You Create Your Own Truth

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence - Aristotle

The opening decade of the twenty first century has travelled a pretty rocky path. There is a feeling abroad that things generally are not as good as they might or should be. That there is a tangible downturn in what people might expect in the overall quality of their lives as distinct from material abundance. Lots of people want to be elsewhere and doing things other than they are currently doing although this too is often based on a vague kind of belief that someone somewhere is enjoying a better life.

The absence of development, fulfilment and happiness in their lives represents a nagging doubt that they are not getting the return that they had hoped for from their life. This is evidenced by the huge migrations occurring in the world at the moment. There is a population shift of unprecedented numbers of people, displaced, disaffected and feeling powerless, all chasing the elusive better quality of life. They want a better deal for themselves and who can blame them, why ever settle for anything less than the best? 

There is a latent sense of disquiet because it seems that no-one has yet provided practical solutions to the challenges that confront us all. There is a sense of disenfranchisement from those in positions of authority who seem incapable of bringing about resolution in the ongoing social, territorial, tribal and cultural disputes that plague the human race’s affairs. There is also a growing sense of frustration at the intransigence demonstrated by some of those involved in such disputes, an apparent desire to perpetuate strife rather than seek ways of making things better. This is the legacy that future generations will inherit.

It is, therefore, understandable that people look to their own circumstances and try to bring about change within their own sphere of influence. Ask yourself, why now? What is happening now that is creating this backdrop for human affairs to define themselves against. What do you think it might be that is motivating people? We are all compelled at times to do things which are not so easily rationalised, however, why is there such an increasing incidence in the prevalence of conditions such as compulsive obsessive disorders, eating disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome and a myriad of associated states and conditions to say nothing of radical increases in substance abuse? Something seems to have agitated the human race at large and it appears to be compromised by its attempts to define and express what this may be.

So the stage is set. The most important issue facing the human race today is its lack of development and its inability to put its own house in order. Seven billion of us coexisting on a planet that becomes increasingly small and more crowded. The challenges confronting us now are greater than at any time in human history, the stakes are higher and there is a greater reward to be had than at any other time. My name is Lee Baldwin and I have spent most of my life on a pilgrimage in pursuit of wisdom and enlightenment. I have been privileged to live the most extraordinary life and have travelled to some of the most inaccessible places and met and studied with some of the most remarkable men and women with the intention of assimilating their wisdom, understanding and learning their ways.

I believe that each of us writes our own ticket in life, we are the creators of our own reality. I also believe that there is a serious deficit in quality information and authoritative guidance. For someone looking to understand their situation and improve themselves, two craggy mountains have sprung up before them, one is academia and the other is the self help movement. The former tends to make itself inaccessible and far too intractable while the latter tends to over promise and under deliver. Neither of which is satisfactory. The Mechanics of Happiness offers an alternative to both while championing the best of each.

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