Efstathios Avraamides, M.D.
Why I Started Writing
I have always considered the separation between the material and the spiritual nature of humans – both in scientific research and in life – to be artificial. The exclusive focus of medicine, and science in general, on the body, which was imposed during the Middle Ages by the Inquisition (which claimed jurisdiction over matters of the soul), created a gap in scientific thought. Only what concerned matter was considered permissible; anything beyond that was condemned. Over the centuries, this attitude became firmly entrenched.
With few exceptions, scientists began to fear being accused of a lack of seriousness if they engaged with a person’s spiritual or energetic aspect. As a result, this line of inquiry – the truly psychosomatic one – did not progress as it should have done. Yet when the spiritual and energetic processes are removed, research into both medicine and biological systems becomes incomplete. Inadequate data leads to inadequate results. Thus, modern medicine developed in an admirable way, but without taking into account all the elements that constitute the human being. Only in recent decades has something begun to change.
The influence of thought energy on health therefore remained on the margins. Stress is mentioned, but only in a very general and superficial way.This one-dimensional approach to health – and to life itself – is one of the reasons that led me to research this subject and to write my first two books (Holistic Healing, Bioenergy and Consciousness and Our Thoughts and their impact on Our Health). I consider the soul, mind, thoughts, emotions, consciousness and the body to be communicating vessels. Only a unified approach to these aspects can lead to an understanding of the factors that disturb psychosomatic harmony.
I have the sense that certain prohibitions still exist on our planet – and I do not like prohibitions. I do not accept that there is forbidden knowledge, nor that research should be limited only to what is already accepted. I do not separate medicine from philosophy, physics from metaphysics, or spirituality from everyday life.
The Continuation
Each book created a need in me to write the next one
Each book created a need in me to write the next one. In my second book (Our Thoughts and their impact on Our Health), in addition to presenting research data in this field and analyzing it, I also described certain cases that I had encountered in my medical practice. These highlighted the importance of freedom as a way of thinking and living. Inner freedom and independence of thought are fundamental prerequisites for psychosomatic balance and for a deeper meaning in life.
This led to the need for a book dealing with freedom and the consequences of its absence: In Search of Freedom. In this book, I explored the pathology of the lack of inner freedom, human self-annulment, passivity, manipulation by individuals and authorities, as well as personal responsibility.
From this book emerged the need to write the following two (Life, A Journey of Consciousness and Remember Who You Are), as my interest gradually shifted toward aspects of our spiritual path: self-knowledge, the qualities developed by seekers of the Light, the meaning of life and the function of consciousness as a compass on the journey of life…
Inner freedom is a fundamental element of all my books.
These themes, therefore, and their extensions, will also be the focus of this website. It is clear to everyone that the deep exploration of such great themes never ends – not in books nor in life. Even though great philosophers and initiates have walked the Earth and spoken about them; even though Christ‘s Sermon on the Mount has resonated across the planet and the universe. These themes have been discussed since civilization began and will continue to be discussed as long as human beings exist.I do not claim, therefore, that I have exhausted these subjects in the books I have written. I simply wished to view them from a particular perspective – just as each one of us is, in any case, unique.
Efstathios Avraamides, M.D.
A multi-dimensional approach to health - and life itself
Dr. Efstathios Avraamides studied Medicine at the University of Florence. During his academic training, he also attended homeopathy courses for three years. He completed his medical specialization (ENT – Otorhinolaryngology) in Athens.
