I have written on this topic before, but now I feel the urge to return to it once again. Many people have a tendency to become exhausted and confused when they connect with other people’s suffering and with their desire to help. This happens because they “put the cart before the horse” and, instead of […]
There are moments in our lives when we feel exhausted, depleted of all vital energy, without knowing why this is happening or what we can do to change it. In my experience, the reasons are many, and they differ from one case to another. Here I will share two of them, described by Antero Alli […]
A friend once shared with me how he dealt with his constant irritability and outbursts over “drivers who drive like idiots.” The thought occurred to him that if he is a better driver than they are—because he can drive in a way they cannot—then getting angry at the fact that they can’t is simply foolish. […]
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 […]
Below I share the most important things I know from my own experience about how to be good parents to our children. And, as is usually the case for me, I look for the spiritual dimension of this profoundly important role in our lives. Protecting from Mistakes or Learning from Mistakes One of the main […]
And they told us that love was supposed to be a joyful experience For the sake of “fairness,” the sun that illuminates the opposing ways of dealing with painful emotions now casts its other ray as well. Understandably, this ray is the exact opposite of unleashing the storm outward, as suggested in the previous article. […]
Very often, women are crucified within themselves—torn between showing their feelings to the men who anger them or holding those feelings in. Unfortunately, there is no single right answer. Both are true. Both are rays of a “just sun” that is fair precisely because it shines in both directions. Today, I am sharing only one […]
Behind falling in love with someone who does not reciprocate our feelings, or who does not give us what we want from them, there is a specific psychic dynamic. Behind the intense emotions of unrequited love stand inner laws of the soul that differ from what appears on the surface. If we understand this, […]
“– My partner is very jealous and seems to make me more important than I really am.” This is a question addressed to Osho. Here is how he responds: “– Not jealous — I think he feels that he is inferior. You are using the wrong word. He thinks that you are a goddess and […]
I want to tell you the story of the life and art of a very interesting woman—Marina Abramović. I did not know about her until one day my daughter sent me a link to a series of photographs arranged one beneath the other, telling me to read what was written below them. Here are the […]
In fact, the topic of assertiveness is nothing other than the central idea of the four authors of the book on Crucial Conversations, which I have repeatedly recommended: how to avoid the traps of passive or aggressive behavior (and how to maintain the Safety Zone). Similarly to assertiveness theory, the authors here are concerned with […]
How would you react if someone told you that you have the right to say what you think? Or to be treated with respect? Or that you have the right to be happy? When I first encountered the rights of the assertive person, I thought: “Well, of course we have these rights; there’s no need […]
