an adventure of the mind and spirit in search of the truth, whatever it might turn out to be, wherever it turns up.
We live in a world defined and restricted by our physical senses. Our thoughts and beliefs about reality are molded by thousands of years of observation of the physical world around us.
What if we have been relying on the wrong sensory data. What if we have focused our attention in the wrong direction. What if we are completely off base in our understanding of life and our role in it.
Once in a while we may have the opportunity to have an experience beyond what we have come to accept as normal. Events like these have the capacity to lead us beyond our mundane existence to a new level in growth - possibly our next evolutionary leap forward.
“but now I see” is a story of an ordinary man who has not one but a series of extraordinary events occur that not only alter his life but the course of history as well. Beyond the boundaries of conventional thought, he discovers a new reality more suited to the true nature of his spirit.
“but now I see” challenges our orthodox views of who we are, what the Earth is, where we came from and where we are going. It paints two separate pictures of our future; one grim and the other exceptional. It begs the question “Who and where do I want to be when I grow up?”
Humanity is at once at a crossroad in our evolution and on the threshold of a new frontier of human discovery. It has been argued that space or the oceans of Earth are the next frontiers of human discovery. “but now I see” proposes that this new frontier lies within the human soul; within our beliefs and perceptions of reality.
The bulk of the collection is eight short stories that are set in yesteryear. The compilation is filled out with four entertaining fantasy pieces and three poems.
In this eccentric tale set in a small town in northern India, Pawan Mishra masterfully weaves ingenuity and sarcasm in a manner that’s simultaneously hilarious and tragic.
