From Object to Life: An Extraordinary Journey Through Austistic Worlds

by David Duncan

What would it be like to live in a world of autism or Asperger's syndrome? To have a mind that follows rules literally and without understanding? From Object to Life opens the door into the remarkable world of a blindness that perceives other humans as closer to objects than to living souls. Yet Asperger's is a syndrome that was shared by the likes of Einstein, Lewis Carroll and Mozart. The great teachers Jesus, Buddha and Rumi all pointed to an essential blindness in humanity at large-the blindness of all those who 'lack eyes to see.' Humanity's essential path is the struggle to surmount this failure to transcend. Via the thoughts of great souls whose lives were dominated by this curious condition, author David Duncan leads us through a succession of remarkable creative, unfiltered and raw autistic worlds.

292 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 2010

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