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The love that flows through the Source is perfect love.
In the Source all plurality ends - everything is indistinguishable from everything else."
The author tells us that this book "draws from psychology, philosophy, and religion," and this is evident in his writing, although the religious focus is mostly Christian. There are 143 pages, beginning with an introductory note and a diagram of a common human experience relating to the Mind, Ego, Soul, and Source. The prelude offers a short story, there is an introduction to the book, and 79 chapters on the journey into Soul with an interlude between them. The ending includes a postlude, another story, an ontological field theory, and then concludes with an epilogue and end notes. The style is poetic/meditative and simply read. Love, truth, essence, letting go of the ego, a rather Buddhist focus on suffering and detachment, the timeless beauty of nature, and the focus on Soul leads the reader into the spirituality of life.
Although the author states that the writing is loosely based on Christian theology and will engage those of other belief systems, the beliefs are mostly Christian, both traditional Christianity and Gnosticism. Beautifully written in a poetic manner, the depth of the content is also seen through philosophy and psychology, as the focus is on the essence of the Soul, when Soul is defined as psyche. Much is written about the ego, the Soul, and how to go beyond the ego into the depths of creation. But the back cover does not relate that the writings are Christian-based, which may surprise the reader who is looking more toward spirituality than religion. For here, God is the Heavenly Father (Mind), the (Source) is Jesus Christ, and the (Soul) is the Holy Spirit/Ghost (uniting Mind and Source). Yet the wisdom and insight into both immanence and transcendence offers a delightfully timeless read if it is perused as a meditation of new insights with each reading.
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