Transpersonal Research Colloquium

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The Transpersonal Research Colloquium (TRC) 2015 took place at Lake Orta in northern Italy in June, following the EUROTAS Festival. The colloquium was organized by Drs. Pier Luigi Lattuada of the Integral Transpersonal Institute (www.integraltranspersonal.com), Rosemarie Anderson of Transpersonal Consultancy (www.transpersonalconsultancy.com) and Giovanna Calabrese and Regina U. Hess representing the EUROTAS Division of Transpersonal Research (http://eurotas.org/division-of-transpersonal-research-edtr/).  

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We feed the soul

We gather transpersonal community

 We enjoied to be together

 Was great!

 Bring it on

have a look to the huge photo gallery!

FIRST TRANSPERSONAL FESTIVAL

WELCOME TO FEEDING THE SOUL SOUL

FEEDING THE SOUL 2015, the FIRST TRANSPERSONAL FESTIVAL of the European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS) will take place in Milan, Italy, the city of EXPO 2015, from the 18th to the 21st of June.

The Festival is organized by Om Association for Transpersonal Medicine and Psychology, in partnership with Centro d’Ompio (Italy) and it is co-sponsored by the Integral Transpersonal Institute of Milan, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP)Ubiquity University (U.S.), and “EXPO in Città”.

Why feed the soul ?

DiapositivaWhy feed the soul ?
The First of May 2015 in twenty thousand say no to the Expo of the companies , in three hundred devastate the city.
Shops , banks , car on fire . Broken windows , people and tourists fleeing in terror , clashes with police . It led to terror and devastation in the city the opening day of the Expo . The parade of Expo No Mayday Parade organized in the afternoon have taken over the black- bloc and the bands most violent . And the event is soon degenerated . The demonstrators brought to the police station , five were arrested for resisting the police , injuries , jet dangerous things and outrage .
A post – conventional thinking, a look that transcends and includes rebellion and conformity into sharing , anger and resignation into the right action towards  a high – synergy, it’s now  available. Let’s  come together and celebrate, feeding the soul of the world.

What is going on in Yarmouk ?

Yarmouk pc“In order to understand what is going on in Yarmouk turn off the power, the water, the heating, eat once a day, live in the darkness and warm up standing in front of a fire or bonfire”, says one of the residents at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Siria close to Damasco. This situation is described by an ONU official as “beyond inhuman”.

In the presence of such disaster and brutalization we could ask: “Lord, do something!”and we could sense the answer “I did something, I made you”- As the anecdote of the missionary in Africa says.

FEEDING THE SOUL 2015

FEEDING THE SOUL 2015, the FIRST TRANSPERSONAL FESTIVAL of the European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS) will take place in Milan, Italy, the city of EXPO 2015, from the 18th to the 21st of June.
The Festival is organized by Om Association for Transpersonal Medicine and Psychology, in partnership with Centro d’Ompio (Italy) and it is co-sponsored by the Integral Transpersonal Institute of Milan, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP), Ubiquity University (U.S.), and “EXPO in Città”.

From self-limiting Ego to the vast horizons of Self

"Many people make the stuff first and only later the consciousness" the popular saying goes. First to get and then to be, recalling the well-known book "To have or to be" by Erich Fromm. But if you ask people what they really want, most of them would say: "I want to feel good. Deeply." That's why it's necessary to investigate who is this "I", deeply, this field of consciousness in which we recognize ourselves. The transpersonal approach, at the center of the Feeding the Soul Festival living next June (www.feedingthesoul.eu), states that there are several fields of consciousness in which we can identify, and that a healthy evolution goes towards self-actualized identities, distinguished by greater interconnection among inner parts, other people, nature and the All.

Ready to wake up?

Ready-to-wake-up -for-home-both-ita-and-enOne day Baba Aziz, old blind wise Sufi, decided to leave, says the story.
He had to go to one of those Sufi gatherings that take place in an unspecified spot, at an undefined time, but where everyone who has to arrive somehow makes it.
Baba Aziz asked his little 7 years old granddaughter to escort him and they left.
During the journey, actually, it was the blind grandfather to conduct the little girl, not the other way around.
The way to reach and to participate to Feeding The Soul, our gathering that takes place in a defined spot and at an indicated time, is the same.
Letting ourselves be guided by the eyes of our hearts, bringing with us our inner child and conducting him/her to the destination.
You are welcome, you and everybody you bring with you.

Beauty and the Festival

Beauty and the Festival

Beauty is in the eye of those who see, says the wise man.
A dream is as big as the consciousness of those who dream it and its realization is in the awakening.
The awakening from our habits and beliefs, individualisms and attachments, feelings of separation and  lack.
The idea that everything is connected, that we are all on the same journey, that we are one consciousness, all brothers & sisters, is fascinating, but when we have to behave according to this idea then our limits, fears, judgements, deepest shadows emerge.
To deal with who we really are and what we really want, is actually the intent of a big dream
The Transpersonal Community is (or should be) made of heroes on a journey, people who have or should have left the castle of their own personal history, their social conventions, their rational alibis, towards the direction of their own Self.
Feeding the Soul wants to represent a concrete occasion of awakening, to materialize in the ordinary world the alchemic athanor in which our personal individualities - fed by the fire of passion for life, of ardor for self and world improvement, of gratitude for beauty and grace - could dance together the dream of awakening.
We are waiting for you to share the gift of the philosopher’s stone that I carry inside my soul, the scent of the lotus that emanates from your heart.
Join us.
www.feedingthesoul.eu

A smile fro the heart
Pier Luigi Lattuada
Director of Feeding The Soul

Message to the presenters and performers, to VIPs and VNPs, very normal people.

You might think you deserve preferential treatment, you might think you should have been invited and maybe also paid, you might think that somebody wants to make money on you or exploit your image, your might think there is a business underneath.
On the contrary, this is an event that can happen only if we all consider  ourselves our own sponsor.
This event that doesn’t include profit margins but costs instead, an event in which anybody can give his/her own contribute paying the entrance for a Youth ( fulfilling the section “Sponsor a Youth” ).
This is an event with a very simple intent: to honor and comprehend fully and deeply the term TRANSPERSONAL and everything  it can possibly mean in our everyday life by embodying it and experiencing it together.
An event born from an authentic dream , free from ego identifications or at least aware of the ambushes that these represent, a dream willing to be at the service of the community and to create a field, situation and possibility for a leap of consciousness, a chance for another step towards respect and honor of our true nature as human beings.
This is an event for which we sacrifice some of our time, the linear personal time, in favor of Kairos (καιρός) the right moment, the opportune moment, the time when something special happens.

I had a dream

Probably most of us had a dream.
I don’t mean night dreams or wishes and I don’t mean the needs of the “I” either, I talk about visions, impulses of the soul, longing and ardor.
When you follow it the Universe cooperates and a lucky sequence of synergies takes care of you and supports your project.
This is why we don’t look for sponsors, we feel the push of the “ Self”, which is subject and transpersonal. The dream doesn’t actually exist; because the best way to realize it, is to wake up, says the wise man.
The dream is Me, You, Us, all of us, the community of travelers of the soul, the dream is anybody who wants to make a leap beyond him/herself, beyond his/her own personal interests and his/her own habits in order to feel part of this journey.
You are the dream and the dreamer.
We are waiting for you in order to wake up together.

Je suis Amaka

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In Baga City, north-east of Nigeria, where at least 2.000 of about 10.000 inhabitants were supposedly killed by the islamic fundamentalists Boko Haram in less then a week, tens of corpses remain abandoned on the streets as nobody has the courage nor the strength to bury them. Peace, love and closeness to Charlie Hebdo but... Dear Mr. Hollande, Merkel, Cameroon, Renzi, etc....

The Transpersonal consciousness: towards an evolutionary leap of the collective mind

The Transpersonal consciousness: towards an evolutionary leap of the collective mind
P.L. Lattuada M. D, Ph. D.

The transpersonal vision was born in the last century, in the sixties, and has undergone a process of development since then, within the field of psychology.
Transpersonal Psychology represents the contribution of the scientific field to the study and comprehension of the inner experience of transcendent kind. This experience received during the centuries many classifications by various traditions: mystic ecstasy, cosmic experience, cosmic consciousness, peak experience, nirvana, satori, Samadhi, Kingdom of Heaven, body of the dream, nagual, etc.

Spiritual Warriors – A Necessity for Our Time

Spiritual Warriors – A Necessity for Our Time
Judith S. Miller - www.drjudithmiller.com

     Like most elders in our circle, I believe that the beginning of the 21st century is a very challenging time for humanity. As advanced technology and jetliners make our world smaller and smaller, we become increasingly aware of the extreme inequities endured by our fellow humans. From an onslaught of new diseases, to wars, to unprecedented violence, torture, and environmental catastrophes –  humans are pushed to deeply examine themselves in relation to all that is around them – whether near or far.

The Circle of Elders Eurotas 2014 Greece

The Circle of Elders Eurotas 2014 Greece
P. L. Lattuada MD., Ph.D.

Thank you Tanna for inviting me to this Circle.
First of all I hope that this one will not be “just one more Circle” but one that can send a real message, offer something real.
Many of us here spoke about indigenous traditions or ancient traditions.
Well, in Brazil the ancient traditional healer uses a specific word, which is AXÈ.
AXÈ is the sacred force of LIFE.
There is something that you see in the eyes of the shaman…something that you see when you “avatar”, when you say: “I see you”…what you see and what you feel in that moment is the AXÈ.
I don t know why, but life has brought me back to Brazil since 1982 and it’s been a learning journey since that first moment when I was 27 years old.

Why TransPersonal Awakening of our Cultures is Highest Priority

Why TransPersonal Awakening of our Cultures is Highest Priority
Ashok Gangadean

It is now clear that TransPersonal Literacy and Intelligence bring us to the Source of all our worldviews, cultures, religions and forms of life.

This Primal Source Field is named differently in our great philosophical, spiritual and religious traditions through the ages.  Whether invoked through Tao, Aum, Yahweh, Allah, Brahman, Sunyata (Emptiness), Christ, God, Spirit or the Foundational Energy Field of all the Sciences…the collective wisdom of our planet through the ages has recognized that this Source Field is the generative Source of our diverse scriptures, worldviews, enlightenment teachings, indeed, of all worldviews, narratives, ideologies, religions and disciplinary forms of life.

First Transpersonal Research Colloquium

First Transpersonal Research Colloquium
Gathering Our Research Community Together
June 22-23, 2015, Milan, Italy
CALL FOR PAPERS

The Transpersonal Research Colloquium (TRC) 2015 follows Feeding the Soul, The First Milan Transpersonal Festival on June 22-23, 2015 organized by EUROTAS at Centro d’Ompio, Italy (www.ompio.org). Cosponsored by the EUROTAS Division of Transpersonal Research, Integral Transpersonal Institute, and Transpersonal Consultancy, researchers worldwide will engage in dialogue and trainings related to current and emerging research projects on transpersonal, spiritual, and related topics.

FEEDING THE SOUL

FEEDING THE SOUL 2015, the FIRST TRANSPERSONAL FESTIVAL of the European Transpersonal Association (EUROTAS) will take place in Milan, Italy, the city of EXPO 2015, from 18th to 21st June 2015.
The Festival is organized by Om Association for Transpersonal Medicine and Psychology, in partnership with Centro d’Ompio (Italy) and it is co-sponsored by the Integral Transpersonal Institute of Milan, the Association for Transpersonal Psychology (ATP), Ubiquity University (U.S.), and “EXPO in Città”.