Envy vs. Community
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 22, 2025
Journeying up from the fourth to the seventh chakra, we have been dealing with lighter and subtler energies, it seems to me. If we follow
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Rationalism and Reductionism vs. Intuition and Creativity
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 21, 2025
The sixth chakra concerns our “third eye,” intuition, and the bringing together of our left and right hemisphere of the brain in creativity. This is,
Gluttony and Consumerism vs. Speaking Truth
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 20, 2025
The fifth chakra, located at the level of the throat, can be naturally paired with the capital sin of gluttony, which in Latin is spelled
Greed vs. Compassion
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 19, 2025
In the middle chakra, the energies of the other chakras converge. This notion is not peculiar to Matthew Fox, nor is the idea that the
Anger and Violence vs. Empowerment
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 17, 2025
Just as smoke indicates fire, so anger indicates love. Anger has a necessary and important role to play in response to our pain or abuse.
Control and Addiction vs. Healthy Relationships
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 15, 2025
In his revisiting the seven deadly sins of the Catholic tradition, after speaking of sloth or acedia as the root-vice, Matthew Fox examines “lust” and
Acedia and Arrogance vs. Cosmological Approach
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 14, 2025
Acedia means essentially lack of interest and absence of passion. It is not the same as the sin of omission, which is the lack of
Changing the Habits of the Mind
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 13, 2025
We live in very troubled times. The more we are aware of this, the more we realize that we cannot count on external events to
Letter of Humanity to Welcome Brother Leo
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 12, 2025
Dear brother Leo, welcome! You are one of us, a man in flesh and blood so you are entitled to a warm welcome. Just as
Evil and Grief
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 10, 2025
The news of concentration camps being built in Gaza is too hard to stomach. It’s overwhelming. Decency, humanity, the rule of law… all those things
