My book, "Real answers to The Meaning of Life and finding Happiness" is completed

Greetings to all, my name is Timothy Tang and I have just completed the book, "Real answers to The Meaning of Life and finding Happiness".

Many people feel that the interpretation to The Meaning of Life question is too subjective to have any definite objective answer. However, from my intensive research, I have managed to formulate a real and objective answer to the ultimate question of human existence. The answer comes in two levels, one that is based on non-religion and another that is based on religion. The answer is therefore applicable to people whether or not they have a belief in a higher intelligence or an after-life.

The answer in the book may or may not be the one that people are looking for because people's belief systems are vastly different. However for myself, I am very certain I found the real genuine answer because the answer is very workable for my life and I feel great meaning/purpose and happiness in everything I do. This is why I was so keen to publish the book and share the important knowledge with others with the hope that they can also find purpose, direction and happiness in their lives. The book also sheds light on a new understanding of emotions such as Anger, Desire, Fear, Guilt, Temptation and Love.

The book is undergoing the publishing process by iUniverse (http://www.iUniverse.com/) right as I am writing this blog entry. It should be available within middle December 2007. The price for the paperback is us$9.95 and the electronic book version (EBook) is US$6. Do note that the Ebook would be copy protected, which means that once it has been downloaded onto a computer, it cannot be transferred to another computer. I would post a new blog entry to notify the book's website once it is available for purchase. Do remember to check it out.

Here are samples of the book's contents, introduction and back cover-


Contents
Introduction
What is The Meaning of Life question really asking?
What is Reality and Balance?
What is Meaning or Purpose?
What is Human Life?
Formulating the answer to The Meaning of Life
What can be achieved by seeking The Meaning of Life?
What is the meaning of one's life?
Why do people mess up their lives?
Hints of The Meaning of Life from Religion
Can Morality exist without Religion?
Asking the 'what if' guilt question
Having the will to live vs Death
Positive and Negative people
Negativity in bullies
Stalking and preserving Positivity
How are people good or evil?
Positive emotions
What is Fear?
What is Anger and Hatred?
What is Happiness and how to find it?
What is Beauty?
What is Love?
What is Perversion?
What is Addiction?
Temptation and Greed
Positivity and Negativity in Learning
Positivity and Negativity in the family
Hiding of identities in Relationships
How to deal with Negativity


Introduction
The topic of the meaning of life is undoubtedly the most discussed as well as the most profound that has left countless people puzzled and troubled across the ages. Man has been searching for an answer to this mystery in the hope of finding direction in his life and to understand the ultimate purpose of his existence. The quest to answer this ultimate question is still very much alive today. Browse through bookstores and do a search on the internet and one can find many people discussing this topic.

Many people, including philosophers, book authors, as well as bloggers have stated views that such an ultimate question as well as its answer, is open to interpretation that makes it very subjective. The most common answers to the meaning of life include finding happiness, love or doing tasks that gives one a great sense of fulfillment upon completion.

Some people even feel that the answer to the meaning of life is too profound to be known and understood. Some even feel that life or human existence has no real meaning or purpose because they think that human existence occured out of a random chance in nature, and that anything that exists by chance has no intended purpose.

Such a mass of subjective and conflicting views about the most important question of human existence would no doubt continue to leave people confused, troubled and frustrated at finding purpose and motivation to lead their lives. As I go along with my explanation of the meaning of life in this book, I will explain how anything that exists in reality has a crucial, fundamental purpose that gave rise to its creation.

This book is the result of an extraordinary attempt to discover what the meaning of life question is really asking, and goes to formulate the real objective answer to such an ultimate question of existence.

The topic of my first book was intended to be on consciousness and its enhancement. I researched on consciousness so that I could help people enhance their consciousness, better navigate through their lives and avoid many of life's problems. I theorised that there is a consciousness mechanism in the mind that I self-named as 'CMech' that leads to our interpretation and awareness of our reality. Before I could finish up my manuscript on the topic I was overwhelmed by the many books dealing with the meaning of life and happiness topics in the bookstores I visited. The interest of people to understand the meaning of life and to find happiness in these books were so great I felt I had to provide my own contribution towards their understanding.

I have spent the last few years of my life researching and understanding the mind's consciousness, which is also called awareness. The intention of my consciousness research was to discover methods of enhancing consciousness so that people can use them to enhance their understanding of the world, improve life's navigation and overcome many of its obstacles. Since enhancing consciousness has similar results towards helping people finding their direction in life as well as happiness, I was able to integrate the findings of my consciousness research into this book.

My thoughts on the meaning of life and happiness were influenced by many religions and cultures. In this book, the reader can expect to find many references from religion such as Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Taoism and the Bible. Examples from American and Japanese cultures are also used for explanations.

The audience focus of this book is directed towards youth such as children and teenagers besides adults. Therefore I have tried my best to present my ideas in clear and simple english as far as possible. I would like to remind readers that my understanding of the meaning of life and happiness does not represent the absolute fact on the matter. They are strongly encouraged to keep an open and critical mind and question everything written. Younger readers are encouraged to increase their understanding of various terms and topics in this book by doing their own research and coming up with their own deliberated views.

I hope readers can find helpful answers towards finding their meaning of life and happiness from reading this book. Good luck.


Back Cover
What is the real ultimate meaning and purpose of our existence? What is happiness and how does one find it? These are ultimate questions of existence that have been asked and discussed many times across the ages with no clear and definite answers given. Ultimate questions demand ultimate answers and they are what readers will find in this book. The book seeks to formulate an objective ultimate meaning of life and explains how it can be possible without a belief in a higher intelligence or an after-life. The book also sheds light on a new understanding of emotions such as Anger, Guilt, Fear, Temptation and Love. This book is definitely one of the most important and powerful books you will ever read in your life to help you find direction and achieve lasting meaning and happiness in your life.


P.S. update 15/11/07

Some people have questioned me on what I wrote in this blog post on the validity for The Meaning of Life to be objective, since The Meaning of Life has been interpreted very subjectively by people. However, I did not mean to imply that everyone would agree with the answer in the book because I mentioned that people's belief systems are vastly different. I think the definition of 'objective' used in the context of this blog has been mistaken with 'Objectivity' from Philosophy, which states that true reality exists independent of the mind.

From http://www.dictionary.com/ , the definition of the word 'objective' used in context of my blog post is as listed-

5. not influenced by personal feelings, interpretations, or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased: an objective opinion.

I said in the blog post that I have managed to formulate a real and objective answer to the ultimate question of human existence. The formulation of the answer is based strictly on facts as well as logic and reasoning. Therefore, the answer is unbiased and is not influenced by personal feelings, personal interpretations, or prejudice. Therefore to say that I have managed to formulate a real and objective answer to the ultimate question of human existence even though people can interpret the question very subjectively, is not at all contradicting in statement.


P.S. update 23/11/07

I have received the book and cover proofs from iUniverse. After making some changes to the book and cover proofs, it should be available for purchase at iUniverse's website around middle December 2007. The price for the Ebook version is US$6 and the paperback version is US$9.95. It would make a great gift for Christmas.


P.S. update 26/11/07
I just realized that the 'restrict anonymous comments' option is turned on by default, which may have restricted people without blogger user accounts to comment in the blog. Apologies, I have turned off the setting.

P.S. update 07/12/07
The book is undergoing final production and is set to be released next week in the middle of December. There has been an auction at Ebay selling the answer to The Meaning of Life. Well, that seller is certainly not me. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260188815381