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In the ancient city of Rome, a day a poet Horatio came across a friend of him, who was always discontent and unsatisfied, longing for a better life. For attaining that, he always was moving from one place to another, from one country to another. He was travelling extensively throughout, at the time known world, hoping the new environment could give him that well being which he was looking for. Nevertheless, every time, the new environment did not improve his situation and he continued to be unsatisfied. He felt ill at ease even more.

After the two friend had a good chat, Horatio said:” Caelum mutat non animus”, which translated means “The sky changes, not your mind”. Even if the sky over us is different, we are still the same. So we cannot find our happiness changing town, buying a new car, getting a new job,  purchasing a new house. All these remedies sound like fleeing, escaping from something which  lies inside.

Nowadays people try to fill their inner void, working all day long, reading books from morning to night, playing various sports. In my case I, like Horatio’s friend, have changed places many times, travelling extensively.

Can all those activities give a solution to the problem? The answer is no.

I think in our earth journey we need both inner and Outer Help, whatever you like to call the latter: God, Existence, Absolute. The Outer Help led me to Southall, in the midst of Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims; to Chiswick and Rome, where I came across two Angels; to Paravati and Calascibetta, where I met persons endowed with special powers.

The Outer Help led me to Tokyo for studying and to learn Shintaido, a very powerful martial art.

The Outer Help led me to Kissleg and Interlaken, where I met two American teachers and to New York where I deepened the secrets of Yoga and Vedanta.

The Outer Help led me to an esoteric society, called “Martinisme”.

The Outer Help led me to a Buddhist Meditation Center where I learned the difference between “desire” and “attachment”. Desiring peace, love, harmony is not bad. What is bad is the “identification”, that is not being able to be separated from the object of our desire. Also the self-grasping and the self-cherishing are negative. They originate from the delusions. The Buddhists taught me the difference between brain and mind, which are two different entities. You can operate surgically the brain, but you cannot do the same with the mind. The Buddhists taught me how to meditate.

The Outer Help led me to Chang Mai where I studied the holistic disciplines, the body energy lines and the therapeutic massages.

The Outer Help led me to Africa, in villages without electricity and running water. There I studied religions, rites and burials. My book contains plenty of information. It can solve many existential problems. It can help on healing anxiety and panic attacks. It points out a new way of living.

Author Biography

I am Ettore Grillo from Enna, located in the center of Sicily, where I live. My website is www.ettoregrillo.com The book I have written is “Travels of the Mind”. It is available at http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TravelsOfTheMind.html

Ettore Grillo