Humanity’s search for ‘something else’ goes inward as much as outward. The expansion of consciousness, Assagioli argues, can move in three directions: downward, horizontally, or upward toward the Self. By Roberto AssagioliLecture I, 12 February 1972Published in La Cultura Nel Mondo, Anno XXVI, Maggio–Agosto 1972, No. 3-4, pp. 11-20Doc. #23481, Assagioli Archive, Florence [1]Original title: […]
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A Conversation About the Will between Roberto Assagioli and Renzo Giacomini
Either the will is free, or it doesn’t exist at all. Assagioli’s conversation on free will in psychosynthesis draws a sharp line between genuine volition and unconscious determination. By Roberto Assagioli in conversation with Renzo Giacomini18 January 1972Taken from a Typed Transcript of R. GiacominiDoc. #23518, Assagioli Archive, FlorenceTranslated and edited with notes by Jan […]
Meditation on the Peace Of The Soul
Peace is a duty to others, not just a private practice. Assagioli’s meditation on the peace of the soul offers three imagery paths for different psychological types. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Meditazione Sulla Pace Dell’animaTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the […]
Joy – introduction to a meditation
Joy and suffering can coexist on different levels of our being. Assagioli’s joy meditation opens with the case for cultivating joy as a spiritual discipline, even inside pain. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: LA GIOIA – Proemio Per Una MeditazioneTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have […]
Communication With the Soul
Communication with the soul is rarely a clear inner voice. The answer arrives sideways, in a symbol or a book opened at random, and you can learn to invite it. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Come Decide? (How to Decide)Translated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have […]
Meditation For Individual and Collective Health
Meditation for collective health starts where you sit, loosening the neck and slowing the breath, then turns that healing outward to those you love and to all humanity. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Per La Salute Individuale E CollettivaTranslated by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been […]
Inner and Outer Communications
Inner and outer communication is more than the words you choose: you are always receiving impressions and emitting into a shared psychic atmosphere your speech can poison or cleanse. By Roberto AssagioliFrom a series of lectures for the Meditation Group for the New Age, around 1965 —Tr.Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: ComunicazioneTranslated and edited with notes […]
Assagioli’s Wisdom Notes On Psychospiritual Work
These notes on psychospiritual work come down to daily discernment: telling an impulse ‘from above’ from one ‘from below’, and re-making yourself by affirming what you mean to become. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23071, Assagioli Archive, Florence [1] Original title: Appunti di lavoro psicospirituale (Notes on Psychospiritual Work)Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe […]
Training Of Intuition – Levels Of Reality
Training intuition is not waiting for a flash: it means carrying an insight down into reasoned argument, then building the same insight back up from the mind. By Roberto AssagioliIn conversation with BC, August 20, 1971Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Allenamento dell’intuizione – Livelli di realità – Conversazione con Roberto Assagioli di BCTranslated with notes by […]
The Breadth and Scope of Psychosynthesis
The scope of psychosynthesis is wider than one method for one seeker: it crosses five kinds of people and five fields of work, twenty-five doorways needing different keys. By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Ampiezza e Portata della PsicosintesiTranslated with notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have […]
