Amid the wreckage of global conflict fuelled by untamed passions, spiritual psychosynthesis charts a path from self-mastery to compassionate service in the outer world By Roberto AssagioliArchive Assagioli – Florence Source: From the Italian edition; Introduzione agli Yoga SutraTranslated by Gordon Symons. Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added […]
Psychoanalysis
Where unexamined impulses and repressions fester like undigested matter in the psyche, psychological indigestion reveals why honest self-scrutiny must precede any constructive rebuilding By Roberto AssagioliRoberto Assagioli about Psychoanalysis, from his article: Psychosynthesis – Individual and Social Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have been added by the editor, Kenneth Sørensen, […]
Roberto Assagioli about Panentheism
Neither rigid dualism nor monist absorption can hold the whole. Panentheism restores the living bond between creature and creator, earth and cosmos. By Roberto AssagioliDoc. #23611 – Assagioli Archives – FlorenceOriginal title IT: La Manifestazione del Divino nella Natura e nell’AnimaOriginal title EN: The Manifestation of the Divine in Nature and in the Soul.Translated and […]
Unity in Diversity
In order to establish proper relations between human beings and human groups, it is necessary to understand, accept and practice a great principle or truth, which is at the basis of life itself in all its manifestations: that of UNITY IN DIVERSITY.
What is reality?
Beyond the noise of illusions and glamours, the Technique of the Presence reveals a panentheistic truth where transcendence and immanence unite within the awakened soul By Roberto AssagioliFrom his meditation program, ” Meditation Group for the New Age “ Third Year, Set One, Meditation Mount, Ojai, California Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this […]
Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization
You can meet every need on the list and still feel restless. Self-actualization is not the summit, and Assagioli marks the difference between it and Self-realization. By Roberto AssagioliThe Act of Will, Chapter IX Editorial NoteThis edition is a compilation. The opening passages come from Assagioli’s Psychosynthesis, pages 37 to 39, where he sets out […]
The self and Self
A compilation of quotes by Assagioli about the personal self, transpersonal Self and Universal Self The Self – an experience 1) “When we held the Valmy Conference in May 1958 much discussion took place about the Self and it occurs to us that readers of this Newsletter might like to exchange any relevant ideas they […]
May the password for all men be: forgiveness
This carries deep meaning. Each time we fail to forgive, we assume the role of judges and avengers, a dangerous function for someone who doesn’t have the necessary love, understanding and wisdom.
Some Spiritual Aspects of Psychosynthesis
From several quarters we hear of a crisis of psychology. There is a growing realisation that the existing academic and scien¬tific psychologies are not adequate to minister to the needs and to solve the problems of a growing number of men and women.
Roberto Assagioli launches first discussions
These are the opening words spoken by Roberto Assagioli, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Psychosynthesis Research Foundation, at the beginning of a three-day conference May 23, 1958. The major speaker throughout the conference was Dr. Assagioli. Among those attendingwere FrankHilton, administrator of the PRF during its entire existence (1957-1976), and Robert Gerard PhD, who assisted Dr. Assagioli in bringing to publication his bookPsychosynthesis: A Manual of Principles and Techniques(1965).
