This is about my work, A Layman's Guide to The Meaning of Life and Death; A common sense, no nonsense approach.
I will be publishing it as an e-book in late 2013 (or sooner) priced at $2.99 on Amazon. It is not a hugely long book, but it will seem like a long book to you as you will be unable to read it fast. This is because you will find yourself thinking about what you have just read, and pausing to digest it as it begins to set off trains of thought in your mind.
If you would like to be among the first to read it when it appears on Amazon, please e-mail me your e-mail address or Twitter handle and I will let you know the moment it is published. I can also send you a detailed list of the contents now----yes, you need not wait until it is published to learn more about this e-book, just drop me an e-mail. My e-mail address is [email protected]
The following is an extract from A Layman's Guide to the Meaning of Life and Death; A common sense, no nonsense approach, which tells you why I wrote this e-book :
I wrote this book out of a sense of frustration. None of my questions were being answered by the books I read. On the occasions when I stayed the course (even though my frustration mounted with every page), hoping that the reward for my perseverance would be one supreme moment of epiphany, I was invariably disappointed. But then I realised that I wasn't being fair. Those books were providing me with information, theories, esoteric data, ancient philosophical musings, dry and dusty logic etc. Loads of it. What they were not doing was drawing any definite conclusions because the authors seemed reluctant to commit themselves. Why, I don't know. Maybe their publishers wouldn't allow it for financial or political reasons. After all, this is only to be expected when you have more than one interest involved in any project.
And so I said to myself, well, all it takes is for one person to listen carefully to all of what these books are saying and then to form his/her own conclusions. Because people's lives are busy. They work long hours and need their rest and relaxation. They don't have the time to sit down and try to make sense of all the information thrown at them about the meaning of life and death. The now. The hereafter. The why. The religious angle to it all. So I decided to have a go at it. And why, I asked myself, should I be afraid to voice my conclusions if deep down I know I'm only trying to be honest. Completely honest.
And if then anyone should take issue, for whatever reason, why, let them. For they, too, are entitled to their opinions. All I will know is that I would have done my best.
So this is my own completely personal "take" on life and death. What makes sense to me. The writing of it has given me a tremendous peace. It is tempting to say that it will do the same for you, but that wouldn't be honest. The truth is, I don't know what it will do for you. I cannot know this until I know you. And, sadly, I will never know you, except perhaps from the feedback you might choose to give me. So be warned, this is not a "feel good" book. I'm not going to patronise you by trying to inspire you, by telling you it's a wonderful life. I'm not here for you to "find" yourself, or to try and compose a message which is uplifting and will hopefully sell me a million copies and make me rich----there are plenty of other guys out there already doing a really good job of that! I'm going to tell you like it is. Or rather, what I think it is like. You may agree. You may not. But if I manage to hold you long enough to finish this ebook, that will be reward enough for me. I will have succeeded. What I will go as far as to say is that there is a good chance that you will be uplifted. You will be satisfied. You will be at peace. Just as I am now. Especially if you, like me, believe that the truth will set you free.
I will be publishing it as an e-book in late 2013 (or sooner) priced at $2.99 on Amazon. It is not a hugely long book, but it will seem like a long book to you as you will be unable to read it fast. This is because you will find yourself thinking about what you have just read, and pausing to digest it as it begins to set off trains of thought in your mind.
If you would like to be among the first to read it when it appears on Amazon, please e-mail me your e-mail address or Twitter handle and I will let you know the moment it is published. I can also send you a detailed list of the contents now----yes, you need not wait until it is published to learn more about this e-book, just drop me an e-mail. My e-mail address is [email protected]
The following is an extract from A Layman's Guide to the Meaning of Life and Death; A common sense, no nonsense approach, which tells you why I wrote this e-book :
I wrote this book out of a sense of frustration. None of my questions were being answered by the books I read. On the occasions when I stayed the course (even though my frustration mounted with every page), hoping that the reward for my perseverance would be one supreme moment of epiphany, I was invariably disappointed. But then I realised that I wasn't being fair. Those books were providing me with information, theories, esoteric data, ancient philosophical musings, dry and dusty logic etc. Loads of it. What they were not doing was drawing any definite conclusions because the authors seemed reluctant to commit themselves. Why, I don't know. Maybe their publishers wouldn't allow it for financial or political reasons. After all, this is only to be expected when you have more than one interest involved in any project.
And so I said to myself, well, all it takes is for one person to listen carefully to all of what these books are saying and then to form his/her own conclusions. Because people's lives are busy. They work long hours and need their rest and relaxation. They don't have the time to sit down and try to make sense of all the information thrown at them about the meaning of life and death. The now. The hereafter. The why. The religious angle to it all. So I decided to have a go at it. And why, I asked myself, should I be afraid to voice my conclusions if deep down I know I'm only trying to be honest. Completely honest.
And if then anyone should take issue, for whatever reason, why, let them. For they, too, are entitled to their opinions. All I will know is that I would have done my best.
So this is my own completely personal "take" on life and death. What makes sense to me. The writing of it has given me a tremendous peace. It is tempting to say that it will do the same for you, but that wouldn't be honest. The truth is, I don't know what it will do for you. I cannot know this until I know you. And, sadly, I will never know you, except perhaps from the feedback you might choose to give me. So be warned, this is not a "feel good" book. I'm not going to patronise you by trying to inspire you, by telling you it's a wonderful life. I'm not here for you to "find" yourself, or to try and compose a message which is uplifting and will hopefully sell me a million copies and make me rich----there are plenty of other guys out there already doing a really good job of that! I'm going to tell you like it is. Or rather, what I think it is like. You may agree. You may not. But if I manage to hold you long enough to finish this ebook, that will be reward enough for me. I will have succeeded. What I will go as far as to say is that there is a good chance that you will be uplifted. You will be satisfied. You will be at peace. Just as I am now. Especially if you, like me, believe that the truth will set you free.