You Groom Your Body Every Morning but Leave Your Soul in Rags: Self-Study as the Neglected Art of Knowing What You Actually Are By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archive, Florence, Doc. #24044Amore. Rivista di giovani, II,3, 1922, pp. 40-43 Original title: Lo Studio de SèTranslated by Jan Kuniholm. Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
Why You Are Not Your Body
I Am Not My Body, Said Assagioli, and His Critics Never Forgave Him: The Contentless Self as the Pivot of Disidentification By Kenneth Sørensen, MA in Psychosynthesis Author of The Soul of Psychosynthesis (revised March 2023 – see update notes at the end) Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen examines why Roberto Assagioli insisted on […]
Spiritual Psychosynthesis
See Yourself as You Would Like to Be, for Energy Follows Thought: The Ideal Model as a Safe Path to the Superconscious By Roberto AssagioliAssagioli Archives in Florence, Doc. #24183Original title: La Psicosintesi spiritualeCourse of Lectures on Psychosynthesis, Lecture XX, July 25, 1933Translated by Jan Kuniholm Editorial NoteThe abstract and contextual subtitle in this online […]
The noble art of becoming a diamond
Beyond the myth of effortless release, the path of purification transforms raw human potential into a crystalline radiance of awakened spiritual presence By Kenneth Sørensen2019 Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen challenges the popular notion that spiritual awakening requires nothing more than letting go. He argues that realising our true nature demands sustained effort, discipline, […]
How to develop the I-Self connection
From Assagioli’s egg diagram to lived meditative practice, the I-Self connection opens when silence and invocation clear the channel between personality and soul By Kenneth Sorensen2019 Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen examines the I-Self connection, the direct channel of communication between the conscious ‘I’ and the Transpersonal Self depicted as a dotted line in […]
What is the difference between the ego and the Transpersonal Self?
From personality’s deficiency needs to an abundant source of light, reflected consciousness shows how the observer grows brighter through disidentification and meditative practice By Kenneth Sørensen, MA Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen explores the distinction between the ego and the Transpersonal Self as understood in psychosynthesis. Drawing on an illuminating dialogue between Assagioli and […]
The Connection Between Ego and the Transpersonal Self
From the prodigal son’s descent into forgetfulness to a homeward return, the emanatistic theory explains how the observer recovers its transcendent origin through lived awakening Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen investigates how the conscious ‘I’ relates to the Transpersonal Self in psychosynthesis, drawing on Assagioli’s concept of the I-Self connection depicted in the egg […]
The transcendence of the Transpersonal Self
From personal meditation to the Perennial Philosophy, the Transpersonal Self emerges as an ontological Reality whose radiance shapes our identity without ever leaving its transcendent ground Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sørensen examines the transcendence of the Transpersonal Self as understood in psychosynthesis, arguing that it is not merely a symbol or archetype but an […]
How to develop the presence of the conscious “I”
Amid the noise of modern life, the void in consciousness offers a stable ground of stillness that reunites awareness with depth, height, and breadth of being Abstract In this essay, Kenneth Sorensen explores how presence emerges from the void in consciousness, the still, unchangeable awareness at the centre of the conscious ‘I’. He distinguishes presence […]
How to work with the conscious “I”, or “observer”, in counselling
When inner conflicts fragment the personality, self-identification with the conscious observer establishes a loving centre from which all parts can be harmonised and expressed In my ongoing reflections on the core concepts of psychosynthesis, we have reached the question of how to work with the conscious “I”, or “observer”, in counseling (see previous post at […]
