Alex Koulouris

Alex's story

Looking back on my past, I can still remember my first spiritual steps – that first unknown sense arising from within, as I was reading my older sister’s books about psychology of S. Freud, Adler, Erich From, Suzuki, L. Watson e.t.c. and later other books with teachings coming from ancient Greek adepts, Toltec’s, Tibetan monks, Swami’s and others.

I had a strong feeling that something precious and well-hidden was there. This feeling, combined with a strong interest and love for music, friendship and traveling, led me long ago to travel inside and outside the borders of my country. Apart from meeting interesting people and experiencing unfamiliar situations, the most important thing was the chance I had to realize my own situation and potential, very different from what I expected.

I pondered over all these obstacles inside me that kept me unable to judge correctly and distinguish the truth; I was unforgiving, even to my best friends, inefficient and unable trust and rely upon myself – there were many, many other aspects of me, that I found undesirable. The most serious, was that I was unable to feel happy or peaceful most time, even when everything around seemed to be perfect. My instinct and my quest to find an answer drove me to martial arts schools, yoga and other esoteric groups, before I met on my way my first esoteric school of Gnosis in my country (one of Rabolu’s schools).

My interest and my need to seriously practice what I learned there, soon drove me to attain my first esoteric experiences. It was then when I felt a strong compassion for my fellowmen, something that drove me to speak about this, first of all, to my closest friends and later to all my acquaintances. But it took me many years to understand and appreciate the depth of those teachings. After the school was closed in the year 2000, I continued to meet with a small team of students and practicing, but soon this seemed to fade away.

A few years later, in 2005, I saw a poster from Athens’s Gnostic center and, by curiosity at first, I went to attend the course. I was surprised to hear again the profound teachings of Gnosis, given in a simple way, accessible and tangible to everyone. Soon I became a trainee teacher, feeling very interested in helping to share that knowledge again.

I feel that all people deserve to receive what Gnosis has to offer and have for themselves the opportunity to search and work for their inner peace and a better life.