Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

  I’ve received many emails asking why I don’t go on television in Italy… I could respond with a simple “I don’t know” or “I haven’t been invited” even if years ago I was on some talk shows… that was enough for me. My so-called colleagues-authors or psychotherapists-that continuously pontificate on television horrify me… I am of the type that still have great respect for others and believe the each of us should follow our own road, our personal journey,...

  When someone irritates us or we don’t like them without any apparent reason, we should ask ourselves if the faults of that person are actually the ones we possess, but that we don’t want to admit having. When we have not yet reached full psychospiritual awareness it’s easy to fall into the trap of projection and we tend to see our faults in others. For this we must feel gratitude toward that unpleasant person, who allows us to see our faults, the ones we otherwise keep...

  The time has come to realize that inside of us we can find the source of long-lasting serenity, and when that happens everything that is pleasing to others and to the world that surrounds you, will become nothing. While the things that scare others will become your friend. If we look outside ourselves we will always be unhappy. The secret of the lives of each one of us is in our heart. A different secret for each one of us.

  Ever since I’ve cut ties of possession, above all of dependence, I have been able to walk on the journey of psychospiritual awareness with fullness and lightness. Many, faced with this simple truth, remain afraid of freeing themselves from ties of dependence… but it’s not so hard if your technique is not will power, renunciation or strength, but rather, simply deciding to not believe anymore that you are well only if you are tied to someone or something… also...

  1.       Hermit > What does it mean to be a hermit in the 21st century? How is your day? Obviously it means living rigorously alone, without any contact with the world. But I believe instead it’s above all a spiritual dimension, a dimension fo the soul. A dimension that brings one to a state of profound calm and contemplation, therefore I am in linewith all the mystics of the past, from Saint Theresa to Saint John of the Cross, Saint Augustine, Saint Gregory, Saint...

  Here is an interview I decided to do with the Brazilian Jesuits who see me as one of the few contemporary hermits. My books are published by the Paulinas in Brazil and are very widespread....