Paradoxical Wisdom: Just B.E.K.I.N.D

Ultimate answers can be deciphered by anyone along any pathway. Enlightenment is free, indeed, but it comes at the cost of all our pain-free and Utopian illusions, a price that few are willing to pay. Life's painful disillusionments force us into the counter-intuitive opportunity of a lifetime: to train ourselves to cultivate, instead, a taste for paradoxical insights. These poetic fusions or integrations of opposites are the closest we can get to an ecstatic harmony with what is. This changes everything! First, it enables us to expose and evade life's intricate "con-game," which makes fools of us all.

Moreover, we can even discover the treasure of all treasures: our own paradoxically wise inner self. Amidst our arguing inner congress of part-selves; this humble and wise self, alone, is our precious and gyroscopic crystal of resonance with the paradoxical essence of reality. It can guide us towards an inner, centered, and loving serenity we did not know we were looking for. This is an expanded "unreasonable happiness," or "painful bliss."

This book offers a simple seven-step mantra-mnemonic: "B.E. K.I.N.D." (paradoxical Balance, Embracing acceptance, lovingKindness, Insight, Now, Disillusionment, and Deflation). This practical B.E. K.I.N.D. reminder serves as a cypher or tutorial which we can recite to ourselves in any moment and amidst each adversity to train ourselves to better resonate with and enjoy this exquisite cosmic symphony. Enlightenment is simply more fun.