ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY

ANTHROPOLOGY :SCIENCE that STUDIES the MAN under ALL ASPECTS, i.e. SOCIAL, CULTURAL and PHYSICAL

SPIRITUALITY : EVERYTHING that INVOLVES the SPIRIT. Has VARIOUS MEANINGS and INTERPRETATIONS, INCLUDING FAITH and DIVINITY. Each INDIVIDUAL has ONE, with CHARACTERISTICS that are EXCLUSIVE and UNIQUE.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL

SPIRITUALITY puts 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

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 COMMUNION with GOD or NATURE, getting rid of the limitations of SENSES and MIND.

SPIRITUALITY

Rodin – The thinker

can be a short JOURNEY, witha SPECIFIC AIM or a PATH that lasts LIFE LONG Every EVENT of LIFE is PART of this PATH,with SIGNIFICANT MOMENTS, like MEDITATION, INTROSPECTION, SELF CRITICISM, COMPARISON with OTHERS, PRAYER.

SPIRITUAL PATH

Dürer

Is a continuous INTROSPECTION

which ALLOWS us

to clearly UNDERSTAND

who WE ARE

(SELF CONSCIENCE)

and to FREELY CHOOSE

who

WE WANT TO BECOME

(SELF PROMOTION)G. La Tour

MEDITATION

Having a very THOUGHTFUL cast of MIND, one has to think only of ONESELF, NOT of the EXTERNAL WORLD, to implement SELF CRITICISM

Nosce te ipsum

Get to know yourself

SELF CONSCIENCE

You see the MOTE in your

brother’s eye, but not the BEAM in

YOUR OWN ?

DON’T ASK what your COUNTRY

can do FOR YOU, ASK what YOU

CAN do for your COUNTRY.

Luca, Gospel, 6, 41

J. F. Kennedy

EACH MAN is the SOLE, AUTHENTIC GUARDIAN of his own PHYSICAL, MENTAL and SPIRITUAL HEALTH. J.S. Mill

SELF PROMOTION :

Caravaggio - detail

EVERYONE is RESPONSIBLE of HIMSELF and of HIS OWN CHANGE, which LASTS the WHOLE LIFE (UNTIL the FLOWERS).

V. Hudolin

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

COMPARISON

Pompei

A SPIRITUAL GROWTH

which BRINGS:

NEW CERTAINTIES,

NEW TRUST, new CAPACITY

to RICOVER,

SENSE of PFULLNESS of LIFE

SELF ESTEEM

increases

G. La Tour

THINK POSITIVELY

MENTAL ATTITUDE

cwhich allows you to FACE

the 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 and

GET TO KNOW himself.

EVERYONE can CHANGE his LIFE

STYLE, SEEKING and FINDING

FAVOURABLE

CONDITIONS to

FACE and MANAGE his

PROBLEMS.

• 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

OBJECTIVES PROPOSED by the

CLUB as SPIRITUAL PATH

COMMITTMENT of CLUB

is to CREATE

the CONDITIONS

to IMPLEMENT

the SPIRITUAL PATH

of all its MEMBERS

through EMPATHY

is a WAY

to UNDERSTAND

what the OTHERS are FEELING

with 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

EMPATHY

Mantegna

•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

SOCIAL EMPATHY

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”

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.

ECOLOGICAL – SOCIAL APPROACH for the TREATMENT of ALCOHOLRELATED and MIXED PROBLEMS

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

IS NOT a VIRTUE in the ABSTRACT,

it EMERGES IN EVERY DAY’S

GESTURES,

ACTIONS,

CHOICES

SPIRITUALITY

Every year, in MAY

we HOLD in

ASSISI the Annual

NATIONAL

CONGRESS on

ANTHROPOLOGICAL SPIRITUALITY and SOCIAL ECOLOGY