Inspiring spiritual stories of life, consciousness, and awakenings.

Great for fans of William Buhlman and Susan Buhlman’s Beyond the Astral, Paulo Coelho’s Veronika Decides to Die.

FICTION Hair on Fire: Short Stories for Seekers Daniel McKenzie 174p, te-book, $9.99, ISBN 979-8-9897339-0-3

In this inspirational collection of short stories, McKenzie (author of The Wisdom Teachings of the Bhagavad Gita and other titles) explores the spirit realm, the metaphysical, human consciousness, and questions of identity, with an emphasis on enlightenment and awakenings to deeper realities and the truth of the human condition. In “A Ghost Story,” a yogi traveling alone encounters a ghost, Hugh, struggling to identify the meaning of his existence. Constructing himself out of utensils and kitchen appliances, Hugh is shown that he is not who he believes himself to be. In “The Day the Children Remembered,” kids across the nation begin to remember their past lives, causing a shift in the dynamics of relationships as more people begin to delve into each other’s backgrounds by inquiring about previous existences. Meanwhile, “You Might Get Bored of Heaven” finds a woman reuniting with lost loved ones in Heaven where she learns the meaning of life, “true identity,” and the joys of the human “process of discovery”.

Each story holds clear but also subtle messages and spiritual lessons for readers to interpret and glean their own understanding and pause to reflect on its underlying meaning. McKenzie spins an eclectic batch of tales that are insightful, revealing, and at times enigmatic. Juxtaposing ideas such as life and death, self and identity, and even teacher and student, Hair on Fire is a thought-provoking offering that centers the transcendent nature of consciousness and makes the case that, despite our short life spans, it never truly dies. Each story, though brief, brings its characters and its plot “full circle”—much like, as McKenzie’s “A Ghost Story” suggests, our consciousness itself.

McKenzie’s storytelling is inviting and positive, even when exploring the heavy topic of death, which McKenzie assures readers is not the end of consciousness. Whether through exploring reincarnation, spiritual entities, or spiritual realms, each story suggests the possibility of life thriving long after the body stops. Seekers will relish this.

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