Amazon Letters from Limbo Letters from Limbo Author Phil force's blog Category:  Philosophy Publisher: DonnaInk Publications ISBN-10:  1939425514 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 165 Copyright: December 3, 2015 ISBN-13: 9781939425515 Letters from Limbo is a first-person narrative of Phil force's journey to self-discovery, to the understanding that love is more powerful than any fear. Beginning with the diagnosis and removal of a cancerous tumor from the third ventricle of the author's brain, "Letters from Limbo" is a story of self-discovery. Review with Phil Force aspects of his personal history which once seemed dark and observe as he finds love for everyone including himself via a reinterpretation of the world.        Excerpt I often hold myself to an unattainable standard, but condemnation of oneself is even more ridiculous than condemnation of others. After all, we are the only ones privileged to our specific perspectives. I am often frustrated with myself for not performing at the ability I know I have, but I need to remember to see things from the perspective I had at the time. I put forth the effort I was willing to. It might have been my best effort or I might have been able to do better, but the effort was the product of the conditions preceding and surrounding the effort. My level of effort is a direct product of the inconvenience my effort causes compared to the benefit my personal history has led me to believe I will reap. I will likely endure more inconvenience for a benefit I truly value. Our personal histories have the potential to affect our will. Personal history builds perspective. We always have a choice of how to use our personal histories to form our perspectives, but without personal history our perspectives would be nonexistent. If personal 88 history affects our perspectives and our moral views are based on our perspectives, then there is never a universal right or wrong. Our personal histories change by the second and our perspectives change with them. There is only right and wrong in the moment. I believe the movie “Memento” illustrates this idea pretty well. The main character wakes each morning with no memory of how he got there or where his many tattoos came from. He uses his tattoos to build a new perspective and a new motivation each morning. He builds his perspective on the personal history he has drawn out for himself on his body. He then develops a will from his recently acquired map of personal history.8 No one is perfect, and perfection would seem to be an unrealistic expectation for anyone. Unlike other’s actions, we have a much better idea of the motivation behind our own actions. If we can be open minded enough to try to see another person’s actions for the motivation behind them then we should have no problem understanding our innocent intensions. Even if our motives were only selfish ones, even if our intent was to do nothing other than cause hurt to another person, the actions were justified in our minds or we wouldn’t have performed them. I believe we are each capable of acts for which we would have no trouble condemning others. I like to think I would be strong enough to perform any act if I knew it to be an act of true justice. I like to think I would be strong enough to perform any act if I knew it to be God’s will. I am not talking about murder because “God told me to.” The God I believe in would not make such a request. I am talking about acts that would typically be condemned by society, but may be justified in a specific setting. We are capable of what we currently view as immoral, because our justification will inevitably change with our perspectives. If no perspective is absolute, then no person can be morally judged for anything in his or her past. This includes actions, ideas and points of view. This includes my own previous perspective and the trouble and pain it caused.

Chelsea Pucket's Review of Letters from Limbo
Letters from limbo is a thought provoking account of Phil Force's journey of self-compassion and living life with perspective. His words create vivid memories to give the reader their own perspective in such a way that touches the fundamentals of basic cognition without the burden of therapeutic jargon. His blunt honesty and emotionally naked perspective inspire hope and a sense of security that have opened eyes and hearts to a restored perspective of Judeo Christian values that had previously been polluted by "Christians" and the "Church". Letters from Limbo is exactly that; a perspective from a place of limbo and s truly moving piece of art in words.”