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I believe that one of the most inconceivable and unbearable violent losses, among others, that my generation has had to endure is the deprivation of a shared political identity.  Sometimes this causes me significant suffering and triggers blind rage within me, making it difficult to put my feelings into words.

Let’s take a moment to reflect on four inner steps that can provide us with a glimpse of true happiness. These four practical directives are as follows:  We need to understand that our distracted and scattered minds make us unwell. As modern science has demonstrated, this leads to profound unhappiness

It would be nice. It would be very nice if only it were true.We continue to tell ourselves pleasant and edifying—but ultimately untruthful—stories, thereby perpetuating empty rhetoric.For example, we repeat the notion that in Europe we have lost the value of fraternity, a value that modernity should have fostered politically

When night falls, anxiety often accompanies it.Children frequently cry before falling asleep. They are scared. They are afraid of letting go, of surrendering, of losing control.In this final phase of the day, prayer is therefore highly appropriate. It would be beneficial to pray for an extended period: 20, 30, 40,

From “Facebook. The profile of the Man of God” Nowadays, when someone is condemned, they are called a populist.Right-wing populist or left-wing populist:From Le Pen to Syriza, Trump or the Five Stars Movement, the Hungarian Neo-Nazis or the Polish Neo Fascists, as well as Podemos or Occupy Wall Street.All populists

If I were to define spirituality, I would first say that it is a different way of being.Usually, our experience of existence and life is quite limited, closed-off, framed, and dominated byunderlying emotions: fear, anger, apprehension, the need for validation, anxiety, and restlessness.In this experience, we view the world through

Fear ensnares and petrifies the mind, shutting it down, making us break into a cold sweat. Certainly, the fight-or-flight reaction can always be triggered. Still, as Western human beings of the twenty-first century, we have unfortunately distanced ourselves even from this primitive mechanism, as our very condition as a “species”

A couple of months ago, during a Senate debate, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asserted that the pursuit of peace is also predicated on rearmament and the establishment of a robust defence system. In making her statement, she invoked the Latin adage: si vis pacem, para bellum (if you wish

Everyone talks about peace, but nobody teaches it. In this world, we teach competition, which is the root of all wars. The moment we start teaching cooperation and support for one another will be the day we educate for peace. (Montessori, 1970) This is one of the most difficult yet

I am convinced that all the horror we see in the evening news and suffer from daily on our skin stems from a fundamental emotional tone of fear. More subtly, there is a fear that someone else can take away a part of our identity. Perhaps it’s the fear of

An old adage we are all familiar with goes: “Haste makes waste!” Often, popular sayings carry wisdom that seems obvious and is therefore blatantly dismissed as trivial by some well-read intellectuals who, at best, are nothing more than warehouses of miscellaneous facts. We live in a society that has elevated haste,

Can we spark a new liberation process? Can we live happier lives in a more just society, with more beautiful cities, a more truthful culture, and more honest communication? Can we build a civilization that nurtures the development of our souls, allowing them to expand and flourish towards our most

When I participate in demonstrations for peace, I have to overcome my skepticism, which often prompts me to stop and ask myself and others a simple yet blunt question: “What’s the point?” Images from the daily news immediately come to mind. We have become all too accustomed to seeing these

This is a rather peculiar question; perhaps it would be more fitting to ask, “Why do we engage in wars?” or “What causes a war?” or even “When does a war start?” Therefore, it may seem strange to ask, “Where?” Wars occur everywhere, and according to human history, they have