This network is the successor of the International Biogenic Society founded by Edmond Bordeaux Székely. Our heartfelt wish is to preserve his legacy and the sacred teachings of the Essenes.

In our online community, you’ll connect with others who share your interest in this path. You’ll find books, photos, videos, downloads, online courses, and opportunities to meet in person. Search for other Children of the Light or local groups near you – or promote your own event!

The Joyful-Life Community is a space for conscious, natural, spiritual, loving, peaceful, mindful, and deeply fulfilling living. Friends of the Essene teachings and Székely’s writings are scattered all over the world – this is the place to come together. A place to build meaningful connections that become part of a greater, deeper spiritual purpose, bringing you closer to the truth of who you truly are and the mystery of your Life.

Here, you can be fully yourself – with all your beautiful qualities and even the parts you’re still learning to embrace.

This is a community where we meet every person, every brother and sister, every animal and plant, the whole world – with deep RESPECT and LOVE.

This is a place your soul and your body can call home.

A space where we are co-creating a new world – centered in Love and Peace.

A world grounded in a humble, natural, and abundant Life of wellness and contentment.

You are warmly welcome.

I created this graphic artwork many years ago and later chose it as the logo for my first medical practice. It was inspired by the philosophy of the International Biogenic Society, of which I am a member.

Rather than explaining the symbolism of the image, I would like to invite you to reflect on it for yourself. The following short spiritual meditation may offer guidance or inspiration.

Behold, the Tree of Life, which stands in the middle of the Eternal Sea. Look not only with the eyes of the body, but see with the eyes of the spirit the Tree of Life at a source of running streams; at a living spring in a land of drought. See the eternal garden of wonders, and at its centre the Tree of Life, mystery of mysteries, growing everlasting branches for eternal planting, to sink their roots into the Stream of Life from an eternal source.
See, oh Sons of Light, the branches of the Tree of Life reaching toward the kingdom of the Heavenly Father. And see the roots of the Tree of Life descending into the bosom of the Earthly Mother. And the Son of Man is raised to an eternal height and walks in the wonders of the plain; for only the Son of Man carries in his body the roots of the Tree of Life; the same roots that suckle from the bosom of the Earthly Mother; and only the Son of Man carries in his spirit the branches of the Tree of Life; the same branches that reach to the sky, even so to the kingdom of the Heavenly Father.

(from the Essene Gospel of Peace)

We believe that our most precious possession is Life.
We believe we shall mobilize all the forces of Life against the forces of death.
We believe mutual understanding leads toward mutual cooperation; that mutual cooperation leads toward Peace; and that Peace is the only way of survival for mankind.
We believe that we shall preserve instead of waste our natural resources, which are the heritage of our children.
We believe that we shall avoid the pollution of our air, water and soil, the basic preconditions of life.
We believe that we shall preserve the vegetation of our planet: the humble grass which came 50 million years ago and the majestic trees which came 20 million years ago, to prepare our planet for mankind.
We believe that we shall eat only fresh, natural, pure, whole foods, without chemicals and artificial processing.
We believe that we shall lead a simple, natural, creative life, absorbing all the sources of energy, harmony and knowledge, in and around us.
We believe that the improvement of life and mankind on our planet must start with individual efforts, as the whole depends on the atoms composing it.
We believe in Fatherhood of God, the Motherhood of Nature, and the Brotherhood of Man.

(composed ca. 1916 by Romain Rolland and Edmond Bordeaux Székely)