The following is from correspondence received (and slightly edited) from Eduard Diaconu in Romania.
(from the first email)
Hello. My name is Eduard Diaconu and I am from a town called Cluj Napoca, in Romania.
...I write you in the name of a small group of
students living here. We have formed a research
and study group, trying to evolve our spirit, mind,
and body, and to maintain a high state of awareness
regarding the reality which surrounds us. Sadly,
here in Romania it is almost impossible to do such a
thing, especially when you use methods which are
generally considered as "unorthodox" (that's because
our main path has an oriental source). Most of the
people in our country have a pretty narrow vision
regarding spirituality, and anything which they can
not understand, they classified it as some kind of
"heresy" and never look at it again. Fortunately, there are also
open-minded people. Their number is small and their
struggle is big, but the fight for freedom will never
cease.
Anyway, after a long endeavour, we have succeeded to open a public library. We had the good fortune to have on our side a town councilor, and with some help from him, we have established our group as a Non-Governmental Association. Then, to open this library was relatively easy. Though, we still have some minor problems in finding a proper location for it. Right now, the library is located in a pretty old building, but we hope that we will find a more proper location in short time. Well, we have just started this "adventure" with the library (a year ago, nobody knew about us), and those small problems are almost inevitable. But what was really important was done.
At the moment, our patrimony consist in approximately six hundred books and almost two hundred magazines, plus some video tapes and music on CDs and audio tapes. The subjects of all those are centered on oriental spiritual traditions and philosophy, but we also have books focused on western spiritual paths. And, even if the vast majority of our books are in English, there are days when we have more than 10 visitors. People are really interested, especially in eastern traditions.
(from the second and third emails)
...Around the entire globe the situation is that people are spiritually starved - the stimulation of television, work, fast food, and other "distractions" in the culture are pushing many people to search for something deeper. I see it every day, but the good news is that people are waking up, ready for deeper knowledge. There are many around the world who are not ready yet for this, as it happened in our case, but we believe that there are higher forces that are gently guiding us to remembering who we are. We are sure that there are many others around the globe who are ready and working for major shifts in human consciousness and evolution, such as yourself. And we are also doing our best to play our part.
But, our material situation isn't that positive as our desire to go further and higher. Unfortunately, we barely have enough money to pay for the rent, and we can't afford to buy other books or any other materials. We have, of course, many good works on our library shelves, but our readers tend now to seek further and deeper into oriental teachings.
(I suggested posting this correspondence on the Kheper site to hopefully get some responses)
Yes please do share our story with your readers. Maybe there are some who have some old or used books which they don't need anymore. Our mailing address is:
We hope that, with some support, our chances to explore more deeply the spiritual reality would grow, and that it would bring inspiration and hope for many others who are yet to come into our sphere of awareness.
