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.
«When the world falls silent, the soul remembers».
Touch the door to open it.
«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 bookTap 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 IWhere do I enter today?
Choose what you are living. Each situation leads to a door.
«Who was, when you were a child, the person with whom you could be yourself without fear?».
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«Say softly a name that matters to you: to name is to belong».
Enter through Door VI«Who took care of you on a day when you could take care of nothing? And have you told them?».
Enter through Door VII«On the mountain I had heard “you are ready”; at the office no one knew».
Enter through Door VIII«Whom did you stop listening to, though they never left?».
Enter through Door IX«What boundary do you need to set in order 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.
Deja el teléfono a un lado. La página cuenta el minuto; tú escucha. Una campana suave te avisa al final.
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.
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From the prologue
And may every house open its door again.