Birth: December 23, 1910 Death: October 28, 2008
Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a matter of survival to go ….
The single factor most responsible for the disruption of the family is the automobile. Its full effect cannot be assessed. Modern life, as we know, w….
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the action generation whose motto is do more but….
Mature love is not a surrender of the self but a surrender to the self. The ego surrenders its hegemony of the personality to the heart, but in this ….
It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past is cut off, the future does not ….
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense of belonging to one's community, to one'….
Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being..
The feeling of love is a rich feeling, but the expression of love in word or deed is a joy..
We live in an ocean of air like fish in a body of water. By our breathing we are attuned to our atmosphere. If we inhibit our breathing we isolate ou….
While the repression of a memory is a psychological process, the suppression of feeling is accomplished by deadening a part of the body or reducing i….
It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which enables him to relax and ma….
Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to understand the hum….
The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and enclosed is second nature in our cul….
Crying, that is, sobbing is the earliest and deepest way to release tension. Infants can cry almost from the moment of birth, and do so easily follow….
Fear is another emotion that is strongly suppressed. We cannot afford to be afraid, and so we don't allow ourselves to sense and feel the fear within….
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If he doesn't feel fu….
Spirit is not a mystic concept. The spirit of a person is manifest in her aliveness, brightness of his eyes, in the resonance of her voice and in th….
Because we are afraid of life, we seek to control or master it..
Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance..
If the ego is inflated it must be gradually deflated..
Despair is the only cure for illusion..