Review: Ideas and Disclosures by Thiruman Archunan

                    Title: Ideas and Disclosures

                    Series Title: Ideas Trilogy #1

                    Author: Thiruman Archunan

                    Published by: Notion Press

                    Published on: July 27th 2015

                    Format: Paperback

                    Ratings: 4 stars

Summary:

"The Ideas and Disclosures book deals with intimate, ageless, eternal yet not fully understood abstract themes like God, reason, human mind, nature, time, desire, instinct, love, fate, science, faith, religion and numerous other day to day issues like man, woman, democracy, good, bad, intelligence, stupidity etc,. It contains more than 700 numbers of separate thoughts in the form Ideas and Disclosures, which are essentially brought out from deep thinking and also from real world human behaviors and experiences. Out of all God, reason and mind have been made as favorite themes of the book.The Ideas are more abstract and mental interpretations of each issue after prolonged thinking while the Disclosures are more different and revealing information than what is known presently. The Ideas are mental conceptions and Disclosures are heartfelt messages.
The Ideas and Disclosures are presented in a random manner as any normal human mind would think and experience. Each of the themes has been thought over and interpreted to represent differing human mental states and circumstances that a man normally encounters. As such the book is composed of diverse thoughts on vital matters and eternal questions that any serious human mind would long for. The book would help clear the reader the faint and blurred views on many subjects including his own existence and the world around."

It was my first time, I read a kind of book in which the author tries and succeeds in bringing about some thoughts of his such as God, reason, time, nature, love, faith, fate etc,. to the readers in a about 751 Ideas and Disclosures. I enjoyed reading every one of them. Some of the ideas struck home.

I agreed with some, I debated against some. My mind was a whirlpool trying to gouge out the different meanings of Ideas presented by the author. Every point had to be read twice to fully understand the message the writer was trying to send. This book felt philosophical (maybe it is, I didn't check).
I wouldn't dare to go into dissecting every single point made by the author as I consider myself not so full of understanding and knowledgeable. But nonetheless I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book.

I think one who can come out of their religious embrace then maybe they will understand the concept of God the author is talking about. Ideas and Disclosure brings about a new perspective and people will definitely enjoy it.

It forces your mind to start reasoning with everything you know and everything you think you know about yourself. The author even talks about the chicken-egg situation and that was my favorite part in the book.

I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone who wants a new perspective on the general ideas about life.

*****I received a signed copy of this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. The views expressed here are my own and unbiased.