I cared deeply about that journey. We had planned it to celebrate my partner Max’s sixtieth birthday, far away from a life of constant technological connection and close only to the vastness of the Indian Ocean and the mystery of the creatures it conceals, capable of taking anyone’s breath away as they glide in countless numbers along the coral reef.

Soul writing is not merely autobiographical work; however, our lives and their meaning are implicitly at the centre of every introspective writing process. Speaking about one’s own life therefore becomes inevitable, since each of us is a unique combination of universal themes and represents a small, singular contribution to the great river of life.

Focusing is an introspective technique that brings thinking into collaboration with a particular kind of bodily sensing—an expression of the somatic unconscious and its capacity to orient processes of awareness. Through focusing, we learn to dialogue with the body not only as a source of symptoms, but as a repository of implicit knowledge that points toward the direction of change.

There is a recurring linguistic signal in certain spiritual environments that should immediately alert a student—or a potential one. It is the systematic use of phrases such as: “what I’m telling you is only a simplification of something much more complex,” “some things cannot be explained in words,” “you’re not ready to understand this yet,” “this requires a more advanced level”...

The Vibrational State (VS) is a phenomenon documented in the literature of sleep medicine and neuroscience, but it remains poorly formalized within out-of-body experiences (OBEs). It is experienced during transitional sleep states, such as sleep paralysis, as well as in certain advanced contemplative practices. It is characterized by the emergence of intense, widespread vibratory sensations, often described as electric and pulsating, associated with a profound alteration of bodily consciousness and capable of inducing an OBE.

Soul writing is the name I have given to a writing practice with introspective, visionary, poetic, and experimental qualities—a form of writing that anyone can practice alone or in a group, a writing that aims to explore inner worlds and to observe life in search of meaning and, above all, of the soul’s perspective.

We all need a fairly well-developed psychophysical immune system to endure reality. If we interpret the transits of the year from this perspective, we will see that every planetary placement constitutes a collective challenge but also an individual resource. In other words, even if the collective situation will be extremely unstable and we are bombarded with increasingly surreal news, we will be able—with the help of the year’s energies—to refine a few capacities that will support our maturation.

In a time of conflicts and separations, the couple often seems to be reduced to a confrontation of needs and rights. Yet when the relationship is recognized as a central, living element—one capable of guiding the choices of both partners—even the deepest crises can be transformed into opportunities for shared renewal.

The term “black sheep” refers to people who are not particularly respectful of established rules. I am not referring to irreverence for its own sake, but to the freedom to transgress when one senses that a rule no longer expresses—or never expressed—truth. This trait is essential for anyone who sets out to seek truth, whatever that truth may be.

Diversity does not concern only different skin colors, religions, cultures, traditions, or ways of living and perceiving oneself, but also—and above all—the existence of different ideas. Now, simply because different ideas exist, some of them will inevitably end up offending some people. What, then, should we do? Should we all fall silent in order to avoid offending one another?

Let me tell you a short story. Imagine you are an armed guard. You are walking through the city when you see an individual running out of a store while people are shouting, “Stop the thief! Stop the thief!”...

In Latin, the term circare belonged to the hunting lexicon: it described the way a dog would move, tracing progressively wider circles around the places where the prey had been sighted. The verb ricercare (“to research” or “to search again”), by contrast, has an iterative value and indicates the act of repeated searching—hence attentive, careful, systematic, and aimed at completeness.