Who hasn’t ever questioned the meaning, origin and purpose of life?
Religion and philosophy have always been concerned to resolve the existential questions; hence, is a man who does not believe disinterested in himself and his fellow men?

I do not think you can live without believing. At some point, even secretly, we all believed, or had faith…or not?
I do have an open mind to embrace all religions, but I find difficult understanding atheists or agnostics. Although, I do not judge them, I just feel far away from their thoughts.

Meanwhile, surrounded by this skepticism, I keep asking myself: Is there a God or a force that protects us, that shows us the way? Or do we choose entirely for ourselves? Or both?

I grew up with a Catholic education, I went to church every Sunday and I still remember with a smile when I walked through the church hall holding my grandfather’s hand with the collection plate. I was happy because I was brought up that way.
There was nothing else.

Without knowledge, no doubts arise. And without doubts, there is no insecurity or fear that, maybe, there are other truths.
And there are so many truths that you could get lost trying to understand them.

But to believe beyond reason, is not the essence of faith itself?
Isn’t it “La persuasione, non sensibilmente tangibile, dell’esistenza di un Dio” (“the unquestioning belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of something / someone”?)

But time goes by, and art and dance changed my destiny. They opened my eyes and made me realize that there are so many things to believe, so many ways to believe, so many levels in believing.

Religions, philosophies, energies…
as a reason for living or as a support… obsessive, superficial or disinterested; proven truth or dictated by faith.
And our curiosity could lead us to learn, above all, to be tolerant, not to be afraid of the difference, but to accept it within our spiritual awareness.

One of the first questions when getting to know someone is, what religion do you practice in your country? And in what do you believe?

It is always very interesting to find out that, for example, most of the dancers that I know and I have met in my career, are mostly atheists or if I ask them about their beliefs they would answer “yes, I do believe, there is something out there”.
Very few active religious people.

Maybe, in our life, there is already too much discipline to follow the many rules of a religion?…it could be. Or maybe, sometimes, we spend all of our energies on ourselves, and we have no time to devote to our spiritual or religious side.

However, all of us, at least we believe in art. That’s something.

Personally, I am very open to learn from any kind of belief. I am very interested to find out where people draw the strength to move forward in their lives. Because, in my opinion, that’s what it is all about.
Believe to survive.
Hang on to that something invisible that helps and supports us when we do not have the strength. The God who, as in my case, if we can not see above us, we could find at least inside. That’s what I need, that’s my reason to believe.

It is important for me to emphasize that I don’t necessarily speak of a god, because in my opinion there is no difference in the name or the shape of it. Faith is not always connected to religion. It does not matter if it’s an energy, mother earth, Buddha or Allah.

But it is really extreme not to believe in anything.
When it seems to me essential to believe that within us, as well as above us or around us, there is something that helps us to not give up.
Faith in life, in people, in ourselves.

Maybe we have witnessed, until today, too many wars and conflicts linked to religion that confuse and separate us; in this sense I understand the distrust of people in believing in a god who saves us from evil. It goes even beyond what I believe myself.
But if we do not trust God, we are ready, at least, to find that faith in ourselves?

In any case, there is something I’d like to share. All religions are linked to their origin, from love. What people have done to change that, and to turn it into hate, is none of my interest. That’s what I have learned with Catholicism, what I keep learning from Buddhism, and what good people that are not religious want and need.
And I won’t do anything, but continue to believe and have faith in change, in life, in Love.
Because Love, more than God, needs a capital letter.