Teachers of Truth have appeared, and will continue
to appear, throughout our planet’s history, in cycles corresponding
to periods of crisis and need. Some of these teachers have been
known to history, although their real function is almost wholly
unknown; other performed and continue to perform their work hidden
from society. The external forms, language, and vehicles of transmission
of their teaching change over time to enable their message to be
absorbed by those whom it is transmitted. Despite the apparent discontinuity
in the transmission of an authentic and essential message to Humankind,
the core of the subtle work of the Teacher of Truth is to be found
in the complete evolution of the human race. This work started when
Man first appeared on Earth and it has not yet been completed. The
very nature of the Work demands that it must be performed within
the ‘laboratory’, far from the noise and interruptions
of a distracted world, the same world that must slowly learn to
listen to its own Heart, almost forgotten, but which has never stopped
calling. This book is an anthology of dialogues without a fixed
structure; born of the desire to share the fruits of an experience
of growth lived by the side of a Teacher of Truth, Alfredo, whom
I had the good fortune to meet many years ago. This book is not
merely autobiographical: it represents the testimony of a teaching
and of an experience of life, still in progress, which I encountered
as a disciple and friend of an extraordinary person, to whom I express
all the gratitude, respect and love of which I am capable.
My gratitude also goes to all the Friends who have been close to
me on the Path and who have made the realization of this book (and
many other things possible). The value and importance of Alfredo’s
teaching go well beyond anything I could ever write or explain in
words and this book only touches the surface of some of the experiences
I lived. |
