Elegant Simplicity

Subtitled 'reflections on an alternative way of being', this for full book urges the reader to move beyond the limited and separative perspective of the ego and rediscover the inner and the simplicity at the core of life. The title comes from a remark made by an Indian professor of economics at the Davos forum who was advocating an alternative pattern of development. It is reflected in the quotation from Eckhart Tolle that cleverness divides, while intelligence includes. Our education system puts the emphasis on cleverness rather than the wisdom derived from self-knowledge and which is associated with a certain depth and therefore sound judgement. We see the consequences around us with financial and ecological meltdown in the name of short-term. This amounts to a call to prioritise being over having and to take seriously the imperative towards transformation which the ego is constantly trying to avoid. In elaborating these insights, and draws on a wide range of sources and writes in an easy conversational style.