Semplice, sano, goloso

Nella società attuale, attraverso i sistemi educativi, mediatici ed attraverso le nostre culture, stiamo creando una generazione di donne e uomini oggettificati e schiavizzati in ruoli specifici. Fin da piccoli agli uomini viene insegnato a reprimere la propria sensibilità, a non ascoltare le proprie emozioni o il proprio cuore, a diventare freddi, macchinosi, ed a preoccuparsi principalmente di obiettivi materiali e superficiali. Viene imposto loro un modello predatorio sia

Per una serie di motivazioni (e ringrazio anche la legge dell’attrazione), ora mi trovo a vivere in quella che considero la migliore posizione a Taipei, in Taiwan. Uscendo dall’uscio di casa, a sinistra ho sentieri di montagna e la giungla, con tanto di templi meditativi Buddisti. A destra, a dieci minuti di bicicletta, ho la zona più’ bella di Taipei (chiamata 101), ricolma di importanti centri internazionali, spazi verdi e capolavori architettonici incredibili. Mentre cammi

Just as there has been a bypassing trend in spirituality, whereby we suppress our bodies - their needs, desires, wants - to identify ourself with our spiritual aspect, I noticed a similar trend with our thinking mind. We have antagonised our bodies and our logical minds on the path of spirituality, but does this really make us more spiritual? Body, mind and spirit are all essential aspects of ourselves of what forms our ego, the entirety of our manifestation in this universe.

Honestly, in the past decades we have seen tremendous advances in technology. From the internet to smartphones, from artificial intelligence to blockchain, from medical research to the transportation industry. Our world has advanced so much, right? Stop for a moment, and think about this carefully. How much have these advances truly improved the quality of our life. And when I say ‘our’, I don’t mean of the richest, most privileged people only, I mean of all people and creatu

Anni fa, quando mi trovavo nel mezzo della mia relazione più tossica, un giorno migliore degli altri mi sono svegliata dopo aver dormito molto profondamente e aver fatto un sogno meraviglioso. Lo ricordo tutt’ora come se fosse ieri, e quel sogno mi ha cambiato la vita. Stavo dormendo nel letto della mia casa, una casetta di legno chiaro, e mi stavo svegliando con la brezza fresca che arrivava dalla terrazza/finestra enorme che dava sul giardino e che sostituiva una parete, le

Many times when we hear spiritual words people get confused about their meaning, they seem like spooky words that denote something non-real, something quacky or non-scientific, so people get confused and they dismiss them as pseudoscience or quackyness or whatever. But actually they have specific meanings, and the reason why they were created is to describe phenomena that we don’t have other terms to describe, because the scientific and other disciplines have not yet created

As I mentioned already, a lot of the healing/emotional growth/enlightenment community focuses on external achievements: “get enough clients and then you will be a successful coach” “make enough money and then you will be an abundant entrepreneur” “keep track of the full moons and then you will be truly enlightened”. Unfortunately these teachings are no different than the teachings we’ve absorbed for years in our standard materialistic and consumeristic culture, where we try t

I’m coming from one of those periods of life that seem a never ending sequence of unprecedented challenges, dark times and overwhelming negative emotions, and I have a confession to make. I’m starting to love those periods. I used to fear them a lot, as I think most people do, and I still do to some extent, but not as much. I love the surfing metaphor I heard from a Buddhist monk a long time ago: he compared life to surfing: becoming a better surfer is not so much about searc