Enlightenment Blues

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Andre van der Braak. Enlightenment Blues

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PRAISE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT BLUES

“Andre van der Braak’s writing is fresh and innocent. He describes with humor and reflection what really happens to those of us who offer themselves so completely to another human being. There are mystical experiences; the heights come to life, but also the pits, the awful cruelty of those who have given up their personal conscience. I found this book compelling and terrifying at the same time.”

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I would love to continue sitting here night after night. But the world is still calling me. In two days, the plane awaits me. My employer is sending me to their education center in Dayton, Ohio for three months. There I will be saturated with courses on Unix, C, and data communication. At this point in time it might as well have been Swahili, it feels so removed from me as I am floating in this pool of silence.

Then Andrew suddenly speaks to me, “That man there in the back row, yes, with the glasses. You’ve been here before, right?”

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