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The aim of this book is to uncover, in form of a brief summary, misunderstandings and erroneous thinking and to clarify their correlation in an easily comprehensible way. This is why the explanations focus on the most important aspects. Sometimes I had to quote examples to make particular correlations more understandable, but in other cases, I deliberate did not, so that readers would be free to recognize examples from their own lives.

I have chosen to omit certain topics from this book, for the simple reason that they warrant a book of their own – they are so complex that I would like to deal with them separately. They include God, esotericism, astrology, self-discipline, wealth, relationships, sexuality, happiness and similar essential subjects. Most dear to my heart is the subject of astrology, the reason being that for many years now, I have developed and utilized my own karma-astrology, which I call “Karmalogy”. The book about Karmalogy will provide wide-ranging education about true astrology and its true meaning. It will give unprecedented insights about human destiny and uncover the hidden interconnectedness of life.

I would ask you to put what I say in this book to the test and only take on what you yourself have experienced to be true. Whatever we come to understand through our own endeavours and power will more easily enter our consciousness and more deeply touch our soul.

Truth remains a very personal experience. Every person is wholly responsible for his or her own thoughts, words, actions and feelings. This responsibility is NOT transferable, however much we would like to make someone else responsible for our own mishaps, because that would be so much more convenient and comfortable than having to acknowledge our own mistakes. We all have to work out for ourselves what we will embrace and what we will reject.

I would recommend that you read this book several times, especially those topics that you find incomprehensible, unclear or even contradictory. It takes time for consciousness to expand. It is entirely possible that you can access a deeper understanding when you read it a second time. This happens because we constantly expand our consciousness, an automatic process to do with all we learn and experience and the insights we acquire in the course of time. The results are a heightened awareness and a sharper perception.

The more consciousness matures, the more it can absorb and process.

I would ask you not to generalize the content of this book. When I make a statement about people in a certain context, this does not imply that all people in that situation will be or act that way. I would not want to irritate you by having to repeat this every time I raise a point. The points I raise are to do with deficiencies that I believe stem from the individual, collective and global ego. These conditions can be found everywhere, but not everyone participates in them. Some people walk the path of selflessness.

As a rule, we only apply a generalization to others if we ourselves are that way inclined or if someone’s comments make us feel as though we are being treated unfairly.

Even though I reject a great deal of what we humans do, this does not mean that I reject the people doing it. There is a general misconception that causes us humans to identify with our egoistic actions. This is why we take offence when someone criticizes our actions. I would ask you not to take the content of this book personally, especially if you should feel criticized or take offence. I do not judge my fellow humans. I merely reject their egoistic actions.

Truth requires no justification. Rather, we humans require enlightenment.

At this stage I would like to point out the following: I do not belong to any religion or any church. I believe in God, our Heavenly Father, and Christ, our brother and saviour. So, whenever I mention God or Christ in this book, it has no connection with a religion, the bible or the church and should not be read as such. I am neither a member of any political party nor a member of any sect, religious community or similar. I have no interest in evangelizing people and steering them into a particular direction, nor do I regard this as my purpose in life: in fact, I would regard this as manipulation. My aim is to educate people and to uncover misunderstandings and erroneous thinking. God’s truth is free and independent of human-made endeavours such as the economy, politics, religion, science or philosophy. It is and always will be on offer to us and we are free to accept or reject it. What a person believes in remains his or her individual choice. This is a freedom granted by God and must not be curtailed, manipulated or exploited by man. True faith can easily be determined by finding the answers to two questions. Firstly: who benefits from people adhering to this faith? Secondly: do the leaders of this faith practise what they preach? We recognize trees by their leaves and fruit, and people by their deeds, not their words! We can therefore determine whether a faith is true or false, egoistic or selfless, man-made or of God, by checking whether it serves a small group of egoists dreaming of money and power, or whether it serves all humankind and is aimed towards selfless and communal - in other words, divine - goals. True faith sets people free from the individual, collective and global ego and leads them towards unity, equality, fraternity, liberty and justice. If you choose to follow men, you have not yet recognized the truth. Because God is the Way and the Truth and the Life. Despite wrongdoing on an unimaginable scale being committed in His name, He is untouched by and independent of the works of man.

The content of this book will only be understandable to you if you comprehend its meaning: overcoming the ego by dealing with events in a factual, honest and impersonal manner.

I have taken great care to position the various subjects in a logical sequence. However, this was not always possible or even sensible, and I sometimes decided to abandon logical sequencing all together. I am doing this with the intention of enabling you to obtain certain insights by looking at different contexts in different parts of the book, and from different perspectives, and for you to experience the so-called aha effect. This is the only way to ensure that an insight, its application, effects and consequences are carried through into everyday life.

I would be very happy if this book would make a lot of readers think, because that would mean that we are recovering one of our most precious abilities, one we had as children but were trained out of and lost as adults: the ability to ask questions!

We need to learn to question things again, with honesty and sincerity, so that we can track down our erroneous thinking and false values. When we do not question, when we are not observant, truthful and sincere, we will believe anything anyone tells us. We are constantly being bombarded by the media with all sorts of ideals and dream images. When we obtain our values and ideals from outside of our own heart, we will sooner or later end up suffering from disorientation of the spirit. Human beings find true values inside of their own hearts, where their conscience beats strongly and their longing for truth, justice and love resides.

When you stop asking questions, you stop searching for the truth. When you stop searching for the truth, you stop living.

Saeed