Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion REFLECTIONS UPON A LUMP IN THE THROAT in THERAPEUTAE
"hi.  It was great to meet you and to attend your workshop in Milan. And your post here is also very inspiring. It happens to me to come across similar experiences. In a way, it seems possible to state that "nothing is created, nothing is destroyed"…"
Jan 23, 2018
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion WITH FIRE IN THEIR HAIR in HELLENICA & ANCIENT WISDOM
"yes. along the centuries the most basic foundation of Power has been the one of keeping separated good and evil, right and wrong, positive deeds and crime. Very often (always) singling out the the sexual side of evil. The "uneasiness in…"
Apr 9, 2017
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion A FIRE FOR ARTEMIS in HELLENICA & ANCIENT WISDOM
"yes, it's good to send peans to the goddess, but well knowing that she'll be always stronger than us, much cruel, never appeased. She'll be always able to have our dogs gone crazy and have us devoured. Because of a small, so human, curiosity.But the…"
May 27, 2016
Massimo Tomassini left a comment on TAO & EASTERN WISDOM
"I've always been fascinated by Taoism and started practicing thai chi in 1998 with a Chinese master in Rome. I practiced very regularly up to 1996, when many things changed  in my life. I abandoned the master (after a trip to China in which I had…"
Mar 6, 2016
Massimo Tomassini left a comment on TAO & EASTERN WISDOM
"I'm interested in knowing what I do when I do thai chi
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Mar 3, 2016
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY: DEVAS & THE POWER AROUND US in THERAPEUTAE
"Thank you Charlene and David.  This is a really promising discussion. I'll add something next week. All the best"
Jan 28, 2016
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY: DEVAS & THE POWER AROUND US in THERAPEUTAE
"Thank you, David, for your reply 
Concerning the issue you raise, I would like to underline the importance of the enactive approach (put forward by F. Varela and colleagues). It tries to go beyond the traditional opposition between subjectivity and…"
Jan 25, 2016
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion ASPECTS OF SPIRITUAL PSYCHOLOGY: DEVAS & THE POWER AROUND US in THERAPEUTAE
"Our consciousness is our guide in life. We can survive, carry on our business, interact with others, etc, etc., thanks to consciousness.
In meditation we can discover how our consciousness (the ideas about ourselves) is fragile and messy, how…"
Jan 24, 2016
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion APHRODITE in QUESTIONS IN THE SAND
"... translations, I don't know. The one I pasted  is by William Ellery Leonard. It's very old (1916! one century) and not good in my opinion. I'm sure there is something much better..
... liturgies, interesting, fascinating...  I'll be waiting for…"
Dec 15, 2015
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion APHRODITE in QUESTIONS IN THE SAND
"... thank you David. I'm happy to take part in this kind of talks.
In re-reading my text I realize that there is a big mistake (not to mention the many more I see and I cannot see.:)): "morality" has to be read as "moralism": a very big difference..."
Dec 15, 2015
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion APHRODITE in QUESTIONS IN THE SAND
"For soon as comes the springtime face of day, And procreant gales blow from the West unbarred, First fowls of air, smit to the heart by thee, Foretoken thy approach, O thou Divine, And leap the wild herds round the happy fields Or swim the bounding…"
Dec 15, 2015
Massimo Tomassini left a comment on THERAPEUTAE
"this Serapis space is very interesting. I was wandering if it would be possible to dedicate a corner of it to group practices that are not explicitly "therapeutic" but have very much to do with curing and healing as they help people to re-think…"
Dec 4, 2015
Massimo Tomassini replied to Dharmavidya's discussion GUILT FEELINGS in QUESTIONS IN THE SAND
"Hi.
in reading this discussion I feel something that from time to time, increasingly often, is comes up to me: re-reading Kafka. I don't do it from a long time. And I miss it a lot. Kafka has been a master of the guilt feeling and of all human…"
Nov 30, 2015
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