External sounds and noises and internal sounds and noises are the same kind. One has to retreat into that circle and focus one’s interests and attention there to acquire silence. By Roberto Assagioli, undated, from the Assagioli Archives in Florence[1]. Original Title: La Pratica del Silenzio. Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm The […]
Technique Of Substitution
Substitution involves fixing attention on a new topic or object; but the best, easiest and most normal way of fixing attention is to arouse interest. By Roberto Assagioli, Doc. #23844, dated November 26, 1963[1], from the Assagioli Archives in Florence. Original Title: Tecnica della Sostituzione. Translated and edited with notes by Jan Kuniholm I am […]
Technique Of Acting “As If”
We can act, behave, and thus really “be in practice” as we would like to be “as if” we possessed the qualities and had the positive states of mind that would naturally prompt us to act in the right way. By Roberto Assagioli, November 29, 1963, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Doc. #23041.Original Title: […]
Repetition and Rhythm
It might at first seem strange to consider repetition as an actual technique in the field of psychology, but it is one of significant importance. By Roberto Assagioli, undated[1], From the Assagioli Archive in Florence, Docs. #24086 and 24087. Original Title: Repetizione e Ritmo. Translated with notes by Jan Kuniholm. It might at first seem […]
Exercise Of Disidentification And Self-Identification
Assagioli teaches a group of students the use of his famous exercise of disidentification and self-identification. By Roberto Assagioli, Lecture Course on Psychosynthesis, Psychological Exercises and Training, Doc. #23994 dated March 8, 1964[1], from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Original Title: Esercizio di Disidentificazione e di Auto-identificazione. Translated and Edited With Notes by Jan Kuniholm. […]
Exercise Of the Ideal Model
Assagioli works together with a group of his students, with the exercise of the ideal model, a central experience in psychosynthesis Roberto Assagioli, 1967, From the Assagioli Archive in Florence[1]. Original Title: Esercizio del Modello Ideale. Translated, Compiled, Edited with Notes by Jan Kuniholm[2] Part I (from Doc. #23382 – Assagioli Archives – Florence) Assagioli: […]
Repression of the Soul
There is an active hostility that the human personality often feels towards what is spiritual, in general, and in particular towards the voices and indications of the Soul. By Roberto Assagioli, from the Assagioli Archive in Florence. Translated by Gordon Symons. The following is an extract from a document called Telepatia Verticale. Why […]
Exploration of the Unconscious
How it should be done; Dangers and harms to be avoided By Roberto Assagioli, Course of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Lecture XII 1933 (Unrevised notes). The Practice Of Psychosynthesis. Original Title: La Pratica Della Psicosintesi: L’esplorazione dell’inconscio, come va fatta. Pericoli e danni da evitare.Translated with Notes by Jan Kuniholm. From the Assagioli Archive in Florence. […]
Psychosynthesis And Psychotherapy (II)
Psychosynthesis has this firm existential, anti-theoretical and anti-doctrinal position that almost no one takes, because everyone hooks their techniques to a conception or doctrine By Roberto Assagioli (Undated) from the Assagioli Archives in Florence. Doc. #24173 Original Title: Psicosintesi e psicoterapia (II), Translated With Notes by Jan Kuniholm What distinguishes psychosynthesis above all is the […]
Disidentification From the Emotions and the Body
Identifying with our emotions and body is a major obstacle to spiritual development. It creates a veil that distorts the reality of who we are as a pure center of self-awareness and will. By Roberto Assagioli , Unrevised notes of Lesson XI, March 29, 1931, and Year IV Lecture X – March 22, 1931, From […]
