Today, February 27 2013 in Ankara

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Hello friends,

Our day began at 10:00 am with another trip to the Iranian Embassy, accompanied by Mehdi, this time everything  went well and later we had çay and sweets in the terrace close to the Park we were in yesterday. Later,  we went to Mehdi’s college at Ankara University where we ate at a very cheap student restaurant. Afterwards, Mehdi wanted to introduce Peter to a professor with whom he is undertaking a project. The professor wasn’t there, so we met  with her assistant, a very nice woman. After introducing uss, Mehdi told her about the Message and the meeting of experiences and she showed interest. So Peter gave her a calling card and she said she would visit the web to get more information. Since Mehdi sees her from time to time, he will ask if she is interested in going to a meeting.

Later we went to the house/salita  to have çay and rest a little. Peter cooked for  after the meeting of experience, a good sauce with pasta, Mehdi had to go to his house to prepare and study articles he had to present tomorrow at his college. So this time, he didn’t attend the meeting but confirmed he will attend the next one. Aylin told us she couldn’t come either because she had to teach a photography course and would finish at 9:00 pm.

At 1:30 pm, Murat and Yuksel came, soon after, Zehra who brought her friend, Huuseyin, a very open and amiable man, an Alevi. We found out that Murat is a web site designer and media expert, he also dedicates himself to theatre as an author. He is a very open person and very close to the Message.

We talked until 7:30 pm and then we went to the salita to start ceremonies. Before starting, Zehra gave a brief explanation to Huseyin, who was coming for the first time.

The service went very well and everyone had interesting experiences with produced interesting commotions.

Murat guided the Well Being for the first time and did so very well, with all his heart. We asked for Onur, who couldn’t come since he was sick at home, for a friend of Huseyin’s who has leukaemia, for Zeinep who is with her mother after her father’s passing last week, and for Fatosh, Zehra’s daughter. The experience was again very strong and this gave us the opportunity to talk a little bit about how, with the askings and sending a luminous and warm well being, produces the same inside ourselves’ and one could decide to give others this register in daily life, irradiating it, and also strengthening the register inside, until the next meeting. Huseyin asked those who guided how they could have an experience if they were reading the text, so we could talk about how  everything is reciprocal. Those who guide give the chance to others to do their inner work and for what the others are doing, this atmosphere reaches those who are guiding. So everyone is included in the atmosphere.

So everything beautiful and interesting and with deepness.

We went back to the kitchen to eat together, still talking. There was a beautiful energy vibe and the questions and issues we touched upon gave the possibility to deepen the fundamental issue. Inner change and the creation of ambits that favour it.

At ten we said good-bye with warm hugs, everyone happy and recharged by good energies. We had the impression that Huseyin was very touched internally and that he will be back next week, this was supported by his question if he could come back and participate in the meetings.

Murat was also touched and certainly will continue.
Zehra was happy because she could see that the persons she brings are having good experiences.
So we are happy to see that new people are coming and participating and others are moving closer.
If you click on the second picture, other pictures of the meeting and food.

A strong hug to all,
Peter

Yesterday, February 26, 2013 in Ankara

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Hello friends,

Yesterday, Tuesday, February 26th was a day in the company of friends.

Mehdi and Peter met at 2:00 pm in Kizilay to walk to the Iranian Embassy were Mehdi had to fix some papers for his studies in Ankara. It was a long and animated walk upwards, but when we arrived, the Embassy was closed in the afternoon. So we went to a small but nice park close by and had various cays and talked a lot. It was a sunny day with a good temperature so it was very pleasant. After a while, Aylin called to know where we were and Mehdi explained and soon she and her friend Ansun arrived. We moved to a table for four and continued with çay and coffee. The atmosphere was fun and beautiful and conversations interesting because the human being was the central issue. When the sky began to darken we decided to walk back together to Kizilay, passing through streets I had never seen before. Everything was very beautiful, and taking pictures along the way, continuing with a picture for every situation.

Talking all the while, we arrived at Hacibaba Café, where we often go. A while later, another friend of Aylin came and we continued talking. The women were expressing themselves their personal issues. This gave us the opportunity of talking about issues of the Message and the book. Ayse showed interest in the meeting of experiences and in the end, all three decided to come to the meeting of March 6th, because Aylin has a photography course on the 28th that lasts until nine.

At 8:30 we finally said good-bye and we were all very happy. Mehdi invited Peter over to see and share videos and talk more. Time flew and finally at 2:00 am, Mehdi prepared a sofa bed for Peter who ended up sleeping there.

It was a long day of meetings, strengthening relationships, mutual trust and a new experience for the time it lasted and the keeping of a very beautiful atmosphere between friends.

At 6:30 pm, Yuksel was at the casa/salita and Murat and a friend came and they talked a lot together. So two different situations in two different places concerning the Message.


A big hug to all,
Peter

Today, February 22, 2013 in Ankara

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Hello friends,


Today Yuksel came with the list of the books sold on last year’s tour and we copied it in the computer. During the tour, 122 books were sold. The list contains all the information on the book distribution during and after the tour. Those who want to be informed, just ask Eduardo or Peter. Later, at seven, Aylin came for  our first session of interchange/teaching of Turkish (for us) and English (for Aylin). We also agreed for the next session which will be next Monday at 4:30 pm at home. Aylin was very happy and so were we, because it was very nice deepening and strengthening our friendship with her as well as improving our knowledge of the Turkish language.

Here are some pictures which capture the wonderful atmosphere.

Tomorrow we will meet again with Mehdi and who knows, maybe with other friends.
Eduardo will go back to Istanbul tonight for the Saturday meeting at Kadikoy.
We passed some beautiful days together and we’re happy.

A big hug to everyone,
Eduardo and Peter

Today, February 21st in Ankara

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Hello friends,

Today Eduardo had a meeting with Sena, a contact from the Spanish table here in Ankara. We met at 6:00 p.m. at Hacibaba Café and talked a lot. She is very open, has had some painful experiences and has been looking, for the past two years, for things to improve her inner life, with some practices of yoga and internal silence. So she understood very well what we said about the inner life of the human being. She said she was going to buy the book of the Message at a bookstore and wants to come to a meeting of ceremonies. Next Wednesday she won’t be able to come though. She was very happy with the hour and a half during which we talked and there is already a beautiful emotional connection with her. She speaks English very well, as well as Japanese, since she is studying Japanese history. 

While we were talking to her, Zehra called saying she was just leaving her job at the Alevi association so we invited her to join us. At 7:30 pm, just as Sena was leaving, Zehra told us we had to go home because Murat would be coming with his friends. So we went towards home but, on the way, Murat called Zehra to say they had changed their plans since his friend had to go back home to take care of his little brother. 

So we changed image and proposed Zehra to do a Turkish-English learning exchange. And so, for 2 hours, Eduardo and Peter learnt many languages and phrases frequently used in conversation. Zehra is a great teacher, very patient and willing to teach us conversation. Of course, this was all accompanied by çay and biscuits. In the middle of the “lesson” a new friend of Zehra’s called Huseyin called to say he was coming to Ankara on the following days. We talked a little on the phone, he speaks English well. He wants to meet us soon.

At 9:30 Zehra had to go home so we took her to the metro and then we went to buy tickets for Eduardo who is going back to Istanbul tomorrow night.

It was a very nice day and tomorrow we will have another Turkish lesson with Aylin at 5:00 pm. At 7:00 pm we want to go to the Spanish table which is right close to home.

 That’s it for now.

A big hug,

Eduardo and Peter

Today, February 20th in Ankara

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Hello friends,

Today, February 20, 2013, we had our weekly meeting of experiences.

Eduardo arrived from Istanbul at 5:00 p.m., before the meeting, and we had çay together and a while later Medhi sent us a message to meet at Ankyra Café in Kizilay. So Eduardo and Peter went to meet him and we talked until seven about Iran, Turkey and the situation in this part of the world. At 7:00 pm. We went home were we met Yüksel, his son, Zehra, Hulya, Murat and Onur (a friend of Murat’s whom he brought to the meeting), and they were already having çay and talking among themselves. We said hello to everyone with lots of joy and there was a good atmosphere. At 7:30 pm sharp, Aylin arrived and so we could start with the ceremonies in a very favourable atmosphere due to the good relations among participants. We were Yüksel, Zehra, Aylin, Mehdi, Murat, Onur, Hulya, Eduardo Peter.

Zehra guided the service very well and everyone’s experience was very good according to comments at the end of the ceremony. Murat and Onur immediately told us what happened to them, that they had a good contact with the Force. Mehdi also commented his experience which was also very good for him. Everyone agreed that there was circulation of lots of energy including everyone. So it was a very interesting common experience.

Later, Hulya guided the Well Being. It was her first time and she did it very well. We asked for Zeinep and family who lost father and husband two days ago, and for Hylya’s ex-husband who is sick with cancer. Besides this, everyone asked for other human beings who need well being.  

At the end of the ceremony the atmosphere was very charged, by a soft and at the same time, intense goodness among participants, which was transmitted among everyone by warm hugs. Some of them stayed in the salita/living room to talk and others moved to the kitchen to talk there while preparing çay and previously cooked food.

Some beautiful interchanges took place, joyful and interesting, partly related to the former experiences. Everything beautiful and sparkling. We ate together in this beautiful atmosphere, followed by çay and more conversations. Murat and Onur want to invite other friends to bring them to the salita and talk more about the Message. They will organize it among themselves. They are full of enthusiasm. So that is also very good.

We agreed to meet Aylin on Friday at 5:00 pm. At home to do an English-Turkish practice session. She wants to learn English and we want to learn more Turkish.

In the end we agreed with Mehdi, Murat and Onur that we will take them to Kizilay to their busses for home. After Eduardo and Peter went to have another çay in a Kizilay cafe to talk about some things of interest to us. It was very inspiring.

So it was a good day with a very gratifying meeting for all our friends.

If you click on the picture, an album full of beautiful pictures will open.

A big hug

Eduardo and Peter

Today, February 13, 2013, Ankara

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Hello friends,

Today, February 13th, we had a meeting with Mehdi in Kizilay at 3:00 p.m. We had already met him various times during the week. He is Iranian and studies in Ankara. We spent some wonderful moments talking and having chai and coffee in different places and going for a walk. At 5:00 we called Eduardo who had just arrived in Ankara, inviting him to join us at Ankyra Cafe, a place full of young people with a wonderful atmosphere and good music. At the same time we called Aylin to come as well because Peter had a date with her at five to practice English and Turkish. So she also detoured to the cafe, we all met and soon after two friends of Mehdi, who are musicians, joined us and we talked about the Message. At 18:30, Zeynep called to say that she wanted to stop by so we invited her to join us at Ankyra Cafe so that we could all go together to the Salita for a meeting of experience.

So, happily and talking all the time, the 5 of us went to the house. On the way, Peter and Aylin, as well as Zeynep, practiced English/Turkish conversation, learning some more things.

On arriving home we prepared cay, still talking while Zehra arrived.

At 7:30 p.m. we started the ceremonies, explaining the bare minimum to Mehdi to ensure that he could have his experiences.

Zehra guided the service very well, with a good tone and connection, and Aylin, with the same good tone and connection, the Well Being. There was a soft intensity and good charge and everyone had a good experience. Mehdi expressed his experience in the Service which gave everyone the chance to interchange a bit more about what everyone experienced when in contact with the Force. After we offered to include the laying of hands ceremony in the next meeting, which was appreciated by all those present.

We continued in the kitchen with cay, interchanging about dreams and other more personal things and a very beautiful sort of intimacy was created, giving us another chance to deepen our themes. Mehdi helped us incredibly, translating everything between English and Turkish.

After Zehra and Zeinep said good-bye, we continued exchanging for a while longer.

At 9:30 p.m. the 4 of us, Eduardo and Peter as well as Aylin and Mehdi, went to their busses to go home. And we were still talking.

It was a wonderful day, full of a sharing humanity, which produced good things and thankfulness in everyone.

A big hug,

Eduardo and Peter

Today, February 8, 2013 – in Ankara

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Hello friends,

Today we had a meeting of experiences. We were Yüksel, Zehra, Huseyin, Aylin and I.

I had the idea of beginning with a very slow reading of “The Path” to give time for reflection. So I proposed this and that Huseyin read, which he did very well. The atmosphere changed and grew and everyone connected. Almost at the end, the doorbell rings and Aylin came in very quietly and respectfully until we finished the reading and reflection.

After we did a service, very well led by Zehra who was already very centered with the reading of the Path. Before doing the Well Being we cleared that it was very good to ask and send well being for our loved ones. We commented that those who have problems of mental suffering need peace and well being more than anyone, in the sense of lots of affectionate warmth and that physical problems need energy to heal. That it is important to really feel these persons who are suffering, with a register of compassion and after configuring this image of the person in a better state for them. We explained that if we feel the person very close, and send them the best we can, we also feel lots of inner well being and force. Huseyin translated everything very well and everyone was attentive and connected. We asked for Canan’s daughter, for Aylin who wants to leave behind negative experiences from her past and enter in a very positive register of the future, and for Zehra, Fatosh her husband, lots of well being and reconciliation. They also wanted to ask for my health because they noticed I had a strong cough. It was very welcome.

Aylin guided the ceremony, very well and connected, really transmitting a connection which helped us get in touch with the askings. 

In the end, the atmosphere was very soft and of real bonding among those present. Huseyin wanted to comment his experience with the service which gave the me the opportunity of helping a bit more with how to place one’s self in the work with the sphere, always concentrating on the expansion without attaching one’s self to the images or other registers which arise, always keeping attention on the sensation of the sphere. It was very timely since we were only with friends who have done ceremonies many times. There was lots of connection and interest there as well.

From then, we talked about how to take the experience to others in daily life and why it was important to do so, relating it to principle 10 and the unity between what one thinks, feels and does. Like a conscious effort that makes our actions not just mechanical. And that growing inner freedom is related to this effort. It was all very nice, with an atmosphere of closeness and attention. I think that something good happened.

All this, readings, ceremonies and later exchange, lasted one hour and a half and at 9:45 p.m. we had another chai in the kitchen and talked more. With Zehra, I agreed that we would help each other practice English and Turkish and with Aylin the same, we will meet next Wednesday at 5:00 p.m., before the weekly meeting. I told them you would be here next Wednesday and everyone was happy.

Huseyin later told me that he had learned a lot but not painfully (for the effort) by having translated all the comments during the meeting to help deepen the experience. He was quite happy.

I hope that during this visit we will be able to connect more deeply and that something important happen to them internally and in connection to everyday life.

Anyways, we need more people that are really moved by the Message. I don’t know how to go about this yet. I have some contacts from October and we’ll see what happens with them. Also Bertüg, one of the students we met in Antalya who studies in Ankara and wants to meet us. I’ve had some contact with him on Facebook. Now he is in Antalya because they are on vacation, but he will be back on March 4th and is enthusiastic about meeting us. It’s nice that he knows what it is about and bought the book in Antalya. We’ll see in March how it continues. 

A big hug,

Peter