Shining Through

About the Book

In the Mahabharata, a Takshaa asks Tudishtira, “What is the greatest miracle?” Yudishtira replies, “The greatest miracle is that we, although always surrounded by death and decay, live as if we are immortal”. What a very profound answer that is, we live as if we are immortal while we can drop dead in the next minute. Without the inward realization that life and death are just the movement of Love we are bound to repeat the same dreams and nightmares over and over again. That the poems in Shining Through may guide you to the Love within, the Love you are in The Beloved. That is the poet’s true wish.

About the Author

Ben Gerritsen was born in a village, called Linne in the South of the Netherlands. As a young child, he was raised in a Traditional home, even at the early stage he was already puzzled by the meaning of life. His searching and seeking for this meaning intensified at the age of eighteen. In his searching he met several Eastern and Western saints and sages who gave him some direction. At the age of 32 he began an inward journey. Where he had an awakening and full realization of the “Self”. Since then he began to write poetry in this book is over 30 years old.