The world we live in.
Consciousness and the path of the soul
In this book, Wilfried Nelles outlines the development of the human soul and consciousness from embryo to old age, from expulsion from paradise to modern civilisation. He describes the profound influences that humans experience at different stages of their lives and the development that consciousness undergoes as it moves into ever broader and higher dimensions when we allow ourselves to fall unreservedly into life. He exposes the lies of modern life, its blind faith in technology and narcissistic worship of its own ideas, its delusion of improving the world and itself as a youthful escape from the reality of life, and shows a way to enter this reality.
The result is a map of human life that leads to the practical design and vivid description of a new psychology that transcends the loss of meaning in modern life without falling back into old patterns of belief. It is at once down-to-earth and spiritual, true to life and full of love for humanity, without idolising human beings. Nelles draws not only on his profound knowledge of Western intellectual and social sciences and Far Eastern spiritual traditions, but above all on his own observations and life experience, which he describes in clear and lively language and illustrates with numerous examples.
‘This is our deepest longing: to live fully and to be completely who we are.’
Review by Thomas Geßner
THE WORLD WE LIVE IN
The consciousness and path of the soul
360 pages | Paperback
ISBN 978-3-947508-42-6
€ 25.00 (D) • € 25.70 (A)
Also available as an eBook (€ 19.99)