Raphael Montoliu

I Have Dreamt of the Earth Raphael Montoliu

This book is a reflexion of the personal journey of the author, a journey of the heart, a spiritual quest and a very unique search for freedom, understanding, integration, healing, and hopefully eventual wisdom. The author, early in his life, chose the path less travelled, far away from all accepted beliefs systems, guided by intuition alone and an earthly mysticism. You will find no old or new theology here, no dogma, no methods, systems, disciplines or miracle solutions to personal or worldly problems, only suggestions, inspirations, reflexions, and occasionally some admonitions or objections. There is also a great deal of questioning, of challenging most aspects of the status quo, for the author feels that the self must be emptied of its illusions, of its conditioning, of all it has been taught to believe and thinks it knows, and even of some of its hopes and expectations, in order to open itself to the unknown, to the mystery, to the unspoken and absolute of which it is a part. The eternal questions of the nature of the self and of life, of the relationship of humanity with the universe and all living things, with the natural creation, are explored from a holistic perspective, and the answers are startlingly simple and clear yet highly subversive, for if understood globally they might spontaneously alter the course of civilization and end its destructive actions towards the natural environment, not because of a fear of the future or from an ideological outlook, but from love and an innate respect and appreciation for all life. An evocation of the mystical experience, an exploration of the nature of love and freedom, a manifesto for the earth and all living things, this book offers an alternative vision. Poetic, inspirational, defiant, alternatively gentle and fierce, this unusual voice might just be the medicine that a fearful, divided and confused humanity needs to willingly restore a harmonious relationship with itself and all life.