Erfan Habibi Nikjoo

Gebundenes Buch

Herman Hesse in Neustadt. Life is a Story - story.one

Beschreibung

In 2029 Neustadt, Herman Hesses diary unveils a world suffocating under the Pandemic of Attention. a global crisis born from humanity's inability to confront their own thoughts, leading to the abstraction from now. The story begins at the night he stumbles upon a mysterious drug dealer who goes by many names; Morpheus, Hafez and the Big Bang. After this encounter he finds himself in a funny situation of not being able to capture himself or his experience in words. Haunted by two major questions; who am i? and what is this conscious experience? poor guy makes his attempt more hopeless as he starts using more complex and precise words and repeating the same truth over and over with different words. however, as he ventures beyond the veil of thoughts, he discovers the astonishing richness of mundane experiences. Ultimately, he uncovers a radical way to break the spell of thoughts; by beheading himself!dissolving the barrier of subject and object. looking for the looker and not finding it

Autor

I find it impossible to encapsulate a constantly fluctuating being in static words and nouns. I have been Investigating this question of who am I for years now. should I write about my nine to five job? Is that all I am? or my academic degree is what defines me? my political or metaphysical views? for they are also constantly changing. as Herman Hesse discovered in Neustadt, we are an ever changing Onion or Matryoshka, many layers and masks but empty at the core. however, for some years i used to identify myself as an Psychology student, then found a more practical way to investigate my psyche and identified myself as a yogi, as a mystic. but that too was just another mask. until I finally find what could be closest to truth in Zen and Dzogchen. that behind that ever changing moods, thoughts and personalities there is a unborn background of being, a transparent field; am empty cognizance

Produktdetails

• Life is a story - story.one
• Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand / Storylution / story.one publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 132mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9783711567406
• ISBN-10: 3711567401
• Artikelnr.: 71520635