{"product_id":"beyond-the-illusion-david-triemert-9780999859452","title":"Beyond the Illusion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens after you begin seeing through the illusions that once shaped your life?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Illusion: How to Live Without Losing Yourself in the Process\u003c\/em\u003e, David B. Triemert moves beyond recognition and into the more difficult territory that follows: learning how to live honestly inside a world you may no longer fully believe in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people don't lose themselves all at once. It happens gradually-through expectations, responsibilities, roles, compromises, and countless small agreements made simply to keep life moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually, those compromises can become so familiar that we stop noticing them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is about noticing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough candid observation, humor, reflection, and lived experience, Triemert examines the pressures that shape modern life and what begins to change when we stop automatically surrendering our attention, judgment, and sense of self to everything demanding access to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Illusion\u003c\/em\u003e explores boundaries, attention, identity, participation, integrity, mortality, relationships, and the forgotten agreements that can keep us living lives we never consciously chose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is not a book about escaping society, rejecting responsibility, or fighting everything around you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about learning to remain yourself while still participating in an ordinary human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaising families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaying bills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNavigating systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing older.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd asking increasingly honest questions about what still belongs to you-and what no longer does.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003cem\u003eWhen the Illusion Breaks: Living Honestly in a World That Rewards Pretending\u003c\/em\u003e, this second book in David B. Triemert's trilogy asks the question that naturally follows once the illusion begins to fall away: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do you live inside the world without continuing to lose yourself in the process?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answer may begin with something surprisingly simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStop abandoning yourself.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Triemert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0999859455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999859452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e One Light Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"David Triemert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50780004221183,"sku":"9780999859452","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-illusion-david-triemert-9780999859452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}