Gabriele Ciminelli 6/16/23 Gabriele Ciminelli 6/16/23

Ikigai is wonderful, but is purpose needed at all??

Questioner: I just spent 3 hours in a wonderful workshop on Ikigai, and now you're telling me purpose in life may not be necessary. Who the f#%k are you?

GC: I'm no-one. Done. Next question. [Audience laughs]. No need to laugh everyone, really, I can’t prove I even exist. Who knows - you might have even created me just for the purpose of this discussion!

Questioner: How can one live without purpose in life? There is no meaning to existence. I just go through life and become depressed. Why do you say that life needs no purpose?

Gabriele Ciminelli 3/28/22 Gabriele Ciminelli 3/28/22

You have the power to end war and suffering

Why does war exist? We are educated, probably more than ever in history. There are about 4 or 5 million people in the world with PhDs. Has that made the world any smarter? Is this what we suppose is intelligence on this planet? If we are so educated, why hasn’t the human being been able to solve one of the most terrible occurrences in the history of the world? With all of this knowledge and wisdom, we are still stupid enough to pull a trigger and kill another human being.

Gabriele Ciminelli 1/2/22 Gabriele Ciminelli 1/2/22

Does God Really Exist?

Many of us are afraid to ask this question - why? Because we are afraid of the answer, or afraid of the repercussions of what might happen to us if start believing there is no God. But to inquire about this may unveil the greatest discovery to humanity, yet.

Gabriele Ciminelli 11/14/21 Gabriele Ciminelli 11/14/21

Loneliness versus Aloneness: one of these can change your life

We have all experienced the feeling of loneliness. When there is no-one to talk to. When you feel isolated and disconnected. When you are away from family and friends. Let’s look at the repercussions one leans into when you have this feeling of loneliness. For example, people turn to alcohol, or over-eating, or the over consumption of cigarettes and other activities. I don’t want to go into all the examples here. But it seems, we have made a huge fuss over how terrible it is to be lonely. We have such a negative correlation which loneliness.