Semplice, sano, goloso

Expansion is not easy. If it were, there wouldn't be so many beings suffering on this Earth. When our source aligns with our desires, our past traumas, destructive belief systems, and unconscious emotions all act as obstacles to our happiness. Following our joy is not easy task. It entails facing all these obstacles, i.e. integrating all these splintered parts of us, so that we can align with our higher self. Until the next desire. It's an on-going process and when we fully

There is a strong debate going on between the scientific and religious community. Names like Richard Dawkins, Niel Degrasse Tyson and Christopher Hitchens may ring a bell in terms of anti-religion debate, if you follow this topic on the media. The aetheist movement in some communities seems to be concerned with diminishing religion, to the point that it created TV programs with that purpose, i.e. see Atheist Experience. Now what is the problem with this debate? It doesn't

Today I had a strong shift in consciousness. The kind makes you feel as though you just woke up in your own body and your own circumstances, but have no clue how you got there. It took me several minutes to find where I placed my shoes prior to entering the swimming pool: the mindset I had used to store them was completely different from the mindset I used to search for them. This sort of shift is very typical after successful shadow work. You start from an disintegrated, pai

Se siamo codipendenti oggi, significa che siamo cresciuti con un genitore emotivamente non disponibile. Questo puo' variare da un genitore temporaneamente assente, ad un narcisista o addirittura ad uno psicopatico. A dipendenza della gravita dell'assenza, sara' piu' o meno grave la nostra codipendenza. Quando siamo bambini siamo estremamente vulnerabili verso gli adulti che ci stanno intorno. La nostra sopravvivenza infatti dipende totalmente dalla loro capacita' di accudi

Se il narcisista e' un'essere semplicemente privo di capacita' emotive e di empatia, perche' riesce a farci cosi' male? Perche' non riusciamo semplicemente ad ingorarlo? Cosa ci attira tanto a questi individui, e quando iniziamo a renderci conto che qualcosa non va, perche' e' cosi' difficile lasciarli? E perche' anche dopo lasciati soffriamo cosi' tanto? Il narcisista e' una persona che ha subito dei traumi potenti e continui durante la sua crescita. Cosi' forti che il suo s

Per quanto difficile sia da ammettere, praticamente tutti noi viviamo in un mondo fatto di illusioni. False speranze, fatti ignorati, e la continua repressione di quelle voci interne ed infallibili che tentano sempre di puntarci verso la verita'. Meno ammettiamo di esserlo, piu' siamo illusi. Ma perche' questo fenomeno? Perche' non possiamo accettare semplicemente le cose per cio' che sono e usarle come tali? Le illusioni in cui viviamo non si limitano a piccole piacevoli

Spesso sentiamo parlare della pratica dell'accettare cio' che e' qui e ora nelle filosofie spirituali e new age. Questo concetto e' molto utile per arrivare ad una maggiore consapevolezza ed armonia con se stessi e con il mondo. Ma quando accettare qui e ora e' uno strumento per raggiungere un migliore stile di vita e quando diventa seplice menefreghismo? Accettare cio' che e' qui e ora e' un'atteggiamento di assenza di resistenza. Significa permettere a cio' che e' di esis

Another idea that I find very unhelpful in emotional healing communities is the idea that there is something wrong with us, that we need to be fixed, because we have a problem. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with wanting to heal, but the meaning that we have attached to this process, in my view is quite destructive. Saying that we need to heal implies that something is inherently wrong with us. What an interesting coincidence, that usually people who believe

There are two main approaches with dealing with painful problems. One is what I call in general "relief" or "self-medication" strategies, which include all kids of self-medications, distractions, addictive behaviors and attachments. For instance usage of comfort foods, caffeine, alcohol, medical or non medical drugs, television, movies, music, attachments to certain people and material objects, but also spirituality tools for positive focus, such as positive focus meditation

Today I was reflecting on my aracno-fobia and what it means for me, why this unconscious fear is uncontrollable in my life. Spiders are a very unique kind of predators. Before they even try to devour you, they create a carefully designed, invisible net in a strategic place where you least expect it. As you fly as an insect, suddenly, without realizing what's happening, you find yourself trapped, glued to the sticky, invisible web that seemed to come from nowhere, and yet was