Notes On Nothing.

“My old friend went into his garden one day and had an experience of nothing. Of being nothing in the midst of everything. Of realising that everything is also nothing. Sometimes I feel I have this non-experience when I’m writing. It’s a very hard thing to put into words: impossible, actually. But sometimes poets and musicians and wise souls gesture towards it, beautifully. That’s what my old friend has done here. Give your self the slip for an hour. Read this book.”

“An enigma explained… I began to read it out of sheer curiosity, and soon found myself persuaded by the sincere intelligence of the voice… Valuable for its clarity and insight.”

“It is difficult to find words to describe what happens when our sense of a separate self dissolves – because, as [the author] discovered in his garden, nothing happens. Here [he] has reached beyond the silence to craft an eloquent, personal-yet-nonpersonal testament to the true nature we all share. His account is all the more affecting as it unfolds within ordinary family life, and affirms its value. The truth he uncovers – beautiful and poignant in equal measure – leaves us with precisely nothing to do, except feel its light shine.”

“To the question of why is there something rather than nothing, [the author’s] response is that there isn’t. And since there is nothing rather than something, he has nothing to persuade us of, nor any prescription to offer us either. That in itself comes as a relief. What’s shared instead in this beautiful book is an experience its author has had, and so which we might have too. There’s no map to this experience, which is the experience of nothing after all, but even to read of it is to feel one’s sense of self and world exerting a little less pressure and getting subtly rearranged.”

“Like a saner P.K. Dick undergoing a gentler VALIS-type experience, [the author] offers insights on the weeks in which he ceased to be. This eloquent, sparse and wise book nudges readers sideways into the calm revelation of emptiness.”

“This small gem of a book straddles the ego’s dilemma of falling into and then out of a deep enlightenment experience. It is a normal and natural struggle to vividly remember and make sense of such an experience, even though it is inclined to vanish in its own emptiness. As this captivating memoir reminds us of our true nature, it should be placed among the spiritual classics. Both inspired and inspiring, Notes on Nothing is a must-read for all those interested in exploring the miracle of consciousness.”

“A little gem of a book. Precious because there is so little writing about such experiences that isn’t packaged up for the purposes of selling enlightenment.”

“An instant spiritual classic.”