Presentation
Jan Konfršt about himself

In the preface of my only book so far, I wrote: "I waited years for a moment, when I was permitted to share everything, what I was allowed to learn."

I think that in the depth of this sentence there is contained not only the credo of my life, but it also represents a number of my character qualities. In retrospect, I can say, that basically I didn’t distinctly differ from my peers during my youth. If I should nevertheless prize at least one quality, which has accompanied me in a positive way my whole life, then it is sensitivity, empathy. However, I managed to utilize it only many years later, and not only for my own benefit.

During my life, I wrote my biography several times. For the present generation, the style of these essays, which was required in the years that are fortunately already gone, is surely quite incomprehensible. All the more distinctly and with pleasure I am aware of the fact, how much more profoundly and, above all, freely may I talk today about my past with clearly defined intentions. This was, not long ago, hardly imaginable.

It is uplifting for me to write a biography in a state of inner maturity. I would fail to clarify my present life sufficiently without including my guide – God – into my confession.

He spoke to me intensely for the first time when I was eleven or twelve years old. However, at that time, I didn’t of course perceive it like today. I experienced my first vision. The pity is, that I didn’t understand, I didn’t comprehend. Maybe also because I didn’t entrust anybody with it. Nevertheless this experience was so strong that I remember it to the smallest detail to this day. Mystical truth can’t be overlooked and it is unforgettable at the same time.

I came to this life enough prepared, with a sufficient inner disposition that is needed to fulfill my mission, to which I committed myself later on. With this vision, I was called for the first time to carry out this mission. I don’t regret that I didn’t understand at that time. As well as I don’t regret anything in my life. Neither was I angry, that I spend many following years in a rather intensive physical pain. I didn’t blame anybody or anything for it, including myself. Thanks to my attitude – not through passive suffering, but through humble acceptance with a determination to end the pain – I decided that I could experience the identical vision again about a quarter of century later. I was tempted for the second time. I was tempted to make a fundamental change in my life. And it was at a time, when I was considerably more ready, not only outwardly, but also inwardly. My outer discontentment and inner protests – expression of the soul - grew stronger. I completely changed my livelihood. But above all, upon the third call from my guide – God – I started intensely to dedicate myself to quite a new part of life for me – spiritual work. At last I understood! Now already with an understanding and with a big determination I gladly listened to and accepted the temptation to plunge to the world of silence and love. Knowingly, I set out for the Journey – towards my soul and God's open arms.

Up till now I was intentionally choosing somewhat noble wording - I may strongly add at the same time - that I didn’t let the inner world lead me astray in such a way that I would forget where I live, who I am, and that I have a material body. Although all these newly discovered things were evoking in me nearly euphoric states of mind - until then indeed unknown - I had, at the same time, enough strength to realize, that without the material body I couldn't experience the beauty of the inner world. Also in that, I saw the part of my previous preparation. My step forward was straight away accompanied by a sudden change of my health situation. Lasting problems, stubborn pain, were suddenly gone. Thereby I gave myself the first from a whole range of gifts, with which I was in the following time literally endowed.

My desire, determination and humility - these qualities that accompanied me on every step of my Journey - decided that I made me ready in a very short time in the view of passing time and eternity of life, to make a symbolic step and enter into God's arms. I was permitted to make this step and I found myself in a world, about whose existence I possibly had a vague idea, but whose purity and intensity of experience can be examined to dept only by the one, whom it is allowed to live in it. The state of free communication with God, with his own soul. Free conversation, freedom of existence. A permanent contact with the universe, with God.

I was invited to introduce myself. The reason is evident. At least a partial knowledge of an author gives his reader or a listener a possibility to understand and experience his message not only in a wider context, but also with an increased credibility and depth of the shared truth. I personally don’t have any need to be in the limelight, that’s why I keep my introduction at rather a more general level. But I want to emphasize the most important reality: We are all in the same boat. Therefore I was trying in a limited space and in a quick summary describe the Journey of a man, who listens to the challenge and decides to enrich his life in a spiritual dimension. I had perhaps better preconditions, but I want to emphasize above all one thing. Even today I don’t consider myself somehow exceptional, because I know, that we all have this possibility and that we all, to the last one of us, will use it, even that it might not be now, but in the future. In this sense, we are only shifted in time.

In the present I live to fulfill my Calling, to which I have committed myself: to pass on others what I have learned myself, in a written form or through personal contact with people. I call these meetings "conversations", because the lively discussed topics are chosen by participants – these are not lectures. I have waited years for the inner permission to write a book. However, I have dedicated a much longer time to the preparation for my present Calling – to inner self-knowledge and personal transformation. Yes, it is about work. It is an activity, into which it is necessary to invest energy and live up fully to the qualities I mentioned earlier. I do not regret anything that I have experienced so far, even that the moments of joy were from time to time mixed with pain. My reward is my present life in the arms full of love, in God’s embrace and also the radiant eyes of those people, whom I helped to attain a seed of knowledge, however small it may be.

Jan Konfršt