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Please find below the info on Meeting with David Gerbi on dream interpretation Introductory workshop.
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Practical Dreamwork with David Gerbi
■Date: May 5th, Sat, 2007
■Time: 10:00-12:00 Group work, 12:30-13:30 lecture (in English with Japanese translation)
■Fee: 3500 yen for Group work,
Lecture: Rebirth Festival ticket
■Place: Rebirth meeting room, 2F, 1-4-9, Higashi-Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo,
Hama-cho Station, Toei-Shinjuku line,
RSVP: Tel 03-5820-0909, Fax 03-3863-3861, mail@workshopland.com
Directions: By subway, take Toei-Shinjuku line to Hamacho station.
Use the exit A1 seeing Hamacho-park baseball field on your right hand side, go straight to pass two traffic lights ( you will see a post office on your right after the first light) And when you see a Yamazaki bread store (yellow sign) on your left hand side and "Horikoshi Necktie Wear" sign on your right (2nd floor). after the second light, then turn right into a tiny alley with plants. You will see a white building, Aoki-building. Please come to the 2nd floor, which is our new seminar room. .
Directions and Map in Japanese is here as well.
http://www.rebirth-project.com/main/2007/02/post_8.html
Hope you can find the place easily.
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The Talmud says that an uninterpreted dream is like an unread letter. Contacting the unconscious is fundamental if we wish to interpret the messages that our soul brings us through dreams.
We need to go into the depth of our heart to look for the precious information for our growth and for our well-being: a trying task, whose goal is to allow our true essence to emerge and to express and offer our uniqueness to the world.
Through dream interpretation it is possible to heal one's injuries and therefore to make peace with oneself and then with others.
It is thanks to my dreams that I have healed from the injury of the refugee and that I have embarked on this path, because my dreams offered me new visions and new solutions. |
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We all dream, even if we don't always remember it. While we dream, our unconscious liberates our deeper part and reveals elements that reason, during the day, relegates to a hidden sphere.
Learning to remember and to interpret the dream allows to cure and to heal ones own injuries and therefore to make peace with oneself and with others, to develop ones potential and to grow both individually and collectively.
Every one can contribute in this way not only to oneself but also to human relationships, within the family, the couple, the workplace and society. |
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The group energy is used to create an emotional contact between participants to support individual as well as group growth. The work consists of extracting the most important meaning from the dream and activating it.
Understanding each person's dream, identifying with its teller, putting oneself in her place, making her dream ones own, allows for reciprocal knowing and the ability to share similar sensations and experiences that the dream world provides us. |
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Born in Tripoli in 1955, David Gerbi is a psychologist, psychotherapist and Jungian analyst, with a vast professional experience. He is a regular member of the AIPA (Italian Association for Analitical Psychology), of IAAP (International Association of Analytical Psychology), honorary member of the Israeli institute for Jungian psychology and of COMIN (Committee for information and initiative for Peace) David has held group seminars and courses on dream interpretation in Italy as well as abroad, for almost twenty years.
He is the author of the book "Costruttori di Pace" (Peace Builders) published by Appunti di Viaggio, 2003. Published in Hebrew by Carmel Publisher 2004. Lives and works in Rome and collaborates with the monthly journal of the Jewish Community in Rome Shalom. |
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Dear Dr. Gerbi,
The Israel Institute of Jungian Psychology is honoured to invite you to conduct a Dream workshop for training candidates in our training program. We believe your unique approach to working with dreams will enrich their experience. The workshop will take place Friday 29 October in Jerusalem.
with best wishes
Dr. Henry Abramovitch
President, Israel Institute of Jungian Psychology |
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PEACE BUILDERS
The story of a Jewish Refugee from Libya
By David Gerbi
To my mother, Dina, to my sisters, Miriam and Ruby, to my brothers, Elia,Simone and Raffaele. And to all the Jewish women of Libya who supported their fathers, husbands, sons and grandsons with joy and courage in the task of rebuilding the community.
“Who is strongest? He who turns an enemy into a friend.Proverbs
Editor’s Note:
Dear Friends and Readers,
Our publishing company stems from a Christian environment and is particularly concerned with spirituality, a spirituality that has strong ties with the Jewish tradition and its very special relationship with God.
This book, Peace Builders, by David Gerbi, is the first of a new series, Radici ebraici (Jewish Roots). We will be attempting to return to these “roots”. As publisher, I would like to take a few words to present this volume.
The Jewish people’s tradition of light is accompanied by a history of persecution and suffering. David Gerbi experienced this suffering first hand. His book narrates the odyssey of a refugee from Libya and how, forced to abandon his old country, he is required to integrate, fortunately successfully, in the new world of Italy. And there he found solidarity and the friendship of Italians, in particular the Romans and the Jewish community of Rome where he went to live.
This book too is concerned with spirituality, in a very original way. The Gospel states, “Blessed are the peacemakers; they shall be called sons of God” (Matthew 5:9). Peacemakers is sometimes rendered “Peace builder”, and our David Gerbi is indeed a builder of peace. He is a peace builder because in his book he makes a concrete proposal to bring peace to the conflict between Jews and Arabs that has lasted decades: “The justified and heroic offer to give up insisting on the restitution of confiscated goods, both by Jewish refugees and Palestinian refugees.”
I believe that two elements are required for a credible prospect of peace. The first is to forgo attachments. The author shows his willingness to relinquish the possessions confiscated from his family to encourage a valid prospect of peace. The second is to forgive those who practice hate and injustice towards one’s people: and here too, our friend David has a positive attitude. The cover shows a photograph of him hugging the new owner of the store his father abandoned when they fled from Tripoli.
This book is therefore a seed of peace. I entrust this seed to the Lord for Him to make it grow, but also to each of you readers so that you spread its fruits however you can. The day will come when these seeds of peace shall fertilize the earth. The day will come, and we might well be living it already, when the clouds raised by avidity, hate and bitterness will stop producing wars and violence. And then, in the sky of humanity, the sun of God will shine. The first sign of this new era, will be his smile certainly expressed in a rainbow, the symbol of peace. And on that day:
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, And the leopard shall lie down with the kid, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together, And a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed, Their young ones shall lie down together; And the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child play on the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper’s nest. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy Mountain, For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
(Isaiah 11:6-9)*
Paquale Chiaro,
Rome, May 5, 2003
Laura Boldrini
Spokesperson for the UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees expresses his appreciation of this book that pays tribute both to the courage demonstrated by million of refugees and other exiles and to the commitment of all those who work to protect and help them. Recognized as a refugee under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in 1978, today an Italian citizen with both professional and social success, the author offers us a touching testimony on the difficulties and vicissitude he faced and the efforts he made to rebuild his life, starting from nothing. His experience is common to all the world’s forgotten refugees. At the same time, thanks to his fortitude and great courage, the author gives the invisibles ones a voice and creates hope for a future of peace and dialogue. Despite the discrimination, mistreatment, and nostalgia for his native land, and the discomfort of a constant feeling that he is different and the need to be accepted, David Gerbi never lost his hope to return to Libya and restore the dialogue between the Arab and Jewish worlds, drastically interrupted in 1967. In his Peace Builders, Gerbi also faces the condition of Libyan Jews through personal solutions ? bring his aunt, the last Jew of Libya ? and breaking a silence dictated by fear of retaliation. Gerbi transformed his tragedy as a former refugee into a gift, not limiting himself to survival. He made his experience an instrument of peace, understanding and tolerance. In his autobiographic narrative ? a bona fide spiritual journey ? Gerbi did not only focus on the difficulties of the past, but also on the possibilities of the future and the warmth of his welcome. He moved from an area of suffering to one of joy, and authentic instrument of peace, promoting on every page the concrete possibility of a genuinely multiracial, multicultural, multireligious society. His is an encouragement to inhabit in a world that cannot always find expression, a world of peace among peoples.
Introduction by Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome
David Gerbi’s story is one of peace. A story that is born of the pain of separation from one’s origins, that moves from the need to build a new life, to a welcoming to a new city, Rome. Then, finally, after thirty-five years, aroused by that horrible vision of death in the attack on the World Trade Center, that story is manifested in the desire to recovery his memory and the affection now so far and renew his origins. And in the desire to narrate his story to build peace. And it is on this value so very urgent for us today that Rome bases its tradition as a city open to different cultures, dialogue, tolerance, the great Mediterranean capital where the great monotheistic religions meet. In that sense, Gerbi’s saga is emblematic of how this city can welcome, listen to and promote any attempt to build an ideal bridge between parties in a conflict, helping to demonstrate that the only hope for peace tomorrow is to build, day after day, a relationship based on mutual respect, and the possibility that different religions and cultures have to live together. In his admirable project to bring his elderly aunt from Libya to Italy, built on the recovery of the memories of history and his family, Gerbi has shown that this possibility is not a utopia. It is a very concrete reality, composed of a fabric of stories, letters and meetings that produced excellent results. It is a patient, tenacious struggle, fought with the weapons of affection, sincere words and respectful dialogue. It is a project to build peace and hope, and one that, as the representative of a great Capital of Peace, we sincerely appreciate.
Introduction by Prof. Dr. Elio Toaff, Chief Rabbi Emeritus of the Jewish Community of Rome
Peace Builders by David Gerbi, a Libyan-Italian Jewish psychotherapist, is yet another courageous attempt to revive the dialogue for reconciliation of Jews and Arabs of Libya that ended in 1967, the year of the exodus from Libya of the ancient Libyan Jewish community. Starting from his arrival in Rome as a 12-year-old refugee, the author developed a rich spiritual itinerary, using his condition as refugee as an opportunity for inner growth, self-realization and expanded horizons. Aware of his multiple identity, and guided by his strong faith in God, he found his own personal road to overcoming the initial trauma of his exodus, becoming a citizen of the world and a man of peace. The author has garnered strength from his existence as a Jew with a deep inner contact with the Arab world. He recognizes it as a part of himself, and demonstrates the possibility of relations based on mutual respect of differences and mutual recognition of their commonality. He shows that different cultures are not incompatible and that the possibility of peaceful coexistence already existed in centuries past. The project that gave rise to this book and the desire to return to his native land also came of his desire to help his Aunt Rina, the last living Jew in Tripoli, and the hope that the Jewish cemetery could once again be consecrated. The author’s recent return to his native land in September 2002 was the definitive healing of the inner conflict stemming from his condition of refugee. This time, thanks to the invitation of the Libyan government, he felt the warm hospitality that accompanied him everywhere. Returning to his home, now the offices of a catering company, the present owners allowed him to visit and photograph the scenes of his childhood. In what was once his father’s jewelry shop, he exchanged a sincere embrace of friendship with the present owner who still clearly remembered his father. Willingly renouncing restitution of his share of the family’s confiscated property, and offering this generous gesture as his pledge for a lasting, deep-rooted peace between Jews and Arabs and in the Middle East, the author provides concrete testimony and a convincing example of how to solve the conflict that is still tearing the Mediterranean apart. He wants to establish a genuine, fruitful dialogue to reconcile with his former enemies, trying to see their point of view and working to find compromises. His is a constant attempt to transform obstacles into an opportunity for further evolution. There are Jewish refugees from Arab countries and Palestinian refugees, and both groups deserve proper consideration so that a just peace between the Jewish and Arab worlds can reign. This book is a testimony of how one man can dedicate his life to the service of a concrete project for peace, goodwill and cooperation among peoples.
Introduction by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
Every member of our human family has an equal and inalienable right to liberty, not just in terms of political freedom, but also at the fundamental level of freedom from fear and want. Sadly, today, despite all the reports of movement towards greater freedom and democracy in many parts of the world, the number of genuine refugees is, if anything, increasing. Individual and groups on nearly every continent are daily fleeing their homes in fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, social identity or political opinion. Other are fleeing merely in search of food and shelter.
As a Tibetan who has spent the best part of my life in exile, I recognise the hardship these people face. As a refugee, there is an ever-present sense of insecurity, for even though you may be relatively free, you do not live in your own land. The loss of basic freedom that refugees confront can be as traumatic as a landmine victim’s abrupt loss of a limb. It is immensely difficult to cope with the loss of rights and abilities that most of us simply take for granted.
In this book, David Gerbi describes how he and the entire Jewish community in Libya became refugees more than thirty years ago. However, rather than simply garnering sympathy for their plight, his purpose is to gather support for and restart peaceful cohabitation with his Libyan Arab brothers. Just as I look forward to returning one day to my homeland and that of my ancestors, I pray that David Gerbi’s project to build peace for his community in Libya may be blessed with success.
November 13, 2002
* Translator’s note: translation from The Jerusalem Bible. Koren PublishersIsrael Ltd. Jerusalem.
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