The Birth of a Stone: a journey of discovery

The Birth of a Stone describes a journey of discovery. At the age of 48 the author had a vision whilst on a family holiday in England. The windshield of his car was stolen one night preventing him from making a planned journey to an old school friend. Instead he walked around the town and “chanced” upon a shop where he had his aura photographed. While the photograph was being analyzed he had a vision of his entire life: the first 25 years were devoted to the body, the second 25 were devoted to the psyche and the last 25 to the spirit. At the time he had no idea what a spiritual stage could look like, but he was soon to find out. The book describes the events of life as they unfolded over the first years of the spiritual stage. Divesting himself of many roles in the outside world, he delved into the inner world with the help of his teacher, Dr. Mark Cohen, a philosopher and teacher of Jewish Wisdom (Kabbalah). The events and experiences, thoughts and feelings of everyday life became the content of the learning, however they were looked at through the lens of a wider context, which the wisdom of the world provides. The learning that was taking place was all about making connections, between those small personal frustrations and joys in life and that wisdom. A particular focus became the question of illegal building. Having to deal with the repercussions of illegal building next to his house led to his search to understand the inner meaning of legal and illegal building, and the question what actually belongs to him? The results of his search were a little surprising. The book describes the personal journey of the author, but it is not about him, it is about all of us. The world is talking to us all the time, do we listen? Do we know how to listen? Do we know how to make the connections between the personal and impersonal dimensions of life? We can all learn from each other on the journey.