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, […]
“Every psychological truth is only a half-truth, and this too is only a half-truth.”C. G. Jung In a previous article, I shared how, as a child, I used to daydream that I would become a doctor who healed people by pulling white worms out of their heads. I remembered this fantasy many years later, after […]
When the soul (the individuation impulse) awakens, we are called to learn a new way of making decisions. Previously, our choices were guided by conventional notions of right and wrong. We knew what was good and what was evil, and we acted accordingly. Yet the awakening of the soul comes with the dissolution of everything […]
I think that if I had known this back then, I would have spared myself a great deal of anguish. I am referring to the third kind of suffering spoken of in Buddhism—the so-called “all-pervasive suffering.” Because I was definitely suffering, and with a depth greater than anything I had experienced up to that point, […]
I know quite a few people who are not simply looking for a good job. I know people who are searching for their calling. These are people with a passion for life, capable of taking risks in order to follow their hearts. Carrying within themselves the flame of Promethean fire, these freedom-loving and deeply humane […]
This is the title of one of the final chapters in Mariana Caplan’s book, “Halfway Up the Mountain: The Error of Premature Claims to Enlightenment”—“The Sadhana of Disillusionment.” What is written in it is something that is not often discussed, yet for me, it is exceptionally valuable. I believe it will be the same for […]
“Religious ideas are undoubtedly subject to the same interpretation through the different levels of mental health as other values or ‘myths’… In fact, all the great world religions seem to be constructed in a brilliant way, as if they were designed to serve people at every level of mental health, in accordance with their capacity […]
“Once you achieve a degree of neutrality, the fun part begins. Detached from reactions, you can use your creativity and imagination. You can choose to enjoy life. And with your laughter, you take the first step toward your spiritual fulfillment. When the soul is inactive due to boredom and apathy or fear or anger, there […]
“Remember, spirit is free when it is neutral. When you build up a charge, whether positive or negative, it engages and becomes whatever it engages with. This means that when you decide to engage in a desire, you charge your inner spirit energy. The desire of wanting to bring something to you has an attractive […]
In the wholeness of our response to what is happening in our lives lies a very important secret. If we understand it—if we truly understand it—something significant happens in our life, and after that, we are never the same. To explain what I mean, I will start from a distance—from the time I began reading […]
The theory of emotional intelligence is relatively new—the model was first proposed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer in 1990, defining EI as the ability to accurately perceive, understand, and manage emotions. When this skill is manifested in an interpersonal context, it leads to greater understanding with others, a capacity for empathy, influence, and leadership. […]
Burnout is a form of occupational stress expressed through extreme exhaustion and alienation from work and from people. If at the beginning a person was inspired and burned brightly in their work, now we observe the exact opposite — the flame has gone out, and in place of inspiration there is fatigue, apathy, pessimism, and […]
