Andrea Bocconi, author and psychosynthesis psychotherapist, accepting our invitation to talk about happiness, offered us intense points of reflection in this video. Recalling the findings of a famous study conducted at Harvard that lasted 75 years, he emphasized how the study revealed that the people who lived the best in terms of physical health were not those who had the most success in life but those who had cultivated relationships.
This serves as a starting point to share an experience he has had for years, which aligns with this conclusion. When asking participants in his groups or patients about their most memorable and engaging experiences, the so-called peak experiences of life, common characteristics often emerge: they are not extraordinary events but experiences of connection with others, with nature, and with beauty.
From the aspect of connection, Andrea Bocconi references i) Buddhist psychology, according to which the realization of the non-existence of an independent self represents the overcoming of ignorance, and ii) psychosynthesis. For Assagioli, the connection between the Personal Self and the Higher Self did not represent two separate things: the Higher Self is the Sun and the ray of light that reaches us is the Personal Self. He thus spoke of the unity of things, living in harmony with one's deep purpose, with one's soul's plan.
The loss of this connection is to blame for the disappearance of happiness.
This serves as a starting point to share an experience he has had for years, which aligns with this conclusion. When asking participants in his groups or patients about their most memorable and engaging experiences, the so-called peak experiences of life, common characteristics often emerge: they are not extraordinary events but experiences of connection with others, with nature, and with beauty.
From the aspect of connection, Andrea Bocconi references i) Buddhist psychology, according to which the realization of the non-existence of an independent self represents the overcoming of ignorance, and ii) psychosynthesis. For Assagioli, the connection between the Personal Self and the Higher Self did not represent two separate things: the Higher Self is the Sun and the ray of light that reaches us is the Personal Self. He thus spoke of the unity of things, living in harmony with one's deep purpose, with one's soul's plan.
The loss of this connection is to blame for the disappearance of happiness.
