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## Публикации

- [Блог](https://espirited.com/blog/)
- [Higher Sidetracking: The Trap of Superconscious Content](https://espirited.com/visshe-otklonenie/) - On the path from "self-actualization to self-transcendence," there is a very specific danger—in Maslow's humanistic psychology, it is called "higher sidetracking." Here is its description by Howard Sasportas in the book The Dynamics of the Unconscious: "Some people associate feelings like joy, bliss, or universal love with the Higher Self. But the perception of the
- [Големият чук и малкото почукване](https://espirited.com/golemiyat-chuk-i-malkoto-pochukvane/) - На един фабрикант му се повредил основен котел във фабриката и тя спряла. Той извикал един след друг всички експерти и експертни организации, които ...
- [Пълното изкупление от страданията е илюзия](https://espirited.com/palnoto-izkuplenie-ot-stradaniyata-e-ilyuziya/) - „…напреженията между психичните двойки противоположности се смекчават само постепенно; и подобно на алхимичния краен продукт, който винаги издава своята същностна двойственост, обединената личност никога не губи напълно болезненото усещане за вродена разногласност. Пълното изкупление от страданията на този свят е и трябва да остане илюзия. Земният живот на Христос също завърши не в самодоволно блаженство,
- ["Между крайностите" и как да си "правилно депресиран"](https://espirited.com/mezhdu-kraynostite-ili-kak-da-si-pravi/) - Депресивното състояние е нужно, за да се създаде индивидуалността Ето още малко пояснения за мястото на депресията в нашия психичен живот и духовно развитие и как да я "употребим" правилно. Те са особено ценни за хората, които са забелязали, че в живота си често се люшкат между крайностите. Ту са много щастливи и уверени в
- [The Meaning of Completion: Reflections on Branded by the Spirit by Еl Collie](https://espirited.com/za-dovarshvaneto-na-neshtata/) - “You have to finish things — that’s how you learn. You learn by finishing things.”— Neil Gaiman Below is the introduction I wrote for the Bulgarian translation of Branded by the Spirit by Al Collie. I came across this book during a period of active and in-depth research into the phenomenology of awakened kundalini
- [The Resistance of Entropy and the Path to Love](https://espirited.com/entropiyata/) - “I have repeatedly emphasized that the process of spiritual growth is difficult and requires immense effort. This is because it is directed against natural resistance—against the natural tendency to keep things as they are, to cling to outdated maps and well-worn paths, and to follow the easy road. Regarding this natural resistance—the force of entropy—there
- [Jung: One must stoop a little](https://espirited.com/litseto-na-boga/) - "I am told that I am knowledgeable or even 'wise,' but I cannot accept it. There was once a man who scooped a little water from a stream in his hat. What does that mean? I am not that stream. I am at the stream, but I do nothing. There are others at the stream,
- [Only the present can free you from the past](https://espirited.com/da-lekuvash-minaloto-sega/) - "There is no need to investigate the unconscious past within yourself, except when it manifests in the present moment as a thought, an emotion, a desire, a reaction, or an external event that happens to you. Whatever you need to know about your unconscious past, the challenges of the present will bring it to light.
- [Where the path to the limitless goes](https://espirited.com/otkade-minava-patyat-kam-osaznavane-na/) - "The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid setting our interests upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance.
- [Eckhart Tolle: None of these is you](https://espirited.com/nishto-ot-tezi-neshta-ne-ste-vie/) - "As long as the egoic mind is running your life, you cannot truly be at ease; you cannot be at peace or fulfilled except for brief intervals when you obtained what you wanted, when a desire has just been fulfilled. Since the ego is a derived sense of self, it needs to identify with external
- [The Last Word: Jung on Human Freedom](https://espirited.com/poslednata-duma/) - "Man always has the last word, even against God’s will. Otherwise there would be no freedom, and what would be its meaning if it could not threaten even the Threatener?" — C.G. Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 214
- [The Later Years of a Mystic](https://espirited.com/kasnite-godini-na-edin-mistik/) - Below is an excerpt from Jung's autobiographical book, in which this brilliant psychiatrist and psychologist describes the latest years of his life, well into his 80s. His words touch and move me; I feel in them the lived experience of a long and extraordinary life. I am grateful for the sincerity and deep humanity with
- [When a new door opens](https://espirited.com/koga-se-otvarya-nova-vrata/) - "A warrior of light often loses heart. He believes that nothing can stir in him the emotion he so desired. He is forced to spend many afternoons and nights feeling that he is one of the vanquished, and nothing seems able to restore his enthusiasm. His friends say: 'Perhaps his fight is over.' The warrior
- [The warrior of light and faith](https://espirited.com/voinat-na-svetlinata-i-vyarata/) - "A warrior of light is not always a believer. There are moments when he believes in absolutely nothing. He asks his heart: 'Is it worth putting in all this effort?' But his heart remains silent. The warrior must decide for himself. Then he seeks an example. He remembers that Jesus passed through something similar, in
- [The Warrior and the Impossible Love](https://espirited.com/voinat-na-svetlinata-i-lyubovta/) - "For a warrior, there is no such thing as an impossible love. He is not intimidated by silence, by indifference, or by rejection. He knows that behind the mask of ice that people wear, there is a heart of fire. This is why the warrior takes more risks than others. He unceasingly seeks the love
- [If there is a conflict between thought and feeling](https://espirited.com/ako-mezhdu-misalta-i-tchuvstvoto-ima-konf/) - "If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is a clear conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth. Not the ultimate truth of who
- [Always Do Your Best](https://espirited.com/vinagi-pravi-nay-dobroto-na-koeto-si-sp/) - by Don Miguel Ruiz, "The Four Agreements" - The Fourth Agreement "Under any circumstance, always do your best, no more and no less. But keep in mind that your best is never going to be the same from one moment to the next. Everything is alive and changing all the time, so your best will
- [Spiritual Alchemy: From Nigredo to Albedo](https://espirited.com/ot-nigredo-do-albedo/) - The process of spiritual transformation begins with Nigredo—the darkness that enters our lives, dressed in various forms of psychological suffering: depression, fear, a sense of powerlessness and emptiness, loneliness and isolation, unrequited love, and jealousy. The awakening from the trance of the senses, fixated on the world of matter, is triggered by the alarm of
- [The 29-Day Program Now Available in English](https://espirited.com/programata-29-dni-veche-i-na-anglijski-ezik/) - “If you trust in yourself. . . and believe in your dreams. . . and follow your star. . . you'll still be beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.” — Terry Pratchett With this thought by Terry Pratchett, which describes the essence of "The 29-Day
- [Complete redemption from the sufferings of this world is an illusion](https://espirited.com/palnoto-izkuplenie-ot-stradaniyata-e-ilyuziya/) - "…the tensions between the psychic pairs of opposites are eased only gradually; and like the alchemical end-product, which always betrays its essential duality, the unified personality never quite loses the painful sense of innate discordance. Complete redemption from the sufferings of this world is and must remain an illusion. Christ’s earthly life likewise ended not
- [Done is Better than Perfect](https://espirited.com/da-dejstvash-e-po-dobre-ot-savarshenstvo/) - Не знаех, че това е фирменото мото на Фейсбук. Разбрах за него от публикацията на NovaVizia.com "26 хака за управление на времето, които ми се искаше да знам, когато бях на 20" . Това е деветият „хак“, който дава идеи как да се управлява времето по-ефективно.
- ["Satyagraha" – Non-cooperation with Injustice](https://espirited.com/satyagraha/) - It is supportive to read something that reflects your own thoughts, especially when those thoughts are not widely discussed. I felt exactly this way when, driven by a desire to better understand the link between mental illness and human morality, I began re-reading Dr. M. Scott Peck’s book, People of the Lie. “Laymen are inclined
- [JP Sears and the Levelling of Pomposity](https://espirited.com/dzhey-pi-siars-i-niveliraneto-na-pompoz/) - “Humor brings all people down to their normal size... That's exactly why it works so successfully at leveling pomposity.” — Robin Skynner Finally, the moment has come to introduce you to my spiritual teacher. When I saw him, I immediately knew it was Him. There was something about his appearance that greatly attracted me, and
- [The Knowing Field: A Bridge to the Collective Unconscious](https://espirited.com/pole-na-znanieto/) - "The Knowing Field" is a phenomenon I first encountered as a participant in a Family Constellation group. What I witnessed and experienced then left such deep traces in my consciousness that my perception—both as a person and as a psychotherapist—has never been the same since. I was deeply impressed not only by Bert Hellinger's theory
- [C.G.Jung on loneliness](https://espirited.com/yung-za-samotata/) - For people on the path of individuation, a sense of loneliness is inevitable. If they understand the psychological meaning of such a difficult experience, they will be able to use it for its true purpose: as a means of separation from others—a path toward freedom, psychic maturity, and emotional independence. In his autobiography, Memories, Dreams,
- [Synchronicity Games](https://espirited.com/za-igrite-na-sinhronichnost/) - The "Synchronicity Games" allow the posts from this site to be opened and read at random, yet their interpretation is guided by the principle of synchronicity. This involves exploring whether there are meaningful connections between the written words and one’s current life situation — connections that may provide answers to the questions one is seeking.
- [Stop paying attention to the dust of everyday life](https://espirited.com/da-padash-i-da-stavash/) - "Anyone who firmly intends to reach the goal must stop paying attention to the dust of everyday life and the small stains that appear on his garment along the way. Your foot will remain permanently stuck in one place, and you will never trust your own steps if you allow yourself to be troubled by
- [The human self and the dark spot of our own ignorance](https://espirited.com/tcherno-petno/) - Some of the most profound observations of the inner life can be found among people who practice meditation—the best tool for observing our internal processes. Such is Andy James, the author of the book "The Conscious Self," from which the quote below is taken. "There is a black spot in our consciousness. It prevents us
- [Love as the Engine of Evolution](https://espirited.com/silata-na-lyubovta/) - “But what is this force that pushes us, both as individuals and as a species, to grow against the natural resistance of our own lethargy? We have already mentioned it—it is love. It is defined as: 'The will to extend oneself for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.' When we grow,
- [Emotional Intelligence: The Real Secret to Success in Life](https://espirited.com/inteligentnite-emotsii/) - 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.
- [Колко време отнема една крачка](https://espirited.com/kolko-vreme-otnema-edna-kratchka/) - Има нещо много важно, което е добре да се знае от хората, за които е започнал процесът на духовна трансформация - този процес продължава дълго време. Много дълго. Обезсърчително дълго. Толкова дълго, че винаги се минава през етапа на отчаяние. Това е причината сериозните книги в областта на духовността да не дават лесни рецепти от
- [Йехуда Бърг за ДНК на Бога и срамния хляб](https://espirited.com/dnk-na-boga-i-sramniya-hlyab/) - от книгата "Силата на Кабала", автор Йехуда Бърг "Някога, много отдавна, преди дори да съществува представата за времето, имало само една проста реалност... ЕНЕРГИЯТА. Тази сила била изначална. Изпълвала вечността. Простирала се до безкрая. Нямало понятие като време, пространство и движение, защото според Кабала тази безпределна Енергия била единствената реалност. Нямало нищо друго. Нищичко. Само
- [Истина или лъжа](https://espirited.com/razlitchnite-formi-na-lazhata/) - "Най-важният фактор, който трябва да имаме предвид, когато се опитваме да разберем една връзка, е тъжният факт, че хората лъжат. Лъжат себе си, близките и приятелите си, съпруга и любимия, а често дори и своя Бог! Те често виждат себе си, както и връзката, в която се намират, през мъглявината на мечтите и надеждите. Те
- [Инстинктът за истината и процесът на индивидуация](https://espirited.com/instinktat-za-istinata/) - В юнгианската анализа “инструментът” за вземане на решения чрез душата се нарича „инстинкт за истината“ и е вътрешно чувство за правота отвъд знаенето с его-ума.
- [Йехуда Бърг: От двете страни на завесата](https://espirited.com/dvete-strani-na-zavesata/) - От книгата "Силата на Кабала", автор Йехуда Бърг. "Според Кабала, съществува завеса, която разделя нашата действителност на две части, които Кабала определя като един процент и деветдесет и девет процента. Царството на единия процент обхваща нашия физически свят. Но той е само мъничка част от Всемира, само онова, което възприемаме с петте си сетива -
- [Why Jung Studied Astrology](https://espirited.com/yung-za-astrologiyata-tova-e-starata-psihologiya-na-obektivno-psihichnoto/) - Jung studied astrology because he saw in it the ancient psychology of the objective psyche. Archetypes, synchronicity, and symbols – a different perspective.
- [Защо Юнг е изучавал астрологията](https://espirited.com/yung-za-astrologiyata-tova-e-starata-psihologiya-na-obektivno-psihichnoto/) - Юнг е изучавал астрологията, защото в нея вижда древната психология на обективната психика. Архетипи, синхроничност и символи – една различна гледна точка.
- [Бъди благодарен!](https://espirited.com/ezikat-na-sartseto/) - от лекция на Шри Шри Рави Шанкар, юли 1992 г., Германия "Има само две възможности: или хленчите в ума си, или сте благодарни. Между тях няма средно положение. Ние трябва да изберем или едното, или другото. Когато сме благодарни, никакви оплаквания не са възможни. Когато хленчим, не можем да бъдем благодарни. Това е очевидно. Умът
- [Така ли?](https://espirited.com/taka-li/) - Една притча, преразказана и тълкувана от Екхарт Толе, която показва с пример как можем да практикуваме осъзнатото "намаляване на егото" в живота си. "Дзен-учителят Хакуин живеел в един град в Япония. Бил високо почитан и много хора търсели от него духовно напътствие. Случило се дъщерята на съседите, тийнейджърка, да забременее. Когато родителите й разгневени я
- [Книгата "Ключовите разговори - за успешна комуникация, когато залозите са високи"](https://espirited.com/klyutchovite-razgovori/) - Препоръчвам тази книга - "Ключовите разговори", с подзаглавие "За успешна комуникация, когато залозите са високи". Авторите са четирима мъже с голям опит в тази област - Кери Патерсън, Джоузеф Грени, Рон Макмилън и Ал Суицлър. Ако се поддам на импулса на моя изгряващ знак Овен, ще ви я препоръчам ето така: "На всяка цена си
- [Физиология на общуването](https://espirited.com/fiziologiya-na-obshtuvaneto/) - Ако искате да повишите своите умения да общувате, ето една идея, която авторите на книгата "Ключовите разговори", предлагат: “опознайте по-добре себе си като станете бдителни наблюдатели на поведението си под стрес.” Това е от изключителна важност, защото когато нашето чувство за сигурност в общуването с другия е застрашено, то изкривява възприятието ни и ни кара
- [Циркуларен модел на общуването](https://espirited.com/vt-obshtuvane/) - Кое е първо - кокошката или яйцето? Ако можете да отговорите на този въпрос, ще разберете кой е отговорен да се чувствате и реагирате по начина, по който това се случва, когато общуването ви с другия човек стане трудно. А, ако не знаете кой е верния отговор, ето едно предложение от мен. Вие сте отговорни.
- [Мета-правилата и човешкото общуване](https://espirited.com/meta-pravila/) - Продължавам темата за мета-комуникацията като единственото средство да излезем от порочния кръг на "игрите без край", както в системната психотерапия наричат серията от повтарящи се конфликтни взаимодействия без да се стига до решение. Един от начините да излезем от този порочен кръг и да погледнем от по-високо (мета-) ниво е като внесем нови правила на
- [Катализаторите - лидерите на бъдещето](https://espirited.com/katalizatorite/) - Това е още едно име за бъдещите лидери, които променят света към по-добро - катализатори. Така ги наричат Ори Брейфман и Род Бекстром в книгата си "Морската звезда и паякът". Както вече писах в представянето на тази интересна книга, която описва тенденциите на бъдещето, морската звезда е метафора за децентрализираните организации. Същите, които нямат лидер.
- [Лиз Грийн: осъзнаването създава по-голямо страдание отпреди, но е от различен порядък](https://espirited.com/za-osaznavaneto/) - Лиз Грийн, "Изкуството да откраднеш огън" : "Аз смятам, че осъзнаването, което на теория е така привлекателно за психологически ориентираните, нерядко създава по-голямо страдание отпреди, дори и то да е от различен порядък. Много съветници и лекари го откриват едва след като самите те дълго време са провеждали терапия и от години са работили с
- [Програмата 29 дни вече и на английски език](https://espirited.com/programata-29-dni-veche-i-na-anglijski-ezik/) - „Ако вярваш в себе си. . . и вярваш в мечтите си. . . и следваш звездата си. . . в крайна сметка ще бъдеш победен от хора, които са прекарали времето си в усърдна работа и учене и не са били толкова мързеливи.” Тери Пратчет С тази мисъл на Тери Пратчет, която описва най-същественото
- [Guilt is a defence against real suffering](https://espirited.com/vina-i-ugrizenie/) - *"It has always seemed to me that guilt is not a true feeling, but rather a defense against sensations—of loneliness, ugliness, badness, and perhaps of remorse. Guilt is a defense against true suffering. This may sound heretical to you, but there is something highly manipulative and slippery about guilt. When people go on explaining how
- [Вината е защита срещу истинското страдание](https://espirited.com/vina-i-ugrizenie/) - "На мен винаги ми се е струвало, че вината не е истинско чувство, а по-скоро защита срещу усещанията - на самота, грозота, лошота и вероятно на угризение. Вината е защита срещу истинското страдание. На вас може да ви звучи еретично, но във вината има нещо силно манипулативно и хлъзгаво. Когато хората заобясняват колко виновни се
- [С малки стъпки към големите мечти](https://espirited.com/s-malki-stapki-kam-golemite-metchti/) - Понякога се отказваме от мечтите си, защото решаваме, че са твърде големи. Нереално големи. Но ако те са нещото, за което най-много сърцето ни копнее? Това, което ни кара да се чувстваме живи и вдъхновени? Отговорът на този въпрос от Дениз Лин в книгата й "Душата обича истината" е - не, не трябва да се
- [Роберто Асаджиоли за "духовната умора"](https://espirited.com/duhovna-umora/) - Пътят на духовната трансформоция е труден. Вероятно затова е ценен. Лесните неща не се славят с особена стойност. И, за да бъде ценността му още по-голяма, той не само е труден, но е и дълъг. Един труден дълъг път. Въпреки това го вървим. Вероятно защото той е единственият възможен път - напред. Тогава идва и
- [Когато решите...](https://espirited.com/kogato-reshite/) - "Естествено, когато решите да правите нещо, ще срещнете много от неговата противоположност. Например, когато искате да развиете търпението си, ви хваща всеки червен светофар, задръстване и най-голямата опашка в супермаркета. Когато се учите да бъдете по-любящи, често се сблъсквате с хора и ситуации, където просто искате да се телепортирате в друга вселена." Майкъл Тамура, "Отговорът
- [Да не сътрудничиш на несправедливостта](https://espirited.com/satyagraha/) - Какво откриват психиатрите, когато отидат на коктейл Действа подкрепящо, когато прочетеш нещо, което и ти самият си мислиш, но не се говори масово за него. Точно така се почувствах, когато водена от желанието си да разбера по-добре връзката между психичната болест и морала на човека, започнах да препрочитам книгата на д-р Морган Скот Пек "Хора
- [The Dark Night of the Soul and Depression](https://espirited.com/tamnata-nosht-na-dushata/) - 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
- [Individuation and the Care of the Soul](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-individuatsiyata/) - A Jungian perspective on individuation as a natural process of growth, transformation, and inner wholeness, revealing the meaning of suffering and soul care.
- [Пътят на индивидуацията и грижата за душата](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-individuatsiyata/) - Всичко най-важно, което трябва да се знае за понятието индивидуация в аналитичната психология на Карл Густав Юнг.
- [Приближаване чрез отдалечаване](https://espirited.com/priblizhavane-tchrez-otdaletchavane/) - Един от парадоксите е, че докато правим "уж" неправилните неща и по всичко изглежда, че вървим в неправилната посока, ние се доближаваме до решението на проблема. Най-яркият пример за това е посланието за приемане нещата, такива каквито са. Съгласна съм, че интеграцията на тъмната част от живота и постигането на целостта се случва именно благодарение
- [Only when you can accept responsibility...](https://espirited.com/samo-kogato/) - “For it is only when they can accept responsibility for all of it that they can achieve the power to change part of it. So long as you entertain the notion that there is something or someone else out there ‘doing it’ to you, you disempower yourself to do anything about it. Only when you
- [In Search of One’s True Calling](https://espirited.com/prizvanie/) - 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
- [В търсене на своето призвание](https://espirited.com/prizvanie/) - Познавам не малко хора, които търсят не просто добра работа. Познавам такива, които търсят своето призвание. Това са хора със страст към живота, способни да поемат рискове, за да последват сърцето си. Носейки в себе си пламъка на Прометеевия огън, тези свободолюбиви и човеколюбиви същества повече от всичко на света искат да оставят следа след
- [Как се укротява баба Яга](https://espirited.com/baba-yaga/) - "Млъкни стара вещице! Не може да задаваш въпроси на един герой. Донеси нещо за ядене и пиене или ще ти отрежа ушите и ще ти отсека главата, а от задника ти ще протече пясък!" Това казва на баба Яга Иван - главният герой в руската вълшебна приказка "Царкинята девица", когато тя го посреща с думите:
- [Ерос е Puer aeternus](https://espirited.com/eros-e-puer-aeternus/) - Текстът на Мари Франц с психологическата интерпретация на историята за Амур/Ерос и Психея (виж статията за "Въплъщението на Венера") продължава с анализ на връзката между Ерос и архетипа на "вечното дете", т.нар. Puer Aeternus. Защото Ерос е Пуер Етернус и да знаем тази връзка помага страшно много, ако искаме да разберем откъде идват основните проблеми
- [Да протегнеш ръката към това, което обичаш](https://espirited.com/mari-luiz-fon-francz-da-protegnesh-rakata-kam-tova-koeto-obichash/) - "Юнг пише, че жените с негативен майчин комплекс често пропускат първата половина от живота си, преминават през нея като насън. Животът за тях е постоянен източник на раздразнение и досада. Но ако успеят да преодолеят този негативен майчин комплекс, те имат голям шанс през втората половина на живота да го преоткрият с младежката спонтанност, пропусната
- [How to Tame Baba Yaga: Confronting the Destructive Inner Voice](https://espirited.com/baba-yaga/) - “Be quiet, you old witch! You have no right to ask questions of a hero. Bring something to eat and drink, or I’ll cut off your ears and chop off your head, and sand will pour out of your backside!” This is what Ivan—the hero of the Russian fairy tale “The Tsar Maiden”—says to Baba
- [Cinderella’s Slipper and the Process of Individuation](https://espirited.com/pepeljashka/) - Explore the Jungian archetype of the Self through the lens of Cinderella. Discover how love disappointment serves as a sacred initiation into individuation.
- [The Split Anima/Animus in Love Triangles](https://espirited.com/raztsepenata-animaanimus-kato-iztotchn/) - Here is some further insight from Liz Greene into the hidden psychic dynamics of love triangles presenting another part of her article The Eternal Triangle . The previous article presented Freud’s psychoanalytic perspective, according to which the cause of love triangles lies in unresolved Oedipal struggles to win one parent and compete with the other.
- [Marie Franz: The incarnation of Venus is the embodiment of the god from the feminine side of development](https://espirited.com/mari-francz-vaplasthenieto-na-venera-e-vaplasthenieto-na-boga-ot-zhenskata-strana-na-razvitieto/) - After the articles on the spiritual dimension of love and the planet Venus, presenting the views of Liz Green and Alan Oaken, here is what Marie Louise von Franz has written on this very important topic, adding new and very important aspects to it. To this end, I would like to recall the nature of
- [Jung: It Is God Who Undergoes Transformation In and Through Man](https://espirited.com/jung-about-transformation/) - “It is not man who is transformed into a god, but the god who undergoes transformation in and through man…” — Carl G. Jung, Collected Works, Volume 5
- [The Dual Attitude Toward the Unconscious](https://espirited.com/dvojnstvenata-naglasa-kam-nesaznavanoto/) - "You see, the power of the animus consists, as a rule, in the possession of a woman’s feeling; that is, when she is not responsible for her feeling, when she does not look out for it consciously, the animus eats it; and then he becomes powerful and may devour her or any other innocent prey.”—
- [The impulse towards individuation comes from god who wants to incarnate](https://espirited.com/mari-francz-v-impulsa-kam-individuacziya-imenno-bogat-e-tozi-kojto-iska-da-se-vaplati/) - What follows from the fact that the compulsion toward self-sacrifice arises from the awakening of the immortal part of the soul, which in Jungian analysis is called the awakened individuational impulse (see The Path of Individuation and the Care of the Soul)? What does the incarnated god (the archetype of the whole personality) receive in
- [Liz Greene on what true self-sacrifice is](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-tova-kakvo-e-istinskata-samozhertva/) - I continue this series of articles on the theme of self-sacrifice by turning to its most radical expression: the sacrifice of our desire for an easy and carefree life. Another way of saying the same thing is to stop resisting pain and to mature. I will begin with a quotation from Jung, because self-sacrifice is
- [Liz Green on Neptune and the longing for redemption](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-astrologichniya-neptun-i-arhetipniya-kopnezh-za-izkuplenie/) - Liz Greene’s work on Neptune—the archetype of the highest forms of love and self-sacrifice, of creative imagination, and of the spiritual longing for enlightenment.
- [The Mythology of Neptune and Coming of the Savior](https://espirited.com/mitologiyata-na-neptun-prishestvieto-na-spasitelya/) - The archetypal drama associated in astrology with the action of the planet Neptune unfolds between two figures: the redeemer and the one who seeks redemption. On one side, we find ourselves as sinners, longing to encounter a purer and more spiritually elevated Other—someone who can cleanse us of the imperfections and bodily desires with which
- [Eros is Puer aeternus](https://espirited.com/eros-e-puer-aeternus/) - Marie Franz's text with the psychological interpretation of the story of Amur/Eros and Psyche (see the article on "The Incarnation of Venus") continues with an analysis of the correlation between Eros and the archetype of the"eternal child", the so-called Puer Aeternus. For Eros is Puer Aeternus, and knowing this correlation helps tremendously if we want
- [Psyche's First Descent into the Unconscious and the Symbolism of the Lamp](https://espirited.com/parvoto-spuskane-na-psiheya-v-nesaznavanoto-i-simvolikata-na-lampata/) - This is the next part of Marie Franz's analysis of the story of Amour and Psyche, told by Apuleius in his book The Golden Ass. The previous parts are: Marie Franz on the duality "romance - banality" in love Marie Franz: The incarnation of Venus is the embodiment of the god from the feminine side
- [Psyche's first task - sorting the seeds](https://espirited.com/parvata-zadacha-na-psiheya-sortiraneto-na-semenata/) - At last it is my turn to present how Marie-Louise von Franz interprets the various tasks Psyche receives from Venus in order to win back her beloved. I begin with her psychological interpretation of the first task, the sorting of the pile of seeds (a motif found in many fairy tales), what the ants symbolize,
- [Psyche's second task and the golden wool from wild solar rams](https://espirited.com/vtorata-zadacha-na-psiheya-i-zlatnata-valna-ot-divi-slanchevi-ovni/) - Psyche's first task was to sort through a huge pile of seeds, and she tackled this ordeal with the help of the ants. I recall that Marie Louise von Franz interpreted this as help from the unconscious that comes when we are true to ourselves. After the first task comes the second, which teaches our
- [Psyche's third task - water from Styx's ice waterfall](https://espirited.com/tretata-zadacha-voda-ot-ledeniya-vodopad-na-stiks/) - After Psyche's first task, which is to sort through a large pile of seeds, and the second task, which is to bring a wave of wild sun rams, comes the third task, which is to bring water from the icy waterfall of the River Styx that separates the earth from the underworld. What our soul
- [Psyche's fourth task - the beauty cream box from Persephone](https://espirited.com/chetvartata-zadacha-kutijkata-s-krema-za-krasota-ot-persefona/) - And this is the fourth and final task Venus gives Psyche to atone for her sin - to fetch a box of beauty cream from Persephone, queen of the underworld. Unlike the previous three tasks (sorting a pile of seeds, fetching a golden wave from the wild sun rams, and fetching water from the icy
- [Psyche and Amur: The End of the Story](https://espirited.com/psiheya-i-amur-krayat-na-istoriyata/) - Here are Marie Louise von Franz's last comments on the end of the story of Amur and Psyche, from which we learn more important things about the development of the soul and the embodiment of love on Earth. "In this ultimate, tragic moment, Eros comes down from Olympus and wakes Psyche, and, with the help
- [Jung: Consciousness with its focuses is only a minor part of the psychic](https://espirited.com/yung-saznanieto-s-negovite-fokusi-e-samo-neznachitelna-chast-ot-psihichnoto/) - "Usually you can't explain to others what has happened because the path of understanding is blocked by prejudice: 'everyone is the same', 'such things don't exist', or if they do, they are 'pathological', and furthermore, highly irrelevant, 'to think that such a thing could matter is monstrous hubris', 'it's all just psychology'. The latter objection
- [Marie Louise von Franz: Reaching out to what you love](https://espirited.com/mari-luiz-fon-francz-da-protegnesh-rakata-kam-tova-koeto-obichash/) - "Jung says that women with a negative mother-complex often miss the first half of their lives, they walk past it in a dream. Life for them is a constant source of annoyance and irritation. But if they can overcome this negative mother complex, they have a good chance in the second half of life of
- [Edward Edinger: The self is born and the ego is made](https://espirited.com/eduard-edinger-azat-se-razhda-a-egoto-se-sazdava/) - "The latent ego is in complete identification with the Self (the god, the archetype of the Whole personality). The Self is born, but the ego is made; and in the beginning all is Self. This condition is described by Neumann as uroboros (the tail-eating serpent). Since the Self is the center and totality of being,
- [Hot evil is carried by an unquenched emotional affect](https://espirited.com/mari-francz-goresthoto-zlo-se-nosi-ot-neugasnal-emoczionalen-afekt/) - Marie Louise von Franz in her book SHADOW AND EVIL IN FAIRY TALES: The hot evil is carried by an unquenched emotional affect underneath, like a suffocated fire.
- [Jung on how to become conscious of the infinite](https://espirited.com/yung-usesthaneto-za-bezgranichnost-postigam-edva-togava-kogato-sam-krajno-ogranichen/) - "But I only achieve the feeling of limitlessness when I am extremely limited. Man's greatest limitation is that 'self' which manifests itself in the experience of 'I am only this'. Only consciousness of our narrow confinement in the self forms the link to the limitlessness of the unconscious. In such awareness we experience ourselves concurrently
- [The relationship between the conscious and the unconscious is both open conflict and cooperation](https://espirited.com/otnosheniyata-mezhdu-saznavanoto-i-nesaznavanoto-sa-ednovremenno-konflikt-i-satrudnichestvo/) - "But if we understand anything of the unconscious, we know that it cannot be swallowed. We also know that it is dangerous to suppress it, because the unconscious is life and this life turns against us if suppressed, as happens in neurosis. Conscious and unconscious do not make a whole when one of them is
- [People Who Have Integrated Their Darkness Possess an Invisible Authority](https://espirited.com/horata-koito-sa-integrirali-svoyata-tamnina-imat-nevidim-avtoritet/) - If you have difficulty being taken seriously by others and feel that you do not carry sufficient authority in their eyes, this thought by Marie-Louise von Franz is for you.
- [What is the place of individuation in a love relationship?](https://espirited.com/za-myastoto-na-individuacziyata-v-lyubovnite-otnosheniya/) - Marie Louise von Franz: In a love relation you risk everything. You put yourself on a table and stop trying to dominate or conquer the other person.
- [The Archetype of the Trickster](https://espirited.com/arhetipat-na-triktstera/) - Jung on the psychology of the trickster “Wow, that’s typical Trickster behavior!” I thought when I saw Trump's brazen lie, “Did I say that? I don't remember,” hidden behind a sly smile. That's why I want to share a bit more about this archetype, which is one of the faces of the Shadow—when this Shadow
- [Images of Light: The Spiritual Dimension of Projections](https://espirited.com/obrazi-ot-svetlina/) - Human perception is not only a psychological, but a spiritual phenomenon. In the way our eyes look, a secret is hidden. The withdrawal of projections is something more than looking within ourselves for the things that irritate us or attract us in other people—it is the way we purify the spirit from our primal passions.
- [The Long Road: Ten Years for a Single Step](https://espirited.com/kolko-vreme-otnema-edna-kratchka/) - There is something very important that people who have begun the process of spiritual transformation should know: this process lasts a long time. Very long. Discouragingly long. So long that one always passes through a stage of despair. This is why serious books in the field of spirituality do not give easy recipes like "do
- [Assertiveness: The Meta-Rules of Human Dignity](https://espirited.com/oshte-edin-primer-za-meta-pravila-aserti/) - 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
- [When Pity Becomes a Roadblock to Surrender](https://espirited.com/tretiyat-blokazh-po-patya-na-predavaneto/) - The presentation of the "roadblocks on the path to surrender as a way of life" would not be complete without introducing the third one: helping others in a way that blurs the boundaries between us and them. For people with spiritual values and sensitive hearts, this may turn out to be not only the greatest
- [The Sadhana of Disillusionment](https://espirited.com/sadhana-na-razotcharovanieto/) - Discover why "positive thinking" can be a trap and how the "Sadhana of Disillusionment" leads to authentic spiritual maturity and shattering of ego illusions.
- [Pamela Kribbe on the Second Roadblock to Surrender](https://espirited.com/vtoriyat-falshiv-idol-idealite-i-standa/) - After presenting the first block to "surrender as a way of life" from Pamela Kribbe’s book—"God as an external authority"—it is now time to present the second. It is titled "Society's ideals and standards as the second false idol." "Another false god that distances you from your true spiritual energy is 'society': the standards and
- [Системна психотерапия: действителност от първи и от втори порядък](https://espirited.com/deystvitelnost-ot-parvi-i-ot-vtori-por/) - Системният подход в психотерапията разглежда поведението на нарочения за болен индивид като израз на неуспешни опити да се нагоди към една не много здравословна семейна система и оспорва общоприетия критерий за нагаждане към действителността като индикатор за душевно здраве или болест. "Става дума за привидно разбиращо се от само себе си допускане, че съществува действителна,
- [Systemic Psychotherapy: First- and Second-Order Reality](https://espirited.com/deystvitelnost-ot-parvi-i-ot-vtori-por/) - The systemic approach in psychotherapy views the behavior of the identified patient as an expression of failed attempts to adapt to a dysfunctional family system. It challenges the conventional criterion of "adapting to reality" as an indicator of mental health or illness. "We are talking about a seemingly self-evident assumption that there exists an actual,
- [Laughter - the front line of healing](https://espirited.com/smehat-frontovata-liniya-na-letchenieto/) - "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
- [Validating the Spirit](https://espirited.com/potvarzhdavane-na-duha/) - 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 Four Steps of Nonviolent Communication](https://espirited.com/modelat-na-rozenberg-za-obshtuvane-bez-agresiya/) - Being able to openly express our emotions, and especially the most difficult ones, is crucial for our mental and physical health. Painful emotions do not disappear if they are suppressed or denied. Instead, they become unconscious, sinking into our bodies where they manifest in the form of physical symptoms or illness. Our relationships suffer as
- [Bert Hellinger, Who Knows Orpheus the Lesser](https://espirited.com/po-malkiyat-orfey/) - This is a story retold by Bert Hellinger in his book "Love's hidden symmetry": "In olden times, when the gods still seemed to be closer to human beings, two singers named Orpheus lived on the same island. One of them was Orpheus the Great—the very same one we know from the legends. He was the
- [Paul Watzlawick on the essence of human maturity](https://espirited.com/tchoveshkata-zryalost/) - "The ability to live with relative realities, with questions that have no answer, with the knowledge that you know nothing and with the paradoxical unconsciousnesses of existence—this is precisely the essence of human maturity and the resulting tolerance toward others." — Paul Watzlawick I very much like this thought by Paul Watzlawick from his book
- [The Secret of the Path](https://espirited.com/taynata-na-patekata/) - "I would like to say something about the secret of the path. You advance on your path by leaving everything from before behind, even your old insights. But there is something more about the path. You reach the goal with the last step. Everything before that is simply preparation." — Bert Hellinger I love this
- [Третият градинар, суфистка приказка](https://espirited.com/tretiya-gradinar-sufistka-prikazka/) - Една приказка от книгата "Петте състояния на душата", автори Хари Муди и Дейвид Карол. "Имало едно време трима мъже, които за да намерят знание, тръгнали с керван към средата на пустинята. Те нямали никаква представа от градинарското изкуство и затова прибирали със себе си всичко, което намирали в пясъка. Но дълбоко в сърцето си, всеки
- [The Third Gardener: A Sufi Tale](https://espirited.com/tretiya-gradinar-sufistka-prikazka/) - This story from the book "The Five Stages of the Soul" by Harry Moody and David Carroll illustrates the profound difference between intellectual ego, lack of faith, and the power of persistent, humble practice. "Once upon a time, three men, in search of knowledge, set out with a caravan toward the middle of the desert.
- [How to open the gates of heaven](https://espirited.com/portite-na-ada-i-na-raya/) - "A famous warrior came to Master Hakuin and asked him: — Master, tell me: do heaven and hell really exist? — Who are you? — Hakuin asked. — I am a Warrior from the personal guard of the great emperor. — Nonsense! — snapped Hakuin. — What emperor would keep someone like you? You look
- [If you listen to what people say](https://espirited.com/horskoto-mnenie/) - “A father and a son acquired a horse. The next day, they set off to travel through the village. The father said: — Son, you get on the horse, and I will walk. When the villagers saw them, they said: — Hey, look at that son—his father is walking on foot, while he rides! The
- [The Transformative Power of Wise Love](https://espirited.com/madrata-lyubov-preobrazyava/) - Do you know the story of the frog who, after being kissed by the princess, turned into a prince? Carol Pearson, author of The Hero Within, writes that in the original version of this tale, the "disenchanting action" is very different. Consequently, its psychological interpretation is also different, carrying profound implications for what constitutes the
- [Unexpressed Anger Erodes Relationships](https://espirited.com/neizrazeniyat-gnyav-razyazhda-vrazkite/) - "It is much better to express our feelings than to suppress them. Anger is often the result of a series of unexpressed feelings that build up within us and finally explode. In a holy relationship, we believe part of our responsibility is to constantly express our honest feelings and to support our partner in doing
- [Неизразеният гняв разяжда връзките](https://espirited.com/neizrazeniyat-gnyav-razyazhda-vrazkite/) - "Много по-добре е да изразяваме, отколкото да потискаме своите чувства. Гневът често е резултат на поредица неизразени чувства, които се трупат в нас и накрая експлодират. В святата връзка ние смятаме, че част от нашата отговорност е постоянно да изразяваме искрените си чувства и да подкрепяме своя партньор в същото. Тогава общуването е толкова интензивно,
- [The "Cheap Forgiveness" Problem](https://espirited.com/evtinata-proshka/) - "Many people suffer from the problem I call 'cheap forgiveness.' Upon their first visit to a therapist, they declare: 'I know my childhood wasn't ideal, but my parents did the best they could, and I forgive them.' But as the therapist gets to know them, they discover that they haven't forgiven their parents at all.
- [Crystal Giacomo: A Tale of Authenticity and Truth](https://espirited.com/kristalniyat-dzhakomo/) - This is one of my favorite stories by Gianni Rodari. I have remembered it in moments when things were difficult, and it has helped me. To me, it is a truly healing tale, which I now share with pleasure. *"Once upon a time, in a distant city, a transparent child was born. One could see
- [„The Invitation“, by Oriah Mountain Dreamer](https://espirited.com/pokanata/) - "It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for
- [Орая Маунтин Дриймър, "Поканата"](https://espirited.com/pokanata/) - По-долу е уводният текст от книгата "Духовна интелигентност", написана от Дана Зохар и Иън Маршал. Неговото заглавие е "Поканата", автор Орая Маунтин Дриймър. *„Не ме интересува как изкарваш прехраната си. Искам да знам за какво те боли и дръзваш ли да мечтаеш да претвориш копнежа на сърцето си. Не ме интересува възрастта ти. Искам да
- [On the difference between self-pity and self-compassion](https://espirited.com/samosazhalenie-ili-samosastradanie/) - It is often said that crying helps us feel better. However, this does not apply to crying born of a secondary feeling—the so-called self-pity. While the primary form of this emotion relates to a feeling of deep pain and grief caused by loss, its pseudo-version manifests differently. Instead of feeling the depth of the pain,
- [The Level at Which Problems Are Solved](https://espirited.com/kade-se-reshavat-problemite/) - “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” — Albert Einstein I first encountered this thought while reading Stephen Covey’s book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. In it, the author presents two different paradigms (beliefs) regarding the foundation of success in life: the Personality Ethic and
- [Къде се решават проблемите](https://espirited.com/kade-se-reshavat-problemite/) - "Не можем да решим проблемите като използваме същия тип мислене, който сме използвали, когато сме ги създали." Айнщайн За първи път попаднах на тази мисъл, когато четох книгата на Стивън Кови "Седемте навика на високоефективните хора". В нея авторът представя две различни парадигми (вярвания) за това какво стои в основата на успеха в живота -
- [The Tao of the Snail](https://espirited.com/kitayska-prittcha/) - This is a wonderful parable about three monks in a Taoist monastery who had different opinions on a matter involving a snail. "Once, two monks were walking in the garden of a Taoist monastery. Suddenly, one of them saw a snail crawling on the path. The second monk, his spiritual brother, inadvertently almost stepped on
- [Copy or original?](https://espirited.com/kopie-ili-original/) - "A young monk took his vows, and his first task at the monastery was to help the other monks hand-copy the church regulations, psalms, laws, and so on. After working for a week, the young monk noticed that all the monks were copying these materials from previous copies, not from the original. Surprised by this
- [The Connection Between Enlightenment and Love](https://espirited.com/sled-prosvetlenieto/) - A primary characteristic of a mentally healthy person is the successful integration of the "shadow" side of their psyche and the achievement of inner wholeness. The defining trait of an enlightened person is exactly the same—they are whole. And the glue that binds our fragmented parts together is called love. Thaddeus Golas: "There is no
- [Osho on the roots of anger](https://espirited.com/the-psychology-of-anger/) - "The psychology of anger is that you wanted something and someone prevented you from getting it. Someone came as a barrier, as a blockage. All your energy was directed to get something and someone blocked that energy. You could not get what you wanted. This frustration becomes anger... and this anger is against the person
- [The Parable of the Bamboo and Inner Maturation](https://espirited.com/bambukovi-promeni/) - A friend of mine told me a parable about bamboo that she had translated from a book by Olivier Clerc. Deeply moved by this story, I decided to pass it on, adding my own commentary. The parable is brief: “They say that in China, there grows a very special variety of bamboo. If we plant
- [The Fourth Sin: Failing Our Potential](https://espirited.com/tchetvartiyat-gryah/) - “At origin aggressiveness is almost synonymous with activity.” — D.W. Winnicott This quote opens the chapter "The Astrology of Aggression" by Howard Sasportas in the book The Dynamics of the Unconscious. In it, the author reveals through astrological examples how the aggressive impulse is naturally embedded within us (the energy of the planet Mars) and
- [The Archetypal Root of Projections](https://espirited.com/arhaitchnata-identitchnost-i-protsesa-na-d/) - Discover how strong emotions reveal unconscious projections and learn the five stages of their assimilation – from archaic identity to psychic differentiation.
- [The storms that wake us up](https://espirited.com/za-burite-koito-ni-sabuzhdat/) - 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
- [Диссолюция: вторият етап от алхимичното преобразуване](https://espirited.com/dissolyutsiya-vtoriyat-etap-ot-alhimitchno/) - Диссолюцията е вторият от алхимичните етапи в процеса на духовната трансформация. За разлика от етапа на калцинацията, който работи с елемента огън, т.е. човешките страсти, по време на диссолюцията (разтварянето) ние работим с това, което символизира елементът вода - емоциите, първичните чувства за единение с първоизточника на живота и подсъзнанието. Този етап заслужава да бъде по-подробно
- [Antero Alli the Two Types of Attention](https://espirited.com/za-dvata-vida-vnimanie/) - "It is of the utmost importance to have knowledge. But it is also of the utmost importance to be able to escape the known." Jiddu Krishnamurti With this quote begins the article by Antero Alli, "Double Vision: On the First and Second Attention." In it, he presents two different ways of perceiving reality, which are
- [Антеро Али за двата вида внимание](https://espirited.com/za-dvata-vida-vnimanie/) - "Изключително важно е да имаш знание. Но също така изключително важно е да можеш да избягаш от познатото." Джиду Кришнамурти С този цитат започва статията на Антеро Али "Двойно виждане - за първото и второто внимание" . В нея той представя два различни начина на възприемане на реалността, за които се споменава и в статията
- [Honoring Ereshkigal: The Descent into the Underworld](https://espirited.com/da-sreshtnesh-ereshkigal/) - Below, I present an abridged excerpt from Howard Sasportas’ book The Gods of Change. He retells the Sumerian legend of the descent of the goddess of the heavens – Inanna – into the underworld to her sister Ereshkigal. Sasportas includes this myth in his book to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the psychological symbolism
- [Пантофката на Пепеляшка и процесите на индивидуация](https://espirited.com/pepeljashka/) - Психологическа интерпретация на приказката за Пепеляшка и нейната пантофка като символ за раждането на индивидуалността на Аза – неземният източник на красота.
- [Jesper Juul on Boundaries Between Parents and Children](https://espirited.com/yesper-yul-za-blizostta-uvazhenieto-i-gr/) - It has been a long time since I recommended books on my website, and to compensate, I will recommend three at once! This is because I am not just recommending the books, but their author—Jesper Juul, the Danish family therapist and author of numerous books on parent-child relationships and upbringing. His most famous work is
- [The Rooster, a parable](https://espirited.com/petelat/) - “Ji Xingzi was training a fighting rooster for King Xuan of Zhou. After 10 days, the king asked if the rooster was ready for battle. — Not yet, he is still boastful and vainly shows off. After another 10 days, to the same question, Ji Xingzi replied: — Still not. He still lunges at every
- [Joseph Campbell on Finding Your Bliss](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-blazhenstvoto/) - 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
- [Osho on confusion as a gift](https://espirited.com/obarkvaneto-kato-dar/) - According to Osho: “Confusion is a great opportunity. The problem with people who are not confused is a big one—they think they know, but they actually do not know. People who believe they have clarity are in real trouble; their clarity is very superficial. In reality, they do not know what clarity means; what they
- [The samurai whose master had been killed](https://espirited.com/samuray/) - There is a story about a samurai that I like very much. I am retelling it here from memory. Once upon a time, there was a samurai whose master had been killed. He set out to find his master's murderer, as his samurai duty commanded him to kill the man. When he finally found him,
- [The Empty Boat](https://espirited.com/tazi-lodka-sashto-e-prazna/) - This is a story told by Lin Chi, which a close friend sent to me a while ago, and now I feel the urge to pass it on. For me, it is the best thing I have ever encountered regarding how we can stop taking life's events personally. "When I was young, I used to
- [The Tortoise and the Scorpion](https://espirited.com/skorpion-i-kostenurka/) - There is a parable about the tortoise and the scorpion that I felt like commenting on: "Once, the tortoise gave in to the scorpion's pleas to carry him on her back across the river. The scorpion sat still for most of the way, but just before reaching the other bank, he couldn't help himself and
- [The Snow Queen and the Devil's Mirror](https://espirited.com/snezhnata-kralitsa-i-ogledaloto-na-dyavo/) - "Now then! We will begin. When the story is done you shall know a great deal more than you do know. He was a terribly bad hobgoblin, a goblin of the very wickedest sort and, in fact, he was the devil himself.” Hans Christian Andersen “The Snow Queen” So begins Hans Christian Andersen’s story of
- [Getting Closer by Moving Away](https://espirited.com/priblizhavane-tchrez-otdaletchavane/) - One of the great paradoxes is that even while we seem to be doing all the “wrong” things and moving in the “wrong” direction, we are in fact getting closer to the very solution we seek. The most striking example of this is the teaching of accepting things exactly as they are. I agree that
- [Richard Rudd: The Sacred Wound and the Gift of Acceptance](https://espirited.com/ritchard-rad-mitat-za-sveshtenata-rana-i-darbata-na-priemaneto/) - 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
- [What It Means to Surrender to God](https://espirited.com/kakvo-oznatchava-da-se-predadesh-na-bog/) - Going through extreme forms of powerlessness and despair is an inevitable stage in the spiritual process of transformation. And it is very important to understand this, because recognizing this turning point helps intense suffering become a conscious act of spiritual surrender. Below is the story of Marianne Williamson, author of the bestseller A Return to
- [The Spirit is Free When it is Neutral](https://espirited.com/neutralnost/) - “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
- [Communication and “Safety Zone”](https://espirited.com/zonata-na-bezopasnost/) - The best way to understand how we shift from the “content aspect” to the “relationship aspect” in communication, when conversations become difficult, is through examples. The authors of “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High”, which I cannot recommend enough, have done an excellent job with this complex and nuanced task. Here I
- [The Physiology of Communication](https://espirited.com/fiziologiya-na-obshtuvaneto/) - If you want to improve your communication skills, here is one practical idea suggested by the authors of “Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High”: “one good way to increase your self-awareness is to explore your Style Under Stress.” This is critically important, because when our sense of safety in communication is threatened,
- [On the Two Levels of Communication](https://espirited.com/za-dvata-plasta-na-obshtuvaneto/) - One of the most important things to understand about communication is that when we converse with another person, we are not only exchanging information – we are also exchanging emotional attitudes. In systemic psychotherapy, these two layers are called the “content aspect” and the “relationship aspect.” Of the two, what truly matters for successful communication
- [Start with Heart](https://espirited.com/podgotvi-sartseto-si/) - The way to deal with our primal fight-or-flight reactions (which lead to the two killers of dialogue – silence or aggression) is by working on the mindset we bring into a conversation. These attitudes are present from the very moment we encounter the other person and continue throughout the entire interaction. Typically, we are not
- [Communication Is Like Breathing](https://espirited.com/obshtuvaneto-kato-dishane/) - We communicate all the time. Just like we breathe. Even when we remain silent in the presence of others, we still communicate. Sometimes silence even speaks louder than words. We also communicate when we are alone – this time with ourselves, having endless inner dialogues, immersed in the whirlwind of thoughts. We tend to think
- [How to Make Decision](https://espirited.com/vzemaneto-na-resheniya/) - “Inner Nature, when relied on, cannot be fooled. But many people do not look at it or listen to it, and consequently do not understand themselves very much. Having little understanding of themselves, they have little respect for themselves, and are therefore easily influenced by others... One of the most convenient things about this Sensitivity
- [Life as a Dance: Tango Lessons](https://espirited.com/urotsi-po-tango/) - Life as a dance is a beautiful metaphor that spontaneously gives rise to ideas about how to live it. This is exactly what Leyla Imm has done, whose text, translated by Petya Stoyanova from Russian, I am now “paying forward.” There are things we know very well, yet it is good to be reminded of
- [To Become Transparent to the Transcendence](https://espirited.com/dzhouzef-kembal-da-stanesh-prozratchen-za-transtsedentnoto/) - n his book Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation, Joseph Campbell writes: “I've lately gotten to know the work of a splendid psychiatrist in Germany named Karlfried Graf Dürckheim. This psychiatrist has summarized the whole problem of health – psychological and physical – with reference to myth, continuing the work of Carl Gustav Jung
- [Impatience as the Anima Trick](https://espirited.com/netarpenieto-kato-trik-na-animata/) - One of the challenges in the stage of calcination — the psychological work with the element of fire and our strong passions – is learning to contain frustration when things do not unfold as quickly as we would like. Life in a material body comes with limitations, not only in space, but also in time,
- [“Enough” Is a Feeling, not a Thing](https://espirited.com/dostatatchno-e-useshtane-a-ne-vesht/) - According to Pamela Kribbe, if we wish to embody Christ consciousness in our lives (love), we need to make a transition from a life dominated by the energy of the third chakra (will) to a life guided by the gentler, non-violent energies of the fourth chakra (the heart). This transition encompasses all areas of our
- [The Creative Power of Intention](https://espirited.com/kam-namerenieto/) - An in-depth exploration of intention as a creative force shaping karma, relationships, and individuation – beyond action, toward wholeness and inner truth.
- [Viktor Frankl: Success Will Follow You Precisely Because You Had Forgotten to Think of It](https://espirited.com/v-kraya-na-kraishtata/) - “Don't aim at success – the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the
- [Logotherapy: The Will to Meaning](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-logoterapiyata/) - Logotherapy is a method of psychotherapy created by the Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist Viktor Frankl. According to him, the search for meaning is the primary motivation in human life, and when this need is not fulfilled, human beings suffer. In order to describe the specificity of this form of suffering, and to distinguish it from
- [Like Sleeping Beauty: Letting Life Do Its Work](https://espirited.com/kato-spyashtata-krasavitsa/) - “Imagine that from now on, there is nothing you ‘must do’ in your life. If you would really grant yourself that freedom, your life would consistently flow smooth and easy. I understand that this runs counter to much that you have been told by your parents, teachers, employers, etcetera. Society imparts on you that you
- [The Knots](https://espirited.com/vazlite/) - “Once, the Buddha came to his disciples holding a scarf in his hands, a beautiful silk scarf. It was probably a gift from some king. The Buddha usually did not accept such things, and now everyone looked at him in bewilderment, wondering why he was holding it, as if he were saying, ‘Look carefully!’ All
- [The Instinct of Truth as the Voice of God](https://espirited.com/instinktat-za-istinata/) - 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
- [Kathryn Schulz On Being Wrong](https://espirited.com/katrin-shults-za-greshkite/) - This is an eye-opening seventeen-minute presentation that is worth watching. If you choose to set aside the time and reach the image of the man walking in the air having just run off a cliff, I invite you also to read how life appears when it is not lived from the inner side of the
- [Causal Attribution and The Illusion of Knowing the Cause](https://espirited.com/kauzalna-atributsiya/) - This article is a continuation of the previous one called “The Two Rays of the “Just Sun”,” in which I introduced a particular species of “worms.” By this I mean those thoughts in the mind that gnaw away at our psychological well-being by telling us that we know what the truth is – the whole
- [The Two Rays of the “Just Sun”](https://espirited.com/spravedlivoto-slantse/) - “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
- [Byron Katie: Explore Your Thoughts](https://espirited.com/izsledvay-mislite-si/) - Below is an abridged version of an excerpt from Byron Katie’s book Loving What Is, in which she presents her method known as The Work. In it, she explains how to use the power of inquiry to examine the truth about the thoughts that cause us suffering. Although presented here in a highly condensed form,
- [Seven Ways to Misinterpret What Is Happening](https://espirited.com/izkrivyavane-na-realnostta/) - The founder of the cognitive approach in psychotherapy, Aaron Beck, studied the ways in which people may have distorted perspective on reality. The following are among the most common of these distortions: 1. Black-and-white thinking In this type of cognitive distortion, we view things in terms of extremes: good or bad, perfect or worthless, success
- [On ABC Model in Cognitive Therapy](https://espirited.com/srednoto-sabitie/) - What, in your opinion, is the factor that most powerfully shapes the way we feel and act? According to cognitive psychotherapy, it is our thinking. The central premise of cognitive psychotherapy is that how we feel about a given thing depends far more on how we think about it than on the thing itself. This
- [Rudolf Steiner on the Symbol of the “Crown of Thorns”](https://espirited.com/rudolf-shtayner-za-simvola-na-traneniya-v/) - It is fascinating to observe the parallels between the processes of differentiation in psychology (leading to higher levels of psychological health) and the stages of initiation in Christianity. In his book “An Esoteric Cosmology”, Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy, presents seven stages of Christian initiation, corresponding to the seven sufferings of Christ. These are:
- [On the Difference between “I Want” and “I Need”](https://espirited.com/za-razlikata-mezhdu-iskam-i-nuzhdaya-se/) - “However, it is our Souls, not our Egos that create our lives. For instance, our Souls may choose to experience sickness or other kinds of loss or suffering as a way to be initiated into deeper wisdom so that we might grow. Such choices are anathema to the Ego, whose function is to help keep
- [Whose Business Are You In?](https://espirited.com/gleday-si-tvoyata-rabota/) - “I can find only three kinds of business in the universe: mine, yours, and God’s. (For me, the word God means “reality.” Reality is God, because it rules. Anything that’s out of my control, your control, and everyone else’s control—I call that God’s business.) Much of our stress comes from mentally living out of our
- [Phil Hansen: Embrace the limitation](https://espirited.com/da-pregarnesh-ogranitchenieto/) - "Embracing a limitation could actually drive creativity. Learning to be creative within the confines of our limitations is the best hope we have to transform ourselves and, collectively, transform our world.” Phil Hansen This thought belongs to an artist who, before graduating from art school, developed a shake in his hand, caused by permanent nerve
- [Containing the Fire of Transformation](https://espirited.com/da-sadarzhash-ili-da-sdarzhash/) - What should we do when the emotions of anger are too strong? When neither the appropriate release techniques nor communication skills seem to help us diffuse their explosive energy? There is a third perspective for dealing not only with anger but with all intense emotions. It is called "containing by holding": "I think the problem,
- [The sacrificer and what is sacrificed are one and the same](https://espirited.com/mari-luiz-fon-francz-zhertvata-i-tova-koeto-se-zhertva-sa-edno-i-sastho-azat/) - “Only by sacrificing what we have can we know what we have. Real sacrifice is made with the same definiteness and lack of bargaining that is involved in throwing something away We can do this only if we are forced by a greater power in us - a power stronger than the ego - that
- [The Devouring Lion and Desire](https://espirited.com/poglashtashtiyat-lav/) - Or what is found at the bottom of depression Here's something else from Jung's analytical psychology, which for me lately has been the most valuable resource for understanding how to take care of the soul (the path of individuation). In this article, I examine the relationship between depressive states and the archetype of the Self
- [Richard Rudd on the secret of luck and wishes come true](https://espirited.com/ritchard-rad-za-taynata-na-kasmeta-i-sbadnatite-zhelaniya/) - Desire is the energy that makes us move forward and develop. To take risks and seek new experiences. But why do some people achieve their goals while others don’t? According to Richard Rudd, the author of the book "Gene Keys", the answer is simple: commitment. He explains that success and fulfilment stem from the 29th
- [Win-Win or No Deal: The Paradigm of Emotional Freedom](https://espirited.com/mislete-spored-princzipa-pechelya-peche-2/) - "Anything less than Win-Win in an interdependent reality is a compromise that will take its toll on long-term relationships. And the price of this compromise should not be forgotten. 'Win-Win or No Deal' provides great emotional freedom in family relationships as well. If there is no consensus on something, it is better for everyone to
- [The emotional bank account](https://espirited.com/emoczionalnata-bankova-smetka/) - Here's an idea from Stephen Covey on how to "get rich" - start accumulating assets in a so-called "emotional bank account." This is the metaphor he uses to describe how much trust has been built up in a relationship and which measures "the sense of security you have with another person".
- [Your Spiritual Archetype: The Indigo Soul – Pioneers of the Age of Aquarius](https://espirited.com/edna-interesna-kniga-dushite-indigo/) - I would like to recommend a book entitled "Your Spiritual Archetype: The Indigo Soul" by Kabir Jaffe and Ritama Davidson. I came across it through a close friend who sent it to me, struck by the identical messages it contains compared to what Gerrit Gielen has written about Angels on Earth. Only the terminology used
- [The Four Steps to Inner Freedom: Identifying the Real Problem](https://espirited.com/istinskiyat-problem/) - 1. Identify the Trigger Think about what is currently causing a problem in your life: Is it your parents? Your partner (or the lack thereof)? Your children? Your boss? Your job? Politicians? Global warming? People's rudeness? Your health? Death? Or perhaps it is yourself and your own imperfections? Look at this as clearly as possible.
- [Osho on sadness as meditation](https://espirited.com/tagata-kato-meditatsiya/) - This is a discourse by Osho that presents the idea of conscious experiencing—especially regarding painful emotions and feelings. Here, the focus is on sadness. "Sadness can become a very enriching experience. You have to work on it. It is easy to escape from your sadness—and all relationships are usually escapes; one just goes on avoiding
- [Authenticity is the Ultimate Self-Love](https://espirited.com/avtentichnoto-az/) - Connecting with the True Self does not mean that you are constantly in bliss or happiness. It simply means that you are free to experience life with all its joys and pains and that you are not hiding behind rigid defenses and facades.
- [Всяка крачка към истинското Аз е много важна](https://espirited.com/avtentichnoto-az/) - Свързването с Истинското Аз не означава, че сте постоянно в блаженство или щастие. То просто означава, че сте свободни да преживявате живота с всичките му радости и болки и че не се криете зад сковани защити и фасади.
- [The key, quite simply, is other people](https://espirited.com/kak-se-otklyuchva-velichestvenata-katedrala-v-uma-ni/) - "Before reading A Course in Miracles, I had studied many spiritual and philosophical works. I felt they led me to a vast staircase toward a majestic cathedral in my mind, but as soon as I reached the stairs, the church door turned out to be locked. The Course gave me the key that opened the
- [The problem is the solution](https://espirited.com/problemat-e-reshenieto/) - Following my post on identifying the "real" problem, here is a sequel in the same spirit. It is this: if we manage to find what that problem is, we soon discover that the problem itself contains the solution to our truly "real" issue. Sound a bit confusing? Let me give you an example to make
- [Osho on "the way of the sly man"](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-hitretsa/) - Below is an excerpt from a talk by Osho. In it, he answers a question from a man who says that he moves between anger and sadness and doesn't know whether he should express anger or let it explode inside him. Osho answers this question thus: "Anger and sadness are both the same. Sadness is
- [Roberto Assagioli: Distinguishing Mental Illness from Spiritual Crisis](https://espirited.com/psihitchni-bolesti-i-krizi-na-duhovnoto/) - "Although the disturbances accompanying the crises of spiritual development resemble some illnesses, and at times it is even difficult to distinguish them, in reality, their causes and meanings are completely different, and in a certain sense even opposite. Accordingly, their treatment must also be different." — Roberto Assagioli This thought by Roberto Assagioli (∗) is
- [Spiritual Fatigue: When the Path Feels Too Long](https://espirited.com/duhovna-umora/) - The path of spiritual transformation is difficult. Perhaps that is why it is valuable. Easy things rarely hold much worth. And to make its value even greater, it is not only difficult but also long. A difficult, long road. Yet, we walk it anyway. Perhaps because it is the only possible way—forward. Then comes the
- [Osho: love needs two things](https://espirited.com/ot-kakvo-se-nuzhdae-lyubovta/) - "Love needs two things: for its roots to be in freedom and to know the art of trust." — Osho
- [Ошо: любовта се нуждае от две неща](https://espirited.com/ot-kakvo-se-nuzhdae-lyubovta/) - "Любовта се нуждае от две неща: нейните корени да са в свободата и да познава изкуството на доверието." Ошо
- [Where is the needle - Rabia's answer](https://espirited.com/kade-e-iglata/) - This is a true story. I read it in one of Osho’s many texts and am retelling it from memory. The protagonist is Rabia al-Adawiyya, the Sufi mystic, about whom there are many anecdotes regarding how she preached her teachings. This is one of them. One day, Rabia was searching for something on the street
- [Къде е иглата - отговорът на Рабия](https://espirited.com/kade-e-iglata/) - Това е една история, която е истинска. Прочетох за нея в един от многобройните текстове от Ошо и сега я разказвам по памет. Главният герой в нея е Рабия, суфи-мистик, за която има доста анекдоти как е проповядвала своето учение. Това е един от тях. Един ден Рабия търсела нещо на улицата под светлината на
- [The esoteric Law of Sacrifice](https://espirited.com/zakonat-na-zhertvata/) - For quite some time now, I have been exploring the idea that human suffering has two different sources: (1) personal, and(2) transpersonal (collective). And I am increasingly realizing that there are people who experience the second one to a greater degree. This means that the origin of their suffering does not relate only to their
- [Robin Norwood, "Why Me? Why This? Why Now?"](https://espirited.com/zashto-tova-zashto-na-men-zashto-sega/) - I highly recommend this book by Robin Norwood, subtitled "A Spiritual Guide in the Labyrinth of Questions about Human Existence" . To give you a better sense of the author and her writing style, I’ll begin with a quote: *"Imagine someone standing before you and saying: 'In the next few years, you will go through
- [The Game of Duality – From Immersion to Liberation](https://espirited.com/dualnost/) - Below, Pamela Kribbe explains what the Two Paths are – the Forward Path and the Return Path – thus taking the understanding of this distinction to a deeper level. In the language of her work, the “forward path” is immersion into the world of duality in matter and playing by its rules, while the “return
- [The Two Paths of the Soul: Outgoing and Return](https://espirited.com/patya-natatak-i-obratniya-pat/) - This is an important detail on the map of our life paths. It concerns inner soul processes and can only be understood from the perspective of the theory of reincarnation and the successive embodiments of the human soul. For some people, precisely this kind of mapping of soul paths helps them better understand the processes
- [Brené Brown on the power of vulnerability](https://espirited.com/edin-primer-za-zavoy/) - In perfect accordance with the principle of synchronicity, a friend recently sent me a TED video—a presentation by Brené Brown. Those who have read my previous post about "The Way Forward and the Way Back" will easily recognize in her talk a clear example of how "The Turn" happens—and what transformation looks like once we
- [Success and the Principles Behind It](https://espirited.com/dalgotraen-ili-kratkotraen-uspeh/) - On the Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Success We all want to succeed, but what is success, really? At first glance, the answer seems obvious – but only at first glance. Because the way we answer this question determines another one as well: how to achieve success. Different means lead to different kinds of success.
- [Sharpening the Saw: The Art of Daily Self-Renewal](https://espirited.com/natochete-sekirata/) - This is the seventh and final habit of highly effective people from Stephen Covey’s book of the same title – Sharpen the Saw. At its core lies the principle of creative self-renewal, expressed in our capacity to take care of ourselves so that we may continue to grow and develop. In other words, if we
- [The Path of the Sensitive Soul: From Hypersensitivity to High Sensitivity](https://espirited.com/angelite-na-zemyata/) - This is a reading for sensitive people with spiritual interests, in which I share part of an article by Gerrit Gielen: "From Hypersensitivity to High Sensitivity - Becoming the Angel That You Are." "Many people are hypersensitive. They cannot stand the noise, aggression, and hectic pace of modern society. They often suffer from psychosomatic disorders
- [Homosexuality from a spiritual perspective](https://espirited.com/homoseksualnostta-ot-duhovna-perspe-2/) - Recently, I came across a text on the topic of homosexuality viewed from a spiritual perspective. I felt an impulse to share it here, because I have more than one client with such an orientation who suffer from misunderstanding and rejection by others. Recently, I even received an email from a young woman asking for
- [The dual parent-child relationship](https://espirited.com/dvoynata-vrazka-roditel-dete/) - Here's more by Pamela Kribbe about breaking the negative bonds of dependency on our parents: "To be really free and to regain your mastership as an independent spiritual being, you have to let go of your birth family. You have to let go of them, not only as their child but also as their parent.
- [Healing the Bond with the Family of Origin](https://espirited.com/kato-mrezha-hvarlena-varhu-nas/) - This is a continuation of the theme from the previous post regarding "The Sword of Discernment" and its application in healing our relationship with our family of origin. Once again, I will use a quote from Pamela Kribbe’s book, "The Jeshua Channelings": *"When you embark on the path of spiritual growth, at some point this
- [The Sword of Discernment](https://espirited.com/silata-na-metcha/) - *"You are all brave warriors. Your very presence in a physical body on Earth today speaks of your immense courage and readiness to face the darkness—within and without—and to bathe it in your light, the light of your consciousness. You are warriors in the spiritual sense of the word, and your equipment consists of compassion
- [Берт Хелингер за "Съвестта на по-голямото цяло"](https://espirited.com/savestta-na-po-golyamoto-tsyalo/) - Хубавото на благодарността е, че ни дава свободата да пуснем неща, които са ни дали много в миналото, но вече не отговарят на промените, междувременно случили се в нас. Така е за мен по отношение на метода на семейните констелации, от който навремето получих много. Сега, след като изразих благодарността си към него, ми е
- [Bert Hellinger on "The Conscience of the Greater Whole"](https://espirited.com/savestta-na-po-golyamoto-tsyalo/) - The beauty of gratitude is that it gives us the freedom to let go of things that gave us much in the past but no longer correspond to the changes that have since occurred within us. This is how I feel regarding the method of Family Constellations, from which I once received a great deal.
- [Bert Hellinger on premature forgiveness](https://espirited.com/prezhdevremennata-proshka/) - "...premature reconciliation and forgiveness hinder constructive dialogue when they cover up or postpone conflict and leave its consequences to the other family members. This is particularly destructive when the one who was wronged attempts to release the offender from his or her guilt, as if victims had such power. When reconciliation is necessary, the person
- [The balance between giving and receiving](https://espirited.com/balansat-mezhdu-davane-i-vzemane/) - In systemic constellations and the work of their creator, Bert Hellinger, there is a perspective that is perhaps less popular but certainly worth reflecting upon. As I shared in the article regarding Personal Conscience, one of the three basic needs that maintain human relationships in a healthy state is the balance between giving and taking.
- [Growth towards death](https://espirited.com/izrastvane-po-posoka-na-smartta/) - *"The deeper a relationship becomes and the longer it exists, the more death enters and becomes a part of it. We may enter a partnership with the hope that it will fulfill us and end our need or loneliness. The reality, however, is that it inevitably leads to death. Even when love flourishes in a
- [The Roots of Jealousy: A Systemic Perspective](https://espirited.com/revnostta-ot-sistemna-gledna-totchka/) - According to Bert Hellinger, the creator of Family Constellations, jealousy is a feeling whose roots may lie deep within family history, often having nothing to do with the personality of the one experiencing it. If there is a connection, it is simply that this individual was born into a specific family system and has inherited
- [Bert Hellinger on love triangles](https://espirited.com/lyubovni-triagalnitsi/) - *"True love accepts and desires the other exactly as they are. This touches something very deep and allows love to flourish. When a woman treats her husband like a child, trying to change him or acting as if she knows what is best for him, he often takes a mistress. His mistress is his true
- [Why the Victim is Rarely Helpless](https://espirited.com/falshiva-bezpomoshtnost/) - "When a wrong is committed against someone, they suffer helplessly. The more helpless the victim, the more severely we judge the offender. But the injured partner is rarely completely helpless after the harm has been done. They usually have the opportunity to act—either to end the relationship or to demand atonement from their partner,
- [The Illusion of Innocence: Hellinger on the Three Basic Needs](https://espirited.com/litchnata-savest/) - According to Bert Hellinger, the creator of Family Constellations: *"In all our various relationships, our basic needs interact in complex ways: The need to belong, which is about bonding. The need to maintain a balance between giving and taking, which is about equilibrium. The need for the safety of social convention and predictability, which is
- [Living the Answers](https://espirited.com/da-zhiveesh-tova-koeto-znaesh/) - *"When he was 31 years old, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a letter to a friend: 'Stop searching for the answers. You would not be able to live them if you found them.' This is a very important psychotherapeutic axiom: do not give anyone an answer they are not ready to live."* — Bert
- ["Jonah complex" and the fear of one's own greatness](https://espirited.com/kolko-golyam-e-tchovekat/) - According to the founder of humanistic psychology, A. Maslow, within us lies what he calls the 'Jonah complex' – a fear of our own greatness. "We fear our highest possibilities (as well as our lowest). We usually shy away from becoming what we can glimpse in our most perfect moments, in the most perfect conditions,
- [From Self-Actualization to Self-Transcendence](https://espirited.com/ot-sebeosashtestvyavane-kam-sebenadhva/) - Howard Sasportas, in The Dynamics of the Unconscious: “The True Self is the deepest part of your individual nature — who you are beneath all your frills and trimmings. It is your own personality: who you are as a separate, individual being. Discovering your True Self is a process of freeing yourself from the false
- [Character and Destiny are two names of the same principle](https://espirited.com/sadba-i-harakter-sa-dve-imena-na-edin-i/) - -"Life, it seems, has an irritating way of doing this in those areas where we are unbalanced. This is precisely what Novalis meant when he said that character and destiny are two names for one and the same principle." — Liz Greene, "The Dynamics of the Unconscious" This is the commentary Liz Greene offers in
- [Deciphering the World](https://espirited.com/kak-se-razshifrova-sveta/) - "In recent years, I have made a profound discovery regarding my sensitivity and its role in my life. I have always been very sensitive to the world around me, but only recently have I learned to be sensitive to myself as well. Before this, I would always say: 'I am offended, I am angry.' It
- [What to do when fear comes](https://espirited.com/kakvo-da-napravya-kogato-doyde-strahat/) - This is a question addressed to Osho. And here is how he responds: “Why should you ask to do anything? When there is fear, be afraid! Why create a duality? When moments of fear come be fearful, tremble with fear, allow fear to take possession. Why this constant inquiry: What to do? Can’t you allow
- [How we enter into the mysteries of life](https://espirited.com/navlizane-v-misteriite-na-zhivota/) - "Our Ego wants to see God as a benevolent parent, strong enough to care for us so that no matter how old we are, we are never without a cosmic Caretaker. This is an important part of religion and spirituality; faith helps our inner child feel safe enough to grow. However, when we are in
- [Как навлизаме в мистериите на живота](https://espirited.com/navlizane-v-misteriite-na-zhivota/) - "Нашето Его иска да вижда Бог като доброжелателен родител, достатъчно силен, за да се грижи за нас, така че никога - колкото и възрастни да сме - да не оставяме без един космически Грижовник. Това е важна част от религията и духовността; а вярата ни помага да караме своето вътрешно дете да се чувства в
- [The Archetype of the Destroyer](https://espirited.com/arhetipat-na-razrushitelya/) - Over time, I have learned to respect the forces of the human unconscious as very real internal natural forces. There is little we can do against them other than getting to know them and finding adequate ways to experience them. They are like winter—we cannot stop it. But we can choose to put on warm
- [If the world around you is not authentic](https://espirited.com/da-si-istinski-otvatre-i-otvan/) - "Throughout long periods of my life and during numerous crises, I felt intense irritation. I couldn't understand why people saw neither me nor the truth... I thought they were blind. But that was a lesson for me. Their blindness reflected something in me. I thought I had to become stronger and grow up, but that
- [The War Within: Facing the Core of Evil](https://espirited.com/s-priblizhavaneto-kam-sashtnostta/) - "As we peel away the layers one by one, we move closer to our true essence. Purity. Every removed layer reveals sadness, dissatisfaction, and resentment. The process is not easy, and most people unconsciously feel a strong resistance. Through cynicism, hatred, contempt, or mockery, they deny the need for true inner conscious work and refuse
- [С приближаването към същността пътят става все по-труден](https://espirited.com/s-priblizhavaneto-kam-sashtnostta/) - "Докато сваляме един по един пластовете, ние се приближаваме към истинската си същност. Чистотата. Всеки отстранен слой разкрива тъга, недоволство и обида. Процесът не е лесен и повечето хора несъзнателно изпитват силна съпротива. Чрез цинизми, омраза, презрение или насмешка те отричат необходимостта от истинската вътрешна съзнателна работа и не се вглеждат в себе си. В
- [Calcination and the meaning of disappointed love](https://espirited.com/kaltsinatsiya-ili-za-smisala-na-razotchar/) - This is a continuation of the previous post, "Containing by Restraining," which introduced the work with the fire element in our psyche—passion and desire. Its purpose is to present the perspective of analytical psychology regarding experiences we all know to some degree: abandonment and rejection in love. This allows us to see the meaning of
- [Zorba–Buddha: The Union of the Two Truths](https://espirited.com/zorba-buda/) - This is a continuation of the theme of the two truths from the previous article, “Depression and the Truth of the Body.” It begins with an excerpt from Nikos Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek, which Petya sent me and which beautifully illustrates what the union of these two truths looks like. “*I stretched out in my
- [Depression and the truth of the body](https://espirited.com/dve-istini/) - “*Depression is the truth of the body, just as meaningfulness is the truth of the spirit. The one does not exclude the other. It seems as though life, like Janus, has two faces. There is truth in spiritual beliefs and disciplines. I do not claim there is none. But there is also truth in
- [The darkness of loneliness cannot be fought directly](https://espirited.com/samotata-2/) - Below is the response Osho gave to someone who shared that they were suffering incredibly from loneliness and asked what they could do about it. Since it is relatively long, I have translated it with some abridgments. To read the full text in English, I have provided a link at the end of the post.
- [Between Extremes: How to Be “Properly Depressed”](https://espirited.com/mezhdu-kraynostite-ili-kak-da-si-pravi/) - The Depressive State Is Necessary for the Creation of Individuality Here are a few more clarifications about the place of depression in our psychic life and spiritual development, and how to “use” it properly. They are especially valuable for people who have noticed that in their lives they often swing between extremes. At one moment
- [The Wisdom of the Serpent: When it’s Healthy to Hiss](https://espirited.com/zdravoslovnata-agresiya/) - This is a story from the Vedas, retold in the book "The Dynamics of the Unconscious" by Howard Sasportas and Liz Greene—leading authors in the psychological branch of astrology. "There was once a serpent that struck terror into a village. It bit and killed people. A sage arrived there, preaching his philosophy of love and
- [Къде е Дяволът?](https://espirited.com/kade-e-dyavola/) - "Цялата Вселена се съдържа в един единствен човек – в теб. Всичко, което виждаш наоколо, включително нещата, които може би не обичаш, и дори хората, които презираш и от които се гнусиш, присъства в една или друга степен в теб. Затова не търси Дявола извън себе си. Дяволът не е някаква свръхестествена сила, която те напада
- [The Devil Within: Meeting the Shadow](https://espirited.com/kade-e-dyavola/) - “The whole universe is contained within a single human being—you. Everything that you see around you, including the things you might not love and even the people you despise and loathe, is present within you to some degree or another. Therefore, do not look for the Devil outside yourself. The Devil is not some supernatural
- [The Mental Health of Organizations](https://espirited.com/portret-na-psihitcheski-zdravite-organ/) - Not only individuals have different levels of mental health; organizations do as well. This is very important to know for a certain type of people who have difficulty adapting to the environment in which they work. Individuals with higher levels of mental health cannot adapt to a work environment if it has a lower level
- [Interdependence is a Choice Only Independent People Can Make](https://espirited.com/kontinuumat-na-zrelostta/) - According to Stephen Covey, interdependence is the pinnacle of human maturity and the foundation for a life successfully lived. This is because maturity is a continuum that begins with dependence, moves through independence, and arrives at interdependence.
- [Noodynamics: Meaning Through Inner Tension](https://espirited.com/kakvo-ni-tlaska-napred/) - Here is a very important concept in logotherapy, created by Viktor Frankl. It is called noodynamics. “*What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for a worthwhile goal, a freely chosen task. He needs not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential
- [The Strength of Humility: Between Rebellion and Acceptance](https://espirited.com/smirenie/) - "Humility does not mean being fainthearted or passive. It leads neither to fatalism nor to capitulation. Exactly the opposite. In humility, there is a hidden strength—a strength that springs from within. Whoever humbly submits to the divine essence of life will abide in unperturbed tranquility and peace even when the whole wide world is thrown
- [Overcoming Learned Helplessness](https://espirited.com/zautchena-bezpomoshtnost/) - There is an experiment I remember from my student years – the one through which the phenomenon of “learned helplessness” was discovered. It was conducted with dogs that were subjected to a series of electric shocks under the condition that they could not control them. Whatever they did, they always received the dose of the
- [The Path of the Bull vs. The Path of the Buddha: Osho on Living Vertically](https://espirited.com/smartta-i-nie/) - On the subject of death and how to use it—whether as a source of fear or as an advisor for a life fully lived—Osho speaks in a profoundly beautiful way. During one of his talks, a man asked him: "Sometimes, suddenly and strongly, there comes the fear of leaving all this beauty, these friendships, and
- [It all comes down to motivation](https://espirited.com/vsitchko-se-svezhda-do-motivatsiyata/) - “If you think you have nothing to lose, you win. And if you think you have to win something, you lose. It all comes down to motivation. Why are you doing what you are doing now? To avoid a loss? Or to achieve a gain? A wrong reason in both cases. Life is not about
- [What is The Element? The Story of John Wilson](https://espirited.com/kakvo-izbirash-da-napravish/) - The Element, writes Sir Ken Robinson, is the place where two things meet: (1) doing something you love and (2) being good at it. However, he adds that these two are not enough. "Getting to the Element depends primarily on our view of ourselves and the events in our lives. The Element is also a
- [Aim for the supreme stage of nothingness](https://espirited.com/nula/) - "While everyone in this world is striving to get somewhere and become someone, only to leave it all behind after death, you aim for the supreme stage of nothingness. Live this life as light and empty as the number zero. We are no different from a pot. It is not the decorations outside but the
- [There is no wisdom without love](https://espirited.com/nyama-madrost-bez-lyubov/) - “It is easy to love a perfect God, unblemished and infallible as He is. It is far more difficult to love fellow human beings with all their imperfections and defects. Remember, one can only know what one is capable of loving. There is no wisdom without love. Unless we learn to love God’s creation, we
- [Concentrate on the first step](https://espirited.com/parvata-kratchka/) - “Fret not where the road will take you. Instead, concentrate on the first step. That is the hardest part and that is what you are responsible for. Once you take that step, let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.” — Elif
- [Let Life Live Through You](https://espirited.com/kak-da-posreshtame-promenite-v-zhivota-si/) - “Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?” — Elif Shafak, "The Forty Rules of Love"
- [Every journey a journey within](https://espirited.com/iztok-zapad-sever-yug/) - “East, west, south, or north makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey within. If you travel within, you will travel the whole wide world and beyond.” — Elif Shafak, "The Forty Rules of Love"
- [The Art of Walking a New Street](https://espirited.com/avtobiografiya-v-pet-glavi/) - I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes forever to find a way out. II. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see
- [Автобиография в пет глави](https://espirited.com/avtobiografiya-v-pet-glavi/) - от Ньошул Кхенпо 1. Вървя по улицата. На тротоара има дълбока дупка. Падам в нея. Загубен съм... нямам надежда. Нужна ми е вечността, за да се измъкна. 2. Вървя по същата улица. На тротоара има дълбока дупка. Правя се, че не я виждам. Падам отново. Не мога да повярвам, че съм на същото място. Но
- [What is patience?](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-tarpenieto/) - “Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be so shortsighted as to be unable
- [Be grateful!](https://espirited.com/badi-blagodaren/) - "No matter what happens in your life, no matter how unsettling things may seem, do not fall into despair. Even if all doors remain closed, God will open a new path just for you. Be grateful! It is easy to be grateful when everything is fine. A Sufi is grateful not only for what he
- [The Gift of Despair](https://espirited.com/darat-na-otchayanieto/) - “The soul speaks to you in moments of silence. You hear its voice when you no longer know anything. Often, the soul begins to speak very clearly only when you surrender and throw in the towel. When you give up and despair, you open yourself to the new. It is then that you release all
- [Stay away from all kinds of extremities](https://espirited.com/stoy-daletch-ot-kraynostite/) - “This life is a transient one, and this world is nothing but a sketchy imitation of Reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the real thing. And yet human beings either become infatuated with the toy or disrespectfully break it and throw it away. In this life, stay away from all kinds of extremities,
- [If you want to strengthen your faith](https://espirited.com/pravilo-31/) - “If you want to strengthen your faith, you will need to soften inside. For your faith to be rock solid, your heart needs to be as soft as a feather. Through an illness, an accident, a loss, or a fright, one way or another, we are all faced with incidents that teach us how to
- [The Four Stages of Spiritual Development](https://espirited.com/tchetirite-niva-na-saznanie/) - There is a vast difference between spirituality and religiosity. This is crucial for those who have lost the ability to connect with the Whole through religious faith, yet still feel a deep, living longing for something not of this world. The severed connection with the Divine hurts, and the open wound drives them to
- [The Courage to Be Yourself](https://espirited.com/prosto-badi-sebe-si/) - "If you don’t love yourself, you will never be able to love anybody else. If you are not kind to yourself, you cannot be kind to anyone else. Your so-called saints who are so hard on themselves are only pretending that they are kind to others. It is not possible. Psychologically it is impossible. If
- [What It Means to Play the Spiritual Game](https://espirited.com/kakvo-oznatchava-da-igraesh-v-duhovnata-i/) - “*Remember: you are constantly in the process of self-creation. In every moment you decide who you are and what you are. You decide this primarily through the choices you make about what you feel passion for… To be ‘in the spiritual game’ means to devote your entire consciousness, your entire body, and your entire soul
- [The Paradox of Harmony](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-harmoniyata/) - “We must understand that evolution is achieved through conflict. Criticism, dispute, differences in opinions and ideas are catalysts. The essence of harmony does not mean the blissful ideal we imagine to exist in the ‘perfect relationship.’ Bliss is not growth. It comes at times, as a result of struggle. Harmony can coexist with the contradiction
- [Desire and the Unconscious Lie](https://espirited.com/razlitchnite-formi-na-lazhata/) - “*The most important factor to bear in mind when we try to understand a relationship is the sad fact that people lie. They lie to themselves, to their family and friends, to their spouse and beloved, and often even to their God! They often see themselves, as well as the relationship they are in, through
- [The Orphan: Beginning the Path to Self](https://espirited.com/v-natchaloto-na-patya-kam-sebe-si/) - The Orphan is the very first of the archetypes described in Carol Pearson's book The Hero Within. It marks the beginning of the journey toward oneself, starting with the feeling that we are weak and small, in need of someone else to come and help us. The painful experiences of feeling alone and orphaned are
- [Pain purifies; suffering gives understanding](https://espirited.com/bolkata-pretchistva/) - “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:
- [Einstein, Jung, Osho on the nature of God](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-bog-2/) - When I speak of faith as a source of inner strength that helps us endure the greatest pain in our lives, I do not mean religious faith. I mean spiritual intelligence, which arises from inner knowing rather than from belief in rules imposed by an external doctrine to be followed. Perhaps this was best
- [How to see God?](https://espirited.com/kak-da-sazresh-boga/) - "If you do not align yourself with God, you cannot perceive Him." — Unknown Author The opposite is also true—one must bow very low to be able to see the face of God. However, if this is your thought for the day, do not bow down, but stand tall. Feel with every cell of your
- [This is how the world is structured](https://espirited.com/kak-sa-ustroeni-neshtata-v-sveta/) - “It is easy to hate and difficult to love. This is how the world is structured, and how things within it work. All good things are difficult to achieve, and bad things are very easy to obtain.”— Confucius The opposite message is just as valid. Osho, for example, writes that striving toward difficult things is
- [The existential vacuum and the boredom](https://espirited.com/ekzistentsialniyat-vakuum/) - “The existential vacuum manifests itself primarily in a state of boredom. We can now understand Schopenhauer when he says that mankind is apparently condemned forever to vacillate between the two extremes of excitement and boredom. It is a fact that today boredom causes, and certainly confronts psychiatrists with, more problems to solve than excitement. These
- [What Is the Main Concern of Man?](https://espirited.com/koya-e-glavnata-grizha-na-tchoveka/) - Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, was once asked by an American physician what the difference between psychoanalysis and logotherapy was – in a single sentence. Realizing how impossible it was to answer such a complex question in one sentence, Frankl replied that he would tell him, but only if the doctor first told him,
- [Suffering Enough to See](https://espirited.com/tolkova-kolkoto-e-neobhodimo/) - "If you feel like a victim who has no power to change the situation, it proves that there is something within you that you are not yet ready to look at. Therefore, you will remain a victim for as long as it takes to suffer enough, until you finally decide to see the beam in
- [But let there be spaces in your togetherness](https://espirited.com/ala-pregradkata-vi-neka-ohlabee/) - "You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one
- [Avoid paralysis at all costs](https://espirited.com/strahat-ne-e-nishto-drugo-osven-sastoyani/) - "Fears are nothing more than states of mind. Napoleon Hill said that, and he was right. The moment you feel that you are afraid of something, ask yourself, 'Why am I making this real? What is it inside of me that is making me do this?' There is a huge difference between fear and caution.
- [The challenge to join the minority](https://espirited.com/v-kakvo-e-predizvikatelstvoto-da-se-pr/) - Here are more reflections shared by the founder of logotherapy, Viktor Frankl, from his book Man’s Search for Meaning. This time, the theme is the choices we make in difficult situations, because it is precisely then that we discover whether we live what we preach. “Sigmund Freud once claimed: ‘Let someone try to subject a
- [True freedom is not freedom from conditions](https://espirited.com/za-izborite-i-svobodata/) - “Certainly, the human being is finite, and his freedom is limited. It is not freedom from conditions, but freedom to take a stand toward the conditions. As I once formulated it: ‘As a professor in two fields – neurology and psychiatry – I am fully aware of the degree to which the human being is
- [Having been is the surest kind of being](https://espirited.com/prehodnostta-na-zhivota/) - “Among the things that seem to deprive human life of meaning is not only suffering, but also dying. I never tire of repeating that the only truly transitory aspects of human life are its potentialities. But at the moment they are realized, they become realities; they are preserved and handed over to the past, where
- [Виктор Франкъл: Да си бил е най-сигурният вид битие](https://espirited.com/prehodnostta-na-zhivota/) - " Сред нещата, които изглежда отнемат смисъла на човешкия живот, е не само страданието, но и умирането. Никога не се уморявам да повтарям, че единствените наистина преходни аспекти на човешкия живот са потенциалните възможности. Но в мига, в който биват осъществени, те стават реалност; те биват съхранени и предадени на миналото, в което са спасени
- [The inverted ego and the need for control](https://espirited.com/za-milite-nevrotitsi/) - "You can recognize the dominance of the ego by the need for control. For example, when you want certain people to behave in a certain way. To make this happen, you use specific patterns of behavior. For instance, you are compliant, pleasant, and you try never to hurt anyone's feelings. Behind such behavior lies the
- [Когато се научиш да обичаш в ада](https://espirited.com/kak-se-vliza-v-raya/) - "Когато се научите да обичате в ада, ще се окажете в рая." Тадеуш Голас Казват, че адът не е място, на което отиваме след като умрем, а се намира тук и сега. Може би днес има огромна възможност да се окажете в рая и просто малко безусловна обич към всичко, което донася денят ви, ще
- [When you learn to love in hell](https://espirited.com/kak-se-vliza-v-raya/) - "When you learn to love in hell, you will find yourself in heaven." Thaddeus Golas, The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment It is said that hell is not a place we go to after we die, but is located right here and now. Perhaps today there is a huge opportunity to find yourself in heaven,
- [Thaddeus Golas on Karma](https://espirited.com/za-karmata/) - The shortest definition of "karma" is the law of cause and effect, according to which a person is responsible for the consequences of their choices at the level of the soul—the eternal and immortal part of us. Thaddeus Golas, author of the book The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment, offers a slightly different perspective. According
- [Do you have the patience](https://espirited.com/imash-li-tarpenieto/) - "Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself?" Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
- [To be Unusually observant](https://espirited.com/neobiknovena-nablyudatelnost/) - "We must begin with ourselves before we can understand what the end purpose of life is, and what all this means—the wars, the national antagonisms, the conflicts, and all this mess. It seems very easy, but it is actually extraordinarily difficult. To study ourselves, to see how our thoughts operate, we must be unusually observant.
- [The Path Through Tears](https://espirited.com/kak-ne-se-stiga-do-raya/) - "Heaven is not reached with dry eyes." Thomas Fuller For some of us, there exists a belief that crying is a manifestation of weakness. According to psychotherapy, however, exactly the opposite is true—sadness is a part of our psychic wholeness, and being able to show our pain is a manifestation of strength, not weakness. As
- [The shift of perception as miracle](https://espirited.com/tchudoto-e-samo-promyana-vav-vazpriyatiet/) - "The change we’re looking for is inside our hearts. Events are always effects. One day people love you; the next day you’re their target. One day things are going smoothly; the next day it feels like you’re a total failure. There will always be ups and downs in life. They are part of the human
- [If the question is heard, then the answer](https://espirited.com/nishto-ne-mozhe-da-stane-zashtoto/) - "Nothing can happen because meditation, God, and prayer are not matters of technique. You can learn the technique, but nothing will happen until the question is first heard, until it becomes a deep longing within you for which you can stake your life—until it becomes a matter of life and death, until it penetrates the
- [The Go-Giver](https://espirited.com/day-za-da-polutchish/) - This is the title of an inspiring book, subtitled "A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea," by Bob Burg and John David Mann. The story is indeed short; the book can be read in no more than three or four hours. Its main character is Joe, who learns the "Five Laws of Stratospheric Success."
- [The Better Kind of Unhappiness](https://espirited.com/po-dobriyat-vid-neshtastie/) - Below is a translation of a discourse by Osho on human relationships, which comments on the seemingly paradoxical question of whether it is better to be alone or with someone else, if in both cases we are unhappy. The Question: I am afraid of loneliness. At the moment I am not in a relationship—something I
- [Go ahead, feel the gamble](https://espirited.com/zonata-na-komfort/) - "Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone. You won't find glory at the center of safety, but at its edge. You won't find love at a place where you are covered, but in the space where you are exposed. You gotta take some risks. You have to not only pick up the dice,
- [Your Salvation Comes From Within](https://espirited.com/otgovornost/) - "Your salvation comes not in the action of another, but in your own reaction." Neale Donald Walsch Taking responsibility for our lives is the only place where true and deep changes begin. These are changes that we first implement within ourselves, and only then do we see them reflected in external circumstances. Until we realize—not
- [When you argue with reality](https://espirited.com/priemane/) - "When you argue with reality you lose, but only 100% of the time." Byron Katie
- [On Depression and Withdrawal from the World](https://espirited.com/dve-v-edno/) - One of the symptoms of depression is the loss of interest in things that previously felt attractive to us – such as meeting friends or engaging in various forms of entertainment. The same also characterizes the process of spiritual transformation, of which depression is an inevitable part (see the article Nigredo). Self-knowledge is a deeply
- [Nigredo – Depression as an Archetypal Experience](https://espirited.com/depresiyata-kato-arhetipno-prezhivyava/) - “Darkness has its correspondence in the alchemical nigredo, which comes after the coniunctio, when the feminine has accepted the masculine within itself. From the nigredo arises the stone, the symbol of the immortal Self.”— C. G. Jung To one degree or another, and in one form or another, all of us go through depressive moods
- [To know that you are walking towards summer](https://espirited.com/da-znaesh-tche-varvish-kam-lyatoto/) - "Remember the seasons. With the onset of spring, one is not surprised if one day we have cold, piercing, wintry weather, and the next it is warm and rainy. Despite the inconsistency of the weather, we know that we are moving toward summer. It is the same with us. Being an inseparable part of nature,
- [For this special gift you have to wait longer](https://espirited.com/za-tozi-spetsialen-dar-tryabva-da-se-potcha/) - "Despite all that recently popular self-help books seem to suggest, our emotional and spiritual journey is of necessity a slow process—sometimes even agonizingly slow. This is because the perspective of the intellect, while usually helpful, is not always sufficient. The unspoken unifying thesis of most self-help books is that we simply need to identify what
- [The Price of Mastery](https://espirited.com/ako-horata-znaeha/) - "If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all." Michelangelo When we see the achievements of the people we admire, we may be filled with regret that we do not possess their gift. But what lies behind people's gifts is a great deal
- [A Time for Every Purpose](https://espirited.com/za-tselite-pod-nebeto/) - "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1 If this is your thought of the day, check whether the way you look at nature outside is different from the way you look at your own inner nature. You will realize that these two coincide if,
- [Beyond the Mirror of Self-Love](https://espirited.com/za-obitchta-i-svobodata/) - "Love allows our loved ones to be perfectly themselves, and not to be twisted to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them." Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island If this is your lesson from the "Lessons of Love," look at it as an occasion to
- [When Providence Moves](https://espirited.com/koga-se-zadvizhva-providenieto/) - "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too." W.H. Murray
- [Primary and Secondary Feelings in Psychotherapy](https://espirited.com/parvitchni-i-vtoritchni-tchuvstva/) - The goal of psychotherapy can be described in many ways. One of them is helping the client learn how to become their own therapist. In this sense, every successful psychotherapeutic process includes an element of learning. That’s why I would like to share an important concept that can help both clients and therapists: the distinction
- [Polishing the Diamond](https://espirited.com/za-diamantite-i-za-horata/) - "The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." Chinese Proverb If this is your thought of the day, and if this day brings trials, just imagine that God Himself is taking part in the polishing of your essence. It is not easy to become a diamond!
- [The only thing that matters](https://espirited.com/edinstvenoto-koeto-ima-znatchenie/) - "However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?" The Buddha The stumbling block for many people on the path of caring for their soul is that they do not live what they know or preach to others. And the truth
- [Attracted to vs Attracting](https://espirited.com/otgovornostta-si-ostava-nasha/) - "Sometimes people who have nothing to offer in a real relationship look like they are bringing us the whole world. They are so detached from their own feelings that they have become genius actors, unconsciously playing the role written by our fantasy. But the responsibility for the pain we experience remains our own. If we
- [David Gordon on The fear of self-love](https://espirited.com/strahat-ot-obitchta-kam-samiya-sebe-si/) - According to David Gordon, one of the three basic human fears is the fear of self-love. I had never considered that there could be such a fear. On the contrary, self-love is usually seen as something positive. What isn't seen as good is being selfish. What we don’t often realize, however, is that one of
- [As long as you do not stop](https://espirited.com/koe-e-vazhnoto/) - "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." Confucius
- [The Timeline of the Heart](https://espirited.com/da-zadvizhish-energiyata-na-promyanata/) - The usual way of achieving our desires is by deciding what we want and then mobilizing our will to achieve it. However, there is another way—Pamela Kribbe calls it "the way of the heart," and its most important elements are the energy of acceptance, unconditional love, and inner peace. When we walk this path, we
- [Being on God's Side](https://espirited.com/na-tchiya-strana-si-ti/) - “Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.” Abraham Lincoln There are individuals whom I admire deeply and sincerely. One of them is Abraham Lincoln, whose biography is filled with losses—both personal and professional—marked by much death in his
- [Jung on the difference between him and Freud](https://espirited.com/yung-za-froyd/) - One of the challenges Jung had to deal with was explaining how he differed from Freud's psychoanalysis. In his lectures, delivered to about two hundred physicians at the Tavistock Clinic in London in 1935 and subsequently published in his book Analytical Psychology: Its Theory and Practice, he provides an answer to this very question. "I
- [The Ugly Duckling and the inner beauty](https://espirited.com/groznoto-patentse/) - I know you know this fairy tale. Now I just want to remind you of it. It is one of my absolute favorites. And fairy tales are not just stories we use to lull our children to sleep at night. They are stories about our inner life, symbols of the processes taking place in the
- [No Such Thing](https://espirited.com/privlekatelni/) - "None of us is objectively attractive or unattractive. There is no such thing. I have been with men who did not think I was good enough at all. I have also been with men who were smart enough to say, 'You look beautiful tonight' often enough to boost my self-esteem and help me manifest myself
- [Reality Depends on Your Eyes](https://espirited.com/realnostta-zavisi-ot-tvoite-otchi/) - "Religion is individual... Moreover, religion has no name. When someone becomes religious, from that moment on, they are no longer a Hindu, a Muslim, or a Christian. They are simply religious. It is an understanding: it is a different kind of knowledge, a different kind of seeing. When you see differently, you see a different
- [M.Williamson: God's altar is the human mind](https://espirited.com/bozhiyat-oltar/) - "Thoughts are like information data programmed into a computer, which are then registered on the screen of your life. If you don't like what you see on the screen, there's no point in trying to erase it. Thought is the cause; experience is the effect. If you don't like the effects in your life, you
- [To Meet the Demands of Life](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-zrelostta/) - "It seems to me that the most characteristic thing about them (immature people) is that they remain passive and complain that their lives do not meet their demands. On the other hand, it is characteristic of the few fully mature people that they consider it their responsibility—and even a welcome opportunity—to meet the demands of
- [Jung on Psychology and Mysticism](https://espirited.com/svetat-e-tolkova-ogromen/) - "There are too many different kinds of psychologies. An American university publishes a volume every year on the psychologies of 1934, 1935, and so on. There is a complete chaos in psychology, and therefore do not take psychological theories so terribly seriously. Psychology is not a religious faith; it is only a point of view,
- [M. Williamson on The Myth of "Mr. Right"](https://espirited.com/romantitchnata-lyubov/) - "Our susceptibility to the myth of 'Mr. Right' comes from our glorification of romantic love. The ego uses romantic love for its 'special purposes,' causing us to jeopardize relationships by overvaluing their romantic content. The difference between friendship and infatuation can be illustrated with the image of a long-stemmed rose. The stem is the friendship,
- [Osho: God is Togetherness](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-bog/) - Osho: "In my view, God is here-and-now. Everything you see is God. God is not something beyond; God is something within. Never before in the history of humanity has man been as frightened as he is now... If there is no God, then existence becomes hostile. Not that it has actually become hostile, but it
- [The key to communication is not what we say](https://espirited.com/vazhno-e-ne-kakvo-kazvash/) - "When we speak, the key to communication is not what we say but the attitude behind what we say. And because there is only one mind, we are all communicating telepathically all the time. Every time we choose whether to join or to separate, the person we’re talking to feels our choice regardless of our
- [The Psychology of Fear-Based Conformity](https://espirited.com/da-si-nalyagash-partsalite-ili-za-ograni/) - Yesterday I was visiting some friends, and the hostess was talking about how every week acquaintances called her to ask whether she could help them find a job. She is very compassionate, and I could sense how she worried about them and suffered because she could not help them. At the same time, I saw
- [Osho on Sublimation of feeling as a knack](https://espirited.com/transformatsiya-na-tchuvstvata-kak-da-y-hv/) - Below is a text by Osho that I like very much: "This is a beautiful method, it will be very useful for you. For example, if you are feeling very discontented, what to do? Patanjali [the most famous exponent of Yoga] says ponder on the opposite: if you are feeling discontented, contemplate on contentment: What
- [Ошо: Да празнуваш нещастието](https://espirited.com/praznuvay-neshtastieto-si/) - Споделям още един много проникновен и красив текст от Ошо по темата за тъгата и какво означава да празнуваме целостта на живота, вкючително и тъгата в него. "Дори и по отношение на нещастието можеш да имаш нагласата за празнуване. Например си тъжен - не се идентифицирай с тъгата. Стани свидетел и се наслаждавай на тъжния
- [Osho: Celebration of life is unconditional](https://espirited.com/praznuvay-neshtastieto-si/) - I share another very insightful and beautiful text from Osho on the subject of sadness and what it means to celebrate the wholeness of life, including the sadness in it. "Even about misery you can take an attitude of celebration. For example: you are sad – don’t get identified with sadness. Become a witness and
- [Krishnamurti on the only effective meditation](https://espirited.com/edinstvenata-efektivna-meditatsiya/) - "Only choiceless awareness can lead to non-duality, to the reconciliation of opposites in a total understanding and a total love. If you love, you can do what you will. But if you begin by doing what you want, or doing what you do not want in obedience to some traditional system or ideas, ideals and
- [Morgan Scott Peck on what a fulfilling life means](https://espirited.com/kakvo-oznatchava-palnotsenniya-zhivot/) - M. Scott Peck: "In my practice as a psychotherapist, I regularly told my patients: Psychotherapy is not about happiness, but about power. If you go the whole way, I cannot guarantee that you will leave here even one iota happier. What I can promise you is that you will leave here more competent." And I
- [David Gordon, "Mindful Dreaming"](https://espirited.com/saznatelno-sanuvane/) - I recommend this book to you—the author is David Gordon: Mindful Dreaming: A Practical Guide for Emotional Healing Through Transformative Mythic Journeys. This is a book that presents practical ideas and techniques for interpreting our dreams in an accessible language. And dream interpretation is a very complex matter. In Jungian analysis, where dream analysis is
- [David Gordon: The Ten Lessons of Awareness](https://espirited.com/desette-uroka-na-osaznavaneto/) - According to David Gordon, a Jungian analyst and author of the book Mindful Dreaming, in order to interpret dreams we need to know the map of our inner journey. These are the different challenges of awareness that arise at different stages of our inner journey—the so-called Calling, Journey, Enlightenment, and Return. What we become aware
- [When does the season of returning to our Soul begin?](https://espirited.com/koga-zapotchva-sezonat-na-zavrashtaneto-k/) - What Jung calls “the path of individuation,” Joseph Campbell calls “the mythical Hero’s Journey.” Although you may encounter different numbers of stages of this journey, most often they are four: “calling,” “journey,” “enlightenment,” and “return.” David Gordon compares this fourfold structure of the process of returning to our spiritual roots, in his book The Mindful
- [The Seasons of the Soul: Markers of the Journey](https://espirited.com/sezonite-v-nasheto-patuvane-kam-sebe-si/) - According to David Gordon, author of The Mindful Dreamer, you can use the following "markers for the phases of the journey"—both in your daily life and in your dreams. You will recognize that you are in the stage of the Calling when your energy fades and diminishes. This is the stage of autumn, when our
- [Abraham Lincoln on Success](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-uspehat/) - "Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." — Abraham Lincoln This is an inspiring thought, born from an equally inspiring and successful life.
- [Desire is Prayer: Inviting Love into Your Life](https://espirited.com/zhelanieto-e-molitva/) - "How do we find a holy relationship? Not by asking God to change our partner, but by asking Him to change our thinking... The prayer looks something like this: 'Dear God, You know and I know that in this area I have more potential for neurosis than in any other. Please take my attraction, my
- [In this way one attains wholeness](https://espirited.com/umenieto-na-novoto-tchovetchestvo/) - "The whole craft of the new humanity will consist in the secret of listening to your heart consciously, alertly, with full attention. And following it, going wherever it leads you. Yes, sometimes it will lead you into danger—but then remember that those dangers are necessary for your ripening. Sometimes it will lead you astray—but remember
- [The King, the Boy, and the Elephant](https://espirited.com/momtche-i-slon/) - "This happened in a remote village. A young boy, the son of a poor man, was healthy and very strong. He was so strong that when the King passed through the village on his elephant, the boy would grab the elephant by its trunk, and the animal could not take a single step. This caused
- [From Cheap Dramas to True Growth](https://espirited.com/zhiteyskite-drami/) - "Cultivating spiritual peace, or surrender, is like eating healthy food. It doesn’t lead to immediate renewal, but over time it charges us with much more energy. This does not require sitting in the lotus position all day long. We continue to feel excitement and emotion, but more gently. Many people liken the spiritual life to
- [The most powerful form of creativity](https://espirited.com/nay-moshtnata-forma-na-tvortchestvo/) - Among people seeking ways to realize positive changes in their lives, there is a widespread practice of using methods like creative visualization and positive affirmations—using the power of thought and imagery to attract what they seek. For some reason, however, I have never been a fan of this approach. Moreover, the more popular these methods
- [Osho: Wise people always hesitate](https://espirited.com/kolebanie/) - "A man of experience is always hesitating, because he knows that what he has experienced cannot be expressed. He hesitates. But the one who knows nothing but the scriptures is absolutely certain. Only fools are certain. Wise people always hesitate." — Osho
- [Waking Up from the Anesthesia of the Unconscious](https://espirited.com/kogato-padne-upoykata-na-nesaznavano/) - "When we ask God to heal our lives, He shines a bright light on everything we need to look at. Within ourselves, we notice things we might have preferred not to see. We have a thick armor surrounding our hearts—a lot of fear masking itself as something else. As anyone who has undergone serious psychotherapy
- [Psychological Characteristics of Lightworkers](https://espirited.com/psihologitcheski-harakteristiki-na-sl/) - Below is a quote from the book The Jeshua Channelings by Pamela Kribbe. It presents the psychological characteristics of a group of people she calls "lightworkers." "From the very beginning of their lives, they feel different. Very often, they feel isolated from others, lonely, and misunderstood. Frequently, they become individualists who strive to find their
- [When Do People Truly Begin to Love?](https://espirited.com/koga-horata-zapotchvat-da-obitchat-istins/) - "The mystery of love gives rise to countless false stories... However, when we abandon these false theories, we open ourselves to experiencing love in all its richness. Of all the misconceptions about love, the most widely held is the belief that falling in love is love. The fact is that the only reason for falling
- [Loneliness: The Price of Inner Freedom](https://espirited.com/tsenata-na-samotata/) - "Another burden that accompanies higher consciousness and competence is loneliness—the result of transcending the boundaries of traditional culture. For centuries, only a few among millions—like Socrates and Jesus—undoubtedly rose above the cultural molds and simplistic thinking of their time. Now, thanks to mass communications, psychotherapy, and God’s grace, I would say that hundreds of thousands
- [The Ego as an Instrument of the Soul](https://espirited.com/egoto-i-dushata/) - In spiritual literature, the "ego" is often spoken of as the primary enemy of the "soul." Such a perspective can be seriously harmful because it fails to account for the difference between the positive and negative forms of the same thing—the empirical Self of the human being. This difference lies in the fact that its
- [Osho on the Fear of Commitment](https://espirited.com/strahat-ot-obvarzvane/) - Osho: "People go from one guru to another, from one teacher to another, from one temple to another—not because they are great seekers, but because they are incapable of deciding. So they go from one thing to another. This is their way to avoid commitment. The same happens in other human relationships: a man goes
- [Where is the Evidence of Love?](https://espirited.com/kade-sa-dokazatelstvata-za-lyubovta/) - From the book by M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled "Love is not a feeling. This is because love is an action. It is an act of will rather than emotionality. For the lover, it is not only possible but also necessary to disregard the feeling of love. It is easy and pleasant to
- [Osho: From Fear to Freedom](https://espirited.com/strah-i-svoboda/) - "It is natural for a man to be afraid, to tremble. If you accept it, if you say that this is how life is, if you accept it totally, the trembling stops immediately, and the fear—that very same energy which was fear—uncoils like a spring and becomes freedom." — Osho
- [How do I find my soul mate?](https://espirited.com/kak-da-namerya-moyata-srodna-dusha/) - "People ask, 'Why can't I find a deep, loving relationship?' The question is understandable, because people are lonely... When we are alone, the ego makes it seem as though all pain would disappear if only we had a boyfriend or girlfriend. But if a relationship takes hold, it will bring as much of our existential
- [Why "I Can't Live Without You" is Not Love](https://espirited.com/ne-moga-da-zhiveya-bez-teb/) - "The second most common misconception about love is that dependency is love. This is most frequently expressed by people who say, 'I cannot live without my husband (wife, lover).' When you require another individual for your survival, you are a parasite upon that individual. There is no choice in the relationship, no freedom. It is
- [M. Scott Peck on The Ingredients of Love](https://espirited.com/sastavnite-tchasti-na-lyubovta/) - From the book by M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled "Whenever we take a step to extend our boundaries, we do so by either overcoming the inertia of laziness or confronting the fear of resistance. The first we call work; the second we call courage. Love, then, is always either work or courage directed
- [Living the Questions: What is Spiritual Intelligence?](https://espirited.com/duhovna-inteligentnost/) - An introduction to the concept of spiritual intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, examining meaning, values and the role of consciousness beyond IQ and EQ.
- [Singing Above the Cracks](https://espirited.com/da-badesh-solist-sred-orkestar-ot-obezv/) - Below is an excerpt from the book Spiritual Intelligence by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, which presents the experiences of one of its authors during a UNESCO conference in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. One evening, they were taken to visit the city theater, where: "There were cracks and burn marks on the ceiling. The
- [Osho on Self-Love](https://espirited.com/edva-togava/) - "First you have to love yourself. Only then will others love you. And you should love yourself so boundlessly, so totally, that not even the smallest particle of self-hatred remains in you. Only then will the grace and love of God become accessible to you." — Osho "It is widely discussed that we must love
- [Melinda's Laughter](https://espirited.com/smehat-na-melinda/) - "Dr. N: All right, tell me the most important recognition sign you have to remember from this prep class. P: Melinda’s laugh. Dr. N: Who is Melinda? P: My future wife. Dr. N: What is so memorable about Melinda’s laugh? P: When we meet, her laugh will... sound like little bells... tinkling... I can't really
- [This too shall pass](https://espirited.com/prastenat/) - "An emperor called his wise men and asked them to create a ring for him. He wanted an inscription engraved on it that would help him in difficult times and remind him of the transience of good times. The wise men pondered for a long time, and when the beautiful ring was finally ready, it
- [Miracles shift thinking from 'taking' to 'giving'](https://espirited.com/tselta-na-tchudotvoretsa/) - "In recent years, it has become popular to 'set goals.' Goal setting is a process of focusing the mind on a desired result. It is one more attempt by the mind to make the world do what we want it to do. This is not spiritual surrender. A Course in Miracles makes a distinction between
- [Women Who Run with the Wolves](https://espirited.com/byagashtata-s-valtsi/) - I recommend this book — Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. Recently I received a letter from a friend who wrote to me with great enthusiasm about this book and encouraged me to read it as well. She wrote that once she began reading it, she did not stop all night,
- [Morgan Scott Peck: The greatest lie](https://espirited.com/nay-golyamata-lazha/) - "The greatest lie promoted by many institutions in our society, which in a sense plays upon our human nature and the sin of laziness, is that we are on this earth to be happy all the time. Corporations, the media, and the church constantly flood us with the lie that we are here to be
- [The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm](https://espirited.com/izkustvoto-da-obitchash/) - From Erich Fromm's book "The Art of Loving": "Love is a feeling which a person can hardly afford, regardless of their degree of maturity. Our intention is to convince the reader that all their attempts to love are doomed to failure if they do not actively strive to develop their total personality in order to
- [The Definition of Love by M. Scott Peck](https://espirited.com/morgan-skot-pek-za-tova-kakvo-e-lyubovta/) - Below, I am sharing a definition of love that has profoundly influenced my life. It comes from an American psychiatrist who writes about the connection between psychotherapy and spiritual growth. His name is M. Morgan Scott Peck, and the book is called The Road Less Traveled. This is the author to whom I owe so
- [The King’s Challenge to His Three Sons](https://espirited.com/vreme-e-za-seitba/) - The story as told by Osho: "A great king had three sons and he wanted to choose one of them as his heir. It was very difficult because all three were very intelligent, very brave. Whom to choose? So he asked a great sage for advice, and the sage gave him an idea... The king
- [There are no easy or simple formulas](https://espirited.com/nyama-lesni-i-prosti-formuli/) - "There are no easy or simple formulas. In our attitude toward everything we experience, we are obliged to feel a certain emptiness and painful ignorance... But if your will is firmly anchored in the good and you are willing to suffer all the suffering when it is not quite certain what is good (and so
- [Love is an activity, not a passive affect](https://espirited.com/erih-from-obichta-e-aktivnost-a-ne-pasiven-akt/) - "Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a 'standing in,' not a 'falling for.' In the most general way, the active character of love can be described by stating that love is primarily giving, not receiving. The most widespread misunderstanding is that which assumes that giving is 'giving up' something, being deprived
- [Erich Fromm on Love as the mature answer to existence](https://espirited.com/erih-from-za-obichta/) - From Erich Fromm's book "The Art of Loving": "Love is the mature answer to the problem of existence. The awareness of human separation, without the reunion by love, is the source of shame. It is at the same time the source of guilt and anxiety. The deepest need of man, then, is to overcome his
- [The most loving person is Self-centered](https://espirited.com/nay-napred/) - "The most loving person is the person who is Self-centered. Therefore, your first relationship must be with your Self. You must first learn to honor and cherish and love your Self... You must first see your Self as worthy before you can see another as worthy. You must first see your Self as blessed before
- [The Hidden Logic of Self-Destruction](https://espirited.com/pritchinata-za-samorazrushitelnoto-pov/) - The human psyche is exceptionally complex. Most of the reasons behind what happens in our lives lie outside the area illuminated by our conscious attitude. This is why psychological insight is so valuable, and it is the reason I want to share a quote from M. Scott Peck, where he explains the hidden causes of
- [За игрите на синхроничност](https://espirited.com/za-igrite-na-sinhronichnost/) - „Игрите на синхроничност“ дават възможност публикациите от сайта да се отварят и четат на случаен принцип, но тяхната интерпретация да става чрез „принципа на синхроничността“. Това означава човек да изследва дали съществуват смислови връзки между написаното в тях и актуалната му житейска ситуация, които да носят отговор на въпросите, които го вълнуват. Принципът на синхроничността
- [Synchronicity: The Language of the Soul](https://espirited.com/sinhronichnost/) - For a long time, I have wanted to talk about the "principle of synchronicity," formulated by the founder of analytical psychology, Carl Gustav Jung. I believe that such knowledge will encourage a greater sense of observation toward the "chance" coincidences in life and will strengthen your trust and interest in their hidden meaning. The Definition
- [Spirituality Is Not a Sauce](https://espirited.com/duhovnostta-ne-e/) - “Today, just as in the Middle Ages, we are witnessing a surge of interest in spirituality. More and more people in the West are striving to make room for it in their fast-paced lives. Yet, however good their intentions may be, their approach is often misguided. Spirituality is not just another sauce to pour over
- [Духовността означава радикална промяна](https://espirited.com/duhovnostta-ne-e/) - "Днес, точно както през Средновековието, наблюдаваме бурен интерес към духовността. Все повече хора на Запад се стремят да намерят в забързания си живот място и за нея. Но колкото и добри да са намеренията им, техният подход често е неуместен. Духовността не е поредният сос, с който да залеем старото ястие. Тя не е нещо,
- [Robin Skynner: The Mental Health Continuum](https://espirited.com/robin-skinar-skala-na-psihitchnoto-zdra/) - “Show me a normal person, and I will cure him.”¹ “The normal person is an ideal goal for failures—for all those who fall below the general level of adaptability.”¹ C. G. Jung Pain Is Not Illness One of the most misguided beliefs about psychotherapy is that turning to a psychotherapist for help means that you
- [Four Core Criteria of Mental Health](https://espirited.com/osnovni-kriterii-za-psihichno-zdrave/) - As I already wrote in the article on the mental health continuum, not only is there a substantial difference between mental illness and psychological suffering, but it is precisely the most developing individuals who are more often predisposed to psychological crises and periods of suffering. The “normality of the most widespread” does not mean a
- [Единственото, което има значение](https://espirited.com/edinstvenoto-koeto-ima-znatchenie/) - "Няма значение колко свещени думи четеш, няма значение колко много ги говориш - те няма нищо добро да донесат в твоя живот, ако не правиш това, което те означават." Буда Препъни-камъкът на много хора, тръгнали по пътя на грижата за душата си, е че не живеят това, което знаят или проповядват на другите. А истината
- [Honesty as a Spiritual Practice](https://espirited.com/dobrata-vrazka-ne-vinagi-e-shampansko-i/) - "A good relationship is not always champagne and roses. It is a birthing process, often bloody and painful... A 'spiritual relationship' is not necessarily a relationship where two people are constantly smiling. For me, 'spiritual' means, above all, 'authentic'... And so we create relationships for shared work. Real work can only happen in the presence
- [Secrecy has a reason to exist](https://espirited.com/potaynostta-si-ima-svoya-pritchina/) - "Human being has two sides, outer and inner. The outer can be public property, but the inner cannot... Just as seeds need the darkness and intimacy of the earth, so all relationships that are deep and intimate remain internal. In ordinary human relationships, intimacy is necessary... Secrecy has a reason to exist. Remember this, and
- [Forgiveness for our parents](https://espirited.com/oproshtenie/) - "There is no enlightenment without forgiveness for our parents. Whether we like it or not, our mother is our primary archetype of the adult female, and our father is our primary archetype of the adult male. If I am a man and I harbor resentment toward my mother, I will continually project guilt onto other
- [Какво означава да си обвързан във връзката](https://espirited.com/obvarzvane/) - "Курс по чудеса" твърди, че трябва да бъдем напълно обвързани във всички наши взаимоотношения и те никога няма да си съперничат. Обвързване във връзката означава обвързаност с процеса на взаимно разбиране и опрощаване - независимо колко разговори са нужни и доколко неудобни могат да бъдат тези разговори понякога. Когато физически се разделим с някого, с
- [What does it mean Commitment in relationship](https://espirited.com/obvarzvane/) - "A Course in Miracles says that we must be totally committed to all our relationships, and they will never compete. Commitment in a relationship means commitment to the process of mutual understanding and forgiveness—no matter how many conversations it takes, and no matter how uncomfortable those conversations may be at times. When we physically separate
- [Osho: Religion requires ultimate urgency](https://espirited.com/krayna-neotlozhnost/) - "Religion requires ultimate urgency. If you postpone, you will never be able to be religious. As you are, you are already late; you have already wasted much time on meaningless things which will be taken away from you. For everything that you possess, you are losing life. It is not cheap, it is very costly.
- [If the train doesn't stop at your station](https://espirited.com/predvaretelnite-planove/) - "Fears in relationship are usually rooted in our agendas for the other person or the relationship. It is not our job to try to make a relationship what we think it should be. If someone is not acting like a great romantic lover, perhaps they are not meant to be one for us. That does
- [Always remember to find the small reasons](https://espirited.com/drebnite-pritchini/) - "Always remember to find the small reasons for the things that happen within you and around you. Sometimes you start looking for very deep and big reasons, which don't exist..." — Osho
- [Searching for 'Mr. Right' leads to despair](https://espirited.com/tarseneto-na-gospodingospozha-podhod/) - "Our task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all of the barriers within ourselves that we have built against its coming. To think that there is a special person out there who will save us is a barrier to pure love. It is one of the most fearsome weapons
- [The Pathology of the Normal](https://espirited.com/normalnost/) - "This is one of the problems with humanity. The people you call normal are not normal at all, but they are in the majority. A Buddha always looks abnormal. A Jesus looks abnormal." — Osho, The Mustard Seed (Discourses on the Sayings of Jesus)
- [God and ego have different ideas about a 'good relationship](https://espirited.com/iztselenie-2/) - "As temples of healing, our relationships are like trips to the Divine doctor’s office. How can a doctor help us if we don’t show him our wounds? Before they can be healed, the nests of our fear must be uncovered. If a relationship allows us to avoid our unhealed pains, we are hiding in it,
- [Only fools have readymade answers](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-pravilno/) - "What is my definition of right? That which is in harmony with existence is right, and that which is in disharmony with existence is wrong. You have to be very alert every moment because it has to be decided every moment again and again. You cannot have readymade answers about what is right and what
- [For God’s sake, do not be perfect](https://espirited.com/savarshen-ili-palnotsenen/) - "...it is only through our feebleness and incapacity that we are linked up with the unconscious, with the lower world of the instincts and with our fellow beings. Our virtues make us independent. In that state we do not need anybody—we are masters there; but in our inferiority we are linked up with mankind as
- [How to prepare for a deep relationship](https://espirited.com/kak-da-se-podgotvim-za-dalboka-vrazka/) - "...I realized that I needed to help a man feel more like a man, rather than wasting my time worrying about whether he IS enough of a man. Part of our work on ourselves, in order to prepare for a deep relationship, is learning how to support another person in manifesting their very best self."
- [Your responsibility is only toward your own being](https://espirited.com/tvoyata-otgovornost-e-parvo-kam-tvoeto/) - "...your responsibility is only toward your own being. Don’t go against it, because going against it is committing suicide, is being self-destructive. And what is the gain? Even if people respect you, even if people think you are a very sober, moral, respectable man, these things are not going to nourish your being. They are
- [The Blind Man and the Lame Man](https://espirited.com/za-otchite-i-krakata/) - A story told and commented by Osho: "There were two beggars who lived outside a village. One was blind and the other had no legs. One day the forest near the village where the beggars lived caught fire. These beggars were, of course, competitors — of the same profession, begging from the same people —
- [A Thousand Reasons for Blindness](https://espirited.com/letchenie-ot-slepota/) - The Parable of Avicenna and the Apprentice "Avicenna had a very diligent, newly-initiated student. One day, a blind man was brought to the great physician. The Master specified exactly which components to mix to create two poultices. The student followed the instructions perfectly, and the next day, the patient regained his sight. Now, the student's
- [Buddha is Buddha, Krishna is Krishna, and you are you](https://espirited.com/buda-si-e-buda-krishna-si-e-krishna-a-ti-si/) - "But don't follow rules imposed from the outside. No imposed rule can ever be right, because rules are created by people who want to control you! Yes, sometimes great enlightened ones appear in the world — like Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed. They did not give rules to the world; they gave their love. But sooner
- [Bankei: I can only perform small miracles](https://espirited.com/malki-tchudesa/) - The Zen Story of Bankei "Bankei was quietly teaching his followers when his talk was interrupted by a Shinshu priest who believed in miracles and thought that salvation came from repeating sacred words. Bankei was unable to continue his discourse and asked the priest what he had to say. — 'The founder of my religion,'
- [Healing does not occur in the past](https://espirited.com/kakvo-ne-iska-da-vidi-egoto/) - "The study of the past can help us clarify many of our problems, but healing does not occur in the past. It occurs in the present. There is a current mania for blaming childhood events for our present despair. What the ego doesn't want us to see is that our pain doesn't come from the
- [The way of the heart is the way of courage](https://espirited.com/slushay-sartseto-si/) - "The way of the heart is the way of courage. It is to live in insecurity, it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is moving on dangerous paths. Life is dangerous, and only cowards can
- [The unlovable is incomprehensible](https://espirited.com/koe-e-nerazbiraemoto/) - "We mostly spend our lives conjugating the verb 'to want' in every tense... we try to understand people in order to judge whether they deserve our love; but in reality, until we love them, we cannot understand them. The unlovable is incomprehensible." –Evelyn Underhill
- [Osho on The Purpose of Pain](https://espirited.com/prednaznachenieto-na-bolkata/) - "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,
- [Gray clouds are never eternal](https://espirited.com/sinyoto-nebe-e-vetchno/) - "A spiritual teacher from India once pointed out that there is no such thing as a gray sky. The sky is always blue. Sometimes, however, gray clouds arrive and cover the blue. Then we think the sky is gray. The same is true of our minds. We are always perfect. We cannot be otherwise. Fear
- [Everything is in your hands](https://espirited.com/vsitchko-e-v-tvoite-ratse/) - "Once upon a time, in an ancient city, there lived a Master surrounded by his disciples. The most gifted among them thought to himself: 'Is there a question that our Master would be unable to answer?' He went to a green meadow, caught the most beautiful butterfly, and hid it between his palms. The butterfly’s
- [The path to light is paved with darkness](https://espirited.com/za-voina-na-svetlinata/) - "There is no warrior of light who has never been afraid of going into battle. There is no warrior of light who has never betrayed or lied in the past. There is no warrior of light who has never trodden a path that was not his. There is no warrior of light who has never
- [The Mirror of Greed](https://espirited.com/kabir-kamal-i-altchnostta/) - "Kabir, the great master, had a son named Kamal. Kamal quarrelled with his father and settled opposite him. People came to Kabir to pay their respects, but he never accepted anything from them. Kamal's fame also spread and people began to go to him as well, but he accepted all gifts. Kabir became very angry
- [The Wise Old Man: Don't Go That Far](https://espirited.com/ne-otivayte-tolkova-daletch/) - This is one of my favorite fairy tales that supports the archetype of the Wise Man within us. Enjoy it! "In a village, there lived a very poor old man. Yet even kings envied him, for he owned a magnificent white horse. Many offered him extravagant sums of money, but the old man always refused,
- [Paulo Coelho: The Secret of Not Drowning](https://espirited.com/zashto-tchovek-se-davi/) - "A warrior of light sometimes—quite unintentionally—takes a false step and finds himself plunging into the abyss. Ghosts terrify him, and solitude torments him. Having always sought the Good Fight, he never imagined that this would happen to him, but it does. Shrouded in darkness, he communicates with his master. 'Master, I have fallen into the
- [The Bridge Between Two Lives](https://espirited.com/dvata-svyata/) - "A warrior of light often feels he is living two lives at once. In one, he is obliged to do all that he does not want to do, and to fight for ideas in which he does not believe. But there is another life, and he discovers it in his dreams, in his books, and
- [If Obstacles Stand in Your Way: The Story of Abraham Lincoln](https://espirited.com/ako-ima-prepyatstiya-po-patya-kam-tselta-vi/) - By Noel Batten, The Path of Extraordinary Success and Self-Belief: "Obstacles stand in our way only to test our resolve and our ability to rethink and reassess. Impenetrable walls are not the true reason for the inability to achieve certain goals. In fact, they are the reason why people who refuse to accept defeat discover
- [What is the beauty of life](https://espirited.com/v-kakvo-e-krasotata-na-zhivota/) - A Zen story told by Osho: "Life moves so fast; it is dynamic, not static. It is not a stagnant pool; it is the Ganges, it is flowing. It is never the same for two consecutive moments. Therefore, one thing may be right this moment and may be wrong the next moment. What to do
- [Osho: Truth is an experience, not a belief](https://espirited.com/istinata-e-prezhivyavane-ne-e-vyarvane/) - "Truth is an experience, not a belief. Truth never comes by studying it; truth has to be encountered, one has to face it. One who studies love is like a person who studies the Himalayas by looking at a map. The map is not the mountain! And if you start believing in the map, you
- [There is only one way to be happy](https://espirited.com/ima-edin-edinstven-natchin-da-badete-shtas/) - "There are millions of ways to express your happiness, but there is only one way to really be happy, and that is to love. There is no other way. You cannot be happy if you don’t love yourself. That is a fact. If you don’t love yourself, you don’t have any opportunity to be happy.
- [To Make the Right Choice](https://espirited.com/za-da-napravite-verniya-izbor/) - "If someone does not treat you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't leave, you will certainly endure many years of suffering with him or her. Leaving may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you
- [Be Impeccable With Your Word](https://espirited.com/badi-bezgreshen-v-slovoto-si/) - Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements - The First Agreement "The first agreement is: Be impeccable with your word. It sounds very simple, but it is extremely powerful. Why your word? Your word is the power that you have to create. Your word is the gift that comes directly from God. The Gospel of John,
- [Don’t Take Anything Personally](https://espirited.com/ne-priemay-nishto-litchno/) - by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements, The Second Agreement: "Don't take anything personally because by taking things personally you set yourself up to suffer for nothing. Humans are addicted to suffering at different levels and to different degrees, and we support each other in maintaining these addictions. Humans agree to help each other suffer.
- [Do not make assumptions](https://espirited.com/ne-pravi-predpolozheniya/) - by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements - The Third Agreement: "We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything. The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth. We could swear they are real. We make assumptions about what others are doing or thinking — we take it personally —
- [Давай щедро любовта си](https://espirited.com/imay-sartse/) - Ошо: "Всеки иска да бъде обичан, а това е погрешно начало. Всичко това започва, защото малкото дете не може да обича, не може да каже нищо, не може да направи нищо, не може да даде нищо; може само да получи. Опитът на малкото дете от любовта е този на получаването; получаване от майката; получаване от
- [The Hero Within: Six Archetypes We Live By](https://espirited.com/geroyat-v-teb-karal-pirsan/) - I highly recommend this book to you! The author is Carol S. Pearson, and her work focuses on the six archetypes that manifest in the lives of modern individuals: the Innocent, the Orphan, the Wanderer, the Warrior, the Martyr, and the Magician. Pearson’s subsequent book, "Awakening the Heroes Within: Twelve Archetypes to Help Us Find
- [This is the starting point](https://espirited.com/istinata-2/) - "Negative feelings are not true feelings at all; they are your thoughts about something, based on your previous experience and the previous experience of others. You will not find the Truth in the records of your past experience, for the 'record' of your past is the record of what you once thought about a thing,
- [What are you still carrying with you?](https://espirited.com/monasite-i-momitcheto/) - "Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely girl in a silk kimono and sash, unable to cross the intersection. "Come on, girl," said Tanzan at once. Lifting her in his arms, he carried her over the mud.
- [Perfectionism is the enemy of achievement](https://espirited.com/perfektsionizmat-e-vrag-na-postizheniya/) - "At some point it can be helpful to decide that a project or endeavor is finished. Seeking excellence is one thing; never finding anything 'good enough' is another. As I have said before: Perfectionism is the enemy of achievement. At some point you have to say, 'This is good. This is enough.' If you can’t
- [The Sheep Were Only an Indication](https://espirited.com/ovtsete/) - "A King lost his kingdom. Everything went wrong—a drought, an epidemic, and then an invasion. His family died, his people were slaughtered, and he had to flee for his life. On his way to a neighboring kingdom to seek help from a friend, he was captured by robbers and forced into slavery for three years.
- [When You Cannot Help Another](https://espirited.com/kak-da-pomagamve-na-drugite/) - "You cannot help another who will not help him or herself. In the end, all souls must walk their path — and the reason they are walking a particular path may not be clear to you, or even to them, at the level of ordinary human consciousness. Do what you can to help others, of
- [The Simple Secret of Success: Perseverance](https://espirited.com/uporitost/) - "The most admirable results in life are usually achieved by simple means and ordinary qualities. They may for the most part be summed up in two words — common sense and perseverance." — Owen Felltham "Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth." — Julie Andrews
- [Don't create more pain in the present](https://espirited.com/ne-sazdavayte-povetche-bolka-v-nastoyashte/) - by the author of the book "The Power of Now" Eckhart Tolle: "The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The
- [Eckhart Tolle On the nature of the Pain-body](https://espirited.com/bolkovoto-tyalo/) - From the author of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle: "As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of pain that lives on in you. It merges with the pain from the past, which was already there, and becomes lodged
- [The only place where true change can occur](https://espirited.com/edinstvenoto-myasto/) - "If it is the quality of your consciousness at this moment that determines the future, then what is it that determines the quality of your consciousness? Your degree of presence. So the only place where true change can occur and where the past can be dissolved is the Now.” Eckhart Tolle, "The Power of Now"
- [Master Bankei on what is true nature](https://espirited.com/utchitelyat-bankei/) - "A student came before the Master Bankei and asked to be helped in getting rid of his violent temper. - 'Show me this temper,' said Bankei. 'It sounds very fascinating.' - 'I haven't got it right now, so I can't show it to you', said the student. - 'Well then, said Bankei, bring it to
- [Becoming an Instrument of Grace](https://espirited.com/molitvata-na-sveti-frantsisk-aziski/) - "Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled
- [When the past or the future is too much](https://espirited.com/kogato-minaloto-ili-badeshteto-sa-preka/) - “Negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of non-forgiveness are caused by too much past and not enough presence.” — Eckhart Tolle
- [There is no linear development](https://espirited.com/na-patekata-za-byagane/) - “…the goal of psychic development is the Self. There is no linear evolution; there is only a circumambulation of the Self. Linear development exists only at the very beginning; later, everything is directed toward the center.” — C.G. Jung, "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" For me, this thought by Jung is vital because it explains the difference
- [To pass through the hell of your passions](https://espirited.com/da-badesh-tsyalosten/) - "A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them. They then dwell in the house next door, and at any moment a flame may dart out and set fire to his own house. Whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with
- [Marshall Rosenberg, "Nonviolent Communication"](https://espirited.com/obshtuvane-bez-agresiya-marshal-rozenbe/) - I recommend this book to you: Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships ! I recommend it to friends, to clients, to people I train in emotional intelligence workshops, to everyone who wants to improve their skills in communicating with others. I believe that if you read this book carefully, as
- [Get out of the victim position](https://espirited.com/nikoy-ne-se-nuzhdae-ot-tvoyata-pomosht/) - "No one needs your help. I know, I know... this is one of the difficult things. But it's true. However, this doesn't mean that no one wants your help, or that no one can use your help. It simply means that the thought that another Aspect of the Divine is helpless without you is not
- [Mary Stevenson: Footprints in the Sand](https://espirited.com/sledite-v-pyasaka/) - One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints. This bothered me because I noticed that during the
- [If you cannot fight with your beloved](https://espirited.com/ako-ne-mozhesh-da-se-borish-sas-svoya-lyubim/) - “If you cannot fight with your beloved, if you cannot be angry, then the authenticity of love is lost… If I am angry and I suppress my anger, then when I love, the suppressed anger is present, and this deadens my love. If I have not been true in my anger, in my rage, I
- [Osho: Your Roots Are Still in God](https://espirited.com/istinskoto-az-e-az-at-na-tsyaloto/) - “A Frenchman was crossing the desert with his Arab guide. Days passed, and not a single day went by without the Arab kneeling on the burning sand to call upon his God. Finally, one evening, the unbeliever asked the Arab: ‘How did you come to know that there is a God?’ The guide glanced at
- [The Fateful Connection with Our Ancestors](https://espirited.com/sadbovnata-vrazka-s-predtsite-ni/) - ““The greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of the parents.” C. G. Jung Below I share a quotation from Jung’s Autobiography, in which he comments on the same theme, namely that in the deeper layers of our psychic unconscious the connection with our ancestors is more alive than ever. It lives
- [The formula for walking on water](https://espirited.com/koe-e-po-vazhno-formulata-ili/) - "Long, long ago there lived a man devoted to learning. He had dedicated his entire life to the pursuit of knowledge, and a large part of it was mystical knowledge. One day, this learned man was walking along the bank of a river. Suddenly he heard a loud voice that interrupted his reflections. He listened
- [Meet your thoughts with understanding](https://espirited.com/da-posreshtnesh-mislite-si-s-razbirane/) - "A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It is not our thoughts, but the attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it’s true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we’ve been attaching to, often for years. Most people think that they are what their thoughts
- [Byron Katie: If I had a prayer](https://espirited.com/ako-tryabvashe-da-se-molya/) - "If I had a prayer, it would be this: God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen" Byron Katie
- [How do I know I don't need what I want?](https://espirited.com/kak-razbiram/) - "How do I know I don't need what I want? I don't have it." Byron Katie
- [Robert Schwartz – Courageous Souls](https://espirited.com/hrabri-dushi/) - Ето превода на английски, следвайки точно структурата и съдържанието, както си го дала: I recommend this book – Courageous Souls, with the subtitle Do We Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth? In it, the author Robert Schwartz presents the theory of life planning on a spiritual level in such an engaging and well-argued way that
- [Only the Brave Plan Fear](https://espirited.com/samo-smelite-planirat-strah/) - This passage is from Robert Schwartz’s book Courageous Souls. It refers to one of the stories in the book — the case of long-term alcoholism lasting more than four decades.I am skipping much of the explanation about why a soul might choose such a heavy life challenge as alcoholism — this could be the subject
- [If You Wish to Be Kind to Others](https://espirited.com/ako-iskash-da-badesh-dobar-s-drugite/) - "If you intend to be kind to others, you will have to be kind to yourself as well. This means taking a day off from time to time when it is not planned.Eating a piece of chocolate when it is not recommended.Taking a nap when it is not possible.Immersing yourself in a good book for
- [No one can hurt you](https://espirited.com/tova-e-moya-rabota/) - "No one can hurt me. That's my job." Byron Katie
- [It Is Experience That Allows You to Know](https://espirited.com/da-razbirash-i-da-znaesh/) - "Words can help you understand something, but it is experience that allows you to know. Never, never trade your own experience for someone else’s words about things that are truly important to you. Like God, for example. Or love. Or what is true for someone else." Neale Donald Walsch
- [Apostle Paul: The Hymn of Love](https://espirited.com/himn-na-lyubovta/) - In just a few verses, Apostle Paul draws a radical inner measure: without love, even the highest spiritual gifts and moral achievements lose their meaning. "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.And though I have the gift
- [Byron Katie: The Reality is always kinder](https://espirited.com/realnostta/) - "Reality is always kinder than the story we are believing about it." Byron Katie
- [What Is Your Price?](https://espirited.com/kakva-e-tvoyata-tsena/) - Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “Everyone has a price, and Life respects that price. But this price is not measured in money or gold; it is measured in love. More precisely, it is measured in love for oneself. How much you love yourself – that is your price – and Life respects that
- ["The Mastery Of Love", Don Miguel Ruiz](https://espirited.com/umenieto-da-obitchash-don-migel-ruis/) - I recommend this book! I read it a long time ago – so long ago that it is no longer in my library, together with the cards that were created especially for it. I suspect that the energy of love pushed me to give them to someone… 🙂 Now I feel the urge to recommend
- [The Skin of Our Emotional Body](https://espirited.com/kozhata-na-nasheto-emotsionalno-tyalo/) - From Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “I want you to imagine that you live on a planet where every inhabitant suffers from a skin disease. The people on this planet have lived with this illness for two or three thousand years. Their entire bodies are covered with wounds that are infected and extremely
- [The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Love](https://espirited.com/tchovekat-koyto-ne-vyarvashe-v-lyubovta/) - This is a rather long story from Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Mastery of Love, but if you read it to the end, you will understand the most important thing there is to know about love. It corresponds entirely with my personal and professional experience and is also in harmony with all the other writings I
- [The Lie of the Perfect Image](https://espirited.com/perfektno-ili-tchoveshko/) - From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “If we try to become aware of things, we can easily understand why relationships do not work—with parents, with children, with friends, with our partner, and even with ourselves. Why does the relationship with ourselves not succeed? Because we are wounded and filled with
- [Trust the Whisper of Your Heart](https://espirited.com/zhivot-ot-sartseto/) - Pamela Kribbe, The Jeshua Channelings: “You do not understand the true power of your consciousness. Your consciousness is made of Light. When you hold something in your consciousness, that thing changes. Consciousness heals, if you do not darken it with your thoughts and with your tendency toward ‘action.’ Therefore, a life based on intuition requires
- [Struggle as a Sign of Growth](https://espirited.com/borbata/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “It is perfectly okay to be in a place where there is effort and struggle. Struggle is simply another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves, from time to time, in a place where there is struggle. In fact, struggle is a sure sign for them that they are
- [The Teacher Lives in Everyone](https://espirited.com/uchitelyat-zhivee-vav-vseki/) - From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: “Once, long ago, a Teacher was speaking to a gathered crowd, and his message was so remarkable that everyone felt touched by his words, filled with love. In the crowd there was a man who absorbed every word spoken by the Teacher. This man
- [An invitation to begin to dare more](https://espirited.com/sigurnost-i-radost/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “Security is not what you should be looking for in the future. Joy is what you should be seeking. Security and joy may not come in the same package. They may come together… but they may also not. There is no guarantee of that. If your primary concern is the guarantee of
- [Памела Крибе: Често на Земята творческият процес е борба](https://espirited.com/da-tvorish-na-zemyata/) - "Често на Земята творческият процес е борба. Обикновено срещате много съпротива при претворяването на мечтите си в реалността. Менталното творчество в астралния свят е много по-лесно. Там няма разлика във времето между представата и реалното реализиране. Освен това можете да сътворите всякаква реалност, каквато ви се прииска и която можете да измислите. Няма ограничения. В
- [On Earth the creative process is a great effort](https://espirited.com/da-tvorish-na-zemyata/) - "Often on Earth the creative process is a struggle. You usually encounter much resistance in turning your dreams into reality. Mental creativity in the astral world is much easier. There is no difference in time between the idea and the actual realisation. Moreover, you can create any reality you wish and that you can imagine.
- [Love is equal to to set free](https://espirited.com/za-svobodata-i-obitchta/) - Pamela Kribbe: "Nothing and no one will leave your reality until you have loved it. To love is equal to 'to set free'." Pamela Kribbe Note: The quoted passage is translated from Bulgarian.
- [Beware of the will to holiness](https://espirited.com/vina-i-gryah/) - Bo Yin Ra, The Book of the Living God: “Many things about you are still ‘guilt’ and ‘sin,’ although they by no means deserve such condemnation—and other things you take lightly and even see in them your ‘virtues,’ although they are a ruinous temptation for you… Rather seek guilt and sin—but beware of the will
- [Time to set out for uncharted territories](https://espirited.com/novi-teritorii/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “It is time to set out for uncharted territories. If you want to do something you have never done before,you must do something you have never done before.If you want to go somewhere you have never been before,you must go somewhere you have never been before.You cannot do something new by doing
- [When Life Shakes the Box](https://espirited.com/satreseniyata/) - From a book of parables: “They poured balls into a box—wooden and copper—of the same size. They closed the lid, waited, opened it. Just as they had lain before, so they remained. They closed it again and shook the box well. They opened it and looked. The wooden balls were on top; the copper ones
- [Mastery is measured by ...](https://espirited.com/maystorstvoto-se-meri-s/) - "Mastery is not measured by the number of terrible things you have removed from your life, but by the number of times you have stopped calling them terrible."* Neale Donald Walsch *Translation from Bulgarian
- [How long will you postpone](https://espirited.com/vaprosat-ne-e-v-parite/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “The problem is not money. The real question is whether you have the courage to give your greatest talent. There is no security in doing something for your livelihood if you are dying inside while doing it. That is taking care of the body while, inside yourself, you are dying as you
- [C.G.Jung: The Sacrifice and The Reward](https://espirited.com/zhertvata/) - After the publication of his book Symbols of Transformation (originally Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido), through which he revealed his differences with Freud, Jung was publicly rejected and criticized. About this period of his life he writes: “After the break with Freud, all my friends and acquaintances withdrew. My book was declared rubbish. I was
- [Action or Activity: On the True Nature of Relaxation](https://espirited.com/relaksatsiya/) - From Osho: “Every reaction is unconscious. If you are aware, you never react; you act. Action is conscious; reaction is unconscious. First of all, the nature of activity and the hidden currents within it must be understood; otherwise no relaxation is possible. Even if you want to relax, it will not be possible unless you
- [Yehuda Berg: The two sides of the veil](https://espirited.com/dvete-strani-na-zavesata/) - From the book The Power of Kabbalah, by Yehuda Berg. "According to Kabbalah, there is a veil that divides our reality into two parts, which Kabbalah defines as one percent and ninety-nine percent. The realm of the one percent encompasses our physical world. But it is only a tiny part of the universe, only what
- [What are we made of?](https://espirited.com/ot-kakvo-sme-napraveni/) - "From the book The Power of Kabbalah, by Yehuda Berg.* "Who are we? What do we consist of? What is our material, our essence, our core? Of what primary element are we made? Have you ever really thought about this question? Kabbalah defines us in a single word: DESIRE! When Kabbalah defines us by the
- [Yehuda Berg on the DNA of God and the Bread of Shame](https://espirited.com/dnk-na-boga-i-sramniya-hlyab/) - from the book "The Power of Kabbalah" by Yehuda Berg "Once, long ago, before the concept of time even existed, there was only one simple reality... ENERGY. This power was primordial. It filled eternity. It extended to infinity. There was no such concept as time, space, and motion, for according to the Kabbalah this infinite
- [The Puzzle Master](https://espirited.com/maystorat-na-pazeli/) - From the book by Yehuda Berg, The Power of Kabbalah: “Once upon a time there was a kind elderly puzzle maker who possessed magical power. His greatest joy was to create beautiful picture puzzles for the children in the neighborhood. These were not ordinary puzzles. They were magical—when the very last piece fell into place,
- [The Formula of Transformation](https://espirited.com/preobrazyavaneto/) - From the book by Yehuda Berg, The Power of Kabbalah: “In life we have two possible choices: To react to the situation—and in this case our soul will resist the Light, which will leave us in the darkness of the one-percent world. To actively resist the impulse to react, thus connecting with the world of
- [One Million Dollar Opportunity](https://espirited.com/vazmozhnost-za-edin-milion-dolara/) - From the book by Yehuda Berg, The Power of Kabbalah: “Most people tend to choose the path of least resistance in life. They seek easy and comfortable situations. But comfort does not bring lasting Light. We must learn to run away from our comfort zones and to throw ourselves headfirst into unpleasant situations. It is
- [From Reactivity to Proactivity: The Fourth Principle of Kabbalah](https://espirited.com/teoriya-na-reaktivnostta/) - From the book by Yehuda Berg, The Power of Kabbalah: “When we look into the world of the ninety-nine percent, we discover four key qualities of the Light that we have inherited and that we must express in our world in order to remove the Bread of Shame. These are: To be the causeTo be
- [The Curve of Change: When Things Get Worse Before They Get Better](https://espirited.com/kriva-na-promenite/) - Besides the beliefs that link mental health to average norms of normality, there is another type of belief that distorts how we think about the changes we seek in our lives. We tend to assume that positive signs of change are present when we see improvement, but this is not exactly so. Often, things even
- [When you know this, you never give up](https://espirited.com/ima-reshenie/) - “There is a solution. There is one. But you have to keep searching for it. You cannot stop; you cannot give up. This is more than simple patience. This is more than being persistent. It is about the absolute knowing that God is on your side. When you know this, you never give up… and
- [Only the one who frees himself is free](https://espirited.com/svoboden/) - “Only the one who frees himself is free!… If you help yourself, then your God will also help you—your God, who one day wishes to be ‘born’ within you yourself!”* –Bo Yin Ra, The Book of the Living God Note: The quoted passages are translated from Bulgarian.
- [The Imperfection of Perfection](https://espirited.com/nesavarshenstvoto-na-savarshenstvoto/) - From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: “We need to be accepted and loved by others, but we cannot accept and love ourselves. The greater our love for ourselves, the less we will self-torture. Self-torture comes from self-rejection, and self-rejection comes from our idea of perfection and the unattainability of this ideal.
- [The Inner Judge and the Victim](https://espirited.com/opitomyavaneto-sadnikat-i-zhertvata/) - From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: “All our natural inclinations are lost in the process of domestication. And when we grow enough for our mind to begin to reason, we learn the word ‘no.’ The adults say: ‘Don’t do this, don’t do that.’ We rebel and say: ‘No!’ We rebel because
- [True Justice and the Trap of Guilt](https://espirited.com/kade-e-adat/) - From the book by Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: “Just as the government has laws that govern the collective dream, our beliefs are the code that governs our individual dream. All these laws exist in our minds; we believe in them, and the Judge within us bases everything on these rules. The Judge passes
- [Mitote –The fog of the mind](https://espirited.com/mitote/) - Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: “We do not see the truth because we are blind. We are blinded by all those false beliefs in our minds. We feel the need to be right and to make others wrong. We trust what we believe, and our beliefs condemn us to suffering. It is as if
- [Reclaim your personal power](https://espirited.com/prelyudiya-kam-nov-san/) - “There are thousands of agreements you have made with yourself, with other people, with your dream of life, with God, with society, with your parents, with your spouse and with your children. But the most important agreements are those made with yourself. In them, you declare who you are, what you feel, what you believe,
- [The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz](https://espirited.com/tchetirite-sporazumeniya-don-migel-ruis/) - I recommend this book! Its author, Don Miguel Ruiz, has a gift for writing in a way that inspires us to change our lives for the better. He was born in Mexico into a family of healers. His mother was a curandera (healer) and his grandfather a nagual (shaman). Early in his life, he had
- [A Nice Buzzing Day](https://espirited.com/kakvo-obitchash-da-pravish-nay-mnogo-na-sve/) - author: Benjamin Hoff “Christopher Robin asked Pooh the question:‘What do you like doing most in the world, Pooh?’‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘what I like most…’ — and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very nice thing, there was a moment — just before you begin to eat it —
- [Embrace the Unknown](https://espirited.com/pregarnete-neizvestnoto/) - “You are not who you think you are. Ever since you were born, your identity has depended on very limited experience… Around 1890, a chief of the Blackfoot tribe was on his deathbed. His name was Isapo Muksika – Bōdila, and he whispered the following words into the ear of the missionary priest: What is
- [Before They Choose the Postman](https://espirited.com/othvarleniyat-zhenih/) - “There was a young Taiwanese man desperate for the hand of a beautiful girl. For four years he wrote her letters every day, pouring out his feelings of love. If the young man had not made such an effort, the beautiful girl would hardly have married the man she eventually did – and that man
- [Closeness of this kind is not important](https://espirited.com/blizostta-ot-takav-rod-ne-e-vazhna/) - “Once, a king went to the wise Bahauddin Naqshband and sat watching the gathering of his disciples. Later, when supper began, the king said: ‘O teacher of eternity! I noticed that during the lessons your disciples sit in a semicircle around you, just as my courtiers do. Is there perhaps some sign in this?’ Bahauddin
- [Awareness creates suffering of a different order](https://espirited.com/za-osaznavaneto/) - "I believe that awareness … creates greater suffering than before, even if of a different order. Many counsellors and doctors discover this only after they themselves have been conducting therapy for a long time and working with clients for years... At first, we believe that we will enlighten people. We hold a wonderful vision of
- [Do Not Bargain When There Is an Opportunity](https://espirited.com/tiberiy-i-sibilite/) - In Ancient Rome, a group of prophetesses known as the Sibyls wrote nine books that foretold the future of the Roman Empire. They brought the books to Tiberius and asked for one hundred pieces of gold for them. Tiberius angrily drove them away. The Sibyls burned three of the books and returned to Tiberius, asking
- [When you understand this, you will be free](https://espirited.com/otkade-idva-dobroto/) - "The good in your life doesn't come from someone outside of you. When you understand this, you will be free. There is no reason or need to play roles in front of others to gain their favour. Simply remain yourself, without betraying your essence. Speak your truth with care and love. And have the courage
- ["The Power of Kabbalah", Yehuda Berg](https://espirited.com/silata-na-kabala/) - I Recommend This Book! This is one of those rare books that manage to translate the complexity of the great spiritual texts into simple and accessible language. With messages that strike by their clarity and persuasiveness, and therefore have the power to change the way we look at the world and at ourselves. A book
- [Healing our emotional body](https://espirited.com/lekuvane-na-emotsionalnoto-ni-tyalo-1/) - Much has been written about what emotions are and the ways to cope with difficult emotions such as anger, fear, jealousy, envy, spite, vengefulness and pain. In my experience as a psychotherapist, however, everything written on this subject can be reduced to one simple thing – to imagine these emotions in the form of a
- [People should not be outsmarted, even for their own benefit](https://espirited.com/izvan-konteksta/) - "I know from experience, however, that this is not for the best—people should not be outsmarted, even when it is for their own benefit. I do not wish to push anyone off the tracks of their own misguided faith. Perhaps it would be better for that person to reach a total failure than to be
- [Jung and the "Dried-Up Puddle"](https://espirited.com/popovi-lazhitchki/) - “Oh, those obedient, diligent, and healthy people—they always remind me of those optimistic tadpoles that, cheerfully wagging their tails, bask in the sun in some crowded rain puddle—the shallowest of all puddles—without even suspecting that by tomorrow, it will have dried up!” — C.G. Jung, "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" When you are deeply immersed in the
- [How Badly Do You Want It?](https://espirited.com/madrostta/) - A young man once went to a wise man and asked: "Sir, what should I do to become wise?" The wise man did not answer. The young man asked the same question several times, but the sage remained silent. The youth left and came back the next day with the same question. Still, there was
- [Treat everything true within you as a seed](https://espirited.com/maymunata/) - A Story Shared and Explained by Osho: “Once, a prince went to the forest of monkeys. Upon seeing him, the monkeys scattered in a panic, except for one that remained, seemingly indifferent to his presence. It swung from branch to branch with an air of defiance, as if putting on a show. The prince shot
- [It all comes down to motivation](https://espirited.com/petchalba-ili-zaguba/) - “If you believe you have nothing to lose, you win. If you believe you have something to gain, you lose. It all comes down to motivation. Why are you doing what you are doing right now? To avoid loss? To achieve gain? Both are the wrong reasons. Life is not about winning or losing. Life
- [When you are without sin](https://espirited.com/kakva-vsashtnost-oznatchava-da-greshish/) - “Religions speak of sin and sinners, but let us look at what it really means to sin. Sin is any action against yourself. Everything you feel, believe, or say against yourself is sin. You act against yourself when you judge or blame yourself for something. To be without sin is exactly the opposite: to be
- [Do not seek outside yourself](https://espirited.com/ne-tarsi-navan/) - “Do not seek outside yourself, but turn within, for truth dwells in the human soul.” — Saint Augustine *Translation from Bulgarian
- [What do I want to create from this?](https://espirited.com/kakvo-iskash-da-napravish-s-tova-koeto-ti/) - “'Why?' is the most useless question in the universe. The only question with any real meaning is 'What?' Asking 'Why is this happening?' only serves to disempower you. Asking 'What do I want to create from this?' does exactly the opposite. Here is a great secret: the 'Why' of anything exists only to produce the
- [Be brave, and you will not have to lie](https://espirited.com/smelost/) - “Lies may seem easy and profitable, but they bind us and lead to our undoing. Be brave, and you will not have to lie.” — Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba These “lessons of love” come to you now through the wisdom of an enlightened Master — Sai Baba. Renowned for his ability to materialize objects
- [Only pure intention is realized](https://espirited.com/zhelanie-ili-namerenie/) - “Desires do not come true, dreams do not come true — only pure intention is realized.It is not the desire itself that leads to realization, but the directedness toward what is desired. Intention is not effort; it is calm focus and resolve.”* Vadim Zeland Note: The quotations are translated from Bulgarian and are not presented
- [Truth is a pathless land](https://espirited.com/istinata/) - "Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect." Jiddu Krishnamurti
- [The Beginning of Virtue: Seeing What Is](https://espirited.com/natchaloto-na-dobrodetelta/) - "The understanding of what you are, whatever it be―ugly or beautiful, wicked or mischievous―the understanding of what you are, without distortion, is the beginning of virtue. Virtue is essential, for it gives freedom. It is only in virtue that you can discover, that you can live―not in the cultivation of a virtue, which merely brings about respectability,
- [Help comes from within](https://espirited.com/nadezhdata/) - As Osho shares in one of his parables, "Do not perish in the trap of hope; do not get carried away by the idea that help comes from the outside. No one else intends to fulfill your hopes. That happens within you. A hunter once got lost in the jungle. For three days, he encountered
- [Lee Carroll on What is Abundance](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-izobilieto/) - “Spirit uses the word abundance in the sense of sufficiency — but sufficiency from day to day. And if you are always in the present moment, then every day you will be here and now. This is abundance.”* –Lee Carroll *Translation from Bulgarian
- [Изобилието е достатъчност ден за ден](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-izobilieto/) - "Духът използва думата изобилие в смисъл на достатъчност, но достатъчност от ден за ден. А, ако винаги сте в настоящето, значи всеки ден ще бъдете тук и сега. Това е изобилието." Лий Каръл
- [Pamela Kribbe, "The Channelings of Yeshua"](https://espirited.com/pamela-kribe-chenalingite-na-jeshua/) - "I am the one who lived among you and whom you knew as Jesus. I am not the Jesus of church tradition. Nor am I the Jesus of religious scripture. I am Jeshua ben Joseph. I lived as a man of flesh and blood. I reached Christ consciousness before you, but I was supported by
- [The Pearl Is You: Transformed by the Experience of Duality](https://espirited.com/tselta-na-preminavaneto-prez-dualnost/) - Pamela Kribbe on the purpose of human life and creativity on Earth "Please do not underestimate the importance of your incarnations on Earth. You belong to the most creative, advanced and courageous part of God (All-That-Is). You are explorers of the unknown and creators of the new. Your explorations in the realm of duality have
- [First I Had to See How You Walk](https://espirited.com/madriyat-selyanin/) - A man was walking across a field. He passed by a farmer and asked him: “How long will it take me to reach the town?” The farmer looked at him and gestured with his hand for him to keep walking. The traveler thought the man had not understood him and asked again: “How long will
- [Speak calmly, speak gently, and speak little](https://espirited.com/za-govoreneto/) - “Pure words lead to a pure mind. Therefore, speak calmly, speak gently, and speak little…” Bhagawan Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba This is not an easy “lesson in love.” It only seems that way at first glance because, in order to connect with the right words, we must first connect with the right feeling. But
- [Keep your eyes on the path](https://espirited.com/svedi-ochi-kam-patekata/) - A philosopher and a mystic lost their way in a forest on a dark night. It was a very dangerous forest, full of wild animals; the darkness was impenetrable. One of them was a man of doubt, the other a man of faith. Suddenly a storm began, thunder struck, and a flash of lightning lit
- [The Mustard Seeds (a story about the Buddha)](https://espirited.com/smartta-i-tova-koeto-nikoga-ne-umira/) - A woman came to the Buddha, weeping and remembering. Her child had died, and she could have no more children. She cried and begged the Buddha to bring her child back to life. The Buddha said: “I will help you. But first, go into the village and bring me a few mustard seeds from a
- [The Beggar Who Asked the King for Happiness](https://espirited.com/hlyab/) - One of the greatest kings in history, Akbar, was called the “Nourisher of Humanity” by his people because of his kindness and sense of justice. During his reign, he greatly strengthened and expanded India. The king often walked through the streets of his capital and would stop whenever one of his subjects wished to speak
- [The Sword Above the Head, а Parable](https://espirited.com/nevidimiyat-metch/) - Once, a great sage sent his chief disciple to the palace of King Janaka, so that the young man could learn something that was still missing in him. The disciple protested: “If you cannot teach me this, what could this king possibly teach me? You are a great sage, and he is only a king.
- [Walking the Rope, a Parable](https://espirited.com/vazheto/) - "Once, a powerful king had to make a decision that went against his heart. Two of his ministers had committed a crime, and although he loved them deeply and wished to forgive them, this was against the laws of the land and would set a dangerous precedent. According to the law, their crime was punishable
- [The Two Drops of Oil (A Parable)](https://espirited.com/tajnata-na-sthastieto/) - Once, a father sent his son to the wisest man in the world to learn the secret of happiness. When the young man arrived at the palace, he entered a great hall filled with people; there were musicians, dancers, and all kinds of marvels. In the center of the hall sat the wise man, speaking
- [В какво е смисълът на щастието](https://espirited.com/tajnata-na-sthastieto/) - "Един баща изпратил сина си при най-големия мъдрец на света, за да му разкрие тайната на щастието. Когато младежът пристигнал в двореца, влязъл в една голяма зала, пълна с хора, имало и музиканти, и танцьори и какво ли още не. В центъра на залата седял мъдрецът и разговарял с дошлите да го посетят. Младежът се
- [Gurdjieff and the “Chief Feature”](https://espirited.com/osnovnata-tcherta/) - Once, Gurdjieff was sitting surrounded by his students and said: “Until you discover your chief feature and become conscious of it, you will not be able to realize your true nature.” One of the students asked: “Could you give us an example, please?” “Very well,” Gurdjieff replied. “Look at the man sitting in front of
- [The Twists of Fate](https://espirited.com/prevratnostite-na-sadbata/) - Once upon a time, in a city in the far West, there lived a girl named Fatima. She was the daughter of a prosperous spinner. One day her father said to her: “My child, prepare for a journey. We are going traveling. I have business on the islands of the Mediterranean Sea. Perhaps there you
- [Only an independent person can love](https://espirited.com/tvoyat-problem-ne-e-lyubovta/) - “Your problem is not love.Your problem is that you are not able to accept yourself, to stand on your own feet, to treat yourself with respect, to do something in such a way that you can feel you have value.Your value must arise from within you; it must not be given to you by someone
- [In the end, it is between you and God](https://espirited.com/kraynata-ravnosmetka/) - This is my favourite thought. One of my very favourites. I do not know whether it truly belongs to Mother Teresa or is only attributed to her, but for me it captures the true essence of spiritual intelligence. If a person lives what is expressed in it, they will no longer feel like a powerless
- [The Meaning of Non-Doing – A Parable](https://espirited.com/nepraveneto/) - "Buddha was walking through the forest with his disciples. They were very thirsty and came upon a small spring. The disciples rushed to drink, jostled one another, and muddied the water. Then they began to wonder what to do. Buddha, however, insisted that they continue on their way. The disciples were very thirsty; they pleaded
- [The Only True Failure](https://espirited.com/za-uspeha/) - “A man never truly fails except when he stops trying.”— Elbert Hubbard
- [The Poppy Cutters: On Faith in Your Own Vision](https://espirited.com/sekatchite-na-aleni-makove/) - From Noel Button, The Path of Extraordinary Success and Self-Belief: “The only thing that can be said with certainty about life is that every time we set out to pursue a goal or a dream, there will be people who will tell us that it is impossible. In order to succeed in any direction, we
- [Awareness of Inner Emptiness](https://espirited.com/saznanie-za-vatreshna-praznota/) - From Jiddu Krishnamurti, The First and Last Freedom “For most of us, life is based on effort, on various expressions of will. We cannot imagine action without the exercise of will, without effort. Our life is grounded in them. Our social, economic, and so-called spiritual life consists of a series of efforts that always aim
- [Rumi: being human is the guest house](https://espirited.com/stranopriemnitsa/) - This being human is a guest house.Every morning a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they are a crowd of sorrowswho violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture,still, treat each guest honourably.He may be clearing you outfor some new delight. The dark
- [Living Beyond Patterns](https://espirited.com/strahat/) - **Fear comes into being when I want to fit into a certain pattern.To live without fear means to live outside patterns.The desire to live in a certain way is a source of fear. The difficulties I experience arise from my desire to live within fixed frameworks.** Paraphrased from Jiddu Krishnamurti
- [Do not seek the respect of the world](https://espirited.com/ne-se-staray-da/) - Do not seek the respect of the world. Do not feel humiliated or resentful if the world fails to recognize your merit. Paraphrased from the teachings of Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai Baba
- [Truth — not Effort — Brings Freedom](https://espirited.com/istinata-a-ne-usilieto-vi-nosi-svoboda/) - "Only when the mind is calm and relaxed, not looking for answers or solutions, neither running away nor resisting, can there be rebirth; because then the mind can see the truth, and truth — not effort — brings freedom."∗ Jiddu Krishnamurthi There are times when it's appropriate to look for solutions using our mind and
- [Regeneration Is Only Possible Now](https://espirited.com/obnovlenie-e-vazmozhno-samo-v-nastoyashte/) - "Regeneration is only possible in the present – not in the future, not tomorrow. A man who relies on time as a means through which he can gain happiness, or realise truth or God, is merely deceiving himself; he is living in ignorance and therefore in conflict." –Paraphrased from the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti
- [Believe in Yourself](https://espirited.com/povyarvay-v-sebe-si/) - "You may not believe in God, but believe in yourself. Self-belief is the best tonic; it is the foundation of life. Become your own teacher. Believe in your abilities; you have great power within you. Feel that nothing is impossible for you. Be more mindful, and everything will flow more smoothly." –Attributed to Sri Sathya
- [Practice Before You Preach](https://espirited.com/predi-da-propovyadvash/) - “Practice before you preach.”(traditional saying) This is a short thought with the potential for a long practice afterward. It invites you to recall everything you know about the topic you are interested in and to check whether you are living it. If you find a discrepancy between the two, it invites you to start practicing
- [The Most Dangerous Form of Pride](https://espirited.com/naj-porochnata-gordost/) - “Of all kinds of pride, pride in one’s own learning is the most vile.”— Desiderius Erasmus
- [Togetherness is the key](https://espirited.com/az-i-nie/) - "The good life is the journey from "I" to "we". "Together" is the key to success."* Bhagavan Sri Sri Sai Baba *Translation from Bulgarian
- [Take your time](https://espirited.com/ne-barzayte/) - Take your time.Patience is all the strength a person needs.There is no weapon more powerful than patience. Bhagavan Sri Sri Sai Baba *Translation from Bulgarian
- [And Never Ask for Recognition](https://espirited.com/priznanie/) - Osho: “Learn one basic thing: do what you want to do, what you love to do, and never seek recognition. That is begging. Why should one seek recognition? Why should one long for recognition?”
- [The Thief and the General: an alchemical tale](https://espirited.com/kradetsat-v-darzhavata-tchi/) - A very alchemical tale with a commentary from Benjamin Hoff’s The Tao of Pooh “In the state of Chu, a thief became a soldier under General Wu Tzu-fa, a man renowned for his remarkable ability to make use of other people’s capacities. After some time, Chu was attacked by the army of Qi. In response,
- [The language we speak](https://espirited.com/ezikat-na-koyto-govorim/) - Osho: “The language of logic is aggressive, argumentative, violent, egocentric. The language of love is concerned with the other—how to help the other grow and transform. For the first, what is said is important; for the second, how it is said matters. The first is debate; the second is communion.” Translation from Bulgarian
- [Settle deeply into your ‘yes’](https://espirited.com/kazhi-da-na/) - Osho: “Settle deeply into your ‘yes.’ Say ‘yes’ to everything. Say ‘yes’ to the good and to the bad, to day and night, to summer and winter. Say ‘yes’ to success and to failure. Say ‘yes’ to life and to death. Forget everything else except this single word ‘yes,’ and this can totally transform your
- [On the Boldness of Ignorance](https://espirited.com/ot-osho/) - Osho: “Ignorance is always bold; knowledge hesitates.”
- [The Efforts of The Third Monk](https://espirited.com/tretiya-monah/) - If you have ever asked yourself why things sometimes feel so difficult for you, here is one possible answer. It comes from a story told by Harry Moody and David Carroll in their book The Five Stages of the Soul: Charting the Spiritual Passages That Shape Our Lives. “Long, long ago, a hermit received a
- [The Basis of All Mental Illness](https://espirited.com/osnovata-na-vsichki-psihichni-bolesti/) - M. Scott Peck: “The tendency to avoid problems, as well as the emotional suffering with which they are charged, is the basis of all mental illness. Since this is characteristic of most of us, we are all mentally ill to a greater or lesser degree, and some go too far in their effort to escape
- [Osho: Remain Centered](https://espirited.com/kogato-vaznikne-nastroenie/) - The text below is from Osho's Book of Secrets. He presents a very simple yet effective way of working with the emotions that arise in our relationships with other people, transforming them into awareness and inner strength. The technique (meditation) is as follows: "When a mood for or against someone arises, do not direct it
- [On the Inevitability of Suffering](https://espirited.com/problemi-i-bolka/) - M. Scott Peck: “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest. It is so because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly understand and accept that life is difficult, it no longer matters.”
- [Feeling as the Language of the Soul](https://espirited.com/za-tchuvstvata/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “Feeling is the language of the soul. If you want to understand your truth about something, look at what you feel about it. Sometimes feelings are difficult to uncover and often even more difficult to accept. But in your deepest feelings lies your highest truth. The trick is to reach those feelings.”
- [Beyond Words](https://espirited.com/dumite/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “Words are the most unreliable carriers of truth.” If this thought has come to you today, the message is clear: it is good to go beyond what your ears hear. And to ask yourself what stands behind the spoken words—your own or those of others. You will know that you have reached
- [Do not carry the boat on your shoulders](https://espirited.com/mozhe-li-lyubovta-da-leti/) - Osho, from Glimpses of a Golden Childhood: “Love is good, simply good, but it is not enough to give you wings. For that, friendship is needed—and love does not allow it… Love is very afraid of friendship, because anything higher is dangerous, and friendship is higher. When you are able to enjoy friendship, whether with
- [Neale Walsch on Enlightenment](https://espirited.com/prosvetlenieto/) - Neale Donald Walsch: “Enlightenment means understanding that there is nowhere to go, nothing to do, and no need to be anyone other than exactly who you are in this moment.”
- [On Remaining True to the Soul](https://espirited.com/da-zapazish-dushata-si/) - Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves: “If you have tried to play a role that is not truly yours and have failed, you have been fortunate. You may be exiles, but you have kept your souls.”
- [The Purpose of Relationships](https://espirited.com/vzaimootnosheniata/) - From Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God: “There is a way to be happy in a relationship, and that is to use it for its true purpose, rather than for a purpose you have invented for yourself… Relationships are a constant challenge; they constantly call you to create, express, and experience ever-higher aspects of yourself—ever
- [Osho on Death as the Gateway to Real Life](https://espirited.com/za-zhivota-i-smartta/) - “Death is more important than life. Life is quite trivial, superficial. Death is deeper. Through death you grow into real life… through life you only reach death and nothing more. What we call and mean by life is merely a journey toward death. If you can understand that your whole life is only a journey
- [Bert Hellinger and the Method of Family Constellations](https://espirited.com/bert-helinger-i-metodat-na-semeynite-k/) - Bert Hellinger’s Family Constellations and the concept of the family soul, blind love, and transgenerational trauma, illustrated with a clinical example.
- [Virginia Satir: The Self-Esteem Declaration](https://espirited.com/deklaratsiya-na-samouvazhenieto/) - The text below was written by Virginia Satir (a family psychotherapist) in response to a 15-year-old girl's question, "How can I prepare for a fulfilling life?" “I am me. In the whole world there is no one exactly like me. There are people who share some parts of my body or some traits of my
- [Spiritual Partners and Spiritual Families](https://espirited.com/duhovni-partnyori-i-duhovni-semeystv/) - On soul agreements, growth, and self-acceptance – by John L. Payne “There is much speculation and misunderstanding around this topic. When most of you speak of a spiritual partner, you assume this is the person you will fall in love with and live happily ever after. You may even feel that this one very special
- [On Learning to Accept “No”](https://espirited.com/a-bog-kaza-ne/) - I do not know the author of the text below, but I am grateful that it was written and that I can share it with you. “I asked God to take away my pride,and He said, ‘No.’He told me that pride is not taken away;it is something one must let go of. I asked God
- [The Crooked Tree](https://espirited.com/krivoto-darvo/) - “There grew in a forest many beautiful and tall trees, and among them one crooked, low, knotty, and ugly tree. All the trees mocked this one, and it was very unhappy. One day woodcutters came into the forest and began to cut down the trees. All the trees were felled; only the small and crooked
- [Give Your Love Generously](https://espirited.com/imay-sartse/) - “Everyone wants to be loved, and this is a wrong beginning. All this starts because the small child cannot love, cannot say anything, cannot do anything, cannot give anything; it can only receive. The child’s experience of love is that of receiving; receiving from the mother; receiving from the father; receiving from brothers and sisters;
- [Osho on the secret of meditation](https://espirited.com/zhelanieto/) - "When you desire something, your joy depends on that thing. If the thing is not there, you are unhappy; if it is given, you are happy – but only for a moment! This also has to be understood. Whenever your desire is fulfilled, it is only for that moment that you feel joy. It is
- [The Practice of Gratitude](https://espirited.com/ezikat-na-sartseto/) - From a lecture by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, July 1992, Germany “There are only two possibilities: either you whine in your mind, or you are grateful. There is no middle ground between the two. We have to choose either one or the other. When we are grateful, no complaints are possible. When we complain, we
- [The Lesson of Unrequited Love](https://espirited.com/istinskata-lyubov/) - “One whose love has always been returned does not know true love.”— Sufi wisdom There is such a lesson among the Lessons of Love as well. If we trust synchronicity, you are learning it right now. Life is giving you the opportunity to come to know true love.
- [Osho: Relax into this](https://espirited.com/test-na-realnostta/) - This is something by Osho that is closely related to the previous article on the dark night of the soul. Question to Osho: I feel that I do not allow my heart to open. When I was very young, I rejected my parents. I felt good being a little bad boy. Now I realize that
- [Ignorance as the Root of Evil](https://espirited.com/koe-e-obratnoto-na-dobroto/) - on good, evil, and the divine role of not-knowing This is a quotation from Pamela Kribbe’s book The Jeshua Channelings, which is very important to me. Below, I explain why. “In order to bring about change, to create the possibility for movement and expansion, God had to introduce into His creation an Element that differed
- [Touched by Death](https://espirited.com/da-si-dokosnat-ot-smartta/) - Recently, I heard myself telling a client that I am “like this” because I have been touched by death. And I realized that this expression describes, better than anything else, what matters most to me. When I was seventeen, my mother died. But even before that happened, I lived constantly with the fear of death,
- [Linguistic Exercises: On Trust, Faith, and Letting Go](https://espirited.com/lingvistitchni-uprazhneniya/) - Once, a man was walking near a cliff and fell. As he was falling, he managed to grab onto the branch of a small tree growing out of a crack in the rock. Hanging from the branch, shaken by the cold wind, the man realized the full hopelessness of his situation: below him were river
- [The Boiled Frog Effect: Burnout in a Slowly Toxic Work Environment](https://espirited.com/kak-se-varyat-zhivi-zhabi/) - I learned this fact about frogs’ behavior from a seminar by Anastasia Markova (Asya) titled “Depression and the Work Environment,” which I recently organized. With some embarrassment, Asya shared this example with us, explaining that she knew of no better illustration of the elusive and gradual process of burnout at work – the kind of
- [Thinking Systemically](https://espirited.com/da-mislish-sistemno/) - Why in systemic psychotherapy there are no “ill individuals,” but ill relationships There is one school in psychotherapy that I have not written about in my blog so far, yet one to which I owe an enormous amount – systemic psychotherapy. When I first encountered it, I was deeply impressed by its paradigm for understanding
- [Томас Мур, "Грижа за душата"](https://espirited.com/grizha-za-dushata/) - "Грижа за душата" е заглавие на книга на Томас Мур, в която той описва своя възглед за новия вид психотерапия, когато психологията и духовността ще са обединени в единно цяло. Основната идея в нея е, че съществува разлика между (1) лечение на душата и (2) грижа за душата. Докато при "лечението на душата" се правят опити
- [Healing the Soul or Caring for the Soul](https://espirited.com/grizha-za-dushata/) - “Care of the Soul” is the title of a book by Thomas Moore in which he presents his vision of a new kind of psychotherapy—one in which psychology and spirituality are reunited into a living whole. The core idea of the book is that there is a difference between(1) healing the soul and (2) caring
- [Burnout from a Spiritual Perspective](https://espirited.com/barnauta-ot-duhovna-perspektiva/) - 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
- [How to Become More Honest with our Feelings](https://espirited.com/kak-da-stanem-po-otkroveni-s-nashite-tchuv/) - This is a continuation of the previous article on Intelligent Emotions. In it, I briefly outline the core ideas from David Viscott’s book The Language of Feelings about the crucial importance of being in contact with our emotions and being able to express them in an appropriate way. According to Viscott, if you want to
- [Change Comes Through Understanding](https://espirited.com/da-razberesh-razbiraneto/) - Below is Osho’s response to a follower who shares that he feels depressed and self-judging, but does not know why. “This is the way to remain the same… this is a trick of the mind. Instead of moving toward understanding, the energy begins to move toward judgment… and change comes through understanding, not through judgment.
- [The One-Percent Rule](https://espirited.com/praviloto-na-ediniya-protsent/) - Some time ago, when I began looking for a job as a psychologist, people told me that I would need to know the right people. That without knowing the right people, nothing could happen. And yet, I did find a job as a psychologist. Without knowing the right people. Fifteen years later, I left that
- [The Donkey That Climbed Out of the Well](https://espirited.com/prittcha-za-magareto-i-kladenetsa/) - Once, a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. While the owner was wondering what to do, the animal cried pitifully for hours. In the end, the farmer made a decision: to bury the well together with the donkey. He told himself that the donkey was already very old anyway, and that the well would have
- [The Warrior Never Forgets the Past](https://espirited.com/napatstviya-ot-minaloto/) - "The warrior never forgets the past.He knows about humanity’s spiritual quest, which has written some of the most beautiful pages of history. He also knows some of its darkest chapters: massacres, sacrifices, fanaticism. The spiritual quest has been used for personal purposes, and its ideals have served as a shield for terrible intentions. The warrior
- [The Warrior Must Not Bow His Head](https://espirited.com/voinat-ne-biva-da-navezhda-glava/) - "The warrior of light does not allow hatred into his heart. When he prepares to enter a battle, he remembers what Christ said: “Love your enemies.” And he obeys. But he knows that the act of forgiveness does not oblige him to accept everything; the warrior must not bow his head, because then he would
- [The Two Frogs and the Miracle](https://espirited.com/dvete-zhabi-i-tchudoto/) - There is a tale about two frogs that I know from my father. I have seen it online too, but for me this is not a story I have read – it is a story that was told to me when I was a child, and in this way it became deeply etched in my
- [Failure as a Teacher: How the Most Successful People Began](https://espirited.com/sledvay-metchtite-si/) - I recently came across an article on economy.bg about “Successful People Who Failed First.” And I have a soft spot for stories about people who overcame discouragement after failure. Like the little donkey that was thrown into a well but managed to climb out, they are living examples of turning obstacles into stepping stones on
- [Understanding Ourselves Through the Time We Live In](https://espirited.com/vremeto-v-koeto-zhiveem-otivashtata-si-e/) - 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
- [What does Aquarius bring us?](https://espirited.com/vremeto-v-koeto-zhiveem-idvashtata-energ/) - Below is an excerpt from Indigo Adults by Kabir Jaffé and Ritama Davidson, presenting the core characteristics of the coming Aquarian Age. This is the energy that has increasingly entered the human world over the past few centuries and begun to transform it. When we understand the changes it brings, it becomes easier to grasp
- [The New Era Begins in the Human Heart](https://espirited.com/kak-stava-razhdaneto-na-novata-era/) - *“The New Era is no longer merely a vision of the future. It is manifesting in the everyday lives of countless people. When you read the newspapers or watch television, it may seem as if it has not yet arrived. But the awakening brought about by the New Era begins on an individual level, not
- [Why Relationships Are So Intense Today](https://espirited.com/otnosheniyata-prez-novata-epoha/) - "In the New Era, relationships undergo a fundamental transformation. Relationships often evoke strong emotions within you, ranging from great joy to deep agony. In your relationships, you may become aware of inner pain that is much older than your human experience.”— Pamela Kribbe, 2005 Below, I present Pamela Kribbe’s ideas on this very important topic,
- [The “Ripe Pear” Way of Making Decisions](https://espirited.com/kato-zryala-krusha/) - When we learn to make decisions by developing sensitivity to circumstances and by trusting our inner nature, we gradually and almost imperceptibly become more patient. And this is very important, because there are decisions that we cannot make yet, simply because the inner preconditions for them have not ripened. I call these “ripe pear” decisions.
- [Don Miguel Ruiz on the Lies We Believe](https://espirited.com/shte-bade-spored-vyarata-vi/) - “People believe in so many lies. Some of these lies are so subtle and convincing that we build our entire virtual reality upon them without even noticing that they are lies. The lies we believe about ourselves can be difficult to detect, because we are so used to them that they seem normal. For example,
- [Ursula Le Guin, Earthsea](https://espirited.com/zemlemoriya/) - “And the truth is that as a person’s true power grows and their knowledge expands, the path before them grows narrower. In the end, they begin to do only and entirely what must be done, without choosing.”Ursula Le Guin, Earthsea, p. 64 These are the words spoken by the Master Summoner to Ged, the main
- [Урсула Ле Гуин, "Землемория"](https://espirited.com/zemlemoriya/) - "А истината е, че с нарастването на истинската сила на един човек и с разширяване на познанието му пътят пред него се стеснява. Най-накрая той започва да върши единствено и изцяло това, което трябва, без да избира." Урсула Ле Гуин, "Землемория", с. 64 Това са думите, които Повелителят на призоваването отправя към Гед - главният
- [One Hundred Percent: Living What You Know](https://espirited.com/na-sto-protsenta/) - Years ago, a friend shared a problem in her relationship. At the time, I was reading a book on the topic, so I enthusiastically recommended it to her. But she looked at me condescendingly and said, “Oh, Kamy, your books aren’t helping me.” And yet, inside, I couldn’t help wondering, “Why do these books help
- [When Healing Truly Begins](https://espirited.com/koga-zapotchva-letchenieto/) - 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.
- [You Are the Answer, Michael Tamura](https://espirited.com/otgovorat-si-ti-maykal-tamura/) - Lately, I have been quoting Michael Tamura’s book You Are the Answer quite often, which in itself is a sign that this is a book I genuinely believe is worth reading. Now I would like to add a few more words about it, in order to include it in my “Recommended Books” category. I am
- [When you Decide to Work on Something](https://espirited.com/kogato-reshite/) - “Naturally, when you decide to work on something, you will encounter much of its opposite. For example, when you want to develop patience, you get every red light, every traffic jam, and the longest queue at the supermarket.When you are learning to be more loving, you often run into people and situations that make you
- [How Do We Become Wise?](https://espirited.com/kak-da-stanem-madri/) - Once, seekers of truth climbed a high mountain to visit a wise man and asked him: — How can we become wise? The sage was in meditation. After some time, he emerged and said: — To become wise, you must make the right choices. — And how can we know which choice is right? —
- [Michael Tamura on the Pain of Awakening](https://espirited.com/protsesat-na-sabuzhdane-i-psihitchnata-de/) - “…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
- [Osho on Not Deciding in the Night](https://espirited.com/ne-vzemay-resheniya-kogato-e-nosht/) - 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
- [Michael Tamura on the True Purpose of the Ego](https://espirited.com/kraynata-tsel-na-egoto/) - "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
- [Michael Tamura on the Manifest God](https://espirited.com/proyaveniyat-bog/) - 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,
- [Michael Tamura on Where Your Greatest Spiritual Strength Lies](https://espirited.com/kade-e-vashata-nay-golyama-duhovna-sila/) - “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
- [Different Levels of Mental Health and Religion](https://espirited.com/razlitchnite-niva-na-psihitchno-zdrave-i-r/) - This article explores levels of mental health and their psychological expression in religion, belief systems, and spiritual practice.
- [Let Your Heart Be the Touchstone](https://espirited.com/ne-pozvolyavay-da-badesh-voden-tchrez-vansh/) - “Doing things ‘wrong,’ making mistakes, is part of life and can even bring you greater growth than trying to avoid mistakes. In the ‘bad things,’ the seed of light lies dormant. Only by experiencing the bad from within can you experience the good as beautiful, true, and pure. You, the God within you, have plunged
- [Pamela Kribbe on Surrender as a Way of Life](https://espirited.com/yeshua/) - 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
- [The First False Idol: Seeing God as an External Authority](https://espirited.com/blokazhite-po-patya-kam-predavaneto/) - 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
- [Time Management from a Spiritual Perspective](https://espirited.com/upravlenie-na-vremeto-ot-duhovna-pers/) - At one period in my work, I conducted corporate trainings on the topic of stress management. Later, this topic evolved and became “time and stress management.” The lack of time itself was one of the main sources of stress, and that is why it had to be given special attention. That is how I became
- [Thomas Moore: Behind the Façade of Normality](https://espirited.com/vkus-kam-perverznoto/) - Below is an excerpt from Thomas Moore’s book Care of the Soul, which I decided to share because it offers yet another perspective on the theme of normality through the prism of social consensus. This is yet another article that comments on this topic, following the articles on: First- and second-order reality (the tradition of
- [And You Will See How Everything Changes](https://espirited.com/i-shte-vidite-kak-vsitchko-se-promenya/) - It seems that Exupéry understood not only Gestalt therapy, but also systemic psychotherapy, because he “tested” adults with his famous Drawing Number One and Drawing Number Two. He could be seen as a secret predecessor of this approach in psychotherapy, because long before systemic psychotherapists he discovered that there exists a reality different from the
- [Unhealthy Procrastination](https://espirited.com/nezdravoslovnoto-otlagane/) - There is a type of people who tend to postpone things.And they do not understand why, later on, things in their lives become worse and worse. Like an installment on a loan that is not paid on time, and the interest begins to accumulate…Like an overripe pear that remains untouched in the fruit bowl and
- [The book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High](https://espirited.com/klyutchovite-razgovori/) - I recommend this book – Crucial Conversations, with the subtitle Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. The authors are four men with extensive experience in this field – Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. If I were to give in to the impulse of my rising sign Aries, I would recommend
- [Why the Rich get Richer and The Strange Arithmetic of Inner Growth](https://espirited.com/bogatite/) - In the past, I often facilitated trainings on “stress management” for teachers. They were organized on a voluntary basis – schools would present a list of different topics through which teachers could upgrade their qualifications, and they would choose. What struck me strongly back then was that the people who signed up for the stress
- [On Ego-Diminishment](https://espirited.com/namalyavaneto-na-egoto/) - Here is an idea from Eckhart Tolle on how to consciously practice the sadhana of disappointment, which I find deeply inspiring. “A powerful spiritual practice is to consciously allow the diminishment of the ego when it happens and to not try to restore it. I recommend that you experiment with this from time to time.
- [“Is That So?” — A Parable of the Ego](https://espirited.com/taka-li/) - A parable retold and interpreted by Eckhart Tolle, which illustrates through an example how we can practice the conscious “diminishing of the ego” in our lives. “The Zen master Hakuin lived in a town in Japan. He was highly respected, and many people sought his spiritual guidance. It happened that the teenage daughter of his
- [Blurry Boundaries Lead to the Loss of Self](https://espirited.com/yasni-granitsi/) - “Only when you have a clear sense of your own boundaries can you connect deeply with another. Unclear boundaries lead to the loss of self rather than to love. To experience true love, you must be able to use your masculine energy as effectively as your feminine.” — Pamela Kribbe, Heart-Centered Living, p. 201 Note:
- [The Circular Model of Communication: A Systemic Perspective](https://espirited.com/vt-obshtuvane/) - Which Comes First – the Chicken or the Egg? If you can answer this question, you will understand who is responsible for the way you feel and react when communication with another person becomes difficult. And if you do not know the correct answer, here is my proposal: you are responsible. If you understand this—not
- [Meta-Communication: How to Step Out of the “More of the Same” Pattern](https://espirited.com/meta-komunikatsiya/) - According to systemic psychotherapy, very often a problem is nothing more than a repeating series of unsuccessful attempts to solve it. Most commonly, these are recurring relational patterns with other people that escalate into conflict each time and lead to a dead end. Systemic therapists call these patterns “endless games,” and they are among the
- [Eckhart Tolle on the purpose of life](https://espirited.com/ekhart-tole-za-tselta-na-zhivota/) - "Many people long for the freedom and expansion that prosperity promises. Others already enjoy the relative freedom that comes with prosperity and discover that even that is not enough to endow their lives with meaning. There is no substitute for finding true purpose. The true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found on
- [Presence and the Pain-Body](https://espirited.com/prisastvieto-i-platnoto-bolkovo-tyalo/) - 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
- [The Rattlesnake Farm](https://espirited.com/fermata-s-garmyashtite-zmii/) - This is a story about a farmer from Florida who inherited a piece of land that was extremely infertile. I read it some time ago in a book by Dale Carnegie and remembered it because it touches on one of my favorite themes—the transformation of lead into gold, which he calls “how to turn lemons
- [Holding Both Halves](https://espirited.com/i-dvete-polovini/) - “The psychological rule says that when an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate. That is to say, when the individual remains undivided and does not become conscious of his inner contradictions, the world must perforce act out the conflict and be torn into opposite halves.” — Carl G. Jung, Aion:
- [Meta-Rules and Human Communication](https://espirited.com/meta-pravila/) - I continue the theme of meta-communication as the only means of breaking out of the vicious circle of “games without end,” as systemic psychotherapy refers to the series of repetitive conflict interactions that never lead to resolution. One way to step out of this vicious circle and to look from a higher (meta-) level is
- [The Power of Meta-Questions](https://espirited.com/meta-vaprosite/) - 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
- [Be Total](https://espirited.com/badi-tsyalosten/) - “To develop the capacity to be total in responding to whatever comes, in the way it comes, is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself. Doing things step by step, giving your full attention and energy to each one, can bring a wonderful new vitality and creativity into everything you do.” –Osho Note:
- [Being Present: A Story of Love Through the Life and Art of Marina Abramović](https://espirited.com/da-badesh-prisastvasht-edna-istoriya-za-lyu/) - 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
- [All Lessons Are Directed Inward](https://espirited.com/vsitchki-zhiteyski-urotsi-sa-vatreshni-ur/) - “All lessons are always inward-directed. If the lesson is self-definition, it concerns defining your own boundaries, not those of others. If your life lesson is acceptance, it does not refer to the world around you, but to accepting yourself. Likewise, if the lesson is trust, it does not mean trusting others, but trusting yourself. Each
- [The Myth of Persephone and the Underworld](https://espirited.com/pohishtenieto-na-persefona/) - 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.
- [И двете половини](https://espirited.com/i-dvete-polovini/) - "Когато едно вътрешно положение не се осъзнае, то се случва навън като съдба, т.е. ако индивидът остане недиференциран и не осъзнае противоречието в себе си, светът трябва да изобрази конфликта, като се раздели на две половини." К. Г. Юнг, "ЕОН", с.81 Обикновено добрата половина остава в нас, а лошата е извън нас. В не по-малка
- [What kind of people live in the nearby town](https://espirited.com/kakvi-hora-zhiveyat-v-blizkiya-grad/) - "A man was working in his garden when a stranger walked by and said: 'I've decided to move to a new place. What are the people like in the nearby town?" The gardener wiped off his hands on his trousers and asked the stranger: "What were the people like in the town where you used
- [Take one small, but truly real step forward](https://espirited.com/s-malki-stapki-kam-golemite-metchti/) - An exploration of how small, practical actions—not grand gestures—allow even the biggest dreams to take shape over time.
- [How Total Commitment Transforms Your Life](https://espirited.com/i-s-dvata-kraka/) - "When you decide to do something, commit to it fully while doing it. What so often happens is that people choose to do something and then don't commit to it fully - they don't say their total yes to it while they're doing it. Instead, they might complain about doing it, daydream about doing something
- [The Third Kind of Suffering in Buddhism](https://espirited.com/tretiyat-vid-stradanie/) - 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,
- [Plato’s Cave and the Imprisoned Divine Spark](https://espirited.com/senkite-i-peshterata/) - I felt an impulse to share an animation based on Plato’s famous “Allegory of the Cave.”For me, it is one of the most beautiful metaphors of the divine spark imprisoned in the world of matter, and of the suffering it endures there. According to this myth, we humans do not know the true nature of
- [When Sexual Desire Is Not What It Seems](https://espirited.com/seks-i-duhovnost/) - Things are not always what they appear to be on the surface. This also applies to sexual desire. The sexual attraction we experience is not always what it seems at first glance—a purely physical desire for sex. Sometimes it can mean exactly the opposite: a powerful spiritual impulse trying to break through into our conscious
- [What Is the Taste of Truth?](https://espirited.com/istinata-yung/) - **“The insight we gain by turning toward ourselves is very bitter, and that is why very few people do it; it is pikros—bitter—because it corrodes and is unacceptable to the illusions of consciousness. We speak of ‘bitter knowledge,’ ‘bitter realization,’ and ‘bitter truth,’ because self-knowledge is a bitter initial experience… …the truth given by the
- [How to Overcome the Fear of Making Mistakes](https://espirited.com/kak-se-lekuva-strahat-ot-greshki/) - "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be constantly afraid of making a mistake." Most of us are familiar with the blocking role of the fear of making mistakes. While for some people this fear poses only a minor challenge, for others it can become paralyzing. So-called perfectionists may end up wasting
- [The Story of Zenkai and Path of Redemption](https://espirited.com/izkuplenieto-na-zenkay/) - This is a story from the book The Five Stages of the Soul by Harry Moody and David Carroll, told in the context of sin, guilt, and redemption. According to a Japanese legend, in the city of Wakamatsu there once lived a young samurai named Zenkai, who spent his days gambling and indulging in pleasure.
- [Osho on Jealousy and Pedestalism](https://espirited.com/za-revnostta-kato-bolest-na-piedestal/) - “– 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
- [When Passion Seeks Its Own Defeat](https://espirited.com/prekalenata-strast-tarsi-porazhenie/) - 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,
- [A New Light Born Out of Darkness](https://espirited.com/nova-svetlina-rodena-v-tamnina-ili-za/) - “Coniunctio takes place in the underworld; it happens in the dark, when there is no light left at all. When you are completely desperate and consciousness has gone, something is born — in the deepest depression, in the deepest despair, a new personality is born. When you are at the very end of your strength,
- [The Devil’s Last Attack](https://espirited.com/poslednata-ataka-na-dyavola/) - And if, from a spiritual perspective, despair contains a hidden blessing, then at times emerging from its depths may carry a danger of its own. I hesitated for quite a while before deciding whether to share this insight into the dynamics of inner processes—an insight that also comes from Jungian analysis, and more specifically
- [Creativity and Depression: A Jungian Perspective](https://espirited.com/za-remonta-na-sayta-otvan-i-otvat/) - The essential principle of synchronicity is that events occur simultaneously inside and outside of us, and that these events are meaningfully related. Synchronicity is an expression of a coincidence in time of contents with the same meaning, manifested in different forms—psychic and material. As Jungian analysts say, there is no clear boundary between matter and
- [Етапът на калцинацията в алхимията и трансформацията на нашата желаеща природа](https://espirited.com/kaltsinatsiya-retseptata/) - Калцинация е понятие от алхимията, което описва първия етап от алхимичния опус – работата с елемента огън. Неговият психологически еквивалент е трансформация на нашата желаеща природа.
- [Calcination in Alchemy: Transforming the Desiring Nature](https://espirited.com/kaltsinatsiya-retseptata/) - A psychological and spiritual interpretation of calcination in alchemy, exploring suffering, humility, and the transformation of the desiring nature.
- [Calcination as the Transformation of Ego-Based Thinking](https://espirited.com/oshte-neshto-za-kaltsinatsiyata/) - The Transformation of Thinking During Calcination For those who are passing through the fire of calcination—the purification of our desiring nature through suffering—there is something else of great importance that needs to be understood. The primary object of transformation at this first stage of spiritual transformation is thinking itself. In other words, at the core
- [The Feminine Way of Individuation](https://espirited.com/zhenskiyat-natchin-i-bitkata-s-dyavola/) - “Women go through the process of individuation primarily through suffering, when it happens in the right way; it seems that in such cases there is a surge of libido in the unconscious. If a person can adapt to the devil without being eaten by him, this leads to awareness.” Marie-Louise von Franz,“Animus and Anima in
- [Panic Attacks from a Spiritual Perspective](https://espirited.com/panik-atakite-duhovni-izmereniya/) - A spiritual perspective on panic attacks, exploring their connection to fear, kundalini awakening, and inner transformation beyond conventional psychology.
- [Паник-атаките от духовна перспектива](https://espirited.com/panik-atakite-duhovni-izmereniya/) - Авторска статия от Камелия Хаджийска, психолог и психотерапевт, по темата за духовното измерение на паник-атаките и връзката им със събудената кундалини енергия.
- [Събуждането на кундалини и връзката между тялото, психиката и душата](https://espirited.com/za-obeshtanata-statiya/) - Обичам да изпълнявам обещанията си, но по всичко изглежда, че написването на статията, която обещах в статията за паник-атаките, ще отнеме повече време от очакваното. Това е образът, който идва в ума ми по повод на моите "писателски мъки" - има един облак на знание в главата ми, но докато влагата в него успее да
- [Kundalini Awakening and the Relationship Between Body, Psyche, and Soul](https://espirited.com/za-obeshtanata-statiya/) - I like to keep my promises, but it seems that writing the article I promised in the one on panic attacks will take longer than I expected. This is the image that comes to mind when I think about my “writer’s struggle”: there is a cloud of knowledge in my head, but it takes a
- [Where Does Human Greatness Lie?](https://espirited.com/kade-e-velitchieto-na-tchoveka/) - “The greatness of a human being lies in the fact that no one can save them. They must save themselves.” This is the sixth of the “Fifty Precious Gems of Joyful Understanding” in Kriya Yoga. I value it deeply because there is a profound difference between helping and saving. In the interdependent reality in which
- [School for Parents — The Spiritual Perspective](https://espirited.com/utchilishte-za-roditeli-duhovnata-persp/) - A reflective exploration of parenting from a spiritual perspective, focusing on humility, inner growth, destiny, and the deep bond between parents and children.
- [Tennessee Williams: Purity of Heart Is the Only Success Worth Achieving](https://espirited.com/tenesi-ulyams-kakvo-e-dobroto/) - This article is far too good not to be shared. It is titled “The Catastrophe Called Success,” written by Tennessee Williams, and it exists in Bulgarian translation thanks to the creator of the website librev.com, Zlatko Enev. I have now decided to “pass it on,” because I see it as a continuation of the theme
- [On the Nature of Enlightenment](https://espirited.com/opisanie-na-prosvetlenieto/) - Below is a translation from Russian of a text addressing the question of what enlightenment is. The translation is by Petya Stoyanova, and the author of the text is the creator of the Russian website “Self-Knowledge – the Path of Enlightenment,” who states that he prefers to remain anonymous and therefore withholds his name. I
- [On Fears and Their Causes: A Spiritual Perspective](https://espirited.com/strahovete-i-tehnite-pritchini/) - Fear is a basic emotion but when it takes center stage in a person's emotional life and begins to dominate it, it needs a spiritual approach to dealing with it.
- [What Fuels the Fire](https://espirited.com/za-neponosimoto-stradanie/) - 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
- [Scott Kiloby on the Awakening of the Body](https://espirited.com/probujdaneto-na-tjaloto/) - 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
- [Osho: Where Is the Only Problem?](https://espirited.com/edinstveniyat-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
- [Bonnie Greenwell: The Seven Categories of Phenomena in the Kundalini Process](https://espirited.com/boni-griynuel-za-sedemte-kategorii-yav/) - 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
- [Jung: The Unconscious Is What Must Be Known](https://espirited.com/yung-imenno-nesaznavanoto-e-onova-koeto-tryabva-da-se-uznae/) - Healthy Skepticism or Paranoia? There is a great difference between healthy skepticism and paranoia. Conspiracy theories surrounding vaccines are an expression of the latter—a projection of an inner factor that originates in the collective unconscious, the shared soul of humanity. Its contents are the archetypes, and the most fundamental among them is the so-called archetype
- [Jung's Visions and Dreams Before the Outbreak of the First World War](https://espirited.com/yung-videniya-i-sanistha-predi-izbuhvaneto-na-parvata-svetovna-vojna/) - An excerpt from C. G. Jung’s autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, describing visions and dreams that foreshadowed the outbreak of the First World War.
- [For Many are Called, but few Chosen](https://espirited.com/zashtoto-mnozina-sa-zvani-no-maltsina-iz/) - A psychological interpretation of “For many are called, but few are chosen,” exploring suffering, individuation, and the will to grow through Jung and Peck.
- [The Awakening of Kundalini and Love](https://espirited.com/sabuzhdaneto-na-kundalini-i-lyubovta/) - 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
- [Driving or Being Driven](https://espirited.com/za-shofyorite-i-za-patishtata/) - 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.
- [Laozi: He who conquers himself is powerful](https://espirited.com/navan-ili-navatre/) - "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
- [Joseph Campbell on the First Function of Mythology](https://espirited.com/parvata-funktsiya-na-mitologiyata/) - 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.
- [Пътят на въплъщението и трите етапа в еволюцията на човешкото съзнание](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-vaplashtenieto-i-trite-krasta/) - Тази статия е продължение на статията "Защото мнозина са звани, но малцина избрани", която завърших с думите, че все още нямам отговор на въпроса защо някои хора решават да тръгнат по "тесния път", а други дълго се съпротивляват и се "пазарят за цената". Вечерта след като я публикувах, попаднах на текст от книгата на Алън Оукън
- [The Three Stages of Embodiment and the Evolution of Human Consciousness](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-vaplashtenieto-i-trite-krasta/) - An exploration of the three stages of the evolution of human consciousness, drawing on soul-centered astrology to illuminate the inner conflicts and return to unity.
- [Loneliness as an Archetypal Experience](https://espirited.com/pod-dagata/) - 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
- [James Hillman: On Accepting Life as an Image of Beauty](https://espirited.com/krasotata/) - “Every turn of fate has its interpretation, but it also has its beauty… Even before the story of a life takes shape, life manifests itself as an image. These images wish, first and foremost, to be seen. Even if each of them is indeed laden with meaning and open to analytical dissection, should we rush
- [James Hillman: The Acorn Theory](https://espirited.com/dzheyms-hilman-teoriya-na-zhalada/) - “To be born into precisely this body, from precisely these parents, in precisely this place – and all the so-called external circumstances – all these events are interwoven and ordained by the Moirai.” –Plotinus According to James Hillman, a human being’s destiny is shaped by a unique inner image that we carry within us from
- [On Pricing: A Parable](https://espirited.com/golemiyat-chuk-i-malkoto-pochukvane/) - A factory owner’s main boiler broke down, and the entire factory came to a halt. One after another, he called in experts and consulting firms. They examined the boiler at length, discussed it, tried to fix it—but without success. Eventually, the owner fell into despair, already anticipating bankruptcy. At that point, a small man carrying
- [Антеро Али за принудата на ухажването](https://espirited.com/prinudata-na-uhazhvaneto/) - Има моменти в живота ни, в които стоим изтощени, без всякаква жизнена енергия, но не знаем защо това се случва и какво да направим, за да променим нещата. В моя опит причините за това са много и за всеки отделен случай е различно. Сега ще споделя две от тях, за които пише Антеро Али -
- [Antero Alli on the Courtship Compulsion](https://espirited.com/prinudata-na-uhazhvaneto/) - 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
- [The Slow Dying of the Ego](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-tishinata/) - "Connecting with the spirit inside you is not something that happens once and for all. It is a slow and gradual process, in which you connect, disconnect, reconnect… Gradually the focus of your consciousness moves from duality to oneness. It re-orients itself, finding that eventually it is drawn to silence rather than to thoughts and
- [Osho: Love Must Be an Expression of Your Being, Not an Emotion](https://espirited.com/da-si-zavladyan/) - Osho’s books are the product of what he spoke in conversations with his sannyasins—discourses on particular themes or responses to questions.In one of these encounters, a person addresses him, sharing that he often finds himself completely filled with a feeling he cannot explain: “There is a deep love there—but the very same feeling often comes
- [On the Right Order of Helping](https://espirited.com/za-pravilniya-red-na-pomaganeto/) - 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
- [The Most Dangerous Lie Is What We Don’t Say](https://espirited.com/radikalna-chestnost/) - According to therapist Brad Blanton, author of the book Radical Honesty, the main cause of stress is not something else, but living a lie. According to him, "We all lie like the world. It saps our life force. It's the root cause of the stress people experience. In short: lying sees us through the bill."
- [Charles Bukowski: To Hell and Back](https://espirited.com/do-ada-i-obratno/) - There is a poem by Charles Bukowski that I like very much. Since I’ve been thinking about it often lately, I decided to share it on my website as well. "They say that hell is crowded, yet, when you’re in hell, you always seem to be alone. & you can’t tell anyone when you’re in
- [Jesper Juul on the Seven-Year Crisis](https://espirited.com/solovi-izpalneniya/) - In his book “Being a Man and a Father”, the Danish family therapist Jesper Juul speaks about the inevitable crises that periodically arise in long-term relationships. Since a relationship is a living entity that is constantly evolving, development leads to change, and change—if not properly understood—leads to crisis. Knowledge is invaluable precisely in such moments.
- [Йеспер Юл за неизбежните кризи в дълготрайните връзки](https://espirited.com/solovi-izpalneniya/) - В книгата си "Да бъдеш мъж и баща" датският терапевт Йеспер Юл говори за неизбежните кризи, които възникват периодично в дълготрайните връзки. Тъй като връзката е нещо живо, което постоянно се развива, развитието води до промени, а промените - ако не са разбрани правилно - до кризи. Знанието е безценно именно в такива случаи. "...
- [Jesper Juul on the Spoiled Child and the Meaning of “No”](https://espirited.com/oshte-ot-knigite-na-yesper-yul/) - Jesper Juul’s perspective on the spoiled child, the distinction between needs and desires, healthy boundaries, and the role of “no” in building responsibility and psychological maturity.
- [And You Keep Living](https://espirited.com/i-prodalzhavash-da-zhiveesh/) - "God says; "Whomsoever you love more than Me, I will take away from you." And He adds; "Do not say; "I cannot live without him/her." I will make you live without him/her." And the season passes. The branches of tree providing shade become dry. Patience runs out. The person whom you think as a part
- [The Secret of Confident Steps](https://espirited.com/taynata-na-uverenite-kratchki/) - "The warrior of Light is never in a hurry. Time works in his favour; he learns to master his impatience and avoids acting without thinking. By walking slowly, he becomes aware of the firmness of his step. He knows that he is taking part in a decisive moment in the history of humanity and that
- [The Shadow of the Wounded Healer](https://espirited.com/strahat-da-ne-naranish-syankata-na-ranen/) - In her book Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini (Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini: The Transformative Power of Saturn, Chiron, and Uranus), Barbara Hand Clow writes that during a painful event, two of the following three roles are activated: being the one who is wounded, being the one who wounds, and being the wounded
- [Pamela Kribe: creativity is your very nature](https://espirited.com/istinskoto-zhelanie/) - "When a significant group of people choose freedom and love over self-hatred and destruction, it will manifest in material reality and the Earth will respond. It is sensitive to what is going on within people, and it responds to your inner movements... Your true desire was not to have power but to be truly creative.
- [When Gods Become Illness: Pathologizing the Spirit in Modern Psychology](https://espirited.com/kogato-bogovete-stanat-bolesti/) - When symptoms are not merely diseases but messages of the soul. Reflections on illness, spirituality, and the pathologizing of the spirit.
- [Лиз Грийн за алхимията на човешките взаимоотношения](https://espirited.com/liz-griyn-za-alhimiyata-na-tchoveshkite-vz/) - "Срещата на двама човека е като среща на две химически субстанции. Ако нещо се случи, и двамата са променени." К.Г.Юнг Мисълта на Юнг по-горе за срещата между двама човека като среща на две химически субстанции е цитирана в началото на въведението към партньорския хороскоп от Лиз Грийн. Чрез една много проста метафора, а именно как
- [Transvestites and Shamanism: Beyond Normativity and Pathology](https://espirited.com/travestitite-i-shamanizma/) - An archetypal exploration of transvestism and shamanism as expressions of individuation, symbolic transgression, and the healing dynamics of the collective unconscious.
- [A Symbolic Interpretation of the Desire for Suicide](https://espirited.com/tanatos-kato-sredstvo-za-oformyane-na-d/) - A symbolic exploration of desire for suicide as an expression of psychic transformation, the dark night of the soul, and the call toward radical inner change.
- ["Като дух в бутилка": архетипната основа на депресията](https://espirited.com/kato-duh-v-butilka/) - Сравнителен анализ на преживяванията на Гопи Кришна и Карл Юнг от близки до смъртта състояния и връзката им с архетипната първопричина за депресията.
- [The Psychological Function of the Secret in the Process of Individuation](https://espirited.com/psihologitcheskata-funktsiya-na-taynata/) - How secrecy functions psychologically in individuation, shaping inner tension, differentiation, and the encounter with the Shadow.
- [“Like a Spirit in a Bottle”: The Archetypal Foundations of Depression](https://espirited.com/kato-duh-v-butilka/) - Comparative analysis of Gopi Krishna’s and Carl Jung’s near-death experiences and their connection to the archetypal root cause of depression.
- [Нигредо (Nigredo) : Депресията през призмата на алхимията](https://espirited.com/depresiyata-kato-arhetipno-prezhivyava/) - Депресията като архетипно преживяване на нигредо – алхимичната фаза на разпад, в която старият Аз умира, за да се отвори път за трансформация.
- [Двата лъча на "справедливото слънце"](https://espirited.com/spravedlivoto-slantse/) - "Всяка психологическа истина е само половин истина, и това също е само половин истина." К.Г.Юнг В предишна статия споделих как когато бях малка имах дневно бленуване, че ставам лекар, който лекува хората като им вади бели червеи от главите. Спомних си за това дълги години след като започнах да се занимавам с психотерапия. Тогава тази
- [New Birth: Making the Darkness Conscious](https://espirited.com/novorazhdane-2/) - Suffering is an inseparable part of the processes of spiritual transformation. The radical changes that take place in the deepest layers of our psyche exceed the mind’s capacity to grasp the scale of what is happening within us. Even when we believe we understand what is at stake, the birth of the new Self remains
- [Always Remember the Host: The Alchemy of Boredom](https://espirited.com/vinagi-pomni-domakina/) - An exploration of boredom as a neglected yet essential force in inner growth, drawing on Osho’s metaphor of the host and the guests.
- [Depression and the Loss of Feeling](https://espirited.com/nesaznavanite-tchuvstva-i-klinitchnata-d/) - A reflective essay on depression as disconnection from feeling, drawing on Liz Greene’s interpretation of myth and the psychology of inner transformation.
- [“Ego Inflation” and the Dangers on the Path of Individuation](https://espirited.com/inflatsiya-na-egoto-2/) - A psychological reflection on ego inflation and the dangers encountered on the path of individuation, drawing on Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious.
- ["Инфлация на егото" и опасностите по пътя на индивидуацията](https://espirited.com/inflatsiya-na-egoto-2/) - Какво е имал предвид Юнг под понятието “инфлация на егото” и защо идентификацията със съдържания от колективните пластове на психиката съдържа опасност.
- [When there is a real desire](https://espirited.com/kogato-ima/) - "Nothing in this world is hard, only thinking makes it seem so. When there is a real desire, there is always a way. " from the book "Monkey: The Journey to the West"
- [Rejecting the Father...](https://espirited.com/othvarlyayki-bashtata/) - An exploration of the psychological impact of rejecting the father figure on children’s development and inner life, based on clinical observations and family dynamics.
- [Отхвърляйки бащата...](https://espirited.com/othvarlyayki-bashtata/) - Ролята на бащата и психичните последици от неговото отхвърляне в развитието на детето от перспективата на семейните констелации.
- [Procrastination: Synchronizing the Timing of the Mind with the Unconscious](https://espirited.com/otlaganeto-sinhronizirane-na-vremet/) - An exploration of procrastination as inner maturation—where creativity emerges through synchronizing conscious intention with unconscious processes.
- [Connected and Free: Remaining True to Yourself and the Other](https://espirited.com/svarzan-i-svoboden/) - An exploration of how inner change—rather than changing partners—can renew relationships and support emotional freedom and fidelity.
- [Eroticism Beyond the Body](https://espirited.com/za-korenite-na-erotitchnoto-tchuvstvo/) - An exploration of eroticism as attraction beyond the body—toward shared values, meaning, and the desire for human connection.
- [John Welwood on Spiritual Bypass and the Relational Wound](https://espirited.com/dzhon-ueluud-tchoveshka-priroda-buda-priroda/) - An introduction to John Welwood’s concept of spiritual bypass and the relational wound, examining the psychological risks of unresolved relationships in spiritual practice.
- [Why Things Happen on the Third Time: A Motif from Fairy Tales](https://espirited.com/na-tretiya-pat/) - A reflective exploration of the recurring motif of “the third time” in fairy tales, understood as a symbol of maturation and inner readiness.
- [Kundalini Awakening and the Process of Individuation](https://espirited.com/sabuzhdaneto-na-kundalini-kato-sabude/) - An exploration of kundalini awakening through the lens of Jungian individuation, bridging Eastern spiritual experience and Western analytical psychology.
- [Събуждането на кундалини като събуден индивидуационен импулс](https://espirited.com/sabuzhdaneto-na-kundalini-kato-sabude/) - За по-малко от два месеца приключи преводът на книгата "Кундалини - еволюционната енергия в човека" на Гопи Кришна с коментари на Джеймс Хилман. Като супер бърза кола, преводът на Петя Стоянова застигна и дори задмина превода на другата книга за спонтанно събудената кундалини - "Белязана от Духа" на Ел Колли, давайки още една възможност на заинтересования читател
- [Osho: First Compassion, Then Enlightenment](https://espirited.com/parvo-sastradanieto/) - Below is a very valuable commentary by Osho, in which he draws a distinction between two spiritual goals: the attainment of enlightenment and the cultivation of compassion. Before reading this, I myself believed that the two were inseparable, but it turns out this is not the case. According to him, one can be enlightened and
- [What A Shaman Sees in A  Mental Hospital](https://espirited.com/psihiatritchnata-klinika-prez-pogleda/) - Excerpted from: The Natural Medicine Guide to Schizophrenia, pages 178–189 by Stephanie Marohn (featuring Malidoma Patrice Somé). The Shamanic View of Mental Illness In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé. Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need to be regarded as such
- [“How” Matters More Than “What”](https://espirited.com/kak-e-vinagi-po-vazhno-ot-kakvo/) - "If there's no joy, ease, or lightness in what you're doing, it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you are doing. It may be sufficient to change the how. "How" is always more important than the "what". See if you can give more attention to the doing than the result you
- [Let Your Choices Reflect Your Hopes, Not Your Fears](https://espirited.com/izbor/) - "May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears." –Nelson Mandela The obstacles along the way are not to make us give up, but to test the strength of our intent and character. Nelson Mandela is one of the greatest leaders of all time who was able to realize his hope after twenty-seven years in
- [The Three Men and The three Women inside us](https://espirited.com/the-three-women/) - from Mark Serra's book "The Culture of Respect" The Three Men The first man is powerful, but emotionally immature and therefore - often destructive. Macho, the man of men. The second man is sensitive and good-natured. Guilt and shame make him weak. Indecisive, subject to Woman. The third man is uncompromisingly faithful to himself. To
- [Start now, just start](https://espirited.com/zapotchni-sega/) - "Start now. Start where you are. Start with pain. Start with doubt. Start with hands shaking. Start with voice trembling, but start. Start and don't stop. Start where you are, with what you have. Just start." Ijeoma Umebinyuo Every beginning is the beginning with "hands shaking". At first glance it looks like fear. At second
- [Fritz Riemann, "Basic Forms of Fear"](https://espirited.com/frits-riman-osnovni-formi-na-strah/) - I haven’t recommended a book in a while, but a recent conversation with a client gave me the perfect reason to do so. The book is Basic Forms of Fear by Fritz Riemann. While many may have already read it, it was first published in 1961, I still want to highlight it because it remains
- [When Can We Really Do Something?](https://espirited.com/koga-mozhem-da-napravim-neshto/) - “To know where the other person makes a mistake is of little value. It only becomes interesting when you know where you make the mistake, for then you can do something about it.”— Carl G. Jung, The Collected Works (Aion, CW 9ii, Para 424)
- [In the eye of the beholder](https://espirited.com/v-otchite/) - "Fear is in the eye of the beholder. (Don't let that be you.)"
- [Where the Lion Looks – and the Dog Runs](https://espirited.com/nakade-gleda-lavat/) - Padmasambhava says that when you throw a stick at a dog, the dog will run after the stick. When you throw a stick at a lion, the lion will chase you. The lion keeps its gaze fixed on the source—the one who throws the stick. The dog’s gaze follows the object, the stick. In the
- [Obedient and Offended or Unloved and Free?](https://espirited.com/poslushen-i-obiden-ili-neobiden-i-svobo/) - Claudio Naranjo on his practice as a Gestalt therapist: “In my seventeen years of practice, I have repeatedly seen how patients tend to attribute responsibility for their own actions to others, choosing obedience and resentment over freedom and the risk of being unloved. Absorbed in the anonymous ‘they,’ the individual loses contact with his own
- [The Spiritual Power of Ease and Simplicity](https://espirited.com/bozhestveno-bezgrizhie/) - "True creative power, truly manifesting positive creations in your life, always happens from a state of simplicity and ease. It is precisely when you feel totally relaxed and divinely careless about things, not forcing yourself to do or be anything, that you attract the most positive changes in your life. If you would simply cherish
- [Bella DePaulo: redefining home and family in the 21st century](https://espirited.com/belladepaolu/) - I have always been interested in how the family will change in the future. I mean that the family as we know it now has its historical preconditions, limitations and cultural specificities, and the times we live are changing. It is changing dramatically. And with that, the forms of togetherness are changing. So when I
- [Oedipal Battles and the Hidden Dynamics of Love Triangles](https://espirited.com/edipovite-bitki-i-skritata-dinamika-n/) - Even amateurs in psychology are familiar with the Oedipus complex – this key concept in Freud’s psychoanalysis, according to which, at a certain age between three and five (the phallic stage of psychosexual development), the child directs its libido toward the parent of the opposite sex, while at the same time experiencing feelings of rivalry
- [Uncertainties that create love triangles](https://espirited.com/nesigurnosti-koito-sazdavat-lyubovni/) - I continue with my presentation of Liz Greene's article on the psychological dynamics of love triangles. This time, for people who can read their birth charts, there are astrological significators included. It is about the aspects between the planet of love, Venus, with difficult Saturn and Chiron. Aspects that point to the presence of emotional
- [Love Triangles: The Soul’s Perspective](https://espirited.com/the-eternal-triangle/) - “No matter how much it may cost us, we need triangles for the sake of our souls. Triangles open things up and potentially reveal aspects of our innermost nature. This may be one reason why attempts at ‘sexual revolution’ so often become dull and boring. There is no tension and no conflict. Our inner world
- [Protective Love Triangles](https://espirited.com/lyubovni-triagalnitsi-koito-sa-izraz-na/) - The theme of love triangles would not be complete without also examining so-called “protective triangles.” These are relationships in which a person panically avoids deep commitment to only one partner, because in the event of a separation they would not be able to endure the intensity of their feelings. As a rule, such a person
- [Forgiveness is an act of divine grace](https://espirited.com/kak-idva-istinskata-proshka/) - What makes love triangles a potential for spiritual transformation is that forgiveness—the only positive way of dealing with betrayal—is not a product of ego-will, but comes from a source that is different from the desire of our conscious attitude. No matter how much we want to forgive, we cannot, because forgiveness is the final result
- [Eckhart Tolle, "A New Earth"](https://espirited.com/ekhart-tole-nova-zemya/) - “You cannot fight the ego and win, just as you cannot fight darkness and win. What you need is the light of consciousness. You are that light.” Eckhart Tolle The book A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle is one of the books I most often recommend to people who are going through periods of great
- [George the Gardener](https://espirited.com/dzhordzh-gradinaryat/) - An old man was working in his garden when a priest passed by and said to him,“George, how wonderful it is to see what God and man can do together.” “Yes, sir,” replied George, “if you had seen what this garden looked like last year, when He had it all to Himself.” Yes, that is
- [Richard Rudd on Victim mentality as the shadow of freedom](https://espirited.com/mantalitetat-na-zhertvata-syankata-na-svobodata/) - At the moment, I am in a phase of “clearing out drafts” that have accumulated over the past years of my work on the site. One of them concerns the theory of the Gene Keys by Richard Rudd. Four years ago, this theory was still not very well known in Bulgaria, and his book had
- [“My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?” and the Dark Night of the Soul](https://espirited.com/bozhe-moy-bozhe-moy-zashto-si-me-ostavil-i-tamnata-nosht-na-dushata/) - “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Gospel of Matthew 27:46Gospel of Mark 15:34 During Holy Week, I felt the impulse to share my reflections on the words “My God, my God,
- [The weather is always as I like it](https://espirited.com/vremeto-vinagi-e-takova-kakvoto-na-men-mi-haresva/) - This is a story from the book 101 Zen stories The Traveler: What kind of weather will we have today? The Shepherd: The kind I like. The Traveler: How do you know it will be the kind you like? The Shepherd: I have discovered, Sir, that I do not always get what I want, and
- [Scott Kiloby on the beginning and end of spiritual bypassing](https://espirited.com/skot-kilobi-za-natchaloto-i-krayat-na-duhovnoto-vzaobikalyane/) - I like Scott Kiloby very much. He is one of the few people who evoke genuine trust and affection in me when they speak about spiritual practices and enlightenment. And he has attained enlightenment. He has had the experience that he and the rest of life are One. He has lived through the dissolution of
- [A Manichaean Story: The Birth of the Rose](https://espirited.com/za-razhdaneto-na-rozata/) - This is a fairy tale that I came across some time ago in a forum while researching the topic of esoteric Christianity. The person who shared it wrote that it was a Manichaean story told to him by Petar Raychev. I have now decided to pass it on. It is very beautiful. Very. Through two
- [The Spiritual Crisis at the Core of Addiction](https://espirited.com/grof/) - Every profound life crisis is an opportunity for a significant spiritual breakthrough. The deeper our inner Hero descends into the underworlds of hell, the greater the “height” from which this ordeal has been sent. The various forms of addiction—alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, sex, relationships…—are, at their core, different forms of spiritual crisis. A hole has
- [Where is the true wealth](https://espirited.com/kade-e-istinskoto-bogatstvo/) - "The great Buddhist saint Nagarjuna used to wander naked, except for a simple loincloth—and, somewhat absurdly, carrying a golden alms bowl given to him by a king who was one of his followers. One night, as he was about to lie down to sleep among the ruins of an ancient monastery, he noticed a thief
- [Where is the real power](https://espirited.com/kade-e-istinskoto-mogashtestvo/) - "Buddha was once threatened with death by a bandit called Angulimal. 'In that case, be good and fulfill my dying wish,' said the Buddha, 'cut down the branch of this tree.'" One slash of the sword and - voila! "Now what?" the bandit asked. "Take it back," said the Buddha. The bandit laughed. "You must
- [Мариана Каплан за "пътя на страданието"](https://espirited.com/pain/) - В този сайт вече има много публикации по темата за страданието, имам предвид душевното страдание, защото именно то е причината човек да се обърне към психотерапията. Това е и причината да се обърнем към духовността и да потърсим в различните духовни практики лек за болката, която идва от душата. Проблемът е, че и духовността не
- [Mariana Caplan on Suffering and the Spiritual Path](https://espirited.com/pain/) - 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
- [On the Soul and How It Is Made](https://espirited.com/za-dushata-i-kak-se-pravi/) - 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
- [Jacob’s Struggle: On Suffering, Resistance, and Spiritual Surrender](https://espirited.com/yakov-se-bori-s-angela/) - Acceptance does not arise through a conscious effort to accept. Quite the opposite—it emerges as a by-product of a long process of resistance and struggle, whose energy gradually accumulates, reaches a climax, and—by the principle of enantiodromia—leads to the long-awaited spiritual surrender, the very essence of which is acceptance itself.
- [To Hear the Voice of the Soul — An Online Group](https://espirited.com/da-chuvash-glasa-na-dushata/) - A 28-Day Online Group for Building Habits of Emotional Awareness A New Moon in Cancer is approaching. According to astrologers, this is the time when natural cycles support new beginnings and the sowing of the seeds of desire. According to them as well, the energy of this New Moon is doubly strong because the Moon
- [Desire and the Soul, 29 day online group](https://espirited.com/zhelanieto-i-dushata/) - Dedicated to the energy of desire, the development of emotional intelligence, and the care of the soulStart: November 5, 2021 — New Moon in Scorpio “Sow Desire, Grow a Soul” This is the second edition of an online group which, in its first edition, was called “Listening to the Voice of the Soul”—a 28-day online
- [Osho: How Awareness Transforms Pain in the Body](https://espirited.com/osho-tehnika-za-transformacziya-na-bolkata-v-tyaloto/) - “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
- [Marie-Louise von Franz on True Love and Becoming Oneself](https://espirited.com/mari-luiz-fon-frants-istinskata-lyubov-pravi-drugiya-tchovek-tsyalosten/) - A reflection on Marie-Louise von Franz’s understanding of true love as the capacity to recognize and affirm the other’s uniqueness, beyond sentimentality and projection.
- [The fifth leg of the horse](https://espirited.com/petiyat-krak-na-konya/) - "Abraham Lincoln once asked his secretary, "If you call a tail a leg, how many legs will a horse have?" "Five," the secretary replied. "No," said the president, "the answer is four. Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg."" We often look at words as "things". And in a sense, they
- [Marie Franz on the duality "romance - banality" in love](https://espirited.com/mari-francz-za-dualnostta-romantika-banalnost-v-lyubovta/) - Love, with its passion and pain, becomes an urge toward individuation.That is why there is no genuine process of individuation without the experience of love —for love both torments and purifies the soul.”— Marie-Louise von Franz Below is an excerpt from Marie-Louise von Franz’s book The Golden Ass of Apuleius: The Liberation of the Feminine
- [Liz Green on Venus as the archetype of love](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-psihologicheskoto-znachenie-na-venera-kato-arhetip-na-lyubovta/) - The main theme that has been occupying me recently is the spiritual dimension of love and its embodiment on Earth. This is why I am dedicating a series of articles to this topic; the present text is the first in that series. Everything began with my reading of Marie-Louise von Franz’s work on Amor and
- [Alan Oken on Esoteric Venus as ruler of Gemini](https://espirited.com/alan-oukan-ezoterichnata-venera/) - Alan Oken on the esoteric significance of Venus as a ruler of the sign of Gemini in his book Soul Centered Astrology: A Key to Your Expanding Self
- [Liz Green on Neptune, Hysteria and Hypnosis](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-neptun-histeriyata-i-hipnozata/) - The second chapter of The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption reveals how the mythological images “produced” by the archetype behind this planet are embodied in concrete psychological experiences, including pathological ones. The chapter is entitled Psychological Neptune, and at this point the reading becomes even more compelling, because we begin to recognize ourselves
- [Liz Greenе on Psychoanalytic Neptune](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-psihoanalitichniyat-neptun/) - The fifth part of Liz Greene’s book The Astrological Neptune and the Quest for Redemption is entitled “Psychoanalytic Neptune.” In it, the negative expressions of the Neptunian longing for fusion with the Source are explored through the lens of the psychoanalytic interpretation of hysteria—the dominant psychic illness at the time when Freud’s psychoanalysis emerged (and
- [Coming out of the waters of Neptune and the "good enough mother"](https://espirited.com/izlizaneto-ot-vodite-na-neptun-i-dostatachno-dobrata-majka/) - Since it has become clear that a healthy expression of empathy depends on a high degree of differentiation and the establishment of firm boundaries between the Self and others, it is important to understand how such boundaries are formed. This is the subject of the next section in Liz Greene’s book The Astrological Neptune and
- [Christian Sundberg: To Be Human Is Like Being Given the Winning Lottery Ticket](https://espirited.com/kristian-sandbarg-da-badesh-chovek-e-kato-da-ti-e-daden-pechelivshiya-bilet-ot-lotariyata/) - Lately, I have been listening to a podcast featuring interviews with people who have had near-death experiences (NDEs). There is something deeply soothing and healing in hearing first-hand accounts from people who have glimpsed what lies beyond the “veil.” These stories help one remember who we are beyond the limitations of form, as well as
- [If someone gives you a gift and you don't take it, to whom does the gift belong?](https://espirited.com/ako-nyakoj-ti-dade-podarak-a-ti-ne-go-vzemesh-na-kogo-prinadlezhi-podarakat/) - There was once a great warrior. Though quite old, he was still able to defeat any opponent. His reputation spread far and wide throughout the country, and many students gathered to study under him. One day a young warrior of ill fame arrived in the village. He was determined to be the first person to
- [Nothing is as serious as it seems](https://espirited.com/nistho-ne-e-tolkova-seriozno-kolkoto-izglezhda/) - "Take life joyfully, take life easily, take it relaxedly, don’t create unnecessary problems. Ninety-nine percent of your problems are created by you because you take life seriously. Seriousness is the root cause of the problems. Be playful... just be alive, be anbundantly alive." Osho
- [The parable of the deaf frog](https://espirited.com/pritcha-za-gluhata-zhaba/) - This is one of my favorite healing stories. So, once upon a time in the frog kingdom, there was a competition - they had to get to the top of a very, very tall tower. A group of contestants gathered, the bravest, and the others stood around to watch.
- [A matter of personal interest](https://espirited.com/vapros-na-lichen-interes/) - "One farmer, who always won the prize for the best corn at the local show, was in the habit of sharing the seed with all the farmers in the area. When asked why, he replied, 'It's really for self-interest. The wind carries the pollen from field to field. So if my neighbours grow lower quality
- [Keep the inner flame burning](https://espirited.com/prodalzhavaj-da-poddarzhash-vatreshniya-plamak/) - “It's easy to be a naive idealist. It's easy to be a cynical realist. It's quite another thing to have no illusions and still hold the inner flame.” Marie-Louise von Franz In three short sentences, Marie Franz brilliantly articulates what the union of the opposites of idealism and cynicism looks like. And this, unlike naive
- [Liz Greene on the Shadow of Cancer](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-syankata-na-raka/) - I love reading Liz Greene's books. And I love getting to know the different faces of our psychic shadow even more because that's where the devil is. Below, I share a quote from her book Astrology for Lovers, in which she comments on the shadow of the first of the water signs, Cancer. "It's time to
- [The Death of the Cup](https://espirited.com/smartta-na-chashata/) - "Oh my!" cried the monk, who was on probation and had just broken his teacher's favorite (and very precious) cup. The frightened youth went to the Zen master and asked, "Why must there be death?" The Master replied, "Death is natural. It comes to all people and things. It is not to be expected with
- [Jesper Juul on the "new fathers"](https://espirited.com/jesper-yul-za-novite-basthi/) - The challenges in the spiritual development of women and men are both the same and different. Now I would like to address the difference in men by presenting the ideas of two male psychologists, Jesper Juul, a systemic psychotherapist and author of the book Being a Man and a Father, and James Hillman, the creator
- [Maha Chohan: He who follows the small thoughts manages the big decisions](https://espirited.com/maha-chohan-kojto-prosledi-malkite-misli-toj-upravlyava-golemite-resheniya/) - "He who can follow the small thoughts manages the big decisions." Small thoughts are like the small pebbles that turn a car around. To notice them, we need uncommon observation and honesty. In terms of self-knowledge, these skills are the same as the microscope in the biology lab. That is why the knowledge that Maha
- [The Stonecutter, a parable](https://espirited.com/kamenodeleczat-pritcha/) - A popular parable that is a wonderful story about the nature of desire (I will comment on this below). "Once upon a time, there was a stonemason. Every day, he would go to the mountain to cut stones. While he worked, he sang to himself, for though he was a poor man, he did not
- [Liz Green on martyrdom and masochism](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-machenichestvoto-i-mazohizma/) - 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
- [Mullah Nasreddin, I am nobody](https://espirited.com/edna-istoriya-s-mulla-nasredin/) - "It so happened that Mullah Nasreddin approached a high official. Outraged by his insolence, Mullah Nasreddin did not hold back: - Where on earth, you kind, are you so arrogant? Who are you? - As if you didn't know! I'm the manager! - Well, good, and what will you become then? - Governor! - And
- [Jung: It all depends on the person, not the method](https://espirited.com/yung-v-dejstvitelnost-vsichko-zavisi-ot-choveka/) - " An ancient adept has said: "If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way." This Chinese saying, unfortunately only too true, stands in sharp contrast to our belief in the "right" method irrespective of the man who applies it. In reality, everything depends on the man and
- [Osho: Unless awareness arises within you, all your morality is bogus](https://espirited.com/osho-ako-v-teb-ne-vaznikne-osaznatost-czeliyat-ti-moral-e-falshiv/) - "Bodhidharma stands far above the moralists, the puritans, the so-called good men, the altruists. He has gone to the very bottom of the problem. If awareness doesn't arise in you, your whole morality is bogus, your culture is simply a thin layer which could be destroyed by anybody. But once your morality has come out
- [James Hillman on how to support your child’s divine spirit](https://espirited.com/dzhejms-hilman-za-da-podkrepite-bozhestveniya-duh-na-deteto-si-parvo-tryabva-da-priznaete-svoya/) - James Hillman on fatherhood, the absent and over-present father, and how losing the soul’s calling turns care into resentment.
- [Anal Character and Psychological Defenses – Liz Greene](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-za-analniya-harakter-ili-kogato-zadarzhash-nestho-koeto-drugite-iskat/) - What stands at the root of such psychic phenomena as “authority problems,” excessive “desire for control,” “painful pride,” and “stinginess”, including emotional stinginess.
- [Liz Green: The different faces of masochism and the pursuit of suffering](https://espirited.com/liz-grijn-razlichnite-licza-na-mazohizma-i-presledvaneto-na-stradanie/) - 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
- [Fritz Perls: You are you and I am I](https://espirited.com/fritcz-parlz-az-sam-si-az-a-ti-si-si-ti/) - In Gestalt therapy there is a well-known text, often referred to as a “prayer,” written by its founder, Fritz Perls. It reads: "I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine.
- [So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself](https://espirited.com/dokato-chovek-ne-se-uzhasi-ot-sebe-si-toj-ne-znae-nistho-za-sebe-si/) - "When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself." P.D. Ouspensky
- [Gardening in good and bad times](https://espirited.com/gradinarstvo-v-dobri-i-loshi-vremena/) - There is a significant difference between neurotic suffering caused by an inauthentic way of life and suffering caused by processes of spiritual awakening.
- [The elephant you've never seen](https://espirited.com/slonat-kojto-nikoga-ne-si-vizhdal/) - "An elephant from a travelling exhibit was kept hidden in a barn outside the walls of a city whose inhabitants had never seen an elephant before. Hearing of this concealed marvel, four curious citizens went to see whether they might gain at least some preliminary idea of what an elephant was like. When they arrived
- [Новораждане](https://espirited.com/novorazhdane-2/) - Според Учителя Петър Дънов Новораждането е петият етап от развитието на човешката душа е раждането на духовното ни Аз и той се съпътства с огромна болка.
- [Посади желание, отгледай душа](https://espirited.com/posadi-zhelanie-otgledaj-dusha/) - Двудневна група за личностно развитие, посветена на връзката между емоционалната и духовната интелигентност От доста време у мен зрее готовността да проведа групи в няколко градове на страната извън София и сега моментът да реализирам тази идея настъпи. Градовете са Бургас, Варна и Пловдив, а датите на провеждане ще намерите най-отдолу, защото първо ми се
- [Desire: The Underlying Force of Human Emotions](https://espirited.com/zhelanieto-parvoprichinata-za-choveshkite-emoczii/) - Understanding the energetic nature of our emotional life This article was originally published on my other website, on the “Introduction” page of the 29-Day Program. Due to a reorganization in how the content is presented, I am now republishing it here. In it, you will read about the most essential insight that inspired me to
- [The Third Kind of Desire: A Spiritual and Psychological Insight into Human Longing](https://espirited.com/tretiyat-vid-zhelanie/) - A deep exploration of desire through Buddhism, Kabbalah, Jung, Gnosticism and Anthroposophy — and its role in the evolution of the soul.
- [The convergence effect among the founders of psychotherapy](https://espirited.com/efektat-na-konvergencziyata-mezhdu-osnovatelite-v-psihoterapiyata/) - The founders of the great psychotherapeutic schools despite having created theories that distinguish them from one another, share at their core similar views.
- [Крадецът в държавата Чи, притча](https://espirited.com/kradetsat-v-darzhavata-tchi/) - Една много алхимична приказка с коментар от книгата “Дао-то на Пух”, автор Бенджамин Хоф. "В държавата Чу един крадец станал войник при генерал Узу-фа – човек, известен с умението си да използва по забележителен начин способностите на другите. След известно време Чу била нападната от армията на Ци. На свой ред хората на Узу-фа се
- [Различните нива на психично здраве и религията](https://espirited.com/razlitchnite-niva-na-psihitchno-zdrave-i-r/) - Анализ на различните нива на психично здраве и начина, по който те се проявяват в религиозните вярвания и практики.
- [Портрет на психически здравите организации](https://espirited.com/portret-na-psihitcheski-zdravite-organ/) - Как да разпознаем организациите с високо психично здраве и защо хората трудно се адаптират в нездравословна работна среда.
- [Спасението ти е в твоята собствена реакция](https://espirited.com/otgovornost/) - "Спасението ти се намира не в действието на друг, а в твоята собствена реакция". Нийл Доналд Уолш Поемането на отговорността за живота ни е единственото място, откъдето започват истинските и дълбоки промени в живота ни. Това са промени, които първо осъществяваме в себе си, и едва след това виждаме как намират отражение и върху външните
- [Уолш: Първата ти връзка е със себе си](https://espirited.com/nay-napred/) - "Най-обичащият човек е този, който е съсредоточен в Себе си. Следователно, първата ти връзка би трябвало да бъде със себе си. Най-напред трябва да се научиш да почиташ, цениш и обичаш Себе си... Най-напред трябва да видиш себе си като достоен, преди да можеш да видиш друг като достоен. Най-напред трябва да видиш себе си
- [Психиатричната клиника през погледа на един шаман](https://espirited.com/psihiatritchnata-klinika-prez-pogleda/) - Гледната точка на шамана за психичните заболявания, автор: Стефани Мароне, откъс от книгата й „Природното медицинско ръководство за шизофрения“
- [Ошо за тайната на медитацията](https://espirited.com/zhelanieto/) - "Когато ти желаеш нещо, твоята радост зависи от това нещо. Ако нещото го няма, ти си нещастен; ако ти го дадат си щастлив. Но само за момент! Това също трябва да бъде разбрано. Когато и да е удовлетворено твоето желание, то е само за момента, в който усещаш радост. То е много убягващо, защото в
- [И никога не искай признание](https://espirited.com/priznanie/) - "Научи едно основно нещо: прави това, което искаш да правиш, което обичаш да правиш, и никога не искай признание. Това е просия. Защо трябва човек да иска признание? Защо трябва да копнее за признание?" Ошо
- [Езикът, на който говорим](https://espirited.com/ezikat-na-koyto-govorim/) - "Езикът на логиката е агресивен, спорещ, насилствен, егоцентричен. Езикът на любовта се занимава с другия – как да му се помогне да се развие, да се трансформира. За първият е важно какво се казва, за вторият – как се казва. Първият е спор, вторият е общуване." Ошо
- [Кажи "да"](https://espirited.com/kazhi-da-na/) - “Установи се дълбоко в своето “да”. Казвай "да" на всяко нещо. Кажи "да" на доброто и на лошото, на деня и нощта, на лятото и на зимата. Кажи "да" на успеха и на неуспеха. Кажи "да" на живота и на смъртта. Забрави за всичко друго, освен за тази единствена думичка “да” и това може да трансформира тотално твоето същество.
- [Ошо: Невежеството винаги е дръзко](https://espirited.com/ot-osho/) - "Невежеството винаги е дръзко, знанието се колебае." Ошо
- [Остани центриран](https://espirited.com/kogato-vaznikne-nastroenie/) - Текстът по-долу е от “Книга на тайните” на Ошо. Той представя един много прост, но ефективен начин да се справяме с емоциите, които възникват във взаимоотношенията ни с другите хора, за да ги превръщаме в съзнание и вътрешна сила. Техниката (медитацията) е следната: Когато възникне настроение за или против някой, не го насочвай към въпросния
- [Може ли любовта да лети?](https://espirited.com/mozhe-li-lyubovta-da-leti/) - "Любовта е добра, просто добра, но не е достатъчна, за да ти даде крила. За това е необходимо приятелство, а любовта не го позволява... Тя много се страхува от приятелството, защото всяко по-висше нещо е опасно, а приятелството е по-висше. Когато можеш да се наслаждаваш на приятелството, било на мъж или на жена, тогава разбираш, че
- [Ошо: Смъртта е по-важна от живота](https://espirited.com/za-zhivota-i-smartta/) - От Ошо: "Смъртта е по-важна от живота. Животът е съвсем тривиален, повърхностен. Смъртта е по-дълбока. Чрез смъртта израстваш до истинския живот... а чрез живота само достигаш до смъртта и нищо повече. Това, което казваме и имаме предвид под живот, е просто едно пътуване към смъртта. Ако можеш да разбереш, че целият ти живот е само
- [Ошо: Твоят проблем не е любовта](https://espirited.com/tvoyat-problem-ne-e-lyubovta/) - "Твоят проблем не е любовта. Твоят проблем е, че не си способен да приемеш себе си, да застанеш на своите собствени крака, да се отнасяш с уважение към себе си, да направиш нещо така, че да усетиш, че имаш стойност. Твоята ценност трябва да извира отвътре в теб, да не бъде подарена от някой друг. Ценността
- [Помощта идва отвътре](https://espirited.com/nadezhdata/) - Притча от Ошо. "Не погивай в капана на надеждата, не се увличай от идеята, че помощта идва отвън. Никой друг не възнамерява да удовлетворява твоите надежди. Това става вътре в теб. Един ловец се заблудил в джунглата. За три дена той не срещнал никого и изпадал във все по-голямо отчаяние - три дена без храна
- [Сведи очи към пътеката](https://espirited.com/svedi-ochi-kam-patekata/) - Притча от Ошо. "Философ и мистик се заблудили в гората в тъмна нощ. Това била много опасна гора, пълна с диви зверове; тъмнината била непрогледна. Единият бил човек на съмнението, другият - на вярата. Внезапно започнала буря, ударил гръм и ярко проблеснала светкавица. Философът погледнал нагоре към небето, мистикът погледнал надолу към пътеката. В момента
- [Всичко, което е прекрасно в човека, трябва да се пази и съхранява надълбоко](https://espirited.com/maymunata/) - Една история, разказана и коментирана от Ошо. "Веднъж князът отишъл в маймунската гора. Както го видели, маймуните се изпокрили в паника, останала само една маймуна, която изобщо не му обръщала внимание и подскачала от клон на клон, сякаш показно. Князът пуснал стрела в нея, но тя я хванала в полет. В отговор князът заповядал на
- [Как да преодолееш правилата](https://espirited.com/kak-da-preodoleesh-pravilata/) - Притча от Ошо. "Ако човек е достатъчно хитър да запомни 33 000 правила, то той е и достатъчно съобразителен винаги да намери начин да ги прескочи. Ако не иска да направи нещо, той винаги ще намери начин. Слушах история за един християнски светец. Някой го ударил по лицето, защото този ден в сутрешната си лекция
- [Действие, активност и същността на релаксацията](https://espirited.com/relaksatsiya/) - От Ошо: "Всяка реакция е несъзнавана. Ако ти си осъзнаващ, ти никога не реагираш; ти действаш. Действието е съзнателно; реагирането е несъзнавано. Преди всичко трябва да се разберат природата на активността и скритите потоци в нея, иначе никаква релаксация не е възможна. Дори и да искаш да релаксираш, няма да е възможно, ако не си
- [Ако не можеш да се бориш със своя любим ...](https://espirited.com/ako-ne-mozhesh-da-se-borish-sas-svoya-lyubim/) - "Ако не можеш да се бориш със своя любим, ако не можеш да се ядосаш, тогава е загубена автентичността на любовта... Ако аз съм ядосан и съм потиснал яда си, тогава, когато обичам, потиснатият яд присъства и това умъртвява моята любов. Ако не съм бил истински в яда си, гнева си, не мога да бъда
- [Ошо: корените ти са все още в Бога](https://espirited.com/istinskoto-az-e-az-at-na-tsyaloto/) - "Някакъв французин прекосявал пустинята със своя арабски водач. Дните минавали и арабинът не пропускал ни един ден без да коленичи върху нажежения пясък и да призове своя Бог. Най-накрая една вечер неверникът попитал арабина: - Как си разбрал, че има Бог? Водачът хвърлил един поглед към безбожника и му отговорил: - Как съм разбрал, че
- [Ошо: Пътят на сърцето е път на смелостта](https://espirited.com/slushay-sartseto-si/) - "Пътят на сърцето е път на смелостта. Той означава да живееш в несигурност, да живееш в любов, и да се уповаваш; той означава да навлезеш в непознатото. Той означава да оставиш миналото и да позволиш на бъдещето да бъде. Смелостта означава да се движиш по опасни пътища. Животът е опасен и само страхливците могат да
- [Буда си е Буда, Кришна си е Кришна, а ти си си ти](https://espirited.com/buda-si-e-buda-krishna-si-e-krishna-a-ti-si/) - "Но недей да следваш правила, наложени отвън. Никое наложено правило не може да бъде подходящо - защото правилата са създадени от хора, които искат да те управляват! Да, понякога в света се появяват велики просветлени - като Буда, Исус, Кришна, Мохамед. Те не са дали правила на света, дали са своята любов. Но рано или
- [Ошо: Каква е моята дефиниция за правилно?](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-pravilno/) - "Каква е моята дефиниция за правилно? Това, което е хармонично със съществуванието, е правилно, а това, което е нехармонично, е погрешно. Трябва във всеки момент да си много буден, защото във всеки момент ще трябва да се решава наново. Не можеш да се осланяш на готови отговори за това кое е правилно и кое погрешно.
- [В какво е красотата на живота](https://espirited.com/v-kakvo-e-krasotata-na-zhivota/) - Една дзен история история, разказана от Ошо: "Животът се движи толкова бързо; той е динамика, не е статичност. Той не е застояла локва, той е Ганг, той непрестанно тече. Той никога не е един и същ в два последователни момента. Затова едно нещо може да е правилно в този момент, а да е неправилно в
- [Ошо: Истината е преживяване, а не вярване](https://espirited.com/istinata-e-prezhivyavane-ne-e-vyarvane/) - "Истината е преживяване, а не вярване. Истината никога не идва чрез изучаването й; истината трябва да се посрещне, човек трябва да се изправи с лице пред истината. Този, който изучава любовта, е като човек, който изучава Хималаите, като ги гледа на картата. Картата не е планината! А ако започнеш да вярваш в картата, ще пропускаш
- [Твоята отговорност е първо към твоето собствено същество](https://espirited.com/tvoyata-otgovornost-e-parvo-kam-tvoeto/) - "... твоята отговорност е само към твоето собствено същество. Не върви против него, защото това означава да се самоубиеш, да се самоунищожиш. А каква е ползата? Дори и хората да те уважават, дори и да те смятат за един много трезв, порядъчен, достопочтен човек, тези неща няма да подхранят твоето същество. Те няма да ти
- [Предназначението на болката](https://espirited.com/prednaznachenieto-na-bolkata/) - „Предназначението на болката не е да те натъжава, запомни го. Ето къде хората все пропускат… Тази болка има предназначение да те направи по-буден, защото хората стават будни, само когато стрелата прониква дълбоко в сърцето и го ранява - иначе не проявяват никакво внимание. Когато животът е лек, комфортен, приятен, кого го е грижа?" Ошо Как бихте се
- [Потайността си има своя причина](https://espirited.com/potaynostta-si-ima-svoya-pritchina/) - "Човешката същност има две страни, външна и вътрешна. Външната може да бъде публично достояние, но вътрешната не може... Така както семената се нуждаят от тъмнината и интимността на земята, така и всички взаимоотношения, които са дълбоки и интимни остават вътрешни. При обикновените човешки взаимоотношения интимността е необходима... Потайността си има причина да съществува. Помни това
- [Дребните причини](https://espirited.com/drebnite-pritchini/) - "Винаги помни, че трябва да намираш дребните причини за нещата, които се случват в теб и около теб. Понякога започваш да търсиш много дълбоки и големи причини, каквито не съществуват... " Ошо
- [Така, че да не остане и най-малката частица](https://espirited.com/edva-togava/) - "Първо трябва да обичаш себе си. Само тогава и другите ще те обичат. И ти трябва да обичаш себе си така безгранично, така цялостно, че в теб да не остане дори и най-малка частица на омраза съм самия себе си. Едва тогава Божията милост и любов ще станат достъпни за теб."Ошо Масово се говори за
- [Крайна неотложност](https://espirited.com/krayna-neotlozhnost/) - "Религията изисква крайна неотложност. Ако отлагаш, няма никога да можеш да станеш религиозен. Така както си, ти вече си закъснял; ти вече много време си загубил за безсмислени неща, които ще ти се вземат. Заради всичко, което притежаваш, ти губиш живот. Той не е евтин, той е много скъп. Един ден ще имаш много притежания,
- [Ошо: Само в любовта се докосваш до оптималното в себе си](https://espirited.com/samo-v-lyubovta/) - "Повече от двама са тълпа. А ако са по-малко от двама, човек е самотен. Двама човека - интимни, близки един на друг - си помагат взаимно, всеки от тях да прояви това, което е най-доброто. Ето защо любовта е толкова значима, защото само в любовта ти се докосваш до оптималното в себе си." Ошо, "Беседи
- [Ошо: Това е един от проблемите на човечеството...](https://espirited.com/normalnost/) - "Това е един от проблемите с човечеството. Хората, които наричаш нормални, хич даже не са нормални, но те са болшинството. Един Буда винаги изглежда ненормален. Един Исус изглежда ненормален." Ошо, "Беседи за Исус", т.1
- [Време е за сеитба, притча](https://espirited.com/vreme-e-za-seitba/) - Това е една приказка, разказана и коментирана от Ошо. Тя се отнася до любовта и за най-важното нещо за нея - смелостта да се отворим към другите и споделим щедро вътрешното си същество. (Оригиналното заглавие на приказката е The king's challenge to his three sons, "Предизвикателството на краля към тримата му синове"). "Един велик крал
- [Да слушаш сърцето си съзнателно](https://espirited.com/umenieto-na-novoto-tchovetchestvo/) - "Цялото умение на новото човечество ще се състои в тайната да слушаш сърцето си съзнателно, будно, с пълно внимание. И да го следваш, да отиваш навсякъде, където те води то. Да, понякога ще те вкарва в опасности - но тогава си спомни, че тези опасности са необходими за твоето узряване. Понякога ще те отклонява -
- [Реалността зависи от твоите очи](https://espirited.com/realnostta-zavisi-ot-tvoite-otchi/) - "Религията е индивидуална... Освен това религията няма име. Когато някой стане религиозен, още от този момент нататък той вече не е индус, мюсюлманин или християнин. Той е просто религиозен. Това е разбиране: това е различен вид знание, различен вид виждане. Когато виждаш различно, ти виждаш една различна реалност. Реалността зависи от твоите очи. Ако очите
- [Ошо за това какво е Бог](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-bog/) - "Според мен Бог е тук-и-сега. Всичко, което виждаш, е Бог. Бог не е нещо отвъдно, Бог е нещо вътрешно. Никога преди в историята на човечеството човекът не е бил толкова уплашен, колкото сега... Ако Бог го няма, тогава битието става враждебно. Не, че то наистина е станало враждебно, но ти изглежда такова. Ако няма Бог,
- [Ошо: Мъдрите хора винаги се колебаят](https://espirited.com/kolebanie/) - "Човек, който има преживявания, винаги се колебае, защото знае, че това, което е преживял, не може да се изрази. Той се колебае. Но този, който не знае нищо друго освен писанията, е абсолютно сигурен. Само глупците са сигурни. Мъдрите хора винаги се колебаят." Ошо
- [Как страхът се превръща в свобода](https://espirited.com/strah-i-svoboda/) - "Естествено е човек да се страхува, да трепери. Ако приемеш това, ако си кажеш, че такъв е животът, ако го приемеш тотално, треперенето спира моментално и страхът - същата тази енергия, която е била страх - се развива като пружина и се превръща в свобода". Ошо
- [Ошо за страха от обвързване](https://espirited.com/strahat-ot-obvarzvane/) - "Хората ходят от един гуру на друг, от един учител на друг, от един храм към друг - не защото те са страхотни търсещи, а защото са неспособни да вземат решение. Така че те ходят от едно нещо към друго. Това е техният начин да избегнат обвързването. Същото се случва и в другите човешки отношения: един
- [Ако въпросът е чут, тогава и отговорът](https://espirited.com/nishto-ne-mozhe-da-stane-zashtoto/) - "Нищо не може да стане, защото медитация, Бог и молитва не са въпрос на техника. Ти можеш да научиш техниката, но нищо няма да стане, докато първо не се чуе въпросът, докато той не се превърне в едно дълбоко желание в теб, заради което да можеш да заложиш живота си - докато не се превърне
- [Няма раждане на съзнанието без болка](https://espirited.com/bolkata-pretchistva/) - "Болката пречиства, страданието дава разбиране." Ошо "Няма раждане на съзнанието без болка." К.Г.Юнг В света на Духа болката е свещена, защото има смисъл - носи разбиране и пречиства сърцето. Един духовен учител - Ошо, и един психиатър - Юнг, казват едно и също, а именно че болката има своето много специално и много важно място
- [Трансформация на чувствата и как да й хванеш цаката](https://espirited.com/transformatsiya-na-tchuvstvata-kak-da-y-hv/) - По-долу е превод на текст от Ошо, който много ми харесва. Под него слагам и линк към неговата пълна версия на английски. "Това е прекрасен метод, ще бъде много полезен за вас. Например, ако се чувстваш много неудовлетворен, какво правиш? Патанджали (най-известният тълкувател на йога) казва - мисли за обратното: ако се чувстваш неудовлетворен, размишлявай
- [Ошо за "по-добрият вид нещастие"](https://espirited.com/po-dobriyat-vid-neshtastie/) - По-долу е превод на една беседа от Ошо за човешките взаимоотношенията, която коментира този, на пръв поглед парадоксален, въпрос кое е по-добре - да бъдем сами или с някой друг, ако и в двата случая сме нещастни. Въпросът: Аз се страхувам от самотата. В момента не съм във взаимоотношение - нещо, което ми харесва и
- [Ошо за корените на гнева](https://espirited.com/the-psychology-of-anger/) - "Психологията на гнева е, че ти си искал нещо и някой ти е попречил да го получиш. Някой е дошъл като пречка, като блокаж. Цялата ти енергия е била насочена да получиш нещо и някой е блокирал тази енергия. Не си успял да получиш това, което си искал. Така фрустрацията става гняв... и този гняв среща човекът,
- [Просто бъди себе си](https://espirited.com/prosto-badi-sebe-si/) - " Ако не обичаш себе си, никога няма да можеш да обичаш някой друг. Ако не си мил към себе си, не можеш да си мил към някой друг. Твоите така наречени светци, които са толкова сурови към самите себе си, само се преструват, че са мили към другите. Това не е възможно. Психологически не
- [Ошо: Има два начина на живеене - единият е на бика, другият е на будата](https://espirited.com/smartta-i-nie/) - За смъртта и как да я използваме – като повод за страх или като съветник за пълноценно изживян живот, говори по много красив начин Ошо. По време на негова беседа един човек го пита:"Понякога, внезапно и силно за мен... идва страхът от това да напусна цялата тази красота, тези приятелства и любов... Как е възможно
- [Ошо за самотата](https://espirited.com/samotata-2/) - По-долу е отговорът, който Ошо дава на човек, който споделя, че страда невероятно много от самота и пита какво може да направи за това. Тъй като той е относително дълъг, съм го превела със съкращения. За да прочетете целия текст на английски, съм сложила линк към него в края на публикацията. Както обикновено за Ошо,
- [Зорба-Буда](https://espirited.com/zorba-buda/) - Това е продължение по темата за двете истини от предишната статия "Депресията и истината за тялото". То започва с откъс от книгата на Казандзакис "Зорба гъркът", който Петя ми изпрати и който прекрасно илюстрира как изглежда обединението на тези две истини. "...Изтегнах се в кабината си, взех една книга. Буда все още властвуваше над тревогите ми;
- [Какво да направя, когато дойде страхът?](https://espirited.com/kakvo-da-napravya-kogato-doyde-strahat/) - Това е въпрос, който е отправен към Ошо. И ето как той отговаря: "Защо трябва да питаш какво да направиш? Когато има страх, просто се страхувай! Защо да създаваш дуалност? Когато дойдат моменти на страх, бъди уплашен, трепери със страха, позволи на страхът да влезе във владение. Защо е това постоянно питане: Какво да направя?
- [Ошо за тъгата като медитация](https://espirited.com/tagata-kato-meditatsiya/) - Един мой превод на част от беседа на Ошо, която представя идеята за осъзнатото преживяване, включително и (най-вече) на болезнените емоции и чувства. Тук примерът е с тъгата. "Тъгата може да стане много обогатяващ опит. Трябва да поработиш върху това. Лесно е да избягаш от тъгата си - и всички взаимоотношения обикновено са бягства; човек
- [Ошо за "пътя на хитреца"](https://espirited.com/patyat-na-hitretsa/) - По-долу е откъс от една беседа на Ошо. В нея той отговаря на въпрос от човек, който казва, че се движи между гнева и тъгата и не знае дали трябва да изразява гнева или до го остави да експлоадира вътре в себе си. На този въпрос Ошо отговаря така: "Гневът и тъгата са едно и
- [Ошо: Отпусни се в това](https://espirited.com/test-na-realnostta/) - Нещо от Ошо, което е по темата на предишната статия за тъмната нощ на душата. "Въпрос към Ошо: Чувствам, че не позволявам на сърцето ми да се отвори. Когато бях много млад, отхвърлях своите родители. Чувствах се добре да бъда малко лошо момче. Сега разбирам, че всичко, което съм си мислел, че е любов, е
- [Промяната идва чрез разбирането](https://espirited.com/da-razberesh-razbiraneto/) - По-долу е отговорът на Ошо на негов последовател, който споделя, че се чувства депресиран и самоосъждащ, но не знае защо. "Това е начинът да останеш същият... това е трик на ума. Вместо да отиде към разбирането, енергията започва да се движи към осъждането... а промяната идва чрез разбирането, не чрез осъждането. Така че умът е
- [Не вземай решения, когато е нощ](https://espirited.com/ne-vzemay-resheniya-kogato-e-nosht/) - По-долу е отговорът на Ошо на мъж, който казва, че има трудни взаимоотношения със своята приятелка и се чуди дали да продължи връзката с нея или не. "Недей да бързаш, защото това, което се случва, е, че умът има светли моменти и тъмни моменти, дневни моменти и нощни моменти. Когато е дневен момент, всичко изглежда
- [Само творческите личности са щастливи](https://espirited.com/samo-tvorcheskite-lichnosti-sa-sthastlivi/) - "Винаги поддържай своята индивидуалност в областта на творчеството и работата! Няма значение какво правиш като хлебопекар, като артист или духовен терапевт, да даваш най-доброто от себе си е тясно свързано с това да изразяваш своята индивидуалност и да я споделяш с целия свят. Светът не е пълен без теб. Вселената очаква твоя принос, а не
- [Бъди цялостен](https://espirited.com/badi-tsyalosten/) - "Да развиеш умението да бъдеш тотален, откликвайки на това, което идва, по начина, по който идва, е един от най-големите дарове, които може да си дадеш. Правейки нещата стъпка по стъпка, отдавайки цялото си внимание и енергия на всяка от тях, може да ти донесе чудесна нова жизненост и творчество във всичко, което правиш." Ошо
- [Ошо за ревността като болест на "пиедесталистите"](https://espirited.com/za-revnostta-kato-bolest-na-piedestal/) - "– Моят партньор е много ревнив и сякаш ме прави по-важна, отколкото съм аз." Това е въпрос, отправен към Ошо. Ето как отговаря той: “– Не е ревнив, той си мисли, че е малоценен. Ти използваш погрешна дума. Той си мисли, че ти си богиня, а той е нищожество. Така ли е? (тя клати утвърдително
- [Ошо: Единственият проблем](https://espirited.com/edinstveniyat-problem/) - Ошо: ако си бил истински нещастен, безнадежден, отчаян, страдащ, ако си живял в ада, ти си си спечелил рая. Ти си платил цената....
- [Ошо за объркването като дар](https://espirited.com/obarkvaneto-kato-dar/) - Според Ошо, "Объркването е огромна възможност. Проблемът с хората, които не са объркани, е огромен - те си мислят, че знаят, но всъщност не знаят. Хората, които вярват, че имат яснота, са наистина в голяма беда; тяхната яснота е много повърхностна. В действителност те не знаят какво означава яснотата; това, което те наричат яснота, е
- [Ошо: любовта трябва да бъде израз на твоето същество, а не емоция](https://espirited.com/da-si-zavladyan/) - Книгите на Ошо са продукт на това, което той е казал в разговори със своите саняси - беседи по определена тема или отговори на въпроси. В една от тях към него се обръща човек, който споделя, че често му се случва да бъде целият изпълнен с чувство, което не може да обясни: "там има дълбока
- [Алхимия на отегчението](https://espirited.com/vinagi-pomni-domakina/) - Според Ошо, "Има два начина да се отделиш от фалшивите си идентичности. Ти не си това, което си мислиш, чувстваш, представяш, проектираш. Това, което си, е просто фактът да си осъзнат. Каквото и да се случва, ти оставаш само съзнанието. Ти си съзнанието - тази идентичност не може да се разпадне. Тази идентичност не може
- [Ошо: можеш да бъдеш просветлен и да нямаш състрадание](https://espirited.com/parvo-sastradanieto/) - По-долу е много ценен коментар от Ошо, който прави разграничение между две духовни цели - постигането на просветление и развиването на състрадание. Допреди да го прочета аз си мислех, че те са свързани, но се оказа, че не е така. Според него можеш да бъдеш просветлен и да нямаш състрадание. Такова просветление обаче не носи
- [Ошо: техника за трансформация на болката в тялото](https://espirited.com/osho-tehnika-za-transformacziya-na-bolkata-v-tyaloto/) - „Има някаква болка в тялото. Направи едно нещо: забрави за тялото. Концентрирай се върху тази част от тялото, където е болката. И тогава ще забележиш нещо странно. Когато се концентрираш в тази част от тялото, където е болката, ще забележиш, че тази част се смалява. Най-напред ще усетиш болката в целия крак. Когато се концентрираш,
- [Нищо не е толкова сериозно, колкото изглежда](https://espirited.com/nistho-ne-e-tolkova-seriozno-kolkoto-izglezhda/) - „Гледай на живота радостно, приемай живота с лекота, отнасяй се към него спокойно, не създавай излишни проблеми. Деветдесет и девет процента от проблемите ти се създават от теб самия, защото гледаш на живота твърде сериозно. Сериозността е истинската причина за проблемите. Бъди игрив… бъди жив, бъди избилно жив.” Ошо
- [Ошо: Ако в теб не възникне осъзнатост, целият ти морал е фалшив](https://espirited.com/osho-ako-v-teb-ne-vaznikne-osaznatost-czeliyat-ti-moral-e-falshiv/) - "Бодхидхарма стои много над моралистите, пуританите, така наречените добри хора, алтруистите. Той е стигнал до самото дъно на проблема. Ако в теб не възникне осъзнатост, целият ти морал е фалшив, културата ти е просто тънък пласт, който всеки би могъл да разруши. Когато обаче моралът ти има за основа твоята осъзнатост, а не дадена дисциплина,
- [Седем начина да се интерпретира погрешно това, което се случва](https://espirited.com/izkrivyavane-na-realnostta/) - Създателят на когнитивното направление в психотерапията Арън Бек е изследвал начините, по които хората може да възприемат нещата в погрешна перспектива. Ето кои са най-широко разпространените от тях: 1.Черно-бяло мислене. При този вид когнитивна грешка ние виждаме нещата в крайности – добро или зло, перфектно или безполезно, успех или провал, морално или неморално, и така
- [Кога опознаваш истинската любов](https://espirited.com/istinskata-lyubov/) - "Този, чиято любов винаги е била взаимна, не познава истинската любов". суфистка мъдрост Има и такъв урок сред "Уроците на любовта". Ако се вярва на синхроничността, вие в момента го учите. Животът ви дава възможност да познаете истинската любов.
- [Мечо Пух за това как се вземат решения](https://espirited.com/vzemaneto-na-resheniya/) - "Когато разчитаме на Вътрешната си природа, тя не може да бъде излъгана. Много хора обаче нито се вглеждат, нито се ослушват в нея и, следователно, не разбират и себе си особено добре. А щом не се разбират достатъчно, те не уважават и себе си достатъчно, поради което се влияят лесно и от други.... Едно от
- [Усилията на "третия монах"](https://espirited.com/tretiya-monah/) - Ако сте си задавали някога въпроса защо ви е толкова трудно понякога, ето един възможен негов отговор. Той идва от една история, разказана от Хари Муди и Дейвид Карол в книгата им "Петте състояния на душата - карта на духовните преходи в живота ни". "Много, много отдавна, отшелник получил видение в пустинен манастир. Видял безбрежен
- [Основата на всички психични болести](https://espirited.com/osnovata-na-vsichki-psihichni-bolesti/) - "Тенденцията да се избягват проблемите, както и емоционалното страдание, с което са заредени, е основата на всички душевни болести. След като това е характерно за повечето от нас, то всички ние в по-малка или по-голяма степен сме психично болни, а някои отиват твърде далеч в стремежа си да избягат от трудностите и страданието.” Морган Скот
- [Да запазиш душата си](https://espirited.com/da-zapazish-dushata-si/) - "Ако сте се опитвали да играете някаква неприсъща ви роля и не сте успели, вие сте имали късмет. Може и да сте изгнаници, но сте запазили душите си." Клариса Пинкола Естес, "Бягащата с вълци"
- [Какво е "неправенето", притча](https://espirited.com/nepraveneto/) - "Вървял Буда с учениците си из гората, ожаднели, видели изворче, хвърлили се учениците да пият вода, сбутали се и размътили водата. Започнали да се чудят какво да правят. Буда обаче настоял да продължат пътя си. Учениците били много жадни, настоявали, молели да изчистят изворчето, Буда бил непреклонен. Когато след часове ходене достигнали следващото изворче, то
- [Какво е истинският провал](https://espirited.com/za-uspeha/) - “Човек никога не претърпява истински провал, освен когато спре да се опитва”. Елбърт Хюбърд
- [Руми: Да си странноприемница](https://espirited.com/stranopriemnitsa/) - Споделям с вас аматьорския си превод на една прекрасна и моя много любима поема от суфисткия мистик и ирански поет Мевляна Джалал ал-Дин Мухаммад Руми. "Да бъдеш човешко същество е като да си странноприемница. Всяка сутрин има нов пристигащ. Радост, потиснатост, подлост, моментно осъзнаване - идват като неочакван посетител. Посрещни ги и ги нагости всичките!!!
- [Реализира се единствено чистото намерение](https://espirited.com/zhelanie-ili-namerenie/) - "Желанията не се изпълняват, мечтите не се сбъдват – реализира се единствено чистото намерение. До реализация довежда не самото желание, а устремеността към желаното. Намерението не е усърдие, а спокойна съсредоточеност и решимост." Вадим Зеланд
- [Кришнамурти за началото на добродетелта](https://espirited.com/natchaloto-na-dobrodetelta/) - "Разбирането за това какво сте, каквото и да е то - грозен или красив, язвителен или закачлив - разбирането за това какво сте, без изопачаване, е началото на добродетелта. Добродетелта е много важна, защото тя ви прави свободни. Ще откриете, че само добродетелта ви дава възможност да живеете - не култивираната добродетел, която ви носи
- [Перлата - това сте вие, трансформирани от опитностите на дуалността](https://espirited.com/tselta-na-preminavaneto-prez-dualnost/) - Памела Крибе за целта на човешкия живот и творчеството на Земята "Моля ви да не подценявате значението на своите прераждания на Земята. Вие принадлежите към най-творческата, напреднала и смела част от Бога (Всичко, което Е). Вие сте изследователи на неизвестното и творци на новото. Вашите изследвания в сферата на дуалността обслужват цел, която далеч надхвърля
- [Когато разбереш това, ще бъдеш свободен](https://espirited.com/otkade-idva-dobroto/) - "Доброто в твоя живот не идва от някой човек отвън. Когато разбереш това, ще бъдеш свободен. Няма причина или нужда да играеш роли пред другия, за да получиш неговото благоволение. Просто остани себе си, без да предаваш своята същност. Говори своята истина с внимание и любов. И имай смелостта да знаеш, че това, което търсиш,
- [К.Г.Юнг: Хората не бива да бъдат надхитрявани, даже когато това е в тяхна полза](https://espirited.com/izvan-konteksta/) - "... Аз обаче знам от опит, че това не е за добро - хората не бива да бъдат надхитрявани, даже когато това е в тяхна полза. Не искам да изкарвам никого от релсите на неговата криворазбрана вяра. Навярно за оня човек е било добре да стигне до абсолютен провал, отколкото да бъде спасен с лъжливи
- [Юнг за "пресъхналата локва"](https://espirited.com/popovi-lazhitchki/) - "Ах, тези послушни, прилежни и здрави хора - те винаги ми напомнят за онези оптимистични попови лъжички, които, весело размахвайки опашки, се припичат на слънцето в някоя гъсто населена дъждовна локва - най-плитката от всички подобни, без дори да подозират, че още утре тя ще е е пресъхнала!" К.Г.Юнг "Автобиография - спомени, сънища, размисли" Когато
- [Кабала: От какво сме направени?](https://espirited.com/ot-kakvo-sme-napraveni/) - "От книгата "Силата на Кабала", автор Йехуда Бърг. "Кои сме ние? От какво се състоим? Какъв е нашият материал, нашата същност, сърцевината ни? От какъв първичен елемент сме направени? Случвало ли ви се е наистина да се замислите по този въпрос? Кабала ни определя с една-единствена дума: ЖЕЛАНИЕ! Когато Кабала ни определя с думата желание,
- [Йехуда Бърг за целта на живота](https://espirited.com/teoriya-na-reaktivnostta/) - От книгата на Йехуда Бърг "Силата на Кабала": "Когато се вгледаме в света на 99%, откриваме четири ключови свойства на Светлината, които сме наследили и които трябва да изявим в нашия свят, за да премахнем Срамния хляб. Това са: Да бъдеш причината Да бъдеш Създател Да контролираш Да споделяш В нашия физически свят тези четири свойства
- [Любовта е усилието за растеж](https://espirited.com/silata-na-lyubovta/) - "Но коя е тази сила, която ни подтиква и като индивиди, и като вид да растем в разрез с естествената съпротива на собствената ни летаргия? Ние вече я споменахме - това е любовта. Тя беше дефинирана така: "Стремеж да се разширим с цел да подхраним духовното развитие на партньора си или своето собствено." Когато израстваме,
- [Сътресенията, притча](https://espirited.com/satreseniyata/) - "В кутия насипали топчета - дървени и медни - с еднакъв размер. Затворили капака, почакали, отворили. Както си лежали преди, така си и останали. Отново затворили и разтресли добре кутията. Отворили и погледнали. Отгоре били дървените топчета; медните отдолу. Топчетата знаят своя път. Всяко от тях. Нима ние сме по-глупави? Старец пътувал в препълнен автобус.
- [Зовът на предците ни, двудневна група](https://espirited.com/zovat-na-predtsite-ni/) - Двудневен семинар за личностно развитие и себепознание 31 юли -1 август, 2010 “ ...несъзнаваното кореспондира с митичната страна на мъртвите, със земята на предците... ... и до днес за мен мъртвите стават все по-различими като гласовете на Неотговореното, Неразрешеното и Неизпълненото, тъй като въпросите и изискванията, на които трябваше да дам решителен отговор, не ми
- [Реалността е винаги по-благосклонна](https://espirited.com/realnostta/) - "Реалността винаги е по-благосклонна, отколкото историята, която измисляме за нея." Байрън Кейти
- [Мъдрата любов преобразява](https://espirited.com/madrata-lyubov-preobrazyava/) - Знаете ли приказката за жабока, който, след като бил целунат от принцесата, се превърнал в принц? Каръл Пирсън, авторката на книгата "Героят в теб", пише, че в оригиналния вариант на тази приказка "раз-омагьосващото действие" е много различно. Съответно различна е и неговата психологическа интерпретация. И това означава много и за това в какво се състои
- [Уолш: Това е твоята истина](https://espirited.com/istinata-2/) - "Негативните чувства не са истински чувства изобщо; по-скоро те са твоите мисли за нещо, което се основава на твоите мисли за нещо, което винаги се основава на твоя предишен опит - твой или чужд. Ти няма да намериш Истината в записите на своя минал опит, ще намериш само записи от миналото, които са основани на други
- [Какво е упоритост](https://espirited.com/uporitost/) - "Най-хубавите резултати в живота обикновено се постигат с прости средства и с обикновени качества. Те могат да бъдат обобщени с две неща - здрав разум и упоритост." Оуен Фелтам "Упоритост е да не успееш 19 пъти и да успееш на 20-я път." Дж. Андрюз
- [Юнг: Не съществува линеарно развитие, има само обикаляне в кръг](https://espirited.com/na-patekata-za-byagane/) - "... целта на психичното развитие е Цялостната личност. Не съществува линеарно развитие, има само circumambulation (обикаляне в кръг) на Цялостната личност. Еднолинейно развитие съществува най-много в началото, а по-късно всичко е насочено към средата". К.Г.Юнг, "Автобиография - спомени, размисли, сънища", с.190 За мен тази мисъл на Юнг е много важна, защото обяснява разликата в психичните промени,
- [Юнг: Човек си запазва последната дума дори пред Божията воля](https://espirited.com/poslednata-duma/) - "Човек си запазва последната дума дори пред Божията воля. В противен случай - в какво би се състояла свободата му? И в какво - смисълът й, ако не е в състояние да заплаши заплашващия?" К.Г.Юнг, "Автобиография - спомени, сънища, размисли", с.214
- [Когнитивната психотерапия и "средното събитие"](https://espirited.com/srednoto-sabitie/) - Кое според вас е това нещо, което най-силно ни влияе върху начина, по който се чувстваме и действаме? Според когнитивната психотерапия това е мисленето. Основната теза на когнитивната психотерапия е, че начинът, по който се чувстваме по отношение на дадено “нещо”, в по-голяма степен зависи от начина, по който мислим за него, отколкото от самото
- [Няма осъзнаване без прошка за родителите ни](https://espirited.com/oproshtenie/) - "Няма осъзнаване без прошка за родителите ни. Независимо дали ни харесва, нашата майка е нашата първична представа за възрастна жена, а баща ни е нашата основна представа за възрастен мъж. Ако съм мъж и тая негодувание срещу майка си, аз непрекъснато ще проектирам чувството за вина върху другите жени, които влизат в живота ми; а
- [Каква е причината за болката в една връзка](https://espirited.com/predvaretelnite-planove/) - "Страховете във взаимоотношенията обикновено се коренят в предварителните ни планове за другия или връзката. Не е наша работа да се опитваме да превръщаме връзката в това, което смятаме, че трябва да бъде. Ако някой не се държи като велик романтичен любовник, вероятно не е предвидено за нас той да бъде такъв. Това не го прави
- [Бог и егото имат съвършено различни представи за "добрата връзка"](https://espirited.com/iztselenie-2/) - "Като храмове на изцелението, взаимоотношенията ни наподобяват на пътуване към Божествения лекарски кабинет. Как би могъл да ни помогне лекарят, ако не му покажем своите рани? Преди да бъдат излекувани, гнездата на нашия страх трябва да бъдат разкрити. Ако една връзка ни позволява да избягваме своите неизлекувани болки, ние се крием в нея, а не
- [И това ще мине](https://espirited.com/prastenat/) - "Един император извикал мъдреците си и им казал да му изработят пръстен, на който да гравират надпис, който да му помага в трудните моменти и да му напомня в добрите за тяхната преходност. Дълго умували мъдреците и когато накрая красивият пръстен бил готов, на него пишело: "И това ще мине". И това ще мине.
- [Ерих Фром за изкуството да обичаш](https://espirited.com/izkustvoto-da-obitchash/) - От книгата на Ерих Фром "Изкуството да обичаш": "Обичта е чувство, което човек трудно може да си позволи независимо от степента на своята зрелост. Нашето намерение е да убедим читателя, че всичките му опити да обича са обречени на неуспех, ако той не се стреми най-активно да развива качествата на цялостната си личност с оглед
- [Ерих Фром: Обичта е активност, а не пасивен акт](https://espirited.com/erih-from-obichta-e-aktivnost-a-ne-pasiven-akt/) - "Обичта е активност, а не пасивен афект. Тя е „участвам", а не „хлътвам". По възможно най-общ начин активният характер на обичта може да се обясни като даване, а не като получаване. Най-разпространеното заблуждение е, че да даваш означава да „отпишеш" нещо, да се лишиш от нещо, да направиш жертва. Такъв смисъл влага в понятието човекът,
- [Ерих Фром и "изкуството да обичаш"](https://espirited.com/erih-from-za-obichta/) - От книгата на Ерих Фром "Изкуството да обичаш": "Обичта е зрелият отговор на проблема за съществуването. Осъзнатата човешка изолираност без обединителната сила на обичта става източник на срам. Същевременно тя е източник на чувство за вина и на страх. Най-голямата потребност на човека следователно, е да превъзмогне изолираността, да напусне затвора на самотата си. Постигнатото
- [Морган Скот Пек за "евтината прошка"](https://espirited.com/evtinata-proshka/) - "Мнозина страдат от проблема, който аз наричам "евтината прошка". При първото си идване при терапевта заявяват: "Знам, че детството ми не беше идеално, но родителите ми направиха всичко, което им беше по силите, и аз им прощавам." Но когато терапевтът ги поопознае, открива, че изобщо не са простили на родителите си. Просто са си внушили, че
- [Психологическите характеристики на Служителите на Светлината](https://espirited.com/psihologitcheski-harakteristiki-na-sl/) - По-долу е цитат от книгата на Памела Крибе "Ченълингите на Йешуа". Той представя психологическите характеристики на една група хора, които тя нарича "служители на светлината". "- От самото начало на своя живот те се чувстват различни. Много често се усещат изолирани от другите, самотни и неразбрани. Нерядко стават индивидуалисти, които се стремят да намерят своя уникален жизнен
- [Морган Скот Пек за цената на самотата](https://espirited.com/tsenata-na-samotata/) - Знам от опит, че често хората отказват да извървят пътя на духовното израстване, защото не искат да платят цената. А тази цена има много лица и едно от тях е самотата. "Друг товар, който съпътства по-високото съзнание и компетентност е самотата - резултат от надхвърлянето на границите на традиционната култура. Векове наред само малцина след
- [Кои са съставните части на любовта](https://espirited.com/sastavnite-tchasti-na-lyubovta/) - От книгата на Морган Скот Пек, "Изкуството да бъдеш Бог" "Всеки път, когато предприемаме някаква стъпка за разширяване на собствените си граници, ние го правим, преодолявайки инерцията на мързела или противопоставяйки се на страха. Едното наричаме работа, а другото смелост. В такъв случай любовта е или работа, или смелост, насочена към задоволяване на потребността, наша
- [Ключът към общуването е в нагласата, която стои зад казаното](https://espirited.com/vazhno-e-ne-kakvo-kazvash/) - "Когато говорим, ключът към общуването не е какво казваме, а нагласата, която стои зад казаното. И тъй като съществува само един ум, всички ние постоянно общуваме телепатично. Всеки път избираме дали ще се свържем, или ще се отделим, и човекът, с когото говорим, усеща нашия избор независимо от думите ни. Когато изберем да се свържем,
- [Морган Скот Пек: какво означава пълноценният живот](https://espirited.com/kakvo-oznatchava-palnotsenniya-zhivot/) - "В практиката ми като психотерапевт редовно казвах на своите пациенти: " Психотерапията се занимава не с щастието, а със силата. Ако извървите целия път не мога да ви гарантирам, че ще си тръгнете оттук и на йота по-щастливи. Това, което мога да ви обещая е, че ще си тръгнете оттук по-компетентни." И добавях: "Но в света има
- [За разликата между самосъжаление или самосъстрадание](https://espirited.com/samosazhalenie-ili-samosastradanie/) - Казват, че е добре да си поплачем, за да ни олекне. Това обаче не се отнася до плача, породен от вторично чувство (виж статията за Първични и вторични чувства) - така нареченото самосъжаление. Докато неговата първична форма се отнася до чувството на дълбока болка (и скръб), породено от загуба, то в неговия псевдо-вариант, вместо да
- [Томас Мъртън: Какво означава да обичаш](https://espirited.com/za-obitchta-i-svobodata/) - "Да обичаш означава да оставиш онези, които обичаш, да бъдат изцяло себе си, а не да ги моделираш по свой образ и подобие. В противен случай обичта ни е насочена единствено към отражението на самите себе си, което виждаме в тях." Томас Мъртън Ако това е вашият урок от уроците на любовта, гледайте на него
- [Тадеуш Голас: какво е кармата](https://espirited.com/za-karmata/) - Най-кратката дефиниция за "карма" е закон за причината и следствието, според който човек е отговорен за последиците от своите избори на нивото на душата - вечната и безсмъртна част у нас. Тадеуш Голас, автор на книгата "Ръководство за просветление за мързеливи", дава една малко по-различна гледна точка. Според него: "Кармата не се явява точния „разчет”
- [Необикновена наблюдателност](https://espirited.com/neobiknovena-nablyudatelnost/) - "Трябва да започнем със себе си преди да разберем каква е крайната цел на живота и какво означава всичко това - войните, враждите между народите, конфликтите и цялата тази бъркотия. Изглежда много лесно, но всъщност е извънредно трудно. За да изучим себе си, за да видим как действат нашите мисли, трябва да сме необикновено наблюдателни.
- ["Дао-то на охлюва", притча](https://espirited.com/kitayska-prittcha/) - Това е една прекрасна притча за трима монаха в един даоски манастир, които имали различни мнения по един въпрос, свързан с охлюв. "Веднъж двама монаха се разхождали в градината на даоския манастир. Изведнъж единият от тях видял пълзящ охлюв на алеята. Вторият монах, негов духовен брат, по невнимание едва не го настъпил, но първият го спрял.
- [Да си "монах" в съвременния свят](https://espirited.com/dve-v-edno/) - Един от симптомите на депресията е загубата на интерес към неща, които дотогава са били привлекателни за нас - като срещи с приятели или различни форми на развлечения. Същото характеризира и процеса на духовна трансформация, от който депресията е неизбежна част (виж статията Нигредо). Себепознанието е силно интровертен процес. Затова тогава основното ни желание става
- [За просветлението и любовта](https://espirited.com/sled-prosvetlenieto/) - Основна характеристика на психически здравия човек е да е успял да интегрира "сенчестата" страна на психиката си и да е постигнал вътрешна цялостност. Основна черта на човека, постигнал просветление, е съвсем същата - той е цялостен. А лепилото, което слепва в едно разпокъсаните ни части, се нарича любов. Тадеуш Голас: "Няма никакъв правилен подход към
- [Предизвикателството да се присъединиш към малцинството](https://espirited.com/v-kakvo-e-predizvikatelstvoto-da-se-pr/) - Ето още споделени мисли от създателя на логотерапията Виктор Франкъл в книгата му "Смисълът в живота". Този път темата е изборите, които правим в трудни ситуации, защото само тогава разбираме дали живеем това, което проповядваме. "Зигмунд Фройд твърди на едно място: "Нека някой опита да подложи известен брой най-различни хора на глад при еднакви условия.
- [Катрин Шулц: За грешките](https://espirited.com/katrin-shults-za-greshkite/) - Това е една прекрасна презентация от 17 минути, които определено си заслужават гледането! Ако решите да ги отделите и стигнете до картината с човека, който ходи във въздуха, моля да прочетете и как изглежда, когато не се живее от вътрешната страна на асцендента. Точно така изглежда - като на тази картина. Ръбът на скалата е още
- [Ако не обичаш това, което правиш](https://espirited.com/obitchay-vsyaka-vazmozhnost/) - Една приятелка ми прати този текст, който много ми хареса затова с удоволствие го споделям. "Казват, че трябва да обичаш, това което правиш, но в крайна сметка съвсем не е задължително да е така. Вярно е обаче, че трябва да обичаш всяка една възможност, която ти се предоставя. Възможността да изградиш живота си, бъдещето си,
- [Памела Крибе за дара на отчаянието](https://espirited.com/darat-na-otchayanieto/) - "Душата говори с вас в миговете на мълчание. Чувате нейния глас когато вече не знаете нищо. Често душата започва да говори много ясно едва когато се предавате и хвърляте бялата кърпа на ринга. Когато се предадете и се отчаете, тогава вие се откривате за новото. Тогава освобождавате всичките си очаквания и наистина приемате онова, което е.
- [Джани Родари, "Кристалният Джакомо"](https://espirited.com/kristalniyat-dzhakomo/) - Това е една моя много любима приказка от Джани Родари. Сещала съм се за нея в моменти, когато ми е било трудно, и тя ми е помагала. За мен тя е истинска лечебна приказка, която сега с удоволствие споделям. "Едно време в далечен град се родило прозрачно дете. През него можело да се вижда както
- [Ноодинамика](https://espirited.com/kakvo-ni-tlaska-napred/) - Ето едно много важно понятие в логоанализата, създадена от Виктор Франкъл, нарича се ноодинамика. "Това, от което човек наистина се нуждае, не е безметежно състояние, а по-скоро стремеж и борба за смислена цел, свободно избрана задача. Той се нуждае не от снемане на напрежението на всяка цена, а от призива на потенциалния смисъл, очакващ да бъде
- [Стивън Кови: "Етика на характера" и "етика на личността"](https://espirited.com/dalgotraen-ili-kratkotraen-uspeh/) - За разликата между краткотрайния и дълготрайния успех Всички ние искаме да успеем, но какво всъщност е успехът? На пръв поглед отговорът е очевиден, но така е само на пръв поглед. Защото от отговора на този въпрос зависи и един друг отговор - как да го постигнем. Защото различните средства водят до различен вид успех. Една
- [Феноменът на "заучената безпомощност"](https://espirited.com/zautchena-bezpomoshtnost/) - Има експеримент, за който си спомням от студентските години - как са открили феномена на "заучената безпомощност". Той се провел с кучета, които били подложени на серия от електрошокове, като условието е било, че не могат да ги контролират. Каквото и да направели, винаги получавали дозата негативно преживяване. След това условията на експеримента се променили
- [Смирение без примирение](https://espirited.com/smirenie/) - "Смирението не значи да си малодушен и бездеен. То не води нито до фатализъм, нито до капитулация. Точно обратното. В смирението е заложена сила – сила извираща отвътре. Който се подчини смирено на божественото естество на живота, ще пребъде в невъзмутимо спокойствие и мир дори когато целият широк свят е хвърлен в смут." Елиф Шафак
- [Здравословната агресия, притча](https://espirited.com/zdravoslovnata-agresiya/) - Това е една история от Ведите, преразказана в книгата "Динамиките на подсъзнанието" от Хауърд Саспортас и Лиз Грийн - водещи автори в психологическото направление на астрологията. "Имало една змия, която всявала ужас в едно село. Тя хапела и убивала хора. Там пристигнал мъдрец, проповядващ своята философия за любов и духовно разбиране. Змията случайно чула една
- [Четвъртият грях](https://espirited.com/tchetvartiyat-gryah/) - "По произход агресивността е почти еднозначна с активността." Д. Уиникът С този цитат започва главата "Астрология на агресията" от Хауърд Саспортас в книгата "Динамиките на подсъзнанието". В нея авторът разкрива с примери от астрологията как в нас природно е заложен агресивният импулс (енергията на планетата Марс) и колко важно е той да не се потиска, а
- [Да съдържаш като сдържаш](https://espirited.com/da-sadarzhash-ili-da-sdarzhash/) - Какво да правим, когато емоциите на гнева са твърде силни? И нито подходящите техники за освобождаване на тяхната енергия, нито подходящите умения за комуникация не помагат да се освободим от взривоопасната им енергия? Ето една трета гледна точка за справяне не само с гнева, но и с всички твърде интензивни емоции. Тя се нарича „да
- ["Калцинацията" – за смисъла на разочарованата любов](https://espirited.com/kaltsinatsiya-ili-za-smisala-na-razotchar/) - Това е продължение на предишната публикация "Да съдържаш като сдържаш", която представя работата с огнения елемент в нашата психика - страстта и желанията. Нейната цел е да представи гледната точка на аналитичната психология по отношение на преживявания, които всеки от нас познава в една или друга степен - изоставянето и отхвърлянето в любовта. Това дава
- [Опасностите по духовния път: "висше отклонение"](https://espirited.com/visshe-otklonenie/) - По пътя от "себеосъществяване към себенадхвърляне" има една много специфична опасност - в хуманистичната психология на Маслоу тя се нарича "висше отклонение". Ето неговото описание от Хауърд Саспортас в книгата "Динамики на подсъзнанието": "Някои хора свързват чувства като радостта, блаженството или универсалната любов с Висшето Аз. Но възприятието за Висшето Аз не е непременно изпълнено
- [Съдба и характер са две имена на един и същ принцип](https://espirited.com/sadba-i-harakter-sa-dve-imena-na-edin-i/) - "Животът, изглежда, има дразнещ начин да прави така в онези сфери, в които сме неуравновесени. Именно това има предвид Новалис, че характер и съдба са две имена на един и същ принцип." Лиз Грийн Това е коментарът, който Лиз Грийн в анализа на рождената карта на жена, която цял живот попада в ситуации на разочароващи
- ["Комплекс на Йона" и страхът от собственото величие](https://espirited.com/kolko-golyam-e-tchovekat/) - Според основателя на хуманистичната психология Ейбрахам Маслоу вътре в нас има т.нар. "страх от собственото ни величие", който той нарича "комплекс на Йона". "Страхуваме се от най-висшите си възможности (както и от най-нисшите). Обикновено се плашим да станем онова, което можем да зърнем в най-съвършените си моменти, в най-съвършените условия, при обстоятелства на най-голяма смелост.
- [Берт Хелингер, който познава "малкия Орфей"](https://espirited.com/po-malkiyat-orfey/) - Това е една история, преразказана от Берт Хелингер в книгата му "Love’s hidden symmetry": "В старите времена, когато боговете все още изглежда са били по-близо до човешките същества, двама певци на име Орфей, живеели на един и същ остров. Един от тях е бил Орфей Великият - същият този, за когото знаем от легендите. Който
- [Да живееш това, което знаеш](https://espirited.com/da-zhiveesh-tova-koeto-znaesh/) - "Когато бил на 31 години поетът Райнер Мария Рилке написал писмо до свой приятел: "Престани да търсиш отговорите. Ти няма да си способен да ги живееш, ако ги намериш." Това е много важна психотерапевтична аксиома: не давай на никого отговор, който той не е готов да живее." Берт Хелингер Моите колеги психотерапевти знаят по-горното правило
- [Берт Хелингер за фалшивата безпомощност](https://espirited.com/falshiva-bezpomoshtnost/) - "Когато срещу някой се съгреши, той страда безпомощно. Колкото по-голяма е безпомощността на жертвата, толкова по-сурово ние съдим съгрешилия. Но нараненият партньор рядко е напълно безпомощен след като вредата е била причинена. Той обикновено има възможността да действа - или да прекрати взаимоотношението, или да изисква изкупление от партньора си, и, когато прави това, да
- [Берт Хелингер: Мечтата за невинност без вина е илюзия](https://espirited.com/litchnata-savest/) - Според Берт Хелингер, създателят на семейните констелации: "Във всички наши различни взаимоотношения, нашите основни нужди си взаимодействат по комплексен начин: 1. Нуждата да принадлежим, което означава от свързаност. 2. Нуждата да поддържаме баланса между даването и вземането, което е от равновесие. 3. Нуждата от сигурност на социално споразумение и предсказуемост, което е от ред. Тези
- [Берт Хелингер за "тайната на пътеката"](https://espirited.com/taynata-na-patekata/) - "Бих искал да кажа нещо за тайната на пътеката. Напредваш по пътя си като изоставяш зад себе си всичко от преди, дори своите стари прозрения. Но има още нещо за пътя. Постигаш целта с последната стъпка. Всичко преди това е просто подготовка." Берт Хелингер Много харесвам тази тайна. Затова бих искала да повторя последната й
- [Полето на знанието и методът семейни констелации](https://espirited.com/pole-na-znanieto/) - "Полето на знанието" е феномен, с който се запознах за първи път като участник в група за семейни констелации. И това, което видях и преживях тогава, остави толкова дълбоки следи в съзнанието ми, че оттогава насам моето възприятие като човек и като психотерапевт вече не е същото. Бях силно впечатлена не само от теорията на
- [Герит Гилен: какво означава висока чувствителност](https://espirited.com/angelite-na-zemyata/) - Това е четиво за чувствителни хора с духовни интереси, в което споделям част от статията на Герит Гилен "От свръхчувствителност към висока чувствителност - стани ангелът, който си ти". "Много хора са свръхчувствителни. Те не могат да понасят шума, агресията и трескавия ритъм на модерното общество. Често страдат от психосоматични разстройства и безсъние. Това, което
- [Стремете се първо да разберете, а след това да бъдете разбрани](https://espirited.com/stremete-se-parvo-da-razberete-a-sled-t/) - Това е петият от навиците за високо ефективните хора от едноименната книга на Стивън Кови. Според него този навик е "толкова основен за човешкото общуване, че неприлагането му прилича на случая, при който отиваме на очен лекар, за да ни помогне със зрението, а той вместо да ни прегледа и да ни постави диагноза ни предлага много състрадателно собствените си очила като горещо ни ги препоръчва, защото се е убедил от личен опит колко много му помагат да вижда по-добре.
- [Емоционалната банкова сметка](https://espirited.com/emoczionalnata-bankova-smetka/) - Ето една идея от Стивън Кови как да "забогатеете" - започнете да натрупвате активи в т.нар. "емоционална банкова сметка". Това е метафората, която той използва, за да опише колко доверие се е изградило в дадена връзка и която измерва "чувството за сигурност, което имате с друг човек".
- ["Душите-индиго", от Кабир Джафи и Ритама Дейвидсън](https://espirited.com/edna-interesna-kniga-dushite-indigo/) - Ето едно предложение за четене - книгата "Душите-индиго", от Кабир Джафи и Ритама Дейвидсън. Попаднах на нея чрез моя близка, която ми я изпрати, впечатлена от еднаквостта на посланията, които се съдържат в нея, и написаното за Ангелите на Земята. Просто думата, с която се описват тези хора, е друга - индигови хора. И тяхната основна
- [Къде е истинският проблем?](https://espirited.com/istinskiyat-problem/) - (1) Помислете какво е повод за проблем в живота ви: Родителите? Партньорът или липсата на такъв? Децата? Шефът? Работата? Политиците? Глобалното затопляне? Грубостта на хората? Смъртта? Здравето? Вие самите и вашите несъвършенства?... Вижте колко се може по-добре това. Формулирайте го ясно и кратко, докато усетите, че именно това е, което най-много ви притеснява и тревожи.
- [Ключът, много просто, са другите хора](https://espirited.com/kak-se-otklyuchva-velichestvenata-katedrala-v-uma-ni/) - "Преди да прочета Курс по чудеса бях изучавала много духовни и философски трудове. Имах чувствата, че ме водят до огромно стълбище към величествена катедрала в ума ми, но щом стигнех до стълбите, вратата на църквата се оказваше заключена. Курсът ми даде ключа, който отвори вратата. Ключът, много просто, са другите хора". Мелиън Уилямсън, "Завръщане към
- [Проблемът е решението](https://espirited.com/problemat-e-reshenieto/) - Ако успеем да намерим кой е този проблем, след това откриваме, че именно той съдържа решението на наистина истинския ни проблем.
- [Роберто Асаджиоли: Психични болести и кризи на духовното развитие](https://espirited.com/psihitchni-bolesti-i-krizi-na-duhovnoto/) - "Въпреки че разстройствата, съпътстващи кризите на духовното развитие, напомнят на някои болести, а понякога даже е трудно да се отличат от тях, в действителност техните причини и значение са съвършено различни, а в определен смисъл даже противоположни. Съответно и тяхното лечение трябва да бъде различно." Роберто Асаджиоли Тази мисъл на Роберто Асаджиоли (италиански психиатър) е
- [Отвътре-навън означава да започнем първо със себе си](https://espirited.com/otvatre-navan/) - Това е един много основен урок по лидерство, преподаден от Стивън Кови в книгата му "Седемте навика на високо ефективните хора". Тази книга започва с история, в която той има проблем с поведението на сина си. Решавайки този проблем, той разбира, че същият подход е приложим навсякъде - както в семейството, така и в работата. Този подход се нарича "отвътре-навън" и в същността си е нещо, което добре знаем: промяната на света започва от нас самите; не можем да променим външния свят, ако първо не променим вътрешния.
- ["Законът на саможертвата" и страданието на Цялото](https://espirited.com/zakonat-na-zhertvata/) - От доста време насам изследвам идеята, че човешкото страдание има два различни източника - (1) личен и (2) надличностен (колективен). И разбирам, че има хора, които в по-голяма степен преживяват второто. Това означава, че произходът на тяхното страдание се отнася не само до техните лични съдби и обстоятелства в живота, а е свързан с отработването
- [Робин Норууд, "Защо това, Защо на мен, Защо сега"](https://espirited.com/zashto-tova-zashto-na-men-zashto-sega/) - Препоръчвам ви тази книга с автор Робин Норууд, с подзаглавие "Духовен пътеводител в лабиринта от въпроси за човешкото съществуване". За да разберете малко повече за авторката и за това как тя пише, започвам с един цитат от нея: "Представете си, че пред вас застава някой и ви казва: „През следващите няколко години ще преминеш през
- [Кое е обратното на Доброто?](https://espirited.com/koe-e-obratnoto-na-dobroto/) - Това е цитат от книгата на Памела Крибе, Ченълингите на Йешуа, който е много важен за мен. По-долу ще обясня защо. "За да направи промяна, за да създаде възможност за движение и разширение, Бог трябвало да въведе в Своето творение такъв Елемент, който да се отличава от вездесъщото Добро. Това за Него било много трудно, тъй като
- ["Лингвистични упражнения"](https://espirited.com/lingvistitchni-uprazhneniya/) - "Веднъж един човек, разхождайки се до една пропаст, паднал. Падайки, той успял да се хване за клона на малко дърво, растящо в процеп на скалата. Висейки на клона, поклащан от студения вятър, човекът осъзнал цялата безнадеждност на своето положение: на дъното - речни камъни с мъхове, а възможност за покатерване нагоре просто нямало. Ръцете му,
- [Да си докоснат от смъртта](https://espirited.com/da-si-dokosnat-ot-smartta/) - Наскоро се чух как отговарям на една клиентка, че съм "такава", защото съм "докосната от смъртта". И осъзнах, че този израз описва най-добре най-важното за мен. Когато бях на седемнадесет години почина майка ми. Но още преди това да се случи, аз постоянно живеех в страх от смъртта, защото тя беше болна, откакто се помня.
- [Лидерството и признаването на грешките](https://espirited.com/priznavane-na-greshkite-2/) - „Всеки лидер има недостатъци и всеки от тях е подвластен на човешки слабости и грешки. Именно чрез признаване на своите недостатъци и грешки лидерите се свързват с хората и им дават сила за действие”. Бил Джордж
- [За професионалния бърнаут или "как се варят живи жаби"](https://espirited.com/kak-se-varyat-zhivi-zhabi/) - Разбрах за този факт от живота на жабите от семинара на Анастасия Маркова (Ася) "Депресия и работна среда", на който бях организатор наскоро. С голямо неудобство Ася ни разказа за него, уточнявайки, че не познава по-добър пример от него, за да илюстрира процеса на неуловимото и постепенно прегаряне в работата, което ние психолозите наричаме бърнаут.
- [Системната психотерапия: няма болни индивиди – има болни отношения](https://espirited.com/da-mislish-sistemno/) - Има едно направление в психотерапията, за което досега не съм писала в блога си, но на което дължа изключително много - системната психотерапия. Когато за първи път се запознах с него, бях изключително впечатлена от неговата парадигма за разбиране на причините на психичните проблеми и тяхното лечение. Много може да се каже за този относително
- [Емоционалната интелигентност и успехът в живота](https://espirited.com/inteligentnite-emotsii/) - Начинът, по който се отнасяме към емоциите си, е решаващ за нашето психично благополучие.
- [Триъгълната теория за любовта - въпроси и отговори](https://espirited.com/triagalnata-teoriya-za-lyubovta-vapros/) - Триъгълната теория на любовта е създадена от Робърт Стернберг и е "триъгълна", защото се състои от три компонента: (1) страст - това е физическото привличане, (2) близост и (3) ангажираност. По-подробно за тези три страни на триъгълника, от комбинацията между които се получават различните видове любов. Ако се чувствате физически привлечени от някого, вие притежавате
- [Правилото на единия процент](https://espirited.com/praviloto-na-ediniya-protsent/) - Преди време, когато започнах да си търся работа като психолог, ми казваха, че за целта ми трябват връзки. Че без връзки нищо не може да стане. Въпреки това аз успях да си намеря работа като психолог. Без връзки. Петнадесет години по-късно напуснах тази работа, за да потърся друга, която повече подхожда на моята развила се
- [Двете жабки и чудото, приказка](https://espirited.com/dvete-zhabi-i-tchudoto/) - Има една приказка за двете жабки, която знам от моя баща. Видях, че я има и в интернет, но за мен това е приказка, която не съм чела, а ми е разказвана, когато съм била малка и по този начин се е врязала в паметта ми. Затова сега я преразказвам със свои думи и със
- [Времето, в което живеем - отиващата си епоха на Рибите](https://espirited.com/vremeto-v-koeto-zhiveem-otivashtata-si-e/) - Не можем да разберем в дълбочина себе си, ако не разберем времето, в което живеем. Частта носи характеристиките на Цялото и, ако иска да осъзнае своята роля и място в него, ще се наложи да разбере повече за Цялото. А това Цяло се променя и тази промяна също трябва да бъде разбрана. На едно външно ниво
- [Времето, в което живеем - идващата епоха на Водолея](https://espirited.com/vremeto-v-koeto-zhiveem-idvashtata-energ/) - По-долу е цитат от книгата „Душите индиго“ на Кабир Джафи и Ритама Дейвидсън, който представя основните характеристики на идващата епоха на Водолея. Това е енергията, която от няколко века насам все повече започва да навлиза в човешкия свят и да го променя. Когато знаем какви са промените, които тя носи, по-лесно разбираме не само глобалния
- [Да устоиш на изкушението](https://espirited.com/da-ustoish-na-izkushenieto/) - "Никога не се разделяйте със собственото си аз, дори когато ви предлагат страхотна служба в страхотна организация!" Джак Уелч, от книгата му "Джак: Направо от сърцето” Това също е урок по лидерство - да устоиш на изкушението. Защото лидерството се отличава от другите форми на изразяване в света по това, че подчинява всичко останало в
- ["Като зряла круша" или как се вземат решения](https://espirited.com/kato-zryala-krusha/) - Когато се научим да вземаме решенията развивайки чувствителност към обстоятелствата и доверявайки се на вътрешната си природа, неусетно започваме да ставаме все по-търпеливи. И това е много важно, защото има решения, които не можем да вземем, защото все още не са узрели вътрешните предпоставки за това. Аз ги наричам решения тип "зряла круша". Когато крушата
- [Дон Мигел Руис: Ще бъде според вярата ви](https://espirited.com/shte-bade-spored-vyarata-vi/) - от книгата на Дон Мигел Руис, "Гласът на знанието" "Хората вярват в толкова много лъжи. Някои от тези лъжи са толкова изтънчени и убедителни, че изграждаме цялата си виртуална реалност върху тях, без изобщо да забележим, че са лъжи. Лъжите, които вярваме за себе си, може да бъдат трудно забележими, защото така сме свикнали с
- [Майкъл Тамура: да потвърдиш Духа](https://espirited.com/potvarzhdavane-na-duha/) - В целостността на нашия отговор спрямо случващото се в живота ни се крие много важна тайна. Ако я разберем, ако наистина я разберем, нещо значимо се случва в живота ни и след това вече не сме същите. За да обясня какво имам предвид ще започна по-отдалече - от времето, когато започнах да чета "духовни книги",
- [На сто процента](https://espirited.com/na-sto-protsenta/) - Преди години приятелка ми сподели свой проблем в партньорските си взаимоотношения. По същото време четях книга, в която пишеше по тая тема, затова много ентусиазирано й я препоръчах. Тя обаче ме погледна снизходително и ми каза: "О, Ками, твоите книги не ми помагат." Не знаех какво да кажа и замълчах. Вътре в мен обаче остана
- [Майкъл Тамура: Кога започва лечението](https://espirited.com/koga-zapotchva-letchenieto/) - Напоследък по някаква повтаряща се случайност често говоря с хора, които преминават през една или друга форма на отчаяние. Това са хора, които от дълги години се занимават с духовно лечение и израстване, но стигат до момент, когато започват да тъпчат на едно място и няма резултат от вложените усилия. Ето какво казва за това
- [Как да станем мъдри?](https://espirited.com/kak-da-stanem-madri/) - "Веднъж търсещите истината се качили на една висока планина при един мъдрец и го попитали: - Как да станем мъдри? Мъдрецът се намирал в медитация. След известно време излязъл от медитацията и казал: - За да станете мъдри, трябва да направите правилния избор. - А как да разберем кой избор е правилен? - Изхождайки от
- [Майкъл Тамура: Къде е вашата най-голяма духовна сила](https://espirited.com/kade-e-vashata-nay-golyama-duhovna-sila/) - "В своята работа често виждам хора, борещи се безуспешно да превъзмогнат това, което те вярват, че е тяхната човешка слабост. Но при по-голямата част от тях това, което те вярват, че са техните слабости, се оказват сферите на най-голямата им духовна сила." Майкъл Тамура, "Отговорът си ти", с.66 За да обясни как се проявява на
- [Памела Крибе за първия блокаж по пътя към предаването: "богът като външен авторитет"](https://espirited.com/blokazhite-po-patya-kam-predavaneto/) - Продължавам да представям идеите на Памела Крибе от прекрасната й книга "Живот от сърцето". В предишната статия темата беше за предаването като начин на живот , а сега ще представя блокажите, които пречат да пуснем контрола и да се отпуснем с доверие в потока на живота. На езика на тази книга те се наричат три
- [Памела Крибе за втория блокаж по пътя към предаването като начин на живот](https://espirited.com/vtoriyat-falshiv-idol-idealite-i-standa/) - След като представих първия от блокажите към "предаването като начин на живот", представен в книгата на Памела Крибе -"богът като външен авторитет", дойде ред да представя и втория. Той се нарича "идеалите и стандартите на обществото като втория фалшив идол". "Друг фалшив бог, който те отдалечава от твоята истинска духовна енергия, е "обществото": стандартите и
- [Памела Крибе за третия блокаж по пътя към предаването: "съжаление на другите"](https://espirited.com/tretiyat-blokazh-po-patya-na-predavaneto/) - Представянето на "блокажите по пътя на предаването като начин на живот" няма да бъде пълно, ако не представя и третият такъв, а именно когато помагаме на другите хора по начин, който размива границите между нас и тях. За хората с духовни ценности и чувствителни сърца това може да се окаже не само най-големият, но и
- [Любовни дирекции](https://espirited.com/lyubovni-direktsii/) - Това е едно интересно съвпадение, което наскоро ми се случи. Имах консултация с жена, която ми сподели, че нейната астроложка й била казала две дати, на които тя щяла да има любовни дирекции (по-късно проверих какво означава това - дирекциите, заедно с транзитите и прогресиите, са още един от средствата на прогностичната астрология). Та моята
- [Нездравословното отлагане](https://espirited.com/nezdravoslovnoto-otlagane/) - Има един вид хора, които са склонни да отлагат. И не разбират защо впоследствие нещата в живота им стават все по-зле и по-зле. Като неплатена навреме вноска по кредит, лихвата по който започва да се трупа... Като презряла круша, която недокосната стои в панера за плодове и се разваля... Като пристигане на спирка, малко след
- [За общуването като дишането](https://espirited.com/obshtuvaneto-kato-dishane/) - Ние общуваме постоянно. Така, както и дишаме. Дори и когато мълчим в присъствието на други хора, ние пак общуваме. Понякога мълчанието е много по-силно средство за изразяване от изговорените думи. Когато сме сами, също общуваме – този път със себе си, водейки безкрайните вътрешни диалози, потопени във върволицата от мисли. Склонни сме да си мислим,
- [Неясните граници водят до загуба на себе си, вместо до любов](https://espirited.com/yasni-granitsi/) - "Само когато имаш добро чувство за своите собствени граници, ти може да се свържеш дълбоко с някой друг. Неясните граници водят до загуба на себе си, вместо до любов. За да изпиташ истинска любов, ти трябва да си способен да използваш своята мъжка енергия също толкова ефективно, колкото и своята женска част." Памела Крибе, "Живот
- [За двата пласта на общуването](https://espirited.com/za-dvata-plasta-na-obshtuvaneto/) - Едно от най-важните неща, които трябва да знаем за общуването, е, че в процеса на разговор с другия човек ние обменяме с него не само информация, а и емоционални нагласи. В системната психотерапия тези два пласта на човешката комуникация се наричат „аспект на съдържанието“ и „аспект на отношението“. И от тези двете истински важно за
- [За мета-комуникацията или как да излезем от рецептата "повече от същото"](https://espirited.com/meta-komunikatsiya/) - Според системната психотерапия често пъти проблемът не е нищо друго, освен повтаряща се серия от неуспешни опити да го решим. Обикновено това са серия от повтарящи се взаимоотношения с другите хора, които всеки път ескалират до конфликт и водят до задънена улица. Тях системните терапевти наричат "игри безкрай" и именно те са едно от първите
- [Ел Колли за основните симптоми на събуждащата се кундалини](https://espirited.com/el-kolli-za-osnovnite-simptomi-na-sabu/) - Това е писмо от Ел Колли до мрежата от хора в Споделена трансформация, което обобщава информацията от многобройните писма, получени от нея и споделящи една или друга форма на спонтанно пробудената кундалини-енергия в тялото им. "Много хора, чиято кундалини се активира внезапно, не знаят какво се случва и поради преобладаващото социално невежество за този многомерен
- [Фермата с гърмящите змии, притча](https://espirited.com/fermata-s-garmyashtite-zmii/) - Това е една история за фермер от Флорида, който придобива в наследство изключително неплодородна земя. Преди време я прочетох в книга на Дейл Карнеги и я запомних, защото е по моята любима тема за превръщането на оловото в злато, която той нарича "как да превърнем лимона в лимонада". И така, "На земата не можело да
- [Мета-въпросите – излизане от порочния кръг](https://espirited.com/meta-vaprosite/) - Всъщност темата за асертивността не е нищо друго, освен идеята на четиримата автори на препоръчваната от мен вече многократно книга за Ключовите разговори как да избегнем капаните на пасивното или агресивното поведение (и поддържаме Зоната на безопасност). Подобно на теорията на асертивността, и тук авторите се занимават с въпроса как в диалога с другия да
- [Най-трудният преход](https://espirited.com/nay-trudniyat-prehod/) - "Най-трудният преход, който правим в живота си, е преминаването през родилния канал. Той е много по-тежък от другия преход, който наричаме смърт, защото единственият начин да преминем от безкрайната си форма като дух в крайната като физическо тяло е като понижим вибрациите си." Стийв Ротър, "Духовна психология", с.31
- [И с двата крака](https://espirited.com/i-s-dvata-kraka/) - "Когато вземеш решението да направиш нещо, посвети му се изцяло докато го правиш. Това, което толкова често се случва, е, че хората правят избора да направят нещо и след това не му се отдават изцяло - те не му казват своето тотално "да", докато го правят. Вместо това може да се оплакват, че го правят, да
- [Поглъщащият лъв](https://espirited.com/poglashtashtiyat-lav/) - Или какво се открива на дъното на депресията Ето още нещо от аналитичната психология на Юнг, която за мен напоследък е най-ценният ресурс да разбирам и тълкувам психичните процеси през призмата на душата и нейното развитие (индивидуацията). В тази статия разглеждам връзката между депресивните състояния и архетипа на Цялостната личност (архетипът на Аза/ реализиращия се
- [Изкуплението на Зенкай](https://espirited.com/izkuplenieto-na-zenkay/) - Това е история от книгата на Хари Муди и Дейвид Карол "Петте състояния на душата" по темата за греха, вината и изкуплението. "Според японска легенда, в град Викаматсу живеел млад самурай на име Зенкай, който прекарвал времето си в игри на комар и гуляйджийство. Един ден Зенкай се влюбил в жената на местния съдия и
- [Каузална атрибуция](https://espirited.com/kauzalna-atributsiya/) - Това е продължение на предишната статия за “Справедливото слънце”, в която представих една порода “червеи“. Става дума за тези мисли в ума, които разяждат психичното ни благополучие, като ни казват, че ние знаем коя е истината, цялата истина, истинската истина. Сега ще представя една тяхна разновидност, която се отнася до убедеността, с която приписваме причините
- [Последната атака на дявола](https://espirited.com/poslednata-ataka-na-dyavola/) - И, ако от духовна гледна точка отчаянието съдържа в себе си скрита благословия, то понякога излизането от неговата дупка крие опасност. Доста се чудех дали да споделя и тази информация за динамиката на вътрешните процеси, която също идва от юнгианската анализа и, по-конкретно от цитираната от мен често напоследък Мари Луиз фон Франц, поради опасността
- [Архаичната идентичност и процесът на диференциация](https://espirited.com/arhaitchnata-identitchnost-i-protsesa-na-d/) - Мари Луиз фон Франц: Винаги, когато изпитваме прекомерна емоционална ангажираност с любов или омраза, на дъното стои една проекция.
- [За бурите, които ни събуждат](https://espirited.com/za-burite-koito-ni-sabuzhdat/) - Много често жените са разпъвани вътре в себе си на кръст - дали да покажат чувствата си на мъжете, които ги ядосват, или да не ги покажат, да ги задържат у себе си. За съжаление няма един-единствен правилен отговор. И двата са верни. И двата са лъчите на справедливото слънце, което е справедливо именно защото грее
- [Нежен поглед, сияещ от смях](https://espirited.com/nezhen-pogled-siyaesht-ot-smyah/) - Тиха нощ, Свята нощ всичко спи сал една свята двойка над своя син бди, над главица със руси коси. А навред тишина, а навред тишина. Тиха нощ, Свята нощ вест дойде най-напред от пастирите секли нощта чули ангел да носи вестта, че Христос се роди, че Христос се роди Тиха нощ, Свята нощ две очи
- [Къде е величието на човека](https://espirited.com/kade-e-velitchieto-na-tchoveka/) - "Величието на човека е в това, че никой не може да го спаси. Той трябва сам да се спаси." Това е шестият от “Петдесет скъпоценни камъка на разбирането, носещо радост” в Крия Йога. Много го харесвам, защото има огромна разлика между помагането и спасяването. Във взаимозависимата реалност, в която живеем, няма как да не си
- [Свободата прави успеха](https://espirited.com/svoboda/) - "Парите не правят успеха, свободата го прави." Нелсън Мандела
- [Ел Колли – белязаната от Духа, и нейната книга за кундалини](https://espirited.com/el-kolli-belyazanata-ot-duha-i-neynata/) - "Душата въобще не се интересува каква цена трябва да платим, за да следваме своето призвание. Състоянието на щастие и сигурност просто не са от значение за нея, но нашата смелост, вяра и осъзнатост, са." Грег Ливой С този цитат започва първата глава от книгата на Ел Колли "Белязана от Духа", която с радост мога да
- [Многомерният човек](https://espirited.com/mnogomerniyat-tchovek/) - “Няма неестествени или свръхестествени явления, а само много големи пропуски в познанията ни за това, което е естествено… Ние трябва да се стремим да запълним тези празноти на невежеството. ” Едгар Мичъл, космонавт от Аполо 14 Цитатът по-горе е от Глава седма на книгата на Ел Колли "Белязана от Духа" и с тази публикация искам
- [Тенеси Уилямс: Чистотата на сърцето е единственият успех, който си струва да бъде постигнат](https://espirited.com/tenesi-ulyams-kakvo-e-dobroto/) - Това е твърде добра статия, за да не я споделя. Нарича се "Катастрофата, наречена успех", написана е от Тенеси Уилямс и я има в превод на български език, благодарение на създателя на сайта librev.com - Златко Енев. Сега реших да я "предам нататък", защото виждам в нея продължение на темата от предишната статия - "Училище
- [Страховете и техните причини - духовната перспектива](https://espirited.com/strahovete-i-tehnite-pritchini/) - Двете най-важни причини за страха - (1) идентификация и (2) привързаност, анализирани от духовна перспектива.
- [Кое налива маслото в огъня](https://espirited.com/za-neponosimoto-stradanie/) - Методът на Скот Килоби за справяне с непоносимото страдание Моя близка ми изпрати статия, която много ми хареса. В нея авторката Фиона Робъртсън споделя личния си опит от справянето с твърде силните емоции и интензивно страдание чрез метода „Living Inquiries“: „Най-голямото откровение за мен дойде, когато можех да чувствам емоциите и усещанията без да има
- [Потърсете точния човек, тествайте идеята си в практиката и не се отказвайте](https://espirited.com/ne-se-otkazvajte/) - Когато съзрете възможност или предизвикателство, помислете за това КОЙ би могъл да е точният човек, който да ви помогне. Стив Джобс например търси помощ от Дон Хенли (вокалист на The Eagles) и др. Така че да потърсите помощ е най-важното. На второ място, започнете с нещо по-малко, тествайте, и то бързо. Опитайте се да разберете какво ще се окаже работещо.
- [Срещи с несъзнаваното, група](https://espirited.com/sreshti-s-nesaznavanoto/) - Група за себепознание и личностно развитие 24-25 май, 2014 Темата на тази група ще бъдат тези аспекти на несъзнаваното, които подмолно подкопават щастието ни, и, скрито от съзнателната ни нагласа, влияят върху начина, по който възприемаме нещата от живота и правим изборите в него. Това ще бъде истински изследователски процес "в тъмното", при който, както
- [За шофьорите и за пътищата](https://espirited.com/za-shofyorite-i-za-patishtata/) - Приятел ми сподели как се е справил със своята постоянна раздразнителност и избухливост по повод на "шофьорите, които карат като идиоти". Споходила го мисълта, че ако той е по-добър шофьор от тях, защото може да кара по начин, по който те не могат, да се ядосва на това, че те не могат, е супер глупаво.
- [Човешкият Аз и тъмното петно на собственото ни неведение](https://espirited.com/tcherno-petno/) - Едни от най-задълбочените наблюдения на вътрешния живот може да се намерят сред хората, които практикуват медитация - най-доброто средство за наблюдение на вътрешните ни процеси. Такъв е и Анди Джеймс, авторът на книгата "Съзнателният Аз", откъдето е и цитатът по-долу. "В нашето съзнание има едно черно петно. То ни пречи истински да се учим от
- [Бедността на духа е истинската бедност](https://espirited.com/edin-beden-tchovek-popital-buda-zashto-sa/) - Един беден човек попитал Буда, "Защо съм толкова беден?" Буда му отговорил, "Не си се научил да даваш." Тогава бедният човек казал, "Ами ако нямам нищо?" Буда отговорил, "Ти имаш няколко неща: Лице, което може да дава усмивка; Уста, с която можеш да благодариш или утешаваш другите; Сърце, което да отвориш към хората; Очи, с
- [Джоузеф Кембъл за блаженството](https://espirited.com/kakvo-e-blazhenstvoto/) - Според Джоузеф Кембъл силата на мита в съвременния свят не е същата, както е била в древността. Човек е оставен сам на себе си да изгражда своята връзка с мистерията на живота, а начините да се сдобие с напътствие от душата са два. Единият начин е мъдрият наставник, човекът, на който си се възхищавал в
- ["Под дъгата" – самотата като архетипно преживяване](https://espirited.com/pod-dagata/) - "Кодът на душата" от Джеймс Хилман е необикновена книга. В нея има патос и страст, поетическа образност и лекуваща душата символност, с която "обявява война" на традиционната психология, убиваща душата на човека със сухи доклади, редукционистки теории и патологизиращи човешкия дух диагнози. "Възнамерявам да обявя война на традицията в биографичния метод, според който традицията и
- [Сепарация - третият етап от алхимичното преобразуване](https://espirited.com/separatsiya-tretiyat-etap-ot-alhimitchnot/) - С тази статия искам да представя третият от етапите на духовна трансформация, който в алхимията се нарича сепарация и е свързан с елемента въздух. Преди това ще припомня накратко предишните два етапа - калцинацията и дисолюцията, за да може той да бъде разбран в контекста. И така, първият и най-драматичен етап от алхимичните процеси е
- [Самурай, притча](https://espirited.com/samuray/) - Има една история за един самурай, която много ми харесва. Разказвам я сега по памет. Имало едно време един самурай, чийто господар бил убит. Той тръгнал да търси убиеца на господаря си, тъй като самурайският му дълг повелявал да го убие. Когато го намерил, извадил меча си и посегнал да отнеме живота му. В този
- [Най-смъртоносната лъжа е премълчаването](https://espirited.com/radikalna-chestnost/) - Според автора на книгата "Радикална честност" - терапевтът Брад Блантън, основната причина за стрес не е нещо друго, а живота в лъжа. Според него, "Всички ние лъжем като за световно. Това изсмуква жизнените ни сили. Това е главната причина за стреса, който преживяват хората. Накратко: лъгането ни вижда сметката."
- [Алекс Бойе – помни, че си направен от злато](https://espirited.com/aleks-boye/) - Има един певец от африкански произход, който много харесвам. Казва се Алекс Бойе. За да балансирам поне малко този натежал от сериозност сайт, реших да споделя няколко негови песни, които носят чувството на лекота и свобода. За първи път видях Алекс Бойе да пее заедно с ThePianoGuys песента на Coldplay - Paradise. Гледах го и си
- [Най-иновативните компании са „разрушителни по природа“](https://espirited.com/drugoto-licze-na-inovacziyata/) - Попаднах на една статия в economy.bg , която е много кратка, но казва много за всеки, който се интересува от бъдещето на организациите и, в частност, на бизнес-организациите. Тя се казва "Разликите между традиционна и иновативна компания?" и по-долу я помествам цялата, защото си струва да се знае какво стои в основата на тази разлика.
- [Йеспер Юл за границите между родители и деца](https://espirited.com/yesper-yul-za-blizostta-uvazhenieto-i-gr/) - Отдавна не съм препоръчвала книги в сайта си, а сега за компенсация ще препоръчам цели три! Това е, защото препоръчвам не книгите, а техния автор - Йеспер Юл, датски семеен психотерапевт и автор на множество книги в областта на отношенията родител-дете и отглеждането на децата. Неговата най-известна книга е "Компетентното дете", за чиято популярност свидетелства
- [Йеспер Юл за разглезеното дете](https://espirited.com/oshte-ot-knigite-na-yesper-yul/) - Какво е разглезено дете "Разглезено не е дете, което получава твърде много от това, което иска. Разглезено е дете, което не получава достатъчно от онова, от което се нуждае.“ Това е определението за разглезено дете от книгата "Това съм аз! А ти кой си?" на фамилния терапевт от Дания - Йеспер Юл, когото представих в предишната си
- [И продължаваш да живееш](https://espirited.com/i-prodalzhavash-da-zhiveesh/) - "Бог казва: „Ако обичаш някого повече от мен, ще ти го отнема!”, и добавя, „Ако пък казваш, че не можеш да живееш без някой, ще те науча, възпитам, без него да живееш!”… И минават сезони, и години отминават , и изсъхват и клоните на дърветата, които са имали толкова пищни сенки… …търпения се изчерпват, …и
- [Тайната на уверените крачки](https://espirited.com/taynata-na-uverenite-kratchki/) - "Воинът на светлината никога не бърза. Времето работи в негова полза; той се научава да владее нетърпението си и по този начин избягва необмислените постъпки. Вървейки бавно, той забелязва колко уверени са крачките му. Знае, че участва в един решителен момент от историята на човечеството и че трябва да промени себе си, преди да промени
- [Сянката на "ранения лечител"](https://espirited.com/strahat-da-ne-naranish-syankata-na-ranen/) - В книгата си "Астрология и издигането на кундалини" (Astrology and the Rising of Kundalini: The Transformative Power of Saturn, Chiron, and Uranus) авторката Барбара Хенд Клоу пише, че по време на болезнено събитие две от следните три роли са активират: да бъдеш този, който е наранен, да бъдеш този, който наранява, и да бъдеш ранения, който
- [Памела Крибе: творчеството е вашата истинска природа](https://espirited.com/istinskoto-zhelanie/) - "Когато една значителна група от хора изберат свободата и любовта, вместо ненавистта към себе си и разрушението, това ще се прояви в материалната реалност и Земята ще откликне. Тя е чувствителна към това, което става вътре в хората, и реагира на вашите вътрешни движения... Истинското ви желание е не да имате власт, а да бъдете
- [Алхимичното "конюнкцио": сватбата на Царя и Царицата](https://espirited.com/alhimitchnoto-konyunktsio-svatbata-na-ts/) - Представянето на етапите в алхимията като символ на духовна трансформация няма да бъде пълно, ако не представя и етапа на "конюнкцията", т.е. на обединението. Той е последният от работата с четирите природни елемента - земята. За целта преди това ще напомня предишните три: Дарът на калцинацията е пречистване на нисшите страсти чрез елемента огън, когато
- [Отдаденост](https://espirited.com/otdadenost-2/) - "Всеки може да надрасне обстоятелствата и да постигне успех, ако е отдаден и страстен в това, което прави." Нелсън Мандела
- [Още една книга на български език за спонтанното събуждане на кундалини: Гопи Кришна за еволюционната енергия в човека](https://espirited.com/oshte-edna-kniga-na-balgarski-ezik-za-spo/) - Гопи Кришна Чувствам се щастлива да информирам, че предстои превеждането на още една книга, посветена на феноменологията на спонтанно събудената кундалини. Това е автобиографичната книга на Гопи Кришна, в която той по дълбоко искрен и същевременно прецизен начин описва своя дълъг и мъчителен опит от движението на тази мистериозна енергия в своето тяло. Това, което
- [Силата на малките победи](https://espirited.com/silata-na-malkite-pobedi/) - Хубавите неща трябва да се разпространяват из мрежата и това се отнася и до графиката по-долу. Тя се отнася до "силата на малките печалби" и по математически прост и убедителен начин илюстрира този факт, че ако всеки ден се подобряваме само с един процент, в края на годината нашето подобрение ще е стигнало впечатляващите почти 38 процента.
- [Нека твоите избори отразяват твоите надежди](https://espirited.com/izbor/) - "Нека твоите избори отразяват твоите надежди, а не страховете ти." Нелсън Мандела Препятствията по пътя не са, за да ни откажат, а за да тестват силата на намерението и на характера ни. Нелсън Мандела е един от най-големите лидери на всички времена, който е успял да осъществи надеждата си след като е бил двадесет и
- [Историята за скорпиона и костенурката](https://espirited.com/skorpion-i-kostenurka/) - Има една притча за костенурката и скорпиона, която ми се прииска да коментирам: "Веднъж костенурката отстъпила на молбите на скорпиона да го качи на гърба си и го пренесе до другия бряг на реката. Скорпионът седял мирно през повечето път, но току пред другия бряг не се удържал и ужилил костенурката. Костенурката се възмутила: -Моята природа
- [Кога можем да направим нещо](https://espirited.com/koga-mozhem-da-napravim-neshto/) - "Познанието за грешките на другите не е толкова ценно. Интересно става, когато открием собствените си грешки, защото тогава можем да направим нещо. Опитите ни да поправим другия са със съмнителна стойност, ако изобщо имат някакъв ефект." К.Г.Юнг, ЕОН, с. 288 Разбира се, това не означава да не показваме на другите ни влияе или наранява. Това
- [В очите на този, който гледа](https://espirited.com/v-otchite/) - "Страхът е в очите на този, който гледа. (Не позволявай това да бъдеш ти.)"
- [Да прегърнеш ограничението](https://espirited.com/da-pregarnesh-ogranitchenieto/) - „Приемането на едно ограничение може в действителност да отприщи творчеството. Да се научим да бъдем креативни в рамките на нашите ограничения е най-добрата надежда, за да променим себе си и заедно да променим нашия свят.“ Фил Хансен Мисълта по-горе е на един художник, който преди да завърши художественото училище получава нелечим тремор на ръката и
- [Велоаргометърът за мисълта](https://espirited.com/veloargometarat-za-misalta/) - "Фентъзито е като велоаргометър за мисълта. Не може да те отведе никъде, но тренира мускула, с който може да стигнеш навсякъде." Тери Пратчет За фантазирането се казват различни неща - от това, че е форма на бягство от действителността и липса на реализъм, до това, че е израз на най-творческата същност на човека, както и
- [Като спящата красавица](https://espirited.com/kato-spyashtata-krasavitsa/) - "Представи си, че отсега нататък няма нищо, което ти "трябва да правиш" в твоя живот. Ако наистина дариш себе си с тази свобода, твоят живот ще тече постоянно леко и плавно. Разбирам, че това е срещу повечето от това, на което ти си бил учен от твоите родители, учители, работодатели и т.н. Обществото ти внушава,
- [Когато има истинско желание](https://espirited.com/kogato-ima/) - “Нищо в тоя свят не е трудно, само мисленето го прави да изглежда такова. Когато има истинско желание, винаги се намира и начин. ” от книгата "Monkey: The Journey to the West"
- [Настойчиво търпение](https://espirited.com/nastojchivo/) - "Основният житейски урок, който съм научила, е ... свързано с будисткия фокус върху личното духовно развитие – да водиш ненасилствен морален живот, да търсиш щастие, вместо да се мотивираш от материалното. Отнема доста време да постигнеш най-ценното в живота. Затова аз се научих на „urgent patience” (настойчиво търпение)."
- [Лидерството е избор, който правите](https://espirited.com/liderstvoto-e-izbor/) - Не е лесно да се правят избори. Ще трябва да се справяме с последствията от тях, като в същото време сме лишени от комфорта да обвиняваме. Това обаче е единственият начин да определим кои сме. Както и да се сдобием със силата да убедим другите да ни последват. Затова съвсем първият избор на човека, който иска да влияе върху света, в който живее, за да остави следа след себе си, е "да продължа да седя на удобния стол или да поема риска от неизвестното". С всяка следваща крачка след това да се правят избори става все по лесно.
- [Как да си едновременно обвързан и свободен](https://espirited.com/svarzan-i-svoboden/) - Ако имате нужда от промяна, от нещо ново във връзката ви, не сменяйте партньора - променете нещо вътре в себе си. Едно от основните предизвикателства в дълготрайните връзки е как партньорите да се справят с неизбежните кризи, породени от развитието на връзката и нуждата от промяна. В подобни моменти вътрешният конфликт, породен от съчетаването на
- [Джон Уелууд за това какво е "духовен байпас"](https://espirited.com/dzhon-ueluud-tchoveshka-priroda-buda-priroda/) - Джон Уелууд за понятието "духовен байпас", който е използване на духовните практики, за да се избегнат нерешени лични проблеми в отношенията с другите хора.
- [Съзнателно обвързване с важното](https://espirited.com/obvarzvane-2/) - "Всичко по-малко от съзнателно обвързване с важното е несъзнавано обвързване с маловажното." Стивън Кови
- [Бъди прям с всеки](https://espirited.com/pryamota/) - "Аз никога не съм имал два плана, основен и резервен дневен ред. Винаги съм действал по един-единствен начин – директния…" Джак Уелч
- [Добрите лидери рядко мислят за граници](https://espirited.com/vazmozhnosti/) - Когато става дума за човешка психика, интересното нещо по отношение на границите, е, че те са мисловна конструкция и като такава могат да бъдат променяни чрез простата промяна във възприятието.
- [Божествено безгрижие](https://espirited.com/bozhestveno-bezgrizhie/) - "Истинската творческа сила винаги идва от състояние на простота и лекота. Именно когато си тотално релаксиран и божествено безгрижен за нещата, без да се притискаш да правиш или да бъдеш нещо, ти привличаш най-позитивните промени в живота си. Ако просто прегърнеш своите мечти и желания, а след това ги пуснеш и позволиш на нещата да
- [Едиповите битки и скритата динамика на любовните триъгълници](https://espirited.com/edipovite-bitki-i-skritata-dinamika-n/) - Дори и аматьорите в психологията знаят за едиповия комплекс - тази ключова идея в психоанализата на Фройд, според която в определена възраст, между три и пет години (фалическата фаза от психосексуалното развитие) детето насочва либидото си към родителя от срещуположния пол, докато в същото време преживява чувства на съперничество към родителя от същия пол. Това
- [Разцепената анима/анимус като източник на раздвоена лоялност в любовните триъгълници](https://espirited.com/raztsepenata-animaanimus-kato-iztotchn/) - Ето още малко знание от Лиз Грийн за скритата психична динамика на любовните триъгълници - превод на още една част от статията й за "Вечният триъгълник" (The Eternal Triangle, by Liz Greene). Предишната статия представи гледната точка на психоанализата на Фройд, според която причината за любовните триъгълници са нерешените Едипови битки за спечелване на единия родител и
- [Несигурности, които създават любовни триъгълници - Сатурн и Хирон](https://espirited.com/nesigurnosti-koito-sazdavat-lyubovni/) - Продължавам с превода си на статията на Лиз Грийн за психологичната динамика на любовните триъгълници. Този път за хората, които могат да разчитат рождените си карти, има включени и астрологични сигнификатори. Става дума за аспектите между планетата на любовта - Венера, с трудните Сатурн и Хирон. Аспекти, които сочат за наличието на емоционална несигурност в
- [Джеймс Хилман за първичното доверие, предателството и прошката](https://espirited.com/dzheyms-hilman-za-parvitchnoto-doverie-p/) - "Betrayal", by James Hillman From the (out of print) collection Loose Ends by James Hillman ©1975 Spring Publications. Превод от английски със съкращения, Камелия Хаджийска Редактор, Петя Стоянова "Има една еврейска история, една обикновена еврейска шега. Тя е следната: Един баща учил малкия си син да не се страхува, да бъде по-смел, като го карал
- [Вярата е да вярваш в това, което все още не виждаш](https://espirited.com/tchng/) - "Вярата е да вярваш в това, което все още не виждаш; наградата за тази вяра е да видиш това, в което вярваш." Свети Августин Посрещането на новата година е ритуал на надеждата и вярата, че бъдещето ще бъде по-добро от миналото. Като новородено бебенце, уязвимо в своята голота и невинност, предстоящите дни от живота ни
- [Нима всичко, което знаем за депресията, е погрешно?](https://espirited.com/nima-vsitchko-koeto-smyatame-tche-znaem-za/) - автор, Йохан Хари превод от английски, Виолета Спасова Източник, The Gardian, Is everything you think you know about depression wrong? • В този откъс от своята нова книга Йохан Хари, който е взимал антидепресанти в продължение на 13 години, призовава за един нов подход. През 70-те години на миналия век случайно е открита една истина за депресията –
- [Градинарят Джордж](https://espirited.com/dzhordzh-gradinaryat/) - "Един стар човек работил в градината си и край него минал свещеник, който му казал: "Джордж, колко е прекрасно да се види какво могат да направят Господ и човека заедно". "Да, господине", отговорил Джордж, "да бяхте видели как изглеждаше тази градина миналата година, когато той я имаше цялата". Да, това е истина. Сам, без бога,
- [Юнг за самотата](https://espirited.com/yung-za-samotata/) - За хората, поели по пътя на индивидуацията, чувството за самота е неизбежно. Ако разбират психологическия смисъл на подобно трудно преживяване, ще могат да го използват в истинското му предназначение, а именно като средство за отделяне от другите хора - като път към свободата, психичната зрелост и емоционална независимост. В своята "Автобиография" Юнг пише, че самотата
- [Обновеният Еспиритед](https://espirited.com/obnoveniyat-espirited/) - С чувство на облекчение и задоволство споделям, че дългата работа по обновлението на този сайт, продължила повече от година, приключи. Надявам се крайният резултат да се хареса и да продължи да носи полза на хората, които носят огъня на светлината в себе си, но от това страдат, защото близостта с този огън „боли“. Накратко, надявам
- ["Боже Мой, Боже Мой, защо си Ме оставил?" и тъмната нощ на душата](https://espirited.com/bozhe-moy-bozhe-moy-zashto-si-me-ostavil-i-tamnata-nosht-na-dushata/) - "А около деветия час Исус извика със силен глас и каза: Или, Или, лама савахтани? сиреч: Боже Мой, Боже Мой, защо си Ме оставил?" Матей 27:46 и Марк 15:34 В седмицата на Страстите Христови ми се прииска да споделя своите размишления върху думите "Боже, боже, защо си ме изоставил", които Христос казва на кръста преди да

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- [Емоционална интелигентност](https://espirited.com/category/emoczionalna-inteligentnost/) - Емоционалната интелигентност е ум, който разбира емоциите и затова може да ги успокои. Той прилича на мъдър и любящ родител. Липсата на емоционална интелигентност е ум, подчинен на емоциите и произвеждащ мисли, които ги поддържат и дори засилват. Този ум прилича на слуга на капризен и неуравновесен владетел.
- [Събития](https://espirited.com/category/sabitie/)
- [Организационно здраве](https://espirited.com/category/organizaczionno-zdrave/) - Организационно здраве „Вие сте лидери. Ние имаме нужда от вас.“ Сет Годин През 2011 година заедно с приятели започнахме проект за организационно консултиране на мениджъри и в подкрепа на автентичното лидерство. Нарекохме го „Футурист“, защото желанието ни беше да подкрепим по-бързото идване на бъдещето и въплъщението на неговите ценности в бизнес-средата. Това, което остана от този проект, можете да прочетете в категорията организационно здраве, а посланията в подкрепа на автентично лидерство можете да четете на случаен принцип на началната страница.

## Етикети

- [Ошо](https://espirited.com/tag/osho/) - Учението на Ошо за съзнанието, любовта и вътрешната свобода отвъд традиционните религиозни рамки.
- [Екхарт Толе](https://espirited.com/tag/ekhart-tole/)
- [Памела Крибе](https://espirited.com/tag/pamela-kribe/) - Памела Крибе и нейните духовни послания към служителите на светлината за вътрешно израстване, въплъщение на Христовия принцип и съзнание, водено от сърцето.
- [Морган Скот Пек](https://espirited.com/tag/morgan-skot-pek/)
- [Мериън Уилямсън](https://espirited.com/tag/merian-uilyamsan/)
- [Елиф Шафак](https://espirited.com/tag/elif-shafak/)
- [Аналитична психология](https://espirited.com/tag/yung-i-posledovateli/) - Юнг и последователи: архетипи, процесът на индивидуация и отношенията между съзнаваното и несъзнаваното – подбрани цитати и текстове.
- [Лиз Грийн](https://espirited.com/tag/liz-griyn/) - Лиз Грийн е една от най-значимите фигури в психологическото направление в съвременната астрология и дълбок изследовател на архетипите в човешката психика.
- [Майкъл Тамура](https://espirited.com/tag/maykal-tamura/)
- [Мари-Луиз фон Франц](https://espirited.com/tag/mari-luiz-fon-frants/) - Мари-Луиз фон Франц – аналитична психоложка и ключова фигура в юнгианската традиция, известна с тълкуванията си на приказки, митове и алхимични символи.
- [Книгата на Гопи Кришна за кундалини](https://espirited.com/tag/gopi-krishna/) - Гопи Кришна, КУНДАЛИНИ – ЕВОЛЮЦИОННАТА ЕНЕРГИЯ В ЧОВЕКА С психологически коментари на Джеймс Хилман; Превод от руски: Петя Стоянова
- [Ел Колли - “Белязана от Духа”](https://espirited.com/tag/el-kolli/) - Ел Колли „Белязана от духа“ Превод на български от Е. Генева, Благомира Костова, Невена Стойнова, Десислава Василева, Вера Гилина, Румяна Тодорова, Стефан Атанасов, Евелина Качакова, Цветанка Филева, Соня Цветкова, Ресенска редактор Петя Стоянова В продължение на две години (2014-2016) тринадесет човека – на изцяло доброволни начала, откликнаха на инициативата на този сайт и подариха своето време и труд, за да преведат една книга, посветена на „спонтанното събуждане на кундалини“. Книгата се казва „Белязана от духа“, а нейният автор – Ел Колли, има, освен дарбата на разказвач, и съдбата на човек, лично преживял богатата феноменология на събудената духовна енергия в собственото си тяло. А, както читателят сам ще разбере, това не е никак лесна съдба.
- [Архетипът на Разрушителя](https://espirited.com/tag/arhetipat-na-razrushitelya/) - Архетипът на Разрушителя като сила на разпада и промяната – как кризите и загубите отварят път към дълбока вътрешна трансформация.
- [Дуалност](https://espirited.com/tag/dualnost/)
- [Егото и душата](https://espirited.com/tag/egoto-i-dushata/)
- [Епохата на Водолея](https://espirited.com/tag/epohata-na-vodoleya/)
- [Просветление](https://espirited.com/tag/prosvetlenie/)
- [Йехуда Бърг](https://espirited.com/tag/silata-na-kabala/)
- [Алхимия](https://espirited.com/tag/alhimiya/) - Алхимията като път на вътрешна промяна – как съзнанието превръща трудностите в смисъл, съзряване и творческа трансформация.
- [Калцинация](https://espirited.com/tag/kalczinacziya/) - Калцинацията е първият етап от процесите по алхимично преобразуване на оловото в злато, който работи с елемента огън. Психологически огънят символизира човешките страсти (нашите желания и амбиции), а оловото, което преработваме, са чувствата на фрустрация, когато тези желания не са задоволени (такива като гняв, депресия, ревност, завист, отмъстителност, злоба…). Основното за този етап е преживяването на безсилие от срещата със сили, които са вън или вътре в нас, и които нямаме властта да променим. Единственото, което можем да променим, сме ние самите и начинът, по който възприемаме това, което ни се случва – мисленето.
- [Амур и Психея](https://espirited.com/tag/amur-i-psiheya/) - Аналитичен прочит на мита за Амур и Психея в интерпретацията на Мари-Луиз фон Франц – изпитания, любов и трансформация на душата.
- [Депресията](https://espirited.com/tag/depresiyata/) - Депресията като болест и като духовна криза – как вътрешният срив може да се превърне във врата към дълбока трансформация.
- [Диференциация](https://espirited.com/tag/diferencziacziya/)
- [Желанието](https://espirited.com/tag/zhelanieto/) - Желанието като първопричината за човешките емоции и основен двигател за развитието на човека.
- [Програмата 29 дни](https://espirited.com/tag/programata-29-dni/) - Статии, свързани с Програмата 29 дни, представена в сайта 29days.espirited.com: 29 дневен процес, посветен на работа с желанието, емоциите и грижата за душата.
- [Когнитивна психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/kognitivna-psihoterapiya/)
- [Логотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/logoanaliza/) - Логоанализата е метод на психотерапия, създаден от австрийския психиатър Виктор Франкъл, според който търсенето на смисъл е първична мотивация в човешкия живот.
- [Психосинтез](https://espirited.com/tag/psihosintez/)
- [Семейни констелации](https://espirited.com/tag/semejni-konstelaczii/) - Методът на семейните констелации – работа с родовите полета, принадлежността и скритите връзки, които оформят човешката съдба.
- [Системна психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/sistemna-psihoterapiya/) - Системната психотерапия е съвременен, много творчески и дълбоко проникновен метод за лечение на човешката психика и взаимоотношения.
- [Трансперсонална психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/transpersonalna-psihoterapiya/)
- [Скала на психичното здраве](https://espirited.com/tag/skala-na-psihichnoto-zdrave/) - Психичното здраве е величина, която – подобно на физическото здраве – обхваща всички хора в една обща скала: от ниски до високи нива на психично здраве.
- [Преведени статии](https://espirited.com/tag/prevedeni-statii/)
- [Духовна трансформация](https://espirited.com/tag/duhovna-transformacziya/) - Духовната трансформация като процес, при който дълбокото психично страдание се превръща в пробуждане, осъзнаване и вътрешна промяна.
- [Събуждането на кундалини](https://espirited.com/tag/kundalini/) - Събуждането на кундалини като телесно-психо-духовен процес – как трансперсоналните преживявания могат да бъдат разбрани и подкрепени.
- [Целта на живота](https://espirited.com/tag/czelta-na-zhivota/)
- [Успехът в живота](https://espirited.com/tag/uspehat-v-zhivota/)
- [Вина](https://espirited.com/tag/vina/) - Чувството за вина – как възниква, как действа в психиката и как може да се превърне от вътрешно наказание в осъзнаване и отговорност.
- [Гняв](https://espirited.com/tag/gnyav/) - Психологията на гнева – как тази силна емоция отразява нарушени граници, болка и нуждата от защита и действие.
- [Страх](https://espirited.com/tag/strah/)
- [Самота](https://espirited.com/tag/samota/)
- [Тъга](https://espirited.com/tag/taga/) - Тъгата и нейното специално място в процесите на духовна трансформация.
- [Ревност](https://espirited.com/tag/revnost/)
- [Чувствата](https://espirited.com/tag/emoczii/) - Чувствата и емоциите като източник на информация за нашите базисни ценности и нужди. Чувствата като пътят на Сърцето.
- [Как се случват промените](https://espirited.com/tag/kak-se-sluchvat-promenite/) - Правилното за един човек не е правилно за друг, правилното в един период от живота не е правилно за друг период – позитивната промяна в живота се основа на мъдрост.
- [Препоръчани книги](https://espirited.com/tag/preporachani-knigi/) - Подбрани книги по психология и духовно развитие, които подкрепят процесите на себепознание и грижата за душата.
- [Прошка](https://espirited.com/tag/proshka/)
- [Как да помагаме на другите](https://espirited.com/tag/kak-da-pomagame-na-drugite/)
- [Любовни триъгълници](https://espirited.com/tag/lyubovni-triagalniczi/) - За скритата динамика в любовните триъгълници от различна перспектива – юнгианска анализа, психоанализа, семейни констелации, астрология.
- [Родители и деца](https://espirited.com/tag/roditeli-i-decza/)
- [Индивидуация](https://espirited.com/tag/individuacziya/) - Пътят на индивидуация в аналитичната психология на Юнг като израз на духовните процеси на трансформация и обединяването на противоположностите в нещо трето.
- [Берт Хелингер](https://espirited.com/tag/bert-helinger/) - Берт Хелингер и неговият системен поглед към семейната душа, принадлежността и редовете на любовта в човешките съдби.
- [Хуманистична психология](https://espirited.com/tag/humanistichna-psihologiya/)
- [Астро-психология](https://espirited.com/tag/astro-psihologiya/) - Астро-психология – връзката между астрологията и вътрешния свят, архетипите и процесите на личностно развитие.
- [Добро и зло](https://espirited.com/tag/dobro-i-zlo/)
- [Различните психотерапии](https://espirited.com/tag/razlichnite-psihoterapii/)
- [Герит Гилен](https://espirited.com/tag/gerit-gilen/) - Герет Гилен (Gerrit Gielen) – автор, лектор и терапевт, тясно свързан с работата на Памела Крибе и ченълингите на Йешуа.
- [Уроците на любовта](https://espirited.com/tag/uroczite-na-lyubovta/) - Статии, посветени на това какво е любовта и как да я въплътим в нейните зрели форми на Земята.
- [Избрани статии](https://espirited.com/tag/izbrani-statii/)
- [По-добри в общуването](https://espirited.com/tag/po-dobri-v-obsthuvaneto/)
- [Психично здраве](https://espirited.com/tag/psihichno-zdrave/) - Статии, които показват как човек може да постига по-високи нива на психично здраве.
- [Взаимоотношения](https://espirited.com/tag/choveshkite-vzaimootnosheniya/) - Истинското предназначение на връзките е да бъдат огледала, които ни помагат да се опознаваме и развиваме, учейки уроците на любовта
- [Саможертвата](https://espirited.com/tag/samozhertvata/) - Саможертвата като архетипен процес – вътрешен императив за трансформация, при който Азът жертва себе си, за да се роди по-дълбока и обновена цялост.
- [Лечебни истории](https://espirited.com/tag/lechebni-istorii/) - Историите, разказани в приказките и притчите, са истинска съкровищница на безценна мъдрост и лечебни хапчета за страданието на човешката душа.
- [Паулу Коелю](https://espirited.com/tag/paulu-koelyu/)
- [Воинът на светлината](https://espirited.com/tag/voinat-na-svetlinata/) - Воинът на светлината като архетип на душевната интеграция — как срещата с тъмното и спомнянето на истината създават вътрешна свобода.
- [Споделено](https://espirited.com/tag/spodeleno/)
- [Дон Мигел Руис](https://espirited.com/tag/don-migel-ruis/)
- [Проекциите](https://espirited.com/tag/proekcziite/)
- [Мисъл на деня](https://espirited.com/tag/misal-na-denya/)
- [Статии за кундалини](https://espirited.com/tag/statii-za-kundalini/) - „Да се активира несъзнаваното, значи да се събуди божественото, Кундалини – да се започне с развитие на надперсоналното в индивида, за да се запази божествената светлина.“ К.Г.Юнг, „Психологията на кундалини-йога“
- [Джеймс Хилман](https://espirited.com/tag/dzhejms-hilman/)
- [Карл Густав Юнг](https://espirited.com/tag/karl-gustav-yung/) - Карл Густав Юнг и аналитичната психология – колективно несъзнавано, архетипи, сянка, добро и зло, индивидуация като път към разбиране на душата и грижата за нея.
- [Умът](https://espirited.com/tag/umat/) - Огромната роля на ума като инструмент за познание, разбиране и развитие на емоционална и духовна интелигентност.
- [Ричард Ръд](https://espirited.com/tag/richard-rad/)
- [Болката](https://espirited.com/tag/bolkata/) - Болката като вътрешно преживяване – как страданието, травмата и кризата могат да се превърнат в източник на осъзнаване и промяна.
- [Нептун](https://espirited.com/tag/neptun/)
- [Венера](https://espirited.com/tag/venera/) - Венера като архетип на любовта и привличането – как планетата символизира начина, по който търсим близост, удоволствие и ценност.
- [Анима и анимус](https://espirited.com/tag/anima-i-animus/) - Архетипите Анима и Анимус според Юнг – вътрешният образ на противоположния пол, проекциите в любовта и тяхната роля в индивидуацията.
- [Кришнамурти](https://espirited.com/tag/krishnamurti/)
- [Смъртта](https://espirited.com/tag/smartta/)
- [Нийл Доналд Уолш](https://espirited.com/tag/nijl-donald-uolsh/)
- [Уроци по лидерство](https://espirited.com/tag/uroczi-po-liderstvo/) - Статии, предназначени да подкрепят събуждането на автентичния лидер в човека.
- [Джон Максуел](https://espirited.com/tag/dzhon-maksuel/)
- [Джак Уелч](https://espirited.com/tag/dzhak-uelch/)
- [Стивън Кови](https://espirited.com/tag/stivan-kovi/)
- [Сет Годин](https://espirited.com/tag/set-godin/)
- [Бил Джордж](https://espirited.com/tag/bil-dzhordzh/) - Бил Джордж и концепцията за автентично лидерство – как личната истина, ценностите и житейският път оформят зрялото водене.
- [Бъдещето на организациите](https://espirited.com/tag/badestheto-na-organizacziite/) - „Финансовият капитал даваше предимство през изминалия век, защото беше относително труден за привличане. По-късно технологията носеше предимство, защото защитаващите я патенти затрудняваха другите да я копират. Финансовият капитал обаче вече не е рядкост, а технологията лесно може да се имитира. Тези ресурси продължават да дават предимство, но вече не са в състояние да го поддържат. През това десетилетие единствено хората са тези, които могат да поддържат конкурентното предимство на компанията.“ Линда Гратън
- [творчество](https://espirited.com/tag/tvorchestvo/)
- [Автентично лидерство](https://espirited.com/tag/avtentichno-liderstvo/) - „Автентичните лидери са искрени хора, които са верни на себе си и това, в което вярват. Пред това да се оставят очакванията на другите хора да ги водят, те са подготвени да бъдат самите себе си и да вървят по своя собствен път. Колкото повече те се развиват като автентични лидери, толкова повече те са загрижени за това да служат на другите, пред това да получат признанието на другите и успех. И те постоянно търсят начини да израстват лично. Автентичните лидери развиват истински връзки с другите и пораждат доверие. Тъй като хората им вярват, те са способни да ги мотивират към по-високи нива на представяне чрез подсилване на способността им да водят.“ Бил Джордж
- [Халил Джубран](https://espirited.com/tag/halil-dzhubran/)
- [Групи за личностно развитие (архив)](https://espirited.com/tag/grupi-za-lichnostno-razvitie-arhiv/) - Архив на групите за личностно развитие, водени от Камелия Хаджийска – обяви и следи от групови процеси, водени чрез работа с роли и полето на знанието.
- [Сай Баба](https://espirited.com/tag/saj-baba/)
- [Бо Ин Ра](https://espirited.com/tag/bo-in-ra/) - Бо Ин Ра – текстове за вътрешното внимание, съзнателния избор и творческата вътрешна трансформация в живота и психиката.
- [Байрън Кейти](https://espirited.com/tag/bajran-kejti/) - Байрън Кейти и методът The Work – как изследването на мислите и вярванията води до вътрешна яснота, освобождаване и психологическа промяна.
- [Виктор Франкъл](https://espirited.com/tag/viktor-frankal/) - Виктор Франкъл и логотерапията – как търсенето на смисъл помага на човека да преживее страдание, загуба и екзистенциална криза.
- [Дейвид Гордън](https://espirited.com/tag/dejvid-gordan/)
- [Духовни учители](https://espirited.com/tag/duhovni-uchiteli/) - Духовни учители – текстове и идеи за съзнание, любов и вътрешна трансформация от съвременни духовни автори и мислители.
- [Мисъл на деня](https://espirited.com/tag/misal-na-denya/)
- [По-добри в общуването](https://espirited.com/tag/po-dobri-v-obsthuvaneto/)
- [Взаимоотношения](https://espirited.com/tag/choveshkite-vzaimootnosheniya/) - Истинското предназначение на връзките е да бъдат огледала, които ни помагат да се опознаваме и развиваме, учейки уроците на любовта
- [Стивън Кови](https://espirited.com/tag/stivan-kovi/)
- [Лечебни истории](https://espirited.com/tag/lechebni-istorii/) - Историите, разказани в приказките и притчите, са истинска съкровищница на безценна мъдрост и лечебни хапчета за страданието на човешката душа.
- [Как се случват промените](https://espirited.com/tag/kak-se-sluchvat-promenite/) - Правилното за един човек не е правилно за друг, правилното в един период от живота не е правилно за друг период – позитивната промяна в живота се основа на мъдрост.
- [Уроците на любовта](https://espirited.com/tag/uroczite-na-lyubovta/) - Статии, посветени на това какво е любовта и как да я въплътим в нейните зрели форми на Земята.
- [Просветление](https://espirited.com/tag/prosvetlenie/)
- [Нийл Доналд Уолш](https://espirited.com/tag/nijl-donald-uolsh/)
- [Карл Густав Юнг](https://espirited.com/tag/karl-gustav-yung/) - Карл Густав Юнг и аналитичната психология – колективно несъзнавано, архетипи, сянка, добро и зло, индивидуация като път към разбиране на душата и грижата за нея.
- [Морган Скот Пек](https://espirited.com/tag/morgan-skot-pek/)
- [Психично здраве](https://espirited.com/tag/psihichno-zdrave/) - Статии, които показват как човек може да постига по-високи нива на психично здраве.
- [Чувствата](https://espirited.com/tag/emoczii/) - Чувствата и емоциите като източник на информация за нашите базисни ценности и нужди. Чувствата като пътят на Сърцето.
- [Групи за личностно развитие (архив)](https://espirited.com/tag/grupi-za-lichnostno-razvitie-arhiv/) - Архив на групите за личностно развитие, водени от Камелия Хаджийска – обяви и следи от групови процеси, водени чрез работа с роли и полето на знанието.
- [Страх](https://espirited.com/tag/strah/)
- [Алхимия](https://espirited.com/tag/alhimiya/) - Алхимията като път на вътрешна промяна – как съзнанието превръща трудностите в смисъл, съзряване и творческа трансформация.
- [Различните психотерапии](https://espirited.com/tag/razlichnite-psihoterapii/)
- [Умът](https://espirited.com/tag/umat/) - Огромната роля на ума като инструмент за познание, разбиране и развитие на емоционална и духовна интелигентност.
- [Когнитивна психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/kognitivna-psihoterapiya/)
- [Желанието](https://espirited.com/tag/zhelanieto/) - Желанието като първопричината за човешките емоции и основен двигател за развитието на човека.
- [Хуманистична психология](https://espirited.com/tag/humanistichna-psihologiya/)
- [Успехът в живота](https://espirited.com/tag/uspehat-v-zhivota/)
- [Сай Баба](https://espirited.com/tag/saj-baba/)
- [Духовни учители](https://espirited.com/tag/duhovni-uchiteli/) - Духовни учители – текстове и идеи за съзнание, любов и вътрешна трансформация от съвременни духовни автори и мислители.
- [Духовна трансформация](https://espirited.com/tag/duhovna-transformacziya/) - Духовната трансформация като процес, при който дълбокото психично страдание се превръща в пробуждане, осъзнаване и вътрешна промяна.
- [Смъртта](https://espirited.com/tag/smartta/)
- [Лиз Грийн](https://espirited.com/tag/liz-griyn/) - Лиз Грийн е една от най-значимите фигури в психологическото направление в съвременната астрология и дълбок изследовател на архетипите в човешката психика.
- [Болката](https://espirited.com/tag/bolkata/) - Болката като вътрешно преживяване – как страданието, травмата и кризата могат да се превърнат в източник на осъзнаване и промяна.
- [Депресията](https://espirited.com/tag/depresiyata/) - Депресията като болест и като духовна криза – как вътрешният срив може да се превърне във врата към дълбока трансформация.
- [Как да помагаме на другите](https://espirited.com/tag/kak-da-pomagame-na-drugite/)
- [Препоръчани книги](https://espirited.com/tag/preporachani-knigi/) - Подбрани книги по психология и духовно развитие, които подкрепят процесите на себепознание и грижата за душата.
- [Йехуда Бърг](https://espirited.com/tag/silata-na-kabala/)
- [Памела Крибе](https://espirited.com/tag/pamela-kribe/) - Памела Крибе и нейните духовни послания към служителите на светлината за вътрешно израстване, въплъщение на Христовия принцип и съзнание, водено от сърцето.
- [Дуалност](https://espirited.com/tag/dualnost/)
- [Дон Мигел Руис](https://espirited.com/tag/don-migel-ruis/)
- [Целта на живота](https://espirited.com/tag/czelta-na-zhivota/)
- [Добро и зло](https://espirited.com/tag/dobro-i-zlo/)
- [Гняв](https://espirited.com/tag/gnyav/) - Психологията на гнева – как тази силна емоция отразява нарушени граници, болка и нуждата от защита и действие.
- [Логотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/logoanaliza/) - Логоанализата е метод на психотерапия, създаден от австрийския психиатър Виктор Франкъл, според който търсенето на смисъл е първична мотивация в човешкия живот.
- [Виктор Франкъл](https://espirited.com/tag/viktor-frankal/) - Виктор Франкъл и логотерапията – как търсенето на смисъл помага на човека да преживее страдание, загуба и екзистенциална криза.
- [Самота](https://espirited.com/tag/samota/)
- [Байрън Кейти](https://espirited.com/tag/bajran-kejti/) - Байрън Кейти и методът The Work – как изследването на мислите и вярванията води до вътрешна яснота, освобождаване и психологическа промяна.
- [Егото и душата](https://espirited.com/tag/egoto-i-dushata/)
- [Мериън Уилямсън](https://espirited.com/tag/merian-uilyamsan/)
- [Прошка](https://espirited.com/tag/proshka/)
- [Родители и деца](https://espirited.com/tag/roditeli-i-decza/)
- [Аналитична психология](https://espirited.com/tag/yung-i-posledovateli/) - Юнг и последователи: архетипи, процесът на индивидуация и отношенията между съзнаваното и несъзнаваното – подбрани цитати и текстове.
- [Епохата на Водолея](https://espirited.com/tag/epohata-na-vodoleya/)
- [Астро-психология](https://espirited.com/tag/astro-psihologiya/) - Астро-психология – връзката между астрологията и вътрешния свят, архетипите и процесите на личностно развитие.
- [Халил Джубран](https://espirited.com/tag/halil-dzhubran/)
- [Воинът на светлината](https://espirited.com/tag/voinat-na-svetlinata/) - Воинът на светлината като архетип на душевната интеграция — как срещата с тъмното и спомнянето на истината създават вътрешна свобода.
- [Паулу Коелю](https://espirited.com/tag/paulu-koelyu/)
- [Екхарт Толе](https://espirited.com/tag/ekhart-tole/)
- [Индивидуация](https://espirited.com/tag/individuacziya/) - Пътят на индивидуация в аналитичната психология на Юнг като израз на духовните процеси на трансформация и обединяването на противоположностите в нещо трето.
- [Вина](https://espirited.com/tag/vina/) - Чувството за вина – как възниква, как действа в психиката и как може да се превърне от вътрешно наказание в осъзнаване и отговорност.
- [Системна психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/sistemna-psihoterapiya/) - Системната психотерапия е съвременен, много творчески и дълбоко проникновен метод за лечение на човешката психика и взаимоотношения.
- [Майкъл Тамура](https://espirited.com/tag/maykal-tamura/)
- [Избрани статии](https://espirited.com/tag/izbrani-statii/)
- [Скала на психичното здраве](https://espirited.com/tag/skala-na-psihichnoto-zdrave/) - Психичното здраве е величина, която – подобно на физическото здраве – обхваща всички хора в една обща скала: от ниски до високи нива на психично здраве.
- [Споделено](https://espirited.com/tag/spodeleno/)
- [Архетипът на Разрушителя](https://espirited.com/tag/arhetipat-na-razrushitelya/) - Архетипът на Разрушителя като сила на разпада и промяната – как кризите и загубите отварят път към дълбока вътрешна трансформация.
- [Саможертвата](https://espirited.com/tag/samozhertvata/) - Саможертвата като архетипен процес – вътрешен императив за трансформация, при който Азът жертва себе си, за да се роди по-дълбока и обновена цялост.
- [Тъга](https://espirited.com/tag/taga/) - Тъгата и нейното специално място в процесите на духовна трансформация.
- [Диференциация](https://espirited.com/tag/diferencziacziya/)
- [Психосинтез](https://espirited.com/tag/psihosintez/)
- [Герит Гилен](https://espirited.com/tag/gerit-gilen/) - Герет Гилен (Gerrit Gielen) – автор, лектор и терапевт, тясно свързан с работата на Памела Крибе и ченълингите на Йешуа.
- [Берт Хелингер](https://espirited.com/tag/bert-helinger/) - Берт Хелингер и неговият системен поглед към семейната душа, принадлежността и редовете на любовта в човешките съдби.
- [Семейни констелации](https://espirited.com/tag/semejni-konstelaczii/) - Методът на семейните констелации – работа с родовите полета, принадлежността и скритите връзки, които оформят човешката съдба.
- [Ревност](https://espirited.com/tag/revnost/)
- [Любовни триъгълници](https://espirited.com/tag/lyubovni-triagalniczi/) - За скритата динамика в любовните триъгълници от различна перспектива – юнгианска анализа, психоанализа, семейни констелации, астрология.
- [Статии за кундалини](https://espirited.com/tag/statii-za-kundalini/) - „Да се активира несъзнаваното, значи да се събуди божественото, Кундалини – да се започне с развитие на надперсоналното в индивида, за да се запази божествената светлина.“ К.Г.Юнг, „Психологията на кундалини-йога“
- [Джеймс Хилман](https://espirited.com/tag/dzhejms-hilman/)
- [Калцинация](https://espirited.com/tag/kalczinacziya/) - Калцинацията е първият етап от процесите по алхимично преобразуване на оловото в злато, който работи с елемента огън. Психологически огънят символизира човешките страсти (нашите желания и амбиции), а оловото, което преработваме, са чувствата на фрустрация, когато тези желания не са задоволени (такива като гняв, депресия, ревност, завист, отмъстителност, злоба…). Основното за този етап е преживяването на безсилие от срещата със сили, които са вън или вътре в нас, и които нямаме властта да променим. Единственото, което можем да променим, сме ние самите и начинът, по който възприемаме това, което ни се случва – мисленето.
- [творчество](https://espirited.com/tag/tvorchestvo/)
- [Мари-Луиз фон Франц](https://espirited.com/tag/mari-luiz-fon-frants/) - Мари-Луиз фон Франц – аналитична психоложка и ключова фигура в юнгианската традиция, известна с тълкуванията си на приказки, митове и алхимични символи.
- [Проекциите](https://espirited.com/tag/proekcziite/)
- [Програмата 29 дни](https://espirited.com/tag/programata-29-dni/) - Статии, свързани с Програмата 29 дни, представена в сайта 29days.espirited.com: 29 дневен процес, посветен на работа с желанието, емоциите и грижата за душата.
- [Ричард Ръд](https://espirited.com/tag/richard-rad/)
- [Трансперсонална психотерапия](https://espirited.com/tag/transpersonalna-psihoterapiya/)
- [Дейвид Гордън](https://espirited.com/tag/dejvid-gordan/)
- [Амур и Психея](https://espirited.com/tag/amur-i-psiheya/) - Аналитичен прочит на мита за Амур и Психея в интерпретацията на Мари-Луиз фон Франц – изпитания, любов и трансформация на душата.
- [Анима и анимус](https://espirited.com/tag/anima-i-animus/) - Архетипите Анима и Анимус според Юнг – вътрешният образ на противоположния пол, проекциите в любовта и тяхната роля в индивидуацията.
- [Венера](https://espirited.com/tag/venera/) - Венера като архетип на любовта и привличането – как планетата символизира начина, по който търсим близост, удоволствие и ценност.
- [Нептун](https://espirited.com/tag/neptun/)
- [Krishnamurti](https://espirited.com/en/tag/krishnamurti-en-3/)
- [Архетипи](https://espirited.com/tag/arhetipi/) - Архетипите като универсални образи на психиката – Сянка, Герой, Анима, Разрушител и други сили, които оформят вътрешния и колективния свят.
- [Несъзнаваното](https://espirited.com/tag/nesaznavanoto/)
- [Изкупление](https://espirited.com/tag/izkuplenie/)
- [Йеспер Юл](https://espirited.com/tag/jesper-yul/)
- [Роберто Асаджиоли](https://espirited.com/tag/roberto-asadzhioli/)
- [Тадеуш Голас](https://espirited.com/tag/tadeush-golas/)
- [Ерих Фром](https://espirited.com/tag/erih-from/)
- [Ошо](https://espirited.com/tag/osho/) - Учението на Ошо за съзнанието, любовта и вътрешната свобода отвъд традиционните религиозни рамки.
- [Collective unconscious](https://espirited.com/en/tag/collective-unconscious/)
- [Майчин комплекс](https://espirited.com/tag/majchin-kompleks/)
- [Майчин комплекс](https://espirited.com/tag/majchin-kompleks/)