Lightning Fast Enlightenment. A Journey to the Secrets of Happiness.

Lightning Fast Enlightenment is the first book where the quotes read like a play, so you have Socrates and Shakespeare talking and then Jed Clampett & Yogi Berra jump in. There is also a riveting short story that brings this symphony of wisdom together. Described by one reviewer as the "perfect book," this grand conversation on the meanings of life keeps you laughing as you apply their knowledge directly to your everyday life. It's a 'you are here' marker on the road map of modern and ancient thought, showing you how modern society is linked with ancient wisdom -- often with humorous or uncanny results. The quoted sources read as if they were all sitting around the campfire talking to you! You'll laugh your head off as you get the bottom-line from ten years of reading in one crash course!

Jordan S. Metzger is a modern day traveler who finds immeasurable pleasure in the lakes of the Adirondack Mountains and the back roads of the World. This 1985 graduate of Cornell University quit his job in real estate investment to wander more than 14,000 miles across the United States with his motorcycle, tent, sleeping bag, and toothbrush. Throughout the miles his interest in happiness and enlightenment grew as he met and spoke to people from every realm of our society.

His next journey, facilitated through the time machine of books, empowered him to convene with some of history's most respected and illustrious masters. The result is this book, in which he provides a "you are here" marker on the road map of modern and ancient thought. With this guided short cut we see our own part in light of the whole, our own time in light of all time.

Sometimes described as an eclectic eccentric, his interests include piloting seaplanes, practicing Aikido, skiing on land and water, great movies and books, health, healing, learning, and living with maximum energy, dynamism, and delight.