Valerio Albisetti - Il viaggio della Vita

Listen to Valerio Albisetti speak about “silence” on the “BEN FATTO” radio show on Raiuno. On Monday December 6th at 8:30 on Raiuno’s show “BEN FATTO” lead by Annalisa Manduca and Lorenzo Opice, Valerio Albisetti will answer questions on the topic of silence. The occasions to hear something authentic, serious and deep in Italy are very rare.

The aware person does not act according to projection mechanisms. She always has herself in front of her. She is responsible for her own emotions. When a person assumes full responsibility of herself, she is no longer a victim. She cannot be the victim of anyone. But recognizing that you are no long a victim means definitively losing childish illusions, illusions that were necessary for survival. To become aware means accepting your solitude. If, on the contrary, we live...

  Forgiveness is openness of the soul and heart. It makes welcoming the other possible. It becomes a mentality, a life style that must be renewed each day because the base of forgiveness is the person. It’s like saying: I forgive you not because you are good, but because you have absolute value, because something exists in you that is always ready to be reborn. For this, forgiveness is not only a gesture of goodness but it is the perception of the mystery that dwells in the...

We need to rethink the valuation of a people through its GDP, and take into account its quality of life, education, health, civility and, after all, its soul. The problem is that what makes us happy or that which expresses the soul is not a measurable entity. It doesn’t have a price, and you can’t sell it or buy it (thank goodness I say) on the market. The capacity to love and serve, the sense of limits, respect and spirituality are not on sale. They are journeys of meaning...

Today we have to realize that an increase in riches, income and possessions does not correspond to an increase in our psycho-physical well being, psychological feeling or in our happiness. Just the opposite, it creates more stress, anxiety, depression, fear, aggression, violence and criminality. Maybe the moment has come to put up for discussion the rules that make our society. Above all the rules on how our political class is formed and how power and money are...

Intelligence and culture are not enough to combat inequality and injustice. You need healthy compassion, to be able to identify yourself with others. This is easily learned through arts and letters and spirituality. And this helps us to dialogue without prejudice with people of different faiths and races, without fear and mistrust. Today democracy is in danger because the economic market is destroying it, and so education and knowledge are no longer important. You just need...