...However, exactly because a subtle message is never loud but it is more like a whisper, it is necessary for the message to be transmitted in silence. This is the reason that I implore you to begin reading this book as if you are entering a dark and quiet room; away from the crowd’s maddening noise, free from every day’s trivial concerns and fully intend to listen to the subtleness of the spirit that this book conveys...

...Now, in analogy to the biological Death, the dissolution, and the end of all the illusions we carry is experienced as Death, in psychological terms. It is for this reason that we strenuously resist it and, of course, we do this subconsciously. And because we resist unconsciously, it is impossible to identify this resistance by ourselves – in our capacity of a person who is “looking to discover their own self“.

...It takes a devil in love to inspire and awaken the fire within us, not the fires of hell, but the fire of Eros. Because no one can face death without Eros. My wish for you is that you also find this devil in love, if you really want to, in order to receive the necessary impetus and his guidance - thereby changing the otherwise already prescribed course of your life. Be warned however! Do not rush to choose a devil - you cannot! No seeker can find the devil himself...