The Present - Comments
"Your truths ARE profound, you describe things that make complete sense and in a way that I have never read or heard before and that I automatically "get." Your honesty is truly refreshing throughout your writing. Myself, I could not have come up with and written this all down like you have. I don't have the capacity to "come up" with genius, but at least I have the capacity to know it when I see it." - Troy D.
"I am busy reading The Present (with religion). That’s just by the way information. But thus far I think it is such an eye opener to what reality is TRULY about, it’s opening my eyes to things I was not aware of. Have read many other books, but those all seemed to be lies as compared to this. Your views are just ……. Really don’t have the words, just want to say thanks for the info shared." - Umesh K.
"I read your book. It took me 3 days and it has changed my entire life. I just moved on to the book explaining religion last night. I just wanted to let you know. I will be spreading the word. I've already sent it to all my personal friends, had my husband and son read it as well and posted on my Facebook account. I come from an incredibly traumatic childhood and my eyes have never been happy, now they are. THANK YOU." - Jordasche K
I read Universal Truth book, and I find it the most fascinating set of English words I have ever read. I feel it would be beneficial to have it translated into czech language which happens to be my mother's language. I seek no profit other then satisfaction of having shared the truth with people who deserve it.
- Michal V.
"I'm reading your site book and I loving it. It's succinct and clear. I am interested in helping with a translation to portuguese and spanish so that I can show it to my friends and family." - Tomas
"I would just like to say a MASSIVE personal Thank You for what you have done. I found this link on a Jimi Hendrix video (my favourate musician) and it has changed my life. I have become a more confident, secure person. I am so HAPPY . I am talking to people now about problems with life and their life and I am helping everyone around me. When put in the right way people just understand it. The truth is well and truly embedded in our souls. We all know it deep down, we just need abit of convincing. I love everyone who set this up. You have helped to change so many lives." - Lewis E.
"My whole life changed as I read your posts. Everything you stated was true. Some I already knew and believed down to the heart. Some I believed all the way, but did not know I did until I read and understood (does that make sense?) Your logic hit me in several places I can not explain. I must explain my feelings. Thank you for everything you have done." - Catherine
"Hi! I have to say THANK YOU for putting into print many of the ideas and ideals I have followed in my life...I have found ultimate truth in my life and finally have a website to direct people who I'd like to share it with. I was just curious if the book is in paperback or hardcover or anything? I would like to buy a few copies if so. Thank you, and again your book is outstanding and absolutely flawless as I could see. Great job." - Brian
"I was just telling Xavier that it was much too easy for me to not fade out after I read your book because there is no where for me to go but forward. I have pursued all other prospects and they all lead to The Present. I cannot go backwards and act as if I dont have a burning desire to know the truth to life. I already did my research on evolution vs. creation, dark matter, cyclic philosophy, reincarnation, etc. Finally when I read your book, it was all too clear that this was the only answer left." - Cassandra R.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you :) - I'm going to read it again now. In the meantime, I wish you the best in all of your endeavors, I hope to see you on the other side someday.. to give you a spiritual high-five." - GB
"I am not young but you have opened up new avenues of life to enjoy in the now. Please tell me you have a hard copy of your book that I can purchase. Your philosophies are what I have been searching for throughout my life, and I feel as if I have finally come home. You are an amazing man, and God has sent me to you and your story in my long search for the truth. Bless you." - Ruth F.
"I have to say I been seeking the truth really only for the past year, and what I found in that year made me more confused than when I started searching, I thought to myself there has to be a more truthful answer than the ones I have so far come across. I came upon your site not even a week ago and my eyes opened up for the first time, the words said on the site were the words I was looking for,and they explained all the things I had previously been learning a lot better. You guys really could have something here, this knowledge is simple to understand, extremely informative, and refreshing to read. Thank you for being you and doing what is right. I will do my best to spread the word, I will never stop searching for truth it is just too liberating."
- David W.
"I just completed your 100 page online book, The Present and I felt compelled to communicate with you. There are a few books that I've read, of the many I've read, that I would characterize as being revolutionary in scope, content and thought. Yours is one of them. Even though I have questions about your understanding of "heaven" and how you came to the realization that we go to the bottom or top of the evolutionary chain based on our willingness to integrate the truth and reality, however I know of a certainty that The Present, is where we must go individually, and corporately in order to survive and thrive and that the mind is antithetical to the Present. Your description of the "Balancing" of the universe is extremely valuable and explains much that religions and science have not. I have long understood that there were 2 primary forces in nature, the universe eg. contraction and expansion, creation and entropy and that they existed in a universal balance. All of the people you quoted have been and are my hereos and I found a kinship with them as well as with your work. I want to thank you for your gift and contribution to me and to humankind. Although some of your concepts were challenging to hear, read and accept, I have suspended any fear that I might feel knowing that the mind, my mind, does not want to relinquish control of the illusion that it has created and calls reality. Above all, I want the truth, and I want to live it and reflect it to all I see and communicate with. In order to survive the nuclear threshold that we have created on this planet, we must, I must, learn how to live in the present, and not vie for control of the animal mind and animal realm. Thanks for your courage to say what needs to be said." - Cliff S.
This work has profoundly altered my state of conscience and for that I thank you! I can see the truth now. I currently am studying british literature and the last text we read was the Faerie Queen by Spenser. The first book is the book of holiness which follows the night Redcrosse and the virgin Una. One can see the truth through this text once one knows what truth is. The first enemy Redcrosse come to is Errour which i see as falseness. Errour is said to spout text "Her vomit full of bookes and papers was (I.i.20)." With out Una who i understand to be truth Redcrosse would fall victim to the beast Errour. I find that extremely interesting dont you think? Many scholars believe he referred to the catholic church with this allegory. Yet to me it is obvious Una doesnt represent religion she literally means truth. Its as simple as that. That is why is so difficult for so many people; they cannot connect the mind body and soul to the truth. They look too hard and in the wrong place. They dont look within completely or deep enough; they stop at the mind and the mind turns them around back to Errour and falsehood. Thank you again for setting me free so i can see true beauty and embody true love. - Brennan
"I am speechless. I am tearful in my relief. I have been telling people a very good portion of what I just read for several years. I am happy. I am grateful. I want to share what I have known and have now had confirmed by the writings on this website. In this moment...this very moment all that I have known and have wanted to share with others is solidified. The joke in my circles is welcome to Laurie's Fellowship...Enlightenment Or Bust. And although there are whispers that some lithium may be in order...from those who are the most stuck and unable to let go of perceived truth about our existence and see the ultimate truth...those that are threatened by my understandings and clarity...the threat goes unrealized because ultimately...even the most stuck soul has an inkling...an inbred, instinctive knowing that allows these things we know...these truths to find a place of residence within them and with each new beam of light a small mound is formed and eventually a hill and then a mountain and then finally...they know. They find it! It's awesome to withhold...it's awesome to experience...and the learning never ends once it starts...the clarity never lessens nor ceases to amaze me in its ever growing strength and becoming of my true reality...my true self. Please please please tell me that I can own this book that these things are from and that I may use it to spread the truth!!! I have many in my life who are open and ready and many who are so close. This world will change. I am truth. You are truth. We are the collective consciousness...we are balance. We are love. That is life." - Laurie
"It was by freak chance that i came by it on the 20th of september this year. I was actually reading an article on stumble upon about how the tv series GI Joe conditioned us as children to accept the "Illuminati" agenda. I was scrolling down through the comments and at maybe 30-40 or comments down i found this website link. I starting reading the first work and at first I was skeptical but I continued to read and see how it just made too much sense. I read most of it the first night and finished it the next before noon. Towards the end though i just had a complete realization of the message of it. I saw the theme in so many things and understood it to be truth. I had an emotional catharsis and a feeling of such incredible comfort security and bliss. Words cannot express how much more fulfillment has been present in my life since that day. I also cant say i've been bored once since then." - William
"Several months ago I found this web site and I don't really remember how I found it but I am very thankful that I did. I have read the book several times now and what I am finding in it has resonated deeply within my soul. I have been a truth seeker for many years and over that time I have discarded many false beliefs. I have to say, prior to finding your book, I never considered either reincarnation nor evolution. Even though I had discarded the belief that God is an old man sitting up in the skies I couldn't imagine that the Creation story in genesis was not literally true somehow. And reincarnation! That was really something that I never considered at all. So it is truly amazing that both these concepts, as you have presented them, I find to ring true for me. The more I ponder it, the more it just seems so RIGHT! It makes sense to me and is so beautiful. I feel like I have finally found what I have been searching for for so long and now have the answers to my questions about God, death and eternity. I have known that we are eternal spirits, just a knowing within, but just never knew how it worked (I had discarded the heaven preached in churches a long time ago along with other false teachings). I have printed out your book, and when reading it I am making notes with my own thoughts, ideas, questions. I have looked up many things that you talk about (I wished you had used some references like for some of the bible verses you quote). How did college students get a hold of this information? Most kids that age don't have a clue. The person who wrote the Beatles section is in his 50's (close to my age probably)! Thank you to whoever wrote that! My husband wonders why I have suddenly been listening to all those old Beatle songs but they have truly been such an inspiration to me, I hear pure love and truth coming from those songs." - Janice
"I was just watching The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on CNN, and listening to what Michael Moore was saying brought a tear to my eye. The political section in The Present (Insights) says the same thing the Michael Moore movies say, only it gives all the details of exactly how to reform our political system." - Diane R.
"The section in The Present that shows the hidden message in the Beatles songs is a revelation and a must read." - beatles fan
"It was great to hear those Beatles songs. The hidden message is obvious now. The Beatles section in The Present is great." - Julia K.
"The Present is the most amazing book I have read. I will link it to my blog and spend some money advertising it. I wish I could do more. Everyone should read it and promote it as much as they can. If enough people do, it will change everything." - Gabe R.
"The Present could unite all religions, all countries and all people." - Bethany T.
"People are misinterpreting the Bible. If you want to know what Jesus is actually saying go to page 21 in The Present (with religion). When discussing the truth with people that are into Christianity, just tell them to go right to page 21 to find out what Jesus is really saying. I think it is the most important page, because it shows clearly what Jesus actually says. Every Christian should read it. It shows without a doubt that Christianity has been misinterpreting Jesus Christ." - Pastor F. Williams
"I skimmed over the new entry you sent me last night and honestly my first impression was to cringe a little, because it reminded me so much of the texts I had to read as a philosophy major. I think it is over intellectualized and the truth is much simpler to read. I just don't think that people can fathom how simple it is. The Present is perfect in all its flaws. I can't describe it; it just is, crappily written and all." - JJ
"I'm just randomly skipping around The Present and reading, taking it all in. This book is just incredible. If people actually took the time to read it, I'm sure their perspective on life would change, causing them to wake up to the truth and the life. It's baffling how more people don't care about learning the truth and the life. It is the only thing that really matters, the only thing that we can always have. It just shows how asleep people are right now. Hopefully, the work we are doing spreading this contest will get people interested before something terrible happens. A catastrophe would certainly get people interested in the truth, but spiritual people like us are more than prepared for such a thing, and we will not get caught up in the social upheaval. Our work spreading and defining the truth could possibly prevent a catastrophe; especially one caused by us. We are like beacons of light, radiating the truth and the life to all those who want to see it, but we cannot help those who do not want to be helped. Spreading this contest and The Present is the most worthwhile thing I can even imagine spending my time doing." - Jethro Tull
"You are taught to study in school, but most people forget how important it is to learning and just read books now. The Present needs to be studied. Make notes of what you do not understand or agree with. Ask questions, do your own research. Treat it like something you studied in school and need to write a paper on or take a test. You did it many times in school to learn things you have not needed in real life. Just do it one more time with these books to learn something that will really make a difference in your life. The real reason you were taught to study in school was for books like these in the real world, about the real world, not just to succeed at work and in business. You want to get an "A" on this test, because the ultimate success depends on it." - FX
"TRUTH is still TRUTH even if no one believes it. A LIE is still a LIE even if everyone believes it." - TF
"The logical premise (or basic proposition or axiom) of ‘The Present (with religion)’, is that everything in reality is God. It then follows from the obvious fact that our consciousness (including our sense of Self) is part of reality, that God must be total consciousness. And since we are ultimately nothing but consciousness, it must be concluded that we (or our personal realities) are a part of God. If true, this actually would be the simplest model of reality possible! All of reality is just one (conscious) entity, or God. Thus (according to ‘Occam’s razor’), it would necessarily be the absolute Truth. Hence, I like it very much :)" - Paul P.
"What makes The Present fundamentally different than all the other things about truth out there is it doesn't just reveal the problems, it reveals the solutions too. There are hundreds if not thousands of Internet sites and books that contain the truth about our growing problems, but only this one has the practical, simple and certain solution. It is important to know the problems, but more important to know the true solution to those problems. As the book points out, it is not religion, or types of government, though they do play a part, it is the ultimate truth, the universal truth, the complete truth, and The Present with or without religion contains it. The best thing is it is free, here, and anyone can click on it and read, and check if what it says is true for themselves. There are no valid excuses now. We have what we need to fix ourselves and this world, and we can start right now." - Gary
"I liked The Truth (with religion) with a reference to the issue that the Supreme Being may be providing the truth in various texts like the Bhagavad Gita and the Bible, but when mankind come along and misinterpret the information coming from the Supreme (and I'm inserting our own Krishna Conscious interpretation here) then what to do? Krishna makes some clear statements in Bhagavad Gita and further points are explained in the Bhagavat Purana. Unfortunately humans come along with their own petty ideas and personal motivations lacking spiritual purity, and then can't hear the real truth. If there is a supreme being it seems reasonable to assume that he / she / it would share the most valuable information with us, for our improvement. Why not? The supreme being would want us to understand everything that it is possible for us to know. In the Vedic and Vaishnava understanding, God wants us to return to our original position as pure loving beings, but now we're caught up in lower animal-like propensities. We are rejecting the wisdom coming from God." - Tim
"Good article on The Truth and the Present... it made me question how I can live in the Present and what The Truth actually is..." - Matt
"There is not a sentence in this writing that I would disagree with, but I think before anyone can get to the point of accepting we are all connected, collective consciousness, universal knowledge, that we are all spiritual beings, etc. people must first understand the difference between the body, brain, mind, and spirit. From childhood, we are taught so many falsehoods by our parents, friends, teachers, and religions, that we do not understand or know the how and why of why we react or perceive things like we do." - Joyce Richey
"I think finding a truth that everyone agrees is true is the only way to unite everyone. I also think the contest is the perfect way to do it." - Ted
"I will do what I can to help spread the ultimate truth to all I know and love." - DC
"We are saints, because we are fighting a war of ideas, firing emails not bullets. It is so ridiculous that we are spending a trillion dollars in our budget for war this year in a bad economy that could use that money to turn the economy around. Spending money to kill other human beings is madness, but it is what most human beings are into. It should make you feel good that we few are fighting the good fight." - Max
"I applaud your efforts in reaching the entire world population to discern the Whole Truth. I sincerely hope this proves to be a real tool in Building the Bridges across so much that divides one culture from another. It is my deepest belief that we are all ONE. However, I am not sure that in language we can come to one understanding of what TRUTH is. I look forward to the unfolding of this mission, with faith that all is in Divine Order."
- Rev. Carla Ivison | Founder, A World Alliance of Interfaith Clergy
"This search for truth is an important endeavor. Thanks for providing this forum. I am encouraged that the mission states: “Entries are evaluated using the evidence, critical reason, logic, common sense, and scientific methods. We are looking for the kind of truth you can check.” These criteria recognize that popularity, including voting, is not reliable evidence. Instead it is called the fallacy of Ad populum—appeal to the people—it is the fallacy of accepting something as fact simply because many other people also believe it to be true. Aristotle developed the rules of logic more than 2,300 years ago. They are essential to learn, know, and apply. No counter examples or exceptions to these rules have ever been found, and there is no more reliable indicator of truth." - Lee Beaumont
"I spent a lot of time (as did my assistant) on your website and felt it was very much in line with my view point on things. I love that there are many flavors of truth presented as one of the sayings that I learned years ago that still works for me is that there is My Truth, Your Truth and The Truth. And that The Truth is ever expanding so that if you lock into Truth today, you will close out the expansion of tomorrow. Your site carries Truth on many different levels offering most everyone viewpoints and feelings that work for each individual. It is wonderful." - Janet Richmond
"I fully support your notion that defining and disseminating universal truths is not only possible, but may in fact prove instrumental for the continued evolution of humanity and perhaps even crucial for the survival of life on Earth." - Darrin Drda

