Breathing – part 2
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
April 30, 2026
If you think of breathing as a feature of Buddhist meditation (see yesterday’s DM) or as a component of Yogic as well as Shamanic traditions,
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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
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
Week of 5/12-17/2025: Pope Leo, the Seven Chakras, & the Motherhood of God
Matthew Fox
May 18, 2025
Note: As Matthew Fox works to complete his next book, our Daily Meditations continue to be penned by Gianluigi Gugliermetto (aka GG), a friend and
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
Trump, Evil and the 7 Capital Sins and 7 Distorted Chakras
Matthew Fox
November 5, 2024
In my first and major study on Evil, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul & Society, I sought a new
Educating for Character and Chakra Development
Matthew Fox
June 27, 2024
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: 8/3/2020] Recently, the state of Louisiana passed a law demanding that the Ten Commandments be posted in ALL public classrooms in the
