The Principles of Creation

<p><em>Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. - William Shakespeare</em></p><p></p><p><strong>A hybrid of spiritual philosophy and visionary fiction.</strong><strong>An inquiry into first principles - and what follows from them.</strong></p><p></p><p><em>The Principles of Creation</em> blends metaphysics with story to explore how inner order creates outer change - for people and civilizations. Part I distills seven grounding ideas. Part II offers two visionary parables that let the same truths be <em>felt</em> at scale.</p><p></p><p><em>To understand the universe is in part to understand oneself.</em></p><p></p><p><strong>The book brings into conversation:</strong></p><p> </p><ul><li>Spirit freedom karma dharma purpose mortality and truth - seven principles that align mind society and spirit</li><li>Emotion as energy - and disciplined transmutation into purposeful action</li><li>Origins of conflict and frameworks for durable peace</li><li>Community environment and diet for growth and self-actualization</li><li>The emergence and role of sexual desire in human life</li><li>Consciousness and the quantum world; life and death; and AI's promise and peril</li></ul><p></p><p><strong>How to approach it:</strong> Start with the principles or begin with the parables - each section stands alone; together they resonate.</p><p></p><p><strong>Orientation:</strong> Vedanta-leaning cross-traditional contemplative. <em>Not</em> a biblical commentary or devotional.</p><p></p><p>The arc moves from origins to the present and into possible futures asking for clarity and responsibility in an age of expanding power.</p><p><em>Defies genre... bookended by a pair of strange wondrous stories. -</em> <strong>Independent Book Review</strong></p><p></p>