Today we are celebrating Woman’s Day. A lot has been written, a lot has been said and many speeches are given every day about this. Most of them conclude with a wish for true gender equality, for selfless and daily offering towards our fellow humans and for expression of woman’s inner strength and deeper beauty, so as to advance the culture of our days.

We all think of these, we all desire them, we all wish for them. But how can they be expressed in our everyday life, so that it could be more complete, more fulfilled, so that we could just be well? And especially amidst the happenings of this era?

In my opinion, this is what is required. Someone may think “How does it matter what Hypatia, Montessori or Curie achieved? After all they are not contemporary, they lived in different times, with other customs and different ways of life; what do I have to do with them?”

This is not so. Because if these women managed to open the way, it is still open for us today. But what is the way for women to find their place in society? And I am referring to nowadays.

When I first met the poet and philosopher Dimitris Kakalidis, founder of Omilos Eksipiretiton (The Servers’ Society), who was my Master, at the first lesson I had with him he mentioned that we will not say anything new here. All is known and all has been said. The difference is that we will put them into action.

So, by extension, woman’s finding her place and remaining in it is not something we should refer to only once on a celebrating occasion. It is a position that we should firstly clarify, and then let our whole life converge to it, despite whatever ups and downs occur.

Woman, just like nature, gives birth, nurses and nurtures life, and therefore all things she commits herself to. And this is her power. I shall read you an extract from the book “The Power of the Woman” by Ms Klairi Lykiardopoulou, President of the Spiritual Centre “Omilos Eksipiretiton”, referring exactly to this.

“Great is the power of woman! Hidden in the depth of her existence, it fills up her body and vibrates her conscience, challenging her to express it, to turn it into life and creation. And as the blood flows in her veins and her senses and emotions are awakened, she feels great happiness while thoughts of love and offering come to her mind. She spontaneously opens her arms, in adoration of man, of the child, the whole world, her own self, overwhelmed by the desire for a creative life.

There are many times when this will of woman is inhibited by an opposite one. It is the times when she doesn’t like something and refuses to accept it, when some part of life causes her resistance or fear. And then suddenly her arms close again, asphyxiating her enormous power within a small human body. The passion for life suffocates, the heart freezes, senses and emotions deaden; instead of being a source of love, they become fear, sadness, tormenting ideas. The great power is inverted and becomes great weakness, bringing despair and loneliness. Then, what is woman left with? Only pain! And it is pain that once more awakens the instinct of self-preservation and forces the mind to search for the reasons that brought it about, to seek for the spark of hope that will lighten the darkness of distress and reveal the light of the soul. […]

Nature forged the female body and gave it the elements of receptivity, it was created to accept man, conceive his sperm and gestate. It personified in woman the aspect of power which embraces, nurtures and develops the small, the weak, the child. It gave the same power to the earthly sphere, which conceives, nurses and preserves all forms of life within its soil, seas and skies. […]

Mother divine is every woman in the depth of herself, even if she has not acknowledged it. And to do so, she goes through numerous friction processes, desires, theses and antitheses, which aim solely at revealing her power. This subject is unfolded in the next chapters, where specific examples of woman’s functioning are given, of her positive and negative qualities and their respective effects. These examples have been gathered through my contacts with friends and relatives, my personal life experiences as a woman and, mostly, through my conversations with members of the spiritual centre “Omilos Eksipiretiton”. Some of these examples concern simple everyday actions and others refer to the innermost needs of woman’s nature. In all cases it is clearly shown that this nature can bring essential improvements in life, when a woman gets to know it, accepts it and decides to work on expressing her power; when she believes in herself and sees that inside her hides the miracle of life, the miracle of creation.”

The Master would often say: The Woman is One. There is no beautiful or ugly woman, nor educated or illiterate, nor young or old. The woman is one. Her entity exists in all her forms.

So, more importantly, all women should acknowledge that within us this entity exists. This acknowledgment is which gives us the self-confidence of our being. In front of this great truth all ideas of woman’s inferiority collapse, even if they have risen during the past or if in some degree continue to exist even today. Especially in the last decades, institutional, political and social decisions have improved the position of women concerning educational access, participation in sociopolitical fields etc. And these have rectified the injustice and inequities of the past.

Although steps have been made, the position that she chooses for herself remains the most important one. And this position cannot originate but from deep self-awareness and should be expressed through constant offer.

Woman, through her sensitivity and the vastness of her soul, accepts within her the ideas, the persons, the facts and situations, and she regenerates and develops all of them; thus the world evolves.

In an example of everyday life, we would say that a woman, as she accepts with understanding and calmness the aspects expressed by her child, she trains it to function more integrally and supports it so that it can develop. She doesn’t expect something from it, nor does she ask for anything. She has the positioning of offering simply, naturally, without something in exchange. This very function is her power.

But if she waits her own needs to be fulfilled before she offers to others, she maintains childish features inside her that imprison her in her own demands; this happens out of ignorance of her true nature and make her feel dependent. On the contrary, giving freely is what provides her with strength and happiness.

This is the higher function that a woman is called upon to have towards all, and in this way she practices the high science that demands daily observation, method and correction. And it is non-other than the science of love.

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Thresholds magazine summer issue ‘13 dedicated the special focus entry on an article describing the spiritual teaching of Omilos, including its presence in the UK up to date, through the presentations at conferences and the recently formed personal development group that meets regularly in London.

The article is titled ‘Spirituality: a way to live, a way to heal’, echoing the theme of the day-conference that took place in London in October 2012, was authored by Dr. Fevronia Christodoulidi, psychotherapist currently working in the UK and Omilos member for several years.

The author shares her own experience of being involved in the Society’s work as well as the helpful impact this has had both in terms of dealing with personal issues as well as in her professional practice and matters that relate to psychotherapy debates; her writing is introducing the audience to the basic principles of this spiritual approach to life as well as the activities that are offered free of charge and unselfishly since the society was originally founded.

More specifically, the article focuses on presenting the Society’s teaching as a practical philosophy that offers a synthesis approach towards various schools of thought in the fields of science, religions and the arts and it is applicable to all aspects of daily living. Once can recognise that the acknowledgement and revelation of the essence that exists in everything, as taught at the Servers’ Society, is a lifestyle that when acquired, leads to a sense of fulfillment and happiness.

You can read the full article here.

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While meditating we begin to realise that the core of our strength is our own self which in reality is liberated from restrictions, fears and anxieties.

The purpose of each meditation is to improve our life as it gradually becomes action and takes on a powerful function in our life. When putting into practice what we experience in meditation then our inner strength does not remain a mere meditative revelation but it is expressed in action in our everyday life.

Thus, meditation becomes life, creation and joy.

Read more:

• Creative Meditation
• What is meditation?
• Meditation: a dialogue with the Self

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Meditation ist eigentlich ein Dialog.

In jedem Augenblick des Lebens ist der Mensch in einem meditativen Zustand, das heißt, er macht einen internen Frage- Antwortprozess. Er denkt, problematisiert, findet Antworten auf seine Fragen und handelt entsprechend seiner Entscheidungen. Er macht nämlich einen bewussten oder unbewussten “Dialog” mit sich selbst.

Der Unterschied zwischen dieser täglichen Funktion und der Meditation eines geistigen Menschen ist, dass der Meditierende mit eigenem Willen nach der Vereinigung mit breiteren spirituellen Feldern sucht, die ihm aufgedeckt werden können, denn er ist entspannt und hat die Bereitschaft sie mental zu erfassen.

Wenn wir anfangen, bewusst an diesem Dialog mit unserem inneren Selbst, durch Meditation, teilzunehmen, so offenbart sich immer mehr das Geheimnis der Schöpfung, das Wissen und die Freiheit.

Mehr:

• Creative Meditation
• What is meditation?
• Creative Meditation: revelation and realization

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Meditation is Art. It is the art of union; union with the infinite possibilities that exist in us; with the other people; with all the things that we do daily; with life itself.

Meditating means to release ourself from its bondage and move on to new fields through deepening into the Self.

Through meditation we become broader, we set free from thoughts and emotions that confine us and thus, our potential to be well is emerged. The cells are revived, the body gets activated and our whole being regains new strength. The mental energies are awakening, a current of power and love overwhelms us, mysteries are revealed to us, we conceive new ideas and new horizons are unveiled in front of our eyes.

The deeper we go into this potential of ours the stronger the experience becomes; it becomes the state in which we continuously live and which we learn to put into practice. The freedom and magic that we experience while meditating shed a new light to our everyday moments. Under this angle, everything is put into practice in a different way.

Read more:

• Creative Meditation
• Meditation: a dialogue with the Self
• Creative Meditation: revelation and realization

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«I put my hand and the body vibrates, the soul pulsates»

Spiritual Healing balances the energies and powers within us. It releases the accumulated energy and enstrengthens the most enfeebled parts of the organism so that an equal flow comes to the body, to the emotions and to the thoughts.

The Spiritual Healing Section has been active since the Society’s foundation and undertakes selflessly the performance of therapies to everyone who ask for it with absolutely no financial charge. Therapy can take place either with the patient’s presence in the Server’s Society or at a distance.

For those who are able and wish to visit the Society a group of spiritual healers performs healing in our premises. Mrs Klairi Lykiardopoulou is in charge of this group, spiritual healer herself with a huge experience and work in the esoteric field, trained for years by the Master Dimitris Kakalidis. Klairi Lykiardopoulou has been a spiritual healer for the last thirty years. In the course of these years she has performed a great amount of healings and she is the author of the book “Spiritual Healing: a human potential in theory and practice” among many other books of esoteric and social content.

Appointments for spiritual healing in our premises are taking place every Tuesday and Friday. If you wish to make an appointment please contact us in the Society’s phone numbers.

Read more:

• Spiritual Healing
• Spiritual Healing Section

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Each very moment, each day we live, each second is creative meditation.

In reality, it is “the art of union”.

If we are to be well, we are called to create and through that to express our ontological nature. With creative meditation we learn to unify the opposite sides within us and bring spirit into manifestation in our everyday life immediately, simply and practically. We learn to gain insight upon a matter and then act out in life; and because we act, we live and experience the joy of creation.

There are no dead-ends through creative meditation. Every thought, every movement and every action brings the answer, the solution, the broadness, the revelation… because energy follows thought; because within us lies everything. We set free of restrictions that we might feel, we act and experience bliss.

Read more:

• What is meditation?
• Meditation: a dialogue with the Self
• Creative Meditation: revelation and realization

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Humans always danced, dance and will carry on dancing, imitating, in reality, the eternal dance of the planets, of the seasons, of the molecules, of the whole creation that is expressed in a rhythmic and melodic way.

Every movement we make is dance; personal, group, planetary dance. What are the movements that are performed, however, when negative thoughts intrude in our mind? And what are the postures that our body takes, when our emotions are restrained?

The word ‘chorodromena’ itself means to act via dance; always aiming to the broadening of the individual, the development of ideas, the expression of emotions, the unity with the world, the group’s concerted function and expression, the panhuman vision of the future, the unity of all beings, the respect towards the planet, the activation of all positive fields and dissolution of all negative, the therapy.

When performing chorodromena we make certain symbolic movements that place us in the flow of nature, of the universe, of our own Self; they place us in the harmonization of the opposites within us, the power, the broadness but also in the dissolution of inertia, of restrictions, fears and weaknesses.

Any movement made with the hands, the legs, the whole body is not randomly done. The slightest movement performed by those who take part in chorodromena leads them to counterbalance the energies within them and be attuned with the group. Then, the group acting as a unified whole expresses the integrated field of each of the chorodromena.

This is how the chorodromena are created, this is how they function. Simply and effortlessly!

Because things are exactly as we consider them to be!

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