I have also been in other places seeking people who can transmit a substancial technique which helps calm the mind, escape from anxiety, self criticism, judgement for others and mind fights with the whole universe. Finally I stayed at the Osho Experience Greece and participated in many groups , not only meditation groups , that satisfied my initial need, but also Reiki groups and Family Constellation. And I hope I will participate in much more.Everything was revealing to me. Everything was like a variation in deepening in meditation. This is the medicine for mental disturbance and goes further from psychoanalysis. It not only helps you to realize your problems, but you can see them from an unexpected perspective, you de~ identify and so the knots are solved, as if by magic.

This does not mean instantaneously. Changes are gradual and set backs may be plenty.But the longing grows and so does the enjoyment of life. I realize ~through Osho “s teachings~ that meditation does not mean a life of a nun or self ~compulsion, but on the contrary it means a creative consent and participation in the joy of life.

If I could summarize in a phrase the experience of the last five months at the Osho Experience Greece, I would say that I am becoming a child in another way. As a child I was feeling carefree , joyful and protected by my family (of course there were many cracks concerning this protection) . Now I feel more and more carefree, joy and a big protection by myself.

So my “problem” was the cause for my personal quest to begin… During these years I was initiated in the 1^st and 2^nd degree of OSHO Neo Reiki and I have participated in various therapy groups and meditative experiences like OSHO Mystic Rose, OSHO No Mind, OSHO Born Again, OSHO Primal Painting, OSHO Family Constellation, Meditation Coaching and others. I can’t pick out any specific group because each of them has its own beauty and uniqueness. What I  feel is to share some of the changes that have occurred to me in my life, in general. In the period “before Reiki» as I call it, apparently I was one sociableness man, dynamic, happy and without major problems just with some tension that I wanted to impute to everyday life. And so the days passed and the years in the belief that everything is flowing smoothly.

But with reiki and meditation slowly began to enter light and the truth started revealing. And the truth was completely different from the image that I took out, especially from what I myself had convinced myself that I was. I started realizing that in fact I was a miserable man, full of tension, criticism and anger, without having the slightest idea of what is joy, love, freedom, life, without being able to associate with other people simple, naturally but only through roles…  I was more or less a well-programmed robot to successfully perform the daily program with goal the result. I was living to do and manage things and through this “success” to rejoice and to get value … and many more.

The first step was made and the truth began to reveal. And the point came where you say to yourself: nice, now I saw it and what happens from now on? How do I change what I know? How do I leave the familiar to follow the unknown, a totally different way of life? How else can I be from what I know and do so successfully for 34 years? And what cost and impact will this have in my life and to my relationships? What will I have to sacrifice? I had invested so much to create a “decent” image… This is exactly the point that courage was needed to allow the change and despite the fear and my inhibitions something inside me told me that this is the right path to follow. I’m blessed because right from the beginning of this trip I had the support of my 2 wonderful friends and teachers, Vikrant and Sada, who in every obstacle I was facing in my life were and are there to support with their love and presence. And there was not a few moments where I flinched and I thought to stop, but with a special unique way, through their love, I was finding again my lost courage and I was continuing. They keep on saying: “all you need to do is Reiki and meditation and everything will happen on its one.” And they are right… !!!!

So today, 7 years after my personal quest and inner work, with Reiki sessions and meditation daily, I can say that the man I use to be is fat out with the man I am today. Through the realization that all my attitudes towards others were projections of what I was feeling for myself, I started healing my wounds and at the same time the way I was feeling about myself  started changing. And then my behavior on others also started changing. For the first time in my life I started loving myself without criticism… it sounds so simple but actually it is the most difficult. . If you ask someone if he loves himself, he will tell you immediately without thinking, of course! But the truth is that none of us has learned to love and accept himself as he is. I no longer feel  that I’m worthless and dumb, a belief that was so deep rooted in me that I thought it was nothing more than this, that was limiting to do things. But I discovered that I am a creative person with intelligence.

For the first time in my life I experienced joy. When I say joy, I don’t mean the “social” joy, the feeling that you have when you are with others having fun but the inner joy. The joy to be with myself without doing anything. I always wanted to have the necessary and strict conditions to be delighted or to do something. Now this condition is no more and I experience the spontaneous joy, the joy of “I exist”. I have experienced being spontaneous and not impulsive, and this has given me freedom. My heart has softened and I allow to feel and express through her. I couldn’t trust people before because my fear was predominant. I had as a fact that if I trust people and let myself that I will get hurt because the other sooner or later will see that I am not sufficient as I am and he would leave me. So I was holding myself back and I was creating typical relations, even though I was calling them love relations. And I experienced how it is to relate from the heart with people unconditionally… and it is something magical. How it is when my heart speaks, my heart sees, my heart listens. And the heart has only beauty to share and this beauty has started spreading in my daily life. How different it is to watch the beauty that there is and not the negative. How beautiful it is that I choose instead of darkness to put light in my life. Everything inside me and outside me have gained a beauty that can’t be described. There are moments where I feel like a child, facing the world for the first time. And this world has so alive colors and sounds, so much beauty. And it enraptures me, it touches me so that my eyes are full of tears of gratitude. I feel gratitude for myself, for my path and my growing up. I feel worthy and sufficient as I am for the first time. The emptiness I was feeling within me and I was begging from others to fulfill, day by day is fulfilling from the love for myself. Now I can share what starts overflowing in me, this tenderness and care with others. And it’s so beautiful to discover how wonderful and relaxing is to allow to be natural, simple without roles. Without preconditions, requirements and “have to”. I have started to “be” and this has given birth to my newfound longing for life. Longing to go even deeper and discover my truth. This was the reason I started my apprenticeship to become Osho Neo Reiki Master. To know myself as much as possible and to become all that I can be. It is clear to me that this is my path and that in this path I want to experience the days that I have.

I was what they call “fake”. I was careful how I would sit, what am I going to say, how to say it. I was so interested in the opinion and acceptance of others that I was sacrificing myself and my truth. By “doing” meditation I started to become simpler, more natural. The roles began to fall slowly, without really doing anything, without effort, only by giving myself in meditation.

This is the magic with OSHO Neo Reiki and Osho Meditations: you don’t have to do something, it just happens. At the age 21, I was initiated in the 2nd Degree of Reiki and at the age 22 I went to OSHO International Meditation Resort in Pune, India for the first time. There I felt I found my home. At the age 28 I was trained in Advanced OSHO Neo Reiki (Part I, II, III), which opened my mind and my perception about things and gave me more possibilities to work with myself and with others.

I did OSHO Meditation Coaching with Vikrant for 1,5 years. This supported me, perhaps more than anything else, it grew me up, I saw my roles more clearly, I came in touch with the pain in my heart, with the wounded child in me and the pain softened me, threw my defenses. I started to make better contact with people, real contact, because we all have the same pains , the same wounds. With OSHO Coaching Meditation I quit smoking. It came easy, natural. I started to be more creative in what I do, in simple things: cleaning the house, cooking, watering the plants, and this slowly spread throughout my life.

With OSHO Hypnosis for Meditation that I participated in OSHO Experience Greece, I relaxed deeply. It brought me closer and closer to the body. In my realization that I am not the body. I enjoyed this deep relaxation. It rested me and gave me energy as if I had slept more than 8 hours.

My love for Osho and for the meditation techniques he has given to modern man and my will to deepen into meditation and into myself have led me to train in OSHO No Mind Meditation Therapy from Vikrant and Meditation In- Depth from Sudheer in the OSHO Meditation Center. I experienced that by entering into meditation with playfulness, not seriously (as I was entering), without expectations, and without judging myself, I can experience this deep relaxation and quietness, I can experience meditation.

I participated in OSHO Primal Painting that Sada was facilitating some time ago and it  was one of the most beautiful experiential group I’ve ever done. I felt acceptance for myself and for others. I saw the beauty of each person, of each individual. That each of us is unique. I felt support and love from Sada and from everyone in the group. This relaxed me deep inside, healed me. I experienced the connection from heart-to-heart and this melted me, softened me. I felt joy and I danced and sang and painted like a child! It was a unique experience!

For me, OSHO Neo Reiki and meditation is the path that helps me to grow and supports me in every step. I am grateful for Sada and Vikrant who have made this beautiful Meditation Center with love for Osho and people.

I was so intrigued that, after a month, I participated in Reiki First Degree Training.

Two years later, in December 2015, I was initiated in Reiki 2^nd Degree.

I would say that this is the best gift I have ever given to myself up to now: this journey of inner quest.

Throughout this process, I participated in various experiential groups at the Center under the guidance of Vikrant, Sada and guests from abroad.

One of the groups I participated in was OSHO Women’s Group: Femininity Beyond Conditioning. I’ve been waiting for such a group for a long time. I felt that something needed to be united in me. It was a three-day group through which I came into contact with women’s qualities.

Female energy is receptive, has acceptance, has compassion, love, trust, beauty,

honesty, creativity. Through experiential exercises, meditations and Dehypnosis sessions, I was allowed to come in contact with my female side. It is a gift. It is so beautiful for all women to experience.

I thank Sada and Vikrant who have created with love and care the OSHO Center in Athens, which supports people.

I also had a lot of quarrels with the employees. Three days after I did the Feng Shui, I immediately saw the difference. We calmed down and the quarrels with the employees stopped. The clients who didn’t pay me, began to pay me. Then we had a nice flow at work.

After the changes I saw in my store, I called Sada to do a Feng Shui study in my home. Until then, my children were not interested in studying. This changed after the healing and they asked me to go to a tutorial because they had lost many lessons at school. They participated in extra lessons and their progress went quite well. Now both of my sons are abroad and do something they love. In our meetings, Sada and Vikrant shared with me about meditation and Reiki, but then, all I cared about was working, being successful in my profession and being powerful. I didn’t pay any attention to my body needs. I had hidden my heart well so she had no right to ask me for anything. I didn’t want to feel the pain I was causing myself. There was a moment that I needed support. I was remembering that they had told me about Reiki and finally I found one woman that was giving Reiki near my home and work area and I got the First Degree from her. Then I continued to the Second and Third Degree of Reiki. After that I began to feel that something was wrong because I couldn’t take care of myself with what I had learned. My ego and fear were not letting me decide that I needed a change. My ego wasn’t deciding but my body was asking me for help every day. I got to the point of not recognizing myself, of not being able to do anything and of failing to take care of me. So in February 2016 I decided to ask for help and the only solution that was left was to go to OSHO Experience Greece. So coming to the Center I met something new: meditation. At least for me it was new.I never thought that meditation cures people’s souls, I had misunderstood. Practicing daily meditation under the guidance of Sada and Vikrant I felt the joy again in my guts, I began to feel my body, I started to feel myself! In April 2016 I got the First Degree OSHO Neo Reiki. During that year I attended and participated in several groups: OSHO Born Again, OSHO No Mind & Training, OSHO Neo Reiki Part 1, OSHO Primal Painting & Training, OSHO Meditation In Depth & Facilitating, OSHO Meditation Coaching and many DeHypnosis groups.In December 2017 I got the Second Degree OSHO Neo Reiki.In the following year, in 2018 I participated in: Advanced OSHO Neo Reiki Part 2, OSHO Women’s Group: Femininity Beyond Conditioning and OSHO Inner Skills. I am grateful to be in this place. And that I change and grow up step by step with these wonderful, heartful people.They gave me the opportunity to be myself, to break my shackles from the past, to be conscious here now, to fill my heart with love, blessing and gratitude, to rejoice each moment, to attribute to my work better than ever, to be able to see and feel people as unique.I can finally say that I feel beautifully!Thank you from my heart Sada and Vikrant and I thank all the friends I met and enjoy with them all the groups.