This book will change your life.
Heard that before? Maybe that wasn’t your experience in the past but I know that that’s exactly what will happen this time.
Whether you choose to accept and embrace the Truth about life now or at some time in the future, I believe that by the time you’ve finished reading this, your mind will have been opened so far as to allow you to at least consider a new way of thinking. If you weren’t ready to do that, you wouldn’t have bothered to even pick this book up.
You don’t have to “get it” right away. You don’t even have to believe everything I say as you read it. But when these words find their way home to your psyche, you’ll know it and your life will become filled with more and more Love. Why not try to put just one of my suggestions into practice and see what happens.
I’m not going to use the word “philosophy” to describe what I’m saying here in this book. What I have to say is not a “philosophy”. It’s not a search for or a theory about the meaning of life. I know this all to be the Truth about life. You do too. It’s just a matter of you remembering. You may find that some of the things you’ll read here sound familiar or really strike a chord. That’s just you getting back in touch with part of the Knowledge.
The Truth is very simple, but it will challenge almost all of society’s accepted beliefs and so I ask that you stay with me right through to the end even when you find yourself strongly disagreeing with anything I’m saying.
I’d like to take a moment here to focus your attention on just how strongly the society you grow up with influences your beliefs. Think about some cultural traditions that you find very hard, or even impossible, to relate to. Let’s take arranged marriages. If you’re from a culture that practices this idea you’d be horrified at the thought of people choosing their own marriage partners. If you’re not from that culture, you’re equally horrified at thought of your marriage partner being chosen for you and not by you.
Female circumcision is another example that you’ll probably feel strongly about. If you’re not from the culture that supports the practice, you’re probably revolted by the very idea. If it’s your cultural belief, you’ll be equally horrified at the prospect of it not being performed. Even our taste in something like fashion is generally influenced by our cultures, our families and/or our friends. I don’t just mean whether you like one designer or musician over another either (although that’s certainly relevant too in this sense). Different cultures may dictate certain body parts must be covered; could be your head or ankles or breasts. What one culture thinks is acceptable to expose, another will find outrageous. Families and friends will have their own “cultures” too.
All of these things reinforce the walls of the boxes of Fear all of us live in to a greater or lesser degree.
It’s neither my intention nor my right to pass judgment on anyone or anything. I simply want to remind you how strongly our thoughts can be influenced by where and among whom we grew up.
I’ll be talking later about how we choose those influences but you’ll get the most out of this book if you try to set them aside and work at being totally honest with your deepest thoughts as you consider what I have to say.
I’ll tell you about what I mean by the Truth about life in Part One of this book. In Part Two I’ve set out the four basic Realities that I believe will lead you to understanding what it’s all about. I’ve included examples of situations that various people have been in to try to help you understand how each of them works in our lives. They’re in no order of importance. They’re all equally important and they’re all inter-connected. You don’t need to read them in any set sequence. In fact, I’d love it if you just read through the chapter headings and choose to read the one that appeals to you most first, no matter where it is on the list, and keep doing that until you’ve read everything.
As I said at the outset, this book will help you find your way to reclaim your innate Knowledge of the Truth. Even if you only get one single thing, that single thing will open up the door for the whole of the Knowledge to come through to you in time. |