I continue to present the ideas of Pamela Kribbe from her wonderful book Heart-Centered Living. In the previous article, the topic was surrender as a way of life, and now I will present the blockages that prevent us from letting go of control and relaxing in trust in the flow of life. In the language […]
Spiritual Transformation
"Although the disorders that accompany crises of spiritual development resemble certain diseases, and sometimes are even difficult to distinguish from them, in reality their causes and significance are quite different, and in a certain sense even opposite. Accordingly, their treatment must also be different."
Roberto Assagioli There is a psychic suffering that seems irrational - one suffers deeply but does not know what the cause is or why it is so intense. There is a reason, however, and it lies in the superpersonal layers of the human psyche. The depth and intensity of experiences from the world of archetypes, without at the same time one having the understanding of them, can lead to serious mental breakdowns. Properly "used," however, such suffering is an expression of spiritual awakening and a means of spiritual transformation.
Roberto Assagioli There is a psychic suffering that seems irrational - one suffers deeply but does not know what the cause is or why it is so intense. There is a reason, however, and it lies in the superpersonal layers of the human psyche. The depth and intensity of experiences from the world of archetypes, without at the same time one having the understanding of them, can lead to serious mental breakdowns. Properly "used," however, such suffering is an expression of spiritual awakening and a means of spiritual transformation.
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23.11.2012
Pamela Kribbe on Surrender as a Way of Life
To surrender (in English – to surrender) as a way of life is the capacity to let go of control and to trust the hidden wisdom of life. Enlightenment is also described with the word “surrender,” pointing to that turning point when, after long years of struggle and effort, the spiritual seeker capitulates, and in […]
“In my work I often see people struggling unsuccessfully to overcome what they believe to be their human weakness. Yet for most of them, what they believe to be their weaknesses turn out to be the areas of their greatest spiritual strength.” Michael Tamura, You Are the Answer, p. 66 To explain how this paradoxical […]
20.10.2012
Michael Tamura on the Manifest God
I do not know whether you are familiar with this state in which earthly life feels so heavy that you would gladly leave your body, if it were not for your sense of duty and your determination not to give up. It is a state in which the outer world has no pull at all, […]
“Some spiritual seekers mistakenly understand the process of freeing the ego from all its “possessions” as killing or destroying the ego. Just as survival is the primary instinct of all nature, so the ego will try to survive at all costs. If you threaten it, you will not accomplish your spiritual purpose. If you starve […]
10.10.2012
Osho on Not Deciding in the Night
Below is Osho’s response to a man who says he is having difficult relationships with his girlfriend and is wondering whether to continue the relationship or not. “Don’t be in a hurry, because what happens is that the mind has light moments and dark moments, day moments and night moments. When it is a day […]
03.10.2012
Michael Tamura on the Pain of Awakening
“…the more we awaken, the more we become aware of the pain and darkness that we have carefully buried within our psyche. When the light of our awareness illuminates the pain, everything we have built around it in order to protect ourselves from it begins to fall apart. And often, frightened, we turn away from […]
16.09.2012
When Healing Truly Begins
Lately, by some recurring coincidence, I often find myself speaking with people who are going through one form or another of despair. These are people who have been engaged in spiritual healing and growth for many years, yet they reach a point where they begin to feel stuck and see no results from their efforts. […]
04.09.2012
Validating the Spirit
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 […]
We cannot understand ourselves in depth unless we understand the time in which we live. The part carries the characteristics of the Whole, and if it seeks to become conscious of its role and place within it, it will need to understand more about the Whole. And this Whole is changing—and this change, too, needs […]
05.07.2012
Burnout from a Spiritual Perspective
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 […]
31.05.2012
The Dark Night of the Soul and Depression
What is diagnosed in clinical psychology as endogenous depression (major depressive disorder) is known in the spiritual tradition as the “dark night of the soul.” This is especially important for people who suffer from deep depressive states without any apparent external cause. In fact, this knowledge itself is the best support for coping with this […]
