Part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery, this novel offers readers a simple yet profound way to live.***It's 1999, at the height of the dot.com era, when Alex begins to feel distress and restlessness. A driven and accomplished executive living what most people would consider a good career with shining moments of social recognition, Alex can't shake the feeling that he has been sold the wrong reality.While traveling in Miami to a conference, Alex meets Gene, a free-spirited soul who becomes the catalyst to facing his own reality, challenging his beliefs and helping him let go of his attachments and ego. It is Gene's simple initial question, "Why do you think you are here?" that will throw Alex into a winding yet ultimately rewarding journey.The search leads Alex to travel to Hawaii, Paris, Geneva and New York, where he will meet various people who lead him to find his true self. With the help of Gene, Alex will destroy the scaffolding of his beliefs to finally uncover the truth of what truly living means. Only then is he able to lead his life from his inner self.But little does the reader know that Alex had the key to unlocking his consciousness inside himself the entire time. The reader concludes the book with a surprising discovery. After Gene guides Alex through the discovery of his damaging conditioning, the reader realizes an unexpected plot twist while uncovering the difference between their conditioned consciousness and inner self

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