Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

Having arrived at this point in my earthly existence, I’m reconsidering the ideas and people I’ve come across and have come to understand that God, from the very beginning, planned my birth in order for me to carry out the particular mission He assigned me. Each one of us has a mission, even if many aren’t aware they do because they’re tied down to the material things of life. The ones, though, who follow the lead of their spirits look toward the...

The spiritual awareness I write about in my books (published in Italy by Ed.Paoline) can’t be forced on anyone as a requirement. It contains within itself the mechanism which allows its unfolding, just as an acorn contains within it everything needed to become a tree. Of course it will need to be watered by silence, meditation, and prayer. Our thoughts must never be in conflict with the plans of the universe. God doesn’t seem to have left any trace of Himself in...

The desert as the symbol of one’s spiritual being is the birthplace of deep awareness – awareness of the end of slavery to repression and the acquisition of the freedom of choice. The repression of power and money are nothing in the face of spiritual strength, since it’s of God and contains an infinite creative potential. The spiritual dimension thrives in serene and listening silence. It’s invisible, but ever present in the silent space between one...

I’ve been noticing that lots of people are too concerned about minutely controlling every aspect of their own lives. We are not the people we think we are. From birth, our identity is based on our own very limited experience of life. As the years pass, we become aware that the goods we have accumulated give our egos the illusion that we have, in fact, lived and have realized our full potential. But we are not meant to please our egos, but our souls. To follow our own...

How strange it is that God, who is invisible, is the one who visibly moves the world around us! Everything that we experience as a concrete, material reality was born in the invisible realm, which exists beyond space and time. God is invisible and yet causes miracles to happen in the material word, and He’s the source of love, beauty, and truth. If we don’t draw near to this infinite, creative font, near to God, we will always be afraid of suffering and death....

Each person lives through certain significant phases of his existence in his own, very personal way, with his own particular set of motivating factors. So I always advise people that they try to keep in mind their own personal road maps of life, on which are written their own characteristics and necessities, as well as the good and bad in their own personalities. Then lack of success and suffering are totally and uniquely their own, as they strive to be faithful to...