James Hillman’s The Soul’s Code is an extraordinary book. It is imbued with pathos and passion, poetic imagery and soul-healing symbolism, through which Hillman “declares war” on traditional psychology—one that kills the human soul with dry reports, reductionist theories, and diagnoses that pathologize the human spirit. “I intend to declare war on the tradition of […]
This article is a continuation of the article “For many are called, but few are chosen,” which I ended by saying that I still had no answer to the question of why some people decide to walk the “narrow path,” while others resist for a long time and try to “bargain over the price.” On […]
According to Joseph Campbell, the power of myth in the modern world is not what it once was in antiquity. Today, the individual is left to their own devices to build a connection with the mystery of life. According to him, there are two primary ways to obtain guidance from the soul. One way is […]
From Joseph Campbell’s book Paths to Bliss, Part I, Man and Myth: “Traditionally, the first function of a living mythology is to reconcile consciousness to the preconditions of its own existence—in other words, to the very nature of life itself. Life lives on life. There is no way around it. Its first law is: either […]
“He who knows others is wise; He who knows himself is enlightened. He who conquers others has physical strength. He who conquers himself is strong.” Tao-te Ching ch. 33, tr. Wing-Tsit Chan All of us fight our own battles in life. Sometimes they take a more external, extroverted form; at other times, they unfold as […]
“For many are called, but few are chosen“ is a phrase from the New Testament (found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke) that I once struggled to understand – and even resented for its apparent elitism and injustice. Only later did I begin to grasp its meaning: what it truly means to be called, […]
When people speak about spontaneous kundalini awakening, they often refer to transpersonal experiences that are not deliberately sought and are triggered by factors that have nothing to do with spiritual practices or meditation. One such factor is intense romantic love. I know several people whose panic attacks were triggered after they fell deeply in love […]
What follows is further information on the phenomenology of spontaneously awakening kundalini. This is my translation of an article from the website of Bonnie Greenwell—a psychotherapist in the tradition of transpersonal psychotherapy, co-founder and director of the Kundalini Research Network, which brings together health professionals, scientists, and public figures. Bonnie Greenwell is also the author […]
Below is an excerpt from Osho’s book The Art of Dying, which is so poetic and so precise that I translated it with great pleasure. The longer I live, the more I discover the truth and the beauty of what he says. Based on everything I know from my personal experience and from spiritual teachings […]
One interpretation of synchronicistic events is that they arrive in order to draw our attention to that with which they are connected. Their language is based on the law of correspondences, and if two or more events bearing the same sign occur at the same time, this is regarded as a confirmation of that sign’s […]
Scott Kiloby’s method for dealing with unbearable suffering A friend of mine recently sent me an article that deeply resonated with me. In it, the author, Fiona Robertson, shares her personal experience of working through overwhelming emotions and intense suffering using the Living Inquiries method: “The biggest revelation for me came when I was able […]
Here is another article by the creator of the Russian website “Self-Knowledge – the path of enlightenment“.* Fear is a basic emotion that everyone experiences to one degree or another. However, when it takes center stage in a person’s emotional life and begins to dominate it, it means the time has come for a spiritual […]
