Ten Lanterns

Evagoras Evagorou

Description

This spiritual memoir tells the story of a man who managed to light the way and lighten the pain with his family’s spiritual heritage and can teach you how to do the same by lighting the Ten Lanterns.
A story has endured the darkness for half a century. A single match is enough to light up a dark room that hasn’t seen light for years. The match will fuel the branch, the branch will ignite the log, and the fire will heat the room and our hearts. “Story or fairytale, truth or fantasy, fiction or non-fiction”, the mind asks curiously. “What difference does it make? What really matters is what has been awakened inside you and what you are going to do about it”, the heart replies.
In Ten Lanterns, author Evagoras Evagorou describes a story rooted in Florence in 1470 and shares the quest for personal transformation that he began in 1993—an experiential journey of three decades inspired by thousands of hours of training and coaching executives and employees. Freeing your body and soul from pain requires a journey to the illuminating stations of your life, something that requires breaking the boundaries of time and space. At the final station, the last route will light the way, and all will become clear.
This spiritual memoir tells the story of a man who managed to light the way and lighten the pain with his family’s spiritual heritage and can teach you how to do the same
by lighting the Ten Lanterns.

Sujets

• Self-help

Informations

• Publié par: Balboa Press
• Date de parution: 10 mai 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798765237298
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

TEN LANTERNS
Light Your Way—Lighten Your Pain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EVAGORAS EVAGOROU
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Copyright © 2023 Evagoras Evagorou.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
 
 
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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.
 
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
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ISBN: 979-8-7652-3727-4 (sc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3728-1 (hc)
ISBN: 979-8-7652-3729-8 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2023907638
 
Balboa Press rev. date:   07/07/2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life has many sto ries.
Not all of them are pleasant so I chose the most beautiful one to tell you!
Ten Lanterns
Light Your Way—Lighten Your Pain
An experiential story that will help you pursue the happy life you deserve.
A spiritual map and compass to guide you on your journey of personal fulfillment.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dedicated to the sender and the custodian
Contents
Introduction
Note to the Reader
 
Preparation
Countdown
 
Station 10 : The First Meetings
Station 9 : The Flights
Station 8 : The Mountain Mansion
Station 7 : The Fairy Tale
 
Replenishment: Disclosure and Confession
 
Station 6 : The Exit
Station 5 : Time Zero
Station 4 : The Other Road
Station 3 : The Old Friend
Station 2 : The Teacher
Station 1 : The Last Route
 
First Chapter: The Heavenly Directive
First Meeting: The Coaching Session
First Exercise: Count Your Blessings
First Experience: The Treasure Box
Epilogue
 
The Author
Introduction
It is important to mention from the beginning some points that are fundamental to a full understanding of the meaning of my book.
I use the word pain to refer to physical and emotional pain. In addition, the use of the word also reflects sadness, melancholy, panic, fear, anguish, loneliness, anxiety, despair, and all other emotions that, in life, cause us great pain.
The practices you’ll find in the book will help you face pain head on, not avoid it. Pain needs systematic management, not ostrichism. You will encounter several times the expression, Let pain come but not be welcome! Obviously, I am referring to immediate, active, and drastic management of pain. Pain must be removed for satisfaction to follow.
I use the terms spirit and soul without making a distinction, while understanding the conceptual difference that may exist. By using these words, I am referring to the perennial incorporeal essence of a living being. I, therefore, use the terms spiritual map and spiritual compass frequently.
The spiritual map refers to the daily predetermined and well-thought-out plans you must make to help you understand and appreciate your own, personal, unique entity and reality. This clairvoyance—your insight—is the map you use to move forward in every direction of space and time. If the map you hold is correct, then you know where you were, where you are, and where you want to go. Therefore, the mapping you do is extremely important and requires a great deal of effort to craft.
The spiritual compass refers to all the aids, tools, practices, values, and perceptions you will have at your disposal to make your journey, safely and successfully. It will be everything that potentially will get you back on track when you stray off course. Consequently, a spiritual compass can also be another person holding a lantern—or more, to light your way and bring you back to the Great Road!
Note to the Reader
I wr ite to you every day.
I write until my eyes get misty.
I write until my hands are numb.
I write to you as fast as I can because I have discovered that time is one of the most precious things in the world.
To free your body and soul from pain requires a journey to the illuminating stations of your life. To do this, you must break the boundaries of time and space. If the regressions from the back-and-forth journey make you dizzy or confused, please be patient until we reach the last station. There, I promise you, the last route will light the way, and all will become crystal clear.
I welcome you to the distinguished seats of the first carriage to continue the journey of the quest together—the invitation is mine, and the choice is yours.
May the words infuse the spirit and encourage the desperate, awaken the asleep, welcome the lost, and, above all, comfort all those in pain. May the journey provide each passenger with inexhaustible strength for personal development and transformation. May the luggage we carry be as light as a feather.
“Story or fairytale, truth or fantasy, possible or impossible?” the mind asks curiously.
“What difference does it make? What really matters is what has been awakened inside you and what you are going to do about it,” the heart replies.
Enjoy our choiceful journey to a successful life!
Preparation
The starting point of all achievement is Desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat!
—Napoleon Hill
September. What a blessing!
The executives return from their summer holidays with batteries fully charged and an appetite to change everything in one day. It is the month that marks the end of the holidays and the beginning of another challenging corporate year. Young students usually call it the first school meeting , and older students call it the kick-off mee ting.
It doesn’t matter if you are young or old. The best student always anticipates the kick-off by taking time during the summer vacation to make the necessary preparations—to finally read the best-selling book on leadership that was gathering dust; to exchange business cards at the first opportunity; to discuss investment opportunities while playing golf with two stockbrokers; or finally to spend some time with the family.
A major shipping company based in Greece also wanted to start the new business year in the best possible way. Invitations for the kick-off meeting were sent to management during the last week of August.
This year will begin with a bang! The kick-off meeting is to take place in a five-star hotel on the second weekend of September at seven o’clock in the evening, rather than in the large reception hall of their headquarters at seven on a Monday morning. The second bang will be when a guest speaker takes the stage and presents something completely different and unexpected, unlike previous years when the captain has told the same old stories. Assuredly, this year’s event will be quite different from all previous ones.
The owner and CEO of the shipping company, the so-called captain, sought to meet me a year ago when I toured Greece to promote my book. He contacted my publisher’s PR department, leaving a request for my personal mobile number, claiming that it was “urgent and important” that he speak with me. Perhaps that’s the most favored expression used by executives when they send their requests back and forth; it’s all urgent and it’s all important, which often results in a dozen or so people crippling themselves to get the job done.
His last name—synonymous with the name of the shipping company—triggered the alarm at the offices of my publishing house. It didn’t take long to track me down; I was enjoying the traditional dishes in a Greek taverna. They secured my permission to give my cell phone number to the captain. After all, it was urgent and important!
Later that evening, I found myself chatting on the phone with one of Europe’s most successful shipowners and accepting an invitation to a get-to-know-you lunch on his yacht, moored at Flisvos Marina. I could have never refused an invitation that would give me the opportunity to meet a shipping legend and, at the same time, board a spectacular yacht for the first time. As a child, I would gaze at the boats in the marinas and dream that one day I would have one of my own. When I got older and wiser, I just got a model boat and put it on the library shelf to remind me of my illusory dream.
The dream of being on board a real yacht, however, would be fulfilled, with a condition the captain gave to me—to sign ten copies of my book with a special dedication: “I wish you a fair w