Example :
“A person born blind will never know the meaning of dark.  Why, because they have never seen the light.  What do they use as a reference point?  We also need our “dark“ to help us understand the light.  All of us spend portions of our lives in the dark of one kind or another.  Be it spiritual darkness or ethical one or perhaps just the simple darkness of not understanding the value, importance and significance of everyone we meet and interact with in our daily routine, this relentless mirror of light is just as important, just as vital as the light itself.”

The practical advice of the first part of the book “Darkness is a mirror of light” is the initial step in understanding not just the negative events in our lives but also prepares the reader to consider the inevitable areas of spiritual potential and in later chapters suggests and demonstrates the human ability to transcend the lack of any kind and negativity in our lives.  The practical advice is followed later in the book by the summary of combined teachings from the previously mentioned teachers by gently spreading out in front of the reader an array of examples and help to provide a path to other realms of human potential where all things are possible.  It guides the reader to remember who we really are.

This is not “a positive thinking at all costs text” like many others in the market place, it is not a “Secret” of any kind but a realistic view of human condition and the reminder of personal power we all have to choose what we allow into our lives in order to keep recreating ourselves by our actions, feelings and experiences.

This book differs from the usual plethora of warmed up and rehashed advice based on the traditional religious teachings that seem to have lost their freshness.   It offers an intriguing and useful viewpoint and illuminates the path to self discovery.  The audience for this book is everyone, it has topic of interests that will resonate with the reader no matter the reader’s background, upbringing, religious beliefs or status in life.

No matter the mental prowess of the writer, it would be difficult to write a book of this nature unless one actually lived through the difficult times as the writer did.  To see one’s family disintegrate, to witness the mother’s incessant struggles, to have one’s father shot to death and die in front of the teenaged son, to lose one’s own family and be estranged from the children and the grandchildren, is invaluable as a blueprint for this book.  It would not be possible to write this from an easy chair.

“Darkness is a mirror of light” would have helped during those times.  In keeping with our premise of balance, the writer’s life experiences can now be balanced by the opportunity to share his observations and help those in need.