Why
the title, Target Joy?
At a critical time in my life I focused on the question, "What is it I want
more than anything else?" I decided I wanted to be joyful—inwardly happy
no matter what was going on externally in my life. So joy became my target. In
my contemplation of the above question, I felt in order to maximize my joy I
would need to find the answer to some of life's ultimate questions:
Who am I?
What is God?
What's the relationship between God and me?
What's the purpose of life on Earth?
I was tempted to title the book "Target God." But because there are so
many preconceived ideas about what God is and is not, I used the word joy.
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Is
this a religious book?
Not as many people think of the word religious. It's not a book on
any religion, nor does it promote a "religion." Undoubtedly,
there are people who will consider Target Joy anti-religious, which it is
not. If religion were defined as an "experience" of Truth or an
"experience" of God, only then could I say Target Joy is a
religious book. But this has nothing to do with any set of beliefs or rituals.
An atheist can have the experiences to which I refer.
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What's
the format of Target Joy?
It's a novel. I didn't want to bore readers with a spiritual
autobiography. However, I drew exclusively upon my own experience in writing the
book. The metaphysical and mystical experiences, the confrontations with fear,
the struggle to awaken, and yes, the incredible series of events depicted in the
prologue are all actual events in my life.
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Music acknowledgement:
The music is a "midi"
rendering of Dreams (artist
unknown).
