The “Community of Living Ethics System” is an ecosystem of autonomous and complementary realities or entities that cooperate to manifest a single Purpose.

Each entity of the system maintains its own legal and operational autonomy, protected by its own statutes whilst working according to agreed competences, roles and methods of collaboration within the System. This autonomy is integrated into the logic of “unity in diversity”, in which each part contributes with its own specificity to the manifestation of a single field of consciousness and service.

Each entity recognizes itself in the principles and values of the Foundation, recognizes its coordinating role, operating in coordinated cooperation for the common purpose.

The System acts as a unified field of consciousness, in which the different activities — educational, cultural, meditative, artistic and spiritual — are harmoniously integrated to foster the evolution of individual and collective consciousness.

The Foundation (of Living Ethics) acts as a coordinating and representative body, ensuring transparency, coherence and harmony of the whole, while the other realities of the System operate as specialized centres in complementary areas — meditation, education for Peace and Good Will, spiritual research and international cooperation.

The current entities within the system are:

  • Fondazione Etica Vivente ETS /The Foundation of Living Ethics (FEV)
  • l’Associazione Comunità di Etica Vivente /Community of Living Ethics Association (CEV)
  • Società Italiana di Agni Yoga/Italian Society of Agni Yoga (SIAY)
  • Associazione Bandiera della Pace/ Banner of Peace Association (BdP)
  • Iniziativa India (Crookety House, Darjeeling)/India Project

The system operates on three levels:

  • Spiritual – cultivates the Purpose and values of Living Ethics as a way of Service
  • Cultural – spreads knowledge, meditation and service through its activities
  • Organizational – harmonise and coordinate joint activities ensuring coherence and synergy.

The Foundation of Living Ethics is the modern form in which the Community manifests itself in the world, embodying the spiritual Purpose in action through training, culture and service and is the operational vehicle of the System.

It carries out educational, cultural, training, research, artistic and publishing activities, protects the ideal and material heritage of the System and guarantees transparency and unity of direction. It takes care of the Fundraising activities for the entire system and is the only legal personality of the System, embodying its principles of Beauty, Truth and Justice.

It operates according to the three pillars: Study, Meditation, Service.

It represents the Personality of the System.

The Community of Living Ethics Association is a centre of creative meditation, inspired by the principles presented by R. Assagioli. It develops the practice and culture of meditation as a way of inner growth and service to the world, offering periodic experiences and meetings that connect the spiritual dimension to daily life.

In collaboration with the Foundation, it promotes the meditations of the Full Moons, New Moons, Holy Days, Laws and Principles of the New Era, Sunday meditations “From the heart of the Community”, and others.

It represents the Soul of the System.

It organizes the meditation meetings of the Creative Meditation Group on the days of the Solstices and Equinoxes, an inner group which can only be joined if called by the Community to do so.

The core of the meditation work within the Community follows the Star model brought to our awareness by Enzio Savoini. This group meditation work represents the soul of the System

Its work generates a unified field of group consciousness that nourishes and sustains the entire System.

The Italian Society of Agni Yoga Association is focused on the national and international dissemination of Agni Yoga, Teaching of Ancient Wisdom for the third millennium.

It promotes collaboration with national and international institutions and groups that are inspired by the same spiritual current, with the intention of creating a planetary network.

It organizes courses, seminars, conferences and experiential meetings in collaboration with the ETS Foundation of Living Ethics.

By Lorraine Flower