Embers of Illumination
The first draft of a book about a Journey from Loneliness to Aloneness
This is the first draft of a book about A Journey from Loneliness to Aloneness. It was written post by post on The Good Men Project originally, to develop a view of my life to the present day. In it I seek the answers to unknown questions and come up with some interesting answers.
- 1.1 — The Soul Is The Home Of The Spirit -
- 1.2 — Coping with the Physical and with Perfection -
- 1.3 — The Running Away That Never Happened -
- 1.4 — Beaten Into Submission—How I Embraced Frustration -
- 1.5 — Getting Away From The Screaming In My Head -
- 1.6 — The Loneliness Of It All -
- 2.1 — Finding My Voice—Becoming Creative -
- 2.2 — Learning To Live And Not Look After Myself -
- 2.3 — Drink And Drugs—They Are Not The Answers -
- 2.4 — Running Around But Not Getting Anywhere -
- 2.5 — Normality Beckons—The End of Freedom -
- 2.6 — Still The Loneliness—Still The Void Inside -
- 3.1 — It Is Not About Me -
- 3.2 — My Fear Of Responsibility And The Mask -
- 3.3 — Opening My Mind—How I Stumbled On Something Vital For My Sanity -
- 3.4 — Impending Crisis And My Inability To Cope -
- 3.5 — Spreading My Wings, Finding Inner Light -
- 3.6 — It Is Not About Loneliness—Growing Beyond Yourself -
- 4.1 — What Is It About? Success Or Failure? -
- 4.2 — Finding My Niche—My Creative Contribution To The World -
- 4.3 — Growing Strong, Becoming a Businessman -
- 4.4 Losing My Spirit As My World Crashes -
- 4.5 — Moving On To A New Life -
- 4.6 — What Is Loneliness? What Is Life About? -
- 5.1 — I Find Myself And Explore Leadership -
- 5.2 — I Lose Myself—And Find A New Me -
- 5.3 — The Far Journey To Unknown Places -
- 5.4 — No Return As My Spirit Grows -
- 5.5 — Writing My Way Home—Exploring My Masculinity -
- 5.6 — Leaving Loneliness Behind—Resolving My Personalities -
- 6.1 — The Depth Of My Awareness -
- 6.2 — Acceptance And The Reality Of Truth -
- 6.3 — Authenticity And Courage—Is It Just Doing Nothing? -
- 6.4 — A New Life—Sat Purusha -
- 6.5 — Signs To My Soul—The Eagle And The Sparrow -
- 6.6 — Aloneness Is All About Wholeness -