As we all know, written descriptions of abstract realities sometimes need a story, parable or metaphor that will help us relate our understanding of them to our physical experience of reality. So, instead of merely using practical examples to demonstrate novel notions, I employed imagined narrators to help the reader better grasp these new ways of seeing the world. The imagined speakers are, a “Piano” that explains the difference between living and inanimate bodies, “Quark Up and Quark Down” who strategise about the route they should follow, a “Neanderthal man” who explains the rules for an altruistic society, “Karma” who converses about causes, effects and intentional actions, “a Fractal” that tells of different dimensions of reality, “Light” that reflects on change and a “Computer” that compares the similarities and differences between itself, the human body and mind. The last narration is based on a personal interpretation of a personified version of God, as is described in The Bible, compared to an abstract idea of what God may be, without claiming that this comparison is an accurate interpretation of either.

- Preface by Celia Claase