Meditation on acceptance is not passive surrender: it is an act of will, and without it the road to any real change stays blocked. By Roberto AssagioliTranscription of a live talk, August 15, 1972Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Meditazione con R. A. sulla AccettazioneTranslated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]

Meditation and contemplation are not the same: meditation uses every faculty to approach the object, while contemplation begins where meditation peaks and the seeker becomes one with what is contemplated. By Roberto Assagioli1931Assagioli Archive, FlorenceOriginal title: Meditazione E ContemplazioneTranslated from Italian by Gordon Symons Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online edition have […]

The monkey leaps from thought to thought and will not be tamed by force: Raja Yoga, concentration, and the patient discipline of the inner world. By Roberto AssagioliOriginal title: Metodi Orientali E Occidentali Di Sviluppo PsicospiritualeCourse of Lectures on The Latent Energies In Us, Lecture X, April 15, 1934 (Unrevised notes).Translated with Notes by Jan […]

When the Mind Falls Silent and the Spirit Speaks: The Exercise of Contemplation as the Hidden Summit of Every Meditation Practice By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives in Florence, Doc. #13567 [1] Original title: Meditazione – Contemplazione – IlluminazioneCourse of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Year IV, Lesson XXI, July 21, 1931Transcription from Handwritten Notes by Istituto di Psicosintesi, […]

My Heart Was Warmed and a Fire Was Kindled: The Seven Stages of a Complete Meditation Exercise from Memory to Action By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #10815Original title: La MeditazioneOriginal English title: Meditation.Course of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Year IV, Lesson XX, July 14, 1931Translated with Notes by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and […]

Every floor holds its own residents, wounds and gifts: the inner house shows who runs the building, and why the basement keeps sending up the past By Kenneth Sørensen, MA2017Integral Meditation — The Seven Ways to Self-Realisation, 2017, Chapter 2 Abstract In this chapter, Sørensen maps the inner house through Assagioli’s egg diagram, a model […]

For seekers struggling to anchor aspiration in daily life, the seven chakras offer a developmental ladder from physical vitality to selfless transcendence By Kenneth Sorensen, MA2020Edited extract from: Integral Meditation— The Seven Ways to Self-Realisation, 2017 Abstract In this chapter drawn from Integral Meditation, Kenneth Sørensen explores how practitioners can develop personal power through each […]

Every monthly cycle carries a tide of renewal. Full moon meditation opens a gateway where spirit can reach the personality with its deepest light. By Kenneth Sørensen, MA2020(Read also Assagioli’s thoughts about full moon meditation here: Full moon) Abstract In this article, Kenneth Sørensen explores the lunar cycle as a pathway for personal and spiritual […]

When anxiety saturates the public atmosphere, group meditation offers a living antidote, forging an inner channel through which courage and light can reach the world. By Kenneth Sørensen See also my article New Moon and Full Moon Meditation Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen examines how group meditation can serve as a practical response to […]

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.