A young psychiatric patient, known as Lili, is having a profound effect on both fellow inmates and medical staff alike. As she begins to unravel the truth of her hospital admittance, she persuades her sceptical psychiatrist, Katherine Kolinsky, to begin a search for Truth in her own self. Thousands of miles away in eastern Canada a young fisherman, Averi, is about to be capsized, both in the sea and in the heart. At first troubled and resistant, Averi surrenders at last to the inner journey, coming to see through the loving guidance of his friend and confidante, Nyx, the Reality of his own existence. As Truth unfolds and falsity is wiped clean, so it becomes clear that Averi and Lili are not separate, that the former lives in the mind of the latter, an alter ego and a signpost to Self-recognition. It shall take the delicate unpicking of a densely woven tapestry to cut through the layers of 'psychosis' and delusion. Only then shall Katherine the psychiatrist be convinced that 'madness' is not all as it seems.
I love this book. It tackles with consummate ease and authority the biggest subject of all - who we truly are. This author knows and shares from a space of clear seeing who we truly are beyond our limited ideas of us as separate and other.
The fact that she does this in story-form allows the wisdom the book contains, to flow freely past the subconscious mind's defences. The book also layers stories within stories which perfectly illustrates both the layers of our own personal stories and concepts, along with the teaching that we are all one Consciousness.
I highly recommend it. It will challenge, engage and enlighten you.