WHAT LOVE HAS TO DO WITH IT

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You can't blame gravity for falling in love.
                                            _{Albert Einstein}

Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law unto itself.

                         Boethius 470-524 (De Consolatione Philosophiae)

The Elysium's Passage series has many themes, but perhaps none greater than love. Though there are countless expressions of love, the ancient Greek philosophers identified four important categories: Philia (brotherly, friendship), Storge (parental, family), Agape (divine unconditional love), and, of course, Eros (romance, sexual). Each of these is thoroughly portrayed and discussed throughout the series.

To further consider the nature of male/female love, I inserted an excerpt from Elysium's Passage: The Summit, where James is still trying to sort out his questions about his love relationships with women.

His companions have patiently been trying to help him with this for some time now, albeit not always successfully. And so the following dialogue continues in preparation for what is about to happen.

From ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE: THE SUMMIT

After I returned from my hike along the summit ridge, I found a display of fine cheeses, fruits, loaves of bread and cakes prepared for our afternoon tea. I certainly couldn’t complain about the service I was receiving at this boutique lodge high in the Chilean sierras. We returned once again to the topic of relationships after Mo indicated there remained a few more things I ought to know about the complementary nature of the sexes.

For what remained of the afternoon, he went into extensive detail about levels of correspondence and how they relate to the spiritual qualities of love and wisdom, with goodness and truth being subsets of these. At the base of this paradigm, he said, was the dynamic of essence and form, the inward and the outward. I thought the concepts were interesting, yet a bit too esoteric for me to take seriously.

‘Do you realize,’ Mo asked, ‘in some ancient traditions it was believed man was created as a representation of truth and woman a representation of love? This would mean man was created to give the outward expression of truth and woman was created to provide the inward content of love; meaning, truth is the outward form that contains the essence of love.

‘Of course, it’s never just one or the other; each contains elements of the other’s central features. Yet these qualities remain dominant in one or the other. This is why the male is usually more mind-centred and the female usually more heart-centred. Man’s orientation is more active, analytical and calculating; woman more inwardly receptive, nurturing and affectionate. When man and woman enter into a union, the two complement each other as an expression of a wholehearted human being.’

‘Unfortunately,’ Eli said, ‘things seldom work out that way; not because union is untrue, but because humans are not true to union any more than being true to truth or true to love. Without the enlightenment of the heart, humanity is confused about almost everything. That’s why we say the cosmos would be most appreciative if you could help bring some inspiration to the earth. I’m not saying this planet is a black hole of ignorance; not exactly, but with much of humanity still lacking direction and purpose, it certainly could use more enlightenment.’

‘I’d be pleased to help where I can,’ I said, ‘but wouldn’t it be a good idea if I first became enlightened before attempting to spread what I don’t have? I don’t even have a Bodhi tree to sit under.’

‘Then maybe we’ll find you one,’ Mo said. ‘But you really don’t need to look for enlightenment, with or without a tree; it will find you naturally when you’re ready for a change. As we’ve often said, you only need to find how to open the portals of your heart; that’s where it starts, where the divine light shines into the mind. This is where Julianne could possibly help you, provided you discover how to open yourself to her love.

‘That’s why you must understand that a relationship with her would be about more than just having another cherry to pick. Somehow you’ve got to find a way to take that message back with you before you return. If you use her just to satisfy your bodily appetites, you wouldn’t learn anything more than you did before. Rather, the relationship with her should be about rediscovering your yin complement so you may find greater wholeness in your yang.’

‘So I get more yin for my yang?’

‘Or more yang from your yin,’ he said.

‘However you look at it’ Mo said, ‘this is exactly what you're searching for, whether you're aware of it or not. After years of being frustrated and disappointed in your love affairs, it’s really the union of your soul you’re seeking; not just the colliding bodies of yin and yang. Remember what I said about the complementary nature of the sexes?’

‘I do, but I still find the concepts rather abstract.’

‘Alright then,’ he said, ‘so let me give you an example by using you and Julianne to make my point. She has a wonderful capacity to love and nurture and you have a very capable mind in making rational discernments with your logic. Your outward intellectual form of truth emphasizes knowledge and reason; her inward essence of love is evidenced by her compassionate care towards your body. But as I said, each of you shares in both of these qualities, albeit imperfectly, but your orientations are focused primarily on truth or love.

‘In as much as you share these attributes with each other, you will remain bonded in a dynamic union where, as I suggested before, your truth will become more truthful and her love will become more loving. And by this, you may discover a mystical union where your distinctions fuse into wholeness.’

‘Should the stars line up for you and her,’ Eli said, ‘this relationship could turn out to be more meaningful than anything you would have thought possible when considering your past. There are several ways to achievement enlightenment, but this could be your special approach. And who knows, perhaps hers too.’

‘That’s most jolly,’ I said, ‘but how’s this going to happen with her being in physical form and me here in spirit form? It seems there could be serious compatibility issues here.’

‘Don’t worry about it,’ Mo said, ‘as we’ve explained before, she’s in spirit form just like you, even if she dwells in her earthly vessel most of the time. She’s doesn’t know it, but her spirit is no more limited than yours. In fact, you may even come to know her in a way you would never have dreamed possible.’

‘Oh, and what way is that?’ I asked.

‘The way of love,’ he said, ‘but for now, we want to help you set the stage for what may happen when you return. The feelings you develop for her while you’re here could significantly influence what occurs if and when you come together later. It’s quite difficult to meet someone if you're not aware of their existence. However, once you recognise the feelings you’ve had for her, I’m sure you’ll find a way to follow through, provided, of course, that she’s interested in you. Who knows how much competition you might each have for one another by then.’

‘The more you talk about this strange arrangement,’ I said, ‘the more it’s beginning to sound like a long shot – too many moving parts and uncertainties.’

‘That’s why,’ Mo said, still continuing, ‘we keep reminding you to engage your heart with your mind so you might recognize what you’re looking for when you meet her after you return. Once you discover how to unite your heart with your mind, your soul will more likely remain united with her when you return home. If your heart already knows what it wants, you won't even have to think about what to do when the time comes, you’ll just know. After you allow your heart to give you guidance, it will continue to guide you in whatever you do and wherever you go.’

Later, I thought more about what Mo said about my heart giving me guidance in finding what I was looking for, rather than just relying on my mind as I’ve done in the past. But how would I do that if I didn’t even know what I was looking for? After years of closing my heart while opening my zipper, I wasn’t confident I’d know what I was looking for.

‘When we go to London,’ Eli said, ‘I think you will find there’s much more to Julianne than what pleases your eyes.’

‘With all this build-up,’ I said, ‘I’m a bit concerned you might be setting me up for a big disappointment. That seems to happen a lot.’

‘There are no promises on our part since love makes its own choices,’ he said, ‘but should you decide Julianne isn't the one for you, don’t worry about it; there are no fees, forfeited deposits, penalties or obligations on your part. It’s a two-way street and I'm sure she’ll have other options when she chooses to exercise them. I can’t say what will happen once your lights flash back on and the real James shines through. Perhaps she’ll prefer your body over you.’

‘I can’t believe she would want that stiff without me.’

‘But at least the stiff is harmless,’ Mo said, ‘even if he doesn’t have any money.’

‘My greater concern, however, is what she may think if she should hear rumours about my reputation. I wouldn’t want her to think I was a serial philanderer, even if at times I may have been. You know how it is, people like to talk.’

‘Indeed they do,’ Mo said, ‘and so you may assume they already have. Happily, for you, Julianne isn’t searching for a Sunday School teacher or celibate monk in the desert. She may even fancy a little of the scallywag sailor over the staid professorial persona you sometimes project.

‘I’ve never been an expert on women, but then, what man is. Still, I recognize some are attracted to this piquancy for reasons they don't always understand. Just beware though, as we’ve already warned you, she needs to be respected for what she is rather than what her body is. Not to say she doesn’t enjoy her body being admired, provided she doesn’t feel she’s being objectified.’

‘Is that not a contradiction?’ I said. ‘But then, perhaps as a man, I’m missing the subtle distinction between admiration and objectification. Regardless, it happens to me all the time. Somehow I’ve learned to put up with it – in fact, quite willingly.’

‘Good for you, James,’ Eli said – ‘most chivalrous of you!’

‘But if Julianne enjoys the attention she receives when she’s being ogled by certain men, or envied by less attractive women, it’s because she still identifies herself as being a body rather than a spirit. She can hardly be faulted for this since that’s how almost all of humanity views itself.

‘Nevertheless, she’s beginning to see things differently. And guess what? You may have something to do with that! There are moments she wonders if there isn’t more to you than what she sees when she’s alone with your body at night. At such times, she asks herself if it’s possible that you could actually be somewhere else; perhaps in some other dimension.’

‘I’ve been asked that before by certain women while on a date.’

‘But at least you really are somewhere else now,’ Mo said. ‘That’s why, if you’re able to get through to Julianne, she may come to realize you’re somewhere outside your body.’

‘Why would that be so important for her to know?’ I asked.

‘Whether one believes they are a body or have a body,’ he said, ‘makes a big difference in how one perceives one’s existence. Should Julianne come to sense your spiritual presence, it might convince her that her body is not what she is, but what she possesses. That will change everything for her. Then, as she views your body, even with its physical appeal, she will know there’s much more to you than what she sees. She very much wants to meet the inward man who’s asleep or has gone off into hiding.

‘Once we come to recognize what remains after we depart isn’t who we are but only the outward clothing,’ Mo said, ‘we won’t identify so much with what we aren’t. All the vanity and worry about outward appearances and temporal possessions will have less attachment. For centuries, clothiers have quoted the famous Latin phrase, Vestis Virum Reddit: clothes make the man.[1]

‘Whatever temporal merits that statement might have, that’s not the case with the soul since the soul never wears out. Rather, it’s the soul that makes the man. And yet that maxim sums up how the world thinks. If it’s not the clothes, it’s something else to be displayed, but never what’s on the inside: a sports car, a degree, a profession, a pretty woman.... oh sorry James, he laughed, I forgot, that’s you. No offence intended. In fact, we hope you’re able to have all you want, provided you don’t become so distracted you forget about what’s important. As it’s written, what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?[2]

 ‘I’m sure if I had all that, I most certainly would be distracted, and gladly so. But hopefully not lose my soul in the process.’

‘To lose one’s soul is to misplace or forget it,’ he said, ‘but it can never disappear since it’s what you are. Often such outward diversions lead to unique experiences of contrast that bring expanded perspectives and deeper understanding to life. This is how we come to discover what we want or don’t want, though we may not always be aware of it until we experience the consequences of what we’ve embraced. Often they burn.’

‘Or, to look at a positive diversion,’ Eli said, ‘you were distracted away from the Lowlands by your Mountain visions. Just look at what you discovered about yourself that you would never have learned had you stayed home eating Christmas pudding. The path is seldom a straight line. More often than not, it’s very circuitous; as was your path with Julianne, even before your body arrived at the hospital.’

‘Wait a minute; are you telling me I met her somewhere before? I don't remember sleeping with anyone named Julianne unless you mean small talk while being happily squeezed in with her on a crowded Tube.’

‘It’s possible you may have bumped into each other somewhere along the way in London,’ he said, ‘but that’s not what I’m suggesting. What I’m referring to is perhaps something far more significant. When you see her, look deeply into her eyes to see if you can find a mystery hidden there, perhaps one that involves you. Carefully observe her demeanour, character and personality, and then ask yourself whether you sense her presence from somewhere; perhaps another plane of existence.’

‘I’m not sure that what you’re saying, Eli; doesn’t make a lot of sense.’

‘Perhaps not,’ he said, ‘but at least for now be aware there may be more to Julianne than what you realize. And no, we’re not saying this because we’re operating a match-making service; that has never been our line of work – at least not until now. But as we said, whatever you decide to do with Julianne, or she decides to do with you, is perfectly acceptable in this free-will universe. Who knows, one day you may wake up and decide you would prefer to live out your life as a celibate desert monk.’

‘What, and waste all this?’ I asked. ‘That’s not very likely going to happen. I just want to find the woman I’ve never had, be it Julianne or someone else.’

‘We understand that,’ Mo said, ‘which is why the most important part of your curriculum is to first discover who you are; first with yourself, and then with others. And when you do, you will have discovered the essence of love. In fact, this is the most important part of anyone’s curriculum – even for desert monks.

‘But since we can't actually teach you what love is, the best we’re able to do is have someone demonstrate it to you. That’s the difference between learning and discovering. When it comes to experiencing the actual yin/yang dynamics of love, you will require someone prettier than us for your practicum. It’s up to you, but we think Julianne would be an excellent facilitator.’

‘About now, I'm ready for any such facilitator you can find me. So when do I get to meet her?’

‘Technically, you can see her anytime you choose,’ Eli said. ‘We’re not your wardens since you now have more freedom than you've ever experienced before on earth. If you don't mind though,

‘Of course; I’d hate to get lost in deep space while en-route.’ 

‘Then it’s settled,’ Mo said, ‘we’ll go there to meet her as soon as she returns to her night shift; that way there will be plenty of time for her to be alone with your body. I’m sure you will find it interesting to watch her care for it as it languishes there in its forlorn state.’

‘Whenever you're ready, I’ll have my bags packed. I'm looking forward to seeing a real woman after all this time, someone with a real body of earthly flesh. Although I’m not sure what I’d do except, as you say, objectify her as the object of my affections. But at least I’d get to have time with someone since there’s not much going on here. In fact, I'm not even sure I would know what to do if I were to meet a goddess in this dimension.’  

Mo and Eli grinned at each other – which made me a bit suspicious. What did they know that I didn't? I didn't bother to pursue it since I’d never get a straight answer anyway. Maybe it was an inside joke, but still, I had to wonder if there wasn’t something more going on behind the scenes.

 
[1]Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, (35 – 100 AD), Roman rhetorician born in Spain.
[2] Mark 8:36 (KJV)

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I've included below a number of quotes taken from A Course of Love. To find more information on this remarkable book, go to https://acourseoflove.org

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God’s only thought is love. It is a thought without limit, endlessly creating. Because of the extension of God’s thought of love, you exist. 1.3

The heart yearns for what is like itself. Thus love yearns for love. To yearn for what is like yourself is to yearn for your Creator and to create like your Creator. 1.12

What love is cannot be taught. It cannot be learned. But it can be recognised. 2.1

Think not that love reason opposes love, for love gives reason its foundation.
The foundation of Heaven, your true home, is love. 14.9

For love is all you are as well as what you strive for. Love is means and end. 1:16

Love is not something you do it is what you are 2.6

When you love purely, you know God whether you know it or not. 4.1

Fear is the source of all illusion, love the source of all truth 9.1

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SUMMARY OF ELYSIUM'S PASSAGE NOVEL SERIES

This is a series of seven Elysium’s Passage narrations regarding a young British philosopher named James Phillips, who finds himself living in an altered state of reality while still remaining on Earth.  

After experiencing a near-fatal fall while climbing to the summit of a remote mountain in the Andes, James awakens in a new dimension. He soon encounters two mysterious beings who provide him with a very different perspective on the nature of his existence. Over the next year, before his body recovers from the coma, he is challenged to re-examine his understanding of life’s meaning and purpose far beyond anything he previously believed or could believe.

An engaging and sometimes surreal adventure with intimations of impending romance. The narrative explores the most important questions about life, death, reality and our ultimate destiny. 

The Plains of Elysium (Champs-Élysées) was described by Homer, Hesiod, Virgil and many other poets as the paradisiac afterlife realm reserved for heroes. As the title suggests, this is about a journey through a passage that leads towards Elysium’s exciting realm of existence.

PENDING PUBLICATION OF ELYSIUM’S PASSAGE SERIES

 

THE ASCENT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

THE SUMMIT: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

QUANTUM LEAPS: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

SURREAL ADVENTURES: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

MYSTICAL ROMANCE: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

THE ELIXIR: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

THE RETURN: Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage

 

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1. The Ascent is the first novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage that’s foundational to everything that happens in the following narratives that embark on an adventure that will surprise and delight the reader like no other book.

It all begins with an extreme adventure of climbing a remote and challenging mountain somewhere in the Andean Mountains. Just as James, the protagonist, is about to reach the mountain summit, he falls into an abyss that leaves him in a coma for almost a year.

After being airlifted by a forestry helicopter and flown back to London, where his body remains for almost a year. Eventually, he learns it was not him but his body that was rescued. Several days later, without understanding what happened, he continues to climb to the summit in an alternate dimension of higher consciousness.

Fortuitously, he meets two adventurers on the summit ridge who are no longer of this world. After that, his surreal life leads him to several new adventures in the subsequent chronicles that include a rich mix of adventure, romance, and fantasy, along with profound discussions of philosophy, spirituality and the afterlife.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­

2. The Summit, the second novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, continues the story of James, the narrator and protagonist, who is taught more about a multidimensional reality that he finds difficult to comprehend.

Not only does he discover that he is not as clever as he had imagined, but his off-world companions on the summit demonstrate that much of what he believed about life was not merely parochial but also incorrect. Initially, he finds this difficult to grasp, as their teachings contradict his limited understanding of non-material reality.

After being tricked into teleporting off a ledge where he was trapped, James becomes aware of the new reality that makes him capable of far more adventures than could have ever been experienced previously in his physical body back home.

Now, if only he would win over the only woman in this life who matters, the nurse on the other side of the veil, who continually demonstrates her unconditional love toward his healing.

Warning: This book may also open the reader’s eyes to a much vaster reality than most might be aware. As with the other Chronicles, there are discussions of philosophy, the spiritual afterlife and what might seem like fantasy. 

3. Quantum Leaps is the third novel in Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, where James, the philosopher-protagonist, teleports back to London to visit his body and make contact with the special nurse taking care of it in his absence. Immediately, he feels an inexplicable spiritual bond with her for reasons he remains unaware of.

Now aroused by a renewed interest in matters of love, the beginnings of a relationship begin to emerge as he attempts to reach across the chasm of their worlds. But it’s not until the fifth novel, Mystical Romance, that he encounters her in a way that he finds difficult to believe.

However, before that can happen, there is much about his failed relationships that must be resolved before he is ready to move forward in his new life in Elysium’s Passage. It is during this time he christens his comatose body as the fall guy since it took the fall for him down the abyss so he could learn the lessons he’s now learning.

That will be the next focus of his life, where in his next Surreal Adventures, he is given virtual lessons to release many of his past beliefs about life.

4. Surreal Adventures is the fourth novel in the Chronicles of Elysium’s Passage, which finds James, the protagonist and narrator, escorted by his companions to a remote South Pacific Island, where he is left to reflect on what he’s learned.

During the next forty days, he battles the demons of his past as he works through some rather painful issues from his early youth. Here, in a tropical storm, he encounters an eery suspended spectre of the one he loved yet still resents for abandoning him as a child.

After this, he achieves peace of mind and is ready to return to his lodge to join his off-world companions on the Andes summit. However, just when it seemed things couldn’t get any stranger, a sixteenth-century sea captain sails his ancient ‘ghost’ ship onto the beach. Together, they sail off on a mystical ocean voyage to a couple of virtual islands supposedly in the South Pacific, where he witnesses and, at times, participates in several important life lessons.

Near the end, these encounters help prepare him for a new challenge within the interior of a mountain, where he falls deep into a dark tomb of fear. After being rescued by a mysterious stranger wielding his Excaliber, he continues on to where his life is about to be transformed in the following chronicle, Mystical Romance.

5. Mystical Romance is the fifth chronicle in Elysium’s Passage, which will surprise the reader with a romantic twist of how love is expressed in higher realms. From this lofty perspective, everything about intimacy is understood as within, so without.

After escaping his tomb, James, the narrator and protagonist, makes his way through a maze of tunnels until he arrives at a large oak door, which he opens with the golden key he had been given. There, he steps into Elysium’s Passage’s Great Hall, where his life and recent achievements are celebrated now that his eyes have been opened to perceive a fascinating interior world of wonderment… and romance.

To say more might risk diminishing the multitude of delightful surprises as circumstances begin to open to The Elixir, where James is about to re-enter his earthly body’s existence.

6. The Elixir is the sixth chronicle of the Elysium’s Passage series that prepares James, the narrator-protagonist, to awaken and return to his body in London. Before that can happen, however, his off-worlder friend presents a mysterious equation enshrouded with a light code frequency that will stimulate multidimensional DNA strands within him.

Much of this narration is centred in London, where his nurse unknowingly becomes involved in how the Elixir’s equation finds its way from a taxi cab driver to higher echelons of science. There are many twists in how she unwittingly brings the Elixir to the attention of mathematicians and physicists, after which they eventually discover how to code the equation into a laser ray to stimulate his fall-guy body into full consciousness.

Ostensibly a new Adam, he is destined to return humanity to a higher multidimensional existence. How this happens is filled with intrigue, as is his shocking return to his earthly body.­­­­­­­­­­­­­

7. The Return is the seventh and last chronicle in the series where James, the narrator and protagonist, has re-emerged from Elysium’s Passage as he readjusts to life in the third dimension. Many of the events experienced in the previous novels are tied together in an exciting, fast-moving, action-packed narrative over several countries.

 At first, it seems all memories have been lost, with his fall guy’s brain not being aware of what happened to him while in his coma. As a consequence, it takes a while for him to be convinced he had been out of his earthly body for almost a year.

Through some rather unexpected events and evidence, along with his girlfriend’s urging, he is brought to an awareness of much of what occurred. It takes a while for his mind to catch up with the changes made in his heart during his stay in the alternate realm. But after experiencing several harsh realities, he discovers what he became within while out of his body. Gradually, he comes to understand the many challenges that lie ahead for him in fulfilling his future mission on Earth.

This book is filled with adventure, romance and personal intrigue that ties together all six previous narratives of the Elysium’s Passage series.

 

 

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READER REVIEWS

The following comments are among the first Amazon reviews of Elysium’s Passage: The Summit. All are Five Stars! Others reader reviews are included below, along with excerpts from two professional reviews. To read full reviews, go to READER REVIEWS on www.elysiumspassage.com

"Quietly, gently, and without imposition, the Author unfolds the pages, creating an intricate, interlocking bridge spanning the chasm between mind and heart. Renewing, refreshing, restoring. In my bereavement, it was vigil and light…"

"A delightful mix of fantasy, reality, conjecture and humour; Mr Meyers draws the reader into the story with a gentle narrative that captures the imagination, leaving one anxious to get to the next page drawing you into his exceptional world.”

“Excellently written with an exceedingly deep understanding of this world and the next. The characters are very well written and engaging. I can't wait to complete this book!"

“Takes the reader on both a philosophical and spiritual journey, a journey that at times is both disquieting and tranquil. James, a British Philosopher can be irreverent and caustic, traits that should have left me cringing, but instead made me laugh out loud. Elysium’s Passage is a fun, enlightening and remarkable book.”

“This is a masterful fantasy, becoming a real possibility, as the reader is drawn into the story. The Summit leaves you anxious for the next book in the series, yet also leaves you totally satisfied with the world you have just visited. Genius! An exciting, yet calming, experience that is not to be missed."

"There was hardly a page on which I did not find at least one sentence worthy of hi-lighting for future reference. In addition, I thoroughly enjoyed the main character, James, whose personality and passionate verbal exchanges with the other characters, kept me coming back for more. I am reading the book for a second time while I wait for the next one in this series to be made available."

 “N.G. Meyers has clearly put a great deal of research and thought into what the afterlife may look like and I like his perspective. It’s an altogether welcoming and exciting vision. The book gives one a great deal to think about and a reassuring confidence that the end of our lives is truly the beginning of life in the next. I highly recommend it."

“The humour interjected into a serious discussion makes me laugh out loud. Totally unexpected....l may be in the presence of at least a master, if not a genius. A fair ride into reality... seeking that which is unseen, yet absolutely real.”

“An engaging story of adventure embracing man's deepest desire to search for meaning and purpose, N.G. Meyers takes the reader on an adventurous thought-provoking journey. This book has substance. It is a perfect blend of adventure and fantasy combined with spiritual philosophy. It ignited my imagination. The author magically weaves a good story laced with wit and humour together with deep philosophical wisdom. This book has it all!”

“An evolution in thought is triggered by many fresh philosophical themes which could inspire readers to re-think their reality and former ideologies that have dictated their lives… the author fires readers’ imaginations to view what could be possible when spirit vacates the body.”

“This is the book spiritual seekers have been waiting for. For me, it granted a great read as well as increased inspiration to live every day with a heightened sense of purpose. I highly recommend it.

“The Summit is capable of hooking readers and luring them to search for Book 2 to discover more about Dr. Philip’s surreal trek into the mysterious unknown universe. This thick book is well worth the read and to share…”

“Mind-blowing statements and speculation (‘…everyone is a non-physical thought form conceived in the Mind of God, preserved for all eternity because God’s thoughts never die…’). Many will find Meyers’ journey up the Mountain intriguing—and possibly even life-changing.” (BLUEINK REVIEW)

“In its effort to grapple with fundamental questions about the meaning of life, it raises questions that have echoed throughout the ages, including about where we come from, where we are going, who we are.”  (CLARION REVIEW)

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