On the Meaning of Everything: The Hidden Secret behind the Eternal Philosophy of Life
Book by Albert Chiwara, '07
On the Meaning of Everything: The Hidden Secret behind the Eternal Philosophy of Life is a book that was written by Albert Chiwara (USAP Class of 2007). This book was written to show that all of the world's great religions and spiritual traditions contain the same eternal truth and that this truth is about the attainment of eternal bliss. This eternal truth begins with an exposition of the emergence of the universe from the primordial state of consciousness that existed prior to the concrete physical manifestation of the cosmos. Within the boundless ocean of the eternal Godhead, a desire to experience its own power of self-manifestation spontaneously arose. God-the-creator, in whom the causal principle has been activated, allows the exceedingly subtle vibrational dream structures to play out in his mind as the sphere of ideas, the sphere of life and the gross physical sphere.
The manifestation of the world is a process in which Spirit folds back and reflects itself with its own being as the mirror. This reflection is manifested as an involution (the reversal of evolution) of consciousness from an unbounded state of pure infinite awareness to a bounded state of divided physical existence. The various scriptures detail the fall of the gross physical world and mankind from a sphere of undivided existence into a diminished state of being in which the individual ego is faced with fear, danger, hatred, disease, war and countless other misfortunes arising from duality or the false idea of division in the indivisible spirit. Instead of living in a state of unbounded bliss, mankind is observed to live without wisdom, experiencing divided states that fluctuate wildly between sorrow and joy. Standing in this desert of spiritual poverty, mankind receives the gift of scriptures through compassionate sages that provide him with a roadmap for finding the way back to eternal joy. Ignorance rooted in the illusion of the ego however creates conflict between different religions and promotes intolerance, hatred and bigotry. This book proceeds to show the absolute unity of the religions, the spiritual traditions and science.
By retracing the path traversed by consciousness, the realm of the afterlife is explained in the context of the progression of consciousness through the unfolding of spirit in an evolutionary process of self-unveiling. Thus spirit hides or veils itself as matter. Spirit then unveils itself from matter and reveals itself as life. Eventually spirit unveils itself from life and reveals itself as the sense-mind. At the end of the outward process of evolution, spirit unveils itself as intellect in mankind. At the level of mankind, there is no more outward evolution, and the process of evolution folds back and continues in an inward direction. The inward process of evolution proceeds through two realms which are the sphere of life and the sphere of ideas. The two inner spheres are the domains of experience in the afterlife.
Of particular importance in the evolution of consciousness is the state of cosmic consciousness that one must attain to reach the indestructible abode of eternal bliss. In the state of cosmic consciousness, one experiences oneness with the entire universe, feels compassion and love for all beings, experiences eternal bliss, is aware of their immortality and lives in the eternal now. Having reached the state of cosmic consciousness the soul is freed forever and ever. With the individual wave of joy having consciously reunited with the ocean of joy, the soul enjoys infinite and eternal bliss. That is eternal life.
On the Meaning of Everything: The Hidden Secret behind the Eternal Philosophy of Life is available at Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com.
About the Author
Albert Chiwara
University of Pennsylvania '07
University of Michigan, PhD '14
Albert was born and raised in sunny Zimbabwe. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with concentrations in Statistics and Actuarial Science and a minor in Mathematics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Business Administration at the University of Michigan with a concentration in Strategy. Albert is on a quest to participate in the creation of new organizational forms that are a positive force for societal good and that contribute towards the sustained maintenance of social justice. Previously Albert worked as an Actuarial Consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers in London, UK and in Boston, USA.