Quietud Sagrada · Thirteen Doors to Return Home: “Ricordati di tornare a casa”
Remember to come back Home.
A book by Sifu Carmine “Tony” Colarusso. Each of its thirteen doors continues here, with its practice and its gesture for the day; most, also with their questions.
The book is not yet for sale. The publication date will reach the monthly letter first: a short letter, once a month.
“When the world falls silent, the soul remembers.”
Touch the door to open it.
Next workshop
Chi Kung workshop with Sifu Carmine “Tony” Colarusso
Saturday, December 19, and Sunday, December 20, 2026 · Coral Gables, Florida · US$1,900 per person
“For me, stillness is precision with tenderness: the instant when we stop defending ourselves against life and can at last listen to it.”
The book
Through thirteen doors, the book follows a question that remains open for its author: how to carry what he has lived in prayer, silence and the internal arts into caring for his family, into his work, and into the decisions of each day.
About the book“After I go through a door, I can’t find answers to the questions in the moment, but later they flow without stopping. At 74, I am beginning to know who I am.”
The thirteen doors
Tap a door to open it and read its line.
“When the thirst no longer seeks outside, the heavens begin to rain within.”
Enter through Door IA letter every month
Once a month, a short letter from Sifu Carmine “Tony” Colarusso, in Spanish, English, or Italian. You can unsubscribe from any letter.
Where do I enter today?
Choose what you are living. Each situation leads to a door.
“What are you still looking for outside?”
Enter through Door I“What important question have you long left unasked, and of whom?”
Enter through Door II“Is there something in your life that gives you adrenaline and that you call joy? Are they the same?”
Enter through Door III“What do you try to keep under control when you are afraid?”
Enter through Door IV“Whom can you talk to when you feel you have lost your way?”
Enter through Door V“If a name comes with you, you may say it softly.”
Enter through Door VI“Was there someone who took care of you on a day when you could take care of nothing? If there was, what would you like to be able to tell them, even if only in silence?”
Enter through Door VII“What is hard for you when you return to everyday life after a moment of stillness?”
Enter through Door VIII“Is there a voice you would like to make room for today?”
Enter through Door IX“Is there a boundary you would like to set today to care for those you love?”
Enter through Door X“Has someone let you know, with a gesture and without words, that you had a place among their own? What was the gesture?”
Enter through Door XI“What can you share today, and what help do you need to learn to receive?”
Enter through Door XII“Some stories do not need to be explained. They only need to be heard.”
Read “The House of Livio”
Ascolto
The gesture of Door XIII, as it stands in the book.
- Posture
- Standing, at the door of your home, before going out. No phone in your hand.
- Intention
- To listen before I move.
- Gesture
- Look at the sky. Feel the wind on your face. Watch the birds, if there are any. Seek nothing.
- Breath
- Whatever comes. Do not correct it.
- Attention
- What the day says before you speak. One minute is enough; two, better.
- Closing
- Say inwardly: “Ascolto.” And go out.
Put your phone aside. The page keeps the minute; you listen. A soft bell tells you when it ends.
Sifu Carmine “Tony” Colarusso
Industrial engineer, entrepreneur, and teacher of the internal arts. He signs the book as Carmine (Tony) Colarusso.
He has taught courses and workshops in Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Spain, and the United States, with more than three thousand participants.
- participants in courses and workshops
- More than 3,000
- countries
- 9
On video
From the prologue
And may every house open its door again.