Aφροδίτη

 

Ο κόσμος αναγνωρίζει την ομορφιά ως θείο δώρο. Άπειρα μάτια πέφτουν πάνω της με θαυμασμό και ζήλια, αναταράσσοντας ως τα μύχια τις πιο κρυφές επιθυμίες, που καμιά φορά οδηγούν στον φθόνο αυτούς που δεν μπορούν να την κατέχουν. Αν και είναι φθαρτή, γιατί δεν αντέχει για πολύ στον χρόνο, η ομορφιά στους ανθρώπους άλλες φορές γίνεται εισιτήριο για επιτυχία και αναγνώριση και άλλες οδηγεί σε ερήμους την ψυχή τους, για πολλούς και διαφόρους λόγους. Γιατί η ομορφιά, κάτω από το πέπλο της δύναμής της, είναι εύθραυστη, όπως και το όμορφο κορίτσι της ιστορίας μας.

Η Αφροδίτη  δεν είχε μόνο το όνομα της Ελληνίδας θεάς αλλά και τις χάρες της. 

Απόσπασμα

Κάποιες φορές η ομορφιά γίνεται δοκιμασία. 

Η Αφροδίτη είναι μία από τους ερημίτες του βιβλίου Επτά Ερημίτες.

Life’s Hidden Reserves

 

There is always something there, at the edge.

Something that remains — something that can hold you, pull you out of the corner you feel trapped in, and help you move forward with your life.

Most of the time, you may not be able to see it.
It might even be right in front of you and still go unnoticed.
Or perhaps it truly has not appeared yet, waiting for the right moment to step onto the stage — almost like a quiet deus ex machina.

Some may think these are merely theories — the reflections of someone who chooses to see the world optimistically, or perhaps someone who has simply been “lucky.”
But if you take a moment to look back at the situations you have lived through — moments when you felt there was no one and nothing left to help you, when your physical and emotional reserves seemed completely exhausted — you may realize that it was not truly so.
After all, you are still here.

More often than not, this help does not arrive in grand or dramatic ways.
It hides in small details, in unexpected encounters, in unforeseen events.
It may come as a sudden idea, a thought that feels as though it has fallen from the sky.

Yet the real driving force that allows people to live with courage and ingenuity is their inner truth — the quiet certainty that they will find a way.
That they will discover the solution and the resources they need.
That what they are experiencing is temporary — a challenge calling them to use their gifts and their strength.

With this faith, they are able to transform their experiences into meaningful lessons.
They learn to draw joy even from small or temporary solutions, to make use of every form of support, and to welcome the unexpected gifts that appear along the way.

It seems that these people perceive life — and their own existence — more broadly, especially when roles, circumstances, and conditions shift.
The paradoxes and games of life do not discourage them. Instead, they create new fields of strength within them.
Because their minds are not rigid, they cultivate a sense of humor. Their energy is no longer wasted on emotional gloom or mental dead ends.

These people are us.
We who have learned — or are learning — how to be resourceful, observant, and trusting of our multidimensional selves.

After all, we are never truly alone.

The Value of Self-Knowledge

From the Delphic injunction Γνώθι σαυτόν (Gnothi Seauton), from Zen and meditation schools, shamanic traditions, and philosophical systems, to modern psychology, self-knowledge has always been the cornerstone leading human beings toward self-realization.

In practice—not merely as a definition or a word often used in spaces of inner exploration and philosophy— self-knowledge is the most practical and essential stance from which we can walk through life.

To know myself is not simple or easy, since we do not truly know what a human being is, but instead hold a limited and predefined perception of it.

Some believe we are only the body, and that after death nothing remains.  Others believe in the soul, continuing its journey beyond the death of the physical body.

There are many religions, many viewpoints, and many philosophical paths, and it is natural for us to walk through some of them— either through the tradition of the country in which we are born, or through conscious choice during our personal search.

Yet the main goal is not to adopt a doctrine or a system, but to come to know ourselves.

Because knowing oneself is an ongoing process.

I enter into a relationship with myself.

I listen to my inner voice.

I converse with it.

I observe my thoughts.

Self-knowledge is grounded in the respect I have for myself and in the value I give to my own existence.

Thus, whichever path I may find myself on, teachers, guides, and even doctrines become means for growth— not for stagnation.

Knowing myself protects me from manipulation and control by others, while at the same time leading me to release guilt and to take responsibility for my own life.

I become a more conscious human being in relation to others, because by knowing myself, I am able to understand them more deeply.

Γνώθι σαυτόν (Gnothi Seauton)

The great key to fulfilling the purpose of our life.

(Do you believe your life has a purpose?)

From small daily challenges to the great existential questions, the relationship we have with ourselves is the foundation upon which our choices stand— and upon which their outcomes are shaped.

For it is this self that absorbs and distills the experiences and the knowledge we receive from events and from external sources.

This self is, and must be, the central role in our life.

The journey—and the expansions—along the path of self-knowledge are, I believe, infinite, just as infinite is the creation to which we belong.

If there is a light we may glimpse during our brief human life, it is the light of coming to know our own self.

As a part of creation, the human being contains its infinite dimensions as well as the unique possibilities carried by every being at the moment of conception within the Divine Mind— even when those possibilities are limited by embodiment.

Do you believe it is worth knowing yourself?

 

Ἔρως – Ἥρως

  

Alexandre Cabanel – Η Γέννηση της Αφροδίτης (1863)

 

Στον Έρωτα, που Θεός είναι 

 Ἔρως – Ἥρως

Τι ψάχνεις να βρεις θνητέ;

Έναν φτερωτό Άγγελο;

Μικρό

τόσο μικρό που τρυπώνει στο αίμα σου

ισχυρό όμως και αιχμηρό

βέλος αδάμαστο.

Ήρθε χθες το βράδυ στο όνειρο

κι ήταν εκεί όσοι θυμήθηκαν

Ένα στεφάνι ελιάς

Μια στάλα αγίασμα

Είπε:

Πως νομίζεις θνητέ πως θα με κρατήσεις στη Γη

Εμένα

το Ουράνιο των Θεών παιδί;

Ἥρως να γίνεις πρώτα

Πρωτέας

Να θυμηθείς την ουσία του Κόσμου μου.

 Ἔρως – Ἥρως 

είπε

και πέταξε μετά μαζί με το όνειρο.

Έμεινε ο κόσμος του ονείρου άδειος

μείναμε εμείς

Κάποιοι καρτερούν ακόμα τον έρωτα

Θνητό, φθαρτό, φτωχευμένο

Κάποιοι κατάλαβαν

Ἔρως – Ἥρως!  

 Από την ποιητική συλλογή Ξεχασμένα Φτερά

Προφητικά όνειρα!

Ο Νικήτας είναι ένας επιτυχημένος επιχειρηματίας.

Η ζωή του φαίνεται τακτοποιημένη, σχεδόν προβλέψιμη.
Σύζυγος, δύο παιδιά, καθημερινότητα σε σταθερή τροχιά.

Μέχρι που αρχίζουν τα όνειρα.

Όνειρα παράξενα. Επίμονα.
Σαν να έρχονται από ένα βάθος που ο ίδιος είχε ξεχάσει ότι υπάρχει.

Αρχίζει να τα παρατηρεί.
Προσπαθεί να τα κατανοήσει, να τα αποκωδικοποιήσει.

Και καθώς τα όνειρα ξεδιπλώνουν τον κόσμο τους, ανοίγεται μαζί τους και μια ρωγμή.

Μια σιωπηλή απομάκρυνση.

Μια μοναχική πορεία που δεν είχε ονομάσει ακόμη. 

 

 Απόσπασμα:

«Τώρα, η αμφιβολία έκανε την εμφάνισή της με αιφνιδιαστικές εισβολές στον νου του. Εκείνος έκανε πως δεν την έβλεπε, νομίζοντας πως, γυρίζοντας το κεφάλι του, εκείνη θα εξαφανιζόταν, αλλά η αμφιβολία είχε ήδη διαταράξει τον σταθερό του κόσμο και μικρές ρωγμές διέτρεχαν ήδη τους γερά χτισμένους τοίχους του.»

  

Ο Νικήτας είναι ένας από τους ερημίτες του βιβλίου Επτά Ερημίτες

Releasing the Bonds of Need into the Light

 

The truth is that everything changes, and nothing remains the same.

In the time we are living in, change is even faster and more intense, as it is triggered by events that force the natural flow of things and lead our lives into difficult situations. These situations call for introspection and observation—but above all, for a new way of seeing—so that we may preserve our inner balance.

A world that seeks to evolve through Freedom, and a world that seeks to submit to control. Many people have lost friends, relatives, and have seen relationships of all kinds dissolve under these conditions. Many masks have fallen—and will continue to fall—under the pressure placed upon humanity. We are led to question what we have lived and shared in the past, and the alienation and disconnection we experience today. All of this causes pain.

Feelings live within us and remain in motion. The point is not to be swept away by them like quicksand, but to be able to observe what is unfolding on Earth from another perspective, so that we do not sink.

This new way of seeing could be a perspective beyond the individual, beyond relationships and situations as we have known them. My approach resembles stereoscopic depth images—those images that reveal their subject only when you stop focusing on the surface and allow your gaze to move beyond it, into depth.

Through this perspective, we can look at relationships as we once structured them and understand which needs they were fulfilling. Our needs are not something to condemn; they are natural and necessary for the development of our experience. Yet as we grow—and especially under these demanding conditions—it becomes important to look at ourselves with honesty.

What moved me to create this relationship with this person?

What has changed since then, at least for me?

It is important to recognize these changes. It is also important to acknowledge that we both gave and received, that something was shared. This awareness helps us understand where we now stand. Beyond simple human contact and communication, what truly matters is the creation of meaningful and authentic connections.

We release the bonds of need into the Light.

In this way, I no longer carry people and my relationships with them within me through the old structures I once created. I accept them after an inner cleansing has taken place, and I allow a relationship to exist on a higher level than before.

With the same spirit of release, I leave outside my life anything and anyone who is incompatible with me or whom I can no longer manage in an honest and balanced way.

Visualize these bonds being cut.

Everything that once bound you to people and situations that are no longer necessary for you.

Send into the Light the bonds of need that were formed through lack, and keep only the people—and the bonds of Love—that truly connect you.  

Children as the Saviors of Our Becoming

 

We have grown accustomed to seeing children in relation to their size—their physical presence, their dependence on older people, and above all, their relationship with us as their parents.

Yet the era that Gaia has entered—and, consequently, the era humanity is now entering—calls us to look beyond the image we perceive. It invites us to move past our long-held perceptions and beliefs and to recognize, more essentially and truthfully, the principles, beings, and relationships that shape our lives.

As parents, we carry responsibilities and obligations that arise from our role.

But when we look at our children slightly beyond this role—when we observe them rather than define them—we begin to realize that our children are catalysts: beings who come to transmute and release all the negative patterns that have manifested in our lives.

All limiting beliefs and actions, all negative energetic patterns that define us, inevitably become—whether we wish it or not—elements that influence our children and accompany them through life.

Within a reciprocal relationship of influence aimed at evolution, children enter our lives as messengers of healing, having chosen us in order to touch the darker aspects of our being and transform them into light.

They do so because they cannot act otherwise—because they do not wish to carry forward the burdens of ancestral energy that hinder their own evolution.

Behind their small stature and what adults often perceive as awkward behavior, children are psychically equipped beings, capable—through their own experiences and choices—of transforming what has immobilized and burdened not only their parents, but generations of ancestors before them.

As the vibrations of the Earth accelerate, so do the opportunities to follow this remarkable evolutionary movement of the planet.

Our perception becomes faster and more expansive.

The limiting ego and its fears begin to recede, while consciousness brings forth the information that is useful and appropriate for us.

Children are not only the future of humanity; they are also the salvation of the present and the past.

They carry within them the primordial potential of humankind—and woe to those who abuse or exploit them.

By extending the hand of our heart toward our children, we take a step together into the new dimension of the Earth.

The Earth already exists within this new dimension, which is defined by the speed at which our consciousness moves—a speed that determines how swiftly our intentions and choices materialize in our lives.

Anything that binds us to low vibrations belongs to the past and can no longer stand or manifest in the present.

We therefore stand before our responsibility:

either as parents, recognizing and honoring our children so that they may fulfill their mission, or as adults without children, recognizing and honoring the child within.

At great speeds, time dissolves.

Thus, in the present moment, we are able to witness how everything heals. We can return to every childhood we have lived and move forward to every future version of ourselves, consciously choosing what resonates at the highest frequency—for ourselves, and therefore for humanity.

May we succeed. 💗