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In my early fifty years I studied a lot of philosophy, religion and many holistic techniques and schools of thought and all of them seemed to lead in different directions even though they retained some fundamental principles that were shared and rationally valid. I had never found a common thread that led me towards the truth until, one day, a Pastor (director of a humanitarian organization where I work) asked me to make a documentary about the activities carried out in Greece by their foundation. It would have been a free job and, hurt in my pride, I was ready to say no. In fact my intention was to say no but…
Just when I go to say the word “NO” a “YES” comes out of my mouth.
Oddly enough, at that moment, “Yes” became the correct answer for me. I felt as if I had just overcome an obstacle, a danger.
I leave for Athens and spend three truly unforgettable days: we documented situations that I didn't think could exist. Every now and then I had to leave the scene because my eyes were shining and I couldn't hold back the emotion. The documentary is called "Inclusion" and I would like you to watch it before continuing with the reading:
Back, I start editing the video: there were over 370 clips. I select and cut the best clips, bring the slow motion clips to normal speed and simply throw them into the “timeline” or the space where the video is edited in the editing software. I press the space bar to see the clips again and edit them in sequence but something had happened:
the video was already edited and was almost ready as it was:
the words of the soundtrack matched the scenes shot,
the clips were in time,
even the jumps and claps were already in time!
This was not possible. It would have been easier to win a national lottery than to get the positions of the clips, the rhythm, the timed cuts and so on. The emotion pervades me, my heart beats fast, there is something that "isn't right" that is extremely pleasant and miraculous.
I call the Pastor who commissioned the video and explain to him what happened and he makes the situation much worse by telling me:
See?! When you work for God,
these things happen!
I start to cry and sob and I stay on the couch for an hour crying in a strangled and disorderly but joyful way. I feel a strong heat in my chest that will last for about forty days…
From that day on I knew what to do: to step out of the box and work to help others rediscover God, Themselves, the Truth. Each in their own way, each as they want, restoring dignity and power to People of Good Will.
This Foundation is not an initiative:
it's a necessity.
Not sharing my discoveries and not pursuing my ideals would have cost me too much: it would have been an act of selfishness that would have regressed me to ignorance, to self-absorption and to death.
This was the thing to do… and I did it.
Pasquale Mazzone,
Founder and Director of the Eastery Foundation.
For those who speak Italian, in this video I explain the origins and principles of the Foundation: