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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY
ANTHROPOLOGY :SCIENCE that STUDIES the MAN under ALL ASPECTS, i.e. SOCIAL, CULTURAL and PHYSICAL
SPIRITUALITY : EVERYTHING that INVOLVES the SPIRIT. Has VARIOUS MEANINGS and INTERPRETATIONS, INCLUDING FAITH and DIVINITY. Each INDIVIDUAL has ONE, with CHARACTERISTICS that are EXCLUSIVE and UNIQUE.
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SPIRITUALITY puts at
the CORE of every
INTEREST the MAN,
MEASURE
and RULE of the
UNIVERSE
We can only rest assuredof TWO THINGS :
The STARRY SKY
ABOVE US
and the MORAL CONSCIENCE
inside ourselves
I. Kant
LYING to OURSELVES and to the
OTHERS is caused by our TROUBLES.
SINCERITY with OURSELVES and
the OTHERS is INDISPENSABLE
to START a real CHANGE.
RECONCILIATION with OURSELVES
and the OTHERS takes place through
FORGIVENESS, which is more
IMPORTANT for the FORGIVING
than the FORGIVEN
Is a WINDING ROAD, a SPIRITUAL PATH,having an INDIVIDUAL DIMENSION.One has to try and MOVE FORWARD towards a GOAL, like a higher degree of AWARENESS, becoming WISER,in COMMUNION with GOD or NATURE, getting rid of the limitations of SENSES and MIND.
SPIRITUALITY
Rodin – The thinker
can be a short JOURNEY, witha SPECIFIC AIM or a PATH that lasts LIFE LONG Every EVENT of LIFE is PART of this PATH,with SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, like MEDITATION, INTROSPECTION, SELF CRITICISM, COMPARISON with OTHERS, PRAYER.
SPIRITUAL PATH
Dürer
Is a continuous INTROSPECTION
which ALLOWS us
to clearly UNDERSTAND
who WE ARE
(SELF CONSCIENCE)
and to FREELY CHOOSE
who
WE WANT TO BECOME
(SELF PROMOTION)G. La Tour
MEDITATION
Having a very THOUGHTFUL cast of MIND, one has to think only of ONESELF, NOT of the EXTERNAL WORLD, to implement SELF CRITICISM
Nosce te ipsum
Get to know yourself
SELF CONSCIENCE
You see the MOTE in your
brother’s eye, but not the BEAM in
YOUR OWN ?
DON’T ASK what your COUNTRY
can do FOR YOU, ASK what YOU
CAN do for your COUNTRY.
Luca, Gospel, 6, 41
J. F. Kennedy
EACH MAN is the SOLE, AUTHENTIC GUARDIAN of his own PHYSICAL, MENTAL and SPIRITUAL HEALTH. J.S. Mill
SELF PROMOTION :
Caravaggio - detail
EVERYONE is RESPONSIBLE of HIMSELF and of HIS OWN CHANGE, which LASTS the WHOLE LIFE (UNTIL the FLOWERS).
V. Hudolin
CONTINUALLY comparing with the others, which helps to reach SELF CRITICISM, to INCREASE, COMMUNICATE and SHARE our own INTERNAL RICHNESS, built on: SOLIDARITY
FRIENDSHGIP
LOVE PEACE
COMPARISON
Pompei
A SPIRITUAL GROWTH
which BRINGS:
NEW CERTAINTIES,
NEW TRUST, new CAPACITY
to RICOVER,
SENSE of PFULLNESS of LIFE
SELF ESTEEM
increases
G. La Tour
THINK POSITIVELY
MENTAL ATTITUDE
cwhich allows you to FACE
the PROBLEMS in SERENITY,
NOT DRAMATIZING them,
through REFLEXION,
COMPARISON,
ACCEPTANCE,
trying to OVERCOME
what CANNOT be
CHANGED
EVERYONE has the CAPACITY,
and the DUTY, to UNDERSTAND and
GET TO KNOW himself.
EVERYONE can CHANGE his LIFE
STYLE, SEEKING and FINDING
FAVOURABLE
CONDITIONS to
FACE and MANAGE his
PROBLEMS.
• SHORT DISTANCE PATH: ABSTINENCE
NECESSARY and INDISPENSABLE MEAN
to START approaching the SOBRIETY
• LIFE LONG PATH: SOBRIETY
FREE and RESPONSIBLE CHOICE in order
to CHANGE our LIFE
OBJECTIVES PROPOSED by the
CLUB as SPIRITUAL PATH
COMMITTMENT of CLUB
is to CREATE
the CONDITIONS
to IMPLEMENT
the SPIRITUAL PATH
of all its MEMBERS
through EMPATHY
is a WAY
to UNDERSTAND
what the OTHERS are FEELING
with RESPECT and PARTICIPATION.
A WAY to OFFER a
RELATIONSHIP BASED on LISTENING
WITHOUT JUDGING, LISTENING WITH
INTEREST to other MEMBERS’
FEELINGS and NEEDS
EMPATHY
means being AVAILABLE
to OFFER FULL ATTENTION,
PUTTING ASIDE OUR OWN WORRIES
and FEELINGS for a while;
is a WAY to establish a better
COMMUNICATION which
can be LEARNT by EXPERIENCE and
BASED
on HUMBLENESS
EMPATHY
Mantegna
•SOCIAL WELL BEING
ORIGINATES
from PERSONAL WELL BEING
•UNLESS you FEEL WELL with
YOURSELF, how can you FEEL
WELL with the OTHERS ?
SOCIAL EMPATHY:
Is to be SENSITIVE
for all EVENTS happening on
EARTH, feeling INVOLVED and
CO-RESPONSIBLE;
it is NECESSARY to CREATE
a COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE to
MODIFY some DEEPLY ROOTED
BEHAVIOURS at SOCIAL and
CULTURAL level
SOCIAL EMPATHY
In order to DEVELOP a “HEALTH CULTURE” in the SOCIETY, it is NECESSARY to PROMOTEsome VALUES such as:
• INTERDEPENDENCE, as a SYSTEM of INTER-RELATIONS, RAISED to the level of MORAL and SOCIAL CAZTEGORY, a VIRTUE.
• SOLIDARITY, as the WILLINGNESS to UNDERTAKE ACTIONS for the COMMON GOOD,
in other words for the GOOD of EVERYONE.
• EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYONE
John Paul II, Enciclica “SOLLECITUDO REI SOCIALIS”
The CHANGE DOES NOT ONLY MEAN
SEEKING and LIVING the SOBRIETY
at
INIVIDUAL LEVEL, but in addition MEANS a
NEW KIND of BEHAVIOUR involving the
FAMILIES and the COMMUNITY.
FINDING and
IMPLEMENTING a NEW POSSIBILITY to
COMMUNICATE and INTERACT for a BETTER
QUALITY of LIFE.
ECOLOGICAL – SOCIAL APPROACH for the TREATMENT of ALCOHOLRELATED and MIXED PROBLEMS
LIFE, a mystery that can be seen either as a spontaneous development of organic material from the Universe, or as a gift from God or from the Nature.
In both cases it is not our private property, on the contrary, we might say that it has been lent to us by God or the Nature.
In any event, even though we are free to use it, from an ethical point of view we are not free to intentionally damage it or to destroy it.
Hudolin Assisi 1995
IS NOT a VIRTUE in the ABSTRACT,
it EMERGES IN EVERY DAY’S
GESTURES,
ACTIONS,
CHOICES
SPIRITUALITY
Every year, in MAY
we HOLD in
ASSISI the Annual
NATIONAL
CONGRESS on
ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY and SOCIAL ECOLOGY