(3 minutes reading time to free yourself from fear) If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution. (A. Einstein) I decided to quote this great phrase to help understand how the management of a problem can become more […]
Author: Cosimo Mendis
Altered States of Consciousness
What are they? Are they harmful, or do they help us live better?(2 minutes reading time) Altered states, which we can also define as “other” consciousness, are, contrary to what one might think, essential to our sanity. Without them we are drawn into the pain and suffering of attachment, and the limitations of bounded awareness. […]
To Share = To Love?
(2 minutes reading time) Let’s see together when the act of sharing is equivalent to an act of love and when not. Case 1: I am agitated, I had a bad day or bad news, I feel the need to let out the emotions that afflict me. In this case the push that leads us […]
The Chain of Fear
(1 minute reading time) In order to become sick you have to first come into contact with a sick person or something that they touched. In order to get scared, all you have to do is come into contact with a rumor, or the television, or the Internet. (Q. from the movie “Contagion”) Starting from […]
The hamster wheel: in or out of suffering?
(90 seconds reading time) In the article on the comfort zone we mentioned how not to make a leap in awareness can lead us to find ourselves “hamsters in the infernal wheel”. Today we’ll see a couple of more frequent ways that keep us prisoners in there. Way one: all of us, sooner or later, […]
Healing session with the shaman
(1 minute reading time) Here is the experience of a participant in one of the shamanic journeying groups we organize. She authorized us to make it public here. “I am near a fire in the desert. A shaman is dancing around it. I arrive naked in front of him. He invites me to lie by […]
Comfort zone: yes or not?
(90 seconds reading time) What is the comfort zone? That egoic part, which we talked about in the previous article, that for fear of changing / evolving decides for immobility. A false “safe zone” based on habits, learned beliefs and past experiences. An area that kills the soul’s growth thrust and that can never really […]
The 2 paths
(1 minute reading time) Each of us has before us two paths full of gifts and obstacles. We are responsible for choosing which path to take: the path of the ego / personality or that of the spirit / soul. In the path of the ego the heart is kept closed and understanding and awareness […]