Eric wrote to us in October 2010 with this email.
Hi… Dear Spiritual Teachers,
1. I don’t live in UK, but in Greece. And having received your mail it makes me wonder if you could spend a few days in Athens. (Let me say that I find the geographic situation of spiritual teachers really unfair!…They seem to all live in UK, and when they don’t, they go there!!…)
2. There is, I am sure, a real demand here, but no one to teach. (So interested people spend many many years in practices, or still read books like “autobiography of a yogi!!…”
3. If you think there is a chance we can organize for you to speak in Athens, let me know as soon as possible. I know many people in this circle. There are very cheap flights between London – Athens in winter.
4. I also own a house, on an island, 2 hours from Athens, which could be at your entire disposal, if you wish to rest, or give private satsang… It would be so lovely…
Thank you very much for all you do.
Eric Martiny, and many others…
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We immediately replied to Eric’s call for help and organized a visit to Athens. (Videos from this trip can be viewed at: Our Videos Page)
Now, here is Eric’s recollection of our time together…
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Unforgettable Days
Thursday 9th December… I was heading to the Athens airport wondering how an idea like taking responsibility of “two spiritual teachers” for nearly a week could have only just crossed my mind. Was I not unqualified, shy, and let’s admit it, a bit unworthy for that task ???
All those thoughts were running wild in my head. Only 2-3 months before I had watched a video on youtube where I was immediately attracted by Elysha’s passion and Julie’s gentle presence… apart from that, I was about totally ignorant of what they were saying! And here they were!
The first serious discussion took place after some time of me asking personal questions which I should have already known most of the answers, had I only read Elysha’s site… I was entering the teaching…The next morning as I woke up I thought “this time I understand something.”
Another day went by in which an evening gathering of maybe 30 people took place. Julie was not speaking with Elysha but was behind the cam recorder, suddenly I looked at her, she was beaming with joy and love. She was enjoying herself immensely, so much that for a while I started experiencing the same in me, not a feeling I was very accustomed with, yet quite known at the same time… a taste of my true nature ??
As we drove back I thought that listening to and driving around “spiritual teachers” was all I liked doing…
The following day we went to visit “Sounio”… I was so eagerly listening to Elysha and Julie that I still don’t know how I found my way to that place… and although very beautiful I am more remembering the coffee-shop nearby where we sat and talked for two hours than the monument itself…
Sunday 12th Dec… We are heading for a talk in Drossia, north of Athens, and everything is covered in snow… It’s a small gathering, and I feel everything is so more easy in their presence. Will other people feel the same??
All in all it has been wonderful days for me. And I kept the best for the end… They are coming back to Greece !!…
While we were leaving my house in Evia, Julie suddenly said that it could be a nice place to have a retreat, and here we were, planning for the next journey, finding a date (end of September – talking about accommodation and who will be the cook…
Wonderful, I am really considering it as a privilege to be again in your presence for some days, dear Elysha and Julie.
