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ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY. ANTHROPOLOGY : SCIENCE that STUDIES the MAN under ALL ASPECTS, i.e. SOCIAL, CULTURAL and PHYSICAL
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ANTHROPOLOGY : SCIENCE that STUDIES the MAN under ALL ASPECTS, i.e. SOCIAL, CULTURAL and PHYSICAL SPIRITUALITY :EVERYTHINGthat INVOLVES the SPIRIT. Has VARIOUS MEANINGS and INTERPRETATIONS, INCLUDING FAITH and DIVINITY. Each INDIVIDUAL has ONE, with CHARACTERISTICS that are EXCLUSIVE and UNIQUE.
ANTHROPOLOGICALSPIRITUALITYputs at the CORE of every INTEREST the MAN, MEASURE and RULE of the UNIVERSE
We can only rest assuredof TWO THINGS : The STARRY SKY ABOVE US and the MORAL CONSCIENCE inside ourselves I. Kant
LYING to OURSELVES and to the OTHERS is caused by our TROUBLES. SINCERITY with OURSELVES and the OTHERS is INDISPENSABLE to START a real CHANGE. RECONCILIATION with OURSELVES and the OTHERS takes place through FORGIVENESS, which is more IMPORTANT for the FORGIVING than the FORGIVEN
SPIRITUALITY Is a WINDING ROAD, a SPIRITUAL PATH,having an INDIVIDUAL DIMENSION. One has to try and MOVE FORWARD towards a GOAL, like a higher degree of AWARENESS, becoming WISER,in COMMUNIONwithGOD or NATURE, getting rid of the limitations of SENSES and MIND. Rodin – The thinker
SPIRITUAL PATH can be a short JOURNEY, witha SPECIFIC AIMor a PATH that lasts LIFE LONG Every EVENT of LIFE is PART of this PATH,with SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, like MEDITATION, INTROSPECTION, SELF CRITICISM, COMPARISONwith OTHERS, PRAYER. Dürer
MEDITATION Is a continuous INTROSPECTIONwhich ALLOWS us to clearly UNDERSTAND who WE ARE (SELF CONSCIENCE) and to FREELY CHOOSE who WE WANT TO BECOME (SELF PROMOTION) G. La Tour
SELF CONSCIENCE Having a very THOUGHTFUL cast of MIND, one has to think only of ONESELF, NOT of the EXTERNAL WORLD, to implement SELF CRITICISM Gnothi Sauton Nosce te ipsum Get to know yourself
You see the MOTE in your brother’s eye, but not the BEAM in YOUR OWN ? Luca, Gospel, 6, 41 DON’T ASK what your COUNTRY can do FOR YOU, ASK what YOU CAN do for your COUNTRY. J. F. Kennedy
SELF PROMOTION : EACH MAN is the SOLE, AUTHENTIC GUARDIAN of his own PHYSICAL, MENTALand SPIRITUAL HEALTH. J.S. Mill EVERYONE is RESPONSIBLE of HIMSELF and of HIS OWN CHANGE, which LASTS the WHOLE LIFE(UNTIL the FLOWERS). V.Hudolin Caravaggio - detail
COMPARISON CONTINUALLY comparing with the others, which helps to reach SELF CRITICISM, to INCREASE, COMMUNICATE and SHARE our own INTERNAL RICHNESS, built on: SOLIDARITY FRIENDSHGIP LOVE PEACE Pompei
A SPIRITUAL GROWTHwhich BRINGS: NEW CERTAINTIES, NEW TRUST, new CAPACITY to RICOVER, SENSE of PFULLNESS of LIFE SELF ESTEEMincreases G. La Tour
THINK POSITIVELY MENTAL ATTITUDE cwhich allows you to FACEthe PROBLEMS in SERENITY, NOT DRAMATIZING them, through REFLEXION, COMPARISON, ACCEPTANCE, trying to OVERCOME what CANNOT be CHANGED
EVERYONE has the CAPACITY,and the DUTY, to UNDERSTAND andGET TO KNOW himself. EVERYONE can CHANGE his LIFE STYLE, SEEKINGandFINDINGFAVOURABLE CONDITIONS to FACE and MANAGE his PROBLEMS.
OBJECTIVES PROPOSED by the CLUB as SPIRITUAL PATH SHORT DISTANCE PATH: ABSTINENCE NECESSARY and INDISPENSABLE MEAN to START approaching the SOBRIETY LIFE LONG PATH: SOBRIETY FREE and RESPONSIBLE CHOICE in order to CHANGE our LIFE
COMMITTMENT of CLUB is to CREATE the CONDITIONSto IMPLEMENT the SPIRITUAL PATH of all its MEMBERS through EMPATHY
EMPATHY is a WAY to UNDERSTAND what the OTHERS are FEELINGwith RESPECT and PARTICIPATION. A WAY to OFFER a RELATIONSHIP BASED on LISTENING WITHOUT JUDGING, LISTENING WITH INTEREST to other MEMBERS’ FEELINGS and NEEDS
EMPATHY means being AVAILABLE to OFFER FULL ATTENTION, PUTTING ASIDE OUR OWN WORRIES and FEELINGS for a while;is a WAY to establish a better COMMUNICATION which can be LEARNT by EXPERIENCE and BASED on HUMBLENESS Mantegna
SOCIAL EMPATHY: SOCIAL WELL BEING ORIGINATES from PERSONAL WELL BEING UNLESS you FEEL WELL with YOURSELF, how can you FEEL WELL with the OTHERS ?
SOCIAL EMPATHY Is to be SENSITIVE for all EVENTS happening on EARTH, feeling INVOLVED and CO-RESPONSIBLE; it is NECESSARY to CREATE a COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE to MODIFY some DEEPLY ROOTED BEHAVIOURS at SOCIAL and CULTURAL level
In order to DEVELOP a “HEALTH CULTURE” in the SOCIETY, it is NECESSARY to PROMOTEsome VALUES such as: • INTERDEPENDENCE, as a SYSTEM of INTER-RELATIONS, RAISED to the level of MORAL and SOCIAL CAZTEGORY, a VIRTUE. • SOLIDARITY, as the WILLINGNESS to UNDERTAKE ACTIONS for the COMMON GOOD, in other words for the GOOD of EVERYONE. • EVERYONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYONE John Paul II, Enciclica “SOLLECITUDO REI SOCIALIS”
ECOLOGICAL – SOCIAL APPROACH for the TREATMENT of ALCOHOLRELATED and MIXED PROBLEMS The CHANGE DOES NOT ONLY MEAN SEEKING and LIVING the SOBRIETY at INIVIDUAL LEVEL, but in addition MEANS a NEW KIND of BEHAVIOUR involving the FAMILIES and the COMMUNITY. FINDING and IMPLEMENTING a NEW POSSIBILITY to COMMUNICATE and INTERACT for a BETTER QUALITY of LIFE.
LIFE, a mystery that can be seen either as a spontaneous development of organic material from the Universe, or as a gift from God or from the Nature. In both cases it is not our private property, on the contrary, we might say that it has been lent to us by God or the Nature. In any event, even though we are free to use it, from an ethical point of view we are not free to intentionally damage it or to destroy it. Hudolin Assisi 1995
SPIRITUALITY IS NOT a VIRTUE in the ABSTRACT, it EMERGES IN EVERY DAY’SGESTURES, ACTIONS, CHOICES
Every year, in MAY we HOLD in ASSISI the Annual NATIONALCONGRESS on ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY and SOCIAL ECOLOGY