What if Jesus never died for you? What if his sole intention was to teach unconditional and universal love not only for you but for the entire world? Michael John Bohoskey challenges us to take a different look at the role of Jesus Christ-and religion in general-in his spiritually awakening memoir, Waking from a Fallen Dream. Even though a variety of Christian teachings defined Bohoskey's early life, he eventually discovered that many of his beliefs had to do with feelings of personal unworthiness and mistrust of his own nature. A former Episcopal priest, Bohoskey began a journey of self-discovery, questioning the most basic fundamentals of Christianity. In Waking from a Fallen Dream, he questions the beliefs that teach us that we are sinful by nature and separate from God. Instead, he believes that we should all wake to our own "knowingness" and empowerment, abandoning the collective programming we have allowed to control us. This is a book about giving oneself permission to question, explore, choose, live, and love without apology. Waking from a Fallen Dream is Bohoskey's heartfelt story of how he shed multiple uniforms of belief and behavior while following the yellow-brick road of inner knowledge, allowing him to experience spiritual integrity and give unconditional love the opportunity to unfold.

本書は、伝統的な教義という重い扉を内側から抉り開き、魂の真なる自由を希求する烈火のごとき思索の書です。元聖職者という著者の背景が、神との分離や原罪といった「集団的プログラミング」への疑念に、比類なき説得力と重厚な文学的品格を与えています。既存の信仰を単に否定するのではなく、その核にある「無条件の愛」を救い出そうとする真摯な筆致は、読者の精神を激しく揺さぶります。 文学的な白眉は、自己不信という暗い森を抜け、内なる知性という「黄色いレンガの道」を歩むその旅路の情景描写にあります。社会が用意した「制服」を一枚ずつ脱ぎ捨て、剥き出しの自己で世界と対峙する勇気。誰の許可も得ず、ありのままの自分として愛し、生きることを肯定する本作のメッセージは、孤独な現代人の魂を震わせる真の解放の書といえるでしょう。