The Path of The Three Great Quests

A Banquet of Vastness (Life is comprised of tastes. Books are like food, and while some folks prefer spicy books full of action and adventure, others favor more bland stories with safe and solemn endings. No antacids hidden in the bedside drawer required. But remember, some people buy the antacids because they prefer spicy foods, and that so much so they're willing to go to great lengths to enjoy their personal preferences. If you try to convince someone who prefers bland foods that spicy foods taste better, not only will you will struggle mightily, but you'll most likely be unsuccessful. Independent of how resiliently we cling onto our tastes and preferences they don't prove which flavor is better or worse, or even which book might be right or wrong. A person's pallet reveals who they are, and what they prefer. Like self-expression, our personal preferences are insight to the flavors of the inner world more than they are insight to the value of the outer world. As you sample this banquet of many disciplines, remember not to forget, there will be many aromas you'll like, while there will be other flavors you might think need a bit more--- or a lot less, spice. And this is wonderful! Because this book is a spice rack full of black pepper adventures and sweet cinnamon dreams that you get to pick and choose from to spice up your own banquets with. One day you'll find that you've taken a dash of wisdom from this section, a pinch of knowledge from that topic, and used it with the skill of a gourmet chef to make the banquet of your own ideas unique to your personal palate. You'll smile at how the mixture of these spices enhances the taste of the subjects you're already familiar with, and gives them that tang of zest that only adds to the flavor of what you already like. You might even come to wish that you had found this new and unique flavor quite a bit sooner. Therein lays the true nature and wonder of verity, the intrinsic value of diversity, and the rapturous revelries of personal preference that cause us to cling to them so dearly. The multiplicity of the outer world doesn't take away from the preferences of our inner world. The vastness of variety enhances both the inner and outer world by satisfying our preferences, and then adding a new gusto of flavor to all pallets. This is what causes life, this book, and the never-ending choices of vastness to be so magnificent.)