INTRODUCTION

I have experienced the many pitfalls within marriage, child bearing, and commercial activity. I have an intense desire to find the meaning of what is LIFE AND IT’S PURPOSE?

I have experienced the depth of mental fear, frustration and stagnation, together with considerable doubt as to what life was about. Now, in the constant search for a guide to happiness and peace within, I have finally become aware of the need to change many of my earlier ideas and ways of life.

It is my desire to share many years of searching for reality, to seek and to share with others the answers to the growing restlessness of our world in general. To ask the questions why do we have terrorism, murder, home breakdowns? Why do children from an early age frequently refuse to accept guidance or fail to address the constant challenges offered by life? This book has been written in the hope it may save others from the long intense search, “looking within”, which culminates from the hard knocks of life.

I do not claim to have all the answers but from a study of various teachings including Meditation together with Buddhist Philosophy, I offer this book as an expression of my deep belief that we all HAVE TO CHANGE, if we seek to achieve a vital calm with contentment.

These are the basic necessities for a person of whatever age seeking some of the answers to “WHY WE ARE ON EARTH’?

The firm belief in reincarnation or rebirth has come to me from practical experience in the more personal side of her life and I acknowledge the need to understand these principals if we are to break from tradition and the way many of us have lived our lives.

The reader is asked to merely study these writings with an open mind and not to remain self-satisfied. Whether we are employed, retired or simply wasting our life it is never too late to question Who and What we are, in the NOW?

I believe that we have little time to waste. As difficult as it may be many
Individuals need to embark on a new journey of CHANGE. It is our duty to discover what is real. To read, examine and try to understand the true purpose for this LIFE and to filter out ILLUSION in order to find the key to true happiness.

The Author has endeavoured to outline a number of aspects for the student and to highlight. The first step the necessity to LOOK WITHIN and start towards the “QUEST” of finding the true purpose of life and the reality of the Spiritual Path that we must all at some time tread.

The path we seek does not come easily, as pointed out by a very special person who may be termed “An Elder Statesmen”. With moral determination DAVID VAUGHAN (an International Management and Business Consultant) has travelled on his own Quest through years of seeking the path within. Thus in no small way gratitude and acknowledgment is given for the knowledge, dedication and years of research that has assisted me and inspired me in my OWN SEARCH WITHIN.

This book is dedicated to the International Community of SEARCHERS, irrespective of where they may be or who they are. If in some small way it assists them on the pilgrimage to find the TRUE MEANING OF LIFE it will surely be a step towards PEACE and KINDNESS to make the world a better place for all.