A few days ago a friend, seeing me wearing a t-shirt with the print "The path of men is the community" asked me: "Do you seriously believe it?". I first questioned myself and now with this post I answer her publicly.
Read More
The empire of Nothingness is taking over all aspects of human life including the spiritual world. This morning, during our chats over coffee, Emanuela admitted a certain embarrassment when she feels associated with the "newage" world.
Read More
This motto, which could be by D'Annunzio without being his, has always fascinated me.
Read More
Millions of essays and books have been written about the essence of true human nature, but we are probably so complex and mysterious that there is still no glimpse of an exhaustive and definitive synthesis.
Read More
Millions of essays and books have been written about the essence of true human nature, but we are probably so complex and mysterious that there is still no glimpse of an exhaustive and definitive synthesis.
Read More
In our withered society, the most valuable "good" is "comfort". The value of something is all the greater as this thing is simple, fast and undemanding.
Read More
If today you dare questioning the veracity of the currently predominant religion called science, you will unleash the most disjointed reactions.
Read More
Meister Eckhart's teaching has never been so timely. In his sermons he stated that only the "poor in spirit," that is, those who ignore religion or get rid of it, have the opportunity to encounter God.
Read More
The only possible salvation is to escape from the dictatorship of entertainment on sale, from the digital social networks' fake friends, from the false idea of freedom based solely on quantity and commodity.
Read More
I say this at every philosophical chat with the students of our courses. The listener looks at me, says I'm right though they don't give much of a thought to the concept and after a few moments, the only real starting point (even of arrival in reality) to transform oneself from a mere biological machine to a conscious individual, vanishes without leaving any trace.
Read More
Ancient Stoicism emphasized how often men focus on the idea of external freedom and then be totally inwardly slaves to their impulses.
Read More
"Not" is a fascinating adverb and how we relate to it, tells of our character, of the ability to know how to manage your life without being a slave to your biological machine. The biological machine, not capable of free will, confuses the automatic response to stimuli with freedom.
Read More
If you wish to make good use of these pills of stoicism, try for a week to commit to putting them into practice. Make it your priority and then see how and if your life changes. If they prove useless you will have lost little as they are free.
Read More
If your desire for a comfortable life, without problems, without battles to fight, surrounded only by people with whom you have neither conflicts…
Read More
In all of Mishima's writings, death occupies a fundamental place. It is as if all life has meaning only in the face of perfect death. The very meaning of life is given only with respect to the end of it.
Read More
Mishima in contemporary history is so significant and representative of so many different instances that it is really difficult to understand it in its entirety.
Read More
Here is mine
I am seriously feverish for the first time in recent years. For me it is a beautiful feeling of frailty, enhanced by the fact of being home alone . I lie down covering myself with all the blankets I have. I close my eyes and start dreaming.
I have almost finished writing a book that represents a personal attempt to find meaning for existence. I am a child of an era beset by the idea of happiness.
Read More
Every month or so, one of the most powerful organizations commercially linked to Yoga in Italy sends its newsletter. Normally I do not read it because it is full of laughable obvieties, but the last one was mentioned to me by several people who consider it outrageous. Indeed it is.
Read More
In today's world, references to audacity, strength, courage, pride that survive only in a few TV series have all disappeared.
Read More