The man who deprives himself of the religious dimension loses out on experience, loses out on potential and, above all, loses out on knowing himself. Having it is something one cannot deny, and ignoring it is nothing more than mutilating oneself. So if one wants to know and understand oneself fully, one has to stimulate it and manifest it, even if only through searching. And if, one day, one comes to the conclusion that religious effort has not been rewarded, one will see that one’s very existence is already evidence of a higher aspiration, of a sincere desire to find the link that connects oneself to the rest of creation: evidence, therefore, that can only ennoble.
Category: Notes
There Is Only One Relevant Parameter
Existentially, there is only one relevant parameter: the degree of satisfaction the individual has with his life. From this will derive his happiness and his misery, in the most precise sense of both terms. Although very simple, and representing nothing more than the feeling of doing what one was born to do, satisfaction first requires awareness of individuality, free will and the ability to create. The rest is to continually affirm them, summing up existence itself in this act of affirmation. To do so is simply to be with awareness and plenitude, and in doing so the relevance of all other questions disappears. Those who experience satisfaction with their lives are filled with a healthy euphoria that drives them to more life. To the same extent, dissatisfaction generates the opposite impulse. Hence, in essence, happiness and misery are unrelated to comfort and refer above all to an inner state.
The Spiritualist Movement
The spiritualist movement, if we can call it that, which has emerged in the last two centuries and has expanded with spectacular vigor, invading countless areas of knowledge and deepening unbridled, can only inspire good feelings. It seems that, in one fell swoop, experience, seriousness, method and, above all, good faith have been brought together in a number of spirits that can no longer be counted on the fingers, forming a current that cannot be stopped, since it has both the preparation and the spirit needed to assert itself and carry out its mission. What is most striking is the terminology, long banned from serious literature, which is now being used with absolute naturalness after an unexpected invasion. There is no doubt that these days will be marked in history by this radical and beneficial transformation.
The Postulate From Which the Bulk…
The postulate from which the bulk of scientific research springs, i.e. materialism, is nothing more than a hypothesis, and perhaps a completely incorrect one. Starting from the premise that all observable phenomena derive from matter could simply be starting from a false premise, since there is no proof for it. So, in the sense that the term is applied, scientific research is almost always based on an anti-scientific premise—something that is, admittedly, necessary, but which should be reason enough for the most fanatical to be filled with that humility that no longer seems to guide them.