of Roberto Assagioli and offers also some of his thoughts on psychosynthesis.
A Modern Epictetus: Han Ryner
WE must not be surprised if Han Ryner, the latest follower of Epictetus, is also a gifted poet. Stoicism, which for the reporters of daily papers is a synonym of pathological insensibility, may be a source of great poetry. To believe this it suffices to have read the inspired hymn, in which Cleantus celebrates the harmonious order of the Universe, under the name of Zeus. What, on the contrary, must astonish and delight us is the quality of Han Ryner’s poetry, quite unusual nowadays?
The Art and Technique of Silence
It might seem a contradiction in terms, or at least a paradox, to talk about silence, but actually it isn’t. As with many other pairs of opposites, the two poles of speech and silence aren’t antagonistic; they don’t exclude each other, and both are necessary. The problem lies not in suppressing one of them, but rather in the wise regulation of both of them; this is one aspect, one important application, of the Law of Right Relations.
Letter of freedom
Letter of Roberto Assagioli sent on November 11-1967, to the presidents, members of the Boards of Directors and other officials of the Foundations, Institutes, and Centers of Psychosynthesis.
About Immortality
The yearning for Immortality is something of primary importance for men. Maybe it is connected to the instinct of self-preservation, or to a wish produced by the fear of death, or maybe a sign, a more or less clear intuition of an essential truth, a glorious reality?
This question has two different answers, in order to set ourselves and the others free from the materialistic denial and the doubt about Immortality.
