How to Read This Book

For Clara Ayanda Anahata – The Unbroken

‘The Universe In Me’

This story happens in a Moment.

This story happens in the amount of time it takes to think a thought and turn it into action.

The amount of time it takes to make something from nothing.
A decision.
A choice.

Think about moving your right Big Toe.

Now move it.

How did you do that?

Magic? Science? Both?

(and what if your Big Toe refused?)

Your Journey

You’re already on a journey just by being here.

This story is offered as a living work, one you can return to at different moments in your life and meet in new ways each time.

Some people come for the story, some for the science, some for reflection, curiosity, or quiet companionship.

However you’ve arrived, you’re welcome here.

How to Read This Book

The Universe In Me isn’t meant to be read in only one way.

You can read it straight through as a story, following the characters on their journey from beginning to end.

Or you can wander.

By selecting the optional links in the text you are invited to go deeper if you choose: into the science of the body, the inner lives of the characters, the landscapes of anatomy, esoteric and spiritual connections or the broader themes of courage, choice, and becoming. These paths are there if your curiosity pulls you toward them, and entirely optional if it doesn’t.

There’s no right order.
No pressure to understand everything.
No need to follow every branch.

You’re welcome to skim, linger, circle back, or return later, even years later, and find something new waiting for you.

Read this book the way you move through a body, a landscape, or a life:
with curiosity, intuition, and trust.

You will always find yourself in exactly the place you should be.