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  • Tagore and Psychosynthesis: 5 Fun Facts

    Tagore and Psychosynthesis: 5 Fun Facts

    May 7th is the 164th birthday of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), the Bengali poet and Nobel Prize winner of Literature in 1913. Tagore’s ability to live a rich and fully creative life remains an inspiration. Poet, author of novels and short stories, lecturer, essayist, playwriter, song writer, founder of three educational institutions, and – during the…

  • “Here lies our human dignity”

    “Here lies our human dignity”

    I wrote and published this poem last year, and I am greatly sadden to republish it. Good Friday 2024 Democracy died in Gaza.Buried under the rubblealongside the childrentheir homes bombeddreams shattered.Love crucified. International law died in Gaza.Nailed to the crossalongside human rightswomen’s rightschildren’s rights.Starved to death with the childrenshell-shocked and orphaned. Justice died in Gaza.Buried…

  • The Peace Bell: A Spiritual Journey

    The Peace Bell: A Spiritual Journey

    When I journeyed to Assisi only to find its iconic Peace Bell silenced, I became determined to hear it ring again. At one point a few years ago, I felt as if there was a hole in my heart. The news seemed to be only of war, and our political leaders only seemed ready to confront…

  • Ten Days of Will Gymnastics

    Ten Days of Will Gymnastics

    In April and May of 1929, on two different occasions, Assagioli experimented training his will. In his first experiment, he contemplated on the word ‘will’. But after the 4th session, it dawned on him that it was “useless to try and understand the nature of will by thinking about it. One must ‘feel’ one’s way…

  • Assagioli’s Wartime Shechinah

    Assagioli’s Wartime Shechinah

    While many of us are feeling overwhelmed by the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza of late, there are actually 127 armed conflicts taking place in the world today. Most of these conflicts do not make the headlines. Some of them started recently, while others have lasted for more than 50 years. So I thought it…