Sad, scared, or stuck in a mood your will cannot reach? The technique of acting as if works through the body first, and the emotion follows where the posture leads. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, 29 November 1963Doc. #23041, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Tecnica dell’Agire “Come Se”Translated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
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Repetition and Rhythm
One hammer blow rarely drives a nail. Repetition and rhythm, Assagioli argues, shape the unconscious through patient return, then variation, the way music makes a theme its own. By Roberto Assagioli [1] Docs. #24086 and #24087, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Repetizione e RitmoTranslated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in […]
Exercise Of Disidentification And Self-Identification
When you catch yourself saying “I am tired” or “I am angry,” you have already confused yourself with a passing state. Assagioli’s disidentification exercise restores the steady Center underneath. By Roberto AssagioliLecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Psychological Exercises and Training, 8 March 1964 [1] Doc. #23994, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Esercizio di Disidentificazione e di Auto-identificazioneTranslated […]
Exercise Of the Ideal Model
Want to become more patient or more courageous? Assagioli’s ideal model exercise has you picture not a perfect self but the next realistic step, and then rehearse becoming it. By Roberto Assagioli1967 Doc. #23382, Assagioli Archives, Florence [1] Original title: Esercizio del Modello Ideale Translated, compiled, and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm [2] Editorial […]
Concentration
You believe you concentrate well, until you try to fix your mind on something dull. The power of concentration, Assagioli shows, is trainable, and the propelling force behind every achievement. By Roberto AssagioliLecture, 17 May 1934Doc. #23152, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: ConcentrazioneTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle […]
Understanding – Evaluation – Choice – Plan of Action
Knowing yourself is one thing; understanding what you find is another. Transformative understanding, Assagioli argues, reshapes what it touches, then calls us to choose and concentrate everything on what we choose. By Roberto AssagioliCourse of Lessons on Psychosynthesis, Lesson XIII, 23 April 1933Doc. #23151, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Comprensione-Valutazione-Scelta-Piano di AzioneTranslated and edited with notes […]
How to Educate the Memory
A camera needs light to fix an image. To educate the memory, Assagioli argues, means mastering impression, repetition, and, most surprisingly, the art of forgetting well. By Roberto Assagioli [1] Docs. #23134 and #23135, Assagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal title: Come si educa la memoriaTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual […]
The Scientific Way
Physics tore the veil of matter open: what looks solid is electrical charge and mathematical pattern. Assagioli reads this as the scientific way toward expanded consciousness, confirmed by Einstein himself. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives, FlorenceOriginal titles: Piercing the Veil of Matter / La Via ScientificaTranslated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract […]
The Aesthetic Way
The spiritual awakening happens to be often produced and promoted by Beauty, which expresses itself on some phenomenon of nature, as, for instance, the one described by Rabindranath Tagore.
