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About Zone Mind
The eBook Zone Mind is a memoir consisting of the first 100 entries I originally posted on my blog ZoneMind.
I confess that when I initially set up this blog and began adding new entries on a regular basis, I wasn’t sure whether I’ll continue to manage it or abandon it completely. Believe me, it has happened before. In addition, I was going through a rough time having spend some weeks in hospital and my recovery was slow. Naturally, all this meant that I couldn’t go to work as often as I used to,. Besides, I have been burdened by a sense of dissatisfaction and a feeling of futility and profound abandonment for a few months before I was hospitalised..
All this urged me to ask questions related to my growing dissatisfaction with my current work and life. I returned to the questions I had been asking as a young boy and a teenager close to death (following severe kidney bleeding in 1998). Once again, I asked myself what the purpose of my life was. What the meaning of my life was - if there was any. I sought my answers in science, but I knew that these questions weren’t the concern of scientific enquiry. I proceeded to explore other spiritual traditions - both from the traditions which spoke in terms of monotheism as those found in West and the polytheistic or non-theistic traditions of the East.
This journey of self-discovery would lead me to an earnest exploration of Buddhist thought and philosophy. As I started reading works by known authors, including Joseph Goldstein, Robert Thurman and HH the 14th Dalai Lama, I felt that the Buddhist teachings (or dharma) resonated with my being on a deeper level than I ever experienced before. What was more, the fundamental principles of Buddhist philosophy made logical sense. As I learned more and started my own practice of meditation on a regular basis, I felt I had to share my thoughts and reflections on life and what it was starting to mean to me.
That’s when the idea for ZoneMind was born. While I could have engaged in an academic discussion on Buddhism, I thought it would be best to share with the reader entries that reflect my personal experience as I grew in my understanding. I wanted to express what I was feeling and thinking as another human being. I can say that starting my engagement with Buddhism by cultivating my knowledge of the tradition and practicing regular meditation, enriched my experience as a human being. Before I started this blog, I regarded myself to be a disabled person and a passionate disability activist. However, while I remain (obviously) a disabled person, I have since reconsidered my approach in disability activism. Indeed, I believe today that while our struggle as disabled people remains close to my heart, the humanism I learned from Buddhism has awakened me to a new reality.
In this sense, I hope that my 100 entries can offer everyone - believer or non-believer with food for thought and points to reflect upon in your daily life. I won’t pretend that this eBook will provide you with any secrets to happiness or profound wisdom. So, kindly take this eBook for what it is - a series of meditations on life from the point of view of a disabled, heterosexual man who was born and raised in Malta. My insights are not absolute or universal but, as any human existence, relative and impermanent.
This eBook is nothing more an my expression of another human being who has reclaimed his sense of being human. A man who now has awakened to his position in the world - a person who remains dependent on the Earth and the whole ecosystem. A man who has recognised the fact that, as human beings, we all remain dependent on each other. as long as we live. A man who accepts that his life must one day end. That every present moment - however painful - is precious.
In a nutshell, this eBook is the affirmation of the value of being human!
I sincerely Hope you find the entries contained in this eBook useful in your daily life.
PS Even if the entries making up the main body of Zone Mind are no longer available online, I still blog regularly on ZoneMind, which is located at the following address:
For more info about this eBook,and where you can purchase the eBook in other formats or to leave your feedback and comments, please visit:
What they said…
"Gordon Cardona has penned an enlightening spiritual autobiography. This extraordinary man shares his journey, one deeply personal blog entry at a time. A person with a mobile disability, Mr. Cardona explores themes such as happiness, suffering, connection, death and enlightenment. His take is brave, unflinching and filled with pathos and humor. He has traveled much ground in his 30 odd years, and will be one you will want to you follow..."
Scott C. Brown
Colgate University,
New York, USA
Credits
This eBook was edited and adapted for eReaders with the assistance of:
Zoe's Books (Ltd)
Charter Software (Ltd)
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Publication Details
Self-Published in Malta by Gordon C. Cardona in September 2013.
ISBN: 978-99957-0-580-0
Copyright © 2013-4 Gordon C. Cardona
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Be well!
Gordon
The files attached are optimised for the Kindle and Kindle Fire eReader. One must note that while the MOBI format can be read on some other eReaders which support this format, the AZW3 format can only be opened on the Amazon Kindle Fire and this format is the proprietary format of Amazon Inc.
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