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The Young Man and the Old Man: A metaphysical story set in a mythical Land during a mythical time before the Great Flood.
Behind this ugly book cover lies a controversial story about spirituality that might nudge your worldview!
A well-to-do Young Man, reading the Holy Book of ONE about the fall of First Man and First Woman, asks the age-old Why is there so much suffering in the world?
Looking out the window at the marketplace below, Young Man witnesses a commotion involving a shabbily-dressed Old Man whose behavior is puzzling. His curiosity piqued, Young Man goes to follow Old Man to investigate.
What ensues is a day filled with stories that Old Man weaves together to reveal the Answer to Young Man's perennial question. At the end of the day, Young Man's life is transformed. Heading home, Young Man vows to spread the wisdom of Old Man to everyone in the Land.
However, the next morning, Young Man wakes up to a real surprise!
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A well-to-do Young Man, reading the Holy Book of ONE about the fall of First Man and First Woman, asks the age-old Why is there so much suffering in the world?
Looking out the window at the marketplace below, Young Man witnesses a commotion involving a shabbily-dressed Old Man whose behavior is puzzling. His curiosity piqued, Young Man goes to follow Old Man to investigate.
What ensues is a day filled with stories that Old Man weaves together to reveal the Answer to Young Man's perennial question. At the end of the day, Young Man's life is transformed. Heading home, Young Man vows to spread the wisdom of Old Man to everyone in the Land.
However, the next morning, Young Man wakes up to a real surprise!
Read 40% of the book for free with Amazon's Look Inside feature.
How will you react to the surprise ending? Read the rest of it to find out!
89 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 24, 2022
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October 5, 2022
Interesting
If you are familiar with the Bible you will quickly recognize this reading as stemming from the Book of Genesis. People are portrayed throughout the Old Testament as turning away from God
repeatedly in hard times incurring God's wrath and His compassion. The New Testament brings us to a new life opportunity through the sacrifice of Jesus yet many ignore this gift of love and compassion arrogantly denying any need of God. Too many humans still are not listening!
God teaches us to love one another as He loves us.
Because there is so much repetition in the story it requires concentration in reading.
If you are familiar with the Bible you will quickly recognize this reading as stemming from the Book of Genesis. People are portrayed throughout the Old Testament as turning away from God
repeatedly in hard times incurring God's wrath and His compassion. The New Testament brings us to a new life opportunity through the sacrifice of Jesus yet many ignore this gift of love and compassion arrogantly denying any need of God. Too many humans still are not listening!
God teaches us to love one another as He loves us.
Because there is so much repetition in the story it requires concentration in reading.
October 21, 2023
I loved this book. The characters in this book do not have names, but are Young Man, Old Man, Younger Man, etc. This book is about faith in God and about the Joy that comes from it. There is much wisdom in this book, and many will not understand it because faith is different for each person, we see it through our own prism and act on it in our own ways. I read this over several days even though the book is but a few pages, but it is very deep. You may find yourself reading passages over and over again.
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