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Dynamic meditation: an overview
A bit of background In a couple of other posts (this and this) I have described the general idea behind free conscious movement (or the...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 29, 20249 min read
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The song of the ground
Did you hear the song of the ground? A soft tune beating here beneath Your feet. Listen! As it whispers: "You can trust me. Yield, roll,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 23, 20241 min read
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Ecstatic freedom
The following notes present a general vision and some practical guidelines for highlighting the potential of embodied conscious movement...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 20, 20249 min read
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Homo homini deus
Experience is always about content and container, life-form and environment, center and horizon. Most often, our attention is focused on...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 12, 20245 min read
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My game
Behold! This is my game. You shall these meadows cross, And straight till the end go (and again, and again, and again). Nothing expects...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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You are
You are my secret, Hidden in plain sight. The taste of water, The fragrance of air, The touch of space, The sound of silence, The color...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Elements of freedom
What is your deepest aspiration? What is your highest goal? In one of his discourses (MN 29) the Buddha invited us to stop nowhere short...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 28, 202310 min read
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I'm no poet
I’m no poet. If I were, I could sing Wordless beats. My yearning’s Beauty can But Music Understand— Sometimes, if I let it Come close...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 23, 20231 min read
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The challenges of embodied learning
This year, I wanted to turn Global Hermeneutics (The Tragedy of the Self) into an occasion for exposing students the idea that genuine...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 17, 202310 min read
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Philosophy of/in motion
The short version: 1. Any identity is based on the proscription of certain ways of moving in order to facilitate others. Identity filters...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 13, 20239 min read
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The Life Divine Ch23-28
The last part of Book I of the Life Divine introduces some further refinements in the layered ontology that Sri Aurobindo sketched so...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Dec 10, 20238 min read
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Hermeneutics Lab
Philosophy is often conceived (and practiced) as something that is done mostly by ‘thinking’ about a given subject, analysing its...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 27, 202310 min read
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Why Ecstatic Dance?
What are we really looking for? I mean, really. When we ask this question, ordinarily we come up with a list of ideals: happiness, love,...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 19, 20237 min read
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Primary and deep embodiment
Embodiment is a process, not a state. Being in a body, having a body, living through a body are all events, not things. Not only do they...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 12, 20237 min read
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The Life Divine Ch19-22
With this new group of chapters, we descend from the level of Supermind and Mind to that of Life. The guiding idea is the same: to...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 11, 20236 min read
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In a nutshell
One of my favourite hobbies is trying to squeeze as much thought, experience and (dare I say it) wisdom into as few words as possible....
Andrea Sangiacomo
Nov 3, 20236 min read
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Looking for safety
The feeling of safety may be the most important component of spiritual and contemplative practices. Most attention goes often to how...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 24, 20235 min read
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The Life Divine, Ch16-18
In this upcoming group of chapters, Sri Aurobindo continues the exposition of the nature of the Supermind and its relation to the ‘lower’...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 22, 20238 min read
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Olé: Open. Listen: Express!
A manifesto for deep embodiment Imagine Imagine a moment in which you surrendered yourself into the embrace of another being you love (a...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 14, 20237 min read
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The Life Divine, Ch13-15
After having introduced the nature of Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, Sri Aurobindo starts a series of Chapter that will take use towards...
Andrea Sangiacomo
Oct 9, 202310 min read
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