Introduction

This is Amorella. I am a friend in disguise. Richard’s friend, to be exact. For at least twenty years he did not reason I was real because of his limited imagination. However, I wrote him three books, one a year, on dead Merlyn’s dreams and with my permission he self-published them, for the most part without a second draft, via iUniverse.

As Richard suspected, he recently discovered he could not rearrange selections of his three Merlyn’s Mind books and put the selections online for free reading for his friends. Thus, out of necessity for sharing, this blog has been created.

From time to time I will challenge Richard to think about what is important in life. The reason for this is because on his Facebook profile, after a great deal of meditative thought, he wrote his present spiritual view is that of a “Transcendental Existentialist”. The word "spiritual" contains an otherworldly perspective in Richard's mind. A more specific "religious" view can be seen by him as clouded because of religious politics. Earlier today Richard wrote in his personal journal.

“Somehow this [upcoming new blog business] appears to be taking more courage than I expected it would. I do not wish to embarrass the family or my friends who supported me with the books. And, I desire to be polite and honest, with being polite always first while continually looking for subtle ways to be more honest. Though, I must say, the three books are about as subtle as I can get. I am not [writing this] to focus on anything but the spiritual aspects of being human.”

Richard suddenly realized the focus of this blog should be on the spiritual aspects of being human. To him the human mind is about as spiritual-like an entity that exists in the basic human condition. The brain has weight and volume but, to Richard, the mind is weightless and immeasurable. The closest physical matter he can think to compare it with are the properties of light and thought.