Imre George Vallyon (, born 7 December 1940) is a Hungarian-New Zealand writer, and spiritual influencer. In 1998, he was found guilty on several accounts of sexual child molestation of a girl who had come to him to seek spiritual guidance about a dead relative. Vallyon was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
Vallyon is the founder of the Foundation for Higher Learning, an international spiritual school formed to help provide people with the opportunity to practice spiritual work within a group environment, with schools in New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Canada. He is also the director of Sounding-Light Publishing, which was founded in 2006. Vallyon retired in late 2017.
Early life Vallyon was born in Budapest, Hungary. Vallyon claims to have had his first mystical experience at the age of three, describing the memory as suddenly going "out of my body and into a very profound state of cosmic realization...the whole universe was vibrating like a heavenly choir."
In the midst of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, Vallyon made the dangerous choice to leave the country; crossing the border at the time usually meant imprisonment or death. At the age of sixteen, he emigrated to New Zealand as a refugee.
Career After immersing himself in several spiritual movements, Vallyon founded the Foundation for Higher Learning, where he teaches the Spiritual Principles and the Divine Laws of Life to Humanity. His methods stem from different forms of eastern and western spirituality. His teaching is universal, not biased towards any particular religion or tradition, yet embraces all traditions and points beyond them all to the One Truth, One Life, One Reality.
Since 1980, Vallyon has taught the Ageless Wisdom through his writings, workshops, and retreats conducted around the world. Since 2008, Vallyon was invited and has been a member of the New Zealand Society of Authors.
In 2008, Vallyon won a literature prize at the annual nationwide Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Unpublished Manuscript and Book Awards for his book Heavens and Hells of the Mind. The awards recognise excellence in the mind, body, and spirit genres of writing. The judges called the book "a remarkable and exhaustive work on human consciousness and the wisdom of the ages."
In 2009, Vallyon's book series Heavens & Hells of the Mind received the gold medal in the category of Enlightenment/Spirituality at the Living Now Book Awards.
He also held worldwide retreats in countries including the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and Hungary.
Teachings Vallyon's teachings are influenced by spiritual traditions such as yoga, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Catholicism, and mysticism.
Conviction and imprisonment In 1998, Vallyon was tried and convicted in New Zealand for sexually molesting a child. Vallyon was convicted of four representative counts of indecent assault and one count of sexually violating the girl by Hamilton District Court Judge David Wilson QC. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment. On 26 February 2017, the Sunday Star-Times, released an investigative report exposing Vallyon's crimes.
New accusations On 4 February 2020, the news division of the Dutch broadcasting agency NOS released an investigative news report on Vallyon as a result of a breakup between the Dutch Foundation for Higher Learning and the International group. The report states that several new victims had come forward, one of them being only 6 years old during the abuse. The article also says the Dutch Tax Authority has asked questions about illegal use of the ANBI status by Vallyon. Court records also indicate that Vallyon had prior offenses dating back to 1978. The presiding judge remarked on the lack of detailed information about these earlier incidents, stating that no one could provide specifics about their nature or extent.
Retirement In December 2017, after 30 years of teaching at retreats, Vallyon retired at the age of 77.
Awards "Heavens and Hells of the Mind", 2009 Gold Medal in the Enlightenment/Spirituality Category of the Living Now Book Awards "Heavens and Hells of the Mind", 2008 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award
Published works
Books Year Title ISBN Language 1990 The Magical Mind English 2005 The Divine Plan English 2005 The Sedona Talks English 2005 Heart to Heart Talks English 2007 The Art of Meditation English 2008 Heavens and Hells of the Mind (Four volume boxed set) English 2008 Heavens and Hells of the Mind (Volume 1: Knowledge) English 2008 Heavens and Hells of the Mind (Volume 2: Tradition) English 2008 Heavens and Hells of the Mind (Volume 3: Transformation) English 2008 Heavens and Hells of the Mind (Volume 4: Lexicon) English 2009 A Spirituális Harcos Hungarian 2009 Le Chemin du Guerrier Spirituel French 2010 Les Conférences de Sedona French 2010 l'Art de la Méditation French 2010 Planetary Transformation English 2010 Felkészülés az Új Korra Hungarian 2011 De Kunst van Meditatie Netherlands 2011 The Warrior Code English 2012 The New Planetary Reality English 2012 De Code van de Krijger Netherlands 2014 The New Heaven & the New Earth English 2014 Il Camino Del Guerriero Spirituale Italian 2015 The Journey Within English 2016 The Way of the Spiritual Warrior English
Ebooks Year Title ISBN Language 2012 Why Meditate? English 2012 The Mystery of Death English 2012 Know Your Own Mind English 2012 The Beatitudes English 2012 Planetary Transformation English 2012 Peace of Mind in a Troubled World English 2012 The Coming Avatara English 2012 Silence English 2012 Love and Wisdom English 2013 Karma English 2013 The New Planetary Reality English 2013 The Sedona Talks English 2013 The Art of Meditation English 2013 The Warrior Code English 2014 Living The Spiritual Life Today English 2014 What You Need For The Journey You Already Have Within You English 2014 Daily Meditations English 2014 Finding True Happiness English 2014 The New Heaven and the New Earth English 2014 ¿Por Qué Meditar? Spanish 2014 Shadowland English 2015 The Divine Plan And The Destiny Of Mankind English 2015 God The Mother English 2015 Enseignements De Cœur À Cœur French 2016 The Way of the Spiritual Warrior English
Music Year Title ISBN 2006 Chants of Illumination 1: Sanskrit Mantras to the Light 2007 Chants of Illumination 2: Sanskrit Mantras to the Divine Mother 2010 Chants of Illumination 3: Sanskrit Mantras to the Heart
Notes
External links Foundation for Higher Learning Official Website Waitetuna Retreat Centre Sounding-Light Publishing