Assagioli reflects on psychospiritual development and how we can take inspiration from the Raja Yoga system of India. By Roberto Assagioli. Original title: Eastern and Western Methods of Psychospiritual Development. Course of Lectures on: The Latent Energies In Us. Lecture X April 15, 1934 (Unrevised notes). Original Italian Title: Metodi Orientali E Occidentali Di Sviluppo […]

Contemplation implies a silence of all faculties — a special state that on the one hand is intense concentration, and on the other is complete receptivity to what is contemplated. By Roberto Assagioli, Year IV – Lesson  XXI – July 21, 1931. From the Assagioli Archives in Florence.   Doc.#13567[1] Transcription from Handwritten Notes by Istituto […]

When we meditate, we must embody the ideals we meditate on and make them a living reality – here. By Roberto Assagioli, original English title: Meditation. July 14, 1931, Lesson XX Year IV, Original Italian title: La Meditazione. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Doc. #10815. Translated with Notes by Jan Kuniholm After the extensive […]

Your Essence and Your Inner House We had been meditating for an hour, sitting face to face in a lotus position on the floor. This was how we connected at the start of our friendship. The silence was intense that day, but there was no particular content in the field of consciousness. Just this inner […]

Energy Psychology and The Seven Rivers of Life 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. A sense […]

Your Energy Typology: Your Psychological and Spiritual DNA When I had come to understand the ray qualities of my Soul, my personality, feelings, body and mind – I felt I was in touch with something profound. I could see how understanding the ray qualities offered me an explanation for the good and the problematic aspects […]

The Dynamic River of Life: Your Way to Freedom, Greatnessand Power The dynamic river of life is the way of the will, the omnipresent life force driving evolution – it’s the essence of our being, life itself, but not everyone is aware of its power. In this chapter we’ll look at the role the will […]

The Intelligent River of Life: Your Way to Higher Perspectives, Inspiration and Creativity In the early 90s, I attended a satsang with Isaac Shapiro. Shapiro was a student of Sri Poonja, whose own teacher was the renowned Ramana Maharshi. I sat in the first row, directly in front of Isaac. I had no expectation about […]

The Creative River of Life: Your Way to Beauty, Transformation and Harmony The creative river of life has been important to me for many years. As the river that channels harmony, lightness, beauty and grace, this river embodies precisely the energies I need to balance my particular typology. As mentioned, my personality combines the qualities […]

The scientific river of life: Your Way to Truth, Revelation and Knowledge The truth will set us free if we are ready to face it. This is the essence of what the scientific river is trying to teach us. We meditate in order to know ourselves and the energies of this river, the fifth, are […]