Greg Sauzier

I was born and raised in Perth, Western Australia to Australian parents. The second child of four, my childhood was privileged. Our family holidayed at the farm or beach house, albeit as a child I didn’t understand what privilege was. I knew I was loved, guided and safe.

A good childhood aside, I knew from an early age I was different in the social mix of life, sometimes inside my family, but in the main from outside. Starting school was the beginning of knowing I didn’t fit in socially. I wasn’t one of “the in kids,” per se! This lasted throughout college. I entered the workforce at age sixteen, happy to escape unacceptance, constraint and authority.

Working with men in manual labour jobs was comfortable for me; any social unacceptance was simply because I was a youth amongst men. I enjoyed the years as I grew into young manhood. Copying the models before me, I drank, smoked, started to drive, and discovered girls. I had my own money—life was good. I felt like I fitted in most of the time!

I married at twenty three, fathered two children and started a career in sales. I studied at night school. I climbed the corporate ladder, achieving state manager status for two successive national companies. From an outsider’s perspective, I had a great wife, two great children, a solid career, a company car, and credit card. But I wasn’t happy. It didn’t feel like enough!

At thirty seven, I bought my own business, mortgaging the freehold of the family home as collateral. I told myself, and my wife, “this will be very good for us.” Our marriage had been in trouble for some time. I thought that working together would bring us closer—and the money would stream in. How wrong I was! The business was tougher than I anticipated. Our marriage went from bad to worse. I still didn’t fit—or thought that everything didn’t fit me!

At thirty nine and eleven months of age, I left my wife for an employee of the family business. I told myself “this relationship will make me happy.” How wrong I was! This relationship only lasted three months. However, that relationship was the catalyst I needed to find my place in the world. The woman I had used as a reason to leave my marriage was interested in spirituality. When we disconnected from each other, I connected with spirit. This woman was the change agent I had manifested to find my life’s real purpose! I knew instantly spirituality was for me. The reason that I had always felt outside the loop of life was because my life had been devoid of spiritual reverence. Suddenly, I was being shown the way to go.