MANAV- An inner Quest. - John Mark Rangreji - Bog

This is the opening of one of the most amazing books you will ever read. It may stir your heart, and
perturb your thoughts, but rest assured that after all of that it will settle you within your being. You
will confront truths that you've never noticed before in your entire life. This isn't just a story, but
rather, it is an allegorical revelation of my experiments with the inner truths of life.
Read it with an open mind, for our understanding works best when the mind is completely free from
the prejudices that we have nurtured since birth. Do not be anxious if anything seems vague and or
if you do not understand it the first time. You need not agree with it all the along the way. Just keep
reading. This book will be thought provoking and rather challenging for a first time reader to
completely accept. Instances in this symbolic story contain truths which we all have conveniently
ignored from time immemorial. It is the breaking of the bread of my own inner life experiences. Like
everything else which is in a state of constant evolution, the mind must also evolve. The conditioning
of human thoughts has created a danger of extinction for man. We may have advanced
phenomenally in terms of technology but our internal growth has not kept up the pace with the
progress outside us.
Manav is the legend of a bird born in a family of vultures. He is just like any other bird, but one
quality highlights the difference between him and the rest of the birds on this planet. And that is his
tendency to question every convention, be it in thought or action. This peculiarity takes Manav on a
road which ends outside, but bends within him. It leads him to a place of self discovery and wisdom.
It elevates him eventually to a consciousness from where he is able to decipher the blunders of
thought and action which arise out of the deceptions hidden in erroneous thinking. It is a common
fact that conventionality is the comfort zone of the masses. Whoever crosses this line is shunned
and deemed an outcast in no time. New ideas aren't perceived as fresh possibilities toward growth
and upliftment by everyone.