The word “masochism” is usually associated with pathology, including its manifestations in sexuality. However, masochism has multiple dimensions and is more often found in forms that we would not call masochistic. Below I outline various manifestations of self-destructive behaviour provoked by an unconscious sense of guilt and the desire for self-punishment. On this occasion, in her […]
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15.11.2024
Liz Green on martyrdom and masochism
Below I share an excerpt from Liz Green’s book, “Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption,” which I find particularly valuable because it shows some very important distinctions between the sick manifestations of masochism and the healthy forms of the quest for redemption. “Defining masochism solely as a pathology is a lopsided and simplistic approach […]
“There is some pain in the body. Do one thing: forget about the body. Concentrate on the part of the body where the pain is. Then you will notice something strange. When you concentrate on the part where the pain is, that part becomes smaller. At first you may feel the pain in the whole […]
23.04.2020
On the Soul and How It Is Made
It took me time to understand what Omraam Aïvanhov, one of the closest disciples of the Master Peter Deunov, meant when he said that if we believe we have a soul, then we have a soul; but if we do not believe we have a soul, then we do not have a soul. Such a […]
There are already many articles on this site devoted to the topic of suffering—by which I mean psychic suffering, because it is precisely this kind of suffering that leads a person to psychotherapy. It is also what leads us toward spirituality and compels us to seek, in various spiritual practices, a remedy for the pain […]
According to Richard Rudd, the author of The Gene Keys, there is a very special archetype encoded in human DNA where lies the secret of love. The shadow of this archetype is the decline or absence of love, while its highest and unmanifested expression (the siddhi) is the archetype of Universal Love. Between the shadow […]
16.04.2014
Osho: Where Is the Only Problem?
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 […]
24.03.2014
What Fuels the Fire
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 […]
29.03.2013
Presence and the Pain-Body
But what does it actually mean to be present? And how is it that “being present in pain” leads to an “expansion of boundaries,” and even to knowing the limitless? What Marina Abramović recreates in her art is the same thing Eckhart Tolle speaks about in his books—indeed, in exactly the same combination: presence in […]
03.06.2011
Pain purifies; suffering gives understanding
“Pain purifies; suffering gives understanding.”— Osho “There is no coming to consciousness without pain.”— C. G. Jung In the world of the Spirit, pain is sacred because it has meaning – it brings understanding and purifies the heart. A spiritual teacher – Osho – and a psychiatrist – Jung – are saying the same thing: […]
The Concept of Spiritual Intelligence Spiritual Intelligence is a concept introduced by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, describing it as “the intelligence with which we address and solve problems of meaning and value, the intelligence with which we can place our actions and our lives in a wider, richer, and more meaningful context, the intelligence […]
14.11.2010
Osho on The Purpose of Pain
“The purpose of pain is not to make you sad, remember that. This is where people always miss the point… This pain’s purpose is to make you more alert, because people become alert only when the arrow goes deep into the heart and wounds it. Otherwise, they pay no attention. When life is easy, comfortable, […]
