Let's Pretend: A Tale of Mind, Imagination, and Healing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781708641764)

Dr. Peter Andresen is a broken man. Once a highly-respected psychiatrist, he is sixty-three, lives alone, bankrupt and surviving on a VA stipend. He manages his Parkinson's unusually well. Understanding and applying the intricacies of his bodymind, he takes no Parkinson's medication. The opposite is the case for his PTSD which he buried so deep in his unconscious mind that he denies its very existence. As the story begins, Peter is walking alone on an empty beach. He doesn't know where he is or what he's doing until he encounters a beautiful young woman named Holly Be. He is surprised; she appears to know everything about him. He wishes he was capable of having sex, but his Parkinson's disease renders him unable to experience even a hint of sexual desire.Holly explains he is now in the realm of imaginary reality and they met twenty years earlier when he agreed to develop Parkinson's disease. Imaginary reality proves to be just that, if Peter can imagine it, he can experience it. There are some exceptions, sex being the most notable.Guided by Holly, his genie-angel, his life becomes one of wonder when he meets the greatest minds in history and encounters a world of creatures beyond "Newtonian reality." His experiences vary from the existentially profound to near-delirious comedy. He comes to believe this is a mystical training for him to become a healer.That is, until he encounters the repressed memories of combat and torture during the Gulf War. He never had a clue that becoming a healer requires being healed of his deepest wounds first.Upon his return to material reality-without Holly-he feels whole and well-prepared to assist others' healing. His one unfinished matter, loneliness, appears it will continue . . . maybe.Here is the deeper message: The synopsis summarizes the story, but it does not convey the soul of the tale. The Infinite Mind and the Big Bang came into being like conjoint twins the instant the Universe came into being. The Infinite Mind is conscious and, unlike matter, has no limits such as the speed of light. Humankind errs when encountering The Infinite Mind by reducing it to a god of their own description. The energy and wisdom of the Infinite Mind do not respond to human pleadings whatever the form. But humanity interacts with the Infinite Mind all the time. Holly guides Peter to engaging and manifesting the Infinite Mind. Their vehicle: IMAGINATION

Author: Christian III Hageseth
ISBN-10: 1708641769
ISBN-13: 9781708641764
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2019
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d