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ByIan Merrill
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A manual for the disillusioned - part Japanese zen, a little bit existential post-war Paris - and mostly a modern cosmic truth forgotten in time.In his new thought-provoking book, Ian Merrill investigates the origins and strange nature of our everyday goals and ambitions and reveals why their attainment will rarely bring us the happiness we hope for. He examines the myths of ambition, and the often malevolent forces that entice us to sacrifice our lives in slavery to a false idea of a future happiness - a happiness that depends entirely upon personal achievement. Understanding these myths opens the door to a rich life now, and the primary purpose of all sentient beings that has been forgotten among the hysteria and noise of modern culture. Drawing on personal experiences, human stories and religious and philosophical texts, here are suggestions of alternative ambitions based on some often unpalatable truths that we prefer to ignore, and the simple realities of being human in a universe indifferent to our needs.
“All good books have one thing in common – they are truer than if they had really happened.” -Ernest Hemingway
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A manual for the disillusioned - part Japanese zen, a little bit existential post-war Paris - and mostly a modern cosmic truth forgotten in time.In his new thought-provoking book, Ian Merrill investigates the origins and strange nature of our everyday goals and ambitions and reveals why their attainment will rarely bring us the happiness we hope for. He examines the myths of ambition, and the often malevolent forces that entice us to sacrifice our lives in slavery to a false idea of a future happiness - a happiness that depends entirely upon personal achievement. Understanding these myths opens the door to a rich life now, and the primary purpose of all sentient beings that has been forgotten among the hysteria and noise of modern culture. Drawing on personal experiences, human stories and religious and philosophical texts, here are suggestions of alternative ambitions based on some often unpalatable truths that we prefer to ignore, and the simple realities of being human in a universe indifferent to our needs.
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